Austin–San Marcos, TX
National Compensation Survey
April 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
September 2006
Bulletin 3135–03
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 ag-
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Austin–San Marcos, TX, metropolitan area. Data
were collected between March 2006 and July 2006; the average reference month is April 2006. Tabulations provide
information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this
bulletin are information on the program, a technical note
describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$18.95
3.6
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
30.81
31.26
30.58
10.17
15.16
17.39
13.95
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.4
$18.30
4.6
2.7
4.9
3.1
6.1
10.8
25.7
2.7
38.8
40.4
38.0
33.0
35.6
33.8
36.6
33.67
33.46
33.78
8.89
15.50
17.46
14.14
16.02
16.03
16.01
3.4
8.6
6.0
40.8
39.5
41.3
11.08
12.35
9.51
4.6
5.1
3.5
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
20.22
10.17
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.2
$21.51
2.5
37.4
3.8
5.6
4.1
8.2
12.5
26.1
3.0
39.5
41.1
38.7
32.6
35.2
33.7
36.3
25.91
27.86
24.79
19.33
13.36
–
13.35
3.7
12.4
4.9
7.0
5.4
–
5.5
37.7
39.3
36.9
35.5
37.6
–
37.5
16.01
16.59
15.83
3.7
11.0
6.0
41.2
40.4
41.4
16.11
14.54
20.29
7.1
7.1
6.0
37.9
37.2
40.0
34.7
38.7
30.7
10.88
12.12
9.34
4.8
5.4
3.7
34.6
38.7
30.5
15.20
–
12.58
11.4
–
11.0
36.9
–
34.5
4.0
7.7
40.0
22.4
19.85
8.92
4.9
3.4
40.0
22.9
21.53
21.21
3.5
23.0
40.1
18.9
22.36
18.92
2.3
3.6
40.0
36.4
22.36
18.26
2.3
4.5
40.0
36.1
–
21.51
–
2.5
–
37.4
18.42
27.74
3.4
11.5
36.2
40.1
17.57
27.74
4.3
11.5
35.9
40.1
21.51
–
2.5
–
37.4
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
24.49
16.68
3.7
4.8
40.1
35.3
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
15.11
19.40
23.28
8.5
6.6
4.7
36.6
34.9
37.3
15.11
19.36
25.30
8.5
6.9
9.6
36.6
34.8
37.1
13.77
20.64
21.57
11.3
1.7
2.6
40.2
38.3
37.4
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5
Establishment characteristics
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.95
3.6
$20.22
4.0
$10.17
7.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
39.04
27.29
44.78
47.62
43.94
51.90
54.09
7.8
12.0
8.4
7.7
15.8
24.4
34.8
39.22
27.39
44.78
47.62
43.94
51.90
58.90
7.7
12.8
8.4
7.7
15.8
24.4
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
23.45
20.20
21.73
24.23
29.90
22.92
2.0
2.9
6.5
7.7
13.7
8.8
23.45
20.20
21.73
24.23
29.90
22.92
2.0
2.9
6.5
7.7
13.7
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.40
20.76
23.83
24.22
7.1
5.3
11.3
11.6
26.40
20.76
23.83
24.22
7.1
5.3
11.3
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
35.25
31.05
40.92
40.78
50.70
42.13
41.53
31.03
9.0
4.4
6.5
1.2
2.3
4.1
4.3
21.0
35.25
31.05
40.92
40.78
50.70
42.13
41.53
31.03
9.0
4.4
6.5
1.2
2.3
4.1
4.3
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
28.75
20.83
37.23
51.02
39.45
51.02
46.51
22.77
23.41
13.2
5.5
17.9
2.4
7.3
2.4
10.9
11.2
13.5
28.75
20.83
37.23
51.02
39.45
–
46.51
22.77
23.41
13.2
5.5
17.9
2.4
7.3
–
10.9
11.2
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
24.23
4.2
24.82
3.5
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
16.16
33.80
11.87
15.9
1.8
10.2
16.17
–
11.87
16.0
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
45.34
56.41
24.29
2.4
11.4
3.9
46.20
59.06
24.29
2.1
13.7
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
25.46
12.70
26.31
27.66
29.19
31.08
33.35
30.91
3.7
.6
4.9
2.0
4.1
3.7
11.4
12.8
25.42
12.70
26.31
27.39
27.45
31.16
32.95
–
3.7
.6
4.9
1.3
1.4
3.7
11.2
–
26.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.87
27.37
27.79
27.16
26.97
27.00
27.64
2.1
5.2
2.0
.7
1.6
4.3
2.4
26.76
–
–
–
26.81
27.00
27.23
1.8
–
–
–
1.0
4.3
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.47
27.17
27.02
0.5
4.8
.7
$26.58
27.17
27.02
0.8
4.8
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.09
28.75
28.49
3.6
5.6
1.8
27.32
27.64
28.49
1.7
3.6
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.68
12.38
12.70
3.1
.8
.6
28.68
12.38
12.70
3.1
.8
.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.84
14.0
22.84
14.0
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
32.77
17.76
27.55
26.47
40.18
25.68
26.72
24.20
20.1
2.4
11.8
5.0
4.8
2.0
4.2
4.0
34.39
17.76
27.84
–
–
25.53
–
–
22.3
2.4
12.0
–
–
1.7
–
–
$23.84
–
–
–
–
25.96
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
15.44
17.40
17.30
8.0
4.1
1.6
–
17.40
17.30
–
4.1
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.54
–
7.36
10.45
16.63
14.9
–
2.6
1.6
9.0
11.42
9.73
8.39
–
–
21.8
2.5
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
16.08
23.03
22.26
22.26
10.96
10.96
21.1
1.0
13.5
13.5
1.3
1.3
16.33
23.03
25.15
25.15
11.00
11.00
22.9
1.0
10.0
10.0
1.1
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
7.46
6.95
6.51
8.59
10.95
9.17
3.18
3.98
2.92
8.74
7.1
6.5
15.8
19.7
5.9
2.6
4.0
5.0
10.9
11.6
7.70
7.21
6.31
–
–
9.49
3.10
–
–
–
12.9
13.8
26.2
–
–
3.6
23.6
–
–
–
6.95
6.42
6.83
–
–
–
3.35
–
–
7.46
8.83
12.6
–
9.20
7.98
9.23
8.68
7.98
9.23
8.9
5.7
9.4
6.6
5.7
9.4
8.55
7.78
8.96
6.2
5.5
5.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
5
6.1
12.2
3.1
–
–
–
46.9
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
9.47
8.14
9.48
8.88
8.14
9.48
9.6
5.6
10.0
6.5
5.6
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.51
7.70
9.29
7.3
5.6
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
$10.23
5.5
–
–
$8.68
8.1
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
17.39
7.88
8.86
9.33
13.84
30.36
9.72
7.72
8.92
9.02
12.16
8.77
8.07
9.25
8.77
8.07
9.25
14.07
9.22
25.7
1.8
12.1
26.0
11.0
23.8
5.8
2.7
14.1
30.2
8.0
6.4
3.6
15.9
6.4
3.6
15.9
22.0
16.9
$19.98
–
–
–
–
–
10.34
–
–
–
–
8.80
–
–
8.80
–
–
–
9.65
27.8
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
17.6
8.43
–
–
–
