Pittsburgh, PA
National Compensation Survey
December 2005
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
September 2006
Bulletin 3135–06
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 Pittsburgh, PA, metropolitan area. Data were collected between June 2005 and July 2006; the average reference month is December 2005. 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, Pittsburgh,
PA, December 2005
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$17.81
1.8
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
27.54
28.12
27.31
10.75
13.27
12.75
13.55
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.1
$17.14
2.0
2.8
5.2
3.0
2.7
2.9
6.3
3.0
36.3
39.5
35.1
30.9
35.0
32.7
36.3
26.76
28.00
26.20
9.65
13.14
12.73
13.38
17.85
18.79
16.99
5.2
10.2
3.5
38.3
39.1
37.6
15.34
15.16
15.52
5.6
6.5
8.9
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
19.29
9.68
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.0
$24.15
4.7
36.6
3.2
5.5
3.6
3.9
3.0
6.3
3.1
36.5
39.6
35.2
30.0
34.9
32.7
36.3
32.36
30.03
32.68
17.78
16.08
–
16.11
4.1
9.4
3.7
10.3
2.7
–
2.4
35.1
38.2
34.8
38.2
36.1
–
36.7
17.84
18.93
16.89
5.6
11.1
3.7
38.3
39.1
37.6
17.95
17.37
18.96
3.5
4.6
4.5
38.6
39.3
37.3
37.3
38.6
36.2
15.02
15.14
14.89
6.0
6.5
10.5
37.3
38.6
35.9
19.61
–
19.67
4.2
–
4.1
38.5
–
38.7
2.1
4.3
39.4
22.0
18.64
9.59
2.3
4.4
39.5
22.2
24.70
12.86
4.4
9.0
38.9
16.5
20.47
17.07
3.6
2.0
37.1
34.6
18.30
16.92
5.0
2.0
36.6
34.7
24.72
22.18
4.4
4.6
38.1
32.3
17.76
18.96
1.9
6.6
35.1
37.3
17.06
18.96
2.1
6.6
34.9
37.3
24.15
–
4.7
–
36.6
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
19.15
16.70
4.7
2.3
39.0
34.2
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
15.02
17.46
22.24
5.1
4.9
3.4
33.6
36.1
36.8
14.98
16.44
22.04
5.2
5.4
4.2
33.6
36.1
36.8
23.07
28.36
22.86
2.8
3.8
4.9
38.7
35.5
36.9
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, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$17.81
1.8
$19.29
2.1
$9.68
4.3
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
31.61
27.33
39.09
55.60
52.24
28.06
28.31
35.74
21.27
27.71
8.3
7.6
9.3
11.2
8.7
18.2
9.5
4.3
29.9
15.2
31.61
27.33
39.09
55.60
52.24
28.06
28.31
35.74
21.27
27.71
8.3
7.6
9.3
11.2
8.7
18.2
9.5
4.3
29.9
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
23.87
20.97
22.54
25.14
23.88
23.48
3.7
5.6
6.0
3.1
6.9
7.5
23.78
20.03
22.54
25.14
23.88
23.48
3.8
2.7
6.0
3.1
6.9
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.01
22.39
25.97
9.5
14.4
9.7
22.20
–
25.45
9.7
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
34.69
32.27
45.27
27.40
34.14
34.12
37.87
31.37
28.58
9.0
6.2
1.9
10.8
8.6
2.9
2.6
6.5
9.1
34.81
32.39
45.27
27.76
34.22
–
38.14
31.37
28.58
9.1
6.3
1.9
11.6
8.7
–
2.5
6.5
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
27.81
24.65
32.95
30.51
34.28
34.01
31.56
36.71
36.71
21.63
3.6
1.9
7.4
4.4
5.9
3.5
2.1
9.6
9.6
7.3
27.85
24.65
32.95
30.51
34.26
–
–
36.71
36.71
21.77
3.6
1.9
7.4
4.4
5.8
–
–
9.6
9.6
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
27.51
8.9
27.51
8.9
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
15.65
17.34
16.17
15.64
6.8
24.3
7.2
16.7
15.85
17.34
16.17
–
7.2
24.3
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
36.41
47.15
13.5
11.8
36.41
47.15
13.5
11.8
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
29.34
32.74
33.90
38.83
48.26
23.05
28.91
7.4
6.4
10.0
2.1
12.7
6.3
11.5
32.50
34.24
34.09
39.27
49.63
–
–
4.4
7.2
10.2
2.3
12.1
–
–
9.35
13.34
–
–
25.62
–
–
26.8
7.8
–
–
5.8
–
–
46.40
45.22
29.4
21.4
46.40
46.95
29.4
20.9
–
–
–
–
34.26
7.0
34.63
7.2
18.77
20.1
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers –Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 4 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.42
33.64
39.43
14.67
36.38
36.85
33.62
38.57
4.4
10.3
.6
39.0
4.1
3.8
11.1
1.0
–
–
–
–
$36.86
38.21
33.62
38.57
–
–
–
–
3.8
.2
11.1
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.73
36.75
34.19
38.81
4.5
5.8
14.2
1.5
37.42
–
34.19
38.81
4.9
–
14.2
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.77
38.35
34.25
40.94
3.5
5.7
13.0
.7
36.77
38.90
34.25
40.94
3.5
3.4
13.0
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.44
40.94
36.59
39.61
5.9
.7
4.4
.8
39.00
40.94
36.87
39.19
3.5
.7
4.5
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.45
39.61
33.68
8.66
2.5
.8
35.1
8.0
37.81
39.19
–
9.89
2.1
.2
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.68
26.65
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
18.5
34.8
6.6
6.6
6.6
6.6
23.38
31.27
–
–
–
–
22.1
43.9
–
–
–
–
$18.77
18.77
–
–
–
–
12.8
12.8
–
–
–
–
22.48
13.63
16.49
14.29
20.20
24.34
27.01
34.67
39.25
24.18
36.72
35.41
25.16
21.89
24.13
24.86
33.84
20.18
17.19
20.37
23.29
20.61
21.54
3.6
2.2
1.7
20.5
4.3
1.4
3.8
5.1
15.0
18.3
5.2
6.0
5.2
5.2
1.2
5.0
7.0
20.3
2.6
12.4
3.7
11.7
7.2
22.50
13.43
16.31
14.16
20.88
24.35
26.82
–
39.25
–
39.33
–
25.43
22.02
24.44
24.86
–
20.85
–
–
23.39
20.61
21.55
3.9
3.0
2.0
21.6
2.7
.9
4.2
–
15.0
–
2.9
–
5.5
5.4
1.1
5.2
–
19.5
–
–
3.5
11.8
7.4
22.38
–
–
–
17.22
24.31
28.14
–
–
–
34.66
–
24.17
21.31
23.58
24.85
–
16.30
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
11.9
4.5
7.0
–
–
–
7.5
–
4.6
6.4
2.6
5.2
–
18.2
–
–
–
–
–
13.36
11.84
17.28
17.76
5.9
2.9
2.8
6.2
13.37
–
17.36
–
5.9
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Medical records and health information technicians .........
$13.50
6.1
$13.54
5.9
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................
Physical therapist aides ................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
10.90
9.73
10.57
11.57
10.92
9.91
11.44
11.46
10.70
9.91
11.07
10.51
10.96
10.96
11.53
13.41
5.8
4.5
5.1
3.6
3.4
6.3
1.0
5.6
4.3
6.3
.7
7.6
6.1
14.6
4.1
2.4
11.40
9.77
11.65
11.56
11.08
10.01
11.64
–
10.85
10.01
11.21
10.51
–
12.45
–
–
5.9
3.9
3.1
3.8
2.3
5.0
3.2
–
3.2
5.0
1.3
7.7
–
15.0
–
–
$8.98
–
8.77
–
9.89
–
10.25
–
9.67
–
9.98
–
–
8.38
–
–
5.0
–
6.1
–
5.9
–
2.0
–
6.2
–
1.0
–
–
4.4
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
17.06
13.38
27.01
28.37
28.37
9.90
9.90
12.9
11.0
4.3
3.2
3.2
6.5
6.5
18.02
–
27.01
28.37
28.37
10.20
10.20
12.3
–
4.3
3.2
3.2
7.4
7.4
8.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
7.86
6.11
5.79
8.21
11.23
7.0
1.3
13.4
5.3
4.5
9.06
5.84
4.41
9.49
11.93
13.1
6.6
8.7
5.0
8.1
6.40
6.25
6.94
4.96
7.40
7.6
3.4
14.0
9.9
11.2
14.52
7.2
14.54
7.2
–
–
14.52
9.28
9.21
12.02
12.24
8.58
7.96
8.33
4.21
5.15
3.02
4.72
3.28
2.88
4.07
7.2
5.4
5.0
4.4
3.1
8.1
3.4
6.9
4.8
4.5
4.2
12.3
6.3
.1
13.0
14.54
10.09
9.33
–
12.41
9.05
–
–
4.01
–
–
–
3.26
–
–
7.2
5.7
6.2
–
2.9
5.3
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
7.49
–
–
–
–
7.68
–
4.46
–
–
–
3.31
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
8.4
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
7.60
7.45
7.21
6.52
7.56
10.80
11.6
12.7
7.9
4.5
5.3
4.7
–
–
8.99
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
7.24
7.24
6.66
6.34
7.39
–
13.7
14.3
7.6
3.4
7.7
–
7.31
6.53
10.98
8.5
3.7
3.9
9.29
–
–
6.7
–
–
6.71
6.31
–
7.9
2.0
–
6.86
7.2
–
–
–
–
12.82
11.31
5.3
13.7
13.56
12.37
6.1
13.1
9.49
7.69
9.6
5.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.18
12.37
12.42
11.50
12.70
12.58
5.9
5.0
4.3
13.7
4.3
4.0
$12.37
12.86
13.13
12.37
13.13
13.19
7.8
5.5
4.5
13.1
5.7
3.9
–
–
$9.70
7.84
–
–
–
–
9.2
5.7
–
–
12.93
12.02
14.49
12.90
11.14
–
10.94
10.94
5.3
14.0
7.3
4.8
7.1
–
23.0
23.0
13.80
12.91
14.53
13.87
10.97
11.69
–
–
4.5
12.5
7.4
3.6
7.4
7.9
–
–
7.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
14.07
6.64
6.42
10.77
10.58
10.21
7.16
7.16
13.5
11.9
27.4
8.2
10.5
8.6
19.6
19.6
15.00
–
–
10.89
10.77
–
–
–
12.3
–
–
9.0
10.8
–
–
–
11.59
5.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.8
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Telemarketers ...................................................................
12.75
6.70
7.81
8.70
14.35
17.78
15.64
12.62
8.82
6.46
7.84
8.72
13.29
8.06
7.40
8.95
8.06
7.40
8.95
9.21
7.54
9.35
8.54
13.55
21.04
17.16
6.3
5.2
1.4
11.4
6.0
1.8
15.6
17.3
2.7
6.4
1.8
12.5
10.8
4.1
3.6
6.8
4.1
3.6
6.8
11.3
8.7
8.1
4.8
7.6
16.2
14.6
15.04
–
–
–
–
–
15.64
12.62
10.29
–
–
–
–
9.30
8.92
–
9.30
8.92
–
–
–
11.00
–
13.94
21.04
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
15.6
17.3
7.9
–
–
–
–
4.6
6.3
–
4.6
6.3
–
–
–
13.5
–
6.2
16.2
–
7.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.23
–
–
–
–
7.08
6.50
8.86
7.08
6.50
8.86
–
–
7.51
7.57
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
5.5
1.6
11.2
5.5
1.6
11.2
–
–
3.1
2.9
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
13.55
8.51
9.55
11.44
14.79
14.80
17.79
19.70
12.95
3.0
11.4
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
3.9
2.4
11.1
13.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.38
13.58
7.3
3.4
17.41
13.67
7.7
3.1
–
12.45
–
14.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005 — 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 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$10.90
14.92
13.60
12.83
13.90
11.61
15.72
–
15.99
12.11
18.15
10.38
14.33
13.45
14.06
10.59
10.06
10.51
9.61
15.41
12.51
14.16
13.92
18.63
17.62
13.81
19.10
15.74
12.59
12.16
13.03
14.60
14.18
12.16
12.69
12.15
9.96
13.93
4.9
4.0
4.8
3.1
3.8
4.5
5.8
–
9.4
20.1
13.2
9.8
6.1
5.2
6.2
5.1
3.8
2.8
4.7
4.0
7.6
3.2
11.3
5.2
5.6
12.1
6.8
18.2
8.9
12.2
11.7
2.9
3.1
3.5
1.2
6.2
8.1
6.0
–
–
$13.21
–
13.90
11.61
15.72
11.41
16.56
12.62
18.21
11.26
–
–
14.06
11.62
–
10.58
10.70
15.38
12.06
14.20
–
18.63
17.91
13.81
19.10
14.92
12.17
–
12.82
14.63
14.21
12.18
12.69
12.43
–
13.93
–
–
4.9
–
3.8
4.5
5.8
3.3
9.9
21.2
13.4
6.6
–
–
6.2
3.7
–
2.7
9.4
3.4
5.9
3.2
–
5.2
5.8
12.1
6.8
14.8
8.9
–
15.9
3.0
3.1
3.5
1.2
5.8
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.20
8.91
–
6.95
15.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
3.4
–
1.0
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
18.79
13.49
16.94
22.55
23.49
18.46
20.27
13.24
19.16
21.86
22.05
10.2
8.6
10.4
5.4
7.8
4.1
10.1
18.1
5.4
6.0
6.1
18.98
13.49
16.94
22.55
23.49
18.46
20.27
–
19.16
21.86
22.05
10.2
8.6
10.4
5.4
7.8
4.1
10.1
–
5.4
6.0
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 5 .............................................................
