Charleston–North Charleston, 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
September 2006
Bulletin 3135–02
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 occupational aggregation, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for major occupational groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Charleston–North Charleston, SC, metropolitan
area. Data were collected between March 2006 and July
2006; 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.
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,
Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$16.46
4.8
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
26.56
29.83
24.83
8.97
13.88
15.38
13.00
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.4
$15.55
5.7
5.9
9.0
7.3
1.8
4.2
9.2
2.7
38.4
41.5
36.9
32.6
35.5
33.6
36.7
25.67
26.67
24.94
7.77
13.98
15.38
12.97
14.82
13.68
16.40
2.9
4.2
5.1
40.6
40.2
41.2
13.78
16.27
11.52
8.6
12.4
6.2
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
17.41
8.81
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.9
$20.47
6.4
38.8
7.8
5.8
11.6
3.1
4.7
9.2
2.9
38.0
41.8
35.7
31.1
35.0
33.6
36.1
28.42
43.45
24.67
12.77
13.11
–
13.11
9.0
25.9
6.0
4.8
6.9
–
6.9
39.1
40.2
38.9
38.4
39.2
–
39.2
14.78
13.54
16.65
3.3
4.1
6.1
40.7
40.2
41.6
15.19
15.45
15.13
3.7
12.9
3.7
39.6
39.6
39.5
36.8
38.0
35.8
13.84
16.27
11.56
8.7
12.4
6.4
36.9
38.0
36.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
8.4
40.0
21.2
16.55
8.83
6.2
8.8
40.0
21.3
20.81
8.45
7.1
5.4
40.0
19.1
–
16.43
–
4.9
–
36.4
–
15.50
–
5.8
–
35.9
–
20.47
–
6.4
–
38.8
16.13
21.87
4.8
13.3
36.1
42.7
15.07
21.87
5.8
13.3
35.5
42.7
20.47
–
6.4
–
38.8
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
17.98
–
5.8
–
40.5
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
14.22
17.24
19.10
5.5
12.3
7.2
34.3
38.3
38.2
14.23
17.36
16.59
5.5
13.1
12.3
34.3
38.1
37.7
–
15.83
21.19
–
5.6
6.7
–
39.6
38.7
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, Charleston-North
Charleston, 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 ..............................................................................
$16.46
4.8
$17.41
5.1
$8.81
8.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
33.64
26.09
45.01
37.08
37.27
56.95
11.4
5.9
24.5
8.6
8.5
20.7
33.82
26.09
46.02
37.08
37.27
56.95
11.4
5.9
24.6
8.6
8.5
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
22.05
19.06
16.64
14.7
9.1
10.3
22.05
19.06
16.64
14.7
9.1
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
29.62
35.36
4.1
4.9
29.62
35.36
4.1
4.9
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
28.30
10.2
28.30
10.2
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
12.77
15.63
10.4
4.3
12.81
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
27.87
26.07
38.21
10.2
8.7
6.8
27.86
26.07
–
10.2
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.07
11.0
25.07
11.0
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
15.87
9.9
17.14
9.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
24.70
11.75
14.76
16.00
23.83
26.87
29.75
27.51
26.75
28.19
16.70
6.5
7.7
4.2
5.5
8.5
6.3
5.7
3.4
4.0
5.3
6.3
24.75
–
15.00
–
23.78
25.34
30.29
27.35
–
28.61
16.53
7.1
–
3.7
–
8.7
6.8
6.5
4.0
–
5.9
6.7
24.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.29
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.94
9.00
9.62
9.62
10.39
4.4
3.8
6.8
6.8
3.3
10.21
9.36
10.05
10.05
10.39
4.4
.0
6.5
6.5
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
14.25
10.96
14.86
10.83
10.25
16.33
15.96
16.33
15.96
12.22
12.22
3.9
6.5
1.1
.3
1.1
3.3
5.8
3.3
5.8
5.6
5.6
14.26
10.96
14.86
10.83
10.25
16.33
15.96
16.33
15.96
–
–
3.8
6.5
1.1
.3
1.1
3.3
5.8
3.3
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
6.58
6.03
5.77
7.71
9.32
4.10
4.43
4.3
1.6
10.1
15.3
3.4
1.4
23.9
7.06
5.88
6.58
7.38
9.33
4.25
–
6.0
6.0
16.7
15.1
2.4
7.1
–
See footnotes at end of table.
