Amarillo, TX
National Compensation Survey
May 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
September 2006
Bulletin 3135–01
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 Amarillo, TX, metropolitan area. Data were collected between March 2006 and July 2006; the average reference month is May 2006. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and
at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are
information on the program, a technical note describing
survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
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, Amarillo, TX,
May 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$14.72
2.4
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
21.25
26.16
20.55
9.85
11.83
11.68
11.95
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.9
$13.89
2.6
5.5
10.9
5.7
3.5
3.8
7.2
4.3
38.7
41.8
38.3
33.4
34.9
32.7
36.9
20.15
24.74
19.47
8.06
11.73
11.67
11.79
15.14
14.46
16.84
6.7
9.0
5.5
40.3
40.0
41.1
13.10
11.49
14.77
3.3
4.2
5.3
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
15.48
8.08
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.4
$18.95
7.0
39.8
6.3
9.7
6.7
5.7
4.2
7.3
5.3
38.1
41.9
37.6
31.5
34.7
32.8
36.8
24.15
30.37
23.34
14.85
12.69
–
12.69
6.7
27.8
5.2
6.5
4.3
–
4.4
40.2
41.6
40.0
40.5
37.4
–
37.9
15.46
14.66
17.63
7.1
9.3
5.5
40.3
40.0
41.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.8
39.9
41.9
13.12
11.49
14.82
3.3
4.2
5.4
40.9
39.9
42.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
3.4
40.4
21.2
14.70
7.96
2.5
3.5
40.4
21.1
19.04
13.03
7.0
4.7
40.3
22.2
22.47
14.37
6.4
2.6
39.6
36.8
22.47
13.42
6.4
3.0
39.6
36.2
–
18.95
–
7.0
–
39.8
14.55
18.69
2.3
12.2
36.6
46.0
13.65
18.69
2.6
12.2
36.0
46.0
18.95
–
7.0
–
39.8
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
14.42
13.76
8.5
2.4
39.9
35.6
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
13.67
12.32
17.63
4.9
3.2
4.0
36.3
35.5
38.7
13.64
11.95
16.49
4.9
3.5
3.0
36.3
35.3
37.7
–
20.55
18.83
–
4.5
7.5
–
39.8
39.8
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, Amarillo, TX, May
2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$14.72
2.4
$15.48
2.3
$8.08
3.4
Management occupations .................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
31.97
44.85
48.17
15.7
27.7
24.8
31.97
44.85
48.17
15.7
27.7
24.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
20.48
15.79
21.79
6.8
3.6
10.6
20.48
15.79
21.79
6.8
3.6
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
25.92
25.62
30.10
5.7
8.4
13.6
25.92
25.62
30.10
5.7
8.4
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 8 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
20.26
18.41
27.54
17.3
2.9
9.7
20.53
18.41
–
17.4
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
23.37
8.99
25.77
12.9
8.0
12.7
23.93
–
25.77
12.3
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.05
27.00
2.5
3.8
27.05
27.00
2.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
27.45
8.99
8.99
3.4
8.0
8.0
27.45
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.60
11.5
12.05
11.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
20.90
10.24
14.76
17.12
22.76
23.14
42.24
23.80
22.29
10.43
10.43
15.03
14.33
17.68
7.2
2.5
1.9
7.5
8.7
7.3
8.2
6.7
10.9
3.4
3.4
2.9
2.2
21.9
20.82
10.30
14.77
–
22.76
22.46
42.24
23.71
22.29
10.51
10.51
14.97
14.27
17.68
7.8
2.5
2.1
–
8.7
8.4
8.2
7.2
10.9
3.8
3.8
3.1
2.7
21.9
22.20
–
–
–
–
26.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
10.67
7.70
8.29
6.99
8.89
11.0
9.5
6.0
3.6
3.4
11.57
–
9.04
–
9.01
16.7
–
3.0
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
16.78
4.3
16.81
4.4
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
7.11
5.78
5.86
8.32
8.90
6.7
6.0
6.8
3.5
1.9
7.93
5.18
4.16
8.66
8.98
13.0
3.9
16.7
6.8
3.0
6.39
6.08
6.52
–
–
3.8
8.1
3.4
–
–
12.36
10.7
12.36
10.7
–
–
12.36
7.82
8.19
4.43
10.7
4.9
1.2
20.4
12.36
8.17
–
3.24
10.7
2.9
–
7.0
–
–
–
5.49
See footnotes at end of table.
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–
–
–
22.7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Amarillo, TX, May
2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food service, tipped –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$3.64
4.82
4.54
4.71
8.3
24.8
24.9
27.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.96
6.88
6.35
6.53
12.6
4.1
2.9
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$6.58
–
6.44
–
2.1
–
3.7
6.91
6.53
6.62
6.62
4.3
4.3
2.8
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.60
6.44
–
–
2.3
3.7
–
–
4.15
3.7
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
8.97
7.18
8.50
7.13
12.3
5.4
10.6
5.2
$8.99
7.12
8.51
7.07
12.7
5.1
11.0
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.38
6.99
6.91
6.6
5.3
4.3
10.48
6.93
–
6.4
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
7.16
6.73
5.3
5.9
7.77
–
6.7
–
6.27
–
3.8
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
11.68
7.62
7.05
11.65
13.48
22.75
19.22
17.85
9.15
7.59
7.18
12.37
8.13
7.46
8.13
7.46
10.42
7.87
12.37
21.65
7.2
3.6
2.8
6.5
1.0
12.2
11.1
8.4
5.1
5.1
1.8
4.0
2.4
2.2
2.4
2.2
4.9
6.2
4.0
6.2
13.32
–
–
–
–
–
19.37
18.00
10.11
–
–
–
8.75
–
8.75
–
11.31
–
12.37
21.65
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
8.8
4.6
–
–
–
2.5
–
2.5
–
8.1
–
4.1
6.2
7.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.12
–
–
–
7.14
7.22
7.14
7.22
7.38
7.93
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
2.6
3.8
2.6
3.8
5.8
12.3
–
–
22.87
9.7
22.87
9.7
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
11.95
8.43
8.79
11.23
12.74
15.00
16.03
10.37
4.3
9.1
4.4
5.4
2.8
6.6
14.3
2.8
12.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.71
12.88
10.60
12.47
17.9
7.5
5.8
3.5
19.71
13.16
–
–
17.9
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Amarillo, TX, May
2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Financial clerks –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
$15.14
11.38
12.92
12.68
10.18
10.35
12.81
10.46
9.61
9.27
8.15
14.24
12.55
11.54
11.40
12.08
12.08
10.05
7.80
7.5
8.9
3.1
4.2
3.6
7.6
10.9
7.7
5.9
3.2
13.9
7.6
6.4
5.3
5.3
14.7
14.7
7.8
2.3
–
$11.34
12.92
12.68
11.43
10.36
12.81
10.76
9.61
9.68
–
14.29
12.55
11.46
11.40
12.10
12.10
9.64
–
–
9.0
3.1
4.2
3.9
8.2
10.9
8.1
5.9
3.1
–
7.9
6.4
5.6
5.3
14.7
14.7
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
14.46
8.01
12.79
19.85
17.85
20.78
9.0
.9
3.8
.7
1.2
1.6
14.46
8.01
12.79
19.85
17.85
20.78
9.0
.9
3.8
.7
1.2
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
16.84
12.91
21.03
5.5
9.2
6.0
16.84
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.56
16.6
14.56
16.6
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Printers .............................................................................
