Charlotte–Gastonia–Rock Hill, NC–SC
National Compensation Survey
May 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
March 2007
Bulletin 3135–40
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups ......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational ag-
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Charlotte–Gastonia–Rock Hill, NC–SC, metropolitan area. Data were collected between December 2005 and
January 2007; the average reference month is May 2006.
Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in
a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also
contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a
technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$18.75
4.5
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
30.08
34.74
25.54
10.54
16.07
17.86
15.01
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.7
$18.70
5.0
4.7
4.5
8.8
4.2
6.7
15.4
2.7
38.0
39.6
36.6
29.4
34.9
31.2
37.5
31.72
34.98
27.16
9.50
16.32
17.93
15.24
17.10
14.32
19.55
6.2
1.5
8.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
15.10
15.48
14.67
4.6
4.7
5.5
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
19.96
9.63
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.6
$19.08
4.0
36.4
5.4
4.7
12.0
4.8
7.2
15.5
3.2
38.4
39.6
36.9
28.3
34.9
31.4
37.8
23.81
31.18
22.50
16.09
13.21
–
13.35
4.6
11.2
4.4
5.0
2.2
–
1.6
36.7
40.2
36.1
37.4
34.8
–
36.0
17.19
14.35
19.65
6.6
1.6
9.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
15.70
13.78
17.81
7.4
9.0
5.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
39.0
35.9
15.13
15.43
14.78
4.8
4.7
5.8
37.6
39.0
36.2
13.75
–
12.30
5.7
–
.9
32.4
–
31.0
4.5
6.9
39.7
20.3
20.03
9.14
5.1
7.3
39.7
20.4
19.44
15.23
3.2
23.9
39.7
19.3
23.11
18.58
9.1
4.6
35.8
35.7
23.11
18.51
9.1
5.3
35.8
35.6
–
19.08
–
4.0
–
36.4
17.23
31.41
4.6
6.7
35.4
38.1
16.96
31.41
5.3
6.7
35.3
38.1
19.08
–
4.0
–
36.4
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
17.89
18.96
4.8
6.0
39.9
34.4
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
16.50
17.09
23.61
7.8
8.0
4.1
34.0
36.6
37.9
16.50
17.07
25.92
7.9
8.3
5.9
34.0
36.6
38.8
16.41
17.73
19.22
6.8
10.3
4.3
40.0
36.4
36.4
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,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.75
4.5
$19.96
4.5
$9.63
6.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
37.20
22.86
34.12
45.90
32.93
45.54
34.84
32.56
7.5
9.4
8.8
6.5
17.5
24.1
19.5
3.8
37.32
22.46
34.12
45.90
33.61
45.54
34.84
32.56
7.6
9.4
8.8
6.5
21.8
24.1
19.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
32.50
24.90
22.77
26.26
41.05
41.51
26.34
4.9
6.8
5.1
5.2
5.5
16.5
9.8
32.50
24.90
22.77
26.26
41.05
41.51
26.34
4.9
6.8
5.1
5.2
5.5
16.5
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.66
25.30
27.26
26.88
37.24
38.49
7.6
11.0
9.3
11.1
5.9
8.7
26.66
25.30
27.26
26.88
37.24
38.49
7.6
11.0
9.3
11.1
5.9
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
38.51
31.44
42.77
40.56
39.68
4.8
4.8
2.4
4.9
9.3
38.51
31.44
42.77
40.56
39.68
4.8
4.8
2.4
4.9
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
27.34
31.99
35.26
28.66
44.31
44.31
25.07
17.6
5.4
4.7
1.5
.8
.8
8.7
27.34
31.99
35.26
28.66
44.31
44.31
25.07
17.6
5.4
4.7
1.5
.8
.8
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
25.02
8.8
25.02
8.8
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
20.04
18.37
17.15
14.76
11.6
4.3
1.5
5.5
19.88
17.86
17.15
14.76
12.4
3.6
1.5
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
22.02
10.13
12.68
23.55
28.08
26.27
35.13
30.53
7.5
2.5
2.3
.7
4.1
3.5
8.5
10.5
22.04
10.13
12.69
23.45
28.16
26.27
35.51
30.53
7.6
2.5
2.3
.3
4.1
3.5
8.9
10.5
19.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.04
23.55
29.59
26.26
25.63
29.34
25.46
2.6
.7
4.8
3.5
.6
4.1
.3
26.05
23.45
29.59
26.26
25.66
29.34
25.46
2.6
.3
4.8
3.5
.7
4.1
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.69
28.56
.6
2.0
25.73
28.56
.6
2.0
–
–
–
–
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,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Elementary school teachers, except special
education –Continued
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.97
25.80
29.54
1.4
3.9
7.9
$25.97
25.77
29.54
1.4
4.0
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.80
29.54
32.12
3.9
7.9
14.3
25.77
29.54
32.12
4.0
7.9
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.12
10.58
10.13
12.69
14.3
3.8
2.5
2.3
32.12
10.58
10.13
12.69
14.3
3.8
2.5
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.75
14.56
14.08
14.08
14.08
14.08
23.3
18.1
20.9
20.9
20.9
20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.09
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
21.03
12.52
17.44
19.93
24.46
23.21
24.06
24.36
24.23
24.19
23.23
19.66
22.01
12.51
7.3
10.7
3.0
3.3
6.3
3.2
4.3
4.1
4.8
2.7
2.6
7.1
9.3
6.1
20.50
12.84
17.28
19.93
23.86
23.57
24.15
24.53
–
24.98
23.24
19.66
22.01
–
6.2
14.5
2.5
3.3
6.5
3.6
4.1
3.4
–
.0
1.8
7.1
9.3
–
24.04
–
–
–
26.51
–
–
23.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.1
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.63
10.4
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
11.58
10.54
13.02
14.33
10.48
10.37
12.36
10.25
13.47
4.2
4.1
4.3
5.8
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.9
3.9
11.39
10.35
12.72
–
10.50
10.39
12.11
–
–
3.4
3.2
4.1
–
5.2
5.7
5.5
–
–
13.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
17.20
14.44
17.03
19.26
21.61
5.7
5.4
1.7
4.4
2.4
17.45
14.44
17.03
19.42
21.61
6.2
5.4
1.7
4.2
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.06
.9
29.06
.9
–
–
29.06
14.13
14.13
19.48
19.48
11.01
11.01
.9
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
5.6
5.6
29.06
14.13
14.13
19.35
19.35
–
–
.9
4.0
4.0
3.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.01
6.85
6.18
7.48
9.22
10.30
3.40
3.03
2.32
2.36
7.68
8.00
6.7
1.9
11.2
10.7
6.2
3.1
19.0
37.4
3.4
7.9
1.9
10.5
$8.21
7.74
7.31
6.69
10.37
–
3.76
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
3.2
10.6
21.4
2.5
–
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
$6.34
6.41
5.83
8.37
–
–
3.12
–
2.38
–
7.37
–
11.1
2.2
12.1
4.4
–
–
23.1
–
7.5
–
1.8
–
7.68
8.00
8.18
8.18
1.9
10.6
16.0
16.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.37
–
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
11.29
8.74
10.20
9.65
8.46
9.97
5.9
3.8
13.0
12.9
8.8
14.5
11.63
9.36
8.74
9.56
9.52
–
5.8
1.3
10.5
7.6
1.8
–
9.79
–
–
9.79
–
–
24.7
–
–
25.0
–
–
10.28
8.25
8.12
15.9
11.4
6.0
10.84
9.86
–
5.4
3.6
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
14.21
10.59
8.46
10.53
10.59
10.66
15.8
16.3
6.8
13.7
16.3
14.8
16.43
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
8.39
–
8.90
7.66
–
–
7.4
–
9.5
10.4
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
17.86
7.44
8.32
10.04
12.16
19.57
29.47
19.45
22.95
22.21
9.39
7.44
8.32
10.20
8.80
8.20
8.80
8.20
9.40
10.17
30.61
15.4
2.0
3.4
1.8
9.0
5.3
7.2
24.3
5.4
10.1
3.8
2.0
3.4
2.7
2.7
2.2
2.7
2.2
1.5
1.5
10.1
21.21
–
–
10.06
12.40
20.05
29.47
19.45
22.95
22.21
10.23
–
–
10.06
9.25
–
9.25
–
10.21
–
30.61
14.5
–
–
3.1
10.4
3.4
7.2
24.3
5.4
10.1
3.3
–
–
3.1
5.6
–
5.6
–
3.7
–
10.1
8.72
7.35
8.27
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.44
7.35
8.27
–
8.47
8.06
8.47
8.06
8.42
–
–
2.9
1.5
5.6
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
1.5
5.6
–
4.3
4.7
4.3
4.7
.6
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
15.01
10.52
12.50
14.11
17.54
20.96
2.7
2.1
3.8
2.0
2.1
6.4
15.20
10.91
12.62
14.13
17.54
20.96
2.9
2.2
4.2
2.1
2.1
6.4
12.77
9.29
11.17
13.89
–
–
5.7
1.3
8.2
5.7
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.79
15.81
3.3
10.8
$20.79
15.52
3.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
22.55
14.85
13.97
16.71
13.84
13.04
14.12
12.09
13.94
16.41
12.98
13.54
13.55
13.56
11.15
18.41
12.16
15.61
19.58
21.53
19.37
19.69
12.44
12.16
15.52
13.00
13.85
11.57
13.41
17.31
3.1
3.4
5.2
3.1
5.1
4.0
8.1
2.5
3.5
9.8
2.4
.9
1.1
6.9
2.6
5.5
5.6
2.0
11.5
12.7
6.5
11.7
6.2
5.6
3.1
5.7
4.5
8.0
4.6
4.8
22.55
15.01
14.05
16.71
14.14
13.12
15.20
12.79
–
16.45
12.99
13.60
–
13.56
11.42
18.68
–
15.61
19.58
21.53
19.37
19.69
–
–
15.52
13.05
13.88
10.78
13.50
17.31
3.1
2.9
5.3
3.1
5.0
4.5
5.5
2.4
–
9.9
2.6
1.3
–
6.9
.6
5.1
–
2.0
11.5
12.7
6.5
11.7
–
–
3.1
6.1
4.9
4.5
5.2
