Philadelphia–Wilmington–
Atlantic City, PA–NJ–DE–MD
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
October 2006
Bulletin 3135–11
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups ......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level occupational aggregation, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for major occupational groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Atlantic City, PA–NJ–
DE–MD, 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.
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,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$21.10
1.7
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
33.43
35.26
32.52
12.46
16.22
17.13
15.71
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
34.3
$20.41
2.0
2.4
4.4
2.4
2.2
2.7
6.6
2.4
35.9
39.5
34.4
29.2
33.2
30.6
34.9
33.10
35.34
31.85
10.60
16.14
17.15
15.52
19.52
17.87
20.87
1.9
7.4
3.9
39.5
38.9
39.9
15.95
14.88
16.65
5.0
3.9
6.8
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
22.43
12.27
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
34.3
$26.67
1.8
34.8
2.8
4.8
3.1
2.4
2.9
6.6
2.7
36.5
39.9
34.9
28.0
33.1
30.5
34.9
35.15
34.46
35.32
21.07
17.47
–
17.62
1.4
10.4
2.0
3.8
2.2
–
1.7
33.2
36.5
32.5
36.5
34.5
–
34.4
19.41
17.68
20.82
2.1
8.4
4.2
39.6
38.9
40.2
21.07
20.48
21.57
1.0
4.1
4.0
37.8
39.5
36.5
37.8
37.8
37.8
15.79
14.73
16.51
5.3
3.9
7.4
37.8
37.7
37.9
19.04
20.46
18.66
4.5
7.6
3.7
36.8
39.9
36.0
1.6
5.7
39.4
18.4
21.74
12.16
1.8
6.1
39.7
18.4
27.59
14.08
2.2
3.4
37.1
18.8
24.05
20.41
3.4
2.0
36.2
33.9
21.41
20.28
6.6
2.0
37.0
33.9
27.13
24.83
2.4
5.6
35.3
32.8
21.28
18.69
2.2
11.4
33.9
41.2
20.56
18.69
2.5
11.4
33.8
41.2
26.67
–
1.8
–
34.8
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
20.47
–
1.7
–
33.5
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
18.20
19.89
26.12
4.6
3.4
2.4
32.8
35.2
35.9
18.18
19.24
25.93
4.6
3.7
3.3
32.8
35.4
36.2
21.26
27.78
26.62
5.1
1.9
2.0
32.9
33.5
35.2
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,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 ..............................................................................
$21.10
1.7
$22.43
1.6
$12.27
5.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Social and community service managers .........................
42.32
25.21
30.87
38.16
43.87
56.34
67.92
44.99
45.64
48.21
51.91
56.90
46.78
48.16
32.71
27.62
39.00
51.47
5.9
7.7
3.8
6.8
7.6
9.5
5.1
10.0
23.5
9.4
6.3
5.4
7.5
2.7
7.0
9.7
13.2
7.0
42.41
25.22
30.87
38.16
43.87
56.34
67.92
45.42
45.64
48.21
51.91
56.90
46.78
48.16
32.71
27.62
39.22
51.47
5.9
7.8
3.8
6.8
7.6
9.5
5.1
10.0
23.5
9.4
6.3
5.4
7.5
2.7
7.0
9.7
13.3
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50.12
53.04
27.63
33.91
34.60
24.18
1.9
4.8
7.9
5.9
14.9
10.9
50.12
53.04
27.81
33.93
34.64
24.18
1.9
4.8
8.9
5.9
15.0
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
28.13
14.62
26.34
24.56
29.50
35.06
40.05
31.28
31.22
6.1
15.4
9.2
5.0
3.6
3.8
10.0
12.0
9.1
27.94
14.62
26.37
24.18
29.75
35.06
40.21
30.00
31.22
6.3
15.4
9.2
5.2
3.0
3.8
10.0
15.8
9.1
33.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.46
33.86
30.02
21.69
25.87
26.76
34.31
29.65
28.06
7.2
8.0
11.9
3.5
7.5
6.6
9.5
7.0
10.3
27.46
33.86
29.30
21.69
–
–
–
29.65
28.06
7.2
8.0
13.2
3.5
–
–
–
7.0
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
34.18
25.62
24.33
27.81
34.88
37.43
38.70
35.08
33.56
36.57
40.95
33.78
40.80
22.74
36.34
34.58
38.12
34.90
2.2
15.1
8.5
6.7
4.1
9.2
4.6
4.2
6.4
6.6