4
5.95
6.16
4.94
–
–
3.68
–
3.0
1.9
13.4
–
–
18.9
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Charleston-North
Charleston, SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$2.58
2.61
6.51
6.40
6.48
7.4
5.8
.8
.8
1.6
$2.34
–
7.28
–
–
10.6
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
$6.06
6.24
–
–
–
5.2
2.0
–
6.45
6.41
6.27
1.1
.5
1.6
7.17
–
–
2.9
–
–
6.06
6.25
–
5.3
1.8
–
9.09
7.83
8.06
7.68
4.2
2.6
4.3
3.2
9.56
8.01
8.39
7.90
5.3
2.0
5.3
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.42
7.91
7.24
7.24
6.0
4.3
4.3
4.3
8.95
8.24
–
–
7.4
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
8.85
13.1
–
–
8.30
4.5
6.77
5.7
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
15.38
7.88
9.24
8.23
18.94
18.73
11.29
7.88
9.24
8.27
8.23
7.88
8.17
8.23
7.88
8.17
14.61
9.2
6.1
9.3
6.4
9.3
18.0
5.4
6.1
9.3
8.2
5.2
6.1
1.8
5.2
6.1
1.8
12.6
17.22
–
–
–
–
18.73
12.78
–
–
–
8.84
–
–
8.84
–
–
15.22
9.4
–
–
–
–
18.0
10.1
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
6.9
–
–
15.2
8.16
–
–
–
–
–
7.67
–
–
–
7.52
–
–
7.52
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
.9
–
–
.9
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
13.00
7.89
9.78
12.12
13.50
13.27
18.10
2.7
10.9
3.2
3.3
2.8
5.7
8.0
13.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.75
11.85
11.20
11.84
10.92
11.79
12.72
10.58
8.85
14.71
15.65
12.42
12.20
12.65
8.2
4.9
8.3
7.1
10.7
9.2
5.0
9.7
3.9
7.1
3.5
7.6
4.1
4.6
20.75
12.24
–
12.40
11.63
12.89
12.88
11.34
–
14.62
15.61
12.42
11.90
12.17
8.2
4.5
–
6.4
6.5
7.1
4.6
9.6
–
7.5
4.0
7.6
3.3
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
13.68
4.2
13.82
4.5
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Charleston-North
Charleston, SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.26
18.40
6.2
2.9
–
$18.40
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
16.40
13.87
18.59
18.33
14.63
16.29
14.53
5.1
4.5
6.4
3.1
14.7
1.3
16.2
16.40
–
–
–
14.63
16.29
14.53
5.1
–
–
–
14.7
1.3
16.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.76
17.04
19.96
21.13
14.77
6.8
6.3
3.5
3.5
7.9
16.76
17.04
19.96
21.13
14.77
6.8
6.3
3.5
3.5
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
16.27
12.79
11.55
16.71
16.95
21.89
18.31
14.25
12.4
4.5
7.5
4.7
19.1
1.9
12.1
13.0
16.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.29
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
11.52
9.11
10.68
13.89
14.20
10.39
8.62
6.2
4.9
4.5
5.3
11.6
10.1
5.4
12.02
–
–
–
14.23
11.01
9.00
6.4
–
–
–
12.0
12.0
5.6
$8.10
–
–
–
–
7.44
7.44
5.6
–
–
–
–
9.2
9.2
10.40
9.03
10.4
6.9
10.51
9.03
11.0
7.8
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
6
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charleston-North Charleston, 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 ..............................................................................
$15.55
5.7
$16.55
6.2
$8.83
8.8
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
29.25
25.99
36.41
37.27
5.9
6.1
9.3
8.5
29.26
25.99
36.58
37.27
5.9
6.1
9.5
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
22.30
15.8
22.30
15.8
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
30.51
35.36
2.0
4.9
30.51
35.36
2.0
4.9
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
17.79
22.2
17.75
22.2
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
15.60
9.5
16.87
9.4
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
27.19
16.00
25.89
31.58
27.54
26.75
27.36
15.79
9.4
5.5
6.2
9.9
3.2
4.0
7.3
3.8
27.96
–
25.90
–
27.27
–
–
15.51
10.8
–
6.3
–
3.9
–
–
3.1
24.38
–
–
–
28.29
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.68
8.91
8.88
8.88
10.39
4.3
5.0
4.5
4.5
3.3
9.99
–
–
–
10.39
4.0
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
12.70
5.5
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
6.56
6.02
5.77
7.76
9.32
4.10
4.43
2.58
2.61
6.51
6.40
6.48
4.5
1.6
10.1
17.7
3.4
1.4
23.9
7.4
5.8
.8
.8
1.6
7.06
5.84
6.58
7.38
9.33
4.25
–
2.34
–
7.28
–
–
6.0
6.2
16.7
15.1
2.4
7.1
–
10.6
–
2.5
–
–
5.87
6.16
4.94
–
–
3.68
–
–
–
6.06
6.24
–
3.1
1.9
13.4
–
–
18.9
–
–
–
5.2
2.0
–
6.45
6.41
6.27
1.1
.5
1.6
7.17
–
–
2.9
–
–
6.06
6.25
–
5.3
1.8
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
8.88
7.59
7.89
7.36
4.5
3.5
5.6
4.0
9.49
7.74
8.28
7.51
6.1
3.0
7.4
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.33
7.45
7.24
7.24
8.7
5.3
4.3
4.3
9.32
–
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
8.33
13.0
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
15.38
7.88
9.24
9.2
6.1
9.3
17.22
–
10.38
9.4
–
10.3
8.16
–
7.80
6.1
–
3.8
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charleston-North Charleston, 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)
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
$8.23
18.94
18.73
11.29
7.88
9.24
8.27
8.23
7.88
8.17
8.23
7.88
8.17
14.61
6.4
9.3
18.0
5.4
6.1
9.3
8.2
5.2
6.1
1.8
5.2
6.1
1.8
12.6
–
$19.52
18.73
12.78
–
10.38
–
8.84
–
–
8.84
–
–
15.22
–
9.0
18.0
10.1
–
10.3
–
6.9
–
–
6.9
–
–
15.2
–
–
–
$7.67
–
7.80
–
7.52
–
–
7.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
3.8
–
.9
–
–
.9
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
12.97
7.89
9.77
12.27
13.76
13.02
17.90
11.85
11.18
11.84
10.92
11.79
12.75
10.50
8.89
15.69
16.03
12.08
2.9
10.9
3.2
3.5
3.3
6.6
9.3
5.0
8.6
7.1
10.7
9.2
7.0
10.0
5.4
4.0
2.9
7.5
13.25
–
9.80
12.31
13.91
13.02
17.90
12.24
11.81
12.40
11.63
12.89
–
11.29
–
15.66
–
11.39
2.9
–
3.4
3.5
3.2
6.6
9.3
4.6
5.2
6.4
6.5
7.1
–
9.9
–
4.6
–
6.0
10.74
7.09
–
–
12.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.0
8.6
–
–
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
13.54
9.16
18.40
4.1
6.8
2.9
13.68
–
18.40
4.5
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
16.65
21.94
18.45
14.17
6.1
6.3
3.4
18.1
16.65
21.94
18.45
14.17
6.1
6.3
3.4
18.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.63
19.96
21.13
14.87
8.7
3.5
3.5
13.4
17.63
19.96
21.13
14.87
8.7
3.5
3.5
13.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
16.27
12.79
11.55
16.71
16.95
21.89
18.31
14.25
12.4
4.5
7.5
4.7
19.1
1.9
12.1
13.0
16.69
13.17
12.02
16.71
16.95
21.89
18.31
14.29
12.0
3.4
5.4
4.7
19.1
1.9
12.1
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
11.56
9.10
10.74
13.91
14.20
10.39
8.62
6.4
5.0
4.9
5.6
11.6
10.1
5.4
12.05
9.59
10.97
13.94
14.23
11.01
9.00
6.6
6.4
5.3
6.7
12.0
12.0
5.6
7.98
7.44
–
–
–
7.44
7.44
5.8
7.2
–
–
–
9.2
9.2
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.40
9.03
10.4
6.9
$10.51
9.03
11.0
7.8
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
9
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Charleston-North Charleston, 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 ..............................................................................