Automotive body and related repairers .........................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
16.99
11.42
17.83
19.00
22.40
16.16
17.65
17.98
15.30
19.22
3.5
6.4
4.6
6.1
5.5
5.2
6.7
13.2
11.0
3.3
17.76
–
–
–
–
18.05
17.65
17.98
18.11
19.22
5.8
–
–
–
–
4.5
6.7
13.2
2.0
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.84
16.56
20.62
19.18
3.9
1.1
3.8
8.5
16.88
16.56
20.62
19.18
3.9
1.1
3.8
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
$16.11
6.5
$16.18
6.5
–
–
11.28
14.1
11.52
12.9
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
15.16
9.67
11.38
12.63
13.08
15.51
18.77
19.19
6.5
15.2
15.3
6.8
10.1
2.2
6.8
6.1
15.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.74
16.00
10.24
9.3
11.3
11.3
15.74
16.00
12.25
9.3
11.3
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.44
16.91
17.56
15.34
14.40
15.34
14.40
15.72
16.51
10.66
2.2
6.8
8.3
12.9
8.9
12.9
8.9
12.5
8.4
20.6
18.44
16.91
17.56
15.34
14.40
15.34
14.40
15.72
16.51
15.23
2.2
6.8
8.3
12.9
8.9
12.9
8.9
12.5
8.4
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.52
9.10
13.54
14.55
14.96
18.06
8.9
3.5
9.1
5.5
6.0
5.0
16.60
–
–
–
–
–
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
10.44
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
18.87
17.03
14.18
12.55
13.50
15.09
20.12
15.61
15.19
12.59
–
16.4
10.2
3.6
18.9
10.1
7.2
7.5
3.0
4.4
10.8
–
18.87
–
14.95
–
–
15.57
20.12
15.61
15.19
13.27
16.61
16.4
–
4.3
–
–
5.3
7.5
3.0
4.4
12.6
22.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.43
15.66
12.16
8.97
15.55
10.83
3.4
2.9
4.3
3.6
14.8
13.1
$15.71
15.66
13.15
9.58
16.44
–
2.8
2.9
8.7
6.0
12.1
–
–
–
$9.84
7.48
–
–
–
–
11.1
5.3
–
–
13.13
10.18
16.59
10.55
7.4
8.8
14.0
19.3
15.20
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
10.64
7.90
–
–
9.3
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.
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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$17.14
2.0
$18.64
2.3
$9.59
4.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
31.32
26.99
38.64
57.01
52.24
27.75
27.83
35.74
16.84
27.71
8.9
8.0
11.4
11.8
8.7
19.6
9.6
4.3
36.5
15.2
31.32
26.99
38.64
57.01
52.24
27.75
27.83
35.74
16.84
27.71
8.9
8.0
11.4
11.8
8.7
19.6
9.6
4.3
36.5
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
24.05
20.97
22.81
25.16
23.88
23.48
3.8
5.6
6.3
3.2
6.9
7.5
23.95
20.03
22.81
25.16
23.88
23.48
3.9
2.7
6.3
3.2
6.9
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.01
22.39
26.14
9.5
14.4
9.9
22.20
–
25.63
9.7
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
34.99
32.27
45.27
27.40
34.14
34.12
37.87
31.37
30.39
9.1
6.2
1.9
10.8
8.6
2.9
2.6
6.5
7.2
35.12
32.39
45.27
27.76
34.22
–
38.14
31.37
30.39
9.1
6.3
1.9
11.6
8.7
–
2.5
6.5
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
27.97
24.65
33.42
30.51
34.57
34.65
31.56
36.71
36.71
21.63
3.8
1.9
7.3
4.4
6.0
2.6
2.1
9.6
9.6
7.3
28.00
24.65
33.42
30.51
34.56
34.65
31.56
36.71
36.71
21.77
3.8
1.9
7.3
4.4
6.0
2.6
2.1
9.6
9.6
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
27.37
9.7
27.37
9.7
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
13.40
13.59
15.64
7.9
7.2
16.7
13.51
13.59
–
8.2
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
37.38
49.80
15.4
12.6
37.38
49.80
15.4
12.6
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
21.50
25.16
25.81
52.58
23.05
19.8
22.2
7.2
14.8
6.3
25.66
24.95
25.47
53.14
–
15.6
22.3
9.6
14.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.31
23.93
20.17
22.2
20.1
4.4
16.23
–
–
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.17
4.4
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.72
26.82
18.7
35.4
$23.38
31.27
22.1
43.9
$18.87
18.87
13.3
13.3
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
22.67
13.62
16.53
14.04
20.23
24.43
27.01
34.67
24.18
36.72
35.41
25.69
22.32
24.24
24.86
33.84
20.13
17.19
20.37
23.29
20.61
21.54
3.7
1.4
1.8
21.4
4.6
1.5
3.8
5.1
18.3
5.2
6.0
5.0
5.5
1.2
5.0
7.0
20.6
2.6
12.4
3.7
11.7
7.2
22.73
13.39
16.33
13.88
21.00
24.42
26.82
–
–
39.33
–
26.12
22.62
24.54
24.86
–
20.81
–
–
23.39
20.61
21.55
4.0
2.4
2.2
22.6
2.6
.9
4.2
–
–
2.9
–
5.0
5.2
1.0
5.2
–
19.9
–
–
3.5
11.8
7.4
22.40
–
–
–
17.22
24.44
28.14
–
–
34.66
–
24.24
21.31
23.70
24.85
–
16.30
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
11.9
4.8
7.0
–
–
7.5
–
4.7
6.4
2.8
5.2
–
18.2
–
–
–
–
–
13.36
11.84
17.26
16.47
13.50
5.9
2.9
3.0
2.5
6.1
13.37
–
17.37
–
13.54
5.9
–
3.6
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
10.65
9.61
10.09
11.57
10.47
9.73
10.89
11.46
10.45
9.73
10.89
10.39
10.96
11.53
13.41
6.5
4.4
5.6
3.6
4.6
6.2
1.5
5.6
5.1
6.2
1.6
7.4
14.6
4.1
2.4
11.12
9.63
11.03
11.56
10.58
9.81
11.02
–
10.57
9.81
11.02
–
12.45
–
–
6.9
3.6
.8
3.8
3.9
4.9
.7
–
4.1
4.9
.7
–
15.0
–
–
8.98
–
8.77
–
9.89
–
10.25
–
9.67
–
9.98
–
8.38
–
–
5.0
–
6.1
–
5.9
–
2.0
–
6.2
–
1.0
–
4.4
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
10.41
9.45
9.45
5.1
5.7
5.7
10.79
9.67
9.67
5.3
6.2
6.2
7.90
–
–
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 ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
7.69
6.01
5.68
7.68
11.11
7.7
.9
14.3
5.0
4.6
8.85
5.61
4.31
8.94
–
14.6
6.9
8.9
5.7
–
6.34
6.22
6.84
4.96
–
7.7
3.3
15.0
9.9
–
14.52
7.2
14.54
7.2
–
–
14.52
8.97
9.05
8.58
7.74
7.2
5.4
5.6
8.1
3.3
14.54
9.70
9.15
9.05
–
7.2
5.8
7.0
5.3
–
–
7.51
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$4.16
5.15
2.89
4.72
3.28
2.88
4.07
4.8
4.5
.3
12.3
6.3
.1
13.0
$3.93
4.89
–
–
3.26
–
–
4.0
12.7
–
–
6.8
–
–
$4.46
5.38
–
3.70
3.31
–
–
8.4
3.5
–
6.6
6.2
–
–
7.44
7.45
7.03
6.43
7.56
10.34
12.4
12.7
7.6
3.6
5.3
5.6
–
–
8.52
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
7.24
7.24
6.63
6.30
7.39
–
13.7
14.3
7.5
2.9
7.7
–
7.08
6.42
8.1
2.5
8.70
–
7.7
–
6.68
6.25
7.8
1.2
6.86
7.2
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
12.00
11.19
11.73
10.06
11.49
11.38
–
10.33
6.8
14.9
6.1
5.0
6.8
14.9
–
6.0
12.78
12.27
11.62
10.60
12.19
12.27
12.34
11.27
8.6
14.1
7.6
6.0
7.8
14.1
4.8
7.1
9.48
7.46
–
–
9.70
–
–
–
10.0
4.1
–
–
9.5
–
–
–
11.71
11.93
9.49
11.00
–
10.4
15.2
9.1
8.3
–
12.83
12.84
–
10.63
11.62
9.2
13.5
–
8.3
8.7
7.80
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
14.03
6.64
6.42
10.09
9.75
10.21
14.4
11.9
27.4
6.3
5.3
8.6
15.03
–
–
10.09
–
–
13.4
–
–
6.7
–
–
11.59
5.75
–
–
–
–
24.8
2.2
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
12.73
6.70
7.81
8.65
14.35
17.78
15.64
12.62
8.73
6.46
7.84
8.66
13.29
7.81
7.40
8.79
7.81
7.40
8.79
9.21
7.54
9.35
8.54
13.55
6.3
5.2
1.4
11.7
6.0
1.8
15.6
17.3
2.6
6.4
1.8
12.8
10.8
3.6
3.6
7.6
3.6
3.6
7.6
11.3
8.7
8.1
4.8
7.6
15.02
–
9.44
9.70
14.32
17.78
15.64
12.62
10.17
–
9.44
–
13.94
8.89
8.92
–
8.89
8.92
–
–
–
11.00
–
13.94
8.3
–
8.9
5.3
6.2
1.8
15.6
17.3
8.0
–
8.9
–
6.2
1.0
6.3
–
1.0
6.3
–
–
–
13.5
–
6.2
7.64
6.70
6.89
7.43
14.56
–
–
–
7.19
6.46
6.90
7.43
–
6.98
6.50
8.57
6.98
6.50
8.57
–
–
7.51
7.57
–
5.4
5.2
.3
9.3
13.2
–
–
–
2.4
6.4
.5
9.8
–
5.5
1.6
13.0
5.5
1.6
13.0
–
–
3.1
2.9
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Telemarketers ...................................................................
$21.04
17.16
16.2
14.6
$21.04
–
16.2
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
13.38
8.52
9.55
11.37
14.64
14.40
17.73
19.78
12.95
3.1
11.5
3.7
3.3
3.4
2.7
4.1
2.5
11.1
13.71
–
9.90
11.56
14.68
14.52
17.74
19.69
–
3.3
–
4.7
3.2
3.8
3.3
4.1
1.4
–
$11.37
–
8.59
9.84
14.32
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
5.1
10.5
5.7
–
–
–
–
17.08
13.56
10.67
14.94
13.60
12.83
13.90
15.72
–
15.99
12.11
18.15
10.38
14.33
14.06
10.59
10.06
10.51
9.61
15.08
12.25
13.50
13.01
18.58
17.66
19.10
15.93
12.59
12.16
13.03
13.50
13.54
11.97
12.69
11.95
13.63
6.9
3.5
4.8
4.2
4.8
3.1
4.0
5.8
–
9.4
20.1
13.2
9.8
6.1
6.2
5.1
3.8
2.8
4.7
4.7
8.1
3.9
5.2
5.8
6.2
6.8
19.4
8.9
12.2
11.7
3.2
3.6
4.1
1.2
5.9
6.4
17.11
13.66
10.89
15.07
13.21
–
13.90
15.72
11.41
16.56
12.62
18.21
11.26
–
14.06
11.62
–
10.58
10.70
15.01
11.59
13.52
–
18.58
17.99
19.10
–
12.17
–
12.82
13.50
13.56
11.99
12.69
12.19
13.62
7.3
3.2
4.1
4.3
4.9
–
4.0
5.8
3.3
9.9
21.2
13.4
6.6
–
6.2
3.7
–
2.7
9.4
4.0
3.7
4.0
–
5.8
6.6
6.8
–
8.9
–
15.9
3.3
3.6
4.1
1.2
5.4
6.6
–
12.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.20
8.91
–
6.95
15.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
3.4
–
1.0
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
18.93
16.97
22.81
24.20
18.55
21.86
22.05
11.1
10.8
5.8
7.7
5.1
6.0
6.1
19.15
16.97
22.81
24.20
18.55
21.86
22.05
11.1
10.8
5.8
7.7
5.1
6.0
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 5 .............................................................