9.1
8.0
6.6
2.9
6.2
5.9
3.4
5.1
34.28
–
24.33
27.81
34.88
37.43
38.70
35.08
33.42
36.57
40.95
33.78
40.80
23.05
36.34
34.58
38.12
34.90
2.4
–
8.5
6.7
4.1
9.2
4.6
4.2
7.0
6.6
9.1
8.0
6.6
3.1
6.2
5.9
3.4
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Network and computer systems administrators
–Continued
Level 9 .............................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
$35.34
37.43
7.3
9.7
$35.34
37.43
7.3
9.7
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
31.05
22.34
25.76
30.91
28.78
42.12
49.48
36.58
32.02
42.12
49.48
33.35
33.35
30.23
25.31
25.05
26.80
8.5
7.2
4.9
13.7
8.8
3.8
6.1
9.6
4.2
3.8
6.1
6.8
6.8
15.8
4.9
8.7
5.6
31.05
22.34
25.76
30.91
28.78
42.12
49.48
36.58
–
–
–
33.35
33.35
30.23
25.31
25.05
26.80
8.5
7.2
4.9
13.7
8.8
3.8
6.1
9.6
–
–
–
6.8
6.8
15.8
4.9
8.7
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Medical scientists .........................................................
Psychologists ....................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .............
Chemical technicians ........................................................
36.01
20.64
34.53
48.77
42.95
46.09
46.97
52.39
42.95
36.22
36.36
22.27
10.1
14.6
6.4
9.7
3.4
6.7
14.3
13.3
21.4
11.1
11.4
15.0
36.07
20.61
34.54
50.02
42.95
46.09
46.97
52.39
42.95
37.28
37.28
22.27
10.3
14.8
6.5
8.6
3.4
6.7
14.3
13.3
21.4
13.2
13.2
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Medical and public health social workers .....................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Social and human service assistants ...........................
18.14
–
18.52
24.54
28.04
20.06
24.75
24.98
20.02
24.50
–
–
11.7
–
11.1
15.0
12.1
11.8
21.0
21.0
6.3
4.9
–
–
19.92
16.44
18.52
24.54
28.64
20.05
24.75
25.03
19.44
–
20.25
18.70
6.6
9.4
11.1
15.0
17.3
11.9
21.0
21.3
5.4
–
12.8
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
43.23
40.75
56.48
51.12
22.44
26.8
20.1
21.8
23.1
2.6
44.83
45.50
59.03
53.51
22.44
27.7
19.7
21.6
24.8
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
35.70
15.78
12.42
22.16
19.66
32.69
42.15
34.78
43.62
50.28
66.22
2.3
4.1
9.7
7.8
6.7
11.6
1.7
19.8
10.7
8.1
4.4
37.83
–
–
21.12
20.70
32.63
42.16
34.79
43.62
53.63
66.22
2.2
–
–
13.1
13.2
11.8
1.7
20.2
10.7
5.9
4.4
$15.14
–
12.27
–
14.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
9.5
–
25.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 11 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$55.49
42.20
34.94
24.97
43.62
50.28
66.22
37.68
17.6
8.1
.3
16.5
10.7
8.1
4.4
9.2
$60.19
42.86
–
–
–
–
–
37.68
7.2
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
$27.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.08
38.48
43.86
3.9
9.7
5.0
–
39.28
43.86
–
11.8
5.0
–
31.61
–
–
8.3
–
36.76
19.45
32.41
42.34
29.17
37.37
31.65
44.08
2.5
7.8
13.2
1.6
6.5
5.2
18.2
1.7
38.03
–
–
–
29.17
38.61
31.53
44.08
2.3
–
–
–
6.5
4.4
18.5
1.7
16.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.04
31.43
44.16
40.48
32.29
44.92
5.4
18.6
2.3
10.5
18.5
.3
38.40
–
44.16
41.90
32.29
44.92
4.7
–
2.3
8.8
18.5
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.39
43.67
36.70
38.42
11.0
3.7
6.0
6.6
41.82
44.44
39.22
38.42
9.1
4.5
10.1
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.92
48.95
13.19
15.86
9.6
34.6
6.1
4.1
39.19
–
14.00
–
12.1
–
4.9
–
–
–
12.14
–
–
–
11.9
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ....................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians .......................