11.49
9.82
12.25
13.12
12.28
4.2
7.2
4.6
5.2
5.7
11.49
–
–
–
12.28
4.2
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
14.77
9.04
8.91
10.29
11.34
19.18
14.37
9.20
11.07
17.58
8.73
14.13
9.04
9.27
5.3
10.3
8.9
7.3
9.3
6.5
4.6
7.9
9.7
8.1
8.8
15.0
10.5
12.2
15.02
–
–
–
–
–
14.42
9.20
–
17.58
8.58
14.13
9.35
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
7.9
–
8.1
8.2
15.0
10.0
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
7.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
6
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Amarillo,
TX, May 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$13.89
2.6
$14.70
2.5
$7.96
3.5
Management occupations .................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
29.14
35.60
48.17
12.2
22.9
24.8
29.14
35.60
48.17
12.2
22.9
24.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
20.90
16.18
21.79
8.5
4.0
10.6
20.90
16.18
21.79
8.5
4.0
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
25.92
25.62
30.10
5.7
8.4
13.6
25.92
25.62
30.10
5.7
8.4
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
17.76
7.2
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.60
11.5
12.05
11.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
20.73
10.24
15.11
17.12
21.64
23.36
42.24
23.66
10.43
10.43
15.40
14.81
17.68
8.0
2.5
.6
7.5
11.7
7.5
8.2
7.3
3.4
3.4
3.0
.9
21.9
20.63
10.30
15.15
–
21.64
22.70
42.24
23.56
10.51
10.51
15.34
14.73
17.68
8.7
2.5
.1
–
11.7
8.7
8.2
7.9
3.8
3.8
3.1
.3
21.9
22.20
–
–
–
–
26.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
10.87
6.99
8.29
6.99
8.89
11.6
3.6
6.0
3.6
3.4
11.97
–
9.04
–
9.01
17.9
–
3.0
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
6.84
5.78
5.80
8.32
8.90
6.4
6.0
7.1
3.5
1.9
7.38
5.18
3.86
8.66
8.98
13.1
3.9
17.3
6.8
3.0
6.39
6.08
6.52
–
–
3.8
8.1
3.4
–
–
11.56
13.6
11.56
13.6
–
–
11.56
7.82
8.19
4.43
3.64
4.82
4.54
4.71
13.6
4.9
1.2
20.4
8.3
24.8
24.9
27.5
11.56
8.17
–
3.24
–
–
–
–
13.6
2.9
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.49
3.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.7
12.6
–
–
–
3.96
6.83
6.35
6.44
12.6
4.1
2.9
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.58
–
6.44
–
2.1
–
3.7
6.86
6.44
6.62
6.62
4.2
3.7
2.8
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.60
6.44
–
–
2.3
3.7
–
–
4.15
3.7
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Amarillo,
TX, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.78
6.98
8.38
6.98
14.9
4.4
11.5
4.4
$8.81
6.91
8.39
6.91
15.5
3.6
11.9
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.54
6.99
6.91
7.7
5.3
4.3
10.67
6.93
–
7.3
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
6.91
6.26
5.6
1.6
7.49
–
8.0
–
$6.27
–
3.8
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
11.67
7.62
7.05
11.65
13.48
22.75
19.37
18.00
9.15
7.59
7.18
12.37
8.13
7.46
8.13
7.46
10.42
7.87
12.37
21.65
7.3
3.6
2.8
6.5
1.0
12.2
11.3
8.8
5.1
5.1
1.8
4.0
2.4
2.2
2.4
2.2
4.9
6.2
4.0
6.2
13.32
–
7.52
11.65
13.48
22.75
19.37
18.00
10.11
–
7.52
12.37
8.75
–
8.75
–
11.31
–
12.37
21.65
6.8
–
4.3
6.5
1.0
12.2
11.3
8.8
4.6
–
4.3
4.1
2.5
–
2.5
–
8.1
–
4.1
6.2
6.99
7.38
6.89
–
–
–
–
–
7.12
7.40
7.01
–
7.14
7.22
7.14
7.22
7.38
7.93
–
–
3.6
7.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
9.4
2.7
–
2.6
3.8
2.6
3.8
5.8
12.3
–
–
22.87
9.7
22.87
9.7
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
11.79
7.97
8.55
11.27
12.92
15.02
10.37
12.88
10.70
12.11
15.14
11.38
12.74
10.18
10.35
12.81
9.84
9.61
9.27
8.15
15.96
12.08
12.08
9.73
7.80
5.3
10.2
4.4
6.5
3.3
7.3
2.8
8.1
6.9
3.5
7.5
8.9
3.1
3.6
7.6
10.9
9.7
5.9
3.2
13.9
7.9
14.7
14.7
8.4
2.3
11.99
8.37
8.76
11.29
12.66
15.02
10.38
13.19
–
12.11
15.14
11.34
12.74
11.43
10.36
12.81
–
9.61
9.68
–
15.96
12.10
12.10
9.16
–
5.5
14.1
4.8
6.5
3.5
7.3
3.0
7.9
–
3.5
7.5
9.0
3.1
3.9
8.2
10.9
–
5.9
3.1
–
7.9
14.7
14.7
8.2
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
14.66
12.79
19.85
17.85
9.3
3.8
.7
1.2
14.66
12.79
19.85
17.85
9.3
3.8
.7
1.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
–
–
9.38
7.20
7.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
1.0
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Amarillo,
TX, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Electricians –Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
$20.78
1.6
$20.78
1.6
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
17.63
21.03
5.5
6.0
17.63
21.03
5.5
6.0
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Printers .............................................................................