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
14.32
11.33
14.67
19.80
17.70
18.46
1.5
5.8
9.2
.7
8.6
6.6
14.32
11.33
14.67
19.80
17.70
18.46
1.5
5.8
9.2
.7
8.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
19.55
16.03
20.62
22.79
31.36
8.5
4.6
7.0
3.3
10.5
19.55
16.03
20.62
22.79
31.36
8.5
4.6
7.0
3.3
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.89
24.1
26.89
24.1
–
–
18.26
16.90
18.28
25.46
23.07
16.22
24.14
4.8
5.9
12.3
3.0
11.8
5.8
8.3
18.26
16.90
18.28
25.46
23.07
16.22
24.14
4.8
5.9
12.3
3.0
11.8
5.8
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.14
13.2
18.14
13.2
–
–
15.48
9.01
11.27
15.32
4.7
2.7
7.6
12.9
15.62
9.00
11.38
15.32
4.7
2.6
7.8
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.28
19.43
21.15
23.09
28.07
1.3
4.0
7.8
4.2
4.6
$16.28
19.43
21.15
23.09
28.07
1.3
4.0
7.8
4.2
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.04
14.27
11.34
6.0
12.5
22.0
23.04
14.27
11.34
6.0
12.5
22.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.95
7.7
13.95
7.7
–
–
13.17
15.53
14.76
20.86
14.25
19.33
14.19
13.8
1.8
7.3
7.0
8.2
5.2
5.6
13.17
15.53
14.76
20.86
14.25
19.33
14.19
13.8
1.8
7.3
7.0
8.2
5.2
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.67
9.53
12.14
12.96
14.54
18.58
11.24
11.24
15.85
13.90
18.87
16.41
14.00
18.87
13.58
13.92
13.28
19.24
11.19
9.65
12.38
12.27
5.5
10.1
6.1
5.5
3.8
5.8
.4
.4
7.4
7.5
6.1
9.3
9.7
6.1
3.4
3.8
7.5
8.0
6.7
9.8
7.2
4.3
15.12
8.97
12.14
12.93
14.54
18.58
–
–
15.85
13.90
18.87
16.41
14.00
18.87
13.58
13.92
13.28
19.24
11.23
9.14
12.36
11.89
6.0
12.4
6.9
6.1
3.8
5.8
–
–
7.4
7.5
6.1
9.3
9.7
6.1
3.4
3.8
7.5
8.0
6.9
11.9
7.9
3.5
$11.05
–
12.08
–
–
–
11.30
11.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
2.6
–
–
–
.2
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.53
12.19
9.83
8.17
6.9
6.3
11.0
8.4
11.22
12.16
11.63
–
7.9
7.0
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
8
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.70
5.0
$20.03
5.1
$9.14
7.3
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
37.26
22.75
34.89
46.57
32.93
45.54
33.94
8.3
9.4
12.0
7.3
17.5
24.1
19.5
37.40
22.34
34.89
46.57
33.61
45.54
33.94
8.4
9.4
12.0
7.3
21.8
24.1
19.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
33.02
24.90
23.02
26.65
41.05
41.51
26.42
5.0
6.8
4.9
5.3
5.5
16.5
10.0
33.02
24.90
23.02
26.65
41.05
41.51
26.42
5.0
6.8
4.9
5.3
5.5
16.5
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.67
27.26
27.44
37.24
38.49
8.2
9.3
11.2
5.9
8.7
27.67
27.26
27.44
37.24
38.49
8.2
9.3
11.2
5.9
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
38.60
31.59
42.77
40.56
39.85
4.9
4.8
2.4
4.9
9.6
38.60
31.59
42.77
40.56
39.85
4.9
4.8
2.4
4.9
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
27.86
31.99
35.26
28.66
44.31
44.31
26.41
18.6
5.4
4.7
1.5
.8
.8
8.4
27.86
31.99
35.26
28.66
44.31
44.31
26.41
18.6
5.4
4.7
1.5
.8
.8
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
24.52
11.7
24.52
11.7
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
17.36
33.58
33.0
6.9
17.35
35.34
33.6
10.6
–
–
–
–
29.24
27.11
7.0
4.0
29.42
27.46
7.4
4.7
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
23.88
14.26
14.08
14.08
14.08
14.08
23.4
20.1
20.9
20.9
20.9
20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
20.55
12.41
24.75
24.25
25.76
24.19
19.12
8.4
17.0
7.6
2.9
7.4
2.7
7.5
20.08
12.44
23.94
25.05
26.28
24.98
19.12
9.1
17.4
7.6
.3
5.5
.0
7.5
24.78
–
–
–
23.36
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
11.72
13.69
10.29
10.14
4.7
4.1
5.6
6.3
11.49
–
10.31
10.16
3.8
–
5.8
6.6
13.56
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
$12.92
6.0
$12.63
6.0
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
10.94
11.01
11.01
5.2
5.6
5.6
11.28
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
6.94
6.84
6.17
7.23
9.22
3.18
3.03
2.32
2.36
7.67
8.00
6.8
1.9
11.3
10.3
7.2
18.8
37.4
3.4
7.9
1.9
10.6
8.16
7.74
7.30
–
10.64
3.76
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
3.2
10.7
–
1.9
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
$6.27
6.40
5.82
8.18
–
2.71
–
2.38
–
7.36
–
11.1
2.1
12.1
3.9
–
11.9
–
7.5
–
1.8
–
7.67
8.00
8.18
8.18
1.9
10.6
16.0
16.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.36
–
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
11.39
8.70
9.58
8.33
6.8
4.2
16.2
11.2
11.73
9.35
9.33
–
6.8
1.3
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.52
8.12
20.5
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
14.36
8.33
10.39
17.1
6.5
15.0
16.49
–
–
19.2
–
–
8.24
8.68
–
8.1
10.3
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
17.93
7.40
8.29
10.05
12.16
19.57
29.47
19.45
22.95
22.21
9.39
7.40
8.29
10.22
8.78
8.16
8.78
8.16
9.41
10.17
30.61
15.5
1.9
3.4
1.8
9.0
5.3
7.2
24.3
5.4
10.1
3.8
1.9
3.4
2.7
2.7
2.0
2.7
2.0
1.4
1.5
10.1
21.21
–
–
10.06
12.40
20.05
29.47
19.45
22.95
22.21
10.23
–
–
10.06
9.25
–
9.25
–
10.21
–
30.61
14.5
–
–
3.1
10.4
3.4
7.2
24.3
5.4
10.1
3.3
–
–
3.1
5.6
–
5.6
–
3.7
–
10.1
8.70
–
8.22
10.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.41
–
8.22
–
8.41
7.99
8.41
7.99
8.42
–
–
3.0
–
5.8
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
–
5.8
–
4.4
4.8
4.4
4.8
.7
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
15.24
10.49
12.63
14.26
18.14
21.79
21.46
15.74
3.2
2.4
4.3
2.2
3.0
6.2
2.6
10.7
15.43
10.91
12.74
14.27
18.14
21.79
21.46
15.44
3.5
2.5
4.8
2.4
3.0
6.2
2.6
11.4
13.01
9.30
11.07
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
1.3
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
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 ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$22.53
14.92
14.03
13.79
13.04
14.12
13.94
13.56
11.16
19.26
19.52
13.05
14.10
11.65
13.57
3.1
3.6
5.6
5.4
4.1
8.1
3.5
6.9
2.9
5.6
6.7
6.1
5.5
9.6
6.0
$22.53
15.10
14.12
14.11
13.13
15.20
–
13.56
11.46
19.28
19.52
13.05
14.12
–
13.65
3.1
3.1
5.7
5.3
4.7
5.5
–
6.9
.6
5.6
6.7
6.1
5.9
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
14.35
11.27
14.76
19.80
17.70
18.46
1.6
6.1
9.8
.7
8.6
6.6
14.35
11.27
14.76
19.80
17.70
18.46
1.6
6.1
9.8
.7
8.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
19.65
16.02
20.88
23.86
31.35
9.0
4.7
7.0
3.5
11.0
19.65
16.02
20.88
23.86
31.35
9.0
4.7
7.0
3.5
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.20
25.7
27.20
25.7
–
–
18.30
16.94
18.26
26.18
23.07
16.20
4.9
6.1
12.4
1.3
11.8
6.0
18.30
16.94
18.26
26.18
23.07
16.20
4.9
6.1
12.4
1.3
11.8
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.54
14.0
18.54
14.0
–
–
15.43
9.01
11.27
15.32
16.28
19.43
21.16
24.19
4.7
2.7
7.6
12.9
1.3
4.0
7.9
3.4
15.58
9.00
11.38
15.32
16.28
19.43
21.16
24.19
4.7
2.6
7.8
12.9
1.3
4.0
7.9
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.02
14.27
11.34
6.2
12.5
22.0
23.02
14.27
11.34
6.2
12.5
22.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.95
7.7
13.95
7.7
–
–
13.17
15.53
14.76
20.86
14.25
19.33
14.19
13.8
1.8
7.3
7.0
8.2
5.2
5.6
13.17
15.53
14.76
20.86
14.25
19.33
14.19
13.8
1.8
7.3
7.0
8.2
5.2
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.78
9.52
5.8
10.4
15.21
8.94
6.2
12.7
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.18
13.00
14.71
19.02
16.15
14.07
16.47
13.92
13.28
19.24
11.19
9.64
12.38
12.27
6.3
5.6
4.0
5.6
8.1
8.7
9.7
3.8
7.5
8.0
6.7
10.0
7.2
4.3
$12.15
12.94
14.71
19.02
16.15
14.07
16.47
13.92
13.28
19.24
11.23
9.12
12.37
11.89
7.0
6.1
4.0
5.6
8.1
8.7
9.7
3.8
7.5
8.0
7.0
12.2
7.9
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.54
12.20
9.83
8.17
6.9
6.3
11.0
8.4
11.22
12.16
11.63
–
8.0
7.1
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
12
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$19.08
4.0
$19.44
3.2
$15.23
23.9
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
36.56
33.46
9.2
3.3
36.56
33.46
9.2
3.3
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
19.16
5.8
19.16
5.8
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
26.79
1.2
26.79
1.2
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
20.28
18.48
17.53
14.76
14.7
3.0
.7
5.5
20.28
18.48
17.53
14.76
14.7
3.0
.7
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
23.25
12.21
23.55
27.14
26.28
1.7
.1
.7
1.7
3.7
23.28
–
23.45
27.22
26.28
1.7
–
.3
1.6
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.73
23.55
28.86
25.50
2.6
.7
.6
.2
25.73
23.45
28.86
25.51
2.6
.3
.6