–
–
8.07
–
–
–
–
8.70
8.03
–
8.70
8.03
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
3.2
4.6
–
3.2
4.6
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 3 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
13.95
9.27
10.60
10.94
14.38
15.38
19.19
19.33
13.62
2.7
3.0
6.6
1.7
3.9
4.6
5.2
3.5
4.9
14.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.21
14.55
10.38
13.30
16.39
13.84
10.66
12.73
10.37
10.94
11.44
13.92
10.57
15.95
16.14
15.56
17.83
15.51
17.08
11.35
11.44
11.19
12.24
10.97
11.38
7.9
5.8
5.0
7.2
4.4
6.1
4.2
7.5
2.9
3.0
4.5
5.3
6.2
6.0
2.6
11.8
7.8
7.9
4.2
3.1
5.7
4.4
5.7
5.0
3.3
22.22
14.87
–
–
–
13.68
10.66
–
–
10.95
–
13.92
11.01
15.95
16.14
15.56
17.83
15.51
17.08
12.39
–
–
12.25
–
11.38
7.9
6.0
–
–
–
7.0
4.2
–
–
3.1
–
5.3
7.5
6.0
2.6
11.8
7.8
7.9
4.2
2.8
–
–
6.1
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
16.03
9.86
10.18
12.20
22.91
8.6
7.5
16.9
9.6
1.0
16.27
9.86
10.18
12.20
22.91
8.7
7.5
16.9
9.6
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.93
15.55
12.7
32.7
19.93
15.55
12.7
32.7
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
$19.09
15.0
$19.09
15.0
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
16.01
16.48
20.96
13.62
13.24
6.0
3.6
5.3
6.3
8.1
16.01
–
–
13.62
13.24
6.0
–
–
6.3
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
12.35
8.77
11.43
12.32
15.92
5.1
11.2
3.3
5.1
2.7
12.51
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.71
11.71
11.36
11.44
7.4
7.4
6.3
1.3
–
–
11.36
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.51
7.82
8.40
14.05
12.93
12.93
9.08
9.69
9.08
7.67
3.5
6.5
12.5
14.2
10.6
10.6
9.5
11.2
8.3
5.8
10.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.83
8.33
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
10.3
$8.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.89
7.20
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
8.0
10.25
7.82
6.59
13.9
12.2
5.3
11.62
–
–
18.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
7
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.30
4.6
$19.85
4.9
$8.92
3.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
40.67
26.85
69.45
45.89
51.90
10.6
16.8
14.3
21.5
24.4
40.67
26.85
69.45
45.89
51.90
10.6
16.8
14.3
21.5
24.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
25.76
26.09
26.45
29.90
22.92
3.5
6.3
6.9
13.7
8.8
25.76
26.09
26.45
29.90
22.92
3.5
6.3
6.9
13.7
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.19
23.80
24.22
6.5
11.6
11.6
27.19
23.80
24.22
6.5
11.6
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
39.09
31.09
40.88
40.78
50.70
42.13
41.53
5.1
4.9
6.6
1.2
2.3
4.1
4.3
39.09
31.09
40.88
40.78
50.70
42.13
41.53
5.1
4.9
6.6
1.2
2.3
4.1
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
28.89
20.83
37.23
51.02
39.70
51.02
46.51
22.85
23.41
13.5
5.5
17.9
2.4
7.4
2.4
10.9
11.3
13.5
28.89
20.83
37.23
51.02
39.70
51.02
46.51
22.85
23.41
13.5
5.5
17.9
2.4
7.4
2.4
10.9
11.3
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
46.30
24.29
3.2
3.9
46.74
24.29
2.5
3.9
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
23.13
20.16
18.2
7.1
22.42
20.16
16.9
7.1
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
22.59
15.2
22.59
15.2
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
33.94
17.73
28.00
26.40
40.29
25.72
26.65
20.5
2.6
11.8
5.2
4.8
2.1
4.3
35.96
17.73
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
23.62
–
–
–
–
25.96
–
.9
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
15.44
8.0
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.52
7.36
10.45
16.64
10.87
10.87
15.4
2.6
1.6
9.1
1.0
1.0
11.48
8.39
–
–
–
–
22.7
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
7.30
6.81
6.51
8.59
9.00
7.2
6.7
15.8
20.0
1.1
7.64
7.19
6.31
–
9.49
13.0
14.2
26.2
–
3.6
6.57
5.93
6.83
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
8
6.8
10.1
3.1
–
–
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$3.18
3.98
2.92
8.74
4.0
5.0
10.9
11.6
$3.10
–
–
–
23.6
–
–
–
$3.35
–
–
7.46
46.9
–
–
6.7
8.83
12.6
–
–
–
–
8.91
7.53
8.60
8.21
7.53
8.60
10.5
5.6
9.8
7.2
5.6
9.8
9.20
7.69
8.62
8.36
7.69
8.62
11.9
5.8
10.7
7.0
5.8
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.20
6.5
8.12
7.5
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
10.14
6.0
–
–
8.40
8.0
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
17.46
7.88
8.86
9.31
13.94
30.36
9.66
7.72
8.92
9.00
8.56
8.07
9.25
8.56
8.07
9.25
14.07
9.22
26.1
1.8
12.1
26.5
12.5
23.8
5.7
2.7
14.1
30.8
5.7
3.6
15.9
5.7
3.6
15.9
22.0
16.9
20.12
8.01
–
9.33
13.99
30.36
10.27
8.01
–
8.96
8.48
–
–
8.48
–
–
–
9.65
28.2
2.5
–
31.4
13.4
23.8
7.0
2.5
–
37.6
6.9
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
17.6
8.43
7.75
8.77
–
–
–
8.07
7.40
–
–
8.70
8.03
–
8.70
8.03
–
–
–
8.1
3.8
5.7
–
–
–
6.3
2.4
–
–
3.2
4.6
–
3.2
4.6
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
14.14
9.27
10.56
10.78
14.20
15.70
19.13
19.31
13.62
3.0
3.0
6.9
2.6
4.7
5.1
5.5
3.5
4.9
14.65
–
10.76
11.02
14.17
15.81
19.13
19.31
13.92
3.2
–
7.0
3.0
4.8
5.7
5.5
3.5
4.0
10.87
9.22
10.06
9.74
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
3.4
7.6
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
22.37
14.71
9.82
16.39
14.04
12.76
10.90
11.44
10.57
17.70
18.77
17.77
11.32
11.16
13.12
10.82
8.7
5.9
5.5
4.4
6.3
7.7
3.0
4.5
6.2
5.2
8.6
4.1
3.2
4.5
7.7
5.8
22.39
15.07
–
16.94
13.88
–
10.91
–
11.01
17.70
18.77
17.77
–
–
13.36
–
8.8
6.1
–
3.3
7.3
–
3.1
–
7.5
5.2
8.6
4.1
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
16.59
11.99
11.0
13.1
16.59
11.99
11.0
13.1
–
–
–
–
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
$22.91
15.72
1.0
37.2
$22.91
15.72
1.0
37.2
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
15.83
15.94
20.96
13.61
13.23
6.0
3.4
5.3
6.3
8.1
15.83
15.94
20.96
13.61
13.23
6.0
3.4
5.3
6.3
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