11.49
9.82
12.25
13.12
12.28
4.2
7.2
4.6
5.2
5.7
11.49
9.82
12.25
13.12
12.28
4.2
7.2
4.6
5.2
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
14.82
9.02
8.68
10.29
11.34
19.25
14.37
9.20
11.07
17.58
8.73
14.13
9.04
9.27
5.4
10.5
9.2
7.3
9.3
6.5
4.6
7.9
9.7
8.1
8.8
15.0
10.5
12.2
15.07
9.29
–
10.29
11.30
19.25
14.42
9.20
–
17.58
8.58
14.13
9.35
–
5.8
9.0
–
7.3
9.3
6.5
4.7
7.9
–
8.1
8.2
15.0
10.0
–
$7.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
9
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$18.95
7.0
$19.04
7.0
$13.03
4.7
Management occupations .................................................
38.69
47.9
38.69
47.9
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
20.96
21.0
20.96
21.0
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
24.95
25.77
12.0
12.7
24.95
25.77
12.0
12.7
–
–
–
–
27.05
27.00
2.5
3.8
27.05
27.00
2.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
27.45
3.4
27.45
3.4
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
17.08
4.5
17.09
4.6
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
9.81
5.8
9.81
5.8
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
12.69
12.28
12.49
11.81
11.64
4.4
4.9
8.0
5.5
6.1
12.65
12.28
12.49
11.81
11.56
4.5
4.9
8.7
5.5
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$14.72
2.4
$15.48
2.3
$8.08
3.4
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
31.97
19.09
29.80
48.17
15.7
6.3
13.2
24.8
31.97
–
–
48.17
15.7
–
–
24.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
20.48
17.99
6.8
4.5
20.48
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
25.92
22.70
30.10
5.7
11.1
13.6
25.92
–
30.10
5.7
–
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
20.26
16.27
27.54
17.3
5.2
9.7
20.53
–
–
17.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
23.37
8.99
25.94
29.27
12.9
8.0
2.6
12.8
23.93
–
–
–
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.05
27.00
2.5
3.8
27.05
27.00
2.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
27.45
8.99
8.99
3.4
8.0
8.0
27.45
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
11.60
16.10
11.5
8.3
12.05
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group I ..............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
20.90
10.50
19.84
28.09
23.80
22.49
10.43
10.43
10.43
10.43
15.03
15.06
17.68
7.2
4.5
3.1
5.5
6.7
9.5
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
2.9
2.9
21.9
20.82
–
–
–
23.71
22.48
10.51
–
10.51
10.51
14.97
15.00
17.68
7.8
–
–
–
7.2
9.5
3.8
–
3.8
3.8
3.1
3.1
21.9
22.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
10.67
8.64
8.29
8.29
8.89
8.89
11.0
2.8
6.0
6.0
3.4
3.4
11.57
–
9.04
–
9.01
9.01
16.7
–
3.0
–
3.2
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
16.78
14.20
17.60
4.3
4.8
4.6
16.81
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
7.11
6.45
6.7
2.6
7.93
–
13.0
–
6.39
–
3.8
–
12.36
10.7
12.36
10.7
–
–
12.36
7.82
7.82
10.7
4.9
4.9
12.36
8.17
–
10.7
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.19
8.19
4.43
4.43
4.54
4.54
1.2
1.2
20.4
20.4
24.9
24.9
–
–
$3.24
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
$5.49
–
–
–
–
–
22.7
–
–
–
3.96
3.96
6.88
6.88
12.6
12.6
4.1
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.58
–
–
–
2.1
–
6.91
6.91
6.62
6.62
4.3
4.3
2.8
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.60
6.60
–
–
2.3
2.3
–
–
4.15
4.15
3.7
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
8.97
8.69
8.50
8.50
12.3
10.0
10.6
11.2
8.99
–
8.51
–
12.7
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.38
10.63
6.99
6.99
6.6
6.4
5.3
5.3
10.48
10.75
6.93
6.93
6.4
6.3
4.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
7.16
6.96
5.3
6.0
7.77
–
6.7
–
6.27
–
3.8
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
11.68
8.79
19.04
19.22
16.82
17.85
16.84
9.15
8.87
8.13
7.78
8.13
7.78
10.42
10.33
21.65
7.2
7.2
14.1
11.1
4.7
8.4
6.8
5.1
7.1
2.4
2.5
2.4
2.5
4.9
7.1
6.2
13.32
–
–
19.37
–
18.00
16.84
10.11
–
8.75
–
8.75
–
11.31
11.52
21.65
6.8
–
–
11.3
–
8.8
6.8
4.6
–
2.5
–
2.5
–
8.1
10.8
6.2
7.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.12
–
7.14
–
7.14
7.14
7.38
7.38
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
2.6
–
2.6
2.6
5.8
5.8
–
22.87
9.7
22.87
9.7
–
–
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 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
11.95
10.92
16.43
4.3
2.7
5.9
12.10
–
–
4.6
–
–
10.00
–
–
6.7
–
–
19.71
19.71
12.88
11.49
15.14
11.38
10.42
12.92
12.58
10.18
17.9
17.9
7.5
3.8
7.5
8.9
5.9
3.1
3.7
3.6
19.71
19.71
13.16
–
–
11.34
–
12.92
12.58
11.43
17.9
17.9
7.3
–
–
9.0
–
3.1
3.7
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Customer service representatives ....................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
$10.35
12.81
10.46
10.46
9.61
9.27
9.80
14.24
12.55
11.54
11.53
12.08
12.21
12.08
12.21
10.05
9.14
7.6
10.9
7.7
7.7
5.9
3.2
3.2
7.6
5.9
5.3
5.3
14.7
16.0
14.7
16.0
7.8
8.0
$10.36
12.81
10.76
10.76
9.61
9.68
10.62
14.29
–
11.46
11.44
12.10
–
12.10
12.24
9.64
8.42
8.2
10.9
8.1
8.1
5.9
3.1
4.0
7.9
–
5.6
5.6
14.7
–
14.7
16.1
8.2
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
$7.25
7.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.5
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
14.46
10.38
19.39
17.85
20.78
9.0
13.5
1.1
1.2
1.6
14.46
–
–
17.85
20.78
9.0
–
–
1.2
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
16.84
16.63
5.5
5.9
16.84
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
14.56
13.46
16.6
15.9
14.56
–
16.6
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Printers .............................................................................