$20.47
6.4
$20.81
7.1
$8.45
5.4
Management occupations .................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
47.63
50.88
27.8
36.7
48.76
52.66
27.7
36.9
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
14.83
4.2
15.02
3.2
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
31.90
6.9
31.90
6.9
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
21.21
4.5
21.21
4.5
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 6 .............................................................
14.64
10.96
14.99
10.83
10.25
16.33
15.96
16.33
15.96
4.5
6.5
1.4
.3
1.1
3.3
5.8
3.3
5.8
14.67
10.96
14.99
10.83
10.25
16.33
15.96
16.33
15.96
4.3
6.5
1.4
.3
1.1
3.3
5.8
3.3
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.74
8.64
8.60
8.60
10.7
5.4
5.9
5.9
9.74
8.64
8.60
8.60
10.7
5.4
5.9
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.60
8.60
5.9
5.9
8.60
8.60
5.9
5.9
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
11.03
7.2
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 4 .............................................................
13.11
12.67
6.9
1.8
13.11
12.67
6.9
1.8
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
15.45
12.9
15.45
12.9
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
15.13
3.7
15.13
3.7
–
–
14.63
14.63
5.2
5.2
14.63
14.63
5.2
5.2
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Charleston-North Charleston, 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 ..............................................................................
$16.46
4.8
$17.41
5.1
$8.81
8.4
Management occupations .................................................
Group III ............................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
33.64
29.85
37.08
37.27
56.95
11.4
7.0
8.6
8.5
20.7
33.82
–
37.08
37.27
56.95
11.4
–
8.6
8.5
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
22.05
17.42
16.64
14.7
8.5
10.3
22.05
–
16.64
14.7
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
29.62
20.38
33.69
35.36
4.1
10.4
1.5
4.9
29.62
–
–
35.36
4.1
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
28.30
10.2
28.30
10.2
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
12.77
12.65
15.63
10.4
11.8
4.3
12.81
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
27.87
24.94
38.21
10.2
9.3
6.8
27.86
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.07
25.07
11.0
11.0
25.07
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
15.87
9.9
17.14
9.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
24.70
11.26
22.38
32.79
27.51
26.29
28.03
16.70
16.73
6.5
7.4
5.6
10.1
3.4
4.3
5.3
6.3
6.5
24.75
–
–
–
27.35
25.00
28.42
16.53
16.55
7.1
–
–
–
4.0
3.0
5.9
6.7
7.0
24.38
–
–
–
28.29
–
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
9.94
9.94
9.62
9.62
9.62
9.62
10.39
10.39
4.4
4.4
6.8
6.8
6.8
6.8
3.3
3.3
10.21
–
10.05
–
10.05
10.05
10.39
–
4.4
–
6.5
–
6.5
6.5
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
14.25
14.62
10.83
10.83
16.33
16.33
16.33
16.33
12.22
12.22
3.9
4.0
.3
.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
5.6
5.6
14.26
–
10.83
10.83
16.33
–
16.33
16.33
–
–
3.8
–
.3
.3
3.3
–
3.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
6.58
6.27
9.32
9.32
4.3
2.7
3.4
3.4
7.06
–
9.33
–
6.0
–
2.4
–
5.95
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
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 ..............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$4.10
4.10
2.58
2.58
6.51
6.51
1.4
1.4
7.4
7.4
.8
.8
$4.25
–
2.34
2.34
7.28
–
7.1
–
10.6
10.6
2.5
–
$3.68
–
–
–
6.06
–
18.9
–
–
–
5.2
–
6.45
6.45
1.1
1.1
7.17
7.17
2.9
2.9
6.06
6.06
5.3
5.3
9.09
8.35
8.06
8.03
4.2
3.8
4.3
4.6
9.56
–
8.39
–
5.3
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.42
8.38
7.24
7.24
6.0
6.2
4.3
4.3
8.95
8.92
–
–
7.4
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
8.85
7.77
13.1
3.6
–
–
–
–
8.30
–
4.5
–
6.77
6.77
5.7
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
15.38
13.79
23.40
18.73
11.29
11.36
8.23
8.01
8.23
8.01
14.61
15.62
9.2
10.1
9.2
18.0
5.4
6.2
5.2
2.0
5.2
2.0
12.6
13.9
17.22
–
–
18.73
12.78
–
8.84
–
8.84
8.50
15.22
16.58
9.4
–
–
18.0
10.1
–
6.9
–
6.9
3.9
15.2
17.2
8.16
–
–
–
7.67
–
7.52
–
7.52
7.52
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
1.9
–
.9
–
.9
.9
–
–
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 ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
13.00
12.38
16.96
2.7
2.8
7.5
13.22
–
–
2.8
–
–
10.74
–
–
14.0
–
–
20.75
20.75
11.85
11.39
11.84
11.21
11.79
11.29
12.72
12.78
10.58
10.60
8.85
8.85
14.71
14.39
12.42
12.24
12.20
12.15
8.2
8.2
4.9
4.8
7.1
7.6
9.2
10.3
5.0
5.3
9.7
9.7
3.9
3.9
7.1
7.8
7.6
7.5
4.1
4.2
20.75
20.75
12.24
–
12.40
11.85
12.89
–
12.88
–
11.34
11.38
–
–
14.62
–
12.42
12.24
11.90
11.82
8.2
8.2
4.5
–
6.4
5.0
7.1
–
4.6
–
9.6
9.5
–
–
7.5
–
7.6
7.5
3.3
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
13.68
12.09
4.2
13.4
13.82
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.11
4.9
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
16.40
10.51
17.25
14.63
16.87
14.53
16.88
5.1
8.5
4.4
14.7
.3
16.2
.2
$16.40
–
–
14.63
–
14.53
16.88
5.1
–
–
14.7
–
16.2
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.76
18.31
21.13
21.13
14.77
16.55
6.8
5.2
3.5
3.5
7.9
5.0
16.76
–
21.13
21.13
14.77
16.55
6.8
–
3.5
3.5
7.9
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.27
12.50
19.23
14.25
12.51
12.4
5.9
3.2
13.0
10.0
16.69
–
–
14.29
–
12.0
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
11.52
10.38
14.20
12.48
10.39
9.76
6.2
4.5
11.6
7.0
10.1
7.5
12.02
–
14.23
–
11.01
–
6.4
–
12.0
–
12.0
–
$8.10
–
–
–
7.44
–
5.6
–
–
–
9.2
–
10.40
10.40
10.4
10.4
10.51
10.51
11.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
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.