12.12
8.76
11.41
12.32
15.47
5.4
11.3
3.4
5.1
4.4
12.25
8.73
11.61
12.32
15.47
5.6
12.1
4.0
5.1
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.71
11.71
11.36
11.44
7.4
7.4
6.3
1.3
–
–
11.36
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.34
7.82
14.57
9.08
9.69
9.06
7.67
3.7
6.5
17.8
9.5
11.2
8.5
5.8
10.22
8.77
–
–
–
9.82
8.33
5.3
7.9
–
–
–
10.9
10.3
$7.79
7.07
–
–
–
7.89
7.20
12.1
6.8
–
–
–
9.5
8.0
10.24
7.82
6.59
14.4
12.2
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$21.51
2.5
$21.53
3.5
$21.21
23.0
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
36.31
28.39
54.09
14.4
5.8
34.8
36.70
–
58.90
13.7
–
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
20.17
21.17
2.1
4.9
20.17
21.17
2.1
4.9
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
19.04
8.0
19.04
8.0
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
23.41
3.4
24.16
3.0
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
17.19
12.96
22.3
3.3
17.21
12.96
22.5
3.3
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
25.73
12.70
27.46
27.12
29.19
3.8
.6
5.3
1.2
4.1
25.73
12.70
27.46
27.12
27.45
3.8
.6
5.3
1.2
1.4
25.75
–
–
–
–
22.9
–
–
–
–
27.03
27.46
27.25
27.16
26.60
27.11
27.00
.2
5.3
1.1
.7
.5
4.5
1.4
27.09
27.46
27.25
27.16
26.68
27.11
27.00
.0
5.3
1.1
.7
.8
4.5
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.40
27.31
26.85
.2
5.0
.6
26.52
27.31
26.85
.6
5.0
.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.07
27.29
28.25
1.5
3.6
1.8
27.07
27.29
28.25
1.5
3.6
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.37
12.38
12.70
3.1
.8
.6
28.37
12.38
12.70
3.1
.8
.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
19.34
8.8
18.73
8.0
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
25.23
23.03
22.26
22.26
9.2
1.0
13.5
13.5
26.50
23.03
25.15
25.15
7.3
1.0
10.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
10.87
5.9
–
–
–
–
10.53
10.53
7.6
7.6
10.49
10.49
8.3
8.3
–
–
–
–
10.28
2.3
10.19
1.7
–
–
13.35
11.13
14.80
14.68
14.27
15.56
14.14
14.98
11.53
11.20
5.5
1.3
5.8
7.6
1.9
1.9
1.0
6.5
3.3
.9
13.38
11.13
14.80
14.59
14.27
15.56
14.14
14.98
11.36
–
5.8
1.4
5.8
7.8
1.9
1.9
1.0
6.5
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
$14.54
7.1
$15.30
3.6
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
20.29
6.0
20.29
6.0
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
12.58
12.93
12.93
11.0
10.6
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
12
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.95
3.6
$20.22
4.0
$10.17
7.7
Management occupations .................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
39.04
32.20
43.94
54.09
36.53
7.8
8.2
15.8
34.8
1.6
39.22
–
43.94
58.90
–
7.7
–
15.8
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
23.45
21.20
27.01
2.0
4.4
7.7
23.45
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.40
27.94
20.76
19.02
23.83
24.22
7.1
7.5
5.3
1.0
11.3
11.6
26.40
–
20.76
19.02
23.83
24.22
7.1
–
5.3
1.0
11.3
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
35.25
19.97
37.44
54.23
42.13
40.71
41.53
40.24
31.03
36.10
9.0
8.5
2.1
6.2
4.1
5.2
4.3
5.8
21.0
5.3
35.25
–
–
–
42.13
–
41.53
40.24
31.03
36.10
9.0
–
–
–
4.1
–
4.3
5.8
21.0
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
Group II .............................................................
28.75
19.50
41.21
39.45
40.75
46.51
22.77
19.30
23.41
18.67
13.2
5.4
8.7
7.3
7.0
10.9
11.2
2.1
13.5
2.9
28.75
–
–
39.45
–
46.51
22.77
–
23.41
18.67
13.2
–
–
7.3
–
10.9
11.2
–
13.5
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group III ............................................................
24.23
25.65
4.2
10.1
24.82
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Group II .............................................................
16.16
13.07
30.26
33.80
11.87
11.87
15.9
9.6
9.7
1.8
10.2
10.2
16.17
–
–
–
11.87
–
16.0
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
45.34
21.25
40.29
56.41
42.20
24.29
2.4
5.9
3.1
11.4
2.0
3.9
46.20
–
–
59.06
–
24.29
2.1
–
–
13.7
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
25.46
12.38
26.28
31.07
31.08
33.35
30.91
3.7
.8
2.6
4.1
3.7
11.4
12.8
25.42
–
–
–
31.16
32.95
–
3.7
–
–
–
3.7
11.2
–
26.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.87
2.1
26.76
1.8
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.88
27.16
26.97
27.11
2.5
.7
1.6
1.7
–
–
$26.81
–
–
–
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.47
26.62
.5
.7
26.58
26.62
.8
.7
–
–
–
–
28.09
28.18
28.49
28.93
3.6
3.8
1.8
3.5
27.32
27.34
28.49
–
1.7
1.8
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.68
28.98
12.38
12.38
3.1
5.0
.8
.8
28.68
28.98
12.38
12.38
3.1
5.0
.8
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.84
16.96
32.75
14.0
12.7
14.4
22.84
–
–
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
32.77
12.65
24.52
61.67
25.68
25.37
24.20
20.1
6.2
7.7
26.4
2.0
3.7
4.0
34.39
–
–
–
25.53
24.91
–
22.3
–
–
–
1.7
5.3
–
$23.84
–
–
–
25.96
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
15.44
17.40
17.88
8.0
4.1
2.9
–
17.40
17.88
–
4.1
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ..............................................................
9.54
8.15
7.36
7.36
10.45
10.45
16.63
13.76
14.9
5.3
2.6
2.6
1.6
1.6
9.0
7.7
11.42
–
8.39
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.08
10.63
19.23
22.26
24.58
22.26
24.58
10.96
10.65
10.96
10.65
21.1
1.9
19.0
13.5
7.9
13.5
7.9
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.4
16.33
–
–
25.15
–
25.15
25.15
11.00
–
11.00
10.74
22.9
–
–
10.0
–
10.0
10.0
1.1
–
1.1
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
7.46
7.42
9.17
9.17
3.18
3.19
2.92
2.92
8.74
7.1
6.9
2.6
2.6
4.0
4.2
10.9
10.9
11.6
7.70
–
9.49
–
3.10
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
3.6
–
23.6
–
–
–
–
6.95
–
–
–
3.35
–
–
–
7.46
See footnotes at end of table.
