Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN–WI
National Compensation Survey
May 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner
April 2007
Bulletin 3135–50
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational ag-
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN–WI, metropolitan area.
Data were collected between December 2005 and January
2007; the average reference month is May 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
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$21.12
2.5
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
30.99
33.15
29.94
11.82
16.95
19.50
15.75
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
34.6
$20.52
2.9
1.7
2.9
2.8
4.8
3.4
6.3
1.8
37.0
39.7
35.9
27.5
34.3
30.6
36.3
30.97
32.98
29.82
10.52
16.93
19.51
15.57
24.72
25.62
23.41
6.1
10.0
8.7
40.5
40.9
40.0
16.85
16.57
17.16
5.8
4.1
11.4
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
23.20
11.57
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
34.2
$25.65
0.9
37.2
2.1
3.1
3.6
3.9
3.7
6.3
2.1
37.0
39.6
35.7
26.6
33.9
30.6
36.0
31.07
34.58
30.30
20.28
17.10
–
17.11
2.6
8.1
3.5
2.7
1.5
–
1.6
37.0
40.5
36.4
35.8
38.4
–
38.5
24.89
25.71
23.63
6.9
11.0
9.6
40.6
41.0
40.0
22.96
24.40
21.63
3.5
6.6
1.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
36.6
38.9
34.3
16.71
16.49
16.97
6.1
4.2
12.2
36.5
38.9
34.1
21.05
22.50
20.62
4.9
5.9
6.1
37.8
40.0
37.2
2.2
3.3
39.9
21.4
22.73
11.24
2.6
3.4
40.0
21.3
26.34
17.69
.6
3.9
39.5
22.6
23.29
20.45
3.0
3.4
36.5
34.0
22.29
20.18
5.1
3.5
35.7
34.0
24.81
29.18
1.0
5.4
37.8
35.1
20.78
30.64
2.3
13.4
34.4
39.7
20.12
30.64
2.7
13.4
34.1
39.7
25.65
–
.9
–
37.2
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
23.91
–
2.7
–
39.9
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
18.91
19.33
25.65
5.4
2.9
1.9
32.9
35.5
36.3
18.91
19.17
25.49
5.4
3.0
2.9
32.9
35.6
35.6
20.48
22.94
25.96
20.6
3.8
.9
28.1
34.3
37.6
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, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 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 ..............................................................................
$21.12
2.5
$23.20
2.2
$11.57
3.3
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
38.96
19.24
31.11
44.38
41.81
35.73
35.98
40.87
34.10
37.18
34.10
47.82
38.86
43.20
36.56
39.11
4.1
5.4
9.8
4.2
4.8
9.0
10.5
5.5
5.5
4.4
5.5
7.2
13.2
23.0
11.2
17.1
39.37
–
31.11
44.16
41.82
35.73
35.98
40.87
34.10
37.18
34.10
47.82
38.20
43.20
39.69
39.11
4.0
–
9.8
4.2
4.8
9.0
10.5
5.5
5.5
4.4
5.5
7.2
14.7
23.0
7.7
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.58
44.35
43.57
7.9
14.5
10.4
45.58
44.35
43.76
7.9
14.5
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Management analysts ......................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
27.58
17.77
21.94
20.59
25.14
27.35
34.48
37.54
22.19
5.3
4.5
5.9
3.5
2.0
5.3
2.4
11.5
7.7
27.58
17.77
21.95
20.56
25.14
27.35
34.48
37.54
22.19
5.3
4.5
5.9
3.5
2.0
5.3
2.4
11.5
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.30
17.0
21.30
17.0
–
–
23.56
23.75
32.63
33.88
25.31
21.39
25.62
25.29
10.1
5.8
1.6
3.3
4.3
3.6
12.1
5.2
23.56
23.73
32.63
33.88
25.31
21.39
25.62
25.29
10.3
6.2
1.6
3.3
4.3
3.6
12.1
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
34.13
24.73
27.07
31.65
41.62
40.43
33.70
39.57
47.54
41.94
37.00
24.79
37.38
37.96
31.61
28.03
5.0
3.6
1.6
4.2
3.5
6.2
19.4
10.7
4.6
7.7
17.3
13.7
6.3
5.5
9.7
5.0
34.14
24.73
27.07
31.66
41.62
40.43
33.70
39.58
47.54
41.94
37.03
24.79
37.38
37.96
31.61
28.03
5.0
3.6
1.6
4.2
3.5
6.2
19.4
10.7
4.6
7.7
17.4
13.7
6.3
5.5
9.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
30.67
24.72
31.65
43.24
24.77
7.5
4.3
1.8
4.3
4.9
30.84
24.72
31.65
43.24
25.03
7.5
4.3
1.8
4.3
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
$36.45
42.08
36.23
24.12
21.73
23.39
9.0
4.5
7.2
5.7
5.2
4.4
$36.45
42.08
36.23
24.24
21.74
23.58
9.0
4.5
7.2
6.1
5.8
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 9 .............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
28.49
31.04
27.52
31.46
33.28
9.5
3.3
15.8
14.8
14.3
29.16
31.04
27.52
33.28
33.28
10.3
3.3
15.8
14.3
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.19
5.1
22.36
5.3
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Social and human service assistants ...........................
20.40
20.28
21.69
27.15
22.61
22.64
26.33
24.46
18.30
16.90
9.2
9.5
11.5
3.9
5.6
6.2
3.7
5.3
8.7
3.2
20.98
20.28
21.49
27.15
22.61
22.59
26.33
24.46
–
–
8.3
9.5
11.9
3.9
5.6
6.2
3.7
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
36.98
43.63
28.56
4.5
3.6
2.7
38.14
43.63
28.56
5.4
3.6
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
30.32
13.76
14.68
14.64
14.25
20.02
29.16
33.44
39.10
29.01
38.06
5.4
9.2
7.7
4.9
13.1
4.5
8.0
6.4
4.1
23.3
8.3
32.70
–
–
–
–
–
30.43
33.54
39.09
–
38.49
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
6.6
4.2
–
8.6
$16.46
–
–
–
–
–
23.70
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
34.08
29.16
33.43
39.17
21.31
15.93
34.24
38.01
4.9
12.0
6.4
4.4
14.9
10.2
8.2
7.5
34.69
–
33.53
39.17
23.00
–
34.44
38.01
4.8
–
6.6
4.4
14.3
–
8.3
7.5
17.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.26
36.26
37.66
40.97
7.7
9.8
.2
3.0
33.47
36.26
37.66
40.97
7.9
9.8
.2
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.80
41.57
37.97
38.79
26.67
14.65
13.76
14.68
14.64
.3
1.7
5.7
7.6
13.7
3.9
9.2
7.7
4.9
37.80
41.57
38.32
38.79
32.01
14.86
–
–
–
.3
1.7
6.6
7.6
8.1
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
$22.48
20.69
24.53
21.51
20.69
20.62
6.0
4.6
11.8
6.5
4.6
8.9
$22.76
20.69
26.85
21.08
20.69
19.96
7.0
4.6
18.5
6.6
4.6
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
28.08
15.11
17.83
21.07
25.78
27.78
32.27
32.33
25.33
27.98
32.68
28.62
20.61
25.30
19.38
18.19
20.08
1.5
12.3
3.2
4.6
5.7
6.2
1.2
2.6
5.1
7.3
1.3
4.4
1.9
2.5
1.6
2.5
1.9
28.10
–
17.51
21.65
25.49
–
32.64
33.52
–
–
33.67
28.71
–
–
19.19
18.19
–
2.2
–
4.2
5.9
6.0
–
2.3
4.6
–
–
3.0
4.4
–
–
1.5
2.9
–
$28.05
–
–
19.66
26.76
–
31.80
31.09
–
–
31.80
–
–
–
19.86
–
20.28
2.3
–
–
5.0
7.6
–
2.0
2.5
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
3.1
–
4.1
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
13.75
10.68
12.79
15.49
12.18
10.82
12.79
10.68
12.77
13.05
12.96
15.92
15.50
16.52
5.4
5.2
3.9
2.7
5.5
6.4
5.2
4.9
5.6
1.4
4.7
6.1
2.8
3.4
14.45
–
13.68
16.06
12.39
–
13.86
–
13.14
–
13.67
16.85
16.05
–
8.4
–
5.3
2.2
8.2
–
4.7
–
6.1
–
4.8
6.1
2.4
–
12.51
10.97
12.00
14.45
11.90
11.57
12.00
10.46
12.38
–
12.40
13.32
14.47
–
5.1
5.1
5.7
3.5
4.3
4.8
5.7
3.9
5.3
–
5.9
8.8
3.8
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
22.84
23.95
19.81
19.63
19.70
25.90
27.31
25.86
4.8
2.4
7.7
14.7
15.5
1.6
2.3
1.6
23.16
23.89
–
19.63
19.70
26.30
–
26.30
4.8
2.3
–
14.7
15.5
1.6
–
1.6
13.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
8.83
7.26
8.30
10.14
11.57
1.1
3.4
3.3
7.6
3.8
11.31
8.53
8.87
–
11.91
3.5
7.8
3.2
–
8.9
7.85
7.04
8.11
10.13
10.78
2.9
4.2
4.7
10.9
3.9
18.72
11.64
11.24
11.99
14.78
11.45
11.52
9.60
9.94
6.9
2.2
10.1
5.5
2.0
2.1
4.5
11.3
7.7
19.65
12.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.80
–
–
–
–
–
9.67
–
–
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.76
6.21
7.54
8.07
7.94
6.06
5.99
6.33
2.7
3.6
3.5
4.5
3.6
1.5
2.4
1.7
$8.30
–
–
–
–
6.33
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
.9
–
–
$6.42
–
–
7.41
7.54
6.02
5.94
6.35
2.9
–
–
4.9
3.9
1.3
2.1
2.3
7.50
8.67
8.27
5.3
7.5
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.43
7.82
–
6.1
4.9
9.20
8.88
7.61
7.53
10.0
11.4
14.3
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.99
–
6.60
6.60
8.7
–
11.6
11.6
8.70
8.96
9.3
13.3
–
–
–
–
8.63
–
11.3
–
12.63
10.81
11.61
14.39
20.10
11.94
10.88
11.61
13.33
4.7
2.2
6.1
9.6
2.9
2.5
2.3
6.1
5.7
13.39
11.64
11.93
14.55
20.10
12.51
11.64
11.93
13.45
5.1
3.2
8.0
10.2
2.9
2.8
3.2
8.0
6.4
9.88
9.58
10.68
–
–
9.93
9.61
10.68
–
.8
2.4
5.6
–
–
.9
2.6
5.6
–
12.46
11.22
12.32
13.37
10.59
10.11
11.08
18.29
17.95
3.4
3.2
9.8
6.2
1.5
3.5
7.1
8.1
9.0
13.14
12.14
13.34
13.52
10.81
10.57
11.03
–
–
4.0
3.9
11.6
7.0
2.3
3.9
7.6
–
–
9.94
–
–
–
9.91
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
10.08
8.27
9.39
9.29
7.8
13.6
5.9
10.1
11.15
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
8.95
7.48
9.35
8.34
8.1
7.4
5.6
22.9
8.51
8.12
11.78
10.00
7.1
10.0
10.2
18.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.51
8.12
–
8.85
7.1
10.0
–
21.1
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
19.50
8.49
9.12
12.62
17.80
18.83
24.84
30.81
14.06
18.85
16.15
10.23
8.43
8.72
6.3
5.4
3.6
14.4
19.9
3.8
6.8
8.1
21.5
9.3
8.8
2.9
5.1
1.0
24.54
–
9.82
14.68
19.31
18.83
24.84
30.81
–
18.85
16.15
12.31
–
–
6.8
–
7.1
18.3
21.5
3.8
6.8
8.1
–
9.3
8.8
6.5
–
–
8.99
8.38
8.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.88
8.29
8.34
2.9
5.4
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
4.8
4.7
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Retail sales workers –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.61
9.36
9.07
8.91
8.60
9.07
8.91
8.60
10.79
7.41
8.96
10.38
29.83
2.4
5.4
2.4
1.9
4.2
2.4
1.9
4.2
2.6
1.0
3.2
1.5
2.8
–
–
$9.93
–
–
9.93
–
–
12.94
–
–
–
29.83
–
–
7.9
–
–
7.9
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
$8.71
8.83
8.22
8.71
8.83
8.22
9.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.6
.9
3.2
.6
.9
3.2
6.6
–
–
–
–
29.41
12.12
4.3
15.5
29.41
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
15.75
8.28
11.24
13.03
15.38
17.36
20.07
22.17
16.56
1.8
6.7
5.6
3.2
1.4
2.2
2.9
4.1
5.2
16.39
–
12.22
13.49
15.35
17.41
20.10
22.17
16.73
1.8
–
5.6
3.2
1.4
2.2
3.0
4.1
5.2
11.50
7.98
10.47
11.18
15.83
16.33
–
–
–
6.2
5.4
5.8
4.6
7.3
7.4
–
–
–
20.76
16.85
11.50
14.56
16.33
20.60
17.04
14.58
16.54
20.26
16.14
15.07
15.74
13.57
14.16
14.27
12.55
14.97
15.15
21.26
21.26
12.88
13.71
14.64
18.54
16.62
17.08
22.24
19.09
19.97
20.34
16.82
16.49
12.83
14.94
12.36
13.23
16.42
8.4
5.6
4.2
3.0
3.5
1.4
7.4
3.2
4.0
1.2
5.8
4.1
4.4
3.2
6.2
4.8
11.3
6.9
7.0
4.5
6.4
13.7
10.5
3.1
2.5
4.1
5.0
8.1
6.2
4.6
3.3
3.9
6.1
7.2
4.1
8.5
4.2
7.7
20.84
17.13
–
14.74
16.34
20.66
17.16
14.50
–
20.35
16.57
15.07
16.13
–
14.71
14.58
–
15.15
15.15
21.33
21.26
12.88
14.75
–
18.67
16.67
17.07
22.24
19.09
20.05
20.34
16.99
16.49
14.43
15.17
12.88
13.28
16.43
8.8
6.1
–
2.9
3.8
1.4
7.5
3.3
–
1.1
5.8
4.1
3.3
–
5.5
4.8
–
7.5
7.1
4.9
6.4
13.7
6.4
–
2.4
4.1
5.3
8.1
6.2
4.6
3.3
3.8
6.1
3.4
3.8
7.9
4.5
8.2
–
12.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.64
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office clerks, general –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
$18.54
13.7
$18.54
13.7
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