31.52
23.72
49.07
19.93
32.78
32.78
32.78
32.78
21.8
7.6
49.9
10.4
14.9
14.9
14.9
14.9
33.26
–
–
22.32
–
–
–
–
23.7
–
–
18.5
–
–
–
–
18.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.92
30.79
26.60
10.0
4.6
15.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
31.21
18.02
21.35
24.67
30.86
30.14
36.61
34.70
71.67
39.31
32.38
2.6
10.7
6.5
5.5
3.0
3.3
10.0
7.2
3.6
25.0
41.4
31.60
18.06
21.33
24.57
29.73
29.83
–
33.48
71.67
40.19
41.20
2.9
9.4
3.2
5.9
3.2
3.9
–
8.9
3.6
25.0
18.9
29.23
–
21.36
–
34.90
31.41
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
15.7
–
5.4
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
$61.11
71.67
31.28
26.83
31.72
29.55
30.09
26.77
22.78
39.48
16.93
22.61
23.34
12.6
3.6
2.6
4.0
2.4
2.9
4.0
10.2
10.5
13.2
8.3
3.7
4.4
$61.11
71.67
31.02
26.80
30.68
29.30
29.72
27.18
–
–
16.87
21.29
21.98
12.6
3.6
2.8
4.4
1.8
3.6
4.6
10.6
–
–
8.1
2.7
1.6
–
–
$32.35
–
34.96
30.57
–
25.09
–
–
–
26.05
26.22
–
–
4.2
–
5.4
5.0
–
24.4
–
–
–
5.8
6.8
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
12.28
9.95
10.97
13.55
18.31
11.82
9.95
11.22
13.20
11.82
11.74
10.01
11.82
12.70
12.73
10.08
13.83
19.37
16.07
3.6
1.5
3.8
3.4
12.6
3.4
3.1
2.1
5.6
13.2
2.9
3.6
2.2
6.0
7.6
13.4
6.3
11.5
.7
12.60
9.93
11.06
13.48
18.73
11.91
–
11.14
13.33
–
11.74
–
11.75
12.79
13.78
–
13.61
20.07
–
4.1
3.5
3.0
3.2
12.7
3.9
–
2.9
6.3
–
3.0
–
2.0
6.9
6.3
–
5.2
9.9
–
11.19
–
10.63
13.81
–
11.29
–
11.80
–
–
11.73
–
12.14
–
11.11
9.66
–
–
–
7.0
–
10.9
7.8
–
4.7
–
5.6
–
–
3.2
–
3.8
–
13.1
16.6
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
19.63
10.79
9.71
11.01
18.23
16.52
22.84
27.74
28.48
32.50
6.4
12.9
7.4
4.3
4.5
4.7
3.2
4.4
5.8
6.8
20.64
–
9.65
11.33
18.23
16.52
22.84
27.74
28.48
32.50
5.4
–
6.7
3.8
4.5
4.7
3.2
4.4
5.8
6.8
9.79
–
9.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.34
30.85
3.7
2.3
33.34
30.85
3.7
2.3
–
–
–
–
31.73
30.85
19.01
18.84
24.56
24.60
24.62
24.56
24.60
24.62
10.63
9.54
11.02
13.51
10.63
9.54
11.01
13.51
.8
2.3
6.6
7.4
3.9
.6
3.4
3.9
.6
3.4
7.9
6.2
4.6
13.0
7.9
6.2
4.6
13.0
31.73
30.85
19.01
18.84
24.56
24.60
24.62
24.56
24.60
24.62
10.96
9.65
11.33
13.51
10.96
9.65
11.32
13.51
.8
2.3
6.6
7.4
3.9
.6
3.4
3.9
.6
3.4
8.2
6.7
3.8
13.0
8.2
6.7
3.7
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.26
9.21
–
–
9.26
9.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
4.3
–
–
3.4
4.3
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
$11.93
9.0
–
–
$10.90
16.3
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 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
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 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
8.79
7.04
7.96
8.01
12.24
1.9
2.7
8.4
10.5
4.9
$10.55
7.96
8.59
9.90
12.93
2.9
6.5
2.2
14.9
3.1
6.63
6.51
7.25
5.80
–
4.5
2.9
10.7
33.0
–
17.90
8.9
17.98
8.7
16.63
10.38
10.01
10.45
12.04
7.46
11.51
13.91
10.86
10.71
10.01
8.08
8.89
5.72
6.17
5.42
4.93
8.11
4.71
5.03
5.01
4.02
5.2
1.9
3.3
7.2
2.4
12.5
10.4
8.9
3.2
4.2
8.9
24.9
8.5
3.0
10.1
23.3
7.4
3.3
3.7
23.9
24.0
14.2
16.71
11.66
–
10.23
12.67
–
12.33
15.13
11.22
–
10.90
–
–
6.55
–
–
–
–
5.23
2.86
6.39
–
5.1
2.1
–
6.8
2.9
–
13.5