11.49
11.02
14.77
12.28
4.2
5.1
7.9
5.7
11.49
–
–
12.28
4.2
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.77
9.70
20.60
14.37
9.36
19.71
17.58
10.83
8.73
8.69
14.13
9.04
9.04
5.3
4.9
9.8
4.6
7.3
9.2
8.1
6.2
8.8
8.1
15.0
10.5
10.5
15.02
–
–
14.42
–
–
17.58
10.83
8.58
8.53
14.13
9.35
–
5.7
–
–
4.7
–
–
8.1
6.2
8.2
7.5
15.0
10.0
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
7.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
13
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.00
$8.87
$12.50
$17.76
$25.70
Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
16.02
15.49
17.31
15.57
21.15
33.62
32.74
79.49
67.04
87.06
Business and financial operations occupations .............
11.54
14.61
17.89
23.16
31.68
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
15.39
18.27
17.75
22.98
24.86
25.00
31.20
36.47
39.92
43.94
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
14.37
16.65
14.56
28.29
17.15
28.39
28.29
32.09
32.09
34.97
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
9.19
15.29
24.23
29.50
32.01
22.87
22.87
23.52
23.49
26.74
26.74
30.73
30.73
32.01
32.01
22.87
6.69
23.82
7.72
27.12
9.33
30.73
9.65
32.01
10.42
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
8.00
8.50
10.00
13.13
17.05
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
10.30
15.22
9.05
9.05
12.57
8.05
14.00
19.78
9.67
9.67
13.35
10.45
18.69
24.04
10.30
10.30
14.50
17.10
26.06
26.86
10.60
10.60
16.32
18.69
31.63
31.09
11.52
11.52
18.09
30.74
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
6.00
5.76
7.50
8.00
7.50
8.00
9.15
8.13
8.50
10.77
9.46
9.85
21.65
10.60
10.77
Protective service occupations .........................................
12.32
13.09
15.01
19.47
24.97
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
3.13
5.70
7.00
8.00
10.00
8.00
10.00
10.00
15.50
16.15
8.00
5.50
7.25
2.13
2.13
10.00
7.00
7.50
2.13
2.13
10.00
8.00
8.32
3.50
3.50
15.50
8.50
8.50
7.25
7.25
16.15
9.43
9.43
7.75
7.75
2.50
5.75
2.50
6.00
3.50
6.65
4.50
7.00
6.70
8.55
5.75
6.25
6.00
6.35
6.75
6.53
7.10
7.00
8.55
7.00
3.13
3.50
3.82
4.50
6.85
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
6.81
6.81
6.81
6.81
8.15
7.59
10.85
10.82
13.00
13.00
7.94
6.00
8.71
6.81
10.85
6.81
11.40
6.85
13.00
8.15
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.50
5.92
6.21
8.48
9.51
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.25
12.19
12.19
6.25
6.50
6.50
6.25
7.38
12.50
12.50
7.00
7.38
7.38
7.00
9.25
13.63
13.28
8.00
7.55
7.55
9.29
12.54
19.37
19.71
10.20
9.00
9.00
12.00
19.37
29.86
28.19
13.79
9.70
9.70
16.79
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
$11.54
$16.99
$26.28
$26.54
$26.54
11.54
16.99
26.54
26.54
26.54
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
7.57
9.04
11.23
13.50
17.26
11.00
9.55
9.55
11.21
7.57
8.06
10.76
6.50
7.50
6.25
10.64
10.36
7.00
7.00
7.09
15.75
10.50
9.55
12.26
8.09
9.00
11.03
9.56
7.85
7.25
10.73
10.64
10.00
10.00
8.00
17.93
12.34
10.75
12.34
9.00
10.09
13.39
10.71
8.76
7.87
13.23
10.73
11.05
11.05
9.01
27.41
14.62
13.56
13.00
12.42
10.60
13.39
11.47
10.60
10.75
16.49
12.37
15.16
15.16
11.34
27.41
17.18
13.56
15.09
12.90
12.50
16.59
12.75
12.84
13.57
19.23
15.84
15.16
15.16
14.27
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
7.73
10.43
8.95
13.00
13.50
20.86
19.25
21.66
21.66
23.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
9.23
11.40
17.88
19.50
25.92
8.91
9.30
14.33
19.83
19.83
Production occupations ....................................................
Printers .............................................................................
8.00
9.41
9.35
10.96
11.20
12.36
13.60
14.00
16.15
14.38
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
7.41
7.30
10.66
7.00
11.20
6.25
9.25
9.00
13.00
7.30
11.20
7.50
11.20
12.00
17.09
8.50
11.35
9.25
17.09
19.68
21.73
9.30
17.60
10.00
26.01
23.15
26.01
11.27
21.73
13.00
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.81
$8.15
$11.44
$17.30
$22.67
Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
16.02
15.49
16.12
15.57
22.58
33.62
31.84
79.49
54.73
87.06
Business and financial operations occupations .............
11.54
16.35
17.89
28.06
31.68
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
15.39
18.27
17.75
22.98
24.86
25.00
31.20
36.47
39.92
43.94
Community and social services occupations ..................