Automotive body and related repairers .........................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
16.89
11.42
17.77
18.71
23.04
16.11
17.65
17.98
15.20
3.7
6.4
4.6
6.3
6.0
5.1
6.7
13.2
11.1
17.70
12.36
17.77
18.71
23.04
18.03
17.65
17.98
–
6.1
6.7
4.6
6.3
6.0
4.6
6.7
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Level 5 .............................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.83
16.56
20.62
19.18
16.11
4.0
1.1
3.8
8.5
6.5
$16.88
16.56
20.62
19.18
16.18
4.0
1.1
3.8
8.5
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.99
14.1
11.26
12.9
–
–
15.14
9.67
11.40
12.63
13.08
15.51
18.77
19.14
6.5
15.2
15.5
6.8
10.1
2.2
6.8
6.2
15.85
–
13.52
12.63
13.08
15.51
18.77
19.14
6.3
–
9.5
6.8
10.1
2.2
6.8
6.2
$7.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.74
16.00
10.24
9.3
11.3
11.3
15.74
16.00
12.25
9.3
11.3
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.44
16.91
17.56
15.34
14.40
15.34
14.40
15.72
16.51
10.26
2.2
6.8
8.3
12.9
8.9
12.9
8.9
12.5
8.4
19.8
18.44
16.91
17.56
15.34
14.40
15.34
14.40
15.72
16.51
14.67
2.2
6.8
8.3
12.9
8.9
12.9
8.9
12.5
8.4
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.89
8.61
13.22
14.46
14.79
18.17
13.98
14.95
15.41
14.98
12.59
–
15.43
15.66
12.03
8.31
15.55
10.83
10.5
3.7
10.1
5.9
5.9
7.5
3.8
7.2
2.8
4.2
10.8
–
3.4
2.9
4.5
4.1
14.8
13.1
16.02
9.01
13.50
15.18
15.99
18.17
14.76
15.42
15.41
14.98
13.27
16.61
15.71
15.66
13.03
8.71
16.44
–
12.8
4.2
10.0
3.2
4.2
7.5
4.2
5.2
2.8
4.2
12.6
22.3
2.8
2.9
9.2
3.2
12.1
–
10.32
7.63
–
11.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.84
7.48
–
–
8.7
4.4
–
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1
5.3
–
–
12.95
8.67
16.59
10.55
8.0
6.3
14.0
19.3
15.25
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
10.64
7.90
–
–
9.3
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.
15
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$24.15
4.7
$24.70
4.4
$12.86
9.0
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
35.60
38.86
10.3
11.8
35.60
38.86
10.3
11.8
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
20.41
3.0
20.41
3.0
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
22.49
12.9
22.49
12.9
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
35.85
35.13
37.25
40.30
38.46
38.25
1.5
3.7
4.7
2.3
6.1
8.4
37.16
37.05
37.55
40.79
40.65
–
.7
4.3
4.6
2.5
2.4
–
15.38
12.49
–
–
–
–
12.7
10.6
–
–
–
–
38.34
35.42
37.35
40.62
38.41
36.85
37.24
40.71
.7
4.4
4.3
.0
2.9
3.8
6.1
1.5
38.84
37.05
37.35
40.54
38.90
38.21
37.24
40.71
.8
4.3
4.3
.2
1.7
.2
6.1
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.78
36.75
40.96
41.65
2.2
5.8
3.9
.6
40.55
–
40.96
41.65
.5
–
3.9
.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.77
39.07
40.94
3.5
4.1
.7
36.77
39.66
40.94
3.5
1.1
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.18
40.94
37.31
39.61
4.3
.7
2.4
.8
39.78
40.94
37.68
39.19
1.2
.7
2.0
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.31
39.61
11.90
2.4
.8
1.9
37.68
39.19
12.72
2.0
.2
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
18.01
11.2
17.94
11.5
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
23.37
27.01
28.37
28.37
13.7
4.3
3.2
3.2
24.45
27.01
28.37
28.37
9.6
4.3
3.2
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
12.16
2.9
12.70
1.6
–
–
15.24
14.43
14.67
14.10
4.8
3.3
2.2
.9
15.38
14.43
14.81
14.10
4.6
3.3
2.1
.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.08
14.43
2.3
1.5
15.17
14.43
2.0
1.5
–
–
–
–
16.11
13.07
15.97
17.15
16.50
17.53
2.4
4.2
2.9
2.8
5.4
2.2
16.34
–
16.08
17.15
16.50
17.53
3.3
–
3.3
2.8
5.4
2.2
10.49
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
–Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
$16.39
4.0
$16.39
4.0
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.37
4.6
17.37
4.6
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
18.96
4.5
18.96
4.5
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
19.67
4.1
19.75
4.1
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
17
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$17.81
1.8
$19.29
2.1
$9.68
4.3
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
31.61
25.02
34.25
52.24
28.31
35.74
39.74
21.27
32.96
27.71
8.3
6.7
6.7
8.7
9.5
4.3
3.4
29.9
11.7
15.2
31.61
–
–
–
28.31
35.74
39.74
21.27
–
27.71
8.3
–
–
–
9.5
4.3
3.4
29.9
–
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
23.87
21.40
27.68
23.48
20.80
3.7
2.9
6.3
7.5
2.3
23.78
–
–
23.48
–
3.8
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.01
22.39
25.97
23.11
9.5
14.4
9.7
7.4
22.20
–
25.45
21.87
9.7
–
10.3
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
34.69
21.79
40.83
34.14
36.93
37.87
36.83
31.37
28.58
9.0
6.5
5.6
8.6
2.5
2.6
3.6
6.5
9.1
34.81
–
–
34.22
–
38.14
37.16
31.37
28.58
9.1
–
–
8.7
–
2.5
3.4
6.5
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Group II .............................................................
27.81
26.83
36.79
34.28
31.91
38.62
36.71
34.32
41.16
36.71
34.32
41.16
21.63
22.27
3.6
6.2
9.3
5.9
9.4
9.5
9.6
14.5
9.5
9.6
14.5
9.5
7.3
4.4
27.85
–
–
34.26
–
–
36.71
–
–
36.71
34.32
41.16
21.77
–
3.6
–
–
5.8
–
–
9.6
–
–
9.6
14.5
9.5
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
27.51
21.03
32.09
8.9
15.5
9.8
27.51
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
15.65
14.89
17.34
16.17
15.90
15.64
6.8
5.0
24.3
7.2
7.0
16.7
15.85
–
17.34
16.17
–
–
7.2
–
24.3
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
36.41
47.15
13.5
11.8
36.41
47.15
13.5
11.8
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
29.34
8.58
29.28
42.41
7.4
7.7
11.4
2.5
32.50
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
9.35
–
–
–
26.8
–
–
–
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Group III ............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Group II .............................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$48.26
28.02
47.33
12.7
8.7
7.7
$49.63
–
–
12.1
–
–
$25.62
–
–
5.8
–
–
46.40
47.39
45.22
38.16
29.4
27.6
21.4
8.3
46.40
–
46.95
–
29.4
–
20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.26
30.46
39.43
14.67
36.38
35.09
38.57
7.0
11.2
.6
39.0
4.1
6.4
1.0
34.63
–
–
–
36.86
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
18.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.73
35.28
38.81
4.5
7.0
1.5
37.42
36.41
38.81
4.9
7.6
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.77
36.39
38.35
35.69
40.94
3.5
3.3
5.7
10.4
.7
36.77
36.39
38.90
–
–
3.5
3.3
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.44
35.72
40.94
36.59
25.40
39.61
5.9
10.9
.7
4.4
27.6
.8
39.00
36.81
40.94
36.87
–
–
3.5
6.5
.7
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.45
39.61
33.68
8.66
8.58
2.5
.8
35.1
8.0
7.7
37.81
39.19
–
9.89
9.82
2.1
.2
–
3.7
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.68
20.00
20.00
18.5
6.6
6.6
23.38
–
–
22.1
–
–
18.77
–
–
12.8
–
–
22.48
13.37
20.14
30.36
36.72
36.33
25.16
23.32
28.01
20.18
15.55
20.37
20.37
3.6
2.4
6.6
4.7
5.2
5.4
5.2
2.5
5.8
20.3
13.7
12.4
12.4
22.50
–
–
–
39.33
–
25.43
23.43
28.17
20.85
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
2.9
–
5.5
2.4
5.5
19.5
–
–
–
22.38
–
–
–
34.66
–
24.17
23.05
27.04
16.30
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
7.5
–
4.6
3.3
8.8
18.2
–
–
–
23.19
23.29
23.44
20.61
22.09
21.54
20.61
5.5
3.7
6.1
11.7
3.9
7.2
5.2
–
23.39
–
20.61
–
21.55
20.60
–
3.5
–
11.8
–
7.4
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians .........
$13.36
11.84
17.28
17.76
17.24
13.50
5.9
2.9
2.8
6.2
4.0
6.1
$13.37
–
17.36
–
–
13.54
5.9
–
3.2
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Physical therapist aides ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
10.90
10.51
10.92
10.92
10.70
10.70
10.51
10.96
10.96
10.96
10.96
9.55
13.41
5.8
3.6
3.4
3.4
4.3
4.3
7.6
6.1
6.1
6.1
14.6
6.3
2.4
11.40
–
11.08
–
10.85
10.85
10.51
–
–
–
12.45
–
–
5.9
–
2.3
–
3.2
3.2
7.7
–
–
–
15.0
–
–
$8.98
–
9.89
–
9.67
9.67
–
–
–
–
8.38
–
–
5.0
–
5.9
–
6.2
6.2
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
17.06
10.24
24.42
28.37
28.37
28.37
28.37
9.90
9.86
9.90
9.86
12.9
4.7
8.6
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
6.5
6.5
6.5
6.5
18.02
–
–
28.37
–
28.37
28.37
10.20
–
10.20
10.16
12.3
–
–
3.2
–
3.2
3.2
7.4
–
7.4
7.4
8.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
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 ..............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
7.86
6.91
16.03
7.0
3.6
6.6
9.06
–
–
13.1
–
–
6.40
–
–
7.6
–
–
14.52
16.19
7.2
6.3
14.54
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
14.52
16.19
9.28
9.23
12.24
12.35
8.58
8.58
7.96
7.96
4.21
4.21
3.28
3.28
7.2
6.3
5.4
5.3
3.1
3.0
8.1
8.1
3.4
3.4
4.8
4.8
6.3
6.3
14.54
16.19
10.09
–
12.41
12.53
9.05
9.05
–
–
4.01
–
3.26
3.26
7.2
6.3
5.7
–
2.9
2.5
5.3
5.3
–
–
4.2
–
6.8
6.8
–
–
7.49
–
–
–
–
–
7.68
7.68
4.46
–
3.31
3.31
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
5.2
8.4
–
6.2
6.2
7.60
7.60
7.21
7.21
11.6
11.6
7.9
7.9
–
–
8.99
–
–
–
6.2
–
7.24
7.24
6.66
–
13.7
13.7
7.6
–
7.31
7.31
8.5
8.5
9.29
9.29
6.7
6.7
6.71
6.71
7.9
7.9
6.86
6.86
7.2
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.82
12.13
12.42
12.46
5.3
4.5
4.3
4.3
$13.56
–
13.13
–
6.1
–
4.5
–
$9.49
–
9.70
–
9.6
–
9.2
–
12.93
12.99
11.14
11.14
10.94
10.94
5.3
5.4
7.1
7.1
23.0
23.0
13.80
13.80
10.97
10.97
–
–
4.5
4.5
7.4
7.4
–
–
7.97
7.97
–
–
–
–
3.2
3.5
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
14.07
9.17
25.28
10.58
10.53
10.21
10.21
7.16
7.16
13.5
7.3
5.9
10.5
9.7
8.6
8.6
19.6
19.6
15.00
–
–
10.77
10.60
–
–
–
–
12.3
–
–
10.8
10.4
–
–
–
–
11.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Telemarketers ...................................................................