2.9
7.2
–
10.6
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
14.7
6.1
7.7
–
–
8.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.67
–
–
5.05
–
–
–
–
4.34
6.49
3.80
3.03
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
15.0
12.8
30.9
4.2
8.38
7.75
7.93
7.19
7.96
10.63
6.9
8.0
3.4
3.6
3.6
10.1
9.12
9.29
9.67
–
–
11.11
6.6
5.4
10.3
–
–
12.1
7.47
5.90
7.01
6.52
7.78
–
7.3
10.6
2.3
2.3
4.2
–
8.04
7.35
8.15
12.49
4.0
3.1
5.4
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.05
6.64
–
–
1.8
2.1
–
–
7.50
8.91
10.23
8.12
8.03
10.0
5.8
8.8
3.2
7.0
8.60
–
10.38
8.63
9.14
5.2
–
10.6
10.9
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.58
12.0
–
–
–
–
12.19
11.25
10.41
12.09
16.30
19.14
5.0
3.7
6.8
10.1
6.0
13.3
12.63
11.43
11.53
11.99
16.37
20.77
5.2
4.1
6.3
10.4
6.0
10.8
9.35
–
7.88
13.93
–
–
9.6
–
6.5
12.2
–
–
22.15
11.64
11.06
9.94
12.23
12.4
4.5
3.5
7.5
11.4
22.15
12.08
11.24
11.34
12.13
12.4
4.7
3.9
10.6
11.8
–
9.13
–
7.88
13.93
–
9.3
–
6.5
12.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
–
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
$11.82
11.52
9.41
12.24
10.32
10.45
10.09
13.22
12.49
6.0
4.0
6.8
11.4
3.7
3.8
10.9
5.5
5.6
$12.42
11.86
11.41
12.13
10.35
10.56
9.92
13.34
12.55
6.6
3.5
13.3
11.9
4.3
4.2
10.8
6.2
6.3
$9.09
–
7.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Gaming supervisors ......................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Slot key persons ...........................................................
Gaming services workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Gaming dealers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
12.85
7.95
8.96
8.57
17.88
12.51
–
11.56
14.89
25.61
22.56
25.61
12.28
7.12
6.87
7.68
7.00
6.52
7.68
9.26
9.40
12.17
12.29
5.3
7.4
5.0
5.0
8.0
5.8
–
15.7
4.4
2.5
1.1
2.5
1.1
3.3
2.4
1.4
1.5
2.5
1.4
6.4
10.9
7.5
10.7
13.61
–
9.31
8.36
18.21
12.64
25.61
12.57
14.89
25.61
22.56
25.61
12.28
7.48
7.22
7.70
7.48
7.22
7.70
9.61
–
12.28
–
5.0
–
7.2
7.4
8.0
6.6
2.5
21.2
4.4
2.5
1.1
2.5
1.1
.2
3.2
1.6
.2
3.2
1.6
10.6
–
4.0
–
10.58
8.35
8.59
9.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.51
–
–
4.59
–
–
8.26
8.35
–
–
14.1
9.3
7.5
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
–
–
4.0
–
–
7.3
7.4
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
17.13
7.58
8.77
10.87
14.76
19.32
22.01
29.75
38.32
28.22
71.29
16.01
20.11
19.39
17.01
6.6
2.0
3.9
17.9
9.5
8.7
10.2
10.5
19.0
3.5
23.2
27.7
10.0
10.2
3.9
19.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.11
19.39
17.01
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
10.2
3.9
8.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.13
12.02
7.54
8.70
10.87
14.73
19.69
8.87
7.95
8.47
10.55
8.69
7.95
8.47
10.27
19.8
6.5
2.1
4.4
17.9
11.5
4.6
3.2
2.4
4.4
6.9
2.8
2.4
4.4
7.1
28.13
13.95
–
–
–
–
–
9.99
–
9.26
11.29
9.69
–
9.26
11.11
19.8
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
5.5
7.0
6.3
–
5.5
9.0
–
7.95
–
–
–
–
–
7.90
7.98
7.70
8.69
7.90
7.98
7.70
8.69
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
2.9
5.3
1.5
3.2
2.9
5.3
1.5
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ...........