12.00
16.65
18.00
19.59
22.67
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
8.00
8.50
10.00
13.13
17.05
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
10.30
15.22
9.05
9.05
13.00
8.05
14.00
19.00
9.67
9.67
14.00
10.45
18.37
24.04
10.30
10.30
14.70
17.10
25.52
27.25
10.60
10.60
16.69
18.69
32.52
31.28
11.52
11.52
18.29
30.74
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
6.00
5.76
7.50
7.99
7.50
8.00
8.61
8.13
8.50
11.09
9.46
9.85
21.65
10.60
10.77
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
3.00
5.55
6.87
8.00
10.00
8.00
8.25
10.00
15.22
16.15
8.00
5.50
7.25
2.13
2.13
8.25
7.00
7.50
2.13
2.13
10.00
8.00
8.32
3.50
3.50
15.22
8.50
8.50
7.25
7.25
16.15
9.43
9.43
7.75
7.75
2.50
5.75
2.50
6.00
3.50
6.55
4.50
7.00
6.70
8.50
5.75
6.25
6.00
6.35
6.75
6.53
7.00
7.00
8.55
7.00
3.13
3.50
3.82
4.50
6.85
6.81
6.80
6.81
6.81
7.58
7.43
10.85
10.53
13.00
13.00
7.94
6.00
9.00
6.81
10.85
6.81
13.00
6.85
13.00
8.15
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.50
5.74
6.00
6.75
10.53
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
6.25
12.19
12.19
6.25
6.50
6.50
6.25
11.54
7.38
12.50
12.50
7.00
7.38
7.38
7.00
16.99
9.25
13.63
13.28
8.00
7.55
7.55
9.29
26.28
12.54
19.71
19.71
10.20
9.00
9.00
12.00
26.54
19.37
29.86
28.19
13.79
9.70
9.70
16.79
26.54
11.54
16.99
26.54
26.54
26.54
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
7.50
9.55
9.55
10.00
7.57
8.06
10.76
8.50
10.75
9.55
12.26
8.09
9.00
11.03
11.00
12.34
10.75
12.34
9.00
10.09
13.39
13.50
13.59
13.56
13.00
12.42
10.60
13.39
17.26
18.46
13.56
14.42
12.90
12.50
16.59
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$6.50
7.50
6.25
10.73
7.00
7.00
7.00
$9.56
7.85
7.25
13.23
10.00
10.00
7.98
$10.70
8.76
7.87
16.49
11.05
11.05
8.00
$11.22
10.60
10.75
19.23
15.16
15.16
11.34
$11.75
12.84
13.57
19.23
15.16
15.16
13.50
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
7.73
10.43
9.00
13.00
14.00
20.86
19.50
21.66
21.66
23.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
10.00
13.32
18.00
19.50
26.89
Production occupations ....................................................
Printers .............................................................................
8.00
9.41
9.35
10.96
11.20
12.36
13.60
14.00
16.15
14.38
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
7.41
7.30
10.66
7.00
11.20
6.25
9.25
9.00
13.00
7.30
11.20
7.50
11.20
12.00
17.09
8.50
11.35
9.25
17.09
19.68
21.73
9.30
17.60
10.00
26.01
23.15
26.01
11.27
21.73
13.00
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.33
$12.32
$15.85
$24.23
$30.73
Management occupations .................................................
19.47
20.30
20.30
39.50
103.69
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
9.96
22.80
25.27
30.31
32.01
22.87
22.87
23.52
23.49
26.74
26.74
30.73
30.73
32.01
32.01
22.87
23.82
27.12
30.73
32.01
Protective service occupations .........................................
12.32
13.14
15.43
19.47
24.97
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
7.96
8.63
9.26
10.82
12.50
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
9.40
10.64
10.41
10.64
10.64
10.64
12.45
11.69
10.64
14.62
14.70
12.51
16.47
16.04
16.04
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
18
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.73
$9.51
$13.28
$18.00
$26.26
Management occupations .................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
16.02
15.49
17.31
15.57
21.15
33.62
32.74
79.49
67.04
87.06
Business and financial operations occupations .............
11.54
14.61
17.89
23.16
31.68
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
15.39
18.27
17.75
22.98
24.86
25.00
31.20
36.47
39.92
43.94
Community and social services occupations ..................
14.56
14.56
17.56
28.29
32.09
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
9.56
20.85
24.62
29.84
32.01
22.87
22.87
23.52
23.49
26.74
26.74
30.73
30.73
32.01
32.01
22.87
23.82
27.12
30.73
32.01
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
8.00
8.50
10.85
15.23
18.18
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
10.30
15.22
9.45
9.45
12.57
8.05
14.00
19.00
9.67
9.67
13.35
10.45
18.37
23.87
10.30
10.30
14.50
17.10
26.06
27.01
10.60
10.60
16.15
18.69
31.69
31.23
11.52
11.52
18.05
30.74
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
8.00
7.63
7.50
8.15
8.05
8.04
9.33
8.75
8.61
12.36
9.91
10.00
21.65
10.77
10.77
Protective service occupations .........................................
12.32
13.14
15.01
19.47
24.97
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
2.13
4.50
7.50
10.00
15.50
8.00
10.00
10.00
15.50
16.15
8.00
7.00
2.13
10.00
7.50
2.13
10.00
8.32
2.13
15.50
8.75
3.50
16.15
9.75
6.04
6.81
6.81
6.81
6.81
8.15
7.59
10.85
10.85
13.00
13.00
8.00
6.00
8.71
6.81
10.85
6.81
11.63
6.81
13.00
7.83
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.70
5.75
8.40
8.48
10.53
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
7.50
12.19
12.19
6.97
7.45
7.45
6.35
11.54
8.55
12.50
12.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.83
16.99
10.80
13.63
13.28
9.00
8.70
8.70
10.33
26.28
14.22
19.71
19.71
11.74
9.00
9.00
13.45
26.54
22.44
29.86
28.19
15.02
10.58
10.58
17.30
26.54
11.54
16.99
26.54
26.54
26.54
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
7.87
9.55
11.34
13.56
17.26
11.00
9.59
9.55
11.21
15.75
11.23
9.55
12.26
17.93
12.59
10.50
12.34
27.41
14.62
13.56
13.00
27.41
18.46
13.56
15.09
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$8.85
8.06
10.76
6.50
7.50
6.66
10.64
10.13
7.00
7.00
7.09
$9.00
9.00
11.03
9.56
7.85
7.87
10.73
10.64
10.00
10.00
8.00
$11.23
10.07
13.39
10.71
8.76
8.33
13.23
10.64
11.05
11.05
9.01
$12.59
10.89
13.39
11.47
10.60
12.07
16.49
11.69
15.16
15.16
11.34
$13.08
14.67
16.59
12.75
12.84
13.96
19.23
16.04
15.16
15.16
12.92
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
7.73
10.43
8.95
13.00
13.50
20.86
19.25
21.66
21.66
23.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
9.23
11.40
17.88
19.50
25.92
8.91
9.30
14.33
19.83
19.83
Production occupations ....................................................
Printers .............................................................................