12.75
9.95
19.39
15.64
12.62
8.82
8.67
8.06
7.69
8.06
7.69
9.21
9.21
7.54
7.54
9.35
9.37
21.04
17.16
6.3
5.0
5.6
15.6
17.3
2.7
3.4
4.1
6.9
4.1
6.9
11.3
11.3
8.7
8.7
8.1
10.7
16.2
14.6
15.04
–
–
15.64
12.62
10.29
–
9.30
–
9.30
8.97
–
–
–
–
11.00
12.61
21.04
–
8.2
–
–
15.6
17.3
7.9
–
4.6
–
4.6
4.4
–
–
–
–
13.5
7.6
16.2
–
7.68
–
–
–
–
7.23
–
7.08
–
7.08
7.05
–
–
–
–
7.51
7.51
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
5.5
–
5.5
5.8
–
–
–
–
3.1
3.1
–
–
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 ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
13.55
12.65
16.97
3.0
3.7
2.9
13.89
–
–
3.2
–
–
11.35
–
–
4.7
–
–
17.38
18.38
13.58
12.96
16.86
13.60
12.54
13.90
13.65
–
9.79
15.99
15.94
15.57
10.38
10.38
14.33
12.92
13.45
7.3
5.0
3.4
4.3
5.9
4.8
3.4
3.8
4.7
–
1.4
9.4
18.0
11.9
9.8
9.8
6.1
7.8
5.2
17.41
18.47
13.67
–
–
13.21
12.37
13.90
13.65
11.41
–
16.56
16.82
15.57
11.26
11.26
–
–
–
7.7
5.5
3.1
–
–
4.9
4.2
3.8
4.7
3.3
–
9.9
16.9
11.9
6.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
12.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Library assistants, clerical –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
$13.45
14.06
10.59
10.59
10.51
10.80
9.61
9.61
15.41
13.94
17.65
17.62
13.81
19.00
15.74
12.59
12.65
14.60
14.11
20.90
12.16
10.96
12.69
11.52
12.15
12.02
5.2
6.2
5.1
5.1
2.8
5.0
4.7
4.7
4.0
3.2
8.4
5.6
12.1
5.5
18.2
8.9
9.8
2.9
2.8
14.3
3.5
7.1
1.2
2.5
6.2
6.1
–
$14.06
11.62
11.62
10.58
10.94
10.70
10.70
15.38
–
–
17.91
13.81
19.64
14.92
12.17
12.22
14.63
14.12
20.90
12.18
–
12.69
11.52
12.43
12.32
–
6.2
3.7
3.7
2.7
4.4
9.4
9.4
3.4
–
–
5.8
12.1
5.4
14.8
8.9
10.3
3.0
2.8
14.3
3.5
–
1.2
2.5
5.8
5.6
–
–
$9.20
9.20
–
–
6.95
6.95
15.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.60
9.86
–
–
2.5
2.5
–
–
1.0
1.0
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
5.8
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Group II .............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Group II .............................................................
18.79
12.32
21.82
18.46
20.37
13.24
19.16
21.86
22.24
22.05
22.54
10.2
5.2
13.3
4.1
6.5
18.1
5.4
6.0
8.4
6.1
9.0
18.98
–
–
18.46
20.37
–
19.16
21.86
–
22.05
22.54
10.2
–
–
4.1
6.5
–
5.4
6.0
–
6.1
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive body and related repairers .........................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
16.99
11.05
19.48
16.16
18.05
17.98
17.98
15.30
18.11
19.22
19.22
3.5
4.6
3.4
5.2
4.5
13.2
13.2
11.0
2.0
3.3
3.3
17.76
–
–
18.05
–
17.98
17.98
18.11
18.11
19.22
19.22
5.8
–
–
4.5
–
13.2
13.2
2.0
2.0
3.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.84
18.28
19.18
19.18
16.11
17.79
3.9
2.8
8.5
8.5
6.5
5.6
16.88
–
19.18
19.18
16.18
17.79
3.9
–
8.5
8.5
6.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.28
11.28
14.1
14.1
11.52
–
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
15.16
11.98
17.26
6.5
7.2
3.3
15.87
–
–
6.3
–
–
7.23
–
–
2.9
–
–
15.74
9.3
15.74
9.3
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
$16.00
10.24
8.56
11.3
11.3
7.8
$16.00
12.25
–
11.3
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.44
16.91
16.91
15.34
15.34
15.34
15.34
15.72
16.51
17.78
10.66
2.2
6.8
6.8
12.9
12.9
12.9
12.9
12.5
8.4
3.8
20.6
18.44
16.91
16.91
15.34
–
15.34
15.34
15.72
16.51
17.78
15.23
2.2
6.8
6.8
12.9
–
12.9
12.9
12.5
8.4
3.8
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
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 ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
15.52
13.20
20.11
8.9
3.4
3.4
16.60
–
–
10.9
–
–
$10.44
–
–
8.0
–
–
18.87
17.03
14.18
13.68
20.12
15.61
15.18
12.59
11.89
15.43
15.37
12.16
12.16
10.83
10.83
16.4
10.2
3.6
3.7
7.5
3.0
2.8
10.8
8.6
3.4
3.3
4.3
4.3
13.1
13.1
18.87
–
14.95
–
–
15.61
15.18
13.27
12.48
15.71
15.66
13.15
–
–
–
16.4
–
4.3
–
–
3.0
2.8
12.6
11.1
2.8
2.8
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
13.13
13.13
10.55
10.55
7.4
7.4
19.3
19.3
15.20
15.20
–
–
8.8
8.8
–
–
10.64
10.64
–
–
9.3
9.3
–
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
23
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.50
$10.00
$14.99
$21.54
$31.51
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
17.42
20.00
21.87
9.46
22.11
21.63
21.54
26.37
9.46
22.11
28.03
25.00
31.47
22.39
28.60
40.00
30.72
41.54
26.50
32.58
51.02
52.40
47.72
41.47
32.58
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
17.10
17.17
18.61
19.75
21.84
22.25
25.60
25.06
33.03
25.72
15.13
15.13
18.35
16.77
15.13
20.68
19.90
23.32
23.64
26.52
27.52
25.60
33.03
32.31
33.14
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.51
22.28
33.33
19.51
18.02
23.14
28.82
33.80
19.51
18.76
35.58
33.80
37.61
20.94
30.84
42.87
40.41
41.86
50.08
35.67
49.50
44.62
43.70
50.08
37.95
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
18.85
25.66
25.66
25.66
11.71
20.91
27.17
29.31
29.31
17.00
26.44
34.68
37.48
37.48
21.92
34.14
41.13
41.13
41.13
25.43
41.13
42.74
42.74
42.74
29.19
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
15.45
21.15
30.84
32.18
38.94
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
9.00
9.58
11.87
9.50
11.84
10.26
12.46
11.89
13.54
13.54
14.10
12.00
17.56
20.49
18.39
15.83
25.15
43.15
25.15
28.99
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
14.42
29.13
17.07
36.78
36.78
42.83
44.58
52.88
58.17
59.86
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
7.80
21.93
9.00
35.50
29.26
42.00
41.58
67.80
53.53
72.82
20.19
21.79
28.29
23.70
46.81
42.60
72.82
67.80
81.87
67.80
12.64
8.98
19.42
26.34
8.98
29.81
34.92
8.98
35.49
43.53
12.64
42.69
52.05
32.55
51.90
18.98
30.59
36.38
43.53
51.90
26.17
25.83
29.74
29.82
34.71
37.27
41.04
47.48
51.90
55.47
25.83
19.71
29.83
24.18
39.35
33.51
47.48
50.73
55.64
52.05
19.64
11.75
6.25
25.07
16.95
6.90
37.96
17.00
8.17
50.73
52.07
9.00
52.05
52.50
11.91
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .............
Coaches and scouts .....................................................
11.88
10.58
10.58
16.21
12.36
12.36
17.56
22.33
22.33
23.08
25.47
25.47
29.79
28.86
28.86
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
12.00
23.00
18.94
9.10
17.06
19.05
13.52
15.67
35.81
21.00
13.00
18.46
21.29
18.02
21.98
40.20
24.38
19.95
18.97
23.43
22.00
26.12
41.85
27.24
25.00
23.86
26.30
24.09
31.43
42.70
30.95
31.13
23.86
26.80
24.50
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
$17.69
$19.54
$21.28
$23.10
$26.11
10.27
10.27
15.45
10.73
10.97
10.47
15.95
11.53
13.91
11.47
16.71
12.53
15.67
13.25
18.69
15.31
16.07
14.61
20.13
17.31
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................
Physical therapist aides ................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
7.90
7.90
7.90
9.00
8.53
7.00
11.85
9.00
9.91
9.76
9.00
9.27
8.50
12.49
10.50
10.90
10.85
10.44
11.48
9.75
13.54
12.10
12.08
12.00
12.01
12.01
12.81
14.48
13.90
13.30
13.11
12.31
12.31
17.50
15.20
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
7.50
25.07
25.07
7.25
7.25
9.25
25.07
25.07
8.00
8.00
14.15
27.27
27.27
9.02
9.02
25.07
30.74
30.74
10.50
10.50
29.77
33.77
33.77
13.64
13.64
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, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
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 ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
2.85
4.70
7.00
10.11
14.11
9.14
10.38
14.75
16.33
20.54
9.14
6.00
10.00
6.00
6.00
2.83
2.83
10.38
6.60
11.44
8.00
7.05
2.85
2.84
14.75
9.00
12.46
8.56
8.05
2.93
2.88
16.33
11.10
13.14
10.00
8.75
4.70
3.03
20.54
13.14
14.38
11.00
8.85
8.00
4.70
5.75
5.25
6.70
6.00
8.00
6.90
8.50
7.75
9.05
10.50
5.50
6.00
6.90
7.50
10.50
5.15
5.75
7.00
8.00
8.00
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
7.90
7.90
9.36
9.40
12.95
12.98
15.60
14.83
17.55
16.38
7.95
7.09
7.00
7.00
9.03
9.31
9.36
9.36
13.42
11.89
9.36
9.36
15.63
13.29
9.82
9.82
17.05
13.29
23.38
23.38
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
5.50
8.00
8.00
2.72
2.72
9.00
9.00
9.51
2.93
2.93
10.42
9.64
9.89
6.25
6.25
23.51
11.62
10.94
9.78
9.78
30.10
13.79
13.43
10.94
10.94
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 ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Telemarketers ...................................................................
6.25
9.00
9.00
6.00
5.65
5.65
6.15
5.67
6.00
15.69
7.25
7.50
10.00
9.25
6.73
6.25
6.25
7.00
6.25
7.00
15.69
17.20
9.96
12.84
10.80
8.00
7.50
7.50
9.00
7.00
8.15
17.00
17.23
16.23
16.59
16.24
9.87
9.15
9.15
10.00
9.00
9.94
23.66
21.32
20.51
29.62
18.56
12.24
11.00
11.00
13.00
10.00
14.71
38.62
22.25
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
9.00
10.05
12.98
16.01
18.95
14.22
9.13
14.22
10.91
15.55
13.29
19.31
16.02
22.16
17.65
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$10.68
9.50
9.00
6.58
10.06
11.51
11.50
8.04
8.00
6.50
10.75
12.00
12.25
9.73
10.75
9.10
9.58
9.10
$11.00
11.30
11.65
8.73
12.10
11.75
12.00
9.35
8.65
8.10
12.36
13.08
12.25
10.00
12.60
10.05
10.45
10.00
$12.50
13.29
15.05
9.52
15.87
14.42
14.51
10.51
9.80
9.36
14.69
18.70
14.54
12.88
14.44
10.58
12.25
11.54
$16.07
16.50
21.48
13.77
15.87
14.89
14.51
11.00
11.50
10.82
17.64
21.04
18.03
14.50
15.87
16.01
13.25
13.69
$16.62
17.65
23.40
13.77
15.87
15.00
16.16
12.75
13.95
12.47
21.09
23.08
22.69
16.29
17.64
16.01
17.56
15.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
11.00
13.00
7.50
14.00
10.35
10.35
12.50
16.00
11.00
18.92
19.25
19.48
19.25
18.62
12.50
19.55
21.75
23.61
24.07
20.50
12.50
21.40
24.14
28.63
28.63
24.93
18.00
21.40
30.99
30.99
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive body and related repairers .........................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
10.00
10.00
13.00
10.00
16.19
12.25
10.03
13.26
10.00
18.10
16.53
15.50
15.50
15.50
19.25
20.42
19.50
21.92
18.50
19.25
24.83
24.18
27.56
20.98
22.89
11.05
15.51
11.05
15.14
15.91
14.41
17.05
19.83
16.14
19.19
22.20
18.15
22.21
23.08
19.49
7.00
7.50
11.55
12.25
13.50
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
9.00
11.65
14.81
17.71
21.35
11.13
10.86
7.00
13.12
13.12
7.75
13.89
13.89
9.44
16.13
16.73
12.59
25.48
28.39
16.45
16.27
13.27
11.00
11.00
12.45
10.60
6.89
16.75
14.70
13.00
13.00
13.78
13.77
6.89
19.25
16.48
13.57
13.57
14.28
16.02
6.89
20.12
18.49
15.80
15.80
16.55
18.39
14.63
20.42
21.25
22.89
22.89
23.43
22.60
17.33
Occupation2
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.99
$10.54
$14.99
$17.00
$21.06
10.00
9.21
9.00
13.50
8.50
14.99
7.50
7.50
10.00
13.75
11.40
14.98
9.00
14.99
8.00
7.50
19.51
21.06
14.98
14.99
10.00
14.99
12.65
9.25
25.45
21.06
15.40
16.53
12.00
16.71
16.02
14.90
26.54
21.06
17.55
17.50
25.36
16.90
17.00
16.89
7.50
5.50
8.50
6.40
12.65
9.66
17.00
15.28
20.66
16.26
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
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 ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.25
$9.75
$14.55
$21.00
$29.68
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
16.14
20.00
21.87
9.46
22.11
21.54
21.54
26.37
9.46
22.11
28.03
25.00
31.47
9.46
28.60
38.72
30.72
41.54
24.41
32.58
51.91
52.40
47.72
26.50
32.58
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
17.10
17.17
18.61
19.75
22.00
22.25
25.63
25.06
33.14
25.72
15.13
15.13
18.35
16.77
15.13
20.68
19.90
23.32
23.77
26.52
27.52
25.60
33.03
32.31
33.14
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.88
22.28
33.33
19.51
18.02
23.99
28.82
33.80
19.51
26.68
35.58
33.80
37.61
20.94
31.30
43.43
40.41
41.86
50.08
35.67
49.50
44.62
43.70
50.08
38.05
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
18.85
25.66
25.66
25.66
11.71
21.15
27.17
29.31
29.31
17.00
26.44
35.03
37.48
37.48
21.92
34.14
41.13
41.13
41.13
25.43
41.13
42.74
42.74
42.74
29.19
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
15.27
19.99
30.84
32.18
38.94
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
9.00
11.41
9.50
11.41
12.00
11.89
12.46
12.48
12.00
15.19
13.94
15.83
20.26
17.48
28.99
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
14.42
36.78
16.25
38.46
37.59
44.58
48.08
55.75
58.61
59.86
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
6.25
21.93
8.17
38.81
9.00
49.35
28.47
67.80
62.48
81.87
8.98
17.73
8.98
18.05
12.64
19.42
20.02
20.02
28.47
28.47
17.73
18.05
19.42
20.02
28.47
11.88
16.21
17.56
23.08
29.79
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
12.18
23.00
19.75
9.10
17.06
19.05
13.52
17.69
15.70
35.81
21.80
13.00
18.46
21.29
18.02
19.54
22.44
40.20
24.52
19.95
18.97
23.43
22.00
21.28
26.25
41.85
27.60
25.00
23.86
26.30
24.09
23.10
31.88
42.70
31.11
32.09
23.86
26.80
24.50
26.11
10.27
10.27
15.45
10.73
10.97
10.47
16.00
11.53
13.91
11.47
17.00
12.53
15.67
13.25
18.69
15.31
16.07
14.61
20.13
17.31
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical transcriptionists ...............................................