13
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.35
$9.50
$13.41
$19.81
$29.47
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
20.67
26.23
26.01
23.00
24.25
31.07
31.76
41.37
27.89
36.77
34.10
59.08
36.77
41.08
51.09
59.08
53.63
53.63
51.09
105.64
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Accountants and auditors .................................................
13.25
12.40
16.83
13.25
19.95
16.83
26.45
18.50
34.14
21.89
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
18.00
25.31
22.84
32.05
27.15
35.10
36.07
39.43
42.43
46.57
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
19.94
23.28
25.04
33.50
33.50
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
8.69
12.22
8.86
13.43
13.46
15.82
14.84
17.56
16.97
18.54
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
10.18
21.59
20.70
27.86
27.55
34.67
30.80
46.80
42.90
57.69
10.18
21.26
27.55
29.47
29.47
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
10.32
11.39
15.64
17.77
22.56
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
10.95
21.26
14.65
15.85
24.00
14.65
23.85
27.61
15.74
30.00
30.25
17.00
34.36
34.36
20.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.00
8.00
8.00
9.00
8.73
8.00
8.00
9.50
9.61
9.00
9.00
9.61
11.00
11.89
11.89
11.00
11.92
11.92
11.92
12.36
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.82
9.15
13.87
13.87
8.73
8.73
12.14
9.53
14.44
14.44
12.69
12.69
13.83
10.62
15.58
15.58
12.69
12.69
16.00
11.98
18.12
18.12
13.48
13.48
19.00
12.63
19.77
19.77
13.48
13.48
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 ...................................................
2.75
7.50
2.13
2.13
5.50
5.11
8.25
2.13
2.13
5.92
6.30
9.25
4.00
2.18
6.25
8.00
10.04
5.00
2.75
7.00
9.35
11.54
7.50
3.25
8.50
5.50
5.92
6.25
6.80
8.50
6.50
6.50
7.10
7.00
8.00
7.72
9.62
8.02
14.00
9.85
6.50
6.50
7.10
6.50
8.00
7.21
9.00
7.72
10.39
7.96
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
6.50
6.87
7.10
9.55
11.28
5.15
5.15
7.00
7.50
8.75
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.25
9.03
6.83
6.50
6.50
8.75
8.50
16.11
7.73
7.25
7.25
10.24
12.00
17.00
9.50
8.00
8.00
12.00
18.88
23.00
12.00
8.90
8.90
21.58
26.18
23.00
21.58
10.00
10.00
21.58
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
8.99
10.64
12.10
15.02
18.45
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$15.00
8.00
8.00
8.50
9.00
5.50
7.00
11.07
11.07
9.18
$19.76
11.00
11.00
8.50
11.28
9.50
7.50
11.28
11.07
10.71
$22.08
11.90
11.90
11.58
12.98
10.58
8.97
14.82
12.02
11.56
$22.96
13.40
13.46
11.58
14.88
12.36
9.73
17.33
12.69
13.44
$24.58
15.39
15.48
17.65
15.87
13.02
10.47
19.42
15.96
15.85
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
8.56
11.95
14.00
15.41
17.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.50
10.00
10.00
16.51
15.00
14.00
19.82
19.00
19.00
22.68
22.00
22.00
10.88
19.82
8.00
13.94
20.06
12.00
16.51
20.61
15.35
20.06
21.23
16.54
21.23
25.10
18.37
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
9.16
9.10
11.48
10.53
14.09
13.09
18.84
18.86
25.98
19.81
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
7.50
11.00
7.50
9.00
11.00
8.00
10.92
12.30
9.63
13.00
16.99
12.47
16.99
19.28
13.46
7.50
8.25
10.00
13.00
13.50
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
15
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.00
$9.06
$13.00
$18.96
$27.18
Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
21.24
26.01
24.25
31.76
27.18
34.10
31.76
51.09
39.30
51.09
Business and financial operations occupations .............
12.90
16.77
21.67
27.81
34.15
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
19.25
25.31
23.98
32.05
30.01
35.10
36.25
39.43
43.62
46.57
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
8.57
10.18
18.06
21.79
30.00
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
10.32
11.39
15.00
17.77
22.56
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.65
21.40
14.65
16.55
24.00
14.65
24.69
28.19
15.74
30.00
30.00
16.24
42.31
33.25
18.50
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.00
8.00
8.00
9.00
8.73
8.00
8.00
9.50
9.50
8.73
8.73
9.61
11.00
9.00
9.00
11.00
12.18
10.67
10.67
12.36
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.87
12.69
12.69
13.48
14.38
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 ...................................................