8.00
9.41
9.35
10.96
11.20
12.36
13.60
14.00
16.15
14.38
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
7.50
7.30
10.66
7.00
11.20
6.81
9.25
9.00
13.00
7.00
11.20
7.50
11.20
12.43
17.09
8.50
11.35
9.25
17.09
19.68
21.73
9.25
17.60
10.00
26.01
23.15
26.01
10.83
21.73
13.00
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 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$5.75
$6.00
$7.00
$7.96
$10.75
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
10.35
15.54
24.00
26.24
30.75
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
4.50
2.38
5.75
5.75
3.00
6.00
6.50
7.25
6.50
7.25
7.75
7.00
8.00
7.75
7.50
5.75
6.00
6.50
7.00
7.75
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.30
5.92
5.92
6.21
6.50
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.00
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.46
6.50
6.50
6.50
6.75
7.00
7.38
7.38
7.00
7.45
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
10.50
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
6.00
6.25
6.79
6.25
8.03
6.85
13.31
7.75
16.19
9.25
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
5.75
5.75
6.05
11.09
11.27
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, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$540
40.4
$31,612
$28,080
2,042
1,333
1,980
812
1,345
41.7
41.1
68,232
102,934
42,230
69,919
2,134
2,137
17.89
859
693
41.9
44,655
36,052
2,180
25.92
30.10
24.86
25.00
1,039
1,204
994
1,000
40.1
40.0
54,020
62,604
51,703
52,000
2,084
2,080
20.53
17.56
821
702
40.0
36,843
36,525
1,794
23.93
24.62
962
985
40.2
38,264
37,370
1,599
27.05
26.74
1,082
1,070
40.0
41,043
39,782
1,518
27.00
26.74
1,080
1,070
40.0
41,116
39,782
1,523
27.45
27.12
1,098
1,085
40.0
42,168
40,341
1,536
12.05
10.85
482
434
40.0
25,073
22,568
2,080
20.82
23.71
18.37
23.87
828
943
735
930
39.8
39.8
41,849
47,182
38,043
45,590
2,010
1,990
10.51
10.30
420
412
40.0
21,860
21,424
2,080
10.51
10.30
420
412
40.0
21,860
21,424
2,080
14.97
14.50
587
580
39.2
30,532
30,160
2,039
17.68
17.10
707
684
40.0
36,765
35,568
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
11.57
9.33
460
373
39.8
22,525
17,720
1,947
9.04
8.75
357
347
39.6
18,589
18,032
2,057
9.01
8.61
356
344
39.5
18,523
17,892
2,055
Protective service occupations ...........
16.81
15.01
686
553
40.8
35,474
28,741
2,110
7.93
7.50
317
275
39.9
16,377
14,294
2,066
12.36
10.00
534
550
43.2
27,747
28,600
2,244
12.36
8.17
3.24
10.00
8.32
2.13
534
325
125
550
320
85
43.2
39.8
38.4
27,747
16,916
6,482
28,600
16,640
4,430
2,244
2,070
1,998
8.99
8.51
8.15
7.59
343
322
320
274
38.1
37.8
17,821
16,729
16,640
14,226
1,981
1,965
10.48
6.93
10.85
6.81
419
251
434
255
40.0
36.2
21,787
13,035
22,568
13,285
2,079
1,882
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$15.48
$13.28
$625
Management occupations ...................
Financial managers ............................
31.97
48.17
21.15
33.62
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
20.48
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Medical records and health
information technicians .................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$336
40.0
$16,166
$17,472
2,080
555
432
41.7
28,859
22,456
2,167
13.63
831
600
42.9
43,216
31,200
2,231
18.00
10.11
8.75
8.75
11.31
13.28
9.00
8.70
8.70
10.33
770
422
350
350
493
600
360
348
348
423
42.8
41.8
40.0
40.0
43.6
40,027
21,959
18,207
18,207
25,624
31,200
18,720
18,096
18,096
21,986
2,223
2,171
2,080
2,080
2,266
21.65
26.28
883
1,051
40.8
45,898
54,652
2,120
22.87
26.54
936
1,062
40.9
48,669
55,201
2,128
12.10
11.34
479
449
39.6
24,562
23,094
2,029
19.71
13.16
17.93
12.59
788
518
717
504
40.0
39.4
40,987
26,953
37,294
26,187
2,080
2,047
11.34
10.50
454
420
40.0
23,591
21,840
2,080
12.92
11.43
10.36
12.81
10.76
9.61
9.68
12.34
11.23
10.07
13.39
10.71
8.76
8.33
501
457
410
513
430
385
387
490
449
403
536
428
350
333
38.7
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
26,027
23,782
21,322
26,654
22,381
19,995
20,133
25,501
23,365
20,946
27,857
22,277
18,221
17,326
2,015
2,080
2,059
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
14.29
13.23
572
529
40.0
28,360
27,518
1,984
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$7.77
$8.40
$311
13.32
10.80
19.37
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Loan interviewers and clerks ..............
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
11.46
10.64
458
426
40.0
21,326
19,105
1,861
12.10
12.10
9.64
11.05
11.05
9.01
484
484
379
442
442
360
40.0
40.0
39.4
25,177
25,177
19,724
22,984
22,984
18,732
2,080
2,080
2,047
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
14.46
17.85
13.50
20.86
578
714
540
834
40.0
40.0
29,683
37,137
28,080
43,389
2,053
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
16.84
17.88
691
715
41.1
35,923
37,188
2,134
14.56
14.33
582
573
40.0
30,280
29,806
2,080
Production occupations ......................
Printers ...............................................
11.49
12.28
11.20
12.36
458
490
448
494
39.9
39.9
23,747
25,477
23,296
25,709
2,068
2,075
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$458
576
43.5
48.1
$33,982
36,049
$23,816
29,949
2,263
2,500
879
869
50.0
45,686
45,198
2,598
389
565
374
360
454
370
45.4
40.0
40.0
20,243
29,384
19,456
18,720
23,608
19,240
2,358
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.02
14.42
$11.20
12.43
$654
693
17.58
17.09
8.58
14.13
9.35
8.50
11.35
9.25
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
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$520
40.4
$30,812
$27,040
2,096
1,201
1,980
863
1,345
41.2
41.1
62,439
102,934
44,866
69,919
2,142
2,137
17.89
888
693
42.5
46,175
36,052
2,209
25.92
30.10
24.86
25.00
1,039
1,204
994
1,000
40.1
40.0
54,020
62,604
51,703
52,000
2,084
2,080
12.05
10.85
482
434
40.0
25,073
22,568
2,080
20.63
23.56
17.57
23.87
820
936
731
905
39.7
39.7
42,631
48,690
37,999
47,051
2,067
2,067
10.51
10.30
420
412
40.0
21,860
21,424
2,080
10.51
10.30
420
412
40.0
21,860
21,424
2,080
15.34
14.65
600
580
39.1
31,186
30,160
2,033
17.68
17.10
707
684
40.0
36,765
35,568
2,080
11.97
9.50
476
380
39.7
24,729
19,735
2,065
9.04
8.75
357
347
39.6
18,589
18,032
2,057
9.01
8.61
356
344
39.5
18,523
17,892
2,055
7.38
7.25
295
270
39.9
15,336
14,040
2,077
11.56
10.00
509
550
44.1
26,480
28,600
2,291
11.56
8.17
3.24
10.00
8.32
2.13
509
325
125
550
320
85
44.1
39.8
38.4
26,480
16,916
6,482
28,600
16,640
4,430
2,291
2,070
1,998
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$14.70
$12.75
$594
Management occupations ...................
