Louisville, KY–IN
National Compensation Survey
November 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner
April 2007
Bulletin 3135–57
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 ....................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Louisville, KY–IN, metropolitan area. Data were
collected between September 2006 and January 2007; the
average reference month is November 2006. Tabulations
provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of
occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in
this bulletin are information on the program, a technical
note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with
detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
1
gregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
high-level occupational aggregation.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational ag-
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Louisville,
KY-IN, November 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$16.98
3.0
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
25.12
25.82
24.68
11.08
14.88
14.94
14.85
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
37.5
$16.36
3.1
5.2
6.6
6.7
5.2
6.7
12.7
7.5
39.3
40.7
38.5
33.3
37.3
34.8
38.5
24.03
25.68
22.74
10.31
14.85
14.97
14.79
21.26
23.78
19.98
4.2
10.0
7.2
39.3
38.2
39.9
15.04
16.09
14.24
3.3
4.0
4.8
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
17.67
9.15
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
37.6
$22.65
3.6
36.8
6.2
7.1
7.5
6.1
7.0
12.7
8.0
40.2
41.0
39.5
32.6
37.3
34.8
38.6
29.87
27.23
30.50
15.84
15.47
–
15.70
3.5
19.8
5.5
5.2
10.0
–
10.0
36.1
37.3
35.8
38.2
37.4
–
37.7
21.69
24.63
20.12
4.5
11.3
7.9
39.3
38.1
40.0
17.50
–
18.87
6.8
–
8.9
39.2
–
39.1
40.2
38.8
41.2
15.00
16.06
14.18
3.3
4.0
4.9
40.4
39.1
41.4
16.79
–
16.21
6.7
–
9.2
32.1
–
36.4
3.2
6.5
40.0
22.1
17.08
8.64
3.4
6.2
40.2
22.1
22.83
18.39
3.5
17.8
37.9
22.2
20.55
16.43
5.0
3.5
37.9
37.5
18.80
16.08
6.2
3.7
38.4
37.5
24.56
21.33
3.7
4.9
36.7
36.9
16.84
19.59
3.1
13.6
37.4
39.2
16.16
19.59
3.3
13.6
37.5
39.2
22.65
–
3.6
–
36.8
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
14.73
16.66
21.91
5.1
8.4
4.2
36.1
39.6
38.2
14.73
16.55
21.24
5.1
8.9
5.9
36.1
39.8
38.9
–
19.40
23.06
–
6.7
4.1
–
34.4
37.1
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, Louisville, KY-IN,
November 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 ..............................................................................
$16.98
3.0
$17.67
3.2
$9.15
6.5
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
28.82
21.06
22.76
28.33
37.48
9.5
8.9
13.9
9.9
15.6
28.90
21.06
22.76
28.33
38.56
9.4
8.9
13.9
9.9
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Credit analysts ..................................................................
22.46
20.11
20.16
25.90
27.24
4.2
5.1
5.2
6.1
3.3
22.48
20.11
–
25.90
27.24
4.4
5.1
–
6.1
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.16
23.08
22.17
7.9
9.6
7.2
19.16
22.93
22.17
7.9
10.5
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
31.69
23.4
31.69
23.4
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
22.73
27.92
6.5
8.1
22.54
27.74
5.9
8.1
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 8 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
25.18
31.30
31.30
38.35
20.03
20.6
32.0
25.5
21.0
10.5
25.93
34.36
31.30
38.35
–
20.2
27.1
25.5
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
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 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
32.38
36.27
30.07
37.95
44.21
3.9
5.4
1.3
.9
19.7
32.67
36.34
30.07
37.95
45.55
4.0
5.5
1.3
.9
20.6
16.94
–
–
–
–
25.4
–
–
–
–
35.94
35.59
37.75
34.63
33.13
37.86
3.9
6.6
1.2
6.8
11.7
.1
35.94
35.59
37.75
34.63
33.13
37.86
3.9
6.6
1.2
6.8
11.7
.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.38
38.04
37.89
37.56
5.0
.2
.8
3.0
35.38
38.04
37.89
37.56
5.0
.2
.8
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.89
37.56
11.51
.8
3.0
5.7
37.89
37.56
11.53
.8
3.0
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
16.36
.5
16.75
.1
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
20.44
15.86
23.62
25.64
25.60
26.25
26.63
17.78
11.4
15.7
1.8
3.2
3.7
.7
1.0
4.7
20.31
–
23.06
25.45
25.56
26.04
–
18.32
13.3
–
1.7
3.2
3.8
.5
–
4.4
21.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
12.31
10.25
13.46
4.6
2.9
5.4
12.67
10.04
13.58
5.1
.2
5.6
10.97
–
–
4.0
–
–
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, Louisville, KY-IN,
November 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 ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
$11.14
10.53
12.08
11.79
12.06
13.58
2.3
4.1
2.5
2.3
2.9
11.2
$11.00
–
–
–
–
14.14
2.5
–
–
–
–
9.5
$11.48
–
–
11.84
–
–
0.9
–
–
3.5
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
14.29
19.50
19.50
15.1
2.0
2.0
15.51
19.50
19.50
13.6
2.0
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
8.87
7.72
5.94
7.27
10.94
10.36
11.50
5.32
5.56
10.85
12.3
2.3
41.9
13.5
4.2
3.6
8.1
25.3
46.3
.1
10.57
–
–
–
11.51
–
–
6.65
–
–
12.7
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
30.1
–
–
6.21
7.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.84
8.61
11.26
12.69
11.68
8.61
12.92
13.21
10.5
4.7
6.2
6.6
11.5
4.7
10.4
5.0
13.10
–
11.76
12.88
11.81
–
12.92
–
10.9
–
7.8
6.3
12.3
–
10.4
–
9.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.09
9.69
12.92
13.21
6.5
4.3
10.4
5.0
13.41
–
12.92
–
6.6
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
9.29
16.8
–
–
6.36
1.6
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
14.94
7.90
9.30
24.10
9.30
7.90
9.32
8.98
8.56
8.98
8.56
9.37
8.71
12.7
5.6
1.5
18.2
5.1
5.6
1.5