25.62
22.03
19.76
31.34
29.16
20.06
27.12
10.0
13.8
.8
9.4
2.9
8.1
6.9
25.62
22.03
19.76
31.34
29.16
20.06
27.12
10.0
13.8
.8
9.4
2.9
8.1
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
23.41
20.93
22.64
24.73
22.63
21.43
8.7
4.3
5.1
13.2
2.0
4.5
23.41
20.93
22.64
24.73
22.63
21.43
8.7
4.3
5.1
13.2
2.0
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.78
20.88
21.45
19.45
3.0
5.6
3.0
6.1
20.78
20.88
21.45
19.45
3.0
5.6
3.0
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.57
9.78
12.16
16.39
17.56
17.76
19.70
23.51
20.14
4.1
2.4
3.4
6.2
1.5
2.9
6.3
1.4
4.7
17.03
10.29
12.45
16.43
17.56
17.76
19.70
23.51
20.14
3.9
3.5
1.7
6.5
1.5
2.9
6.3
1.4
4.7
$9.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.78
14.75
11.78
19.89
19.09
22.21
5.1
14.1
5.8
7.6
.5
5.4
24.78
15.52
12.20
19.89
19.09
22.21
5.1
16.0
2.6
7.6
.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.08
1.8
16.08
1.8
–
–
15.89
16.73
18.71
19.49
6.4
3.9
10.5
13.6
15.89
16.73
18.71
19.49
6.4
3.9
10.5
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.49
11.70
9.59
12.67
13.6
4.8
2.1
10.6
19.49
12.25
10.05
–
13.6
6.1
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.16
9.82
11.95
15.73
18.38
16.32
21.94
12.93
15.10
17.19
14.09
18.23
19.61
18.15
11.4
6.5
4.2
3.8
3.8
8.3
7.5
14.6
6.6
8.2
8.0
2.7
6.5
1.9
19.75
13.55
12.04
15.99
18.46
16.32
21.94
–
18.55
–
16.47
18.23
19.61
18.15
12.7
14.7
4.0
6.3
3.8
8.3
7.5
–
5.5
–
7.6
2.7
6.5
1.9
10.45
8.86
–
15.00
–
–
–
–
13.57
–
13.45
–
–
–
5.5
2.8
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
10.2
–
10.4
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.59
18.56
16.43
15.43
11.24
9.46
12.10
15.01
4.9
13.5
4.3
5.5
4.5
3.0
2.2
8.6
$18.59
18.56
16.43
15.43
13.24
–
12.10
15.30
4.9
13.5
4.3
5.5
4.4
–
2.2
14.8
–
–
–
–
$9.55
9.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
2.0
–
–
12.74
10.56
15.07
9.75
9.21
4.2
7.1
10.0
3.3
4.6
14.93
–
15.30
–
–
7.1
–
14.8
–
–
10.11
9.40
–
9.70
9.13
3.6
3.1
–
4.5
2.6
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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 ..............................................................................
$20.52
2.9
$22.73
2.6
$11.24
3.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
38.52
19.00
28.98
44.14
42.07
35.73
35.98
40.87
34.10
37.18
34.10
47.82
38.86
43.20
21.99
44.35
43.56
4.6
5.6
9.0
4.7
5.2
9.0
10.5
5.5
5.5
4.4
5.5
7.2
13.2
23.0
11.1
14.5
11.4
38.97
–
28.98
43.88
42.08
35.73
35.98
40.87
34.10
37.18
34.10
47.82
38.20
43.20
–
44.35
–
4.6
–
9.0
4.7
5.2
9.0
10.5
5.5
5.5
4.4
5.5
7.2
14.7
23.0
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Management analysts ......................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
27.68
17.77
22.24
20.05
25.27
26.76
34.48
37.54
22.12
5.8
4.5
6.1
3.5
2.6
6.7
2.4
11.5
7.9
27.69
17.77
22.24
20.01
25.27
26.76
34.48
37.54
22.12
5.8
4.5
6.1
3.4
2.6
6.7
2.4
11.5
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.59
23.88
32.80
33.88
25.35
25.62
25.29
10.5
6.7
1.5
3.3
4.6
12.1
5.2
23.58
–
32.80
33.88
25.35
25.62
25.29
10.7
–
1.5
3.3
4.6
12.1
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
34.87
24.38
27.07
31.59
41.62
40.43
34.13
39.57
47.54
41.94
37.00
24.84
38.56
37.96
31.61
5.0
5.7
1.6
4.3
3.5
6.2
22.0
10.7
4.6
7.7
17.3
14.2
5.4
5.5
9.7
34.88
24.38
27.07
31.60
41.62
40.43
34.13
39.58
47.54
41.94
37.03
24.84
38.56
37.96
31.61
5.0
5.7
1.6
4.3
3.5
6.2
22.0
10.7
4.6
7.7
17.4
14.2
5.4
5.5
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
31.42
24.52
31.65
24.77
37.09
41.53
36.23
24.56
21.73
23.39
8.1
5.5
1.8
4.9
9.2
4.7
7.2
6.5
5.2
4.4
31.63
24.52
31.65
25.03
37.09
41.53
36.23
24.74
21.74
23.58
8.0
5.5
1.8
5.6
9.2
4.7
7.2
6.9
5.8
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
32.94
8.4
33.10
8.5
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
$33.28
33.28
14.3
14.3
$33.28
33.28
14.3
14.3
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Social and human service assistants ...........................
18.26
20.31
20.56
16.95
16.37
7.8
9.8
8.1
5.5
1.2
18.67
20.31
20.56
–
–
7.8
9.8
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
36.82
43.16
4.9
3.8
37.62
43.16
5.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
20.32
29.91
8.6
6.3
22.14
30.07
7.8
5.9
$14.17
–
14.5
–
21.04
13.05
13.2
7.2
21.84
–
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
22.80
25.35
21.39
20.43
7.1
13.9
6.6
9.0
23.01
26.85
20.94
19.73
7.8
18.5
6.8
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
27.76
15.03
17.73
20.94
25.69
31.97
31.90
25.22
32.37
19.19
18.18
19.76
1.6
12.5
3.4
5.0
6.3
.8
2.8
6.2
1.2
1.4
2.5
1.2
27.61
–
17.42
21.65
25.33
32.12
33.20
–
33.11
19.19
18.19
–
2.4
–
4.3
5.9
6.9
1.8
5.6
–
3.2
1.5
2.9
–
28.11
–
–
18.84
26.76
31.82
30.81
–
31.82
19.19
–
19.46
2.3
–
–
3.6
7.6
2.0
2.3
–
2.0
1.9
–
1.9
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
13.72
10.67
12.57
15.54
12.05
–
12.56
10.69
12.75
12.89
15.96
15.55
16.52
5.6
5.2
4.2
2.6
5.7
–
5.6
4.9
5.9
5.1
6.2
2.7
3.4
14.40
–
13.34
16.12
12.18
–
13.47
–
13.09
13.60
16.91
16.11
–
8.7
–
5.4
2.2
8.6
–
5.2
–
6.5
5.3
6.2
2.4
–
12.52
10.96
11.94
14.47
11.88
11.56
11.94
10.46
12.38
12.35
13.31
14.49
–
5.4
5.2
5.8
3.6
4.6
4.9
5.8
3.9
5.7
6.0
9.0
3.9
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
8.73
7.15
8.13
10.10
11.55
1.2
4.2
3.2
7.6
3.8
11.22
8.14
8.87
–
11.91
3.4
2.6
3.2
–
8.9
7.76
6.98
7.87
10.13
10.67
2.7
4.4
4.2
10.9
3.9
18.72
11.56
11.97
11.45
11.52
9.45
6.76
6.21
7.54
6.9
2.3
5.5
2.1
4.5
11.0
2.7
3.6
3.5
–
12.18
–
–
–
–
8.30
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
10.74
–
–
–
9.46
6.42
6.11
7.16
–
.8
–
–
–
14.5
2.9
2.9
1.4
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Bartenders ....................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.07
7.94
6.06
5.99
6.33
4.5
3.6
1.5
2.4
1.7
–
–
$6.33
–
–
–
–
0.9
–
–
$7.41
7.54
6.02
5.94
6.35
4.9
3.9
1.3
2.1
2.3
7.50
8.05
5.3
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
8.11
–
6.3
8.40
7.61
7.53
9.3
14.3
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.57
6.60
6.60
9.7
11.6
11.6
8.70
8.96
9.3
13.3
–
–
–
–
8.63
–
11.3
–
11.71
10.81
10.75
14.22
11.22
10.89
10.75
4.9
2.2
2.4
12.6
2.7
2.3
2.4
12.33
11.64
10.73
14.41
11.65
11.64
10.73
5.5
3.2
3.3
13.6
3.0
3.2
3.3
9.88
9.58
–
–
9.94
9.61
–
.8
2.4
–
–
.9
2.6
–
11.52
11.22
10.60
10.11
11.08
3.4
3.2
1.6
3.5
7.1
12.06
12.14
10.81
10.57
11.03
4.0
3.9
2.3
3.9
7.6
9.95
–
9.91
–
–
.5
–
3.2
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
9.81
8.27
9.23
9.29
7.8
13.6
5.7
10.1
10.93
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
8.61
7.48
9.05
8.34
7.3
7.4
3.5
22.9
8.51
8.12
9.35
7.1
10.0
18.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.51
8.12
7.89
7.1
10.0
17.5
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
19.51
8.49
9.10
12.62
17.80
18.83
24.84
30.81
14.06
18.85
16.15
10.22
8.43
8.70
10.61
9.36
9.03
8.91
8.56
9.03
8.91
8.56
10.79
7.41
8.96
10.38
6.3
5.4
3.6
14.4
20.0
3.8
6.8
8.1
21.5
9.3
8.8
2.9
5.1
1.0
2.4
5.4
2.4
1.9
4.5
2.4
1.9
4.5
2.6
1.0
3.2
1.5
24.54
–
9.82
14.68
19.32
18.83
24.84
30.81
–
18.85
16.15
12.29
–
–
–
–
9.84
–
–
9.84
–
–
12.94
–
–
–
6.8
–
7.1
18.3
21.7
3.8
6.8
8.1
–
9.3
8.8
6.6
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
8.1
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
8.98
8.38
8.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.87
8.29
8.29
–
–
8.69
8.83
8.14
8.69
8.83
8.14
9.02
–
–
–
2.9
5.4
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
4.8
4.6
–
–
.6
.9
2.4
.6
.9
2.4
6.6
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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 representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$29.83
2.8
$29.83
2.8
–
–
29.41
12.12
4.3
15.5
29.41
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
15.57
8.16
10.62
12.46
15.05
17.32
20.19
22.19
16.56
2.1
6.6
4.7
3.4
1.2
2.4
3.4
4.2
5.2
16.27
–
10.93
12.85
14.99
17.38
20.23
22.19
16.73
2.1
–
6.7
3.4
1.1
2.4
3.5
4.2
5.2
$11.40
7.98
10.46
11.08
15.88
–
–
–
–
6.3
5.4
5.8
4.8
7.3
–
–
–
–
20.90
16.68
11.50
14.22
16.04
20.63
16.85
14.51
16.14
15.07
15.74
14.16
14.22
12.52
14.83
15.15
21.26
21.26
12.88
13.61
18.87
16.37
16.69
22.26
19.09
20.37
20.34
16.46
17.05
14.35
12.48
14.82
18.52
9.5
6.2
4.2
2.9
3.2
1.5
8.4
3.3
5.8
4.1
4.4
6.2
4.9
11.5
7.5
7.0
6.4
6.4
13.7
10.7
3.3
4.8
6.1
8.2
6.2
4.7
3.3
5.6
7.9
6.0
4.8
9.1
14.5
20.97
16.96
–
14.35
–
20.70
16.96
–
16.57
15.07
16.13
14.71
14.53
–
–
15.15
21.26
21.26
12.88
14.63
19.07
16.43
–
22.26
19.09
20.47
20.34
16.74
17.05
14.61
12.50
14.62
18.52
9.8
6.7
–
2.7
–
1.5
8.5
–
5.8
4.1
3.3
5.5
5.0
–
–
7.1
6.4
6.4
13.7
6.5
3.1
5.0
–
8.2
6.2
4.7
3.3
5.7
7.9
5.7
5.0
10.2
14.5
–
12.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
25.71
22.03
29.83
11.0
13.8
2.8
25.71
22.03
29.83
11.0
13.8
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
23.63
20.93
25.02
22.63
21.47
9.6
4.6
14.2
2.0
5.3
23.63
20.93
25.02
22.63
21.47
9.6
4.6
14.2
2.0
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.77
21.45
3.1
3.0
20.77
21.45
3.1
3.0
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
16.49
9.78
12.16
16.39
4.2
2.4
3.4
6.2
16.95
10.29
12.45
16.43
4.0
3.5
1.7
6.5
9.37
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.56
17.50
19.65
23.53
20.14
1.5
4.0
6.4
1.5
4.7
$17.56
17.50
19.65
23.53
20.14
1.5
4.0
6.4
1.5
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.78
14.75
11.78
19.89
19.09
22.21
5.1
14.1
5.8
7.6
.5
5.4
24.78
15.52
12.20
19.89
19.09
22.21
5.1
16.0
2.6
7.6
.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.08
1.8
16.08
1.8
–
–
15.89
16.73
18.71
19.49
6.4
3.9
10.5
13.6
15.89
16.73
18.71
19.49
6.4
3.9
10.5
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.49
11.70
9.59
12.67
13.6
4.8
2.1
10.6
19.49
12.25
10.05
–
13.6
6.1
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.97
9.82
11.67
14.99
18.50
16.28
21.32
12.93
13.36
13.36
18.17
19.61
18.14
18.59
18.35
16.43
15.43
11.16
9.46
12.10
14.73
12.2
6.5
3.8
4.4
3.9
8.4
8.4
14.6
10.1
10.1
2.8
6.5
2.0
4.9
14.5
4.3
5.5
4.4
3.0
2.2
9.1
19.66
13.55
11.75
15.10
18.50
16.28
21.33
–
–
–
18.17
19.61
18.14
18.59
18.35
16.43
15.43
13.12
–
12.10
–
13.7
14.7
3.6
6.7
3.9
8.4
8.4
–
–
–
2.8
6.5
2.0
4.9
14.5
4.3
5.5
4.3
–
2.2
–
$10.32
8.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.55
9.07
–
–
5.4
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
2.0
–
–
12.59
10.56
14.75
9.75
9.21
4.2
7.1
10.7
3.3
4.6
14.76
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
10.11
9.40
–
9.70
9.13
3.6
3.1
–
4.5
2.6
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
15
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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 ..............................................................................