14
6.1
–
–
–
46.9
–
–
–
6.7
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Fast food and counter workers –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.74
11.6
–
–
–
–
8.83
8.83
12.6
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
9.20
8.73
8.68
8.55
8.9
7.2
6.6
6.8
$9.47
–
8.88
–
9.6
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.55
8.33
6.2
5.7
8.51
8.23
7.3
6.6
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
10.23
10.01
5.5
6.6
–
–
–
–
$8.68
–
8.1
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
17.39
9.68
25.41
9.72
8.96
8.77
8.77
8.77
8.77
14.07
9.22
9.08
25.7
12.6
15.9
5.8
13.1
6.4
6.4
6.4
6.4
22.0
16.9
20.8
19.98
–
–
10.34
–
8.80
–
8.80
8.80
–
9.65
9.53
27.8
–
–
7.0
–
8.4
–
8.4
8.4
–
17.6
22.5
8.43
–
–
8.07
–
8.70
–
8.70
8.70
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
6.3
–
3.2
–
3.2
3.2
–
–
–
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 ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
13.95
12.29
17.90
2.7
3.6
3.4
14.33
–
–
2.8
–
–
11.01
–
–
5.1
–
–
22.21
25.57
14.55
11.49
17.82
13.84
10.41
16.82
12.73
12.73
10.94
10.94
13.92
10.57
10.57
15.95
14.65
17.99
15.51
14.18
18.47
17.08
15.70
19.02
11.35
11.35
11.19
11.19
12.24
11.37
16.54
7.9
4.9
5.8
8.8
5.2
6.1
8.7
6.4
7.5
7.7
3.0
3.0
5.3
6.2
6.2
6.0
4.5
6.5
7.9
1.7
8.2
4.2
7.2
4.4
3.1
3.1
4.4
4.4
5.7
2.2
12.1
22.22
25.57
14.87
–
–
13.68
10.41
17.56
–
–
10.95
10.95
13.92
11.01
11.01
15.95
–
–
15.51
14.18
18.47
17.08
15.70
19.02
12.39
–
–
–
12.25
11.40
16.55
7.9
4.9
6.0
–
–
7.0
8.7
6.8
–
–
3.1
3.1
5.3
7.5
7.5
6.0
–
–
7.9
1.7
8.2
4.2
7.2
4.4
2.8
–
–
–
6.1
2.2
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.10
11.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
5.5
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
$16.03
10.58
20.12
8.6
7.2
8.0
$16.27
–
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.93
15.55
19.09
12.7
32.7
15.0
19.93
15.55
19.09
12.7
32.7
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
16.01
12.32
18.80
13.62
13.24
6.0
4.4
4.7
6.3
8.1
16.01
–
–
13.62
13.24
6.0
–
–
6.3
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
12.35
10.60
17.51
5.1
6.8
2.6
12.51
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.71
10.57
11.71
10.57
11.36
11.44
7.4
8.5
7.4
8.5
6.3
1.3
–
–
–
–
11.36
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.51
9.29
12.93
12.93
12.93
12.93
9.08
8.88
9.69
9.69
9.08
9.11
3.5
3.9
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.6
9.5
11.9
11.2
11.2
8.3
9.1
10.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.83
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
$8.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.89
–
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
10.25
10.61
7.82
7.82
13.9
16.6
12.2
12.2
11.62
–
–
–
18.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.48
$10.00
$14.00
$22.79
$34.35
Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
16.93
24.03
25.78
23.01
30.91
32.86
29.71
39.44
38.56
48.57
52.25
96.26
68.86
90.02
96.26
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
17.15
18.98
21.95
26.92
31.54
21.67
16.76
15.85
16.83
22.78
17.40
17.83
18.32
26.44
18.98
25.24
25.56
31.02
22.12
26.92
27.09
31.73
28.37
34.62
29.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
17.17
29.53
29.81
16.46
26.25
33.98
33.98
17.98
34.14
40.63
38.39
31.67
42.39
50.48
50.48
41.98
51.75
55.00
55.00
49.43
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
14.42
24.00
31.21
15.78
15.91
17.41
31.21
33.30
17.41
17.41
22.70
35.06
40.67
19.38
19.38
35.06
44.76
52.17
22.70
22.70
48.97
56.77
62.93
30.00
30.00
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
18.94
22.54
24.08
24.80
27.43
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
8.15
30.65
7.00
12.21
33.57
12.01
13.50
33.57
12.21
17.55
36.76
12.82
33.57
37.13
14.69
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
20.72
36.96
16.83
25.82
39.14
20.19
39.14
45.24
22.79
55.32
55.32
26.44
82.21
93.75
35.10
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.65
16.35
16.66
16.50
22.87
24.59
23.12
20.46
25.10
29.75
32.92
28.85
30.39
37.58
41.82
38.38
35.08
44.97
50.50
49.49
22.90
23.14
23.64
23.64
25.81
25.52
30.39
30.35
33.54
33.04
22.90
23.59
25.42
29.63
32.77
23.45
23.45
23.76
24.12
25.92
27.79
30.39
31.78
35.34
34.90
23.45
10.93
24.42
11.49
28.26
12.48
31.78
13.16
34.90
14.06
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
10.21
14.78
19.42
24.63
38.72
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.50
20.43
17.71
18.91
22.82
20.13
25.19
25.46
22.17
35.00
28.60
27.32
46.25
30.31
35.00
11.93
14.50
12.37
16.08
14.09
17.40
19.55
18.98
21.43
20.40
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
6.08
6.08
9.18
11.12
6.73
6.08
9.54
13.65
7.25
7.00
10.12
16.75
10.81
7.80
11.00
20.25
16.75
10.00
12.30
22.50
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.71
9.71
9.71
9.50
9.50
10.25
18.31
18.31
10.00
10.00
12.00
24.05
24.05
11.00
11.00
19.70
26.54
26.54
12.00
12.00
31.87
28.40
28.40
12.00
12.00
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$2.13
7.00
2.13
2.13
5.50
$6.00
8.00
2.13
2.13
7.50
$8.00
9.00
2.13
2.13
8.56
$9.75
9.75
3.00
2.60
10.25
$11.14
12.00
6.78
6.50
12.75
5.50
7.50
8.56
10.25
12.75
7.00
6.95
7.48
7.00
8.06
8.06
10.51
9.50
13.24
11.56
6.50
7.48
8.06
9.50
10.97
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.05
9.00
10.44
11.50
12.87
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.75
6.50
7.00
7.00
6.50
6.25
7.50
7.00
7.25
7.25
7.00
6.75
10.14
8.10
8.00
8.00
9.85
8.08
16.09
11.23
10.01
10.01
20.86
11.99
32.05
13.75
12.50
12.50
24.73
13.75
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.58
11.00
13.04
16.25
19.34
14.27
9.00
9.00
9.80
9.95
11.50
8.32
10.74
10.51
12.05
9.00
9.00
9.01
15.50
11.59
11.59
12.37
10.00
12.52
8.75
13.04
12.69
16.31
10.13
10.13
10.00
21.69
14.53
13.98
12.37
10.39
13.00
10.00
16.31
15.40
17.54
11.31
10.45
11.78
28.89
16.92
15.00
12.50
12.02
15.50
11.40
17.75
17.86
17.90
12.30
12.59
12.95
30.72
19.95
19.64
18.25
13.85
17.78
14.00
21.83
21.83
20.97
14.05
14.05
17.66
Occupation2
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 ...........................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
9.00
10.00
15.00
20.87
25.52
14.80
8.00
10.50
15.68
8.00
14.47
18.80
14.47
18.73
25.52
22.79
22.79
25.52
24.81
24.81
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
11.00
10.00
10.00
12.00
11.50
11.04
15.00
12.65
12.50
18.00
16.30
13.20
23.80
18.83
18.83
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.00
9.00
11.66
14.50
18.16
8.00
8.00
9.75
10.50
8.75
8.75
10.25
10.75
11.36
11.36
12.07
11.66
14.17
14.17
12.07
11.66
15.48
15.48
12.07
12.30
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.00
11.00
11.00
5.15
6.50
6.00
$7.25
11.77
11.77
6.50
6.50
7.30
$9.00
12.71
12.71
10.31
10.88
8.25
$11.00
13.16
13.16
11.13
11.22
10.40
$12.65
15.99
15.99
12.01
12.01
11.50
7.30
5.90
8.25
6.00
8.50
7.50
10.51
10.49
15.55
10.49
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.00
$9.50
$12.80
$20.77
$34.14
Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
16.93
22.53
23.01
27.99
29.35
39.44
47.28
52.25
74.55
90.02
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
18.20
20.21
25.79
29.29
34.62
22.78
15.75
16.83
22.78
17.83
18.32
26.44
25.24
25.56
31.02
26.92
27.09
31.73
34.62
29.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
26.21
29.53
29.81
31.67
33.98
33.98
36.78
40.63
38.39
45.17
50.48
50.48
53.10
55.00
55.00
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
14.42
24.00
31.21
15.73
15.91
17.41
31.21
33.30
17.41
17.41
22.93
35.20
40.67
19.38
19.38
35.16
44.97
52.17
22.70
22.70
49.53
56.97
62.93
30.18
30.00
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
20.19
16.83
24.04
20.19
39.14