8.7
12.9
8.7
12.9
16.3
1.7
16.57
–
9.41
24.10
10.09
–
9.43
9.78
–
9.78
–
10.13
–
11.8
–
2.1
18.2
2.6
–
2.2
7.5
–
7.5
–
8.7
–
7.74
6.95
–
–
7.74
6.95
–
7.65
7.62
7.65
7.62
–
–
12.8
6.2
–
–
12.8
6.2
–
5.7
6.3
5.7
6.3
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
14.85
12.96
12.64
14.37
16.87
19.61
18.77
7.5
23.3
6.9
7.2
9.4
8.3
32.6
15.10
13.12
12.66
14.50
16.89
19.61
21.05
7.5
24.2
7.0
7.2
9.4
8.3
31.8
8.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.38
14.12
12.58
11.86
15.49
16.1
9.2
8.0
.9
16.6
27.38
14.59
13.11
11.86
16.72
16.1
9.0
6.8
.9
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Louisville, KY-IN,
November 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$11.75
15.96
10.11
10.94
12.62
12.66
–
17.26
18.32
15.16
18.24
14.49
15.50
12.75
3.5
17.5
19.9
6.9
3.5
1.5
–
5.5
6.8
4.4
2.5
9.2
5.5
8.0
–
$15.96
10.11
11.40
12.62
12.66
15.64
17.27
18.32
15.20
18.24
14.51
15.50
12.78
–
17.5
19.9
6.6
3.5
1.5
4.9
5.5
6.8
4.6
2.5
9.3
5.5
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
23.78
10.0
23.92
10.1
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
19.98
12.78
21.62
7.2
8.0
3.5
19.98
12.78
21.62
7.2
8.0
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.30
12.1
31.30
12.1
–
–
19.30
10.2
19.30
10.2
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
16.09
8.42
8.91
18.07
21.90
15.74
23.20
18.06
13.25
4.0
9.4
2.3
4.5
7.3
3.5
2.8
21.2
7.4
16.18
8.42
8.91
18.67
21.97
15.74
23.20
18.06
12.97
4.1
9.4
2.3
2.4
7.4
3.5
2.8
21.2
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
14.24
9.71
10.21
13.03
18.04
4.8
7.3
9.2
6.5
7.5
14.28
9.65
10.21
13.02
18.04
5.0
7.6
9.2
6.6
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.18
14.06
13.17
12.46
14.31
10.49
9.71
35.0
2.2
6.8
8.2
15.2
6.9
7.3
21.18
14.06
13.17
12.46
14.31
10.50
9.65
35.0
2.2
6.8
8.2
15.2
7.0
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.29
10.25
9.85
6.4
1.6
3.4
11.30
10.16
–
6.8
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
6
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Louisville, KY-IN, November 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 ..............................................................................
$16.36
3.1
$17.08
3.4
$8.64
6.2
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
28.50
20.52
28.34
33.68
10.1
10.4
10.0
14.6
28.58
20.52
28.34
–
10.0
10.4
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Credit analysts ..................................................................
22.52
20.11
27.24
22.69
22.17
4.7
5.1
3.3
11.3
7.2
22.51
20.11
27.24
22.48
22.17
4.9
5.1
3.3
12.6
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
31.69
23.4
31.69
23.4
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
22.38
27.46
5.2
7.5
22.38
27.46
5.2
7.5
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
19.29
8.8
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
23.66
49.4
23.66
49.4
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
16.36
.5
16.75
.1
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 7 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
20.35
23.92
26.41
13.7
1.9
.7
20.11
23.37
26.18
15.9
1.7
.2
23.00
–
–
14.6
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
12.40
10.22
13.68
11.07
10.48
11.81
13.72
5.5
3.0
5.4
2.4
4.1
2.4
12.7
12.84
–
13.85
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
10.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
8.76
7.72
7.26
10.82
10.36
5.32
5.56
13.8
2.3
13.4
5.2
3.7
25.3
46.3
10.49
–
–
11.50
–
6.65
–
14.5
–
–
6.5
–
30.1
–
6.19
7.76
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
12.63
10.91
13.7
13.6
12.93
11.02
14.3
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.17
6.9
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
9.23
17.2
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
14.97
7.88
9.30
24.10
9.30
7.88
9.32
8.99
8.56
8.99
8.56
9.37
8.71
12.7
5.7
1.5
18.2
5.1
5.7
1.5
8.9
13.3
8.9
13.3
16.3
1.7
16.57
–
9.41
24.10
10.09
–
9.43
9.78
–
9.78
–
10.13
–
11.8
–
2.1
18.2
2.6
–
2.2
7.5
–
7.5
–
8.7
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
7.72
6.89
–
–
7.72
6.89
–
7.60
–
7.60
–
–
–
13.2
6.3
–
–
13.2
6.3
–
5.8
–
5.8
–
–
–
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$14.79
13.06
12.67
14.43
15.82
19.68
18.77
14.07
12.59
11.75
16.00
10.90
12.58
–
17.45
18.61
15.05
18.48
14.56
15.78
12.80
8.0
24.0
7.4
7.5
9.5
9.3
32.6
9.7
8.2
3.5
17.7
7.3
3.9
–
5.5
5.5
5.5
2.6
9.3
6.1
8.5
$15.06
13.21
12.70
14.57
15.85
19.68
21.05
14.55
13.14
–
16.00
11.39
12.58
15.64
17.46
18.61
–
18.48
14.59
15.78
12.84
8.1
24.8
7.5
7.5
9.5
9.3
31.8
9.4
7.0
–
17.7
7.1
3.9
4.9
5.5
5.5
–
2.6
9.4
6.1
8.5
$8.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
24.63
11.3
24.79
11.6
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
20.12
12.78
7.9
8.0
20.12
12.78
7.9
8.0
–
–
–
–
23.07
3.0
23.07
3.0
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
16.06
8.42
8.91
18.10
21.97
15.71
23.20
18.06
12.81
4.0
9.4
2.3
4.6
7.4
3.5
2.8
21.2
7.7
16.17
8.42
8.91
18.71
21.97
15.71
23.20
18.06
12.81
4.2
9.4
2.3
2.5
7.4
3.5
2.8
21.2
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
14.18
9.74
10.21
12.98
4.9
7.5
9.2
6.7
14.23
9.68
10.21
12.98
5.1
7.8
9.2
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.18
14.06
13.17
12.46
14.31
10.45
9.74
35.0
2.2
6.8
8.2
15.2
7.0
7.5
21.18
14.06
13.17
12.46
14.31
10.46
9.68
35.0
2.2
6.8
8.2
15.2
7.2
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.33
10.32
9.85
6.5
1.5
3.4
11.34
10.24
–
6.9
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
8
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$22.65
3.6
$22.83
3.5
$18.39
17.8
Management occupations .................................................