$25.65
0.9
$26.34
0.6
$17.69
3.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
42.50
43.71
45.96
39.46
48.04
5.0
19.5
8.4
11.5
3.8
42.50
43.71
45.96
39.46
48.04
5.0
19.5
8.4
11.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
49.37
2.3
49.37
2.3
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 9 .............................................................
26.70
29.33
3.9
.5
26.71
29.33
3.9
.5
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
24.54
7.1
24.54
7.1
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
25.17
10.0
25.17
10.0
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
21.06
8.6
21.62
11.0
–
–
22.19
5.1
22.36
5.3
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
25.21
24.71
27.21
26.15
26.27
24.81
1.8
5.1
4.4
3.7
4.3
2.7
25.45
–
27.21
26.16
26.27
25.68
2.5
–
4.4
3.9
4.3
.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
38.20
8.2
42.79
6.7
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
33.94
15.99
31.28
34.64
40.65
41.69
3.8
5.5
5.0
4.3
2.3
11.1
36.04
–
–
34.77
40.65
41.69
2.7
–
–
4.5
2.3
11.1
18.08
–
24.28
–
–
–
4.8
–
8.3
–
–
–
37.71
31.55
34.63
40.83
37.73
41.54
2.0
8.9
4.3
2.3
3.7
.0
38.09
–
34.76
40.83
38.12
41.54
2.0
–
4.5
2.3
2.7
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.57
41.31
37.66
40.97
3.5
.0
.2
3.0
37.03
41.31
37.66
40.97
2.5
.0
.2
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.80
41.57
37.97
38.79
31.33
15.57
15.99
.3
1.7
5.7
7.6
8.6
1.9
5.5
37.80
41.57
38.32
38.79
32.01
14.85
–
.3
1.7
6.6
7.6
8.1
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
20.67
2.4
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
31.15
35.03
35.32
36.04
5.7
7.7
5.3
3.9
32.28
35.19
34.68
36.30
4.4
7.7
6.0
3.8
27.20
–
–
–
12.4
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
14.47
5.4
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
$14.55
7.1
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
23.14
23.95
19.81
19.63
19.70
25.90
27.31
25.86
4.8
2.4
7.7
14.7
15.5
1.6
2.3
1.6
$23.42
23.89
–
19.63
19.70
26.30
–
26.30
4.9
2.3
–
14.7
15.5
1.6
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
13.03
12.05
2.1
3.0
–
–
–
–
$12.43
11.18
5.1
3.1
12.05
3.0
–
–
11.18
3.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
17.47
14.97
20.10
16.40
14.99
7.8
4.7
2.9
4.7
4.7
17.64
14.99
20.10
16.57
14.99
7.8
4.7
2.9
5.2
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.42
14.99
21.18
4.8
4.7
.6
16.59
14.99
21.18
5.3
4.7
.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
17.11
14.65
15.99
17.45
17.73
19.40
19.84
13.57
17.66
17.13
17.34
16.28
15.35
18.61
1.6
4.0
5.3
4.2
5.4
1.3
1.7
3.2
1.3
7.2
4.4
4.0
1.1
4.8
17.19
14.66
16.28
17.48
17.61
19.41
19.84
–
17.66
17.13
17.34
16.40
–
18.66
1.4
4.0
5.0
4.2
5.7
1.3
1.7
–
1.3
7.2
4.4
3.5
–
4.7
14.75
–
12.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
24.40
6.6
24.40
6.6
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
21.63
1.8
21.63
1.8
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
22.50
5.9
22.50
5.9
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
20.62
19.76
19.25
19.85
17.37
6.1
2.9
4.5
3.0
7.0
21.15
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 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.
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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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 ..............................................................................
$21.12
2.5
$23.20
2.2
$11.57
3.3
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
38.96
20.63
40.44
56.92
35.73
40.87
43.75
37.18
47.82
38.86
36.56
41.23
4.1
4.7
4.4
5.7
9.0
5.5
9.3
4.4
7.2
13.2
11.2
19.7
39.37
–
–
–
35.73
40.87
–
37.18
47.82
38.20
39.69
–
4.0
–
–
–
9.0
5.5
–
4.4
7.2
14.7
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.58
44.35
43.57
7.9
14.5
10.4
45.58
44.35
43.76
7.9
14.5
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Management analysts ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
27.58
21.18
29.69
22.19
21.03
5.3
2.8
4.3
7.7
6.4
27.58
–
–
22.19
–
5.3
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.30
17.0
21.30
17.0
–
–
23.56
21.28
23.75
32.63
32.83
25.31
23.46
26.05
25.29
10.1
8.5
5.8
1.6
2.5
4.3
3.7
10.5
5.2
23.56
–
23.73
32.63
32.83
25.31
23.46
26.05
25.29
10.3
–
6.2
1.6
2.5
4.3
3.7
10.5
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
34.13
23.78
37.69
33.70
35.53
39.57
40.16
41.94
42.28
37.00
38.24
24.79
21.44
37.38
20.11
38.05
31.61
28.03
5.0
5.0
3.8
19.4
20.4
10.7
13.5
7.7
3.1
17.3
22.5
13.7
12.7
6.3
10.7
6.5
9.7
5.0
34.14
–
–
33.70
35.53
39.58
–
41.94
42.28
37.03
38.28
24.79
21.44
37.38
20.11
38.05
31.61
28.03
5.0
–
–
19.4
20.4
10.7
–
7.7
3.1
17.4
22.6
13.7
12.7
6.3
10.7
6.5
9.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
30.67
24.01
36.25
36.45
24.54
36.99
36.23
37.57
24.12
24.07
7.5
4.0
2.5
9.0
8.2
2.6
7.2
5.7
5.7
5.1
30.84
–
–
36.45
–
–
36.23
37.57
24.24
–
7.5
–
–
9.0
–
–
7.2
5.7
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
$23.39
4.4
$23.58
5.4
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
28.49
20.89
35.13
27.52
31.46
33.28
9.5
7.1
4.8
15.8
14.8
14.3
29.16
–
–
27.52
33.28
33.28
10.3
–
–
15.8
14.3
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.19
5.1
22.36
5.3
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Group II .............................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
Group II .............................................................
20.40
18.42
27.15
22.61
22.04
22.64
20.40
26.33
24.46
18.30
16.68
16.90
16.70
9.2
7.8
3.9
5.6
7.3
6.2
8.8
3.7
5.3
8.7
2.4
3.2
2.5
20.98
–
–
22.61
–
22.59
–
–
24.46
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
5.6
–
6.2
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
36.98
45.00
43.63
47.51
28.56
4.5
2.7
3.6
4.7
2.7
38.14
–
43.63
47.51
28.56
5.4
–
3.6
4.7
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Group II .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
30.32
14.25
28.27
37.69
38.06
33.98
5.4
3.8
7.8
4.7
8.3
13.0
32.70
–
–
–
38.49
–
4.7
–
–
–
8.6
–
$16.46
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
34.08
29.36
39.17
21.31
15.98
15.93
15.93
34.24
30.35
38.01
4.9
7.2
4.4
14.9
9.8
10.2
10.2
8.2
7.0
7.5
34.69
–
–
23.00
–
–
–
34.44
–
–
4.8
–
–
14.3
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
17.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.26
30.95
36.26
37.66
40.97
7.7
6.1
9.8
.2
3.0
33.47
31.20
36.26
37.66
–
7.9
6.3
9.8
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.80
41.57
37.97
38.79
26.67
14.65
14.25
.3
1.7
5.7
7.6
13.7
3.9
3.8
37.80
41.57
38.32
–
32.01
14.86
14.86
.3
1.7
6.6
–
8.1
3.6
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
14.41
13.50
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
5.9
22.48
19.94
6.0
3.9
22.76
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations –Continued
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
$25.28
21.51
20.06
20.62
8.0
6.5
4.6
8.9
–
$21.08
–
19.96
–
6.6
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
28.08
15.11
22.72
35.02
32.33
26.76
33.84
28.62
20.61
25.30
25.30
19.38
19.34
1.5
12.3
1.0
2.6
2.6
4.0
1.8
4.4
1.9
2.5
2.5
1.6
1.8
28.10
–
–
–
33.52
27.04
35.31
28.71
–
–
–
19.19
19.12
2.2
–
–
–
4.6
5.6
3.4
4.4
–
–
–
1.5
1.7
$28.05
–
–
–
31.09
26.43
32.14
–
–
–
–
19.86
19.86
2.3
–
–
–
2.5
6.1
2.2
–
–
–
–
3.1
3.3
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
13.75
13.08
12.18
12.19
10.68
10.68
12.77
12.96
15.92
14.72
16.52
5.4
3.8
5.5
5.2
4.9
4.9
5.6
4.0
6.1
6.8
3.4
14.45
–
12.39
–
–
–
13.14
13.56
16.85
–
–
8.4
–
8.2
–
–
–
6.1
4.4
6.1
–
–
12.51
–
11.90
–
10.46
10.46
12.38
12.51
13.32
–
–
5.1
–
4.3
–
3.9
3.9
5.3
4.9
8.8
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
22.84
14.57
23.85
28.86
19.81
19.63
22.66
19.70
22.66
25.90
25.87
25.86
25.83
4.8
4.1
.2
8.4
7.7
14.7
6.5
15.5
6.5
1.6
2.1
1.6
2.2
23.16
–
–
–
–
19.63
–
19.70
22.66
26.30
–
26.30
26.33
4.8
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
15.5
6.5
1.6
–
1.6
1.6
13.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
8.83
8.38
19.19
1.1
1.9
3.8
11.31
–
–
3.5
–
–
7.85
–
–
2.9
–
–
18.72
11.64
11.51
14.78
11.45
11.35
9.60
9.60
6.76
6.76
8.07
8.07
6.06
6.06
6.9
2.2
2.2
2.0
2.1
1.1
11.3
11.3
2.7
2.7
4.5
4.5
1.5
1.5
19.65
12.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.30
–
–
–
6.33
6.33
2.8
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
.9
.9
–
10.80
–
–
–
–
9.67
9.67
6.42
–
7.41
7.41
6.02
6.02
–
1.2
–
–
–
–
14.7
14.7
2.9
–
4.9
4.9
1.3
1.3
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.50
7.50
8.67
8.67
5.3
5.3
7.5
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.43
–
–
–
6.1
–
9.20
9.20
7.61
7.53
10.0
10.0
14.3
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.99
8.99
6.60
6.60
8.7
8.7
11.6
11.6
8.70
8.70
9.3
9.3
–
–
–
–
8.63
8.63
11.3
11.3
12.63
12.45
20.71
11.94
12.00
4.7
4.1
2.8
2.5
2.3
$13.39
–
–
12.51
–
5.1
–
–
2.8
–
9.88
–
–
9.93
–
.8
–
–
.9
–
12.46
12.48
10.59
10.61
18.29
17.95
3.4
3.2
1.5
1.8
8.1
9.0
13.14
13.24
10.81
10.89
–
–
4.0
3.7
2.3
3.4
–
–
9.94
9.94
9.91
9.91
–
–
.5
.5
3.2
3.2
–
–
10.08
9.51
7.8
7.7
11.15
–
10.7
–
8.95
–
8.1
–
8.51
8.51
8.12
8.12
11.78
11.78
10.00
7.89
7.1
7.1
10.0
10.0
10.2
10.2
18.7
17.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.51
–
8.12
8.12
–
–
8.85
–
7.1
–
10.0
10.0
–
–
21.1
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Group I ..............................................................