22.79
55.32
26.44
86.54
35.10
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
11.40
15.00
20.07
29.62
31.78
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
10.21
14.78
19.42
24.63
34.62
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
14.73
20.43
19.55
22.88
27.00
25.77
35.50
28.60
46.25
30.31
11.93
12.37
14.09
19.55
21.43
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
6.08
6.08
9.18
11.12
9.50
9.50
6.51
6.08
9.54
13.65
10.00
10.00
7.14
7.00
10.12
16.75
11.00
11.00
10.82
7.80
11.00
20.25
12.00
12.00
16.75
10.00
12.30
22.50
12.00
12.00
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
7.00
2.13
2.13
5.50
5.50
7.95
2.13
2.13
7.50
7.95
9.00
2.13
2.13
8.56
9.66
9.75
3.00
2.60
10.25
10.99
11.20
6.78
6.50
12.75
5.50
7.50
8.56
10.25
12.75
6.75
6.50
7.00
7.00
8.00
7.50
10.12
8.50
13.43
10.80
6.50
7.00
7.69
8.50
9.73
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.00
8.85
10.20
11.42
12.36
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.75
6.50
6.90
6.90
6.50
6.25
7.47
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
6.75
10.00
8.08
8.00
8.00
9.85
8.08
16.24
11.03
9.00
9.00
20.86
11.99
32.05
14.30
11.64
11.64
24.73
13.75
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
9.50
11.00
13.20
16.50
20.05
14.27
9.00
9.00
9.80
9.95
15.50
13.00
11.00
12.37
10.00
21.69
15.00
14.42
12.37
10.25
28.89
17.23
15.21
12.50
12.02
30.72
20.26
19.77
18.25
13.85
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 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$8.32
12.34
11.00
15.71
9.00
9.00
9.00
$8.75
16.31
16.50
16.31
10.13
10.13
11.20
$10.00
17.54
18.75
17.54
11.31
10.40
12.00
$11.40
20.42
21.83
19.33
12.30
12.47
14.46
$14.00
22.67
24.03
21.73
14.05
14.05
19.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
8.50
8.00
9.94
8.00
15.00
18.73
23.75
22.79
25.52
24.81
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
11.00
10.00
10.00
12.00
11.50
11.04
15.00
12.65
12.50
18.00
16.30
13.20
23.00
18.83
18.83
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.00
9.00
11.66
14.25
18.00
8.00
8.00
9.75
10.50
8.75
8.75
10.25
10.75
11.36
11.36
12.07
11.66
14.17
14.17
12.07
11.66
15.48
15.48
12.07
12.30
6.00
5.15
6.50
6.00
7.20
6.50
6.50
7.20
8.50
10.31
10.88
8.25
10.90
11.13
11.22
10.25
12.01
12.01
12.01
11.50
7.30
5.90
8.25
6.00
8.50
7.50
10.50
10.49
20.24
10.49
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.74
$13.04
$18.96
$25.92
$35.44
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
18.67
25.78
22.89
32.86
32.45
38.56
48.57
96.26
48.57
96.26
Business and financial operations occupations .............
17.10
18.30
19.99
21.35
24.21
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
15.53
16.25
17.30
18.75
30.50
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
18.94
12.04
22.54
12.21
23.03
12.24
24.80
13.50
27.53
14.57
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.71
23.40
25.12
30.48
35.44
23.40
23.06
23.72
23.59
25.61
25.27
30.33
29.93
33.60
32.94
22.90
23.58
25.17
29.93
32.89
23.45
23.40
23.64
24.00
25.35
27.21
29.91
32.10
34.14
35.21
23.45
10.93
24.13
11.49
27.38
12.48
32.07
13.16
35.21
14.06
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
12.76
16.81
19.11
22.07
23.45
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
14.10
9.71
9.71
18.96
18.31
18.31
26.42
24.05
24.05
31.87
26.54
26.54
34.79
28.40
28.40
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
7.33
9.00
11.78
12.81
14.01
8.35
8.35
9.00
9.00
9.73
9.73
11.56
11.56
12.77
12.77
8.23
9.22
10.03
11.56
12.39
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.80
9.93
9.93
10.74
9.01
11.30
11.61
11.33
13.41
9.58
12.90
14.58
14.43
16.88
11.66
15.22
16.66
16.16
16.88
12.69
17.15
17.84
18.05
16.88
14.07
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
9.22
13.51
14.89
16.64
17.21
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
10.56
20.82
20.82
24.36
26.91
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
10.51
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.77
11.77
12.20
12.71
12.71
12.73
13.16
13.16
15.99
15.99
15.99
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.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.10
$11.00
$15.50
$24.03
$35.50
Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
16.93
24.03
32.50
23.01
30.91
35.36
29.81
39.44
42.95
48.57
52.25
96.26
68.99
90.02
96.26
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
17.15
18.98
21.95
26.92
31.54
21.67
16.76
15.85
16.83
22.78
17.40
17.83
18.32
26.44
18.98
25.24
25.56
31.02
22.12
26.92
27.09
31.73
28.37
34.62
29.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
17.17
29.53
29.81
16.46
26.25
33.98
33.98
17.98
34.14
40.63
38.39
31.67
42.39
50.48
50.48
41.98
51.75
55.00
55.00
49.43
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
14.42
24.00
31.21
15.78
15.91
17.41
31.21
33.30
17.41
17.41
22.70
35.06
40.67
19.38
19.38
35.06
44.76
52.17
22.70
22.70
48.97
56.77
62.93
30.00
30.00
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
22.54
22.54
24.11
24.80
27.53
Community and social services occupations ..................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
8.15
7.00
12.21
12.01
13.50
12.21
17.55
12.82
33.57
14.69
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
20.19
38.18
16.83
24.04
39.81
20.19
39.14
50.96
22.79
55.32
61.80
26.44
84.38
100.96
35.10
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.67
22.99
16.51
23.14
26.09
23.08
25.15
29.75
32.71
30.33
37.58
41.25
34.49
41.63
49.77
22.93
23.23
23.66
23.66
25.81
25.52
30.39
30.13
33.29
32.89
22.96
23.64
25.52
29.70
32.77
23.45
23.45
23.72
24.12
25.60
27.79
30.39
31.78
33.54
34.90
23.45
10.93
24.42
11.49
28.26
12.48
31.78
13.16
34.90
14.06
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
10.21
14.78
19.42
24.63
38.72
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.45
20.40
14.50
18.50
22.36
16.08
25.22
25.13
17.40
35.50
29.82
18.98
46.25
31.21
20.40
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
7.00
7.00
7.28
7.00
9.45
7.84
15.25
9.35
20.25
10.60
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.75
18.99
18.99
9.50
9.50
10.50
22.61
22.61
10.00
10.00
12.00
25.96
25.96
11.00
11.00
20.10
28.40
28.40
12.00
12.00
31.87
30.39
30.39
12.00
12.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
2.13
7.25
2.13
6.50
8.50
2.13
8.43
9.75
2.18
9.75
9.75
3.00
11.69
12.00
6.50
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.75
6.50
$7.48
7.48
$8.35
8.06
$10.91
9.80
$13.43
12.04
6.50
7.48
8.06
9.06
11.14
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.00
6.75
6.90
6.90
6.25
8.00
7.18
7.00
7.00
7.00
11.99
8.10
8.00
8.00
8.08
20.78
12.98
10.31
10.31
13.30
35.28
15.50
12.98
12.98
13.75
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.93
11.59
13.50
16.50
19.79
14.27
9.00
7.50
9.95
11.50
8.75
10.74
10.51
12.05
10.71
9.01
15.50
11.84
11.00
10.00
12.52
8.75
13.04
12.69
16.31
11.85
9.58
21.69
14.53
13.37
10.39
13.00
10.00
16.31
15.40
17.54
12.30
11.80
28.89
17.65
15.21
12.02
15.50
12.68
17.75
17.86
17.90
13.59
13.00
30.72
20.63
19.77
13.85
17.78
14.00
21.83
21.83
20.97
14.09
17.83
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
9.00
10.25
15.00
21.13
25.52
14.80
8.00
10.50
15.68
8.00
14.47
18.80
14.47
18.73
25.52
22.79
22.79
25.52
24.81
24.81
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
11.00
10.00
10.00
12.00
11.50
11.04
15.00
12.65
12.50
18.00
16.30
13.20
23.80
18.83
18.83
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
8.00
9.75
9.25
10.25
12.00
12.07
15.00
12.07
18.22
12.07
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
7.50
7.00
8.00
7.50
10.49
9.00
11.77
10.49
12.71
13.00
8.25
8.50
10.20
12.24
20.24
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 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.