7.90
7.90
7.90
9.00
7.00
11.85
9.00
9.72
9.72
9.00
8.50
12.49
10.33
10.50
10.55
10.25
9.75
13.54
11.82
11.50
11.60
12.00
12.81
14.48
13.49
12.31
12.30
12.31
17.50
15.20
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
6.75
7.10
7.10
7.75
7.75
7.75
9.50
9.00
9.00
12.40
10.06
10.06
14.99
12.65
12.65
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$2.85
$4.70
$7.00
$9.55
$14.38
9.14
10.38
14.75
16.33
20.54
9.14
6.00
6.00
6.00
2.83
2.83
10.38
6.60
8.00
6.70
2.85
2.84
14.75
8.56
8.56
8.05
2.93
2.88
16.33
11.00
10.00
8.55
4.70
3.03
20.54
12.15
11.00
8.85
8.00
4.70
5.75
5.25
6.70
6.00
7.52
6.80
8.50
7.50
9.05
9.45
5.50
6.00
6.75
7.10
10.05
5.15
5.75
7.00
8.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
9.00
8.85
11.50
11.91
13.42
13.42
15.99
15.63
7.50
7.09
8.75
9.17
12.23
11.05
15.63
13.29
15.99
13.29
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
5.50
8.00
8.00
8.50
9.00
9.51
10.26
9.52
9.89
23.51
10.20
10.94
30.10
11.52
13.43
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 ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Telemarketers ...................................................................
6.25
9.00
9.00
6.00
5.55
5.55
6.15
5.67
6.00
15.69
7.25
7.50
10.00
9.25
6.70
6.25
6.25
7.00
6.25
7.00
15.69
17.20
9.85
12.84
10.80
8.00
7.47
7.47
9.00
7.00
8.15
17.00
17.23
16.06
16.59
16.24
9.74
8.97
8.97
10.00
9.00
9.94
23.66
21.32
20.90
29.62
18.56
12.01
10.47
10.47
13.00
10.00
14.71
38.62
22.25
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.00
10.00
12.75
15.87
18.82
14.22
9.00
10.68
9.50
9.00
6.58
10.06
11.50
8.04
8.00
6.50
10.23
9.50
12.25
9.73
10.50
9.10
9.58
9.10
14.22
10.68
11.00
11.30
11.65
8.73
12.10
12.00
9.35
8.65
8.10
12.25
12.98
12.25
10.00
12.29
10.05
10.45
10.00
15.55
13.56
12.50
13.66
15.05
9.52
15.87
14.51
10.51
9.80
9.36
14.43
18.70
14.91
12.88
13.90
10.50
12.25
11.25
18.41
16.20
16.07
16.50
21.48
13.77
15.87
14.51
11.00
11.50
10.82
17.00
21.44
18.51
14.50
14.88
16.01
13.25
13.60
22.16
17.74
16.62
17.65
23.40
13.77
15.87
16.16
12.75
13.95
12.47
21.44
23.08
23.94
16.29
15.87
16.01
17.56
15.00
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
11.00
13.00
10.35
10.35
12.50
15.25
19.25
19.48
19.25
19.36
21.75
23.61
24.93
20.50
24.14
28.63
28.93
24.93
30.99
30.99
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
10.00
10.00
12.25
10.00
16.37
15.50
20.42
19.50
24.83
24.18
Occupation2
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 preparation workers .................................................
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 ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Automotive body and related repairers .........................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
$13.00
10.00
$13.26
10.00
$15.50
15.50
$21.92
18.50
$27.56
20.98
11.05
15.51
11.05
14.99
15.91
14.41
17.05
19.83
16.14
19.47
22.20
18.15
22.21
23.08
19.49
7.00
7.50
11.55
12.25
13.50
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.75
11.65
14.81
17.71
21.30
11.13
10.86
7.00
13.12
13.12
7.75
13.89
13.89
9.44
16.13
16.73
12.59
25.48
28.39
16.45
16.27
13.27
11.00
11.00
12.45
10.60
6.89
16.75
14.70
13.00
13.00
13.78
13.77
6.89
19.25
16.48
13.57
13.57
14.28
16.02
6.89
20.12
18.49
15.80
15.80
16.55
18.39
14.19
20.42
21.25
22.89
22.89
23.43
22.60
15.29
7.50
9.00
13.50
8.50
14.99
7.25
7.50
10.00
11.40
14.45
9.00
14.99
7.91
7.50
14.26
14.00
14.99
10.00
14.99
12.35
9.25
16.71
15.12
15.40
12.00
16.71
15.91
14.90
17.83
17.50
17.50
25.36
16.90
17.00
16.89
7.50
5.50
8.50
6.40
12.65
9.66
17.00
15.28
20.72
16.26
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 ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$12.83
$15.18
$19.72
$30.20
$43.24
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
19.89
17.00
30.66
37.74
34.21
41.47
44.04
46.65
46.65
46.65
Business and financial operations occupations .............
11.04
17.35
20.18
23.70
26.26
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
14.27
22.00
20.72
27.59
25.85
24.45
35.98
37.02
38.15
47.48
49.31
49.31
52.92
59.94
59.94
25.88
26.77
30.75
32.55
37.92
37.92
46.49
43.57
53.60
51.90
29.81
34.92
39.86
43.57
53.32
26.17
27.34
29.74
30.52
34.71
39.86
41.04
47.48
51.90
55.80
27.34
19.43
30.71
24.50
39.86
37.47
47.48
50.73
55.80
52.05
19.43
8.85
24.50
10.25
37.47
11.30
50.73
14.27
52.05
15.87
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
11.60
14.33
18.28
19.72
26.18
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
13.64
25.07
25.07
18.64
25.07
25.07
25.07
27.27
27.27
28.71
30.74
30.74
31.30
33.77
33.77
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
10.97
11.69
12.77
13.11
13.14
11.70
11.70
12.98
12.98
14.73
14.73
17.05
16.60
17.81
17.71
12.46
13.79
15.41
17.05
17.71
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
12.01
13.85
13.85
13.62
14.69
15.86
15.96
16.96
16.96
17.74
17.92
17.92
20.66
20.66
20.95
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
10.65
15.60
18.62
19.44
19.55
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
16.19
16.19
18.87
21.39
22.89
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
14.08
16.08
21.06
21.06
25.45
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.00
$11.65
$16.13
$23.06
$33.56
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
17.42
20.00
21.87
9.46
22.11
21.63
21.54
26.37
9.46
22.11
28.03
25.00
31.47
22.39
28.60
40.00
30.72
41.54
26.50
32.58
51.02
52.40
47.72
41.47
32.58
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
17.10
17.17
18.61
19.75
21.84
22.25
25.60
25.06
31.78
25.72
15.13
18.35
16.85
20.68
21.43
23.64
26.67
25.60
33.03
29.53
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.51
22.28
33.80
19.51
18.02
23.14
30.36
33.80
19.51
18.76
35.58
33.80
37.61
20.94
30.84
43.33
40.56
41.86
50.08
35.67
49.50
45.23
43.70
50.08
37.95
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
19.50
25.66
25.66
25.66
11.71
21.00
27.17
29.31
29.31
17.00
26.44
34.68
37.48
37.48
21.92
34.14
41.13
41.13
41.13
25.43
41.13
42.74
42.74
42.74
29.19
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
15.45
21.15
30.84
32.18
38.94
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
9.00
9.58
11.87
11.87
10.26
12.46
13.54
13.54
14.10
17.65
20.49
18.39
25.15
43.15
25.15
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
14.42
29.13
17.07
36.78
36.78
42.83
44.58
52.88
58.17
59.86
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
8.98
21.93
15.66
37.02
33.08
46.81
43.57
67.80
55.80
72.82
20.19
21.79
28.29
25.27
46.81
49.31
72.82
67.80
81.87
67.80
15.38
21.55
26.77
29.90
34.92
35.61
43.53
43.24
52.13
51.90
19.42
31.06
37.72
43.57
51.90
26.17
26.47
29.74
30.09
34.71
39.35
41.04
47.48
51.90
55.64
26.33
20.36
30.26
24.34
39.35
33.49
47.48
48.28
55.80
52.71
19.76
8.17
26.42
8.17
37.96
9.00
50.73
10.25
52.71
14.27
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.88
16.21
21.33
23.08
32.09
11.53
35.81
18.73
9.10
19.05
13.52
17.69
15.60
36.94
21.27
13.00
21.29
18.02
19.54
21.98
38.43
24.50
20.76
23.43
22.00
21.28
26.14
41.72
27.68
25.88
26.30
24.09
23.10
31.24
43.35
31.51
37.25
26.80
24.50
26.11
10.27
15.45
10.73
10.87
15.92
11.53
14.13
16.57
12.62
15.67
20.13
15.31
16.07
20.13
17.31
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Medical records and health information technicians .........
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
$8.39
7.90
7.90
9.00
8.61
$9.75
10.02
10.00
9.00
9.52
$10.95
10.95
10.95
10.50
11.46
$12.39
12.23
12.08
12.01
15.50
$15.17
13.45
13.11
12.31
19.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
7.75
25.07
25.07
7.25
7.25
10.06
25.07
25.07
8.00
8.00
15.49
27.27
27.27
9.50
9.50
25.07
30.74
30.74
12.36
12.36
29.77
33.77
33.77
13.64
13.64
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, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
2.85
4.07
8.88
12.44
14.75
9.14
10.38
14.75
16.33
20.54
9.14
6.45
10.50
6.00
2.83
2.83
7.00
10.38
8.56
11.60
8.56
2.85
2.85
7.00
14.75
10.00
12.46
9.00
2.93
2.88
8.00
16.33
12.05
13.14
10.00
4.70
2.93
10.75
20.54
13.14
14.38
11.00
7.35
4.70
12.24
7.00
7.00
9.79
11.05
12.44
8.95
8.75
10.00
10.93
13.29
13.29
15.63
15.63
17.76
16.60
9.00
7.09
12.35
9.42
13.94
11.05
15.99
12.98
17.21
13.29
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
8.00
9.00
9.36
9.00
11.09
9.92
24.19
11.62
30.10
14.08
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 ......