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.74
24.75
.6
2.9
25.75
24.69
.6
3.2
–
–
–
–
24.75
32.12
2.9
14.3
24.69
32.12
3.2
14.3
–
–
–
–
32.12
11.02
14.3
1.8
32.12
11.03
14.3
1.7
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
21.86
23.15
14.2
2.4
21.34
23.15
3.9
1.6
23.52
–
43.9
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
10.97
6.4
10.99
6.1
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
19.30
14.63
17.03
18.43
21.61
3.3
5.5
1.7
.7
2.4
19.39
14.63
17.03
18.58
21.61
4.1
5.5
1.7
.2
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.06
.9
29.06
.9
–
–
29.06
14.13
14.13
19.71
19.71
.9
4.0
4.0
2.7
2.7
29.06
14.13
14.13
19.58
19.58
.9
4.0
4.0
2.9
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
9.67
2.5
–
–
–
–
10.34
9.00
9.96
8.98
3.9
5.1
3.9
5.3
10.72
–
10.27
–
2.9
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.59
8.98
2.7
5.3
9.86
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
12.12
5.1
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$13.35
11.55
13.03
14.64
13.85
12.12
13.54
13.55
13.54
13.55
13.82
14.79
12.85
12.87
1.6
1.6
3.3
1.4
4.2
2.4
.9
1.1
.9
1.1
7.4
.9
2.8
3.3
$13.54
11.59
13.23
14.64
13.85
12.79
13.60
–
13.60
–
14.48
14.79
12.91
13.01
1.3
1.9
3.6
1.4
4.2
2.4
1.3
–
1.3
–
5.2
.9
3.2
4.6
$10.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
13.78
9.0
13.78
9.0
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
17.81
18.74
5.1
4.9
17.81
18.74
5.1
4.9
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 2 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
12.30
11.22
11.24
11.24
.9
.8
.4
.4
12.84
–
–
–
1.1
–
–
–
10.62
–
11.30
11.30
1.6
–
.2
.2
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.
14
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.75
4.5
$19.96
4.5
$9.63
6.9
Management occupations .................................................
Group III ............................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
37.20
35.10
32.93
34.84
32.56
32.93
7.5
17.9
17.5
19.5
3.8
5.2
37.32
–
33.61
34.84
32.56
–
7.6
–
21.8
19.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
32.50
22.64
35.28
26.34
4.9
7.1
9.0
9.8
32.50
–
–
26.34
4.9
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.66
25.30
27.26
26.88
22.58
31.30
37.24
38.49
7.6
11.0
9.3
11.1
5.3
10.7
5.9
8.7
26.66
–
27.26
26.88
22.58
31.30
37.24
38.49
7.6
–
9.3
11.1
5.3
10.7
5.9
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer programmers
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
38.51
37.89
4.8
4.0
38.51
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
31.89
40.56
39.68
37.60
1.3
4.9
9.3
10.6
31.89
40.56
39.68
37.60
1.3
4.9
9.3
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
27.34
20.23
35.12
35.26
35.03
44.31
44.31
44.31
44.31
25.07
19.64
17.6
2.4
4.6
4.7
6.5
.8
.8
.8
.8
8.7
2.1
27.34
–
–
35.26
–
44.31
–
44.31
44.31
25.07
–
17.6
–
–
4.7
–
.8
–
.8
.8
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
25.02
25.88
29.55
8.8
17.8
7.5
25.02
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
20.04
18.04
28.79
18.37
18.43
17.15
16.75
14.76
11.6
5.5
15.3
4.3
5.9
1.5
1.2
5.5
19.88
–
–
17.86
–
17.15
16.75
14.76
12.4
–
–
3.6
–
1.5
1.2
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
22.02
10.58
25.71
26.49
35.13
30.40
30.53
7.5
3.8
3.5
3.2
8.5
1.2
10.5
22.04
–
–
–
35.51
–
30.53
7.6
–
–
–
8.9
–
10.5
19.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.04
25.81
2.6
4.1
26.05
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers –Continued
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 II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Group II .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.26
25.63
25.94
25.46
3.5
.6
2.0
.3
–
$25.66
–
–
–
0.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.69
25.46
25.97
25.80
27.19
.6
.7
1.4
3.9
5.9
25.73
25.46
25.97
25.77
–
.6
.7
1.4
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.80
27.19
32.12
27.13
3.9
5.9
14.3
8.1
25.77
27.19
32.12
–
4.0
6.1
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.12
27.13
10.58
10.58
14.3
8.1
3.8
3.8
32.12
27.13
10.58
10.58
14.3
8.1
3.8
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.75
14.08
14.08
23.3
20.9
20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.09
–
–
12.2
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
21.03
12.52
22.21
27.18
24.36
24.01
24.57
19.66
22.01
12.51
7.3
10.7
3.6
13.4
4.1
2.8
5.5
7.1
9.3
6.1
20.50
–
–
–
24.53
24.20
24.70
19.66
22.01
–
6.2
–
–
–
3.4
1.4
5.5
7.1
9.3
–
24.04
–
–
–
23.27
23.36
–
–
–
–
26.1
–
–
–
8.2
12.6
–
–
–
–
11.63
10.4
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
11.58
11.33
14.33
10.48
10.48
10.37
10.37
12.36
12.12
4.2
3.7
5.8
5.0
5.0
5.5
5.5
6.0
5.4
11.39
–
–
10.50
–
10.39
10.39
12.11
–
3.4
–
–
5.2
–
5.7
5.7
5.5
–
13.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
17.20
10.99
18.73
31.06
5.7
3.2
3.5
9.8
17.45
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.06
21.12
.9
6.3
29.06
–
.9
–
–
–
–
–
29.06
21.12
14.13
14.13
19.48
19.53
19.48
.9
6.3
4.0
4.0
3.0
3.2
3.0
29.06
21.12
14.13
14.13
19.35
–
19.35
.9
6.3
4.0
4.0
3.3
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
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 .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.53
11.01
11.01
3.2
5.6
5.6
$19.56
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.01
6.81
9.22
9.09
10.30
10.30
3.40
3.40
2.32
2.32
7.68
7.68
6.7
6.0
6.2
7.2
3.1
3.1
19.0
19.0
3.4
3.4
1.9
1.9
8.21
–
10.37
–
–
–
3.76
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
2.5
–
–
–
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
$6.34
–
–
–
–
–
3.12
–
2.38
2.38
7.37
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
23.1
–
7.5
7.5
1.8
–
7.68
7.68
8.18
8.18
1.9
1.9
16.0
16.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.37
7.37
–
–
1.8
1.8
–
–
24.7
–
25.0
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
11.29
10.78
9.65
9.65
5.9
3.5
12.9
12.9
11.63
–
9.56
–
5.8
–
7.6
–
9.79
–
9.79
–
10.28
10.28
8.12
8.12
15.9
15.9
6.0
6.0
10.84
10.84
–
–
5.4
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.21
9.06
10.53
10.20
10.66
10.39
15.8
10.3
13.7
15.7
14.8
16.3
16.43
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
8.39
–
7.66
–
–
–
7.4
–
10.4
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
17.86
9.71
27.56
22.95
23.93
22.21
9.39
9.36
8.80
8.73
8.80
8.73
9.40
9.38
30.61
31.67
15.4
4.2
8.1
5.4
10.6
10.1
3.8
4.5
2.7
3.6
2.7
3.6
1.5
2.0
10.1
9.7
21.21
–
–
22.95
–
22.21
10.23
–
9.25
–
9.25
9.12
10.21
10.23
30.61
–
14.5
–
–
5.4
–
10.1
3.3
–
5.6
–
5.6
5.8
3.7
3.8
10.1
–
8.72
–
–
–
–
–
8.44
–
8.47
–
8.47
8.47
8.42
8.42
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
–
4.3
–
4.3
4.3
.6
.6
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
15.01
13.14
18.74
2.7
2.2
2.8
15.20
–
–
2.9
–
–
12.77
–
–
5.7
–
–
22.55
22.49
14.85
14.31
3.1
3.2
3.4
3.0
22.55
22.49
15.01
–
3.1
3.2
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
–
–
–
–
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Financial clerks –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
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 .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
$16.98
13.84
12.82
14.12
13.26
12.09
11.91
13.94
13.94
16.41
12.99
13.54
13.55
13.56
14.31
11.15
11.00
18.41
14.74
20.41
19.37
19.88
12.44
12.44
15.52
13.00
13.85
12.69
17.32
3.1
5.1
4.6
8.1
7.3
2.5
4.2
3.5
3.5
9.8
2.4
.9
1.1
6.9
4.4
2.6
3.1
5.5
5.2
6.7
6.5
6.6
6.2
6.2
3.1
5.7
4.5
4.2
4.8
–
$14.14
13.12
15.20
14.40
12.79
12.68
–
–
16.45
–
13.60
–
13.56
14.31
11.42
11.25
18.68
–
–
19.37
19.88
–
–
15.52
13.05
13.88
12.58
17.32
–
5.0
4.5
5.5
2.4
2.4
2.9
–
–
9.9
–
1.3
–
6.9
4.4
.6
1.2
5.1
–
–
6.5
6.6
–
–
3.1
6.1
4.9
4.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
14.32
11.49
16.50
17.70
18.46
1.5
4.2
1.6
8.6
6.6
14.32
–
–
17.70
18.46
1.5
–
–
8.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Line installers and repairers
Group II .............................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
19.55
12.49
19.80
8.5
5.8
8.1
19.55
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.89
19.58
24.1
5.7
26.89
19.58
24.1
5.7
–
–
–
–
18.26
18.95
23.07
23.07
16.22
16.58
4.8
5.9
11.8
11.8
5.8
5.7
18.26
–
23.07
23.07
16.22
16.58
4.8
–
11.8
11.8
5.8
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.14