24
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.08
$6.73
$8.35
$10.28
$15.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
10.88
14.58
15.14
42.93
51.80
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
14.73
21.47
21.01
23.70
24.49
26.92
28.00
28.00
29.92
29.44
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
2.13
2.13
5.15
5.50
2.13
6.50
7.50
2.13
7.50
8.56
2.13
8.56
9.50
6.78
8.75
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.97
7.40
8.85
10.00
10.66
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.00
6.75
7.50
7.50
8.00
7.75
8.00
8.00
9.60
9.00
9.50
9.50
10.52
10.23
10.75
10.75
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
8.31
10.00
9.12
10.00
10.13
11.50
12.50
12.55
15.00
15.31
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
5.15
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.75
7.85
8.50
8.50
12.20
10.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$600
40.0
$40,943
$31,356
2,025
1,614
1,758
2,339
1,231
1,578
1,718
41.2
40.0
39.7
78,441
91,396
107,640
61,004
82,035
70,678
2,000
2,080
1,827
21.95
941
878
40.1
48,952
45,664
2,087
26.40
20.76
23.83
24.22
26.44
18.98
25.24
25.56
1,056
830
951
969
1,058
759
1,010
1,023
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
54,903
43,179
49,470
50,372
54,999
39,480
52,499
53,171
2,080
2,080
2,076
2,080
35.25
42.13
34.14
40.63
1,418
1,694
1,365
1,621
40.2
40.2
73,752
88,090
71,001
84,300
2,092
2,091
41.53
31.03
38.39
31.67
1,661
1,241
1,536
1,267
40.0
40.0
86,376
64,551
79,851
65,872
2,080
2,080
28.75
39.45
46.51
22.70
35.06
40.67
1,167
1,631
1,902
908
1,456
1,665
40.6
41.3
40.9
60,676
84,790
98,880
47,216
75,689
86,588
2,111
2,149
2,126
22.77
19.38
911
775
40.0
47,358
40,319
2,080
23.41
19.38
936
775
40.0
48,695
40,319
2,080
24.82
24.11
974
924
39.2
49,665
48,064
2,001
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$20.22
$15.50
$809
Management occupations ...................
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
39.22
43.94
58.90
29.81
39.44
42.95
23.45
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Computer hardware engineers .......
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Annual earnings5
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
16.17
13.50
646
540
40.0
32,412
28,070
2,005
11.87
12.21
475
489
40.0
24,684
25,405
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ..........
46.20
59.06
24.29
39.14
50.96
22.79
2,024
2,740
971
2,100
2,213
912
43.8
46.4
40.0
105,223
142,472
50,514
109,201
115,072
47,401
2,278
2,412
2,080
25.42
31.16
25.15
29.75
1,003
1,202
992
1,090
39.5
38.6
38,615
48,631
37,755
48,438
1,519
1,561
32.95
32.71
1,318
1,308
40.0
54,804
54,121
1,663
26.76
25.81
1,062
1,021
39.7
40,024
38,257
1,495
26.81
25.52
1,062
1,010
39.6
39,660
37,790
1,479
26.58
25.52
1,052
1,005
39.6
39,341
37,580
1,480
27.32
28.49
25.60
27.79
1,083
1,136
1,017
1,109
39.6
39.9
40,400
42,431
38,021
41,668
1,479
1,489
28.68
12.38
28.26
12.48
1,142
486
1,130
494
39.8
39.2
42,643
19,013
42,272
19,268
1,487
1,536
22.84
19.42
929
777
40.7
48,089
40,400
2,106
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$34.39
25.53
$25.22
25.13
$1,318
962
$1,005
951
38.3
37.7
$68,535
50,033
$52,270
49,454
1,993
1,960
17.40
17.40
696
696
40.0
36,201
36,192
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
11.42
9.45
440
381
38.6
22,901
19,822
2,005
8.39
7.84
336
314
40.0
17,456
16,307
2,080
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
16.33
25.15
25.15
12.00
25.96
25.96
676
1,011
1,011
480
1,038
1,038
41.4
40.2
40.2
35,155
52,555
52,555
24,960
53,997
53,997
2,153
2,090
2,090
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
440
440
440
440
40.0
40.0
22,888
22,888
22,880
22,880
2,080
2,080
7.70
9.49
3.10
8.43
9.75
2.18
278
368
104
304
390
70
36.0
38.8
33.4
14,327
19,152
5,388
15,600
20,280
3,628
1,860
2,019
1,737
9.47
8.88
8.35
8.06
381
355
331
322
40.2
39.9
19,640
18,265
16,942
16,756
2,074
2,058
8.51
8.06
340
322
39.9
17,569
16,756
2,064
19.98
10.34
8.80
8.80
9.65
11.99
8.10
8.00
8.00
8.08
807
422
347
347
405
480
324
316
316
346
40.4
40.8
39.4
39.4
42.0
41,952
21,968
18,020
18,020
21,067
24,939
16,848
16,432
16,432
17,991
2,100
2,124
2,047
2,047
2,184
14.33
13.50
568
536
39.7
29,450
27,799
2,055
22.22
14.87
21.69
14.53
880
583
847
563
39.6
39.2
45,752
30,316
44,034
29,250
2,059
2,039
13.68
10.95
13.92
11.01
13.37
10.39
13.00
10.00
542
438
557
440
535
415
520
400
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
28,168
22,777
28,709
22,905
27,799
21,601
28,662
20,800
2,059
2,080
2,062
2,080
15.95
16.31
638
652
40.0
32,903
33,921
2,063
15.51
15.40
621
616
40.0
31,903
31,801
2,057
17.08
17.54
683
702
40.0
35,366
36,483
2,070
12.39
12.25
12.30
11.80
493
490
492
472
39.8
40.0
25,634
25,457
25,584
24,540
2,069
2,078
16.27
15.00
656
600
40.3
34,118
31,200
2,097
19.93
18.80
816
744
41.0
42,450
38,709
2,129
15.55
14.47
622
579
40.0
32,352
30,098
2,080
19.09
18.73
764
749
40.0
39,706
38,954
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$617
563
41.3
43.4
$34,407
30,724
$32,072
29,250
2,149
2,256
579
563
43.7
30,085
29,250
2,273
12.00
496
450
39.7
25,808
23,400
2,063
11.36
12.07
454
483
40.0
23,630
25,114
2,080
10.31
9.83
10.49
9.00
411
393
420
360
39.8
40.0
20,514
19,543
20,800
17,680
1,989
1,987
11.62
10.20
465
408
40.0
21,856
19,927
1,880
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.01
13.62
$15.00
12.65
$662
591
13.24
12.50
12.51
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 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$560
40.0
$41,175
$29,120
2,074
1,704
1,836
1,187
1,578
41.9
40.0
88,614
95,459
61,718
82,035
2,179
2,080
25.79
1,037
1,037
40.2
53,904
53,914
2,093
27.19
23.80
24.22
26.44
25.24
25.56
1,087
950
969
1,058
1,010
1,023
40.0
39.9
40.0
56,547
49,405
50,372
54,999
52,499
53,171
2,080
2,076
2,080
39.09
42.13
36.78
40.63
1,575
1,694
1,495
1,621
40.3
40.2
81,894
88,090
77,746
84,300
2,095
2,091
41.53
38.39
1,661
1,536
40.0
86,376
79,851
2,080
28.89
39.70
46.51
22.93
35.20
40.67
1,173
1,642
1,902
908
1,477
1,665
40.6
41.4
40.9
61,003
85,398
98,880
47,216
76,800
86,588
2,111
2,151
2,126
22.85
19.38
914
775
40.0
47,519
40,319
2,080
23.41
19.38
936
775
40.0
48,695
40,319
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ..........