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$13.23
11.85
17.11
17.78
12.70
7.25
9.46
10.99
13.15
19.51
9.7
3.2
7.8
9.5
9.5
1.6
2.8
25.1
2.4
7.9
$13.28
11.85
18.25
18.25
14.28
–
–
11.91
13.20
19.57
10.1
3.2
12.1
12.1
12.0
–
–
29.3
2.5
7.4
–
–
–
–
$7.99
–
8.99
8.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
5.4
5.2
–
–
26.18
31.36
11.0
10.4
26.18
31.36
11.0
10.4
–
–
–
–
31.05
20.43
11.0
39.8
31.05
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ........
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
15.71
9.86
11.66
12.14
15.27
17.17
19.41
22.97
18.30
2.4
11.7
2.0
2.5
2.0
2.3
2.8
3.5
7.1
16.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.35
20.95
21.95
23.18
13.27
14.53
12.10
14.82
16.41
19.00
14.52
14.38
14.54
12.25
15.10
14.07
16.71
12.34
12.34
17.49
15.54
14.62
15.53
17.90
21.02
11.58
11.86
12.04
12.72
11.47
9.88
10.92
13.26
22.56
14.03
15.67
12.06
12.77
18.84
2.2
6.2
6.0
9.5
12.2
4.4
2.9
4.5
3.3
8.1
4.7
6.1
6.5
7.5
5.9
5.5
6.1
2.2
2.2
.6
4.7
5.7
8.9
3.5
13.0
5.5
.1
19.8
14.9
4.7
9.0
2.8
14.0
3.5
4.7
8.5
6.6
.7
3.5
23.35
20.95
21.95
23.18
–
14.61
–
–
–
–
14.63
14.38
14.56
12.25
15.10
14.43
–
–
–
17.52
15.76
14.60
15.53
18.10
21.02
–
11.86
–
–
11.74
–
10.73
13.23
22.56
14.10
15.67
13.29
–
18.80
2.2
6.2
6.0
9.5
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
4.8
6.1
7.0
7.5
5.9
7.8
–
–
–
.9
5.6
6.4
8.9
4.3
13.0
–
.1
–
–
3.8
–
2.9
14.7
3.5
5.3
8.5
3.8
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
13.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.84
–
10.41
–
12.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.25
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
–
8.5
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
$13.90
16.34
19.93
20.90
23.03
21.53
20.39
20.59
22.38
24.91
17.65
16.26
13.90
16.83
17.51
16.69
13.63
14.15
12.26
15.09
15.95
14.98
11.1
3.2
5.1
2.6
3.3
4.1
5.4
2.3
6.0
3.1
7.8
3.3
11.1
4.8
4.2
3.7
4.9
1.3
4.5
3.8
2.0
3.0
$13.90
16.68
20.07
21.03
22.47
21.57
20.77
20.85
22.38
24.91
–
16.35
13.90
16.84
17.51
16.87
13.81
–
–
15.09
15.85
14.98
11.1
4.4
5.3
2.9
5.0
4.4
5.8
3.9
6.0
3.1
–
3.5
11.1
4.9
4.2
3.5
5.3
–
–
3.8
2.4
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.04
12.15
14.68
11.01
12.45
14.66
17.49
3.5
5.1
5.6
5.2
5.6
5.2
4.9
12.51
12.54
14.99
11.18
12.51
14.37
17.54
3.7
4.6
6.3
7.0
6.1
6.1
5.0
–
–
$12.83
10.57
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
5.9
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
17.87
16.48
16.89
21.54
20.64
18.84
24.11
25.09
16.85
7.4
5.8
5.9
2.4
5.2
6.5
7.8
6.4
17.8
17.98
16.48
17.41
21.54