24.14
24.14
8.3
8.3
8.3
–
24.14
24.14
–
8.3
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.14
13.2
18.14
13.2
–
–
15.48
13.06
20.88
4.7
4.1
2.7
15.62
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.04
23.97
14.27
14.06
6.0
3.1
12.5
13.6
23.04
23.97
14.27
–
6.0
3.1
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.95
12.83
7.7
9.6
$13.95
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
13.17
15.53
12.69
19.68
14.25
20.74
14.19
13.8
1.8
10.7
12.6
8.2
7.5
5.6
13.17
15.53
12.69
19.68
14.25
–
14.19
13.8
1.8
10.7
12.6
8.2
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.67
12.47
19.77
11.24
11.24
11.24
11.24
15.85
13.88
18.87
16.41
14.00
18.87
13.58
13.58
13.92
13.91
11.19
11.28
5.5
3.7
4.9
.4
.4
.4
.4
7.4
6.5
6.1
9.3
9.6
6.1
3.4
3.4
3.8
3.9
6.7
6.3
15.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.85
–
–
16.41
14.00
18.87
13.58
13.58
13.92
13.91
11.23
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
9.3
9.6
6.1
3.4
3.4
3.8
3.9
6.9
–
$11.05
–
–
11.30
–
11.30
11.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
.2
–
.2
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.53
11.67
9.83
9.83
6.9
6.1
11.0
11.0
11.22
11.39
11.63
11.63
7.9
7.1
5.0
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.51
$11.02
$15.16
$22.50
$31.80
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
18.00
22.50
18.00
26.16
21.88
22.50
18.00
28.89
32.85
22.50
23.47
32.85
48.02
29.05
46.27
33.91
62.52
80.34
56.66
42.51
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
18.47
15.14
22.65
21.64
27.53
23.25
34.32
34.19
48.88
36.48
19.23
22.03
19.04
24.28
23.80
22.60
23.61
22.41
27.53
27.53
28.08
28.08
24.43
33.29
28.12
28.08
28.08
29.68
34.14
62.29
33.03
35.73
36.02
62.29
62.29
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
20.48
36.00
19.48
31.02
36.33
28.07
36.33
37.02
38.46
46.85
46.12
50.30
55.29
49.76
58.92
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
14.00
27.15
41.22
41.22
17.18
19.80
28.10
42.83
42.83
19.88
26.92
34.66
44.21
44.21
23.89
34.66
42.83
46.54
46.54
32.53
43.24
46.30
46.91
46.91
34.33
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
13.23
20.58
22.66
32.89
32.89
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
13.37
14.25
14.61
15.39
15.78
15.74
17.20
17.63
16.47
22.05
21.25
18.50
35.56
22.24
21.02
12.56
13.35
14.45
16.33
17.36
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.00
22.56
21.19
11.10
26.92
25.32
22.64
33.68
29.74
27.87
38.46
34.04
36.71
52.32
41.95
18.62
18.70
21.24
21.39
24.68
23.99
30.44
29.11
37.03
34.81
19.01
18.40
22.02
21.79
23.99
25.31
29.08
28.33
34.28
36.71
18.40
22.35
21.79
24.19
25.31
37.03
28.33
37.03
36.71
37.03
22.35
9.00
24.19
9.62
37.03
10.20
37.03
11.00
37.03
12.37
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
8.00
6.50
6.50
16.03
7.05
7.05
31.25
10.00
10.00
31.25
21.14
21.14
31.25
26.68
26.68
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
10.80
19.25
10.67
11.52
10.16
15.82
20.57
12.01
15.82
10.47
20.80
24.46
20.56
22.09
10.74
25.99
26.54
23.80
29.35
14.58
28.59
28.58
30.29
30.29
17.13
9.03
9.03
11.02
12.99
17.60
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.10
9.50
9.20
9.00
11.00
11.02
10.00
10.00
11.29
12.94
11.56
11.26
14.50
15.54
12.35
12.43
15.72
Protective service occupations .........................................
10.25
11.70
15.39
20.75
27.15
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$19.63
$22.89
$28.10
$33.79
$40.80
19.63
12.43
12.43
14.24
14.24
9.30
9.30
22.89
12.43
12.43
16.01
16.01
9.80
9.80
28.10
13.74
13.74
18.63
18.63
11.00
11.00
33.79
14.93
14.93
22.34
22.34
11.20
11.20
40.80
16.74
16.74
27.15
27.15
13.11
13.11
2.25
7.64
8.79
2.13
2.13
6.00
6.00
7.64
9.74
2.23
2.13
6.50
7.00
9.26
10.50
2.25
2.25
7.00
9.01
10.50
10.50
3.18
2.25
8.75
10.17
11.13
11.13
8.00
2.35
10.00
6.00
5.45
6.50
6.50
7.00
9.00
8.60
9.50
10.00
10.00
7.50
6.50
8.51
7.50
11.01
9.28
13.12
12.64
16.00
12.64
6.25
7.25
9.10
7.50
10.18
7.80
12.64
8.51
13.12
8.91
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
7.00
6.56
6.10
7.99
8.50
8.50
8.60
8.60
8.50
16.87
14.20
14.20
30.10
14.76
14.76
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
7.70
16.30
9.02
17.23
12.74
23.26
23.26
28.85
31.73
28.85
16.30
6.95
7.00
7.00
6.50
16.83
17.23
7.90
7.75
7.75
8.30
21.35
20.80
9.02
8.45
8.45
9.18
22.98
28.85
10.50
9.75
9.75
10.45
37.74
28.85
12.28
11.38
11.38
12.50
44.59
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
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 ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.50
12.00
14.28
17.00
20.80
17.75
11.50
11.50
9.55
8.25
12.50
12.50
11.80
9.50
9.75
13.39
15.07
10.29
14.01
10.88
10.00
17.75
13.16
11.92
13.45
10.70
12.92
12.50
12.46
12.50
10.50
15.38
15.38
10.84
14.18
12.55
11.40
24.55
14.91
14.00
14.14
11.92
13.74
16.38
13.66
13.61
11.00
16.18
20.19
11.76
16.15
12.55
13.17
25.96
15.93
14.91
15.18
13.86
15.00
18.49
14.64
15.05
11.50
21.11
22.11
14.33
16.15
12.60
15.71
25.96
18.49
16.60
18.86
15.04
15.00
22.27
14.64
15.70
11.75
25.43
24.52
15.35
16.15
16.50
19.06
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
9.75
13.35
11.25
15.22
14.00
19.00
16.00
20.09
21.25
20.09
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
11.54
14.25
18.00
22.93
28.87
18.00
18.00
19.23
25.34
52.89
11.25
14.25
18.13
20.85
24.94
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
$13.73
10.79
15.70
$18.16
14.25
21.18
$19.17
16.26
26.90
$31.80
18.13
26.90
$31.80
20.85
26.90
6.00
9.25
18.55
28.87
28.87
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
9.00
12.00
13.69
18.61
23.06
18.47
7.10
18.47
10.91
23.51
12.25
26.19
22.00
29.31
22.25
8.84
12.14
15.00
15.15
18.25
8.84
8.90
10.25
8.75
8.84
12.50
12.25
8.75
13.79
13.69
12.25
13.50
15.00
21.94
17.79
16.78
18.25
23.06
17.79
23.75
9.00
9.64
9.64
11.50
11.50
11.76
9.50
7.50
11.00
10.44
10.44
12.99
13.05
12.64
10.00
9.50
12.60
11.68
11.68
14.50
15.60
13.40
12.00
11.09
16.75
11.68
11.68
19.10
19.20
14.79
15.43
12.92
21.64
12.59
12.59
20.48
20.48
16.30
22.30
14.37
8.03
6.25
10.06
7.00
11.27
10.00
12.88
11.59
14.10
12.92
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.35
$10.99
$15.00
$22.30
$31.85
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
18.00
22.50
18.00
20.56
22.50
18.00
31.68
22.50
23.47
48.29
29.05
46.27
62.52
80.34
56.66
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
19.21
15.14
23.25
21.64
27.91
23.25
35.73
34.19
48.88
36.48
20.39
22.03
21.02
24.28
23.80
23.61
23.61
22.41
27.53
27.53
28.08
28.08
24.43
33.29
28.12
28.08
28.08
29.68
34.14
62.29
33.03
35.73
36.02
62.29
62.29
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
20.48
36.00
19.48
31.02
36.33
29.48
36.33
37.02
38.46
46.85
46.12
50.30
55.29
49.76
58.92
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
14.00
27.15
41.22
41.22
17.18
20.00
28.10
42.83
42.83
20.13
28.10
34.66
44.21
44.21
25.04
35.10
42.83
46.54
46.54
32.69
43.88
46.30
46.91
46.91
34.67
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
13.23
16.08
22.66
32.89
32.89
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
9.00
19.31
10.00
27.56
10.20
31.02
26.33
35.64
34.81
60.60
20.16
19.54
24.51
20.83
28.23
27.83
36.71
34.81
36.71
34.81
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
7.69
6.50
6.50
15.42
7.05
7.05
31.25
10.00
10.00
31.25
21.14
21.14
31.25
26.68
26.68
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
10.67
19.25
10.67
15.82
21.70
11.73
20.80
26.00
17.90
26.00
27.51
25.47
28.98
29.03
30.29
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.10
9.50
9.00
9.00
11.00
11.00
10.00
10.00
12.94
12.99
11.53
10.75
15.54
15.72
12.00
12.00
15.75
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.30
9.30
9.30
9.55
9.80
9.80
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.20
11.20
11.20
12.50
13.11
13.11
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
2.25
7.64
2.13
2.13
6.00
6.00
7.64
2.18
2.13
6.50
6.95
8.55
2.25
2.25
7.00
9.00
10.50
2.36
2.25
8.50
10.17
11.13
6.00
2.35
10.00
6.00
5.45
6.50
6.50
7.00
9.00
8.50
9.50
10.00
10.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
7.50
6.50
8.51
7.50
11.50
8.75
13.12
12.64
16.00
12.64
6.00
7.25
8.71
7.50
12.64
7.80
12.64
8.51
13.12
8.91
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
7.00
6.67
7.99
8.50
8.50
8.60
25.86
14.20
30.10
14.76