Financial managers ............................
29.14
48.17
22.58
33.62
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
20.90
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Medical records and health
information technicians .................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Annual earnings5
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
8.81
8.39
7.58
7.43
332
315
258
255
37.7
37.6
17,272
16,398
13,436
13,285
1,960
1,955
10.67
6.93
10.85
6.81
427
251
434
255
40.0
36.2
22,189
13,035
22,568
13,285
2,080
1,882
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
7.49
6.49
300
260
40.0
15,587
13,499
2,080
13.32
10.80
555
432
41.7
28,859
22,456
2,167
19.37
13.63
831
600
42.9
43,216
31,200
2,231
18.00
10.11
8.75
8.75
11.31
13.28
9.00
8.70
8.70
10.33
770
422
350
350
493
600
360
348
348
423
42.8
41.8
40.0
40.0
43.6
40,027
21,959
18,207
18,207
25,624
31,200
18,720
18,096
18,096
21,986
2,223
2,171
2,080
2,080
2,266
21.65
26.28
883
1,051
40.8
45,898
54,652
2,120
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Amarillo, TX, May 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$22.87
$26.54
$936
$1,062
40.9
$48,669
$55,201
2,128
11.99
13.19
11.23
12.59
474
519
444
504
39.5
39.3
24,642
26,975
23,094
26,187
2,055
2,044
11.34
10.50
454
420
40.0
23,591
21,840
2,080
12.74
11.43
10.36
12.81
9.61
9.68
12.34
11.23
10.07
13.39
8.76
8.33
492
457
410
513
385
387
490
449
403
536
350
333
38.6
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
25,562
23,782
21,322
26,654
19,995
20,133
25,501
23,365
20,946
27,857
18,221
17,326
2,007
2,080
2,059
2,080
2,080
2,080
15.96
16.49
639
660
40.0
33,207
34,299
2,080
12.10
12.10
9.16
11.05
11.05
8.00
484
484
359
442
442
320
40.0
40.0
39.2
25,177
25,177
18,655
22,984
22,984
16,640
2,080
2,080
2,037
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
14.66
17.85
14.00
20.86
586
714
560
834
40.0
40.0
30,090
37,137
29,120
43,389
2,052
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
17.63
18.00
727
720
41.2
37,792
37,440
2,143
Production occupations ......................
Printers ...............................................
11.49
12.28
11.20
12.36
458
490
448
494
39.9
39.9
23,747
25,477
23,296
25,709
2,068
2,075
15.07
14.42
11.20
12.43
657
693
458
576
43.6
48.1
34,140
36,049
23,816
29,949
2,266
2,500
17.58
17.09
879
869
50.0
45,686
45,198
2,598
8.58
14.13
9.35
8.50
11.35
9.25
389
565
374
360
454
370
45.4
40.0
40.0
20,243
29,384
19,456
18,720
23,608
19,240
2,358
2,080
2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Loan interviewers and clerks ..............
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.3
$34,788
$33,550
1,827
–
–
–
–
–
1,000
1,008
40.1
39,157
38,251
1,570
26.74
1,082
1,070
40.0
41,043
39,782
1,518
27.00
26.74
1,080
1,070
40.0
41,116
39,782
1,523
27.45
27.12
1,098
1,085
40.0
42,168
40,341
1,536
Protective service occupations ...........
17.09
15.43
697
600
40.8
36,261
31,221
2,122
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
9.81
9.26
392
370
40.0
20,383
19,261
2,079
12.65
11.90
506
476
40.0
24,202
24,315
1,914
12.49
11.69
500
468
40.0
23,606
22,614
1,890
11.56
10.64
462
426
40.0
21,173
17,279
1,831
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.04
$15.95
$767
$634
Management occupations ...................
38.69
20.30
–
24.95
25.27
27.05
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$13.89
$13.64
$11.95
$16.49
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
20.15
24.74
19.47
8.06
11.73
11.67
11.79
15.46
14.66
17.63
13.12
11.49
14.82
18.70
23.75
18.21
7.84
12.28
11.72
13.02
14.71
14.36
16.07
12.79
10.59
13.74
21.09
23.52
20.08
8.04
10.90
11.56
10.17
–
–
–
11.44
13.91
9.32
23.45
27.10
22.74
9.61
10.72
–
10.71
21.80
–
21.31
–
–
22.13
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.6
4.9
3.5
3.0
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
6.3
9.7
6.7
5.7
4.2
7.3
5.3
7.1
9.3
5.5
3.3
4.2
5.4
8.6
12.4
9.1
8.6
6.4
10.5
8.0
8.7
10.2
5.0
6.4
14.9
5.1
11.6
15.9
15.4
3.7
2.7
1.1
4.1
–
–
–
6.2
11.1
14.5
7.7
23.3
8.1
5.1
2.7
–
2.9
9.9
–
14.1
–
–
21.0
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$572
40.8
$31,049
$29,640
2,114
1,231
1,273
42.6
63,991
66,221
2,218
17.89
911
913
45.1
47,367
47,451
2,343
26.47
28.85
1,059
1,154
40.0
55,057
60,000
2,080
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
10.73
9.50
429
380
40.0
22,322
19,760
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
19.53
15.85
795
731
40.7
41,348
37,999
2,117
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
7.56
8.07
7.50
8.00
308
321
275
317
40.8
39.8
16,026
16,685
14,294
16,501
2,121
2,068
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
7.90
7.81
6.81
6.81
287
283
255
255
36.3
36.3
14,905
14,719
13,285
13,285
1,887
1,885
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
13.94
17.47
12.19
13.28
593
759
488
600
42.5
43.4
30,819
39,450
25,351
31,200
2,211
2,258
14.48
10.43
12.70
12.50
9.00
12.00
625
450
598
600
360
511
43.2
43.1
47.1
32,522
23,378
31,117
31,200
18,720
26,569
2,246
2,241
2,450
22.66
26.54
926
1,062
40.9
48,136
55,201
2,124
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
13.31
14.28
16.03
13.00
13.00
16.49
524
571
641
520
520
660
39.4
40.0
40.0
27,265
29,703
33,346
27,040
27,040
34,299
2,048
2,080
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Electricians .............................................................