20.64
18.84
24.11
25.09
–
7.2
5.8
5.1
2.4
5.2
6.5
7.8
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
20.87
15.03
18.62
22.66
24.20
23.91
3.9
1.8
5.5
6.9
5.8
26.5
20.91
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.54
10.1
33.54
10.1
–
–
19.17
19.48
19.31
20.42
9.6
6.0
6.8
4.9
19.17
19.48
19.31
20.42
9.6
6.0
6.8
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.91
5.7
21.91
5.7
–
–
19.40
14.14
19.25
20.91
24.25
20.43
17.42
28.99
5.7
5.8
11.4
7.9
4.5
9.8
9.4
4.5
19.40
14.14
19.25
20.91
24.25
20.43
17.42
28.99
5.7
5.8
11.4
7.9
4.5
9.8
9.4
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Secretaries and administrative assistants –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 4 .............................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
$30.84
3.9
$30.84
3.9
–
–
15.83
14.88
6.5
6.2
15.87
14.94
6.5
6.2
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Team assemblers .........................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
14.88
9.53
11.72
12.89
14.10
18.95
20.16
21.64
3.9
2.2
5.2
5.9
3.5
6.9
.9
2.7
15.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.71
12.43
15.25
4.3
22.2
37.2
22.71
12.43
15.25
4.3
22.2
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.14
16.68
3.8
4.0
15.14
16.68
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
13.90
18.58
19.79
16.21
15.18
13.40
9.94
13.94
10.1
12.4
6.1
17.4
6.4
7.5
7.1
5.4
13.90
18.58
–
16.21
15.18
13.41
9.94
–
10.1
12.4
–
17.4
6.4
7.5
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.65
9.52
12.35
16.24
18.50
20.09
22.07
13.41
6.8
3.3
4.0
5.7
5.8
5.8
3.9
24.1
17.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.06
16.28
15.13
18.27
17.72
18.54
17.09
18.78
18.77
17.86
18.12
16.12
11.39
10.13
11.82
12.25
17.09
11.80
5.8
2.1
1.4
5.4
9.6
7.3
13.1
5.7
7.9
10.2
8.2
8.8
6.3
4.0
7.7
3.1
7.1
12.7
19.84
–
–
18.78
–
18.54
17.91
19.09
18.77
18.60
18.12
16.12
11.95
10.86
12.01
12.19
17.84
11.89
4.3
–
–
5.7
–
7.3
13.6
5.4
7.9
11.7
8.2
8.8
8.5
4.7
9.5
5.8
9.6
17.9
–
14.63
14.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.87
9.01
10.73
–
–
–
–
5.5
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
4.5
9.2
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers .....................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.61
9.64
11.46
12.41
10.69
11.25
9.3
6.4
9.3
5.4
6.3
4.3
$12.54
–
11.68
–
11.06
–
11.6
–
11.4
–
6.2
–
$9.81
9.04
10.73
–
–
–
4.9
5.5
9.2
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 ..............................................................................