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
— Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
$7.70
16.30
$9.02
17.23
$12.75
23.26
$23.26
28.85
$31.73
28.85
16.30
6.95
7.00
7.00
6.50
16.83
17.23
7.85
7.75
7.75
8.30
21.35
20.80
9.02
8.30
8.30
9.18
22.98
28.85
10.50
9.66
9.66
10.45
37.74
28.85
12.28
11.38
11.38
12.50
44.59
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.50
12.14
14.91
17.50
20.85
17.75
11.50
11.50
9.55
12.50
9.50
9.75
14.01
15.38
10.88
9.90
17.75
13.50
11.50
13.45
12.92
12.50
10.50
15.38
15.38
12.55
12.00
24.55
15.00
14.00
14.14
13.74
13.61
11.05
18.00
20.19
12.55
13.17
25.96
16.60
14.91
15.18
15.00
15.05
11.50
23.07
22.28
12.60
17.00
25.96
18.70
16.60
18.86
15.00
15.70
11.75
25.89
24.73
16.50
19.06
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
9.50
13.35
11.25
15.22
14.00
19.00
16.00
20.09
21.25
20.09
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
11.54
13.73
18.00
23.00
28.87
18.00
18.00
19.23
25.34
55.29
11.25
13.73
10.79
14.25
18.16
14.25
18.13
19.17
16.26
22.12
31.80
18.13
24.94
31.80
20.85
6.00
9.25
18.55
28.87
28.87
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
9.00
11.96
13.50
18.48
23.06
18.47
7.10
18.47
10.91
24.15
12.25
26.19
22.00
29.31
22.25
8.84
12.14
15.00
15.15
18.25
8.84
8.90
10.25
8.75
8.84
12.50
12.25
8.75
13.79
13.69
12.25
13.50
15.00
21.94
17.79
16.78
18.25
23.06
17.79
23.75
9.00
11.50
11.50
9.50
7.50
11.00
13.11
13.05
10.00
9.50
12.90
14.83
15.60
12.00
11.09
16.90
19.10
19.20
15.43
12.92
21.64
20.48
20.48
22.30
14.82
8.03
6.25
10.06
7.00
11.30
10.00
12.90
11.59
14.10
12.92
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill,
NC-SC, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.25
$12.27
$16.53
$23.40
$31.74
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
25.79
27.00
30.56
30.45
32.88
32.85
39.78
35.51
47.63
42.51
Business and financial operations occupations .............
14.42
17.40
20.66
20.66
20.66
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
20.56
23.63
26.78
30.73
30.96
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
13.34
13.72
14.13
14.45
15.76
15.63
17.38
18.50
17.29
21.86
21.04
19.18
35.56
22.20
21.64
12.56
13.35
14.45
16.33
17.36
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.87
14.52
22.78
28.29
37.03
18.40
18.70
21.08
21.79
24.33
23.71
29.76
28.74
37.03
34.02
19.01
18.40
22.02
20.90
23.99
23.99
29.08
26.39
34.40
33.15
18.40
22.35
20.90
24.19
23.99
37.03
26.39
37.03
33.15
37.03
22.35
9.51
24.19
10.00
37.03
10.88
37.03
11.71
37.03
13.14
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
11.02
19.25
16.22
19.91
20.90
23.03
24.82
26.17
28.00
28.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
8.95
9.19
11.23
11.66
13.48
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
12.43
14.28
17.29
23.45
28.51
19.63
22.89
28.10
33.79
40.80
19.63
12.43
12.43
14.63
14.63
22.89
12.43
12.43
16.20
16.20
28.10
13.74
13.74
18.73
18.73
33.79
14.93
14.93
22.34
22.34
40.80
16.74
16.74
27.15
27.15
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
8.34
9.26
9.62
10.01
10.63
7.64
7.64
9.38
9.33
9.78
9.75
10.27
10.25
13.16
11.55
7.64
9.30
9.73
10.13
10.56
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.50
9.53
11.41
15.71
16.87
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.25
11.81
8.25
11.80
11.80
10.84
13.44
10.40
11.46
12.35
10.83
12.46
12.46
11.58
13.96
11.25
13.39
13.87
11.92
13.66
13.66
14.18
14.42
12.51
14.96
15.10
14.00
14.64
14.64
15.58
15.67
14.28
16.59
15.76
15.04
14.64
14.64
16.96
16.92
15.72
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
10.43
11.29
12.47
16.42
20.86
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
14.02
14.83
16.56
19.17
20.85
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
10.03
9.64
11.21
10.44
11.98
11.68
13.12
11.68
14.99
12.59
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill,
NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.64
$10.44
$11.68
$11.68
$12.59
Occupation2
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
26
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May
2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.75
$12.00
$16.30
$23.19
$33.30
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
18.00
21.96
18.00
26.16
21.88
22.50
18.00
28.89
32.95
22.50
23.47
32.85
48.02
31.20
46.27
33.91
62.52
80.34
56.66
42.51
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
18.47
15.14
22.65
21.64
27.53
23.25
34.32
34.19
48.88
36.48
19.23
22.03
19.04
24.28
23.80
22.60
23.61
22.41
27.53
27.53
28.08
28.08
24.43
33.29
28.12
28.08
28.08
29.68
34.14
62.29
33.03
35.73
36.02
62.29
62.29
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
20.48
36.00
19.48
31.02
36.33
28.07
36.33
37.02
38.46
46.85
46.12
50.30
55.29
49.76
58.92
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
14.00
27.15
41.22
41.22
17.18
19.80
28.10
42.83
42.83
19.88
26.92
34.66
44.21
44.21
23.89
34.66
42.83
46.54
46.54
32.53
43.24
46.30
46.91
46.91
34.33
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
13.23
20.58
22.66
32.89
32.89
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
13.35
14.13
14.61
15.00
15.74
15.74
16.84
16.78
16.47
21.86
20.04
18.50
35.56
21.86
21.02
12.56
13.35
14.45
16.33
17.36
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.00
25.32
21.19
11.07
27.28
25.32
22.64
33.75
29.74
27.87
38.55
34.04
36.71
52.44
41.95
18.70
18.75
21.39
21.79
24.68
23.99
30.44
29.11
37.03
34.81
19.01
18.40
22.02
21.82
23.99
25.14
29.08
27.89
34.30
36.71
18.40
22.35
21.82
24.19
25.14
37.03
27.89
37.03
36.71
37.03
22.35
9.00
24.19
9.62
37.03
10.20
37.03
11.00
37.03
12.37
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
10.80
19.25
10.67
11.52
17.00
20.59
12.01
15.82
20.66
24.75
20.56
22.09
25.55
26.54
23.80
29.35
28.27
28.58
30.29
30.29
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.10
9.50
9.25
9.00
10.83
11.00
10.04
10.00
11.23
12.32
11.56
11.13
14.18
15.37
12.27
12.43
15.72
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
10.31
12.21
15.59
20.96
27.15
19.63
22.89
28.10
33.79
40.80
19.63
12.43
12.43
22.89
12.43
12.43
28.10
13.74
13.74
33.79
14.93
14.93
40.80
16.74
16.74
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
$14.24
14.24
$16.00
16.00
$18.52
18.52
$22.21
22.21
$27.15
27.15
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
2.13
8.55
2.13
5.00
9.74
2.13
8.75
10.50
2.28
10.35
11.13
5.00
11.50
11.15
8.25
7.80
7.50
9.00
7.65
11.02
9.30
14.00
10.41
16.80
13.12
9.38
9.88
10.22
13.12
13.12
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.99
7.99
11.27
30.10
30.10
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
9.02
16.30
10.50
17.23
18.38
23.26
26.44
28.85
37.74
28.85
16.30
8.00
7.75
7.75
8.50
16.83
17.23
9.00
8.00
8.00
9.05
21.35
20.80
10.00
9.02
9.02
10.25
22.98
28.85
11.50
10.00
10.00
11.80
37.74
28.85
12.74
11.83
11.83
12.74
44.59
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.71
12.23
14.41
17.21
20.80
17.75
11.50
11.50
13.45
10.53
12.50
11.63
9.50
10.50
14.00
15.07
14.01
10.88
9.90
17.75
13.81
12.35
13.45
11.59
12.50
12.58
12.50
10.50
15.38
15.38
14.18
12.55
11.20
24.55
15.00
14.25
15.18
12.44
16.38
13.66
13.61
11.09
16.83
20.19
16.15
12.55
13.17
25.96
16.60
15.00
15.27
14.00
18.49
14.64
15.05
11.50
21.54
22.11
16.15
12.60
15.78
25.96
18.56
16.60
19.30
15.09
22.27
14.64
15.70
11.75
25.58
24.52
16.15
16.50
19.06
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
9.75
13.35
11.25
15.22
14.00
19.00
16.00
20.09
21.25
20.09
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
11.54
14.25
18.00
22.93
28.87
18.00
18.00
19.23
25.34
52.89
11.25
13.73
10.79
15.70
14.25
18.16
14.25
21.18
18.13
19.17
16.26
26.90
20.85
31.80
18.13
26.90
24.94
31.80
20.85
26.90
6.00
9.25
18.55
28.87
28.87
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
8.90
12.10
13.71
19.00
23.06
18.47
7.10
18.47
10.91
23.51
12.25
26.19
22.00
29.31
22.25
8.84
12.14
15.00
15.15
18.25
8.84
8.90
10.25
8.75
8.84
12.50
12.25
8.75
13.79
13.69
12.25
13.50
15.00
21.94
17.79
16.78
18.25
23.06
17.79
23.75
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.36
11.50
11.50
11.76
9.50
8.03
$11.00
12.99
13.05
12.64
10.00
9.60
$12.92
14.50
15.60
13.40
12.00
11.00
$17.00
19.10
19.20
14.79
15.43
12.60
$21.64
20.48
20.48
16.30
22.30
14.90
8.03
10.00
9.55
10.00
11.20
10.84
12.50
12.92
14.10
14.29
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.