31.96
25.0
31.96
25.0
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
21.83
2.2
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
30.10
33.52
43.62
24.1
23.0
9.2
30.10
33.52
43.62
24.1
23.0
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
33.28
38.44
30.07
37.95
.9
.3
1.3
.9
33.62
–
30.07
37.95
1.1
–
1.3
.9
16.94
–
–
–
25.4
–
–
–
37.43
37.75
37.07
37.86
.0
1.2
1.0
.1
37.43
37.75
37.07
37.86
.0
1.2
1.0
.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.09
38.04
37.89
37.56
1.3
.2
.8
3.0
37.09
38.04
37.89
37.56
1.3
.2
.8
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.89
37.56
12.19
.8
3.0
3.3
37.89
37.56
12.26
.8
3.0
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
20.85
25.15
17.43
6.3
1.9
3.7
21.30
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
11.56
11.58
1.2
.5
11.52
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
19.29
19.50
19.50
11.1
2.0
2.0
19.43
19.50
19.50
11.9
2.0
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
11.78
2.6
–
–
–
–
13.65
13.17
13.68
13.15
9.5
2.1
11.8
3.6
13.70
13.17
13.75
13.15
9.6
2.1
12.0
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.68
13.15
11.8
3.6
13.75
13.15
12.0
3.6
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
$15.70
12.15
12.94
19.61
19.04
14.80
10.0
1.9
3.8
12.4
4.2
6.4
$15.75
12.15
12.94
19.61
19.04
14.80
10.0
1.9
3.8
12.4
4.2
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
18.87
21.48
8.9
6.3
18.87
21.48
8.9
6.3
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 3 .............................................................
16.21
15.01
9.2
3.5
16.36
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Louisville, KY-IN, November 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 ..............................................................................
$16.98
3.0
$17.67
3.2
$9.15
6.5
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
28.82
21.81
31.88
9.5
7.2
14.1
28.90
–
–
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Credit analysts ..................................................................
22.46
19.55
27.77
27.24
4.2
4.1
7.6
3.3
22.48
–
–
27.24
4.4
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.16
23.08
22.17
7.9
9.6
7.2
19.16
22.93
22.17
7.9
10.5
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
31.69
23.4
31.69
23.4
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
22.73
23.60
26.74
27.92
6.5
3.6
9.7
8.1
22.54
–
–
27.74
5.9
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
25.18
25.40
31.30
32.60
38.35
20.03
20.03
20.6
20.5
25.5
23.7
21.0
10.5
10.5
25.93
–
31.30
–
38.35
–
–
20.2
–
25.5
–
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
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 ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
32.38
11.51
35.16
39.09
44.21
3.9
5.7
4.9
2.0
19.7
32.67
–
–
–
45.55
4.0
–
–
–
20.6
16.94
–
–
–
–
25.4
–
–
–
–
35.94
35.00
37.75
34.63
32.77
37.86
3.9
5.8
1.2
6.8
10.1
.1
35.94
–
–
34.63
–
–
3.9
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.38
33.84
38.04
37.89
37.56
5.0
7.5
.2
.8
3.0
35.38
33.84
38.04
37.89
–
5.0
7.5
.2
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.89
37.56
11.51
11.51
.8
3.0
5.7
5.7
37.89
37.56
11.53
11.53
.8
3.0
6.0
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
16.36
.5
16.75
.1
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
20.44
23.66
27.41
26.25
26.56
17.78
17.66
11.4
2.4
4.8
.7
1.1
4.7
5.5
20.31
–
–
26.04
26.35
18.32
18.27
13.3
–
–
.5
.6
4.4
5.6
21.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
12.31
4.6
12.67
5.1
10.97
4.0
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
$11.86
11.14
11.14
11.79
11.79
13.58
12.71
6.2
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
11.2
13.1
–
$11.00
–
–
–
14.14
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
9.5
–
–
$11.48
–
11.84
11.84
–
–
–
0.9
–
3.5
3.5
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
14.29
10.70
17.79
19.50
19.48
19.50
19.48
15.1
12.2
4.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
15.51
–
–
19.50
–
19.50
19.48
13.6
–
–
2.0
–
2.0
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
8.87
7.48
10.94
11.00
11.50
11.69
5.32
5.32
5.56
5.56
10.85
12.3
5.7
4.2
4.3
8.1
8.4
25.3
25.3
46.3
46.3
.1
10.57
–
11.51
–
–
–
6.65
–
–
–
–
12.7
–
4.5
–
–
–
30.1
–
–
–
–
6.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.19
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
12.84
10.96
11.68
11.15
10.5
8.2
11.5
10.9
13.10
–
11.81
–
10.9
–
12.3
–
13.09
12.52
6.5
5.0
13.41
12.83
6.6
5.5
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
9.29
8.90
16.8
18.7
–
–
–
–
6.36
–
1.6
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.94
9.41
23.53
9.30
9.01
8.98
8.91
8.98
8.91
9.37
8.92
12.7
4.0
17.4
5.1
4.7
8.7
8.4
8.7
8.4
16.3
16.3
16.57
–
–
10.09
–
9.78
–
9.78
9.73
10.13
9.54
11.8
–
–
2.6
–
7.5
–
7.5
7.8
8.7
7.6
7.74
–
–
7.74
–
7.65
–
7.65
7.65
–
–
12.8
–
–
12.8
–
5.7
–
5.7
5.7
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.85
13.63
18.54
7.5
7.8
7.1
15.10
–
–
7.5
–
–
8.51
–
–
2.2
–
–
27.38
14.12
14.08
11.86
15.49
11.75
15.96
11.65
16.1
9.2
11.7
.9
16.6
3.5
17.5
4.8
27.38
14.59
–
11.86
16.72
–
15.96
11.65
16.1
9.0
–
.9
15.3
–
17.5
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
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 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
$10.94
11.40
12.62
12.57
–
–
17.26
17.10
17.58
18.24
18.42
14.49
15.50
16.14
12.75
12.66
6.9
6.6
3.5
1.9
–
–
5.5
9.2
6.1
2.5
2.4
9.2
5.5
5.0
8.0
8.1
$11.40
11.40
12.62
12.57
15.64
16.07
17.27
–
–
18.24
18.42
14.51
15.50
16.14
12.78
12.69
6.6
6.6
3.5
1.9
4.9
3.1
5.5
–
–
2.5
2.4
9.3
5.5
5.0
8.1
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
23.78
10.0
23.92
10.1
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
19.98
20.26
7.2
6.8
19.98
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
31.30
30.83
12.1
13.7
31.30
30.83
12.1
13.7
–
–
–
–
19.30
22.47
10.2
3.2
19.30
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.09
15.47
18.00
23.20
18.06
13.25
11.59
4.0
4.9
3.3
2.8
21.2
7.4
12.8
16.18
–
–
23.20
18.06
12.97
–
4.1
–
–
2.8
21.2
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
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 ......................................