$20.41
2.0
$21.74
1.8
$12.16
6.1
Management occupations .................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
42.78
24.79
30.70
37.22
40.69
56.58
67.92
47.14
46.40
48.82
52.82
56.90
47.22
48.16
32.71
27.62
25.02
33.67
6.6
9.3
4.2
6.2
7.2
9.5
5.1
10.6
23.5
9.5
5.9
5.4
7.7
2.7
7.0
9.7
.6
5.9
42.80
24.80
30.70
37.22
40.69
56.58
67.92
47.16
46.40
48.82
52.82
56.90
47.22
48.16
32.71
27.62
25.04
33.69
6.6
9.4
4.2
6.2
7.2
9.5
5.1
10.6
23.5
9.5
5.9
5.4
7.7
2.7
7.0
9.7
.6
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
28.30
14.62
26.87
24.56
29.82
35.06
40.54
31.28
31.22
6.4
15.4
9.4
5.5
3.6
3.8
10.7
12.0
9.1
28.11
14.62
26.90
24.15
30.10
35.06
40.72
30.00
31.22
6.7
15.4
9.4
5.7
2.8
3.8
10.8
15.8
9.1
33.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.36
33.83
30.55
25.87
26.76
34.31
29.65
28.06
7.4
9.0
12.7
7.5
6.6
9.5
7.0
10.3
27.36
33.83
29.86
–
–
–
29.65
28.06
7.4
9.0
14.0
–
–
–
7.0
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Level 9 .............................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
34.20
25.62
27.81
34.95
37.43
38.70
35.08
33.75
36.57
40.95
33.78
40.80
22.74
36.34
34.58
38.12
34.90
35.34
37.43
2.2
15.1
6.7
4.2
9.2
4.6
4.2
7.4
6.6
9.1
8.0
6.6
2.9
6.2
5.9
3.4
5.1
7.3
9.7
34.29
–
27.81
34.94
37.43
38.70
35.08
–
36.57
40.95
33.78
40.80
23.05
36.34
34.58
38.12
34.90
35.34
37.43
2.4
–
6.7
4.2
9.2
4.6
4.2
–
6.6
9.1
8.0
6.6
3.1
6.2
5.9
3.4
5.1
7.3
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
31.54
22.37
27.05
30.91
28.86
42.56
9.0
7.2
4.0
13.7
10.2
3.3
31.54
22.37
27.05
30.91
28.86
42.56
9.0
7.2
4.0
13.7
10.2
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
$49.48
36.96
32.39
42.56
49.48
33.35
33.35
30.23
26.39
26.75
26.80
6.1
9.9
4.7
3.3
6.1
6.8
6.8
15.8
3.9
8.1
5.6
$49.48
36.96
32.39
42.56
49.48
33.35
33.35
30.23
26.39
26.75
26.80
6.1
9.9
4.7
3.3
6.1
6.8
6.8
15.8
3.9
8.1
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Medical scientists .........................................................
Chemical technicians ........................................................
35.73
20.64
33.53
48.90
46.38
47.47
52.39
42.95
22.27
10.9
14.6
6.3
10.1
6.6
14.5
13.3
21.4
15.0
35.79
20.61
33.53
50.23
46.38
47.47
52.39
42.95
22.27
11.1
14.8
6.4
8.9
6.6
14.5
13.3
21.4
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
15.09
–
17.14
18.55
12.4
–
8.9
12.4
16.77
14.97
17.14
17.22
5.6
8.8
8.9
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
44.77
41.21
59.50
52.91
30.7
21.8
24.8
26.7
46.96
–
63.30
–
31.6
–
24.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
30.05
18.12
42.76
41.07
42.76
5.1
6.2
15.6
10.9
15.6
31.13
–
42.76
41.62
42.76
4.7
–
15.6
11.0
15.6
$13.07
–
–
25.19
–
13.8
–
–
18.3
–
41.07
24.73
3.8
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.62
10.79
5.6
8.0
19.93
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ....................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians .......................