2.75
7.50
2.13
2.13
5.50
5.11
8.25
2.13
2.13
5.92
6.25
9.25
4.00
2.18
6.25
8.00
10.04
5.00
2.75
7.00
9.48
11.54
7.50
3.25
8.50
5.50
5.92
6.25
6.80
8.50
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.75
7.72
8.25
8.02
14.00
9.08
6.50
6.50
7.10
6.50
8.00
7.21
8.02
7.72
9.62
7.96
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.50
6.87
7.00
9.41
11.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.25
9.03
6.83
6.50
6.50
8.75
8.50
16.11
7.73
7.25
7.25
10.24
12.00
17.00
9.50
8.00
8.00
12.00
18.88
23.00
12.00
8.90
8.90
21.58
26.18
23.00
21.58
10.00
10.00
21.58
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
8.91
8.00
8.00
8.50
9.00
5.50
6.50
11.65
8.50
10.58
11.00
11.00
8.50
9.23
9.50
7.20
12.02
10.75
12.10
11.90
11.90
11.58
12.98
10.37
9.46
15.60
11.00
15.32
13.46
13.46
11.58
15.87
13.02
10.47
18.27
12.70
18.27
15.48
15.48
17.65
17.05
14.37
10.47
20.00
18.38
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
8.56
12.00
14.00
15.09
17.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
10.00
10.00
12.06
10.00
17.31
10.00
20.06
19.00
22.68
23.00
8.00
19.82
8.00
16.40
20.06
11.12
18.37
20.61
16.50
20.61
21.23
16.54
24.50
25.10
19.32
Production occupations ....................................................
9.16
11.48
14.09
18.84
25.98
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
$9.10
$10.53
$13.09
$18.86
$19.81
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
7.50
11.00
7.50
9.00
11.00
8.00
11.00
12.30
9.63
13.00
16.99
12.47
17.65
19.28
13.46
7.50
8.25
10.00
13.00
13.50
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
17
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Charleston-North Charleston, SC,
May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.34
$11.58
$15.51
$26.52
$35.26
Management occupations .................................................
18.53
28.18
44.13
59.08
85.19
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
21.94
27.04
29.47
34.00
48.06
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
8.96
12.77
19.86
28.09
32.88
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
10.19
9.15
13.87
13.87
11.95
9.53
14.44
14.44
14.32
10.62
15.58
15.58
16.95
11.98
18.12
18.12
19.79
12.63
19.77
19.77
6.70
6.45
7.74
7.50
9.47
8.23
10.83
9.84
13.41
10.85
6.45
7.50
8.23
9.84
10.85
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.50
8.89
9.25
10.15
21.49
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
9.18
10.93
12.08
14.63
18.94
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
9.86
10.96
13.99
16.81
18.47
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
12.28
12.88
15.43
16.70
18.48
11.55
11.55
12.84
12.84
14.52
14.52
16.52
16.52
17.81
17.81
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
18
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.20
$10.53
$14.37
$21.00
$29.95
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
21.24
26.23
26.01
23.00
24.25
31.07
31.76
41.37
27.89
36.77
34.10
59.08
36.77
41.08
51.09
59.08
53.63
53.63
51.09
105.64
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Accountants and auditors .................................................
13.25
12.40
16.83
13.25
19.95
16.83
26.45
18.50
34.14
21.89
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
18.00
25.31
22.84
32.05
27.15
35.10
36.07
39.43
42.43
46.57
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
19.94
23.28
25.04
33.50
33.50
Community and social services occupations ..................
8.69
8.86
13.46
14.85
17.06
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
10.18
20.70
27.55
30.80
42.90
10.18
21.26
27.55
29.47
29.47
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.99
13.45
15.88
19.49
23.72
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
11.11
21.23
14.65
15.74
23.68
14.65
23.50
27.18
15.62
29.52
30.58
16.01
36.30
34.36
20.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.70
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
8.73
8.73
9.50
9.61
9.50
9.50
9.61
11.77
11.92
11.92
11.00
11.92
11.92
11.92
12.36
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
9.98
9.15
13.87
13.87
12.14
9.53
14.44
14.44
13.84
10.62
15.58
15.58
16.00
11.98
18.12
18.12
19.01
12.63
19.77
19.77
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 ...................................................
2.13
7.50
2.13
2.13
5.50
5.11
8.24
2.13
2.13
6.00
7.25
9.25
4.00
2.13
7.25
9.00
10.04
7.25
2.75
8.32
10.75
11.54
7.50
2.75
9.25
5.50
5.80
6.80
8.50
9.25
7.00
6.50
7.45
7.21
8.02
7.74
10.00
8.48
16.59
10.39
7.10
7.47
8.02
9.62
11.58
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
8.00
9.03
7.57
7.50
7.50
9.34
9.56
16.11
8.65
7.75
7.75
11.06
14.37
17.00
10.90
8.50
8.50
12.10
21.58
23.00
16.67
9.50
9.50
21.58
31.25
23.00
21.58
10.46
10.46
21.58
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 ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
9.50
11.00
12.28
15.00
18.27
15.00
10.64
10.64
10.72
9.00
9.50
11.07
19.76
11.00
11.00
11.58
11.28
9.50
11.07
22.08
11.90
12.00
11.58
12.98
11.54
13.14
22.96
13.46
13.46
13.08
14.88
13.02
17.33
24.58
15.48
15.48
18.04
16.97
14.37
19.76
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
— Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$11.07
9.18
$11.07
10.58
$12.02
11.30
$12.69
12.91
$15.96
15.13
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
9.00
12.00
14.00
15.50
17.50
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.50
10.00
10.00
16.51
15.00
14.00
19.82
19.00
19.00
22.68
22.00
22.00
10.88
19.82
8.00
13.94
20.06
12.00
16.51
20.61
15.35
20.06
21.23
16.54
21.23
25.10
18.37
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
9.34
9.10
11.85
10.55
15.00
13.09
18.86
18.86
25.98
19.81
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
8.25
11.00
7.50
9.25
11.00
8.25
11.00
12.30
10.00
13.00
16.99
13.00
17.94
19.28
13.50
7.50
8.25
10.00
13.00
13.50
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.