14.36
17.72
13.90
20.86
574
709
556
834
40.0
40.0
29,440
36,854
28,912
43,389
2,050
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
16.07
18.00
671
720
41.8
34,914
37,440
2,173
Production occupations ..........................................
10.59
10.00
423
400
40.0
21,812
20,800
2,059
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............
13.81
14.87
18.77
8.57
11.75
15.02
17.09
8.50
616
707
923
390
490
746
869
360
44.6
47.5
49.2
45.5
32,026
36,747
47,990
20,268
25,454
38,782
45,198
18,720
2,319
2,471
2,557
2,364
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$14.69
$14.00
$598
Management occupations .......................................
28.85
25.70
Business and financial operations occupations ...
20.21
Computer and mathematical science 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
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$448
39.8
$30,454
$23,296
2,069
1,183
645
40.3
61,520
33,530
2,098
16.91
869
676
40.3
45,176
35,177
2,096
25.29
27.00
22.98
24.33
1,016
1,080
919
973
40.2
40.0
52,836
56,151
47,796
50,600
2,089
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
21.55
26.23
16.01
21.13
25.90
15.81
840
996
623
827
965
613
39.0
38.0
38.9
43,661
51,798
32,392
43,009
50,170
31,899
2,026
1,975
2,023
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
9.38
9.01
9.01
8.93
8.61
8.61
371
356
356
349
344
344
39.6
39.5
39.5
19,299
18,523
18,523
18,138
17,892
17,892
2,057
2,055
2,055
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
10.17
9.34
9.50
9.09
407
373
380
364
40.0
40.0
21,147
19,420
19,760
18,907
2,080
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
12.14
25.37
9.80
18.88
488
1,049
390
831
40.2
41.3
25,359
54,534
20,301
43,188
2,088
2,150
27.64
9.59
22.44
9.29
1,150
383
898
372
41.6
39.9
59,777
19,891
46,675
19,323
2,163
2,073
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
10.53
11.27
10.82
10.30
9.68
11.58
10.37
11.23
11.23
10.07
8.33
11.34
418
430
433
408
387
462
413
395
449
403
333
454
39.7
38.2
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.9
21,714
22,356
22,502
21,209
20,133
24,001
21,501
20,534
23,365
20,946
17,326
23,587
2,063
1,984
2,080
2,058
2,080
2,073
Construction and extraction occupations .............
19.03
19.83
761
793
40.0
39,585
41,246
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
20.58
19.83
827
793
40.2
43,006
41,246
2,090
Transportation and material moving occupations
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
17.79
7.57
11.20
6.81
738
303
448
272
41.5
40.0
38,389
15,739
23,296
14,156
2,158
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$14.72
$11.20
$586
Management occupations .......................................
29.33
16.12
Business and financial operations occupations ...
21.55
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer programmers .........................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Amarillo, TX, May
2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$22.47
$22.47
–
$14.37
$13.42
$18.95
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 .......................
–
–
–
–
17.68
–
17.68
19.70
–
23.95
25.40
–
26.94
–
–
–
–
17.68
–
17.68
19.70
18.31
23.95
25.40
–
26.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.25
26.16
20.55
9.85
11.74
11.68
11.79
14.07
–
15.46
10.97
11.12
10.79
20.15
24.74
19.47
8.06
11.63
11.67
11.59
14.38
13.70
16.19
10.98
11.12
10.79
24.15
30.37
23.34
14.85
12.69
–
12.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
6.4
6.4
–
2.6
3.0
7.0
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
5.8
8.3
–
9.1
7.2
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
5.8
8.3
5.9
9.1
7.2
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
10.9
5.7
3.5
3.8
7.2
4.6
5.5
–
5.5
3.2
4.2
5.5
6.3
9.7
6.7
5.7
4.3
7.3
5.6
6.2
6.0
5.0
3.3
4.2
5.5
6.7
27.8
5.2
6.5
4.3
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$14.55
$13.65
$18.69
$18.69
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 .......................
21.25
26.60
20.55
9.85
11.21
10.12
11.95
15.04
–
16.95
12.74
11.49
14.14
20.12
25.15
19.47
8.03
11.03
10.11
11.79
15.37
14.66
18.07
12.75
11.49
14.19
21.85
21.85
–
–
19.08
19.48
–
–
–
–
21.24
–
21.24
21.85
21.85
–
–
19.08
19.48
–
–
–
–
21.24
–
21.24
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.3
2.6
12.2
12.2
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 ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
5.5
10.6
5.7
3.5
3.3
6.4
4.4
7.2
–
7.5
4.0
4.2
6.9
6.3
8.6
6.7
5.9
3.8
6.4
5.3
7.6
9.3
8.8
4.1
4.2
7.0
44.1
44.1
–
–
19.8
21.4
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
3.5
44.1
44.1
–
–
19.8
21.4
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
3.5
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, Amarillo, TX, May
2006
Goods producing
Occupational group3
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
$14.00
$14.75
–
–
$15.27
–
$15.13
$7.35
$11.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.09
–
11.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.97
29.25
–
–
10.96
10.10
11.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.43
–
18.45
9.69
12.49
–
12.49
–
–
–
6.83
7.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
9.3
12.6
–
–
9.8
–
2.8
5.3
18.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.2
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
7.4
–
–
8.0
13.9
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
7.2
11.4
3.0
–
3.0
–
–
–
1.2
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 Amarillo, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Potter and Randall 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 em-
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with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
now uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification
(SOC) system. A selected job may fall into any one of
about 800 occupational classifications, from accountant to
zoologist. For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two
or more SOC classification codes, the duties used to set the
wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by
primary duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
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•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables re-
flects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips,
bonuses given by manufacturers to department
store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earning by the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model that
takes into account available establishment characteristics is
used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly
earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to
adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of
employment by industry. The latest available employment
counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this
publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Amarillo, TX,
May 2006
Civilian
workers
Occupational group2
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
95,800
79,600
16,200
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 .......................
28,000
3,100
25,000
19,700
27,500
13,100
14,400
7,600
5,500
2,100
12,900
6,700
6,200
19,300
2,300
17,100
15,400
24,900
13,000
11,900
7,200
5,300
1,900
12,800
6,700
6,100
8,700
800
7,900
4,400
2,600
2,600
-
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, Amarillo, TX, May 2006
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
4,133
4,120
13
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
260
170
54
36
247
161
51
35
13
9
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1
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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