14.24
13.32
19.50
4.8
2.9
10.0
14.28
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.18
14.06
13.81
12.46
12.46
14.31
13.90
10.49
10.45
35.0
2.2
4.7
8.2
8.2
15.2
18.2
6.9
7.4
21.18
14.06
–
12.46
12.46
14.31
13.90
10.50
–
35.0
2.2
–
8.2
8.2
15.2
18.2
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.29
11.29
9.85
6.4
6.4
3.4
11.30
11.30
–
6.8
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
13
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.25
$10.69
$14.68
$20.43
$28.66
Management occupations .................................................
15.35
18.44
25.58
34.84
46.50
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Credit analysts ..................................................................
15.01
24.66
17.31
25.18
22.12
26.52
26.19
30.70
27.98
31.09
14.50
15.14
15.01
14.50
20.74
15.86
20.25
22.35
20.93
23.73
25.70
27.78
23.73
26.19
27.78
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
19.23
20.67
34.03
38.11
47.16
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
10.45
20.73
20.19
27.14
22.65
27.78
27.78
27.78
27.78
37.40
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
13.97
12.40
13.97
14.18
15.78
15.01
29.74
15.63
21.33
24.40
38.45
17.87
25.89
45.42
49.65
24.81
48.18
53.81
56.28
25.89
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 ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.08
14.92
22.46
30.04
37.61
47.71
40.06
56.07
45.86
67.06
24.37
16.56
36.30
30.76
37.61
37.61
38.74
38.18
42.76
43.37
23.85
31.00
34.54
38.74
37.61
38.74
39.06
38.74
43.37
42.71
31.00
8.00
38.74
9.54
38.74
11.17
38.74
13.85
42.71
14.88
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.00
12.19
14.74
16.83
23.92
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
10.40
19.82
14.56
11.74
21.29
15.84
20.41
28.03
17.64
26.74
30.65
18.92
31.16
31.16
20.41
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.35
9.20
9.89
9.35
10.02
9.68
11.05
10.02
11.56
11.19
11.84
12.45
13.59
12.00
12.75
16.20
16.95
13.23
13.23
20.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
8.00
17.51
17.51
9.00
17.66
17.66
13.38
19.75
19.75
17.66
20.86
20.86
21.03
22.05
22.05
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
4.50
8.24
8.23
2.13
2.13
7.00
6.00
9.82
9.85
4.50
2.13
9.62
8.75
10.50
11.25
4.50
6.00
9.66
12.15
12.00
13.15
6.55
7.00
13.31
13.81
13.23
15.57
8.75
11.07
13.81
8.05
8.00
9.00
8.35
13.23
10.18
16.00
14.00
19.00
15.43
9.07
10.00
14.00
14.00
16.43
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.30
6.30
8.00
12.03
12.03
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.63
6.00
6.63
6.63
5.90
8.65
7.10
7.50
7.50
7.10
12.00
9.08
9.08
9.08
8.65
19.23
10.98
9.60
9.60
10.99
25.96
12.15
11.99
11.99
12.48
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$10.00
$11.39
$13.10
$17.33
$21.60
17.93
10.50
11.22
8.50
10.50
11.38
9.00
10.25
11.63
15.16
9.61
12.11
11.00
17.93
11.34
11.22
11.34
11.00
11.39
9.00
11.85
14.94
18.51
10.81
14.02
11.00
30.41
12.50
11.65
15.00
11.57
12.10
11.22
12.47
17.32
19.05
13.17
15.01
11.46
35.37
16.25
12.00
22.62
12.50
19.58
12.50
12.83
19.26
19.17
16.69
17.33
13.50
35.37
22.62
13.17
24.52
12.98
28.15
13.46
14.81
22.00
19.26
22.00
17.33
15.40
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.36
18.00
25.00
32.15
32.23
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
11.52
13.11
18.57
24.55
36.00
19.18
26.45
36.00
36.00
36.00
11.98
14.09
19.10
22.40
28.23
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.45
9.00
10.62
9.94
9.83
19.81
13.00
11.37
13.50
28.03
19.81
13.50
20.74
28.66
23.80
14.75
28.66
28.66
28.38
16.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, 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 ......................................
9.56
11.00
14.00
16.00
17.92
13.82
10.82
9.38
7.85
6.96
14.74
13.50
10.30
10.59
9.56
15.27
14.91
12.06
17.72
10.10
30.51
15.00
14.91
17.72
11.22
30.51
16.40
16.40
17.92
13.39
9.59
9.50
9.72
9.50
11.07
9.56
12.60
9.85
14.18
11.22
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, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.00
$10.45
$14.05
$20.14
$28.14
Management occupations .................................................
15.35
18.44
25.58
34.84
46.50
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Credit analysts ..................................................................
15.00
24.66
15.14
15.01
16.08
25.18
16.00
15.86
22.21
26.52
22.35
20.93
26.19
30.70
25.70
27.78
27.78
31.09
26.19
27.78
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
19.23
20.67
34.03
38.11
47.16
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
10.45
20.73
20.19
25.64
22.00
27.78
27.78
27.78
27.78
35.70
Community and social services occupations ..................