20
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$5.50
$6.10
$7.25
$9.16
$13.70
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
10.10
24.00
20.61
25.64
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
3.00
2.13
5.50
5.50
2.75
5.92
6.00
4.00
6.10
6.50
4.00
6.50
7.59
6.00
7.00
5.50
5.92
6.15
6.50
7.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.15
6.12
9.00
10.30
11.28
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
6.45
6.00
6.45
6.45
6.75
6.59
6.65
6.65
7.50
7.30
7.25
7.25
8.83
8.40
8.30
8.30
12.00
9.50
8.82
8.82
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
6.28
6.50
8.50
16.07
18.45
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
6.00
5.50
6.50
6.00
8.00
7.75
9.00
9.00
13.70
9.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
21
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$576
40.0
$35,535
$29,921
2,041
1,431
1,641
1,461
2,413
1,213
1,643
1,279
2,051
42.3
44.3
39.2
42.4
74,248
85,333
75,976
123,974
63,050
85,442
66,501
102,523
2,196
2,301
2,039
2,177
19.95
16.83
896
692
833
757
40.6
41.6
46,590
35,960
43,290
39,382
2,113
2,161
29.62
35.36
27.15
35.10
1,207
1,460
1,183
1,443
40.8
41.3
62,589
75,526
59,216
75,024
2,113
2,136
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
28.30
25.04
1,113
1,001
39.3
54,408
52,758
1,923
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
12.81
13.46
520
505
40.6
27,063
26,251
2,112
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$17.41
$14.37
$696
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
33.82
37.08
37.27
56.95
27.89
36.77
34.10
59.08
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Accountants and auditors ...................
22.05
16.64
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
27.86
27.55
1,062
1,033
38.1
42,563
39,259
1,528
25.07
27.55
939
1,032
37.4
36,449
39,259
1,454
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
17.14
15.88
666
635
38.9
34,638
33,035
2,021
24.75
27.35
23.50
27.18
962
1,032
856
1,034
38.9
37.7
49,614
53,670
44,495
53,783
2,005
1,963
16.53
15.62
647
590
39.1
32,491
30,693
1,966
10.21
9.61
386
380
37.8
20,051
19,760
1,964
10.05
9.50
393
366
39.1
20,417
19,019
2,031
10.05
9.50
393
366
39.1
20,417
19,019
2,031
10.39
9.61
378
380
36.4
19,661
19,760
1,892
14.26
10.83
16.33
16.33
13.84
10.62
15.58
15.58
611
574
671
671
601
563
643
643
42.9
53.0
41.1
41.1
31,797
29,837
34,886
34,886
31,262
29,269
33,415
33,415
2,230
2,756
2,136
2,136
7.06
9.33
4.25
2.34
7.28
7.25
9.25
4.00
2.13
7.25
263
347
155
83
273
263
360
150
75
270
37.3
37.2
36.4
35.3
37.5
13,642
18,065
8,045
4,306
14,009
13,520
18,720
7,800
3,877
13,000
1,932
1,937
1,892
1,838
1,925
7.17
6.80
267
245
37.2
13,870
12,714
1,935
9.56
8.39
8.02
7.74
378
330
320
309
39.5
39.4
19,646
17,169
16,640
16,058
2,054
2,047
8.95
8.02
356
321
39.8
18,517
16,682
2,069
17.22
14.37
681
575
39.6
35,426
29,890
2,057
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
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 ...........................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$680
418
334
334
480
39.8
41.0
39.5
39.5
41.9
$38,730
27,231
18,139
18,139
33,160
$35,360
21,736
17,368
17,368
24,960
2,068
2,130
2,053
2,053
2,178
525
490
39.7
27,052
25,168
2,046
22.08
11.90
818
481
883
476
39.4
39.3
42,513
24,828
45,926
24,748
2,049
2,029
12.40
12.89
12.88
11.34
12.00
11.58
12.98
11.54
485
516
507
446
480
463
498
462
39.1
40.0
39.3
39.4
24,897
26,820
26,349
23,216
24,748
24,093
25,875
24,003
2,007
2,080
2,045
2,048
14.62
13.14
570
514
39.0
27,664
25,623
1,892
12.42
11.90
12.02
11.30
475
476
462
452
38.2
40.0
21,916
24,756
22,659
23,500
1,765
2,080
13.82
14.00
560
560
40.5
29,096
29,120
2,105
16.40
14.63
16.51
15.00
676
600
675
597
41.2
41.0
35,105
31,186
35,173
31,044
2,140
2,131
14.53
14.00
596
580
41.0
30,999
30,167
2,134
16.76
21.13
16.51
20.61
670
845
660
824
40.0
40.0
34,737
43,439
34,341
42,869
2,072
2,056
14.77
15.35
591
614
40.0
30,724
31,928
2,080
16.69
14.29
15.00
13.09
665
572
576
524
39.9
40.0
34,302
29,311
29,952
27,227
2,055
2,051
12.02
14.23
11.01
11.00
12.30
10.00
485
589
441
440
492
400
40.3
41.4
40.0
25,062
30,610
22,891
22,880
25,584
20,800
2,084
2,151
2,080
10.51
10.00
420
400
40.0
21,859
20,800
2,079
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$18.73
12.78
8.84
8.84
15.22
$17.00
10.90
8.50
8.50
12.10
$745
524
349
349
638
13.22
12.28
20.75
12.24
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
23
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$548
40.0
$34,188
$28,080
2,066
1,245
1,461
1,116
1,279
42.6
39.2
64,754
75,976
58,011
66,501
2,213
2,039
21.67
907
874
40.7
47,179
45,469
2,116
30.51
35.36
30.01
35.10
1,245
1,460
1,237
1,443
40.8
41.3
64,536
75,526
64,299
75,024
2,115
2,136
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
17.75
18.06
670
722
37.7
28,509
26,400
1,606
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
16.87
15.88
655
635
38.8
34,044
33,035
2,018
27.96
27.27
24.56
26.90
1,064
983
872
982
38.1
36.0
55,321
51,103
45,327
51,085
1,979
1,874
15.51
15.24
611
590
39.4
31,756
30,693
2,048
9.99
9.61
370
360
37.1
19,256
18,720
1,927
10.39
9.61
378
380
36.4
19,661
19,760
1,892
7.06
9.33
4.25
2.34
7.28
7.25
9.25
4.00
2.13
7.25
263
347
155
83
273
263
360
150
75
270
37.3
37.2
36.4
35.3
37.5
13,627
18,065
8,045
4,306
14,009
13,416
18,720
7,800
3,877
13,000
1,931
1,937
1,892
1,838
1,925
7.17
6.80
267
245
37.2
13,870
12,714
1,935
9.49
8.28
8.00
7.72
375
325
318
309
39.5
39.3
19,494
16,914
16,557
16,058
2,055
2,042
9.32
8.02
373
321
40.0
19,379
16,682
2,080
17.22
14.37
681
575
39.6
35,426
29,890
2,057
18.73
12.78
8.84
8.84
15.22
17.00
10.90
8.50
8.50
12.10
745
524
349
349
638
680
418
334
334
480
39.8
41.0
39.5
39.5
41.9
38,730
27,231
18,139
18,139
33,160
35,360
21,736
17,368
17,368
24,960
2,068
2,130
2,053
2,053
2,178
13.25
12.24
12.35
11.90
528
481
491
476
39.9
39.3
27,426
24,828
25,532
24,748
2,070
2,028
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$16.55
$13.75
$661
Management occupations ...................