19.50
11.75
28.27
37.87
18.85
16.15
10.23
9.59
9.07
9.04
9.07
9.04
10.79
9.91
29.83
28.37
6.3
10.9
18.2
9.5
9.3
8.8
2.9
2.3
2.4
2.9
2.4
2.9
2.6
5.7
2.8
2.0
24.54
–
–
–
18.85
16.15
12.31
–
9.93
–
9.93
9.89
12.94
11.11
29.83
–
6.8
–
–
–
9.3
8.8
6.5
–
7.9
–
7.9
9.4
8.2
1.5
2.8
–
8.99
–
–
–
–
–
8.88
–
8.71
–
8.71
8.71
9.02
9.06
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
–
.6
–
.6
.6
6.6
7.7
–
–
29.41
28.37
12.12
11.68
4.3
2.0
15.5
15.7
29.41
28.37
–
–
4.3
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
15.75
13.57
19.19
1.8
1.9
2.1
16.39
–
–
1.8
–
–
11.50
–
–
6.2
–
–
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,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
$20.76
19.67
16.85
12.86
20.52
17.04
13.25
20.56
16.14
14.30
18.60
13.57
13.06
14.16
13.29
14.27
14.39
21.26
21.26
12.88
11.66
13.71
13.19
18.54
16.66
20.03
19.97
20.74
16.82
16.58
17.87
12.83
12.89
14.94
13.85
19.72
8.4
7.0
5.6
3.7
4.6
7.4
4.3
5.9
5.8
4.2
2.9
3.2
1.6
6.2
6.0
4.8
5.2
4.5
6.4
13.7
16.7
10.5
8.2
2.5
3.7
5.4
4.6
6.8
3.9
5.0
4.3
7.2
8.1
4.1
3.9
9.6
$20.84
19.70
17.13
–
–
17.16
13.26
20.72
16.57
14.66
18.86
–
–
14.71
13.88
14.58
14.76
21.33
21.26
12.88
11.66
14.75
14.20
18.67
–
–
20.05
20.91
16.99
16.86
17.87
14.43
–
15.17
14.04
19.72
8.8
7.4
6.1
–
–
7.5
4.0
5.8
5.8
4.5
2.7
–
–
5.5
3.1
4.8
5.4
4.9
6.4
13.7
16.7
6.4
4.2
2.4
–
–
4.6
7.0
3.8
4.8
4.3
3.4
–
3.8
3.9
9.6
–
–
$12.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.06
12.06
–
–
–
–
10.22
10.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.64
11.78
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
7.8
–
–
–
–
10.2
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
12.8
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
25.62
20.87
26.22
20.06
20.20
10.0
5.2
9.1
8.1
8.9
25.62
–
–
20.06
20.20
10.0
–
–
8.1
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
23.41
24.27
21.43
20.50
8.7
10.4
4.5
3.7
23.41
–
21.43
20.50
8.7
–
4.5
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.78
21.08
21.45
21.05
19.45
19.54
3.0
1.8
3.0
3.0
6.1
6.1
20.78
–
21.45
21.05
19.45
19.54
3.0
–
3.0
3.0
6.1
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.57
13.87
19.65
4.1
4.7
3.7
17.03
–
–
3.9
–
–
9.37
–
–
1.9
–
–
24.78
14.75
14.71
22.21
21.26
5.1
14.1
14.6
5.4
1.9
24.78
15.52
–
22.21
–
5.1
16.0
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Group II .............................................................
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,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group I ..............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
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, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.08
16.88
1.8
6.0
$16.08
–
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
15.89
16.73
18.71
16.29
19.49
6.4
3.9
10.5
22.2
13.6
15.89
16.73
18.71
16.29
19.49
6.4
3.9
10.5
22.2
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.49
11.70
11.66
12.67
13.6
4.8
5.2
10.6
19.49
12.25
–
–
13.6
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.16
13.55
17.95
15.10
16.70
14.09
15.47
18.23
18.26
18.15
17.17
18.56
21.58
16.43
16.56
11.24
11.22
11.4
4.7
8.7
6.6
6.0
8.0
3.5
2.7
6.3
1.9
7.6
13.5
6.9
4.3
5.3
4.5
4.7
19.75
–
–
18.55
–
16.47
16.47
18.23
–
18.15
17.17
18.56
21.58
16.43
16.56
13.24
–
12.7
–
–
5.5
–
7.6
7.6
2.7
–
1.9
7.6
13.5
6.9
4.3
5.3
4.4
–
$10.45
–
–
13.57
–
13.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.55
–
5.5
–
–
10.2
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
12.74
12.91
9.75
9.74
4.2
4.2
3.3
3.3
14.93
15.42
–
–
7.1
8.4
–
–
10.11
10.19
9.70
9.67
3.6
3.8
4.5
4.6
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.20
$12.49
$17.99
$26.91
$37.05
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.83
19.08
29.81
29.10
38.46
21.88
16.00
28.11
19.83
34.86
34.86
38.50
22.90
23.57
38.70
40.87
37.85
34.86
46.47
28.57
35.45
46.41
45.67
45.78
38.48
56.63
50.94
50.03
58.55
49.52
59.11
45.74
58.09
77.79
63.05
28.11
29.33
21.54
35.45
37.66
39.10
41.80
38.52
39.10
58.28
43.27
61.04
63.05
74.05
61.04
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
17.19
15.90
19.95
19.27
26.20
21.15
31.95
24.07
39.66
29.84
14.72
15.38
17.13
28.00
30.06
16.97
17.35
22.28
18.09
18.99
19.52
21.53
28.78
19.75
19.93
22.81
23.22
31.53
26.44
21.60
25.60
25.60
36.44
27.33
25.59
30.13
26.85
41.64
34.96
37.93
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
22.00
25.48
28.85
26.92
28.88
15.18
27.16
24.04
21.72
27.86
27.89
28.88
31.67
28.88
17.92
34.11
24.09
25.90
32.80
30.29
37.74
44.57
32.34
25.18
37.98
31.73
27.88
40.58
46.15
51.55
52.97
43.32
30.29
43.27
40.32
29.91
46.65
46.15
52.97
52.97
52.44
34.14
45.19
40.32
35.71
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.19
22.26
25.80
17.74
17.31
22.43
26.44
28.30
20.84
21.21
27.00
34.99
33.71
23.95
23.95
35.17
41.60
47.82
26.89
26.89
47.96
52.03
50.60
30.46
26.89
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
17.77
17.22
17.99
24.88
19.04
19.04
24.88
24.88
26.23
27.47
30.23
30.23
34.92
31.85
43.03
43.03
43.03
45.89
43.03
43.03
18.97
19.44
19.85
24.65
27.21
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
14.91
16.09
15.05
17.00
16.00
19.53
16.88
21.84
17.46
21.06
22.52
24.24
24.44
24.76
27.39
29.20
29.20
29.45
29.20
29.20
14.91
14.91
16.00
16.00
17.37
16.18
17.46
17.46
25.01
18.31
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
23.90
34.78
23.90
27.44
35.00
26.58
35.00
39.28
27.44
43.79
50.48
31.39
50.48
55.63
33.74
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
13.52
19.62
19.47
24.82
30.42
38.72
41.58
45.80
46.17
54.63
20.19
10.50
10.29
22.85
26.02
12.30
10.74
26.02
35.82
18.77
15.95
36.52
42.07
23.06
20.19
42.07
46.17
42.51
20.19
45.75
22.66
26.82
25.65
34.61
33.99
35.82
38.09
43.01
45.71
48.42
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
$26.79
27.18
16.61
10.81
$35.47
34.14
18.68
12.56
$35.82
37.43
25.78
14.15
$43.01
45.71
30.74
16.08
$48.63
47.98
39.33
19.83
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
15.63
15.87
15.38
17.89
17.89
16.46
19.05
18.72
18.72
24.56
25.70
22.74
32.98
32.67
30.05
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
17.22
24.47
24.21
17.08
16.00
17.00
19.84
27.86
27.00
18.82
24.39
18.07
27.20
32.00
29.55
19.92
26.25
19.59
34.21
37.46
31.33
21.83
27.15
20.53
40.18
40.18
31.33
27.17
29.42
21.49
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
10.00
10.00
9.30
10.60
11.67
13.95
11.00
10.35
9.99
11.25
12.53
15.61
13.02
11.45
10.30
13.02
16.34
16.91
16.19
13.39
10.50
14.19
18.00
17.44
18.34
15.68
12.75
15.82
20.20
19.03
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
13.88
13.94
13.88
13.88
20.71
20.71
19.21
17.92
13.88
13.88
24.38
24.38
23.79
19.91
20.20
20.83
26.82
26.82
26.96
22.50
23.79
23.79
28.06
28.06
28.89
23.77
23.93
23.93
29.23
29.23
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
6.15
6.16
8.00
10.50
12.90
11.00
9.43
12.48
9.50
7.50
6.15
6.16
5.25
18.13
10.50
14.31
10.50
8.00
6.15
7.00
6.15
18.49
11.23
15.26
11.23
9.07
6.16
8.00
6.15
21.15
12.50
15.28
11.31
9.35
7.30
9.00
6.28
22.08
15.02
15.28
14.00
12.90
9.00
10.00
6.28
6.15
7.25
6.15
7.25
7.30
7.50
7.30
9.35
11.14
12.80
7.25
6.15
7.50
6.15
8.00
7.97
10.96
9.00
13.19
10.85
7.08
8.05
8.05
9.02
11.00
9.00
9.00
10.00
10.00
11.77
11.77
13.67
12.20
19.87
15.95
9.50
8.75
9.30
9.25
10.35
9.50
19.87
19.87
12.20
10.50
19.87
19.87
12.91
11.68
20.63
19.87
18.15
12.60
20.97
20.85
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
6.00
8.00
9.75
11.00
14.14
7.00
7.00
9.80
4.38
8.20
7.00
10.39
8.00
8.63
8.20
11.23
9.00
9.00
8.95
12.34
12.50
9.65
9.24
14.21
15.95
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
7.63
10.30
9.00
13.46
13.79
15.50
23.77
20.14
38.46
29.62
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.30
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
22.28
$13.26
7.75
7.50
7.50
8.00
26.88
$14.69
9.00
8.07
8.07
9.25
29.79
$19.00
12.00
10.25
10.25
12.50
31.83
$20.74
13.65
12.00
12.00
14.93
35.73
22.28
7.53
26.55
7.90
28.85
12.90
31.77
15.00
34.89
15.41
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.08
12.66
15.38
18.23
21.42
15.90
10.88
11.00
12.36
11.05
12.98
10.92
15.82
15.82
7.79
7.75
14.42
14.45
14.60
10.00
9.75
17.34
13.09
13.25
13.39
12.29
12.98
11.76
20.23
21.14
7.79
11.00
15.80
16.83
14.72
10.00
11.83
20.19
15.60
15.60
15.00
13.15
14.50
14.00
21.62
21.62
12.95
14.12
18.25
19.70
16.62
12.98
14.37
22.93
20.92
21.13
18.15
13.89
14.79
16.60
22.30
21.62
16.50
16.17
20.48
23.62
18.55
13.68
16.25
28.11
21.40
21.30
22.56
17.11
17.31
18.27
22.43
28.34
17.80
18.77
24.08
25.96
20.32
15.74
19.88
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
14.02
14.02
20.07
14.02
27.62
14.02
30.26
28.09
32.48
30.29
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
17.94
17.50
19.23
20.00
22.32
21.05
23.85
23.85
36.13
23.85
16.36
18.50
16.38
18.73
19.89
17.19
21.57
22.46
18.76
22.77
22.62
22.77
23.31
22.77
22.77
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10.10
12.05
15.95
19.27
25.80
16.83
9.35
18.00
18.93
10.38
19.10
25.80
12.49
20.23
27.54
16.79
27.60
31.95
28.08
31.00
12.50
14.40
15.80
18.19
18.95
11.10
11.98
9.16
14.86
13.15
14.00
17.36
15.61
15.59
16.15
17.94
16.66
18.93
17.99
22.00
28.19
19.76
21.75
25.48
28.43
14.86
8.25
15.61
9.00
16.66
10.90
28.19
14.69
28.43
15.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Helpers--production workers ........................................