13.97
14.18
16.53
24.81
25.89
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
7.00
8.50
14.35
16.56
66.79
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.00
12.19
14.74
16.83
23.92
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
10.40
19.85
10.40
21.37
20.61
28.41
27.05
31.16
31.16
31.16
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.35
9.10
9.89
9.35
10.02
9.57
11.19
10.02
11.70
11.19
11.84
12.45
13.59
12.00
12.75
16.20
17.00
13.23
13.23
21.84
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
4.50
8.23
2.13
2.13
6.00
9.50
4.50
2.13
8.56
10.50
4.50
6.00
12.00
12.00
6.55
7.00
13.81
14.56
8.75
11.07
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.20
13.00
9.07
16.00
14.00
19.00
14.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.30
6.30
8.00
12.03
12.03
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.63
6.00
6.63
6.63
5.90
8.65
7.10
7.50
7.50
7.10
12.15
9.08
9.09
9.09
8.65
19.23
10.99
9.60
9.60
10.99
25.96
12.24
11.99
11.99
12.48
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.00
10.50
10.50
11.38
9.00
10.57
11.63
17.32
10.08
12.11
11.00
11.39
11.34
11.00
11.39
9.00
11.85
15.01
18.51
10.84
14.02
11.00
13.00
12.50
11.57
12.10
10.50
12.47
17.33
19.05
13.58
16.04
11.46
17.33
16.25
12.50
19.58
12.50
12.83
19.53
19.17
16.69
17.33
13.50
21.41
22.62
12.98
28.15
13.46
14.54
22.00
19.17
22.00
17.33
15.40
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.36
18.00
25.00
32.15
32.54
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
11.52
13.11
18.50
24.55
36.00
16.38
20.51
22.40
28.23
28.23
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.45
9.00
10.62
9.94
9.83
19.81
13.00
11.37
13.50
28.03
19.81
13.50
20.96
28.66
23.80
14.05
28.66
28.66
28.38
16.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
9.56
11.00
14.00
15.30
17.72
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.82
10.82
9.38
7.85
6.96
$14.74
13.50
10.30
10.59
9.56
$15.27
14.91
12.06
17.72
10.10
$30.51
15.00
14.91
17.72
11.20
$30.51
16.40
16.40
17.92
13.39
9.59
9.50
10.00
9.50
11.07
9.56
12.60
9.85
14.18
11.22
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
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.
17
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$11.07
$13.45
$18.79
$30.00
$41.02
Management occupations .................................................
18.00
20.53
26.26
43.07
60.92
Business and financial operations occupations .............
17.81
17.81
20.80
25.64
28.69
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
12.40
12.40
30.88
17.42
19.66
38.45
24.40
36.79
43.30
41.51
47.71
50.81
53.73
54.52
58.14
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.89
26.83
37.61
40.11
44.36
28.64
27.42
37.61
37.61
38.74
37.61
38.74
41.69
42.84
43.37
27.42
31.00
37.61
38.74
37.61
38.74
41.69
38.74
43.37
42.71
31.00
9.29
38.74
10.42
38.74
12.16
38.74
13.88
42.71
15.10
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
11.74
19.00
13.91
16.27
20.44
14.95
19.31
24.96
18.38
24.33
30.00
18.92
30.00
30.00
19.51
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
9.75
9.75
10.60
10.60
11.22
11.13
12.60
12.60
13.85
13.84
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
13.25
17.51
17.51
14.56
17.66
17.66
17.66
19.75
19.75
20.86
20.86
20.86
24.93
22.05
22.05
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
9.85
10.80
11.71
12.67
13.23
9.22
9.12
11.07
10.31
13.23
12.44
15.95
16.24
20.08
20.72
9.12
10.31
12.44
16.24
20.72
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
10.37
10.20
11.84
14.94
14.76
14.94
17.72
15.09
22.43
18.63
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
13.16
14.64
19.11
19.18
27.45
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
10.72
13.47
18.05
18.90
18.95
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
18
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.00
$11.37
$15.00
$20.91
$28.85
Management occupations .................................................
15.35
18.44
25.58
34.84
46.50
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Credit analysts ..................................................................
15.01
24.66
17.53
25.18
21.74
26.52
26.19
30.70
28.69
31.09
14.50
15.14
15.01
14.50
20.74
15.86
20.25
22.35
20.93
23.73
25.70
27.78
23.73
26.89
27.78
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
19.23
20.67
34.03
38.11
47.16
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
10.45
20.73
20.19
25.64
22.22
27.78
27.78
27.78
27.78
37.40
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
13.97
12.40
13.97
16.06
15.01
29.74
24.20
24.40
38.45
28.60
45.42
49.65
48.93
53.81
56.28
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 ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.38
14.92
24.37
42.00
37.61
47.71
40.48
62.10
45.98
67.06
24.37
16.56
36.30
30.76
37.61
37.61
38.74
38.18
42.76
43.37
23.85
31.00
34.54
38.74
37.61
38.74
39.06
38.74
43.37
42.71
31.00
8.00
38.74
9.52
38.74
11.45
38.74
13.88
42.71
14.88
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.00
12.84
14.97
16.83
23.92
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
10.40
19.76
14.17
10.40
21.10
16.42
20.40
27.58
18.38
26.20
30.26
19.26
31.16
31.16
21.84
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.45
9.00
10.02
10.02
9.46
10.02
11.70
10.72
13.85
14.10
12.48
16.95
17.25
13.23
21.84
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
8.36
17.51
17.51
10.00
17.66
17.66
14.86
19.75
19.75
18.47
20.86
20.86
21.65
22.05
22.05
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
6.25
9.02
2.13
8.23
9.85
6.00
10.00
11.25
6.25
13.67
12.75
8.75
15.00
14.56
11.36
8.05
8.00
9.00
8.24
13.59
11.04
16.24
14.00
19.00
15.94
9.07
10.36
14.00
14.00
18.21
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.80
7.10
6.63
6.63
7.10
9.33
8.65
9.08
9.08
8.65
13.89
9.33
9.33
9.33
9.50
20.43
11.76
11.28
11.28
11.02
26.91
12.98
12.15
12.15
14.43
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
10.62
11.46
13.50
17.50
21.76
17.93
11.22
17.93
11.57
30.41
13.10
35.37
16.25
35.37
22.62
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$11.22
11.34
11.38
9.00
10.25
12.80
11.63
15.16
9.61
12.11
11.00
$11.22
12.00
11.39
10.50
11.85
14.27
14.94
18.51
10.81
14.02
11.00
$11.65
15.00
12.10
11.71
12.47
16.23
17.32
19.05
13.35
15.01
11.46
$12.00
22.62
19.58
12.50
12.83
16.23
19.26
19.17
16.69
17.33
13.50
$13.17
24.52
28.15
13.46
14.81
19.50
22.00
19.26
22.00
17.33
15.40
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.36
18.00
25.00
32.15
32.23
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
11.52
13.11
18.57
24.55
36.00
19.18
26.45
36.00
36.00
36.00
11.98
14.09
19.10
22.40
28.23
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.45
9.00
10.62
9.94
9.84
19.81
13.00
11.37
13.50
28.03
19.81
13.50
20.96
28.66
23.80
14.75
28.66
28.66
28.38
16.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
9.56
11.11
14.00
16.40
17.92
13.82
10.82
9.38
7.85
6.96
14.74
13.50
10.30
10.59
9.56
15.27
14.91
12.06
17.72
10.10
30.51
15.00
14.91
17.72
11.22
30.51
16.40
16.40
17.92
13.54
9.07
9.72
10.69
12.60
14.18
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$4.50
$6.10
$8.00
$10.10
$14.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
9.65
9.86
12.76
30.04
30.04
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
15.84
15.84
20.45
29.38
32.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
9.35
9.66
10.66
9.35
10.66
11.19
11.19
11.72
11.84
11.84
11.84
12.00
12.54
13.40
13.40
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
2.13
4.50
5.00
8.00
10.10
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
8.00
8.85
9.00
10.00
10.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.00
6.00
6.15
6.45
7.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
5.75
5.75
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
7.04
7.04
7.50
7.50
7.64
7.64
9.09
9.09
8.45
8.45
10.82
10.82
9.09
9.09
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
6.90
7.75
8.50
8.64
10.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$606
40.0
$36,271
$31,590
2,053
1,221
1,183
42.3
63,142
61,510
2,185
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$17.67
$15.00
$706
Management occupations ...................