46.74
24.29
39.14
22.79
2,062
971
2,152
912
44.1
40.0
107,233
50,514
111,929
47,401
2,294
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
22.42
21.74
897
870
40.0
39,786
42,276
1,775
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
22.59
19.42
921
777
40.8
47,909
40,400
2,120
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
35.96
28.60
1,369
1,080
38.1
71,164
56,160
1,979
11.48
9.35
442
381
38.5
22,980
19,822
2,001
8.39
7.84
336
314
40.0
17,456
16,307
2,080
7.64
9.49
3.10
8.43
9.75
2.18
275
368
104
300
390
70
36.0
38.8
33.4
14,284
19,152
5,388
15,600
20,280
3,628
1,870
2,019
1,737
9.20
8.36
8.06
7.50
371
334
322
300
40.3
39.9
19,269
17,356
16,756
15,600
2,095
2,077
8.12
7.48
324
299
39.9
16,863
15,560
2,076
20.12
10.27
8.48
8.48
9.65
11.99
8.10
7.90
7.90
8.08
813
420
334
334
405
480
324
316
316
346
40.4
40.9
39.3
39.3
42.0
42,258
21,829
17,345
17,345
21,067
24,939
16,848
16,432
16,432
17,991
2,100
2,125
2,044
2,044
2,184
14.65
13.87
580
544
39.6
30,085
28,301
2,054
22.39
21.69
886
867
39.6
46,066
45,105
2,057
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.85
$14.25
$794
Management occupations ...................
Financial managers ............................
40.67
45.89
29.35
39.44
25.76
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Computer hardware engineers .......
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$563
39.2
$30,692
$29,250
2,036
549
436
440
559
410
400
39.6
40.0
40.0
28,562
22,693
22,905
29,078
21,320
20,800
2,057
2,080
2,080
17.54
708
702
40.0
36,380
36,483
2,055
18.77
18.75
751
750
40.0
37,814
36,924
2,014
17.77
13.36
17.54
12.09
711
533
702
484
40.0
39.9
36,957
27,733
36,483
25,147
2,080
2,076
16.59
15.00
670
600
40.4
34,863
31,200
2,102
15.72
18.73
629
749
40.0
32,696
38,954
2,080
15.83
13.61
15.00
12.65
655
591
600
563
41.4
43.4
34,068
30,722
31,200
29,250
2,152
2,257
13.23
12.50
578
563
43.7
30,079
29,250
2,274
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.07
$14.53
$590
13.88
10.91
11.01
13.98
10.25
10.00
17.70
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
12.25
11.50
486
446
39.7
25,275
23,171
2,063
11.36
12.07
454
483
40.0
23,630
25,114
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
10.22
9.82
10.31
8.75
408
393
412
350
39.9
40.0
20,649
19,535
21,174
17,680
2,021
1,989
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
30
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$774
40.1
$40,190
$36,411
1,867
1,466
2,339
1,300
1,718
39.9
39.7
64,274
107,640
57,092
70,678
1,751
1,827
19.99
807
799
40.0
41,960
41,571
2,080
19.04
17.30
761
692
40.0
39,596
35,988
2,080
24.16
23.75
965
950
39.9
48,823
49,400
2,021
12.96
12.24
519
490
40.0
26,965
25,465
2,080
25.73
25.27
1,014
995
39.4
38,514
37,380
1,497
27.09
25.67
1,074
1,021
39.7
40,188
38,179
1,484
26.68
25.29
1,056
997
39.6
39,492
37,298
1,480
26.52
25.27
1,049
997
39.6
39,240
37,298
1,480
27.07
28.25
25.35
27.21
1,072
1,126
1,002
1,085
39.6
39.9
40,097
42,164
37,461
40,691
1,481
1,492
28.37
12.38
27.38
12.48
1,130
486
1,094
494
39.8
39.2
42,294
19,013
40,963
19,268
1,491
1,536
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
18.73
19.11
772
780
41.2
40,140
40,560
2,143
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
26.50
25.15
25.15
26.54
25.96
25.96
1,177
1,011
1,011
1,136
1,038
1,038
44.4
40.2
40.2
61,227
52,555
52,555
59,072
53,997
53,997
2,311
2,090
2,090
10.49
10.49
9.69
9.69
419
419
388
388
40.0
40.0
20,981
20,981
20,155
20,155
1,999
1,999
10.19
9.87
407
395
39.9
20,531
20,322
2,015
13.38
12.93
535
517
40.0
27,584
26,437
2,061
14.27
14.58
571
583
40.0
29,529
30,000
2,070
14.14
14.43
565
577
40.0
29,333
29,914
2,075
14.98
11.36
16.88
11.66
599
454
675
466
40.0
40.0
30,563
23,623
35,110
24,253
2,041
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.53
$19.31
$863
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
36.70
58.90
32.50
42.95
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
20.17
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$609
40.0
$31,833
$31,687
2,080
833
40.0
42,194
43,312
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
$15.30
$15.23
$612
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
20.29
20.82
811
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
32
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$18.30
$15.11
$19.36
$25.30
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 ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
33.67
33.46
33.78
8.89
15.50
17.46
14.14
16.01
16.59
15.83
10.88
12.12
9.34
29.96
26.85
31.22
9.14
13.58
13.65
13.51
15.35
17.90
14.86
10.53
12.08
9.04
40.39
39.53
40.82
9.02
13.81
14.14
13.61
15.51
–
–
11.02
11.89
9.69
32.15
33.90
31.16
7.70
23.97
–
16.08
25.20
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.6
8.5
6.9
9.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.8
5.6
4.1
8.2
12.5
26.1
3.0
3.7
11.0
6.0
4.8
5.4
3.7
9.8
10.6
11.6
12.2
10.3
19.1
4.7
3.9
8.4
4.6
10.7
18.1
5.4
8.6
15.4
7.6
7.5
9.0
21.1
5.0
12.5
–
–
4.2
6.1
12.7
4.5
7.8
7.8
4.2
31.5
–
6.2
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 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.
33
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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$516
40.1
$33,666
$26,832
2,083
1,170
1,035
43.4
60,837
53,839
2,255
16.83
1,010
673
41.1
52,534
35,000
2,140
6.92
8.00
247
289
35.7
12,843
15,028
1,855
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
9.09
7.50
363
300
40.0
18,900
15,600
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
14.78
10.08
9.51
9.17
8.07
8.07
604
418
407
440
323
346
40.9
41.5
42.8
31,405
21,745
21,160
22,880
16,800
17,991
2,125
2,158
2,226
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
14.03
14.80
13.10
15.35
12.18
13.98
14.53
13.37
16.31
12.00
550
571
514
614
487
559
563
535
652
480
39.2
38.5
39.2
40.0
40.0
28,615
29,669
26,729
31,935
25,340
29,047
29,250
27,799
33,921
24,960
2,040
2,005
2,040
2,080
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
17.90
20.17
716
807
40.0
37,230
41,954
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics
14.86
13.61
13.23
13.20
12.65
12.50
619
591
578
576
563
563
41.6
43.4
43.7
32,162
30,722
30,079
29,952
29,250
29,250
2,164
2,257
2,274
Production occupations ..........................................