$8.00
$9.69
$14.00
$14.71
$14.90
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
8.50
11.26
11.00
13.25
14.00
9.25
11.85
7.25
10.77
12.24
11.90
16.00
16.30
10.05
14.82
8.50
14.62
14.20
13.68
17.57
17.57
20.81
16.30
9.95
18.40
16.70
15.20
20.50
19.00
23.00
17.73
13.15
22.87
22.35
16.70
23.82
22.15
27.00
18.97
16.47
7.25
7.25
9.95
8.50
12.87
9.81
15.03
10.46
18.98
12.00
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.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.00
$12.00
$17.23
$26.20
$36.53
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
19.83
19.08
29.81
29.10
38.46
21.88
16.00
29.33
21.54
26.92
19.83
34.86
34.86
38.50
22.90
16.00
37.66
39.10
38.70
40.87
37.85
34.86
46.47
28.57
20.93
38.52
39.10
45.71
45.67
45.78
38.48
56.63
50.94
28.11
43.27
61.04
58.09
49.52
59.11
45.74
58.09
77.79
28.11
74.05
61.04
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
17.00
15.90
19.75
19.27
25.60
21.15
33.46
24.07
41.64
29.84
16.97
17.01
22.28
18.09
18.99
19.35
20.96
28.78
19.75
19.93
22.08
24.26
32.21
26.44
21.60
25.60
25.60
36.44
27.33
25.59
34.49
26.85
41.64
35.10
37.93
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
24.04
25.48
28.85
26.92
28.88
15.18
30.74
24.04
28.85
27.89
28.88
31.67
28.88
17.92
34.11
24.09
34.11
29.52
37.74
44.57
32.34
25.18
38.21
31.73
42.12
46.15
51.55
52.97
43.32
30.87
43.27
40.32
48.08
46.15
52.97
52.97
52.44
34.14
45.23
40.32
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.19
22.26
25.80
17.50
17.31
23.68
30.22
28.30
21.79
21.21
28.50
35.17
33.71
25.00
23.95
36.23
43.27
47.82
26.89
26.89
48.35
52.84
50.60
31.04
26.89
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
24.88
24.88
24.88
26.23
24.88
24.88
30.23
30.23
30.23
43.03
43.03
43.03
43.03
43.03
43.03
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
14.91
15.05
16.00
16.59
17.37
21.25
21.06
24.16
25.01
28.49
14.91
14.91
16.00
16.00
16.18
16.00
17.46
17.46
18.31
17.46
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
25.13
34.78
27.44
35.00
35.00
36.06
40.80
50.48
50.48
60.88
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.74
19.53
12.94
23.05
20.02
30.24
24.79
34.93
31.59
40.67
10.74
8.75
17.43
11.26
22.03
12.56
24.79
14.31
28.50
15.15
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
15.38
15.87
15.38
17.89
17.89
16.46
18.72
18.72
18.72
25.70
23.75
22.74
34.28
32.67
30.05
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
17.13
24.36
17.00
19.59
27.86
18.00
27.15
32.00
19.59
33.30
36.93
20.18
39.78
39.73
21.36
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
10.00
9.99
9.30
10.56
12.25
10.82
10.35
9.99
11.25
12.53
13.02
11.25
10.30
13.02
16.41
16.19
13.38
10.50
14.19
18.00
18.45
15.30
12.75
15.82
20.20
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
$13.95
$15.61
$16.91
$17.44
$19.03
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
6.15
6.16
7.97
10.00
12.50
11.00
9.43
9.50
7.50
6.15
6.16
5.25
18.13
10.50
10.50
8.00
6.15
7.00
6.15
18.49
11.23
11.23
9.07
6.16
8.00
6.15
21.15
12.45
11.31
9.22
7.30
9.00
6.28
22.08
15.00
14.00
12.83
9.00
10.00
6.28
6.15
7.00
6.15
7.25
7.30
7.50
7.30
8.00
11.14
10.00
7.00
6.15
7.35
6.15
7.65
7.97
8.50
9.00
10.90
10.85
7.08
8.05
8.05
9.02
11.00
9.00
9.00
9.75
9.75
11.68
11.30
12.20
12.20
16.38
13.15
9.00
8.75
9.75
9.50
11.77
10.50
12.20
11.68
13.32
12.60
6.00
8.00
9.75
10.50
14.14
7.00
7.00
4.38
8.20
7.00
6.25
8.63
8.20
9.00
9.00
8.95
12.50
9.65
9.24
15.95
7.63
10.30
9.00
13.46
13.79
15.50
23.77
20.14
38.46
29.62
10.30
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
22.28
13.26
7.75
7.50
7.50
8.00
26.88
14.69
9.00
8.07
8.07
9.25
29.79
19.00
12.00
10.25
10.25
12.50
31.83
20.74
13.65
12.00
12.00
14.93
35.73
22.28
7.53
26.55
7.90
28.85
12.90
31.77
15.00
34.89
15.41
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.00
12.36
15.00
18.03
21.62
14.80
10.88
11.00
12.36
12.98
10.92
15.82
15.82
7.79
7.75
14.42
15.64
13.27
9.73
16.81
13.09
13.14
13.39
12.98
11.76
21.14
21.14
7.79
11.00
15.85
17.18
14.63
11.00
21.00
15.53
15.53
15.00
14.50
14.00
21.62
21.62
12.95
14.00
18.17
20.16
16.16
13.00
23.00
20.92
21.13
18.15
14.79
16.60
21.62
21.62
16.50
16.17
21.91
23.84
18.08
16.25
29.57
21.30
21.30
22.56
17.31
18.27
28.34
28.34
17.80
17.17
25.32
25.96
20.32
19.88
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
14.02
20.07
27.62
30.26
32.59
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
17.91
17.50
19.23
20.00
22.46
21.05
24.46
23.85
36.13
23.85
16.36
18.50
22.34
22.77
23.31
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
$18.50
$19.89
$22.46
$22.62
$22.77
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
10.00
12.00
15.95
19.18
25.48
16.83
9.35
18.00
18.93
10.38
19.10
25.80
12.49
20.23
27.54
16.79
27.60
31.95
28.08
31.00
12.50
14.40
15.80
18.19
18.95
11.10
11.98
9.16
14.86
13.15
14.00
17.36
15.61
15.59
16.15
17.94
16.66
18.93
17.99
22.00
28.19
19.76
21.75
25.48
28.43
14.86
8.25
8.00
15.61
9.00
9.69
16.66
10.90
14.00
28.19
14.69
14.71
28.43
15.00
14.90
8.35
11.00
11.00
13.25
14.00
9.25
11.85
7.25
10.46
11.58
11.58
16.00
16.20
10.05
14.82
8.50
14.42
13.32
13.32
17.57
17.57
15.75
16.30
9.81
17.91
14.99
14.99
20.50
19.35
26.15
17.73
13.15
21.98
15.70
15.70
23.82
22.15
27.00
18.97
15.56
7.25
7.25
9.72
8.50
12.80
9.81
15.03
10.46
18.98
12.00
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
30
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May
2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$14.52
$18.07
$22.35
$30.23
$42.07
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
29.25
35.45
34.50
36.19
41.10
41.80
51.03
62.27
63.05
63.05
35.45
41.10
50.03
62.27
63.05
Business and financial operations occupations .............
19.69
24.27
28.00
30.06
30.06
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
16.88
20.28
25.00
28.83
29.94
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
20.37
20.83
21.94
26.08
27.43
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
17.22
17.77
18.54
20.33
32.46
18.97
19.44
19.85
24.65
27.21
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
18.75
19.35
21.34
23.48
25.60
26.67
29.20
29.20
31.06
29.25
16.86
19.88
23.33
31.06
32.35
Legal occupations ..............................................................
14.13
24.83
44.06
48.76
50.86
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
15.35
20.58
23.53
28.85
35.82
43.04
42.51
48.31
48.39
56.67
26.22
25.86
34.15
33.83
37.08
37.92
42.56
42.07
47.96
47.96
25.65
26.82
30.89
34.61
36.53
35.82
41.71
43.01
47.95
48.42
26.79
27.18
21.91
11.08
35.47
34.14
25.78
13.52
35.82
37.43
30.74
15.14
43.01
45.71
36.23
17.05
48.63
47.98
42.55
19.85
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
15.75
18.47
22.13
22.13
24.35
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
20.22
25.19
24.21
29.62
29.68
34.21
38.30
38.80
41.34
41.34
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
11.45
11.45
11.46
11.45
14.37
13.83
15.96
18.34
18.34
18.34
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
13.88
13.94
13.88
13.88
20.71
20.71
19.91
17.92
13.88
13.88
24.38
24.38
23.79
19.91
20.20
20.83
26.82
26.82
26.96
22.50
23.79
23.79
28.06
28.06
29.09
23.77
23.93
23.93
29.23
29.23
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
10.96
10.96
11.40
10.96
13.19
12.36
14.31
13.19
15.14
13.19
10.96
10.96
12.36
13.19
13.19
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
11.87
11.62
14.48
14.45
18.15
15.95
20.40
19.80
20.85
20.40
11.62
20.63
14.45
20.63
15.95
20.85
19.80
20.97
20.40
23.24
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
13.68
17.28
11.05
15.57
19.53
12.29
16.46
19.72
13.15
19.39
21.67
13.89
20.48
22.19
17.11
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$14.65
14.70
13.37
$15.79
15.49
14.80
$18.40
18.10
15.99
$19.44
18.93
17.59
$20.48
19.57
19.39
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
21.15
21.15
22.03
27.78
30.29
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
17.94
20.97
21.74
23.13
23.73
Production occupations ....................................................
19.14
19.37
22.31
26.29
26.88
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
15.35
13.85
12.56
19.00
15.89
15.35
21.23
19.91
19.02
22.35
22.35
19.91
24.89
22.35
19.91
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.
32
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$11.25
$14.74
$19.75
$28.48
$38.99
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
21.06
19.08
29.81
29.10
38.46
21.88
20.93
28.14
19.83
34.86
34.86
38.50
22.90
28.11
38.83
40.87
37.85
34.86
46.47
24.04
36.19
46.41
45.67
45.78
38.48
56.63
51.53
56.27
59.11
49.52
59.11
45.74
58.09
77.79
63.05
28.11
29.33
21.54
35.45
37.66
39.10
41.80
38.52
39.10
58.28
43.27
61.04
63.05
74.05
61.04
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
17.19
15.90
19.95
19.27
26.20
21.15
31.95
24.07
39.66
29.84
14.72
15.38
17.13
28.00
30.06
16.97
17.01
22.28
18.09
18.99
19.52
21.42
28.78
19.75
19.93
22.81
23.22
31.53
26.44
21.60
25.60
25.60
36.44
27.33
25.59
34.49
26.85
41.64
34.96
37.93
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
22.00
25.48
28.85
26.92
28.88
15.18
27.16
24.04
21.72
27.88
27.89
28.88
31.67
28.88
17.92
34.11
24.09
25.90
32.80
30.29
38.27
44.57
32.62
25.18
37.98
31.73
27.88
40.58
46.15
51.55
52.97
43.94
30.29
43.27
40.32
29.91
46.65
46.15
52.97
52.97
52.44
34.14
45.19
40.32
35.71
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.37
22.26
25.80
17.85
17.67
22.98
26.44
28.30
21.21
21.93
27.43
34.99
33.71
23.95
24.02
35.24
41.60
47.82
26.89
26.89
48.06
52.03
50.60
30.59
26.89
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
17.77
17.22
24.88
24.88
21.13
19.04
24.88
24.88
27.47
27.47
30.23
30.23
34.92
31.85
43.03
43.03
43.03
45.89
43.03
43.03
18.97
19.44
19.85
24.65
27.21
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
14.91
16.09
15.05
17.00
16.59
19.53
16.88
21.84
19.62
21.06
22.25
24.24
25.01
24.76
27.63
29.20
29.20
29.45
29.20
29.20
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
25.72
34.78
23.90
28.82
35.00
26.58
35.00
39.28
27.44
44.19
50.48
31.39
50.48
55.63
33.74
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
14.61
19.62
22.85
25.47
34.61
40.07
42.07
45.99
47.62
55.06
22.03
10.29
22.88
26.69
14.59
26.02
35.82
20.19
36.53
42.07
28.50
42.07
46.50
42.51
45.87
22.66
26.82
26.02
34.61
34.91
35.82
38.57
43.01
45.71
48.42
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
$26.79
29.57
22.78
12.56
$35.47
34.15
26.94
13.52
$35.82
37.49
30.74
14.31
$43.01
45.71
37.07
15.97
$48.63
47.98
42.55
19.83
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Graphic designers ........................................................