28.90
25.58
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Credit analysts ....................................
22.48
27.24
21.74
26.52
893
1,090
865
1,061
39.7
40.0
46,459
56,660
45,001
55,157
2,067
2,080
19.16
22.93
22.17
20.25
22.35
20.93
749
910
887
759
894
837
39.1
39.7
40.0
38,952
47,323
46,106
39,488
46,488
43,526
2,033
2,064
2,080
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
31.69
34.03
1,283
1,361
40.5
66,723
70,774
2,105
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
22.54
27.74
22.22
27.78
935
1,221
942
1,250
41.5
44.0
48,643
63,494
49,000
65,001
2,158
2,289
25.93
31.30
24.20
24.40
1,004
1,200
915
915
38.7
38.3
49,057
55,395
47,572
51,144
1,892
1,770
38.35
38.45
1,488
1,434
38.8
64,508
61,669
1,682
32.67
45.55
37.61
47.71
1,168
1,780
1,316
1,908
35.8
39.1
44,729
73,124
49,230
81,506
1,369
1,605
35.94
37.61
1,283
1,335
35.7
48,793
50,708
1,358
34.63
37.61
1,246
1,316
36.0
47,693
49,230
1,377
35.38
37.89
37.61
38.74
1,268
1,337
1,316
1,356
35.8
35.3
48,127
50,376
49,230
50,708
1,360
1,329
37.89
11.53
38.74
11.45
1,337
408
1,356
401
35.3
35.4
50,376
15,753
50,708
15,600
1,329
1,366
16.75
14.97
670
599
40.0
34,834
31,142
2,080
20.31
26.04
20.40
27.58
791
985
800
946
38.9
37.8
41,061
51,061
41,558
49,046
2,021
1,961
18.32
18.38
721
709
39.3
37,470
36,884
2,045
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
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 ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
12.67
11.70
491
462
38.8
25,445
24,086
2,008
11.00
10.72
434
415
39.5
22,583
21,570
2,054
14.14
13.85
537
527
37.9
27,696
28,579
1,958
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
15.51
19.50
19.50
14.86
19.75
19.75
624
771
771
594
790
790
40.2
39.5
39.5
32,458
40,085
40,085
30,900
41,080
41,080
2,093
2,056
2,056
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
10.57
11.51
6.65
10.00
11.25
6.25
393
420
–
385
394
–
37.2
36.5
–
19,943
19,242
–
20,003
17,160
–
1,887
1,672
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and
material-moving machine and
vehicle operators ..........................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$542
442
39.8
39.8
$27,101
24,420
$28,163
22,880
2,069
2,068
532
560
39.7
27,658
29,120
2,063
13.89
9.33
9.33
9.33
9.50
657
382
390
390
370
566
373
373
373
360
39.7
37.8
39.9
39.9
36.5
34,171
19,862
20,257
20,257
19,243
29,407
19,402
19,402
19,402
18,720
2,062
1,968
2,072
2,072
1,899
15.10
13.50
601
531
39.8
31,229
27,602
2,068
27.38
14.59
30.41
13.10
1,076
564
1,140
500
39.3
38.7
55,965
29,340
59,290
26,000
2,044
2,011
11.86
11.65
474
466
40.0
24,651
24,238
2,078
16.72
15.96
11.40
15.00
12.10
11.71
618
638
451
600
484
468
37.0
40.0
39.6
32,144
33,189
23,452
31,200
25,160
24,357
1,923
2,080
2,058
12.62
15.64
12.47
16.23
505
625
499
649
40.0
40.0
26,247
32,523
25,936
33,758
2,080
2,080
17.27
17.32
675
682
39.1
34,979
35,563
2,025
18.24
14.51
19.05
13.35
718
574
762
544
39.4
39.5
37,322
29,428
39,624
28,995
2,046
2,028
15.50
12.78
15.01
11.46
614
507
600
458
39.6
39.6
31,917
26,341
31,217
23,837
2,059
2,061
23.92
25.00
956
1,000
40.0
49,697
52,000
2,078
19.98
18.57
797
719
39.9
41,443
37,407
2,075
31.30
36.00
1,237
1,440
39.5
64,326
74,880
2,055
19.30
19.10
765
760
39.6
39,787
39,520
2,061
16.18
13.50
644
540
39.8
33,484
28,080
2,069
23.20
28.03
928
1,121
40.0
48,255
58,302
2,080
18.06
12.97
19.81
13.50
723
519
792
540
40.0
40.0
37,571
26,968
41,205
28,080
2,080
2,080
14.28
14.00
598
552
41.8
31,023
28,600
2,172
21.18
15.27
847
611
40.0
44,063
31,755
2,080
14.06
14.91
615
656
43.7
31,974
34,112
2,275
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.10
11.81
$13.59
11.04
$521
470
13.41
14.00
16.57
10.09
9.78
9.78
10.13
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$482
709
404
40.0
40.0
40.0
$25,922
29,775
21,834
$25,085
36,858
21,008
2,080
2,080
2,079
427
39.9
23,470
22,225
2,077
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.46
14.31
10.50
$12.06
17.72
10.10
$499
573
420
11.30
10.69
451
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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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, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$597
40.2
$35,713
$31,034
2,091
1,224
1,183
42.8
63,661
61,510
2,227
21.74
26.52
22.35
20.93
900
1,090
899
887
870
1,061
894
837
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
46,774
56,660
46,752
46,106
45,217
55,157
46,488
43,526
2,078
2,080
2,080
2,080
31.69
34.03
1,283
1,361
40.5
66,723
70,774
2,105
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
22.38
27.46
22.00
27.78
931
1,218
942
1,250
41.6
44.3
48,389
63,330
49,000
65,001
2,162
2,306
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
23.66
14.35
916
574
38.7
42,954
31,027
1,815
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
16.75
14.97
670
599
40.0
34,834
31,142
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
20.11
26.18
20.61
28.03
782
986
813
927
38.9
37.7
40,662
51,267
42,266
48,214
2,022
1,958
Healthcare support occupations .........