29
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May
2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.00
$6.70
$8.45
$11.11
$15.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
8.46
17.28
19.31
20.00
34.41
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
6.00
6.00
9.00
9.00
15.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
11.02
19.25
12.61
19.95
21.55
21.50
28.98
26.00
32.00
30.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
9.00
11.53
12.94
15.54
15.54
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
2.25
2.13
2.13
6.00
6.00
2.25
2.25
6.30
6.57
2.25
2.25
6.95
7.64
2.35
2.25
8.00
9.75
6.00
2.35
9.80
6.00
6.30
6.95
8.00
9.80
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
6.00
6.00
6.50
6.50
9.10
9.10
12.64
12.64
12.64
12.64
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
6.10
6.10
7.20
6.10
8.12
7.20
10.00
8.60
10.00
8.60
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.50
6.25
6.75
6.75
6.00
7.25
7.00
7.50
7.50
6.50
8.35
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.35
10.00
9.57
9.35
9.35
9.75
11.40
11.38
11.38
11.38
11.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
9.00
9.75
12.75
15.00
15.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
6.90
9.77
9.77
9.21
10.72
10.72
11.24
11.68
11.68
13.55
11.68
11.68
13.71
12.09
12.09
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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$650
39.7
$40,835
$33,634
2,046
1,511
1,378
1,407
1,309
1,318
900
1,056
1,314
40.5
41.0
40.4
40.2
78,356
71,663
73,186
65,992
68,390
46,800
54,929
68,328
2,099
2,132
2,101
2,027
27.53
23.25
1,316
1,084
1,101
930
40.5
41.1
68,409
56,348
57,252
48,360
2,105
2,139
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.96
$16.30
$792
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
37.32
33.61
34.84
32.56
32.95
22.50
23.47
32.85
32.50
26.34
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Training and development
specialists .................................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
26.66
28.08
1,066
1,123
40.0
55,455
58,396
2,080
27.26
26.88
37.24
38.49
28.08
24.43
33.29
28.12
1,090
1,095
1,490
1,540
1,123
977
1,331
1,125
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.0
56,697
56,915
77,464
80,057
58,396
50,823
69,233
58,492
2,080
2,117
2,080
2,080
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer systems analysts ...............
38.51
40.56
39.68
36.33
37.02
38.46
1,553
1,622
1,610
1,453
1,481
1,538
40.3
40.0
40.6
80,736
84,361
83,732
75,556
76,991
80,001
2,097
2,080
2,110
27.34
35.26
26.92
34.66
1,092
1,410
1,077
1,386
40.0
40.0
56,790
73,341
56,000
72,093
2,077
2,080
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electrical engineers ....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
44.31
44.31
44.21
44.21
1,772
1,772
1,768
1,768
40.0
40.0
92,163
92,164
91,957
91,957
2,080
2,080
25.07
23.89
996
956
39.8
51,817
49,700
2,067
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
25.02
22.66
1,001
906
40.0
52,043
47,127
2,080
19.88
17.86
16.84
16.78
786
715
674
671
39.6
40.0
39,663
37,157
35,360
34,892
1,995
2,080
17.15
16.47
686
659
40.0
35,667
34,264
2,080
14.76
14.45
590
578
40.0
30,694
30,056
2,080
22.04
35.51
22.64
33.75
838
1,408
849
1,326
38.0
39.6
35,650
56,849
36,962
53,664
1,617
1,601
30.53
29.74
1,221
1,190
40.0
53,048
53,664
1,738
26.05
24.68
975
912
37.4
41,259
39,198
1,584
25.66
23.99
957
890
37.3
40,434
38,159
1,576
25.73
25.77
23.99
25.14
956
972
887
943
37.2
37.7
40,562
40,703
38,137
39,198
1,576
1,579
25.77
32.12
25.14
37.03
972
1,193
943
1,389
37.7
37.1
40,703
49,971
39,198
56,295
1,579
1,556
32.12
10.58
37.03
10.20
1,193
407
1,389
402
37.1
38.5
49,971
17,829
56,295
17,679
1,556
1,685
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Social workers ....................................
Child, family, and school social
workers .....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Teacher assistants .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$796
932
38.8
38.5
$41,173
48,763
$41,309
48,303
2,009
1,988
757
716
38.5
39,350
37,232
2,001
22.09
833
852
37.8
43,312
44,325
1,968
11.39
11.00
419
420
36.7
21,768
21,840
1,911
10.50
10.04
376
385
35.8
19,575
20,020
1,864
10.39
10.00
369
365
35.5
19,172
18,954
1,845
12.11
11.23
454
449
37.5
23,616
23,350
1,950
17.45
15.59
735
678
42.1
38,239
35,277
2,191
29.06
28.10
1,178
1,124
40.5
61,235
58,454
2,107
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$20.50
24.53
$20.66
24.75
$794
944
19.66
20.56
22.01
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
29.06
28.10
1,178
1,124
40.5
61,235
58,454
2,107
14.13
14.13
19.35
19.35
13.74
13.74
18.52
18.52
572
572
808
808
549
549
787
787
40.5
40.5
41.8
41.8
29,719
29,719
42,036
42,036
28,573
28,573
40,941
40,941
2,104
2,104
2,172
2,172
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
8.21
10.37
3.76
8.75
10.50
2.28
317
408
138
350
420
91
38.6
39.4
36.7
16,458
21,230
7,184
18,200
21,840
4,742
2,005
2,046
1,909
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
11.63
9.56
11.02
9.30
458
368
440
357
39.4
38.5
23,829
19,132
22,901
18,539
2,049
2,001
10.84
10.22
434
409
40.0
22,553
21,258
2,080
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
16.43
11.27
535
590
32.5
27,805
30,701
1,693
21.21
18.38
840
735
39.6
43,667
38,220
2,059
22.95
23.26
918
930
40.0
47,739
48,377
2,080
22.21
10.23
9.25
9.25
10.21
20.80
10.00
9.02
9.02
10.25
888
397
361
361
393
832
376
361
361
385
40.0
38.8
39.0
39.0
38.5
46,189
20,665
18,754
18,754
20,446
43,256
19,573
18,753
18,753
19,995
2,080
2,020
2,028
2,028
2,003
30.61
22.98
1,224
919
40.0
63,671
47,798
2,080
15.20
14.41
606
573
39.8
31,467
29,765
2,070
22.55
15.01
24.55
15.00
901
598
982
600
40.0
39.8
46,864
31,100
51,056
31,200
2,078
2,071
14.14
15.20
12.79
14.25
15.18
12.44
566
608
505
570
607
491
40.0
40.0
39.5
29,407
31,609
25,236
29,640
31,574
24,744
2,079
2,080
1,974
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Library assistants, clerical ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$655
40.0
$34,206
$34,070
2,080
544
546
40.0
28,278
28,407
2,080
13.61
11.09
542
457
544
444
40.0
40.0
28,207
23,753
28,309
23,067
2,080
2,080
18.68
16.83
747
673
40.0
38,763
35,006
2,075
19.37
20.19
775
808
40.0
40,275
41,999
2,079
15.52
16.15
620
646
40.0
31,990
33,592
2,061
13.05
13.88
12.55
13.17
522
545
502
505
40.0
39.3
27,153
28,348
26,104
26,270
2,080
2,043
14.32
17.70
14.00
19.00
573
708
560
760
40.0
40.0
29,677
36,810
28,560
39,520
2,073
2,080
19.55
18.00
781
720
40.0
40,628
37,440
2,078
26.89
19.23
1,076
769
40.0
55,936
40,000
2,080
18.26
23.07
18.13
19.17
728
906
725
796
39.9
39.3
37,840
47,132
37,700
41,413
2,072
2,043
16.22
16.26
649
650
40.0
33,713
33,819
2,079
24.14
26.90
966
1,076
40.0
50,209
55,952
2,080
18.14
18.55
726
742
40.0
37,733
38,584
2,080
15.62
13.71
622
548
39.8
32,318
28,475
2,069
23.04
23.51
934
940
40.5
48,565
48,903
2,108
14.27
12.25
571
490
40.0
29,688
25,480
2,080
13.95
15.00
547
576
39.2
28,447
29,936
2,039
13.17
13.79
527
552
40.0
27,390
28,683
2,080
15.53
14.25
14.19
13.69
12.25
13.50
620
568
557
548
490
540
39.9
39.8
39.2
32,231
29,513
28,916
28,475
25,472
28,080
2,076
2,071
2,038
15.12
12.92
600
517
39.7
31,092
26,878
2,056
15.85
14.50
645
580
40.7
33,395
30,160
2,107
16.41
15.60
670
601
40.8
34,675
31,242
2,114
13.58
13.92
11.23
13.40
12.00
11.00
543
553
449
529
460
440
40.0
39.8
40.0
28,212
28,777
23,208
27,518
23,920
22,880
2,078
2,068
2,066
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.45
$16.38
$658
13.60
13.66
13.56
11.42
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$11.22
11.63
$11.20
10.84
$449
465
$448
434
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.0
40.0
$23,332
22,856
$23,296
22,171
2,080
1,966
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.