Financial managers ............................
29.26
37.27
27.18
34.10
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
22.30
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
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 ...........................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
12.40
12.89
11.29
12.00
11.58
11.54
485
516
444
480
463
462
39.1
40.0
39.3
24,897
26,820
23,089
24,748
24,093
24,003
2,007
2,080
2,046
15.66
11.39
15.60
11.00
626
456
624
440
40.0
40.0
32,534
23,688
32,448
22,880
2,078
2,079
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
13.68
14.00
555
560
40.6
28,857
29,120
2,110
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$700
405
41.6
41.7
$35,939
30,727
$36,421
21,060
2,158
2,168
705
845
735
824
40.0
40.0
36,483
43,439
38,214
42,869
2,069
2,056
16.50
595
660
40.0
30,935
34,320
2,080
16.69
14.29
15.00
13.09
665
572
576
524
39.9
40.0
34,302
29,311
29,952
27,227
2,055
2,051
12.05
14.23
11.01
11.00
12.30
10.00
486
589
441
440
492
400
40.3
41.4
40.0
25,117
30,610
22,891
22,880
25,584
20,800
2,084
2,151
2,080
10.51
10.00
420
400
40.0
21,859
20,800
2,079
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.65
14.17
$17.31
10.00
$692
591
17.63
21.13
18.37
20.61
14.87
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
25
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$636
40.0
$40,546
$33,326
1,949
2,022
1,765
41.5
104,336
90,043
2,140
29.47
1,222
1,105
38.3
47,815
41,998
1,499
21.21
19.86
844
800
39.8
43,149
40,059
2,034
14.67
10.83
16.33
16.33
14.35
10.62
15.58
15.58
635
574
671
671
619
563
643
643
43.3
53.0
41.1
41.1
33,034
29,837
34,886
34,886
32,178
29,269
33,415
33,415
2,251
2,756
2,136
2,136
9.74
8.60
9.47
8.23
385
340
369
319
39.5
39.6
19,999
17,696
19,188
16,578
2,052
2,058
8.60
8.23
340
319
39.6
17,696
16,578
2,058
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
13.11
12.08
514
472
39.2
25,745
24,024
1,964
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
15.45
13.99
611
573
39.6
31,791
29,806
2,058
15.13
15.43
598
597
39.5
31,092
31,044
2,055
14.63
14.52
585
581
40.0
30,436
30,197
2,080
14.63
14.52
585
581
40.0
30,436
30,197
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$20.81
$15.88
$832
Management occupations ...................
48.76
44.36
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
31.90
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$15.55
$14.23
$17.36
$16.59
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
25.67
26.67
24.94
7.77
13.98
15.38
12.97
14.78
13.54
16.65
13.84
16.27
11.56
25.79
26.83
24.79
7.45
14.02
16.10
12.64
14.11
14.46
13.27
11.41
12.46
10.94
25.33
26.41
24.71
8.98
15.62
16.05
15.14
15.13
–
18.12
13.14
14.56
11.52
26.29
26.88
25.93
7.16
12.09
11.39
12.53
16.48
–
20.00
19.64
20.83
15.56
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
5.7
5.5
13.1
12.3
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
7.8
5.8
11.6
3.1
4.7
9.2
2.9
3.3
4.1
6.1
8.7
12.4
6.4
6.0
7.5
10.0
4.8
6.9
14.3
4.1
4.0
4.1
5.9
6.0
8.0
8.0
14.6
5.0
22.0
5.3
11.6
18.0
7.5
5.6
–
5.1
5.1
8.5
9.2
11.8
27.9
6.3
19.6
7.6
13.3
7.3
10.6
–
4.1
20.9
21.1
20.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$520
39.7
$31,484
$26,901
2,047
1,144
1,112
40.7
59,486
57,803
2,119
26.12
30.81
1,165
1,086
1,040
1,064
39.2
37.1
60,593
56,457
54,080
55,328
2,040
1,930
9.87
10.09
9.61
9.61
355
359
360
360
36.0
35.6
18,481
18,655
18,720
18,720
1,873
1,849
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$15.38
$13.02
$610
Management occupations .......................................
28.07
27.18
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
29.70
29.25
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ..........................
6.94
3.98
7.12
6.80
2.18
6.80
249
133
265
228
75
250
35.9
33.4
37.2
12,905
6,924
13,605
11,856
3,877
12,627
1,859
1,739
1,912
6.97
6.80
257
240
36.9
13,387
12,480
1,921
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
18.33
17.87
10.58
16.46
17.00
9.50
707
715
423
576
680
380
38.6
40.0
40.0
36,774
37,162
22,008
29,963
35,360
19,760
2,006
2,080
2,080
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
13.06
12.23
12.41
11.30
12.44
11.90
12.00
10.58
520
478
483
443
498
476
480
423
39.8
39.1
38.9
39.2
26,976
24,602
24,768
23,058
25,480
23,920
24,748
22,006
2,066
2,012
1,995
2,041
Construction and extraction occupations .............
14.46
15.00
592
600
41.0
30,792
31,200
2,130
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
13.27
12.31
577
616
43.5
30,015
32,014
2,261
Production occupations ..........................................