8.00
9.00
9.00
7.50
7.20
7.20
7.50
15.69
9.10
10.00
9.25
8.21
7.90
7.90
8.40
15.69
12.75
12.84
10.80
9.21
8.66
8.66
9.49
17.00
17.27
16.59
16.24
11.00
10.34
10.34
12.01
23.66
25.39
29.62
18.56
14.59
11.44
11.44
15.50
38.62
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 ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.10
10.78
13.46
16.02
19.62
14.22
9.20
10.54
9.50
8.41
10.50
8.76
11.50
10.18
8.00
9.07
10.75
12.98
12.25
9.62
10.75
9.10
9.58
9.50
14.22
11.00
11.00
11.30
8.41
12.05
9.19
12.00
10.85
8.71
9.32
12.38
13.62
12.25
10.00
12.60
10.05
10.45
10.50
15.55
13.66
11.75
13.29
11.18
15.34
11.75
14.51
11.00
9.81
9.96
14.69
18.70
13.70
11.52
14.44
10.58
12.25
11.55
20.80
16.01
15.09
16.50
14.63
21.48
13.77
14.51
11.40
11.51
12.47
17.64
21.09
17.31
13.20
15.91
16.01
13.25
14.00
22.16
17.74
16.62
17.65
14.63
23.40
13.77
16.16
15.78
13.95
12.79
20.95
23.08
20.07
15.02
17.64
16.01
17.56
15.43
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
11.50
13.05
19.25
24.07
28.63
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 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Carpenters ........................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
$13.00
14.00
10.35
10.35
$16.00
18.92
19.25
19.48
$18.62
19.55
21.75
23.61
$20.50
21.40
24.14
28.63
$24.93
21.40
30.99
30.99
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive body and related repairers .........................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
11.00
13.00
13.00
12.48
16.19
13.50
14.25
13.26
16.28
18.10
17.50
17.50
15.50
18.50
19.25
21.39
20.00
21.92
20.00
19.25
25.87
25.87
27.56
21.49
22.89
11.05
15.51
11.05
15.14
15.91
14.41
17.05
19.83
16.14
19.35
22.20
18.15
22.21
23.08
19.49
7.00
7.75
11.55
12.25
13.50
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
10.33
13.00
15.27
17.80
21.35
11.13
10.86
8.25
13.12
13.12
10.10
13.89
13.89
10.10
16.13
16.73
15.63
25.48
28.39
17.14
16.27
13.27
11.00
11.00
12.45
10.60
11.65
16.75
14.70
13.00
13.00
13.78
13.77
13.53
19.25
16.48
13.57
13.57
14.28
16.02
14.78
20.12
18.49
15.80
15.80
16.55
18.39
15.29
20.42
21.25
22.89
22.89
23.43
22.60
18.39
9.00
12.00
14.99
17.25
21.06
10.00
9.00
13.50
8.50
14.99
7.50
10.00
12.00
14.98
9.00
14.99
9.25
19.51
14.99
14.99
10.00
14.99
13.89
25.45
15.78
16.53
15.12
16.71
16.89
26.54
21.30
17.50
26.16
16.90
17.00
8.25
13.00
16.08
17.00
20.84
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$5.50
$6.50
$8.00
$10.97
$16.56
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
5.85
22.00
6.25
22.00
6.90
25.85
8.40
28.00
16.97
35.50
10.00
10.44
10.59
16.97
51.33
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
12.36
14.42
14.42
28.86
28.86
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
13.40
23.00
20.00
13.00
16.27
23.00
20.49
13.00
21.67
40.20
24.38
14.00
25.50
41.85
26.68
18.51
32.71
41.85
30.00
25.41
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
7.00
7.90
7.90
6.25
7.90
7.90
7.90
7.00
9.25
9.31
10.00
8.50
9.75
10.90
10.90
9.75
10.90
11.75
11.65
9.75
Protective service occupations .........................................
7.25
7.43
8.00
9.00
10.10
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
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 ...................................................
2.88
6.00
5.66
2.83
2.83
5.25
6.25
6.42
2.84
2.83
6.40
6.70
7.50
3.50
2.84
7.75
8.10
8.85
5.75
3.56
9.00
10.35
10.97
8.15
4.70
5.75
5.25
5.75
5.95
8.00
6.50
8.45
7.00
8.50
8.50
5.30
6.00
6.50
7.00
8.90
7.00
7.05
7.25
7.50
8.75
8.87
13.29
13.29
13.29
13.29
6.75
7.15
7.75
8.87
9.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
5.35
5.75
9.00
13.43
23.51
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
5.80
5.67
5.50
5.50
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.60
6.90
6.75
6.30
6.30
7.11
8.00
7.90
7.50
7.50
8.00
9.96
9.06
9.16
9.16
8.90
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
6.88
8.05
8.00
5.75
9.50
8.00
8.49
8.75
8.50
6.15
11.22
9.15
10.00
11.00
9.35
6.88
14.59
10.00
13.75
16.35
9.50
7.60
17.00
13.00
16.90
16.35
11.26
8.50
25.00
13.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Production occupations ....................................................
$6.89
$6.89
$6.89
$7.00
$8.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
6.50
6.14
7.91
7.50
11.40
8.50
12.65
12.65
13.75
12.65
6.55
8.50
9.49
12.65
12.65
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$638
39.4
$38,652
$32,842
2,004
1,284
1,260
1,427
850
1,126
1,077
1,218
839
40.6
44.5
39.9
40.0
66,613
65,534
74,192
43,726
58,562
55,999
63,315
43,651
2,107
2,315
2,076
2,056
28.60
1,108
1,144
40.0
57,638
59,488
2,080
23.78
23.48
21.84
22.25
927
939
862
890
39.0
40.0
48,216
48,841
44,824
46,280
2,028
2,080
22.20
25.45
21.43
23.64
849
1,000
750
936
38.2
39.3
44,152
52,012
39,006
48,674
1,988
2,044
34.81
34.22
35.58
33.80
1,375
1,341
1,369
1,352
39.5
39.2
71,504
69,710
71,175
70,300
2,054
2,037
38.14
31.37
28.58
37.61
20.94
30.84
1,467
1,245
1,138
1,423
785
1,234
38.5
39.7
39.8
76,274
64,716
59,184
74,000
40,823
64,145
2,000
2,063
2,071
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electrical engineers ....................
Drafters ...............................................
27.85
34.26
36.71
36.71
21.77
26.44
34.68
37.48
37.48
21.92
1,110
1,371
1,468
1,468
871
1,058
1,387
1,499
1,499
877
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
57,731
71,292
76,361
76,361
45,292
54,999
72,139
77,960
77,960
45,594
2,073
2,081
2,080
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
27.51
30.84
1,092
1,284
39.7
56,436
64,147
2,052
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
15.85
17.34
16.17
13.54
13.54
14.10
626
656
636
527
508
564
39.5
37.9
39.3
31,991
32,474
32,768
27,997
26,395
29,322
2,019
1,873
2,026
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
36.41
47.15
36.78
42.83
1,534
2,060
1,471
2,019
42.1
43.7
79,777
107,102
76,500
104,999
2,191
2,272
32.50
49.63
33.08
46.81
1,217
1,867
1,229
1,700
37.5
37.6
49,475
73,554
49,960
64,470
1,522
1,482
46.40
46.81
1,750
1,755
37.7
62,361
57,927
1,344
46.95
49.31
1,765
1,849
37.6
79,298
73,965
1,689
34.63
34.92
1,301
1,343
37.6
50,451
51,417
1,457
36.86
35.61
1,385
1,392
37.6
51,894
52,832
1,408
37.42
37.72
1,402
1,419
37.5
52,690
53,086
1,408
36.77
38.90
34.71
39.35
1,393
1,476
1,323
1,487
37.9
38.0
51,627
56,171
49,485
56,385
1,404
1,444
39.00
36.87
39.35
33.49
1,481
1,413
1,524
1,282
38.0
38.3
56,320
53,329
57,041
49,550
1,444
1,446
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$19.29
$16.13
$761
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
31.61
28.31
35.74
21.27
28.03
25.00
31.47
22.39
27.71
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Teacher assistants .............................
$37.81
9.89
$37.96
9.00
$1,454
367
$1,471
360
38.5
37.1
$54,897
17,500
$56,323
18,720
1,452
1,769
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
23.38
21.33
865
747
37.0
44,916
38,821
1,921
22.50
39.33
25.43
20.85
21.98
38.43
24.50
20.76
891
1,579
989
822
855
1,553
965
826
39.6
40.2
38.9
39.4
46,346
82,113
51,438
42,764
44,470
80,766
50,174
42,973
2,060
2,088
2,022
2,051
23.39
23.43
935
937
40.0
48,646
48,734
2,080
20.61
22.00
824
880
40.0
42,847
45,760
2,079
21.55
21.28
861
851
40.0
44,782
44,262
2,078
13.37
14.13
535
565
40.0
27,800
29,390
2,080
17.36
16.57
671
644
38.7
34,915
33,488
2,011
13.54
12.62
542
505
40.0
28,161
26,250
2,080
11.40
10.95
451
429
39.6
23,450
22,314
2,057
11.08
10.95
438
428
39.5
22,787
22,277
2,056
10.85
10.95
428
424
39.5
22,278
22,048
2,054
10.51
10.50
424
411
40.3
22,024
21,353
2,095
12.45
11.46
491
455
39.4
25,511
23,670
2,049
18.02
28.37
28.37
15.49
27.27
27.27
721
1,135
1,135
620
1,091
1,091
40.0
40.0
40.0
34,552
59,020
59,020
29,732
56,722
56,722
1,917
2,080
2,080
10.20
10.20
9.50
9.50
406
406
380
380
39.8
39.8
21,110
21,110
19,760
19,760
2,069
2,069
9.06
8.88
356
324
39.2
18,306
16,744
2,020
14.54
14.75
650
689
44.7
33,791
35,818
2,324
14.54
10.09
12.41
9.05
4.01
3.26
8.99
14.75
10.00
12.46
9.00
2.93
2.88
8.00
650
396
490
352
140
113
348
689
388
486
348
117
113
300
44.7
39.2
39.5
38.9
34.9
34.6
38.7
33,791
20,209
24,422
18,240
7,250
5,851
17,341
35,818
18,720
25,262
18,720
6,092
5,886
15,600
2,324
2,003
1,968
2,016
1,807
1,797
1,929
9.29
9.79
364
392
39.1
17,865
17,626
1,922
13.56
13.13
13.29
13.29
540
518
519
519
39.8
39.4
27,965
26,794
26,998
26,998
2,062
2,041
13.80
13.94
551
558
39.9
28,468
28,995
2,062
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support 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 .................................
Physical therapist assistants and
aides .............................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
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, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Child care workers ..............................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Legal secretaries ............................
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Electricians .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive body and related
repairers ...................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$422
37.9
$21,595
$21,944
1,969
545
429
470
397
36.3
39.9
24,779
21,994
21,674
20,051
1,652
2,042
12.75
607
500
40.4
31,426
26,000
2,090
15.64
12.84
651
533
41.6
33,846
27,706
2,164
12.62
10.29
9.30
9.30
11.00
10.80
9.21
8.66
8.66
9.49
521
407
368
368
436
480
361
346
346
366
41.3
39.6
39.5
39.5
39.6
27,079
21,160
19,118
19,118
22,662
24,981
18,762
17,992
17,992
19,032
2,146
2,057
2,056
2,056
2,059
21.04
17.00
842
680
40.0
42,753
32,635
2,032
13.89
13.46
547
523
39.4
28,425
27,160
2,046
17.41
13.67
15.55
13.66
691
538
622
530
39.7
39.3
35,919
27,946
32,344
27,539
2,063
2,044
13.21
11.75
528
470
40.0
27,268
24,440
2,065
13.90
11.41
16.56
11.26
14.06
11.62
10.58
10.70
13.29
11.18
15.34
11.75
14.51
11.00
9.81
9.96
544
450
645
446
560
451
423
412
527
419
604
470
580
413
392
398
39.1
39.5
39.0
39.6
39.8
38.8
40.0
38.5
28,273
23,402
33,555
23,199
29,109
23,445
21,910
21,424
27,412
21,795
31,429
24,440
30,183
21,450
20,384
20,717
2,035
2,052
2,026
2,061
2,070
2,018
2,071
2,001
15.38
14.69
608
578
39.5
31,517
30,039
2,050
17.91
14.92
12.17
18.70
13.70
11.52
708
592
487
748
548
461
39.5
39.7
40.0
36,544
30,807
25,300
38,896
28,500
23,962
2,040
2,064
2,079
14.63
14.44
577
578
39.4
29,897
30,039
2,044
12.18
10.58
477
423
39.2
24,802
22,006
2,036
12.69
12.43
12.25
11.55
499
491
490
464
39.3
39.5
25,957
25,526
25,480
24,128
2,046
2,054
18.98
18.46
19.16
19.25
18.62
19.55
742
691
759
751
745
782
39.1
37.5
39.6
37,375
35,681
39,456
37,440
38,730
40,658
1,969
1,933
2,059
21.86
21.75
843
870
38.6
43,821
45,240
2,005
22.05
23.61
849
885
38.5
44,139
46,030
2,001
17.76
18.05
17.50
17.50
707
714
700
694
39.8
39.5
36,621
37,125
36,400
36,096
2,062
2,056
17.98
15.50
708
620
39.4
36,836
32,240
2,049
18.11
18.50
718
726
39.7
37,337
37,762
2,062
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$10.97
$11.05
$415
15.00
10.77
11.09
9.92
15.04
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ......................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand ................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$770
40.0
$39,976
$40,040
2,080
670
767
682
793
39.7
40.0
34,748
39,900
34,100
41,246
2,059
2,080
16.14
638
645
39.5
33,193
33,561
2,052
11.52
11.55
459
462
39.9
23,873
24,024
2,073
15.87
15.27
626
610
39.5
32,163
31,280
2,026
15.74
13.89
630
556
40.0
32,737
28,889
2,080
16.00
13.89
640
556
40.0
33,276
28,889
2,080
12.25
10.10
490
404
40.0
25,322
21,008
2,068
18.44
16.91
19.25
16.48
650
671
651
658
35.3
39.7
33,814
34,896
33,842
34,216
1,833
2,064
15.34
13.57
607
527
39.6
31,580
27,394
2,059
15.34
13.57
607
527
39.6
31,580
27,394
2,059
15.72
14.28
629
571
40.0
32,307
29,702
2,055
16.51
15.23
16.02
14.78
660
609
641
591
40.0
40.0
34,335
31,680
33,322
30,742
2,080
2,080
16.60
14.99
653
600
39.3
33,832
31,179
2,038
18.87
14.95
19.51
14.99
755
597
780
600
40.0
40.0
39,241
31,066
40,581
31,179
2,080
2,078
15.61
14.99
625
600
40.0
32,475
31,179
2,080
13.27
15.71
13.15
10.00
14.99
13.89
529
628
519
400
600
552
39.9
40.0
39.5
27,517
32,680
26,963
20,800
31,179
28,704
2,073
2,080
2,050
15.20
16.08
600
635
39.5
31,190
33,030
2,053
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.22
$19.25
$769
16.88
19.18
17.05
19.83
16.18
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 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
40
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$620
39.5
$37,865
$31,762
2,031
1,277
1,244
1,427
679
1,126
1,077
1,218
378
40.8
44.7
39.9
40.3
66,339
64,712
74,192
35,094
58,550
55,999
63,315
19,666
2,118
2,326
2,076
2,084
28.60
1,108
1,144
40.0
57,638
59,488
2,080
23.95
23.48
21.84
22.25
936
939
874
890
39.1
40.0
48,658
48,841
45,427
46,280
2,031
2,080
22.20
25.63
21.43
23.64
849
1,013
750
946
38.2
39.5
44,152
52,672
39,006
49,177
1,988
2,055
35.12
34.22
35.67
33.80
1,387
1,341
1,385
1,352
39.5
39.2
72,123
69,710
72,000
70,300
2,054
2,037
38.14
31.37
30.39
37.61
20.94
31.30
1,467
1,245
1,209
1,423
785
1,252
38.5
39.7
39.8
76,274
64,716
62,865
74,000
40,823
65,096
2,000
2,063
2,069
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electrical engineers ....................