34
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$646
39.7
$41,248
$33,550
2,060
1,514
1,378
1,371
1,347
900
1,056
40.5
41.0
40.4
78,750
71,663
71,311
70,054
46,800
54,929
2,106
2,132
2,101
27.91
23.25
1,337
1,087
1,117
930
40.5
41.2
69,535
56,539
58,059
48,360
2,106
2,140
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$20.03
$16.25
$795
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Financial managers ............................
37.40
33.61
33.94
33.68
22.50
23.47
33.02
26.42
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Training and development
specialists .................................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
27.67
28.08
1,107
1,123
40.0
57,564
58,396
2,080
27.26
27.44
37.24
38.49
28.08
24.43
33.29
28.12
1,090
1,118
1,490
1,540
1,123
977
1,331
1,125
40.0
40.8
40.0
40.0
56,697
58,159
77,464
80,057
58,396
50,823
69,233
58,492
2,080
2,119
2,080
2,080
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer systems analysts ...............
38.60
40.56
39.85
36.33
37.02
38.46
1,556
1,622
1,618
1,453
1,481
1,538
40.3
40.0
40.6
80,932
84,361
84,112
75,556
76,991
80,001
2,097
2,080
2,111
27.86
35.26
28.10
34.66
1,113
1,410
1,124
1,386
39.9
40.0
57,872
73,341
58,448
72,093
2,077
2,080
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electrical engineers ....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
44.31
44.31
44.21
44.21
1,772
1,772
1,768
1,768
40.0
40.0
92,163
92,164
91,957
91,957
2,080
2,080
26.41
25.04
1,048
1,001
39.7
54,506
52,073
2,064
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
24.52
22.66
981
906
40.0
50,996
47,127
2,080
17.35
35.34
10.20
33.16
691
1,350
408
1,241
39.8
38.2
29,616
52,433
18,720
54,602
1,707
1,484
29.42
28.55
1,177
1,142
40.0
45,264
45,642
1,538
27.46
27.83
1,098
1,113
40.0
41,823
42,247
1,523
20.08
26.28
20.22
26.00
778
1,038
780
1,040
38.8
39.5
40,312
53,280
40,560
54,080
2,008
2,028
19.12
17.90
730
656
38.2
37,963
34,133
1,985
11.49
11.00
414
404
36.0
21,532
21,029
1,874
10.31
10.00
364
360
35.3
18,921
18,720
1,835
10.16
10.00
354
360
34.8
18,392
18,720
1,810
12.63
11.77
466
454
36.9
24,211
23,608
1,916
Protective service occupations ...........
11.28
11.00
443
433
39.3
23,055
22,506
2,043
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
8.16
10.64
3.76
8.75
10.50
2.28
315
417
138
350
420
91
38.6
39.2
36.7
16,376
21,701
7,184
18,200
21,840
4,742
2,007
2,039
1,909
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
11.73
11.50
461
450
39.3
23,997
23,400
2,045
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$320
38.0
$18,436
$16,640
1,977
532
590
32.3
27,677
30,701
1,678
18.38
840
735
39.6
43,667
38,220
2,059
22.95
23.26
918
930
40.0
47,739
48,377
2,080
22.21
10.23
9.25
9.25
10.21
20.80
10.00
9.02
9.02
10.25
888
397
361
361
393
832
376
361
361
385
40.0
38.8
39.0
39.0
38.5
46,189
20,665
18,754
18,754
20,446
43,256
19,573
18,753
18,753
19,995
2,080
2,020
2,028
2,028
2,003
30.61
22.98
1,224
919
40.0
63,671
47,798
2,080
15.43
14.91
614
596
39.8
31,945
31,013
2,070
22.53
15.10
24.55
15.00
900
601
982
600
40.0
39.8
46,814
31,269
51,056
31,200
2,078
2,071
14.11
15.20
14.00
15.18
564
608
560
607
40.0
40.0
29,341
31,609
29,120
31,574
2,079
2,080
13.56
11.46
13.61
11.45
542
458
544
458
40.0
40.0
28,207
23,836
28,309
23,816
2,080
2,080
19.28
18.03
771
731
40.0
40,102
38,006
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Building cleaning workers ...................
$9.33
$8.51
$355
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
16.49
11.27
21.21
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Annual earnings5
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
19.52
20.19
780
808
40.0
40,586
41,999
2,079
13.05
14.12
12.55
13.17
522
553
502
505
40.0
39.1
27,153
28,717
26,104
26,270
2,080
2,034
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
14.35
17.70
14.00
19.00
574
708
560
760
40.0
40.0
29,750
36,810
28,560
39,520
2,072
2,080
19.65
18.00
785
720
40.0
40,831
37,440
2,078
27.20
19.23
1,088
769
40.0
56,578
40,000
2,080
18.30
23.07
18.13
19.17
730
906
725
796
39.9
39.3
37,939
47,132
37,700
41,413
2,073
2,043
16.20
16.26
648
650
40.0
33,688
33,819
2,080
18.54
18.55
742
742
40.0
38,561
38,584
2,080
15.58
13.69
620
548
39.8
32,231
28,475
2,069
23.02
24.15
934
931
40.6
48,551
48,422
2,109
14.27
12.25
571
490
40.0
29,688
25,480
2,080
13.95
15.00
547
576
39.2
28,447
29,936
2,039
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$552
40.0
$27,390
$28,683
2,080
620
568
557
548
490
540
39.9
39.8
39.2
32,231
29,513
28,916
28,475
25,472
28,080
2,076
2,071
2,038
13.00
604
520
39.7
31,294
27,040
2,058
16.15
14.83
658
591
40.7
34,061
30,181
2,109
16.47
13.92
11.23
15.60
12.00
11.00
673
553
449
615
460
440
40.9
39.8
40.0
34,830
28,777
23,211
31,970
23,920
22,880
2,115
2,068
2,066
11.22
11.63
11.20
10.84
449
465
448
434
40.0
40.0
23,338
22,856
23,296
22,171
2,080
1,966
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.17
$13.79
$527
15.53
14.25
14.19
13.69
12.25
13.50
15.21
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.
37
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$693
39.7
$37,825
$35,046
1,946
1,473
1,346
1,315
1,314
40.3
40.2
74,657
67,611
68,328
68,328
2,042
2,021
20.66
766
826
40.0
39,849
42,973
2,080
26.79
26.78
1,072
1,071
40.0
55,730
55,702
2,080
20.28
18.48
17.38
18.50
800
739
699
740
39.5
40.0
40,127
38,439
37,677
38,476
1,979
2,080
17.53
17.29
701
691
40.0
36,461
35,955
2,080
14.76
14.45
590
578
40.0
30,694
30,056
2,080
23.28
22.78
875
854
37.6
37,131
37,237
1,595
25.73
24.33
957
900
37.2
40,864
38,681
1,588
25.51
23.71
945
887
37.1
40,309
38,137
1,580
25.75
24.69
23.99
23.99
954
921
887
898
37.0
37.3
40,610
39,137
38,137
38,559
1,577
1,585
24.69
32.12
23.99
37.03
921
1,193
898
1,389
37.3
37.1
39,137
49,971
38,559
56,295
1,585
1,556
32.12
11.03
37.03
10.88
1,193
413
1,389
408
37.1
37.4
49,971
17,600
56,295
17,538
1,556
1,595
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
21.34
23.15
21.14
23.04
827
874
810
872
38.7
37.7
42,907
45,322
42,115
44,408
2,011
1,958
Healthcare support occupations .........
10.99
11.23
440
449
40.0
22,867
23,350
2,080
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
19.39
17.41
836
773
43.1
43,470
40,181
2,242
29.06
28.10
1,178
1,124
40.5
61,235
58,454
2,107
29.06
28.10
1,178
1,124
40.5
61,235
58,454
2,107
14.13
14.13
19.58
19.58
13.74
13.74
18.66
18.66
572
572
820
820
549
549
796
796
40.5
40.5
41.9
41.9
29,719
29,719
42,664
42,664
28,573
28,573
41,399
41,399
2,104
2,104
2,178
2,178
10.72
10.27
10.03
9.94
429
411
401
397
40.0
40.0
22,291
21,368
20,862
20,665
2,080
2,080
9.86
9.86
394
394
40.0
20,504
20,509
2,080
13.54
13.85
12.79
13.55
13.87
12.44
541
554
505
539
555
491
40.0
40.0
39.5
27,989
28,812
25,236
27,997
28,850
24,744
2,067
2,080
1,974
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.44
$17.18
$771
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
36.56
33.46
32.88
32.85
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
19.16
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Social workers ....................................
Child, family, and school social
workers .....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
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 ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Library assistants, clerical ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$546
40.0
$28,278
$28,407
2,080
544
546
40.0
28,278
28,407
2,080
14.65
578
586
39.9
29,643
30,139
2,047
14.79
12.91
14.42
12.61
589
516
577
505
39.8
40.0
29,680
26,845
29,661
26,235
2,007
2,080
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
13.78
12.47
551
499
40.0
28,664
25,938
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
17.81
16.56
712
663
40.0
36,985
34,451
2,077
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
12.84
12.36
510
494
39.7
26,020
25,605
2,027
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.60
$13.66
$544
13.60
13.66
14.48
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 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.
39
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$18.70
$16.50
$17.07
$25.92
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 .......................