13.19
12.25
516
477
39.1
26,808
24,804
2,033
Transportation and material moving occupations
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
11.51
10.14
11.00
10.00
469
405
440
400
40.7
40.0
24,125
21,082
22,880
20,800
2,097
2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
28
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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$576
40.3
$37,075
$29,968
2,086
1,442
1,236
46.1
74,980
64,272
2,397
21.89
915
876
40.0
47,573
45,531
2,080
30.51
35.36
30.01
35.10
1,245
1,460
1,237
1,443
40.8
41.3
64,536
75,526
64,299
75,024
2,115
2,136
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
17.02
14.67
652
600
38.3
33,924
31,200
1,994
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
25.55
25.58
24.00
25.58
933
900
852
885
36.5
35.2
48,539
46,784
44,325
46,030
1,900
1,829
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
7.24
7.67
286
301
39.5
14,890
15,642
2,056
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
9.00
8.53
7.96
7.72
359
341
318
309
39.9
39.9
18,676
17,709
16,557
16,058
2,076
2,076
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
15.39
15.01
17.07
13.55
11.72
21.58
636
630
741
540
452
656
41.3
42.0
43.4
33,056
32,772
38,530
28,080
23,525
34,133
2,148
2,183
2,258
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
13.63
12.29
12.28
12.28
545
491
491
491
40.0
39.9
28,335
25,506
25,532
25,532
2,079
2,076
Construction and extraction occupations .............
12.52
12.50
501
500
40.0
26,050
26,000
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
18.61
18.75
754
750
40.5
39,131
39,000
2,102
18.91
21.13
16.70
19.82
20.61
16.51
756
845
668
793
824
660
40.0
40.0
40.0
39,105
43,439
34,730
39,640
42,869
34,341
2,068
2,056
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
18.00
15.02
15.16
13.80
723
601
606
552
40.2
40.0
37,154
30,718
31,533
27,227
2,064
2,045
Transportation and material moving occupations
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
12.90
11.66
12.30
12.27
513
467
492
491
39.8
40.1
26,643
24,249
25,584
25,522
2,065
2,080
10.69
13.00
427
520
40.0
22,213
27,040
2,078
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$17.78
$14.65
$716
Management occupations .......................................
31.29
24.72
Business and financial operations occupations ...
22.87
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Charleston-North
Charleston, 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 ....................................................................
–
–
–
$16.43
$15.50
$20.47
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 .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.57
29.83
24.84
8.97
13.87
15.38
12.98
14.64
–
16.12
13.64
16.10
11.47
25.67
26.67
24.95
7.77
13.97
15.38
12.95
14.56
13.43
16.32
13.69
16.10
11.50
28.42
43.45
24.67
12.77
13.11
–
13.11
15.19
15.45
15.13
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
–
–
–
4.9
5.8
6.4
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
9.0
7.3
1.8
4.3
9.2
2.8
2.8
–
5.1
9.5
13.8
6.4
7.8
5.8
11.6
3.1
4.7
9.2
2.9
3.1
3.7
6.1
9.6
13.8
6.6
9.0
25.9
6.0
4.8
6.9
–
6.9
3.7
12.9
3.7
–
–
–
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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$16.13
$15.07
$21.87
$21.87
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
26.34
29.73
24.56
8.92
13.08
13.26
13.00
15.00
–
16.92
12.31
14.27
10.51
25.32
26.49
24.49
7.70
13.07
13.26
12.97
14.97
13.70
17.41
12.34
14.27
10.51
–
–
–
–
22.77
22.77
–
13.72
–
–
27.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.77
22.77
–
13.72
–
–
27.19
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.8
5.8
13.3
13.3
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
5.8
9.1
7.1
2.0
4.4
13.5
2.7
3.2
–
5.4
2.4
4.2
4.6
7.6
5.9
11.3
3.6
5.0
13.5
2.9
3.6
4.8
7.0
2.4
4.2
4.8
–
–
–
–
18.9
18.9
–
7.8
–
–
22.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.9
18.9
–
7.8
–
–
22.6
–
–
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, Charleston-North
Charleston, SC, May 2006
Goods producing
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
All workers ................................................
–
$20.55
–
$17.94
–
$19.06
$15.78
$7.30
–
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 ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.94
43.01
32.59
–
18.83
–
18.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.02
–
–
–
16.74
–
17.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.00
–
30.95
8.53
14.43
–
14.43
21.46
25.66
20.94
9.36
12.15
–
12.15
–
–
–
6.35
8.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.02
19.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.37
17.45
16.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
–
8.2
–
18.9
–
24.5
17.1
4.8
–
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
13.0
1.1
–
10.5
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.5
–
–
–
10.1
–
20.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
10.2
11.0
1.9
–
1.9
16.9
17.7
17.7
6.4
3.6
–
3.6
–
–
–
4.3
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
13.2
16.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
32
Appendix A: Technical Note
T
ployment 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); and State and local governments employing 50 or
more workers. Agriculture, 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 entity within the
sampled area.
The Charleston–North Charleston, SC, Metropolitan
Statistical Area includes Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties.
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
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 during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to emA-1
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
now 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. For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two
or more SOC classification codes, the duties used to set the
wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by
primary duties was the fallback.
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.
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:
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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 re-
flects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips,
bonuses given by manufacturers to department
store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
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.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
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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.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earning by the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model that
takes into account available establishment characteristics is
used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly
earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to
adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of
employment by industry. The latest available employment
counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this
publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2006
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
242,800
198,400
44,500
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 .......................
64,300
19,600
44,600
52,500
62,300
24,100
38,200
30,200
17,600
12,500
33,600
15,500
18,200
42,300
15,800
26,500
41,600
55,100
24,100
31,000
26,600
16,200
10,400
32,800
15,500
17,300
22,000
3,800
18,100
10,900
7,100
–
7,100
3,600
1,400
2,200
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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, Charleston-North Charleston,
SC, May 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
16,252
16,220
32
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
256
151
64
41
237
135
61
41
19
16
3
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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