15.87
15.87
15.38
17.89
17.89
16.46
18.72
18.72
18.72
25.70
22.74
21.89
34.28
31.76
26.58
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
17.12
24.52
24.21
17.01
19.59
27.83
26.21
18.19
26.25
34.83
29.55
19.59
34.51
38.80
31.33
20.53
41.34
40.59
31.33
21.36
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
10.30
10.10
11.25
12.31
11.25
10.35
11.25
14.97
13.38
11.25
13.02
17.44
17.34
13.38
14.19
19.44
20.20
16.15
16.15
20.20
Protective service occupations .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
13.88
13.88
13.88
20.81
20.81
19.86
13.88
13.88
25.00
25.00
23.79
20.20
20.83
26.82
26.82
26.96
23.79
23.79
28.06
28.06
29.09
23.93
23.93
29.65
29.65
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
6.15
9.00
10.85
13.14
18.13
16.25
11.23
6.15
6.15
18.13
11.23
6.15
6.15
18.49
11.23
9.00
6.15
21.15
14.00
10.00
6.50
22.08
15.28
10.00
7.15
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
9.40
9.30
10.99
10.93
12.20
12.07
15.63
13.08
19.87
17.35
10.00
9.00
11.77
10.11
12.20
10.50
14.45
11.68
18.30
12.45
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
8.00
9.50
10.05
12.50
15.95
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
10.00
10.30
13.25
13.46
19.23
15.50
30.01
20.14
42.60
29.62
10.30
7.75
7.50
7.50
8.35
22.28
13.26
9.35
9.00
9.00
9.50
26.88
14.69
10.84
10.00
10.00
12.00
29.79
19.00
13.25
10.40
10.40
14.50
31.83
20.74
18.00
12.72
12.72
18.95
35.73
22.28
26.55
28.85
31.77
34.89
11.50
13.46
15.99
18.72
21.89
15.46
11.00
11.00
12.36
12.98
11.03
15.82
15.82
7.79
10.75
16.81
13.25
13.25
13.72
12.98
12.00
21.14
21.14
7.79
11.98
21.00
16.38
15.60
15.54
14.50
14.44
21.62
21.62
12.95
16.17
22.93
20.92
21.13
18.15
14.79
16.75
22.30
21.62
16.50
16.49
28.11
21.67
21.30
22.56
17.31
18.27
23.13
28.34
17.80
18.77
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ..........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$14.42
14.36
14.60
12.98
10.75
$15.89
16.83
15.13
13.08
12.00
$18.36
20.00
16.62
13.68
14.90
$20.67
23.62
18.93
15.74
16.25
$24.08
25.96
20.32
15.92
19.88
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
14.02
14.02
20.07
14.02
27.62
14.02
30.26
28.09
32.48
30.29
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
17.94
17.50
19.23
20.00
22.32
21.05
23.85
23.85
36.13
23.85
16.36
18.50
16.38
18.73
19.89
17.19
21.57
22.46
18.76
22.77
22.62
22.77
23.31
22.77
22.77
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders ...........................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10.58
12.50
16.28
19.76
25.80
16.83
10.00
18.00
18.93
11.26
19.10
25.80
12.90
20.23
27.54
17.33
27.60
31.95
28.08
31.00
12.50
14.40
15.80
18.19
18.95
11.10
11.98
9.16
14.86
13.15
14.00
17.36
15.61
15.59
16.15
17.94
16.66
18.93
17.99
22.00
28.19
19.76
21.75
25.48
28.43
14.86
9.00
15.61
10.45
16.66
12.20
28.19
14.70
28.43
15.00
10.05
13.37
12.00
13.25
14.00
9.25
11.85
9.24
13.26
15.35
13.76
16.00
16.30
10.05
14.82
9.81
16.11
19.91
15.53
17.57
17.57
20.81
16.30
12.00
19.51
22.35
19.91
20.50
19.00
23.00
17.73
15.03
25.22
22.35
19.91
23.82
22.15
27.00
18.97
20.38
11.00
12.00
15.00
16.20
20.83
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
35
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.15
$7.75
$9.75
$12.90
$18.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.66
11.26
14.92
19.47
24.07
10.74
9.79
10.74
11.26
15.15
13.64
25.65
17.05
29.34
19.61
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
18.31
24.36
16.82
20.29
27.86
18.00
28.62
31.93
19.25
33.30
35.22
20.40
36.90
37.64
24.57
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.60
9.50
8.67
10.20
9.60
10.50
10.50
9.40
10.75
12.18
12.53
11.45
10.10
12.50
14.15
14.35
13.63
11.55
14.23
15.61
15.61
14.89
12.75
15.19
16.20
Protective service occupations .........................................
10.00
10.00
10.02
12.24
28.43
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
6.15
9.00
7.50
5.25
6.16
5.25
7.00
6.15
9.50
8.00
6.15
6.50
6.15
7.25
7.30
10.50
9.22
6.16
7.00
6.15
7.50
8.59
11.76
9.35
6.63
8.00
6.28
8.97
11.00
12.50
15.14
7.50
8.59
6.28
11.40
7.00
6.15
7.35
6.15
8.00
6.15
10.10
7.97
12.04
7.97
7.08
7.65
8.05
8.05
14.50
8.98
9.00
9.34
9.50
9.75
9.75
10.05
10.35
10.78
10.78
9.00
7.55
9.75
8.98
9.75
9.50
10.00
10.65
10.78
13.16
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
5.75
7.00
8.63
10.00
12.34
7.00
7.00
4.38
8.20
7.00
4.75
8.63
8.20
8.00
9.00
8.95
10.00
9.65
9.24
15.66
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.65
6.50
7.00
7.00
6.15
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.72
8.10
8.10
8.00
8.00
8.50
10.00
9.53
9.35
9.35
9.60
12.70
12.50
12.00
12.00
12.95
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.00
10.10
9.00
6.15
9.75
10.00
10.52
10.64
7.45
9.75
10.00
12.25
12.00
9.45
10.00
12.66
15.96
14.00
12.80
13.44
17.15
17.31
14.00
14.80
16.40
Production occupations ....................................................
8.00
8.00
9.00
10.10
10.10
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 —
Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.00
11.00
11.00
7.10
$8.00
11.58
11.58
8.00
$9.70
13.32
13.20
9.00
$12.80
14.99
14.99
10.46
$14.99
15.70
15.70
12.90
6.85
7.25
7.25
8.00
9.35
9.33
12.80
10.46
12.90
14.62
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
37
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$790
39.9
$47,297
$40,352
2,039
1,605
1,449
1,635
1,487
1,560
1,647
1,514
1,394
40.8
40.6
40.0
40.0
82,641
75,361
85,013
77,328
81,105
85,661
78,724
72,509
2,099
2,109
2,080
2,080
46.47
24.04
36.19
1,913
1,528
1,638
1,859
962
1,672
40.0
40.0
41.3
99,473
79,452
77,243
96,658
50,003
79,625
2,080
2,080
1,946
45.58
44.35
41.80
38.52
1,908
1,800
2,041
1,541
41.9
40.6
89,257
93,584
90,409
80,113
1,958
2,110
43.76
39.10
1,834
1,760
41.9
95,387
91,494
2,180
27.58
22.19
26.20
21.15
1,102
887
1,025
846
39.9
40.0
57,286
46,146
53,299
44,000
2,077
2,079
21.30
17.13
852
685
40.0
44,311
35,630
2,080
23.56
22.81
923
883
39.2
47,999
45,926
2,037
23.73
32.63
25.31
25.29
23.22
31.53
26.44
21.60
876
1,305
1,008
986
912
1,261
1,025
845
36.9
40.0
39.8
39.0
45,542
67,865
52,439
51,279
47,441
65,582
53,299
43,953
1,919
2,080
2,072
2,028
34.14
33.70
39.58
32.80
30.29
38.27
1,365
1,348
1,583
1,340
1,212
1,531
40.0
40.0
40.0
70,995
70,086
82,336
69,680
62,999
79,602
2,080
2,080
2,080
41.94
44.57
1,678
1,783
40.0
87,233
92,699
2,080
37.03
24.79
37.38
32.62
25.18
37.98
1,481
1,001
1,489
1,305
1,007
1,513
40.0
40.4
39.8
77,012
52,076
77,405
67,850
52,366
78,674
2,080
2,101
2,071
31.61
31.73
1,261
1,269
39.9
65,557
66,000
2,074
28.03
27.88
1,121
1,115
40.0
58,310
57,990
2,080
30.84
36.45
36.23
27.43
34.99
33.71
1,234
1,458
1,449
1,097
1,399
1,348
40.0
40.0
40.0
64,148
75,815
75,350
57,054
72,771
70,111
2,080
2,080
2,080
24.24
23.95
970
958
40.0
50,428
49,816
2,080
23.58
24.02
943
961
40.0
49,039
49,962
2,080
29.16
27.52
33.28
33.28
27.47
27.47
30.23
30.23
1,175
1,124
1,330
1,330
1,153
1,153
1,209
1,209
40.3
40.9
40.0
40.0
61,091
58,467
69,176
69,176
59,966
59,966
62,880
62,880
2,095
2,125
2,079
2,079
22.36
19.85
894
794
40.0
46,507
41,288
2,080
20.98
22.61
19.62
21.06
837
890
778
842
39.9
39.4
42,501
42,169
36,311
41,496
2,026
1,865
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$23.20
$19.75
$926
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
39.37
35.73
40.87
37.18
38.83
40.87
37.85
34.86
47.82
38.20
39.69
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Claims adjusters, appraisers,
examiners, and investigators ........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Training and development
specialists .................................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers .....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
Miscellaneous life, physical, and
social science technicians ............
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$890
40.0
$45,875
$45,812
2,030
977
970
39.9
48,048
47,784
1,964
35.00
39.28
27.44
1,575
1,867
1,104
1,442
1,751
1,077
41.3
42.8
38.6
81,899
97,087
57,397
75,001
91,077
56,000
2,147
2,225
2,010
32.70
38.49
34.61
40.07
1,244
1,523
1,262
1,547
38.0
39.6
49,346
66,560
52,049
66,040
1,509
1,729
34.69
35.82
1,310
1,366
37.8
50,078
52,134
1,443
23.00
20.19
915
808
39.8
40,852
41,995
1,776
34.44
36.53
1,283
1,262
37.3
48,429
52,380
1,406
33.47
37.66
34.91
35.82
1,286
1,425
1,325
1,372
38.4
37.8
47,797
53,338
48,759
52,134
1,428
1,416
37.80
38.32
32.01
14.86
35.82
37.49
30.74
14.31
1,427
1,455
1,272
548
1,372
1,382
1,230
532
37.8
38.0
39.7
36.9
53,419
54,646
59,972
22,103
52,134
51,791
61,610
22,207
1,413
1,426
1,874
1,487
22.76
21.08
19.96
18.72
18.72
18.72
910
843
798
749
749
749
40.0
40.0
40.0
46,810
43,837
41,510
38,929
38,929
38,929
2,057
2,080
2,080
28.10
33.52
28.71
26.25
34.83
29.55
1,121
1,341
1,148
1,050
1,393
1,182
39.9
40.0
40.0
58,143
69,171
59,715
54,600
71,161
61,466
2,069
2,063
2,080
19.19
19.59
767
784
40.0
39,899
40,747
2,079
14.45
13.38
574
535
39.7
29,871
27,832
2,067
12.39
11.25
494
455
39.9
25,672
23,678
2,072
13.14
13.02
524
521
39.9
27,254
27,084
2,073
16.85
17.44
667
700
39.6
34,694
36,400
2,059
23.16
23.79
950
973
41.0
49,396
50,606
2,133
19.63
19.70
26.30
26.30
20.20
20.83
26.82
26.82
785
788
1,067
1,067
808
833
1,073
1,073
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.6
40,822
40,976
55,470
55,470
42,016
43,326
55,796
55,796
2,080
2,080
2,109
2,109
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Social workers ....................................
Child, family, and school social
workers .....................................
$22.59
$22.25
$904
24.46
24.24
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ..........
38.14
43.63
28.56
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
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 ............
Librarians ............................................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Graphic designers ..........................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Annual earnings5
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
11.31
10.85
440
387
38.9
22,769
20,149
2,014
19.65
12.27
8.30
6.33
18.49
11.23
9.00
6.15
787
489
322
240
816
449
360
246
40.0
39.9
38.7
37.9
40,912
25,434
16,731
12,482
42,427
23,348
18,720
12,792
2,082
2,074
2,015
1,972
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
13.39
12.51
12.20
12.07
532
497
488
481
39.7
39.7
26,827
25,760
25,376
25,002
2,004
2,059
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$488
39.7
$27,039
$25,376
2,057
429
420
39.7
22,308
21,840
2,064
10.05
446
402
40.0
23,056
20,894
2,067
24.54
19.23
972
758
39.6
50,531
39,406
2,059
18.85
15.50
754
620
40.0
39,217
32,240
2,080
16.15
12.31
9.93
9.93
12.94
14.69
10.84
10.00
10.00
12.00
646
476
397
397
490
588
421
400
400
474
40.0
38.6
40.0
40.0
37.8
33,597
24,733
20,651
20,651
25,456
30,551
21,886
20,800
20,800
24,648
2,080
2,010
2,080
2,080
1,968
29.83
29.79
1,193
1,192
40.0
62,040
61,969
2,080
29.41
28.85
1,176
1,154
40.0
61,164
60,012
2,080
16.39
15.99
653
635
39.8
33,824
32,968
2,064
20.84
17.13
21.00
16.38
833
681
840
661
40.0
39.7
43,340
35,040
43,680
34,070
2,080
2,046
17.16
16.57
14.71
14.58
21.33
15.60
15.54
14.50
14.44
21.62
680
666
588
583
853
624
621
580
578
865
39.6
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
34,851
34,608
30,587
30,324
40,288
32,448
32,282
30,160
30,035
35,458
2,031
2,089
2,080
2,080
1,889
21.26
21.62
851
865
40.0
39,125
35,458
1,840
12.88
14.75
12.95
16.17
515
590
518
647
40.0
40.0
26,786
30,674
26,936
33,634
2,080
2,080
18.67
18.36
740
731
39.7
38,405
38,000
2,057
20.05
20.00
795
800
39.7
41,149
41,076
2,053
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.14
$12.20
$522
10.81
10.50
11.15
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
16.99
16.62
672
660
39.5
34,922
34,324
2,056
14.43
15.17
13.68
14.90
565
606
547
598
39.2
39.9
29,399
31,412
28,454
30,202
2,038
2,070
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Carpenters ..........................................