Drafters ...............................................
28.00
34.56
36.71
36.71
21.77
26.44
35.03
37.48
37.48
21.92
1,118
1,383
1,468
1,468
871
1,058
1,401
1,499
1,499
877
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
58,130
71,906
76,361
76,361
45,292
54,999
72,860
77,960
77,960
45,594
2,076
2,081
2,080
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
27.37
30.84
1,084
1,234
39.6
56,375
64,147
2,060
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Social workers ....................................
13.51
13.59
12.48
12.48
540
544
499
499
40.0
40.0
28,026
28,275
25,958
25,958
2,074
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
37.38
49.80
37.59
44.58
1,593
2,205
1,538
2,115
42.6
44.3
82,832
114,669
80,001
109,990
2,216
2,303
25.66
53.14
16.95
49.35
948
2,014
632
1,851
37.0
37.9
42,912
79,957
26,349
74,490
1,672
1,505
16.23
12.64
579
442
35.7
25,301
23,755
1,559
23.38
21.33
865
747
37.0
44,916
38,821
1,921
22.73
39.33
26.12
20.81
22.50
38.43
24.66
20.67
900
1,579
1,014
822
878
1,553
980
826
39.6
40.2
38.8
39.5
46,816
82,113
52,718
42,722
45,677
80,766
50,981
42,931
2,060
2,088
2,018
2,052
23.39
23.43
935
937
40.0
48,646
48,734
2,080
20.61
22.00
824
880
40.0
42,847
45,760
2,079
21.55
21.28
861
851
40.0
44,782
44,262
2,078
13.37
14.13
535
565
40.0
27,800
29,390
2,080
17.37
16.57
666
644
38.3
34,628
33,488
1,993
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$18.64
$15.67
$736
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Financial managers ............................
Education administrators ....................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
31.32
27.83
35.74
16.84
28.03
25.00
31.47
9.46
27.71
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Medical records and health
information technicians .................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
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 ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$505
40.0
$28,161
$26,250
2,080
439
420
39.5
22,854
21,840
2,055
10.63
417
420
39.5
21,707
21,840
2,052
10.57
10.72
417
420
39.4
21,672
21,840
2,050
12.45
11.46
491
455
39.4
25,511
23,670
2,049
10.79
10.00
428
400
39.7
18,893
19,240
1,751
9.67
9.67
9.02
9.02
385
385
361
361
39.8
39.8
19,997
19,997
18,762
18,762
2,067
2,067
8.85
8.56
348
322
39.3
18,071
16,744
2,042
14.54
14.75
650
689
44.7
33,791
35,818
2,324
14.54
9.70
9.05
3.93
3.26
8.52
14.75
9.55
9.00
2.93
2.88
8.00
650
381
352
138
113
328
689
360
348
115
113
300
44.7
39.3
38.9
35.1
34.6
38.6
33,791
19,796
18,240
7,169
5,851
17,081
35,818
18,720
18,720
5,990
5,886
15,600
2,324
2,042
2,016
1,825
1,797
2,006
8.70
8.25
339
330
39.0
17,642
17,160
2,027
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.54
$12.62
$542
11.12
10.82
10.58
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
12.78
12.19
12.23
12.85
508
478
465
465
39.8
39.2
26,355
24,739
24,188
24,188
2,063
2,030
12.83
10.63
13.42
10.75
513
399
537
414
40.0
37.5
26,501
20,755
27,914
21,548
2,066
1,952
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
15.03
10.32
541
465
36.0
24,386
21,424
1,623
15.02
12.65
607
500
40.4
31,411
26,000
2,091
15.64
12.84
651
533
41.6
33,846
27,706
2,164
12.62
10.17
8.89
8.89
11.00
10.80
9.15
8.50
8.50
9.49
521
403
352
352
436
480
360
339
339
366
41.3
39.6
39.6
39.6
39.6
27,079
20,937
18,323
18,323
22,662
24,981
18,720
17,638
17,638
19,032
2,146
2,059
2,062
2,062
2,059
21.04
17.00
842
680
40.0
42,753
32,635
2,032
13.71
13.00
541
516
39.5
28,122
26,855
2,051
17.11
13.66
15.55
13.66
680
538
622
531
39.7
39.4
35,357
27,956
32,344
27,633
2,067
2,047
13.21
11.75
528
470
40.0
27,268
24,440
2,065
13.90
11.41
13.66
11.18
544
450
531
419
39.1
39.5
28,275
23,402
27,633
21,795
2,034
2,052
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive body and related
repairers ...................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ......................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$604
470
580
413
392
398
39.0
39.6
39.8
38.8
40.0
38.5
$33,555
23,199
29,109
23,445
21,910
21,424
$31,429
24,440
30,183
21,450
20,384
20,717
2,026
2,061
2,070
2,018
2,071
2,001
595
552
39.6
30,940
28,725
2,061
18.70
11.52
710
487
748
461
39.5
40.0
36,935
25,300
38,896
23,962
2,053
2,079
13.50
13.62
533
520
39.5
27,698
27,040
2,052
11.99
10.50
471
420
39.3
24,506
21,840
2,045
12.69
12.19
12.25
11.54
499
482
490
462
39.3
39.6
25,957
25,081
25,480
23,999
2,046
2,057
19.15
18.55
19.36
19.36
748
685
770
720
39.0
36.9
37,560
35,283
35,880
37,440
1,961
1,902
21.86
21.75
843
870
38.6
43,821
45,240
2,005
22.05
23.61
849
885
38.5
44,139
46,030
2,001
17.70
18.03
17.50
17.35
704
713
700
694
39.8
39.5
36,464
37,062
35,547
36,096
2,061
2,056
17.98
15.50
708
620
39.4
36,836
32,240
2,049
16.88
19.18
17.05
19.83
669
767
682
793
39.7
40.0
34,735
39,900
34,100
41,246
2,058
2,080
16.18
16.14
638
645
39.5
33,193
33,561
2,052
11.26
11.55
449
462
39.9
23,329
24,024
2,072
15.85
15.27
626
610
39.5
32,123
31,280
2,026
15.74
13.89
630
556
40.0
32,737
28,889
2,080
16.00
13.89
640
556
40.0
33,276
28,889
2,080
12.25
10.10
490
404
40.0
25,322
21,008
2,068
18.44
16.91
19.25
16.48
650
671
651
658
35.3
39.7
33,814
34,896
33,842
34,216
1,833
2,064
15.34
13.57
607
527
39.6
31,580
27,394
2,059
15.34
13.57
607
527
39.6
31,580
27,394
2,059
15.72
14.28
629
571
40.0
32,307
29,702
2,055
16.51
14.67
16.02
14.63
660
587
641
585
40.0
40.0
34,335
30,512
33,322
30,439
2,080
2,080
16.02
14.76
14.99
14.99
630
590
600
600
39.3
40.0
32,739
30,668
31,179
31,179
2,044
2,078
15.41
14.99
616
600
40.0
32,046
31,179
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.56
11.26
14.06
11.62
10.58
10.70
$15.34
11.75
14.51
11.00
9.81
9.96
$645
446
560
451
423
412
15.01
14.39
17.99
12.17
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$400
600
528
39.9
40.0
39.4
$27,517
32,680
26,675
$20,800
31,179
27,477
2,073
2,080
2,048
636
39.4
31,223
33,093
2,047
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.27
15.71
13.03
$10.00
14.99
13.80
$529
628
514
15.25
17.00
600
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
44
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$782
38.9
$44,452
$40,581
1,800
1,374
1,508
1,283
1,641
38.6
38.8
70,071
75,872
66,700
71,111
1,968
1,952
20.18
769
757
37.7
39,979
39,355
1,959
37.16
40.65
37.72
38.99
1,405
1,500
1,419
1,380
37.8
36.9
53,317
58,010
54,263
54,397
1,435
1,427
38.84
38.54
1,477
1,504
38.0
55,747
56,246
1,435
38.90
38.54
1,475
1,504
37.9
55,233
56,246
1,420
40.55
40.10
1,539
1,504
38.0
57,852
56,246
1,427
36.77
39.66
34.71
40.64
1,393
1,506
1,323
1,559
37.9
38.0
51,627
57,294
49,485
58,673
1,404
1,445
39.78
37.68
41.18
36.84
1,511
1,455
1,559
1,471
38.0
38.6
57,481
54,976
58,938
55,895
1,445
1,459
37.68
12.72
36.84
12.13
1,455
470
1,471
448
38.6
36.9
54,976
18,391
55,895
16,615
1,459
1,446
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
17.94
18.28
713
731
39.7
37,072
38,022
2,066
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
24.45
28.37
28.37
25.07
27.27
27.27
984
1,135
1,135
1,003
1,091
1,091
40.3
40.0
40.0
51,191
59,020
59,020
52,146
56,722
56,722
2,094
2,080
2,080
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
12.70
12.97
485
519
38.2
21,629
25,418
1,704
15.38
14.81
14.73
14.73
613
591
589
589
39.9
39.9
31,683
30,516
30,638
30,638
2,060
2,060
15.17
15.41
605
616
39.9
31,210
30,638
2,057
16.34
16.22
632
634
38.7
32,373
32,784
1,982
17.15
16.96
671
662
39.1
34,227
34,402
1,996
17.53
16.96
690
662
39.3
35,443
34,402
2,022
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$24.70
$20.20
$960
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
35.60
38.86
34.21
41.47
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
20.41
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Teacher assistants .............................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$745
39.3
$35,521
$38,730
2,045
758
755
40.0
39,438
39,250
2,080
780
842
39.5
39,695
43,801
2,010
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
$17.37
$18.62
$683
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
18.96
18.87
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
19.75
21.06
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
46
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$17.14
$14.98
$16.44
$22.04
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
26.76
28.00
26.20
9.65
13.14
12.73
13.38
17.84
18.93
16.89
15.02
15.14
14.89
23.78
25.31
23.19
8.80
12.79
13.18
12.50
16.35
17.13
15.40
13.53
14.17
12.74
26.22
27.13
25.74
9.09
12.95
10.97
14.13
19.66
–
17.06
14.61
16.20
13.04
29.91
30.63
29.56
13.83
14.03
13.58
14.15
21.08
–
22.94
19.70
15.97
22.89
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.0
5.2
5.4
4.2
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 .......................
3.2
5.5
3.6
3.9
3.0
6.3
3.1
5.6
11.1
3.7
6.0
6.5
10.5
9.6
12.4
11.3
8.9
4.2
7.8
3.4
4.0
6.8
5.4
7.5
12.5
8.6
8.3
7.7
10.6
7.1
3.2
15.1
3.4
8.8
–
5.0
4.5
2.1
7.1
3.1
7.3
3.6
4.9
5.2
21.3
3.6
6.2
–
2.2
23.8
12.5
36.9
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.
47
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$588
39.8
$34,313
$30,039
2,050
1,096
1,121
42.5
57,004
58,309
2,209
23.84
943
918
39.6
49,041
47,726
2,060
24.05
21.02
25.00
21.92
962
841
1,000
877
40.0
40.0
50,020
43,715
52,000
45,594
2,080
2,080
11.53
9.00
421
360
36.5
20,533
18,720
1,781
14.58
8.98
518
323
35.5
23,037
23,335
1,580
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
23.11
20.13
940
805
40.7
48,900
41,879
2,116
Healthcare support occupations .............................