31.72
34.98
27.16
9.50
16.32
17.93
15.24
17.19
14.35
19.65
15.13
15.43
14.78
27.36
31.18
20.78
8.42
16.54
17.78
15.23
14.27
13.72
15.02
14.61
15.47
13.92
31.02
31.40
30.71
9.87
15.32
16.46
14.58
21.69
–
22.80
13.10
13.05
13.16
37.82
41.78
32.02
21.16
16.84
–
15.77
25.16
–
27.64
19.04
18.62
19.84
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
5.0
7.9
8.3
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 .......................
5.4
4.7
12.0
4.8
7.2
15.5
3.2
6.6
1.6
9.0
4.8
4.7
5.8
11.2
10.4
22.7
5.2
12.0
22.4
1.8
2.1
5.0
2.4
7.0
8.0
11.4
8.8
4.3
14.0
5.6
11.8
26.6
6.3
10.9
–
11.3
4.8
6.7
5.2
3.0
5.6
4.0
9.9
11.0
–
9.6
12.8
–
11.3
6.1
2.3
16.8
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 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$615
39.7
$37,765
$31,990
2,061
1,313
900
40.2
68,278
46,800
2,092
26.88
1,201
1,075
40.5
62,454
55,900
2,105
24.06
20.00
963
800
40.0
50,054
41,600
2,080
7.24
8.75
278
350
38.4
14,454
18,200
1,996
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
20.92
22.21
19.08
20.80
831
888
763
832
39.7
40.0
43,235
46,189
39,686
43,256
2,067
2,080
22.21
10.37
20.80
10.00
888
406
832
385
40.0
39.1
46,189
21,116
43,256
19,995
2,080
2,035
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
15.48
14.62
17.53
15.84
15.38
14.91
16.15
14.24
615
581
701
609
615
596
646
527
39.7
39.8
40.0
38.4
31,984
30,235
36,459
31,645
31,990
31,013
33,592
27,398
2,066
2,067
2,080
1,998
Construction and extraction occupations .............
13.72
13.50
549
540
40.0
28,420
28,080
2,071
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
15.02
15.00
601
600
40.0
31,236
31,200
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
16.10
14.30
643
572
39.9
33,438
29,744
2,077
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
14.55
12.98
13.11
13.00
580
519
524
520
39.8
40.0
30,037
26,751
27,269
27,040
2,064
2,061
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$18.32
$15.39
$728
Management occupations .......................................
32.64
22.50
Business and financial operations occupations ...
29.67
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Food preparation and serving related
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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$689
39.7
$44,517
$35,838
2,058
1,776
1,919
1,558
1,451
40.8
42.1
92,356
99,785
81,015
75,451
2,123
2,191
29.68
21.64
1,441
1,151
1,179
865
40.5
41.6
74,955
59,873
61,300
45,001
2,106
2,165
32.61
28.41
37.24
38.49
31.25
26.44
33.29
28.12
1,304
1,163
1,490
1,540
1,250
1,058
1,331
1,125
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.0
67,824
60,487
77,464
80,057
65,000
54,999
69,233
58,492
2,080
2,129
2,080
2,080
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
38.60
40.56
39.85
36.33
37.02
38.46
1,556
1,622
1,618
1,453
1,481
1,538
40.3
40.0
40.6
80,932
84,361
84,112
75,556
76,991
80,001
2,097
2,080
2,111
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electrical engineers ........................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
31.94
35.41
44.31
44.31
26.41
29.81
31.27
44.21
44.21
25.04
1,274
1,416
1,772
1,772
1,048
1,192
1,251
1,768
1,768
1,001
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
66,251
73,651
92,163
92,164
54,506
62,001
65,033
91,957
91,957
52,073
2,074
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,064
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
24.81
22.66
992
906
40.0
51,604
47,127
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .............
30.10
31.02
1,204
1,241
40.0
46,470
48,556
1,544
29.42
27.46
28.55
27.83
1,177
1,098
1,142
1,113
40.0
40.0
45,264
41,823
45,642
42,247
1,538
1,523
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
18.16
17.82
771
802
42.5
38,885
41,708
2,141
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
22.39
26.37
19.12
20.77
25.05
17.90
872
1,037
730
802
990
656
38.9
39.3
38.2
45,045
53,031
37,963
41,600
50,918
34,133
2,012
2,011
1,985
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
12.32
10.88
13.52
11.63
10.82
13.42
488
426
541
462
424
537
39.6
39.2
40.0
25,368
22,147
28,129
24,045
22,022
27,914
2,058
2,036
2,080
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
8.78
9.00
340
350
38.7
17,692
18,200
2,014
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
11.30
10.22
440
409
38.9
22,861
21,258
2,023
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
22.15
9.98
12.54
9.83
866
383
490
370
39.1
38.4
45,031
19,915
25,480
19,240
2,033
1,995
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
15.38
16.05
15.38
13.56
21.21
14.73
16.49
15.00
13.61
21.87
614
641
614
542
848
589
660
600
544
875
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
31,912
33,338
31,952
28,207
44,107
30,638
34,301
31,200
28,309
45,492
2,074
2,078
2,078
2,080
2,079
21.53
12.63
21.73
11.50
861
502
869
460
40.0
39.8
44,755
26,091
45,200
23,920
2,079
2,066
24.88
23.00
994
920
39.9
51,664
47,840
2,076
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$21.63
$17.45
$858
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
43.50
45.54
37.84
32.00
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Financial analysts ...............................................
35.59
27.66
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$749
796
650
39.8
39.3
40.0
$40,179
47,132
34,666
$38,958
41,413
33,819
2,070
2,043
2,080
614
532
39.8
31,921
27,643
2,067
24.15
13.29
981
609
966
532
40.0
40.0
51,005
31,665
50,232
27,643
2,080
2,080
14.67
15.00
570
576
38.9
29,661
29,936
2,022
15.45
14.50
13.79
12.25
618
577
552
490
40.0
39.8
32,127
30,014
28,683
25,472
2,080
2,071
15.53
18.71
19.18
14.05
11.25
12.92
19.10
19.10
11.57
11.00
616
774
797
562
450
517
753
764
463
440
39.7
41.4
41.5
40.0
40.0
31,902
40,238
41,441
29,214
23,232
26,878
39,166
39,728
24,074
22,880
2,054
2,150
2,160
2,080
2,065
11.34
11.63
11.30
10.84
454
465
452
434
40.0
40.0
23,592
22,856
23,504
22,171
2,080
1,966
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.41
23.07
16.67
$18.67
19.17
16.26
$773
906
667
15.45
13.33
24.52
15.22
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.
43
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$23.11
$23.11
–
$18.58
$18.51
$19.08
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 .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.66
–
25.50
21.80
21.62
22.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.66
–
25.50
21.80
21.62
22.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.08
34.74
25.54
10.08
16.07
17.86
15.00
16.62
–
18.95
14.06
14.45
13.64
31.72
34.98
27.16
8.92
16.32
17.93
15.23
16.68
14.35
19.02
14.07
14.39
13.71
23.81
31.18
22.50
16.09
13.21
–
13.35
15.70
13.78
17.81
13.75
–
12.30
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
9.1
9.1
–
4.6
5.3
4.0
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 .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
3.9
11.7
.8
29.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
3.9
11.7
.8
29.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
4.5
8.8
4.1
6.7
15.4
2.7
6.0
–
9.1
4.4
4.7
5.1
5.4
4.7
12.0
4.8
7.2
15.5
3.2
6.4
1.5
9.7
4.6
4.7
5.3
4.6
11.2
4.4
5.0
2.2
–
1.6
7.4
9.0
5.1
5.7
–
.9
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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$17.23
$16.96
$31.41
$31.41
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 .......................
27.33
31.39
24.39
10.52
14.61
14.78
14.52
16.61
–
18.82
15.07
15.53
14.54
28.54
31.41
25.52
9.46
14.75
14.83
14.70
16.67
14.35
18.88
15.11
15.49
14.66
41.79
42.17
40.25
–
26.31
30.80
20.29
–
–
–
–
14.76
–
41.79
42.17
40.25
–
26.31
30.80
20.29
–
–
–
–
14.76
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.6
5.3
6.7
6.7
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 .......................
6.4
6.2
10.2
4.2
5.0
13.8
2.7
5.0
–
7.6
4.9
4.8
6.2
7.9
6.7
15.0
4.9
5.5
13.9
3.2
5.3
1.6
8.0
5.1
4.8
6.5
5.5
6.4
4.4
–
9.8
7.3
8.7
–
–
–
–
23.9
–
5.5
6.4
4.4
–
9.8
7.3
8.7
–
–
–
–
23.9
–
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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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Goods producing
Occupational group3
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
–
$19.46
$17.36
$23.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.14
31.23
31.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.40
28.25
–
21.50
–
14.85
38.58
25.98
17.35
14.83
15.16
14.20
–
–
–
20.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.47
20.06
24.89
24.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.40
16.79
14.39
15.14
10.69
15.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
5.1
10.1
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
12.1
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
3.7
–
22.9
–
2.2
3.8
27.0
11.8
13.9
20.4
2.7
–
–
–
26.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
5.7
10.1
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
2.1
.9
10.6
6.0
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
46
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 Charlotte–Gastonia–Rock Hill, NC–SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln,
Mecklenburg, Rowan, and Union Counties, NC; and York
County, SC.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
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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.
A-2
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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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. In
some situations, two or more industries may be combined
in making an adjustment. Also, some industries that had no
responding sample were not adjusted. The latest available
employment counts were used to derive average hourly
earnings in this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
A-4
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, May 2006
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
839,500
744,100
95,400
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 .......................
204,300
94,000
110,200
152,900
233,800
97,500
136,300
92,600
42,100
49,100
155,900
78,800
77,100
157,100
88,000
69,000
133,700
215,400
96,300
119,100
87,200
39,200
46,500
150,800
78,100
72,700
47,200
6,000
41,200
19,300
18,400
–
17,200
5,400
2,800
2,600
5,100
–
4,400
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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill,
NC-SC, May 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
37,024
36,960
64
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
368
242
67
59
320
203
60
57
48
39
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2
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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