12.84
11.75
498
467
38.8
25,799
24,278
2,009
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
10.49
11.50
6.65
9.83
11.00
6.25
392
429
–
385
390
–
37.4
37.3
–
20,384
22,303
–
20,003
20,280
–
1,944
1,940
–
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$17.08
$15.00
$687
Management occupations ...................
28.58
25.58
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Accountants and auditors ...................
Credit analysts ....................................
22.51
27.24
22.48
22.17
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
12.93
11.02
14.00
9.07
516
440
560
363
40.0
39.9
26,854
22,871
29,120
18,859
2,077
2,075
13.17
14.00
525
560
39.8
27,278
29,120
2,072
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
16.57
10.09
9.78
9.78
10.13
13.89
9.33
9.33
9.33
9.50
657
382
390
390
370
566
373
373
373
360
39.7
37.8
39.9
39.9
36.5
34,171
19,862
20,257
20,257
19,243
29,407
19,402
19,402
19,402
18,720
2,062
1,968
2,072
2,072
1,899
15.06
14.55
16.00
11.39
13.46
12.98
12.10
11.71
601
564
640
455
527
500
484
468
39.9
38.8
40.0
40.0
31,241
29,352
33,281
23,681
27,396
26,000
25,160
24,357
2,075
2,017
2,080
2,080
12.58
15.64
12.47
16.23
503
625
499
649
40.0
40.0
26,173
32,523
25,936
33,758
2,080
2,080
17.46
17.33
684
693
39.2
35,434
36,053
2,030
18.48
14.59
19.05
13.91
733
577
762
559
39.7
39.6
38,118
29,594
39,624
29,058
2,063
2,029
15.78
12.84
16.04
11.46
631
510
642
458
40.0
39.7
32,833
26,519
33,363
23,837
2,080
2,066
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and
material-moving machine and
vehicle operators ..........................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$24.79
$25.00
$992
$1,000
40.0
$51,570
$52,000
2,080
20.12
18.50
805
740
40.0
41,852
38,480
2,080
23.07
22.40
923
896
40.0
47,982
46,592
2,080
16.17
13.50
644
540
39.8
33,464
28,080
2,069
23.20
28.03
928
1,121
40.0
48,255
58,302
2,080
18.06
12.81
19.81
13.50
723
513
792
540
40.0
40.0
37,571
26,651
41,205
28,080
2,080
2,080
14.23
14.00
597
544
41.9
31,031
28,309
2,181
21.18
15.27
847
611
40.0
44,063
31,755
2,080
14.06
14.91
615
656
43.7
31,974
34,112
2,275
12.46
14.31
10.46
12.06
17.72
10.10
499
573
419
482
709
404
40.0
40.0
40.0
25,922
29,775
21,763
25,085
36,858
21,008
2,080
2,080
2,080
11.34
11.15
454
446
40.0
23,596
23,186
2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$729
37.9
$40,404
$37,928
1,769
1,197
985
37.5
58,946
51,205
1,845
24.40
36.79
1,140
1,278
915
1,346
37.9
38.1
53,478
58,217
47,572
51,144
1,777
1,737
43.62
43.30
1,682
1,716
38.6
70,460
73,441
1,615
33.62
37.61
1,192
1,316
35.5
44,866
49,230
1,335
37.43
38.74
1,326
1,356
35.4
49,592
50,708
1,325
37.07
37.61
1,317
1,316
35.5
49,004
49,230
1,322
37.09
37.89
37.61
38.74
1,318
1,337
1,316
1,356
35.5
35.3
49,017
50,376
49,230
50,708
1,321
1,329
37.89
12.26
38.74
12.21
1,337
430
1,356
433
35.3
35.1
50,376
15,874
50,708
15,917
1,329
1,295
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
21.30
19.36
834
772
39.2
42,994
39,208
2,019
Healthcare support occupations .........
11.52
11.22
442
429
38.4
23,009
22,298
1,998
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
19.43
19.50
19.50
17.75
19.75
19.75
786
771
771
723
790
790
40.5
39.5
39.5
40,883
40,085
40,085
37,592
41,080
41,080
2,104
2,056
2,056
13.70
13.75
13.23
12.44
538
543
496
498
39.3
39.5
27,950
28,184
25,800
25,875
2,040
2,050
13.75
12.44
543
498
39.5
28,184
25,875
2,050
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.83
$18.90
$865
Management occupations ...................
31.96
26.26
30.10
33.52
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
15.75
14.83
598
553
38.0
31,065
28,496
1,972
14.80
14.94
561
560
37.9
29,044
29,137
1,962
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
18.87
19.11
739
719
39.1
38,420
37,407
2,036
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
16.36
18.05
625
661
38.2
30,747
34,362
1,879
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$16.36
$14.73
$16.55
$21.24
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
24.03
25.68
22.74
10.31
14.85
14.97
14.79
21.69
24.63
20.12
15.00
16.06
14.18
22.54
22.82
22.30
9.99
13.42
12.55
13.93
20.50
–
19.79
12.98
11.62
13.57
23.09
25.58
21.61
10.72
17.62
19.33
16.75
20.49
–
20.46
13.85
12.94
14.31
27.85
31.25
25.00
12.16
13.42
–
13.54
–
–
–
21.95
21.63
–
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.1
5.1
8.9
5.9
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 .......................