25.62
20.06
27.62
14.02
1,048
802
1,140
561
40.9
40.0
52,566
41,722
56,742
29,160
2,052
2,080
23.41
22.32
937
893
40.0
48,700
46,430
2,080
21.43
21.05
857
842
40.0
44,568
43,784
2,080
20.78
21.45
21.57
22.46
831
858
863
898
40.0
40.0
43,213
44,609
44,868
46,717
2,080
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Computer control programmers and
operators ......................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Printers ...............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Coating, painting, and spraying
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$750
40.0
$40,453
$39,021
2,080
681
650
40.0
35,419
33,800
2,080
25.80
1,010
1,032
40.8
52,541
53,664
2,120
15.52
12.90
621
516
40.0
32,282
26,832
2,080
22.21
20.23
888
809
40.0
46,187
42,080
2,080
16.08
15.80
640
630
39.8
33,297
32,760
2,071
15.89
16.73
15.59
16.15
630
669
623
646
39.6
40.0
32,760
34,774
32,417
33,592
2,061
2,079
18.71
19.49
17.94
16.66
748
780
718
666
40.0
40.0
38,907
40,546
37,315
34,653
2,080
2,080
19.49
12.25
16.66
12.20
780
490
666
488
40.0
40.0
40,546
25,471
34,653
25,376
2,080
2,080
19.75
18.55
16.47
16.11
19.91
15.53
788
732
644
644
797
615
39.9
39.5
39.1
40,770
33,849
27,698
33,280
32,552
24,877
2,064
1,825
1,681
18.23
17.57
744
703
40.8
38,701
36,546
2,123
18.15
17.57
745
703
41.0
38,726
36,546
2,134
18.56
16.43
13.24
20.81
16.30
12.00
742
657
530
832
652
480
40.0
40.0
40.0
38,599
34,170
27,538
43,285
33,904
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,080
14.93
15.00
597
600
40.0
31,059
31,200
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.45
$18.76
$778
17.03
16.28
24.78
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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$760
40.0
$46,970
$39,229
2,067
1,587
1,449
1,635
1,487
1,560
1,647
1,514
1,394
40.7
40.6
40.0
40.0
82,312
75,361
85,013
77,328
81,105
85,661
78,724
72,509
2,112
2,109
2,080
2,080
46.47
24.04
38.52
1,913
1,528
1,800
1,859
962
1,541
40.0
40.0
40.6
99,473
79,452
93,584
96,658
50,003
80,113
2,080
2,080
2,110
27.69
22.12
25.60
21.15
1,106
884
1,024
846
39.9
40.0
57,505
45,985
53,248
44,000
2,077
2,079
23.58
32.80
25.35
25.29
22.08
32.21
26.44
21.60
923
1,312
1,010
986
883
1,288
1,025
845
39.2
40.0
39.8
39.0
48,018
68,215
52,526
51,279
45,926
66,997
53,299
43,953
2,036
2,080
2,072
2,028
34.88
34.13
39.58
34.11
29.52
38.27
1,395
1,365
1,583
1,364
1,181
1,531
40.0
40.0
40.0
72,534
70,991
82,336
70,949
61,402
79,602
2,080
2,080
2,080
41.94
44.57
1,678
1,783
40.0
87,233
92,699
2,080
37.03
24.84
38.56
32.62
25.18
38.21
1,481
1,004
1,535
1,305
1,007
1,529
40.0
40.4
39.8
77,012
52,202
79,826
67,850
52,374
79,483
2,080
2,101
2,070
31.61
31.73
1,261
1,269
39.9
65,557
66,000
2,074
31.63
37.09
36.23
28.73
35.17
33.71
1,265
1,483
1,449
1,149
1,407
1,348
40.0
40.0
40.0
65,788
77,140
75,350
59,758
73,145
70,111
2,080
2,080
2,080
24.74
25.04
990
1,001
40.0
51,466
52,075
2,080
23.58
24.02
943
961
40.0
49,039
49,962
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
33.10
33.28
33.28
30.23
30.23
30.23
1,339
1,330
1,330
1,209
1,209
1,209
40.5
40.0
40.0
69,634
69,176
69,176
62,880
62,880
62,880
2,104
2,079
2,079
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Social workers ....................................
18.67
20.56
17.46
21.25
744
822
698
850
39.8
40.0
38,116
41,140
36,134
35,268
2,041
2,001
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
37.62
43.16
35.00
36.06
1,559
1,866
1,400
1,654
41.4
43.2
81,065
97,033
72,800
85,999
2,155
2,248
22.14
30.07
21.45
30.24
878
1,158
858
1,182
39.6
38.5
38,205
56,285
35,543
55,515
1,726
1,872
21.84
22.66
874
906
40.0
35,399
36,115
1,620
23.01
20.94
19.73
18.75
18.72
18.72
920
838
789
750
749
749
40.0
40.0
40.0
47,863
43,559
41,034
39,000
38,929
38,929
2,080
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.73
$19.03
$909
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Engineering managers .......................
38.97
35.73
40.87
37.18
38.70
40.87
37.85
34.86
47.82
38.20
44.35
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers .....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Graphic designers ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$27.61
33.20
$26.25
34.89
$1,101
1,328
$1,050
1,396
39.9
40.0
$57,255
69,046
$54,600
72,571
2,074
2,080
19.19
19.59
767
784
40.0
39,899
40,747
2,079
14.40
13.38
573
535
39.8
29,810
27,832
2,070
12.18
11.25
487
450
40.0
25,337
23,400
2,080
13.09
13.02
522
521
39.9
27,131
27,084
2,073
16.91
17.59
670
714
39.6
34,823
37,107
2,059
11.22
12.18
8.30
6.33
10.74
11.23
9.00
6.15
436
486
322
240
380
449
360
246
38.9
39.9
38.7
37.9
22,683
25,255
16,731
12,482
19,760
23,348
18,720
12,792
2,021
2,073
2,015
1,972
12.33
11.65
11.86
11.77
489
462
471
471
39.7
39.7
24,554
24,018
24,877
24,482
1,992
2,062
12.06
12.20
478
488
39.6
24,864
25,376
2,061
10.81
10.50
429
420
39.7
22,311
21,840
2,064
10.93
9.75
437
390
40.0
22,736
20,280
2,080
24.54
19.23
972
760
39.6
50,541
39,520
2,059
18.85
15.50
754
620
40.0
39,217
32,240
2,080
16.15
12.29
9.84
9.84
12.94
14.69
10.84
10.00
10.00
12.00
646
475
394
394
490
588
421
400
400
474
40.0
38.6
40.0
40.0
37.8
33,597
24,688
20,469
20,469
25,456
30,551
21,886
20,800
20,800
24,648
2,080
2,009
2,080
2,080
1,968
29.83
29.79
1,193
1,192
40.0
62,040
61,969
2,080
29.41
28.85
1,176
1,154
40.0
61,164
60,012
2,080
16.27
15.76
649
624
39.9
33,656
32,448
2,069
20.97
16.96
21.00
15.60
839
674
840
624
40.0
39.7
43,614
34,653
43,680
32,448
2,080
2,044
16.96
16.57
14.71
14.53
21.26
15.53
15.54
14.50
14.44
21.62
672
666
588
581
851
621
621
580
578
865
39.6
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
34,385
34,608
30,587
30,226
39,125
32,302
32,282
30,160
30,035
35,458
2,027
2,089
2,080
2,080
1,840
21.26
21.62
851
865
40.0
39,125
35,458
1,840
12.88
12.95
515
518
40.0
26,786
26,936
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Computer control programmers and
operators ......................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Printers ...............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Coating, painting, and spraying
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$647
40.0
$30,428
$33,634
2,080
760
731
39.9
39,522
38,000
2,073
20.19
814
808
39.8
42,340
41,995
2,069
16.74
14.61
16.50
13.01
669
584
660
520
40.0
40.0
34,809
30,383
34,324
27,050
2,080
2,080
25.71
27.62
1,054
1,144
41.0
52,699
57,408
2,050
23.63
22.46
945
898
40.0
49,156
46,717
2,080
21.47
21.05
859
842
40.0
44,653
43,784
2,080
20.77
21.45
22.34
22.46
831
858
894
898
40.0
40.0
43,207
44,609
46,467
46,717
2,080
2,080
16.95
16.22
678
648
40.0
35,251
33,692
2,080
24.78
25.80
1,010
1,032
40.8
52,541
53,664
2,120
15.52
12.90
621
516
40.0
32,282
26,832
2,080
22.21
20.23
888
809
40.0
46,187
42,080
2,080
16.08
15.80
640
630
39.8
33,297
32,760
2,071
15.89
16.73
15.59
16.15
630
669
623
646
39.6
40.0
32,760
34,774
32,417
33,592
2,061
2,079
18.71
19.49
17.94
16.66
748
780
718
666
40.0
40.0
38,907
40,546
37,315
34,653
2,080
2,080
19.49
12.25
16.66
12.20
780
490
666
488
40.0
40.0
40,546
25,471
34,653
25,376
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$14.63
$16.17
$585
19.07
18.33
20.47
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$628
39.9
$40,743
$32,386
2,073
743
703
40.9
38,611
36,546
2,124
17.57
744
703
41.0
38,712
36,546
2,135
18.35
16.43
13.12
15.75
16.30
11.50
734
657
525
630
652
460
40.0
40.0
40.0
38,165
34,170
27,283
32,760
33,904
23,920
2,080
2,080
2,080
14.76
15.00
590
600
40.0
30,690
31,200
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.66
$15.71
$785
18.17
17.57
18.14
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
45
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$930
39.5
$49,278
$47,091
1,871
1,747
2,022
1,696
2,055
41.1
42.1
85,063
93,253
86,938
90,409
2,002
1,941
50.03
2,087
2,055
42.3
95,463
91,559
1,934
26.71
28.00
1,066
1,120
39.9
55,449
58,240
2,076
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
24.54
25.00
982
1,000
40.0
51,046
52,000
2,080
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
25.17
21.94
1,007
878
40.0
52,352
45,635
2,080
21.62
19.04
865
762
40.0
44,971
39,603
2,080
22.36
19.85
894
794
40.0
46,507
41,288
2,080
25.45
26.16
25.65
26.75
1,019
1,049
1,026
1,070
40.0
40.1
50,838
54,541
51,366
55,644
1,998
2,085
25.68
23.92
1,027
957
40.0
53,418
49,754
2,080
42.79
48.76
1,711
1,950
40.0
88,995
101,415
2,080
36.04
41.69
36.53
43.04
1,354
1,667
1,372
1,722
37.6
40.0
52,301
70,081
52,380
68,156
1,451
1,681
38.09
37.13
1,418
1,384
37.2
53,440
52,380
1,403
38.12
38.09
1,384
1,399
36.3
52,604
53,172
1,380
37.03
37.66
36.67
35.82
1,398
1,425
1,399
1,372
37.8
37.8
52,192
53,338
53,172
52,134
1,409
1,416
37.80
38.32
32.01
14.85
35.82
37.49
30.74
14.25
1,427
1,455
1,272
525
1,372
1,382
1,230
461
37.8
38.0
39.7
35.4
53,419
54,646
59,972
19,762
52,134
51,791
61,610
18,511
1,413
1,426
1,874
1,331
32.28
34.68
33.56
34.21
1,290
1,386
1,342
1,368
40.0
40.0
65,558
69,604
64,309
71,161
2,031
2,007
23.42
23.79
965
998
41.2
50,204
51,896
2,143
19.63
19.70
26.30
26.30
20.20
20.83
26.82
26.82
785
788
1,067
1,067
808
833
1,073
1,073
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.6
40,822
40,976
55,470
55,470
42,016
43,326
55,796
55,796
2,080
2,080
2,109
2,109
17.64
16.57
18.15
15.95
706
663
726
638
40.0
40.0
36,221
33,898
37,744
33,176
2,053
2,046
16.59
21.18
15.95
20.85
664
847
638
834
40.0
40.0
33,941
44,056
33,176
43,368
2,046
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$26.34
$23.13
$1,040
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
42.50
48.04
41.10
41.80
49.37
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and
social science technicians ............
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Legal occupations ................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Librarians ............................................
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Protective service occupations ...........
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$648
789
39.4
40.0
$34,929
41,273
$33,715
41,016
2,032
2,080
691
736
39.1
35,590
38,272
2,016
18.10
15.99
675
652
702
635
38.9
39.8
35,075
33,611
36,525
32,556
2,023
2,050
24.40
22.03
976
881
40.0
50,744
45,822
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
21.63
21.74
865
870
40.0
44,985
45,219
2,080
Production occupations ......................