12.08
10.60
486
424
40.3
25,292
22,048
2,094
Transportation and material moving occupations
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
9.84
8.46
10.49
7.50
394
338
420
300
40.0
40.0
19,698
16,137
21,819
15,600
2,002
1,908
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$16.16
$12.80
$649
Management occupations .......................................
26.97
26.07
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
24.55
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
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
34
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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$673
39.8
$49,960
$35,194
2,064
2,058
1,836
1,578
1,578
40.9
40.0
107,035
95,459
82,035
82,035
2,128
2,080
25.56
1,033
1,032
40.3
53,713
53,643
2,095
27.19
21.25
24.22
26.44
18.32
25.56
1,087
847
969
1,058
733
1,023
40.0
39.9
40.0
56,547
44,070
50,372
54,999
38,108
53,171
2,080
2,074
2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems software
40.42
41.46
40.50
40.36
40.63
38.39
1,632
1,669
1,620
1,615
1,621
1,536
40.4
40.3
40.0
84,870
86,796
84,248
83,955
84,300
79,851
2,100
2,093
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
30.96
39.20
20.16
20.14
31.21
36.58
19.38
19.38
1,249
1,593
806
806
1,248
1,514
775
775
40.3
40.6
40.0
40.0
64,959
82,838
41,924
41,900
64,917
78,728
40,319
40,319
2,098
2,113
2,080
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
22.25
20.07
890
803
40.0
39,923
42,894
1,795
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
24.76
24.39
1,015
985
41.0
52,783
51,226
2,131
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
23.49
21.57
906
842
38.6
47,130
43,784
2,007
Healthcare support occupations .............................
8.29
7.70
331
308
40.0
17,237
16,016
2,080
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
8.71
9.75
317
339
36.4
16,487
17,638
1,894
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
9.29
8.96
8.06
8.06
376
357
322
322
40.5
39.9
19,576
18,587
16,756
16,756
2,107
2,075
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
35.40
11.49
13.30
11.99
1,383
429
532
480
39.1
37.3
71,905
22,299
27,664
24,939
2,031
1,942
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
15.24
15.41
14.69
10.97
20.83
13.34
15.21
13.98
11.00
21.63
608
616
586
439
833
532
608
559
440
865
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
31,495
32,008
30,485
22,816
42,148
27,664
31,637
29,078
22,880
42,806
2,067
2,077
2,075
2,080
2,023
20.89
15.52
21.83
19.00
836
617
873
760
40.0
39.8
41,257
32,109
38,651
39,528
1,975
2,070
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$24.21
$17.30
$964
Management occupations .......................................
Financial managers ................................................
50.29
45.89
39.42
39.44
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Financial analysts ...............................................
25.64
See footnotes at end of table.
35
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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$470
41.0
$31,635
$24,440
2,132
1,020
1,040
39.1
53,025
54,101
2,032
12.07
12.07
486
454
459
483
39.1
40.0
25,260
23,630
23,868
25,114
2,033
2,080
9.25
9.50
440
448
370
380
39.7
40.0
22,899
23,313
19,240
19,760
2,065
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Construction and extraction occupations .............
$14.84
$11.75
$608
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
26.09
26.01
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
12.42
11.36
Transportation and material moving occupations
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
11.09
11.21
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
36
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$22.36
$22.36
–
$18.92
$18.26
$21.51
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 .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.76
21.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.83
31.26
30.60
10.17
15.15
17.39
13.92
15.48
–
15.84
11.08
12.35
9.51
33.71
33.46
33.83
8.89
15.48
17.46
14.10
15.40
14.22
15.65
10.88
12.12
9.34
25.91
27.86
24.79
19.33
13.36
–
13.35
16.11
14.54
20.29
15.20
–
12.58
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.3
2.3
–
3.6
4.5
2.5
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
4.9
3.1
6.1
10.9
25.7
2.6
4.1
–
6.0
4.6
5.1
3.5
3.8
5.6
4.1
8.2
12.6
26.1
2.9
4.5
6.1
6.0
4.8
5.4
3.7
3.7
12.4
4.9
7.0
5.4
–
5.5
7.1
7.1
6.0
11.4
–
11.0
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$18.42
$17.57
$27.74
$27.74
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
29.64
30.02
29.46
10.13
14.57
16.20
13.96
15.98
–
15.96
11.06
12.34
9.51
31.96
31.61
32.12
8.83
14.84
16.27
14.15
15.97
16.59
15.76
10.86
12.10
9.34
58.77
–
–
–
19.41
19.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
58.90
–
–
–
19.41
19.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.4
4.3
11.5
11.5
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.5
5.9
2.9
6.0
9.4
30.0
2.7
3.6
–
6.4
4.6
5.2
3.5
3.6
7.3
4.1
7.9
11.3
30.7
3.0
3.9
11.0
6.4
4.8
5.5
3.7
28.6
–
–
–
15.8
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.7
–
–
–
15.8
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 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 ................................................
$22.60
$25.65
$15.84
$18.65
$19.12
$22.94
$16.01
$7.99
$14.05
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 ...
–
–
–
–
35.16
–
12.68
42.89
60.11
38.15
–
17.27
–
17.26
–
–
34.32
10.60
12.98
12.38
14.28
25.48
–
25.28
–
15.13
16.58
14.32
25.72
25.68
–
–
15.72
–
15.95
35.69
32.90
36.40
10.68
15.23
25.60
12.99
27.97
–
27.93
9.73
14.78
–
14.76
–
–
–
7.12
8.76
7.70
9.68
–
–
19.56
–
–
–
–
15.95
–
15.97
–
16.23
16.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.73
12.19
–
11.00
13.51
10.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.08
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
16.5
1.8
9.7
15.0
4.0
8.0
15.3
1.2
15.2
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 ...
–
–
–
–
23.8
–
6.1
4.2
7.9
2.4
–
5.0
–
5.1
–
–
4.3
5.4
16.6
20.5
9.3
20.3
–
28.7
–
15.5
28.2
13.8
3.0
3.1
–
–
3.8
–
3.1
7.3
8.9
9.3
11.5
4.6
26.4
7.6
21.4
–
19.2
12.0
4.6
–
4.7
–
–
–
5.1
12.3
4.1
18.6
–
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
1.0
–
13.6
–
4.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
7.2
–
7.0
5.4
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
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.
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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 Austin–San Marcos, TX, Metropolitan Statistical
Area includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson 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:
A-2
•
•
•
•
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
A-4
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, Austin-San
Marcos, TX, April 2006
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
650,800
511,700
139,100
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 .......................
203,100
64,700
138,400
126,600
194,600
71,000
123,600
59,000
17,300
41,600
67,600
32,800
34,800
118,300
37,300
81,000
111,400
165,600
69,900
95,600
52,300
12,400
39,900
64,200
31,500
32,700
84,900
27,400
57,400
15,200
29,000
28,000
6,700
5,000
1,700
3,400
2,100
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April
2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
23,438
23,392
46
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
268
188
38
42
242
162
38
42
26
26
0
0
1 The NCS selects a sample of business
establishments and State and local government
operations 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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