6.2
7.1
7.5
6.1
7.0
12.7
8.0
4.5
11.3
7.9
3.3
4.0
4.9
6.5
6.8
10.6
8.1
5.7
13.3
6.7
3.1
–
9.9
9.2
8.3
9.8
12.9
10.6
19.3
5.3
12.0
16.2
13.5
15.6
–
15.8
6.3
13.9
5.0
4.8
10.9
2.7
13.8
5.1
–
3.7
–
–
–
6.6
7.3
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$552
39.8
$32,542
$28,714
2,071
1,083
1,183
44.9
56,325
61,510
2,334
20.25
842
780
39.9
43,783
40,560
2,075
21.59
22.22
904
942
41.9
47,017
49,000
2,177
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
10.27
9.66
372
385
36.2
19,346
20,003
1,884
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
13.16
14.00
526
560
39.9
27,334
29,120
2,077
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
14.24
9.71
12.87
9.33
566
375
561
373
39.8
38.6
29,437
19,490
29,147
19,402
2,068
2,006
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
14.28
13.11
17.54
12.75
12.57
12.50
17.05
11.46
564
486
693
506
503
500
682
458
39.5
37.1
39.5
39.7
29,272
25,298
35,690
26,337
26,146
26,000
35,464
23,837
2,050
1,929
2,035
2,066
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
19.79
17.00
791
680
40.0
41,156
35,360
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
11.74
12.54
470
502
40.0
24,418
26,083
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
13.65
13.03
9.08
13.50
13.50
9.72
546
521
363
540
540
389
40.0
40.0
40.0
28,383
27,099
18,887
28,080
28,080
20,222
2,080
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$15.72
$14.00
$626
Management occupations .......................................
24.13
21.64
Business and financial operations occupations ...
21.10
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$656
40.7
$39,069
$34,112
2,113
1,366
1,310
40.8
71,057
68,135
2,120
22.35
949
894
40.0
49,371
46,488
2,080
24.85
20.67
994
827
40.0
51,696
43,000
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
26.93
39.27
21.25
40.74
1,077
1,571
850
1,630
40.0
40.0
56,019
81,684
44,200
84,741
2,080
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
20.11
26.18
20.61
28.03
782
986
813
927
38.9
37.7
40,662
51,267
42,266
48,214
2,022
1,958
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
11.99
8.74
480
350
40.0
24,945
18,179
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
19.41
10.57
15.75
10.30
768
391
577
400
39.5
36.9
39,921
20,308
30,014
20,800
2,056
1,921
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
15.72
15.50
13.66
12.15
17.42
14.00
16.25
11.39
12.47
19.05
634
620
547
486
679
552
650
456
499
722
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
32,956
32,230
28,421
25,269
35,300
28,723
33,792
23,695
25,936
37,538
2,097
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,027
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$18.49
$15.00
$752
Management occupations .......................................
33.53
34.44
Business and financial operations occupations ...
23.74
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
21.64
19.81
866
792
40.0
45,020
41,201
2,080
23.07
22.40
923
896
40.0
47,982
46,592
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
17.88
15.38
710
615
39.7
36,929
31,982
2,065
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
14.84
11.40
15.00
11.11
656
456
700
444
44.2
40.0
34,095
23,720
36,400
23,103
2,297
2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Louisville, KY-IN,
November 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 ....................................................................
$20.55
$18.80
$24.56
$16.43
$16.08
$21.33
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
31.10
–
31.05
15.15
16.36
–
16.80
23.54
–
22.65
18.45
20.44
15.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.62
25.70
25.12
–
18.49
20.48
15.33
33.21
–
33.18
15.72
–
–
–
15.11
–
–
17.57
–
–
24.51
25.80
23.54
10.79
14.79
14.99
14.69
20.54
–
19.68
13.66
13.18
13.94
24.14
25.68
22.92
10.31
14.73
15.03
14.58
20.60
–
19.61
13.63
13.15
13.91
27.30
27.00
27.45
15.92
16.22
–
16.51
19.68
–
–
15.82
–
15.52
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
5.0
6.2
3.7
3.5
3.7
4.9
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 .......................
5.7
–
5.8
5.1
21.3
–
21.5
14.4
–
15.7
4.2
3.9
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.5
15.9
19.4
–
4.3
4.1
12.4
1.0
–
1.0
2.7
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
8.1
–
–
5.5
6.6
7.1
5.6
6.9
12.6
8.0
2.7
–
8.2
5.9
7.6
5.9
6.2
7.1
7.6
6.2
7.2
12.6
8.6
2.8
–
9.0
6.0
7.6
6.0
5.4
20.6
13.8
8.0
9.0
–
8.7
11.3
–
–
4.5
–
5.6
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, Louisville, KY-IN, November 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$16.84
$16.16
$19.59
$19.59
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 .......................
25.07
25.85
24.57
11.01
14.34
12.89
14.93
21.37
–
20.02
15.05
16.09
14.25
23.88
25.70
22.45
10.16
14.28
12.92
14.87
21.85
24.63
20.19
15.01
16.06
14.19
26.12
–
–
–
21.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.12
–
–
–
21.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.1
3.3
13.6
13.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
5.3
6.9
6.3
5.6
6.4
8.9
7.7
4.2
–
7.6
3.4
4.0
4.9
6.3
7.5
6.6
6.6
6.7
8.9
8.3
4.5
11.3
8.4
3.4
4.0
5.0
19.3
–
–
–
31.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.3
–
–
–
31.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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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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 Louisville, KY–IN, Metropolitan Statistical Area
includes Bullitt, Jefferson, and Oldham Counties, KY; and
Clark, Floyd, Harrison, and Scott Counties, IN.
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
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identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
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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.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to
adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of
employment by industry. The latest available employment
counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this
publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Louisville,
KY-IN, November 2006
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
537,500
478,200
59,300
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 .......................
132,300
48,200
84,000
131,800
132,600
44,000
88,600
24,800
8,600
16,200
116,100
51,700
64,300
101,200
43,300
57,900
115,300
126,600
43,800
82,800
22,200
8,000
14,200
112,900
50,600
62,300
31,100
5,000
26,200
16,500
6,000
–
5,800
2,600
–
1,900
3,200
–
2,100
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, Louisville, KY-IN, November
2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
28,381
28,336
46
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
260
133
86
41
229
107
81
41
31
26
5
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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