22.50
22.31
900
892
40.0
46,799
46,401
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
21.15
21.90
840
876
39.7
41,148
44,158
1,946
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.19
19.84
$16.62
19.72
$678
794
17.66
18.40
17.34
16.40
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
47
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$20.52
$18.91
$19.17
$25.49
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 .......................
30.97
32.98
29.82
10.52
16.93
19.51
15.57
24.89
25.71
23.63
16.71
16.49
16.97
29.14
30.43
28.40
9.77
17.24
19.58
15.46
23.91
24.82
21.21
15.73
17.08
14.06
29.57
32.29
27.84
11.01
15.84
16.45
15.56
24.54
–
20.33
15.38
15.39
15.37
33.90
36.33
32.59
12.56
17.97
31.68
15.80
30.54
–
30.83
20.95
17.37
24.62
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.9
5.4
3.0
2.9
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.1
3.1
3.6
3.9
3.7
6.3
2.1
6.9
11.0
9.6
6.1
4.2
12.2
5.2
6.2
9.5
5.5
7.0
11.8
4.4
7.1
11.0
3.7
5.7
8.7
5.7
4.9
8.7
7.9
2.6
2.6
4.6
3.8
5.7
–
2.6
1.4
1.5
3.3
2.1
6.2
2.3
7.1
7.6
16.6
3.3
10.3
–
10.2
18.5
6.3
33.1
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 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.
48
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$757
40.1
$44,300
$38,584
2,059
1,359
1,412
1,231
1,647
40.8
40.7
70,648
73,446
64,000
85,661
2,121
2,116
25.28
26.44
1,114
1,041
1,016
1,058
40.1
40.0
57,907
54,111
52,824
55,001
2,086
2,080
34.80
38.83
41.14
31.73
38.58
44.57
1,392
1,553
1,646
1,269
1,543
1,783
40.0
40.0
40.0
72,394
80,770
85,576
66,000
80,251
92,699
2,080
2,080
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
24.29
25.50
971
1,020
40.0
50,518
53,040
2,080
Legal occupations ....................................................
36.47
35.00
1,505
1,400
41.3
78,257
72,800
2,146
Education, training, and library occupations ........
23.75
23.76
949
950
40.0
36,065
36,115
1,519
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
26.33
25.50
1,043
1,020
39.6
54,241
53,040
2,060
Healthcare support occupations .............................
15.91
16.82
629
673
39.5
32,688
34,986
2,055
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
10.65
8.02
10.00
9.00
412
308
363
360
38.7
38.4
21,439
16,002
18,874
18,720
2,012
1,996
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
12.45
11.15
12.20
12.20
498
446
488
488
40.0
40.0
24,292
23,198
25,376
25,376
1,951
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
24.95
12.09
12.81
20.77
10.25
11.50
986
465
477
826
410
430
39.5
38.4
37.3
51,276
24,160
24,828
42,931
21,320
22,381
2,056
1,999
1,938
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
16.80
18.24
19.10
17.25
14.82
17.56
16.18
16.17
20.41
21.13
18.15
14.44
16.50
12.50
671
720
749
702
593
702
647
647
792
792
730
578
660
500
40.0
39.5
39.2
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
34,786
36,754
37,740
36,491
30,830
36,518
33,656
33,634
41,200
41,200
37,960
30,035
34,324
26,000
2,070
2,015
1,976
2,115
2,080
2,080
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
24.82
27.62
1,025
1,140
41.3
50,665
51,097
2,041
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
21.21
22.00
848
880
40.0
44,122
45,760
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
Computer control programmers and operators ......
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
17.17
22.21
13.46
16.83
20.23
14.00
687
888
539
673
809
560
40.0
40.0
40.0
35,750
46,187
28,007
35,006
42,080
29,120
2,082
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$21.51
$18.93
$862
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
33.30
34.71
30.77
41.18
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
27.76
26.02
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
See footnotes at end of table.
49
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$592
680
526
39.9
40.0
40.0
$31,394
34,320
29,008
$30,805
35,360
27,350
2,075
2,080
2,080
600
40.0
30,510
31,200
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.13
16.50
13.95
$14.81
17.00
13.15
$604
660
558
14.67
15.00
587
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
Annual earnings5
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
50
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$769
40.0
$49,277
$39,520
2,073
1,745
1,526
1,430
1,913
1,857
1,570
1,394
1,394
1,859
1,863
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
90,359
79,339
74,370
99,473
96,553
81,665
72,509
72,509
96,658
96,888
2,106
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
25.60
21.15
1,102
876
1,024
846
39.9
40.0
57,296
45,545
53,248
44,000
2,072
2,079
27.95
32.80
25.04
24.59
25.60
32.21
24.37
22.54
1,052
1,312
996
954
1,024
1,288
975
851
37.6
40.0
39.8
38.8
54,692
68,215
51,771
49,626
53,248
66,997
50,683
44,246
1,957
2,080
2,068
2,018
34.93
40.40
34.14
37.26
1,397
1,616
1,368
1,490
40.0
40.0
72,650
84,039
71,117
77,501
2,080
2,080
36.61
25.42
37.36
33.86
25.18
36.33
1,464
1,034
1,485
1,354
1,007
1,452
40.0
40.7
39.7
76,141
53,773
77,214
70,429
52,374
75,500
2,080
2,115
2,067
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Mechanical engineers .........................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
33.68
39.60
36.23
24.19
33.46
36.78
33.71
23.68
1,347
1,584
1,449
968
1,338
1,471
1,348
947
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
70,046
82,368
75,350
50,313
69,586
76,500
70,111
49,246
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
36.80
34.92
1,498
1,424
40.7
77,909
74,063
2,117
Community and social services occupations ........
22.10
22.25
876
890
39.6
43,772
45,812
1,981
Legal occupations ....................................................
40.38
50.48
1,691
1,780
41.9
87,952
92,560
2,178
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
20.84
31.52
18.51
31.59
821
1,206
684
1,212
39.4
38.3
40,404
58,060
34,008
59,236
1,939
1,842
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................
24.63
22.36
21.89
18.72
985
895
876
749
40.0
40.0
51,241
46,519
45,540
38,929
2,080
2,080
28.12
33.20
26.25
34.89
1,125
1,328
1,050
1,396
40.0
40.0
58,483
69,046
54,600
72,571
2,080
2,080
19.39
19.59
775
784
40.0
40,312
40,747
2,079
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
13.48
12.36
13.75
16.32
13.02
12.00
13.23
16.94
539
494
548
653
521
494
529
678
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
28,034
25,709
28,480
33,937
27,084
25,709
27,518
35,235
2,080
2,079
2,071
2,080
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
12.38
14.37
8.98
11.68
15.26
9.69
485
569
356
462
610
387
39.2
39.6
39.6
25,237
29,582
18,508
24,024
31,741
20,149
2,038
2,058
2,061
12.18
12.16
11.77
11.77
479
478
471
471
39.3
39.3
24,887
24,856
24,482
24,482
2,044
2,044
12.69
11.02
11.77
10.80
498
433
471
420
39.3
39.3
25,920
22,531
24,482
21,840
2,043
2,044
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$23.77
$19.23
$950
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Marketing managers ...........................................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
42.90
38.14
35.75
47.82
46.42
39.26
34.86
34.86
46.47
46.58
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
27.65
21.91
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses ...............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$714
745
480
488
39.7
40.0
39.0
38.7
$49,219
52,596
25,701
26,395
$37,128
38,730
24,960
25,397
2,066
2,080
2,030
2,012
1,304
1,269
40.0
67,829
65,986
2,080
31.72
1,267
1,269
40.0
65,871
65,986
2,080
15.91
15.25
634
606
39.9
32,897
31,493
2,068
22.49
15.37
14.85
16.35
14.17
21.26
21.06
15.02
14.73
15.01
14.09
21.62
900
615
594
654
567
851
842
601
589
600
564
865
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
46,789
31,970
30,895
34,010
29,480
39,125
43,803
31,242
30,638
31,221
29,307
35,458
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
1,840
21.26
19.47
21.62
18.50
851
775
865
733
40.0
39.8
39,125
40,320
35,458
38,126
1,840
2,071
20.99
20.67
834
827
39.7
43,386
42,994
2,067
16.07
13.25
15.80
13.01
643
530
632
520
40.0
40.0
33,433
27,560
32,864
27,050
2,080
2,080
28.73
30.26
1,149
1,210
40.0
59,761
62,941
2,080
25.26
22.91
1,010
916
40.0
52,532
47,644
2,080
20.93
20.79
19.89
19.89
837
832
796
796
40.0
40.0
43,541
43,253
41,371
41,371
2,080
2,080
16.78
16.13
16.65
19.49
15.96
14.90
15.90
16.66
671
645
665
780
636
596
642
666
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
34,868
33,555
34,578
40,546
33,072
30,992
33,384
34,653
2,078
2,080
2,077
2,080
19.49
11.61
16.66
10.70
780
464
666
428
40.0
40.0
40,546
24,151
34,653
22,256
2,080
2,080
23.50
21.38
20.61
16.43
12.39
17.68
20.00
19.68
16.30
9.81
939
911
890
657
495
707
800
749
652
392
40.0
42.6
43.2
40.0
40.0
48,658
47,353
46,255
34,170
25,761
36,774
41,600
38,936
33,904
20,399
2,071
2,215
2,244
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
$23.82
25.29
12.66
13.12
$17.85
18.62
12.15
12.24
$947
1,011
494
508
32.61
31.72
31.67
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Dispatchers .............................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ....................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Printers ...................................................................
Painting workers .....................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,
operators, and tenders .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Annual earnings5
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$23.29
$22.29
$24.81
$20.45
$20.18
$29.18
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 .......................
29.49
32.99
29.02
16.22
15.70
9.92
16.47
27.34
–
25.37
23.40
20.44
25.59
26.58
–
26.70
13.00
14.13
–
15.49
27.96
29.01
26.07
23.72
20.30
26.57
30.67
33.74
30.10
20.36
17.14
–
17.15
23.20
24.40
21.98
21.05
22.50
20.61
31.36
33.16
30.26
10.07
17.14
19.98
15.60
20.25
–
20.64
14.62
15.57
13.39
31.31
33.03
30.20
9.96
17.14
19.98
15.58
20.27
19.92
20.71
14.61
15.57
13.38
32.06
35.96
30.84
19.11
16.87
–
16.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.0
5.1
1.0
3.4
3.5
5.4
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 .......................
1.6
9.8
2.3
5.4
3.2
3.8
3.1
4.4
–
12.2
12.8
11.1
18.2
2.9
–
2.9
5.1
5.5
–
6.7
5.2
4.7
13.9
14.3
12.1
20.3
2.0
11.1
2.8
3.4
2.1
–
2.2
2.8
6.6
1.2
5.0
5.9
6.3
2.0
2.9
3.5
3.4
3.9
6.5
2.1
14.6
–
4.2
2.8
2.7
5.9
2.2
3.1
3.8
3.3
3.9
6.5
2.2
14.8
28.6
4.2
2.8
2.7
5.9
6.3
4.6
8.1
13.0
3.2
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$20.78
$20.12
$30.64
$30.64
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 .......................
30.85
32.82
29.92
11.81
15.70
15.81
15.67
25.04
–
23.99
16.83
16.57
17.12
30.80
32.59
29.79
10.51
15.57
15.81
15.47
25.25
25.71
24.36
16.69
16.49
16.93
37.78
–
–
–
33.56
35.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.78
–
–
–
33.56
35.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.3
2.7
13.4
13.4
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 .......................
1.7
2.9
2.7
4.8
2.4
6.5
1.5
6.6
–
9.6
6.0
4.1
12.1
2.0
3.1
3.5
3.9
2.7
6.5
1.7
7.6
11.0
10.7
6.3
4.2
12.9
11.4
–
–
–
18.2
19.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
–
18.2
19.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, May 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
–
$23.37
–
–
–
–
$19.78
–
$16.07
–
36.11
–
–
–
–
26.06
–
20.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.07
34.25
–
20.55
34.98
17.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.59
25.20
12.65
15.91
–
15.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.94
12.05
14.78
–
14.78
–
–
22.09
21.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.90
16.94
16.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.46
–
–
–
–
–
13.90
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
4.6
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
2.2
–
1.9
6.3
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
3.7
5.3
4.6
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
10.8
7.3
–
7.3
–
–
.1
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
4.6
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
55
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 Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN–WI, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota,
Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington,
and Wright Counties, MN; and Pierce and St. Croix Counties, WI.
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 or part-time,
union or nonunion, and time or 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
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
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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.
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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.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
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.
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Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the 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 characteristics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection.
The fourth factor, postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of employment by industry. In
some situations, two or more industries may be combined
in making an adjustment. Also, some industries that had no
responding sample were not adjusted. 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 cal-
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culation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,698,900
1,500,400
198,600
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 .......................
507,400
150,300
357,100
336,500
444,900
158,200
286,800
106,800
63,900
42,900
303,400
149,700
153,700
394,600
133,900
260,600
301,600
412,800
157,800
255,000
97,700
59,500
38,200
293,700
147,700
146,000
112,800
16,300
96,500
34,900
32,100
–
31,800
9,000
4,300
4,700
9,700
2,000
7,700
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI,
May 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
78,871
78,691
180
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
597
360
167
70
548
320
159
69
49
40
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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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