11.13
10.00
444
405
39.9
23,074
21,060
2,073
9.28
8.05
363
300
39.1
18,865
15,600
2,032
14.46
14.75
648
635
44.8
33,703
33,017
2,331
14.46
3.52
3.15
14.75
2.85
2.85
648
117
104
635
99
99
44.8
33.3
32.9
33,703
6,099
5,393
33,017
5,151
5,151
2,331
1,733
1,712
12.37
11.54
497
465
40.2
25,861
24,188
2,090
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$16.74
$14.75
$667
Management occupations .......................................
25.80
26.50
Business and financial operations occupations ...
23.80
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Drafters ...................................................................
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
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 ..................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
15.88
10.19
15.69
9.00
651
409
628
360
41.0
40.1
33,585
21,276
31,485
18,720
2,115
2,088
18.10
17.00
724
680
40.0
36,625
32,635
2,024
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
12.67
12.83
13.64
13.61
11.41
12.25
12.76
12.76
12.98
11.25
503
512
546
544
454
490
510
510
519
450
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
26,147
26,564
28,373
28,313
23,610
25,480
26,541
26,541
27,000
23,400
2,064
2,070
2,080
2,080
2,070
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Carpenters ..............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...............
17.13
18.49
22.07
22.07
15.00
18.50
21.75
21.75
667
679
883
883
600
690
870
870
38.9
36.7
40.0
40.0
33,033
34,934
45,895
45,895
29,120
35,880
45,240
45,240
1,929
1,890
2,080
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
16.83
16.75
674
670
40.1
34,731
33,800
2,064
17.74
16.14
710
645
40.0
36,901
33,561
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
48
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$560
404
520
520
39.5
40.0
39.5
39.5
$29,887
24,229
28,038
28,038
$28,080
21,008
27,040
27,040
2,006
2,067
2,055
2,055
540
540
39.9
40.0
26,765
27,267
28,080
28,080
2,073
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ............
$14.90
11.72
13.64
13.64
$14.00
10.10
13.17
13.17
$588
469
539
539
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
12.91
13.11
13.50
13.50
515
524
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
Annual earnings5
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
49
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$664
39.3
$40,750
$34,249
2,016
1,435
1,501
1,108
1,303
1,508
1,144
39.3
38.1
40.0
74,470
78,068
57,638
67,492
78,391
59,488
2,039
1,983
2,080
21.60
21.84
934
939
857
874
39.0
40.0
48,587
48,809
44,554
45,427
2,026
2,080
22.20
25.65
21.43
23.20
849
1,017
750
928
38.2
39.6
44,152
52,859
39,006
48,256
1,988
2,061
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer programmers .........................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
30.46
25.25
33.66
31.37
27.83
30.65
21.97
33.39
20.94
28.90
1,195
984
1,313
1,245
1,103
1,210
874
1,321
785
1,156
39.2
39.0
39.0
39.7
39.7
62,149
51,182
68,298
64,716
57,371
62,899
45,448
68,673
40,823
60,116
2,040
2,027
2,029
2,063
2,062
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electrical engineers ........................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
32.09
35.56
37.07
37.07
17.20
33.53
36.93
40.01
40.01
13.42
1,278
1,423
1,483
1,483
664
1,341
1,477
1,600
1,600
503
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
66,476
73,995
77,112
77,112
34,554
69,744
76,810
83,221
83,221
26,177
2,071
2,081
2,080
2,080
2,009
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
26.27
32.18
1,034
1,287
39.4
53,793
66,924
2,048
Community and social services occupations ........
13.91
12.48
563
499
40.5
29,201
25,958
2,099
Legal occupations ....................................................
40.75
40.21
1,771
1,923
43.5
92,092
100,000
2,260
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
45.04
53.14
40.01
49.35
1,694
2,014
1,515
1,851
37.6
37.9
69,498
79,957
61,071
74,490
1,543
1,505
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
30.56
25.47
1,133
891
37.1
58,769
46,350
1,923
22.60
39.33
26.82
21.05
23.11
23.39
20.61
21.55
23.10
38.43
25.41
20.64
23.43
23.43
22.00
21.28
887
1,579
1,037
815
924
935
824
861
900
1,553
992
818
937
937
880
851
39.2
40.2
38.7
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
46,102
82,113
53,944
42,366
48,065
48,646
42,847
44,782
46,800
80,766
51,563
42,536
48,734
48,734
45,760
44,262
2,040
2,088
2,012
2,012
2,080
2,080
2,079
2,078
13.37
16.24
13.54
14.13
16.10
12.62
535
612
542
565
638
505
40.0
37.7
40.0
27,800
31,843
28,161
29,390
33,176
26,250
2,080
1,960
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
11.11
11.11
11.15
11.25
11.00
11.00
11.05
10.88
437
436
436
449
436
436
438
435
39.3
39.2
39.1
39.9
22,733
22,653
22,695
23,343
22,672
22,672
22,776
22,630
2,045
2,040
2,036
2,076
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
10.79
9.67
9.67
10.00
9.02
9.02
428
385
385
400
361
361
39.7
39.8
39.8
18,893
19,997
19,997
19,240
18,762
18,762
1,751
2,067
2,067
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
7.83
10.96
8.56
11.00
312
438
342
440
39.8
40.0
16,178
22,731
17,796
22,440
2,066
2,074
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
12.99
12.44
12.35
12.67
514
491
494
503
39.6
39.5
26,605
25,433
25,688
26,166
2,049
2,045
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$20.21
$16.89
$793
Management occupations .......................................
Financial managers ................................................
Medical and health services managers ..................
36.53
39.37
27.71
32.92
37.69
28.60
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
23.98
23.47
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Pharmacists ............................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .....
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ...
Radiologic technologists and technicians ...........
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ........................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
Medical records and health information technicians
See footnotes at end of table.
50
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$549
401
40.0
38.4
$27,769
19,516
$28,538
20,842
2,063
1,999
502
417
35.6
22,368
20,634
1,587
10.01
17.63
544
855
390
678
39.6
41.4
28,299
44,455
20,259
35,277
2,057
2,154
15.88
10.75
16.24
9.34
635
421
649
363
40.0
39.2
33,027
21,911
33,771
18,866
2,080
2,037
14.47
13.91
568
539
39.3
29,550
28,022
2,042
18.93
14.25
18.14
14.06
749
556
726
539
39.6
39.1
38,953
28,937
37,740
28,022
2,058
2,031
13.70
14.06
17.11
10.90
15.92
13.13
14.06
15.41
9.85
14.88
548
543
669
436
627
525
539
608
394
595
40.0
38.6
39.1
40.0
39.4
28,486
28,219
34,796
22,665
32,609
27,310
28,022
31,600
20,488
30,957
2,080
2,007
2,034
2,080
2,049
19.72
12.74
20.73
12.88
773
509
829
515
39.2
40.0
40,190
26,472
43,110
26,790
2,038
2,078
13.18
12.89
14.24
12.65
12.25
14.23
516
504
554
504
490
550
39.2
39.1
38.9
26,838
26,225
28,827
26,200
25,480
28,608
2,036
2,035
2,024
Construction and extraction occupations .............
24.02
24.07
944
950
39.3
49,102
49,400
2,044
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
18.39
18.03
18.10
15.50
728
706
724
620
39.6
39.1
37,849
36,700
37,648
32,240
2,058
2,035
16.41
15.27
17.05
14.43
648
596
682
577
39.5
39.1
33,571
31,013
34,100
30,014
2,046
2,031
16.79
16.35
662
642
39.4
34,361
33,100
2,047
15.88
16.00
13.89
13.89
635
640
556
556
40.0
40.0
33,034
33,276
28,889
28,889
2,080
2,080
18.44
16.82
19.25
16.50
650
673
651
660
35.3
40.0
33,814
34,992
33,842
34,320
1,833
2,080
16.87
15.64
15.40
14.63
675
626
616
585
40.0
40.0
35,091
32,538
32,032
30,439
2,080
2,080
19.14
16.95
17.06
17.07
14.83
16.71
16.97
17.00
16.53
15.91
742
676
682
677
580
668
680
680
661
602
38.8
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.1
38,563
35,173
35,479
35,228
30,114
34,757
35,360
35,360
34,382
31,304
2,015
2,075
2,080
2,064
2,031
15.81
17.00
622
680
39.3
32,346
35,360
2,046
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
$13.46
9.76
$13.72
10.02
$538
375
Personal care and service occupations .................
14.09
10.11
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
13.76
20.64
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Medical secretaries .............................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .......
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Production occupations ..........................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .................................
Machinists ...............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, 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 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$20.47
$18.30
$24.72
$17.07
$16.92
$22.18
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
31.83
–
32.20
15.41
14.88
9.16
15.60
21.57
–
19.60
17.59
16.06
18.52
25.48
–
25.50
13.43
14.51
–
15.64
22.12
24.04
19.70
17.31
16.04
18.27
34.27
–
34.83
17.43
15.64
–
15.53
17.61
17.10
–
19.43
–
19.49
26.81
28.20
26.14
9.35
13.14
12.84
13.31
15.10
–
15.60
13.23
14.61
11.29
26.83
28.02
26.25
9.06
13.07
12.84
13.21
14.98
14.22
15.50
13.15
14.61
11.02
26.41
32.72
23.45
19.65
16.68
–
16.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.6
5.0
4.4
2.0
2.0
4.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
5.2
–
5.5
7.2
6.4
19.4
6.4
5.3
–
6.0
8.1
5.0
11.8
14.1
–
14.8
6.0
10.4
–
9.6
5.5
6.6
6.5
9.4
5.1
15.0
3.6
–
3.4
11.6
3.4
–
3.6
4.4
5.7
–
4.2
–
4.1
3.2
5.3
3.6
4.3
3.1
6.3
2.9
2.9
–
3.3
5.4
8.7
6.2
3.3
5.6
3.7
4.9
3.1
6.4
3.0
3.0
3.9
3.5
5.5
8.7
6.7
5.3
11.1
14.9
6.2
3.2
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2005
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$17.76
$17.06
$18.96
$18.96
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
27.54
28.13
27.30
10.64
12.92
11.50
13.54
17.93
–
16.87
15.28
15.05
15.49
26.74
28.00
26.17
9.51
12.77
11.46
13.37
17.93
18.93
16.72
14.95
15.04
14.85
28.00
–
–
–
17.92
18.22
–
17.33
–
17.33
–
–
–
28.00
–
–
–
17.92
18.22
–
17.33
–
17.33
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
1.9
2.1
6.6
6.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.8
5.3
3.0
2.4
2.6
5.6
3.0
6.2
–
5.9
5.5
6.1
9.0
3.3
5.6
3.7
3.7
2.7
5.6
3.1
6.8
11.1
6.4
6.0
6.2
10.6
1.3
–
–
–
12.2
12.8
–
14.7
–
14.7
–
–
–
1.3
–
–
–
12.2
12.8
–
14.7
–
14.7
–
–
–
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, Pittsburgh, PA,
December 2005
Goods producing
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
All workers ................................................
$18.57
$18.85
$14.92
$20.82
$22.33
–
$16.52
$9.41
$12.85
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 ...
–
–
–
–
16.85
–
–
29.73
30.84
28.90
–
17.01
19.77
15.46
26.57
25.18
27.57
11.34
11.20
10.57
12.22
22.99
–
21.62
–
17.56
–
18.11
31.89
30.34
36.84
–
15.55
19.70
14.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.79
19.05
21.04
10.76
12.54
–
12.60
37.32
–
–
6.99
8.09
–
–
–
–
–
12.80
12.28
–
–
18.93
–
17.68
17.45
18.10
17.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.64
–
–
–
13.31
13.31
–
–
–
15.30
15.25
15.71
15.04
12.34
15.44
18.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
12.2
4.2
5.9
3.5
3.5
–
3.5
17.9
3.4
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 .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
7.6
5.4
9.5
–
11.0
35.1
.9
4.6
6.3
7.6
8.8
2.0
5.3
3.4
4.6
–
5.7
–
19.6
–
19.2
4.6
10.4
7.8
–
8.6
19.1
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
21.0
5.5
3.7
5.1
–
4.3
23.3
–
–
11.6
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
49.9
27.0
–
–
11.8
–
3.7
5.0
4.8
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.2
–
–
–
12.2
12.2
–
–
–
7.6
7.8
5.5
13.2
27.2
14.9
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); 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 Pittsburgh, PA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington,
and Westmoreland 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
A-1
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,
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.
A-2
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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:
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
•
•
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.
A-3
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
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.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
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•
•
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
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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
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, Pittsburgh,
PA, December 2005
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,049,100
942,800
106,400
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
311,100
76,800
234,300
221,700
283,300
105,400
177,900
87,500
41,400
46,100
145,500
68,000
77,400
256,800
72,100
184,800
197,800
271,100
104,300
166,800
81,600
37,800
43,800
135,400
67,700
67,700
54,300
4,800
49,500
23,800
12,200
11,100
5,900
3,700
2,200
10,100
9,700
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, Pittsburgh, PA, December
2005
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
52,234
52,040
194
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
548
372
125
51
510
341
118
51
38
31
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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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