31.93
23.72
19.93
22.1
7.6
10.4
33.44
–
22.32
23.8
–
18.5
18.36
–
–
33.5
–
–
29.26
30.79
26.60
8.9
4.6
15.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
31.21
17.99
21.29
24.66
30.75
29.67
36.61
34.70
71.67
40.76
32.30
2.6
10.9
6.9
5.8
3.1
3.1
10.0
7.2
3.6
25.5
42.3
31.59
18.04
21.24
24.57
29.53
29.23
–
33.48
71.67
41.76
41.33
2.9
9.5
3.6
6.2
3.3
3.5
–
8.9
3.6
25.4
19.3
29.34
–
21.36
–
34.90
31.41
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
15.7
–
5.4
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
$62.58
71.67
31.21
26.74
31.62
29.34
30.09
25.07
22.78
33.79
16.93
22.73
23.47
12.6
3.6
2.6
4.2
2.4
2.9
4.0
8.5
10.5
3.6
8.3
4.2
4.7
$62.58
71.67
30.92
26.72
30.49
29.03
29.72
25.07
–
–
16.87
21.17
22.02
12.6
3.6
2.9
4.6
1.8
3.5
4.6
7.5
–
–
8.1
3.3
1.8
–
–
$32.37
–
34.96
30.57
–
25.09
–
–
–
26.19
26.22
–
–
4.2
–
5.4
5.0
–
24.4
–
–
–
5.7
6.8
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
11.74
9.95
10.73
13.36
18.33
11.05
9.95
10.94
12.69
11.59
10.01
11.63
12.70
12.66
10.06
13.85
19.49
16.07
3.4
1.5
3.9
3.4
13.7
1.5
3.1
2.1
6.4
3.0
3.6
2.2
6.6
7.8
13.6
6.7
12.5
.7
11.93
9.93
10.78
13.23
18.79
11.02
–
10.81
–
11.57
–
11.53
–
13.69
–
13.63
–
–
4.4
3.5
3.0
2.9
14.0
2.1
–
2.9
–
3.1
–
1.8
–
6.8
–
5.7
–
–
11.17
–
10.58
13.81
–
11.24
–
11.75
–
11.69
–
12.10
–
11.12
9.63
–
–
–
7.1
–
11.2
7.8
–
4.8
–
5.8
–
3.3
–
3.9
–
13.3
17.0
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
11.02
9.45
10.99
10.24
9.52
11.02
10.24
9.52
11.01
9.6
5.2
4.3
6.7
6.1
4.6
6.7
6.1
4.6
11.46
9.62
11.33
10.49
9.62
11.33
10.49
9.62
11.32
9.8
6.6
3.8
6.9
6.6
3.8
6.9
6.6
3.7
9.20
9.02
–
9.26
9.21
–
9.26
9.21
–
2.7
2.6
–
3.4
4.3
–
3.4
4.3
–
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 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
8.56
6.99
7.89
7.57
11.58
1.9
2.7
8.8
11.1
4.7
10.31
7.85
8.49
9.68
12.21
2.7
6.3
2.9
15.9
2.5
6.48
6.51
7.24
4.95
–
4.8
2.9
10.7
32.8
–
17.89
9.1
17.97
8.9
16.63
10.31
10.01
10.45
11.99
7.46
11.36
10.86
10.71
8.91
8.08
8.89
5.51
6.17
5.18
5.3
1.8
3.3
7.2
2.0
12.5
12.1
3.2
4.2
10.5
24.9
8.5
3.3
10.1
24.2
16.71
11.56
–
10.23
12.48
–
11.98
11.22
–
9.54
–
–
6.45
6.03
6.56
5.2
2.0
–
6.8
2.6
–
15.4
7.2
–
3.3
–
–
11.2
14.7
8.2
See footnotes at end of table.
16
–
–
8.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.67
–
–
4.76
6.28
3.90
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
15.8
9.2
27.5
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food service, tipped –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
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 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$4.37
8.11
4.71
5.03
5.01
4.02
3.1
3.3
3.7
23.9
24.0
14.2
–
–
$5.23
2.86
6.39
–
–
–
14.7
6.1
7.7
–
$3.65
–
4.34
6.49
3.80
3.03
37.8
–
15.0
12.8
30.9
4.2
7.71
7.75
7.74
7.08
7.81
10.55
8.8
8.0
3.2
3.5
3.7
12.2
9.02
9.29
9.40
–
–
–
7.6
5.4
10.2
–
–
–
5.90
5.90
6.91
6.52
–
–
10.6
10.6
2.1
2.3
–
–
7.86
7.24
9.89
8.12
8.03
3.6
2.8
8.9
3.2
7.0
–
–
–
8.63
9.14
–
–
–
10.9
2.7
7.02
6.64
–
–
–
1.7
2.1
–
–
–
10.58
12.0
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
11.65
10.73
9.99
11.38
16.35
11.01
10.73
9.33
5.8
3.2
7.3
9.7
6.6
4.8
3.2
6.4
12.07
10.91
11.04
–
16.42
11.41
10.91
10.53
6.1
3.9
5.2
–
6.6
5.1
3.9
8.8
9.29
–
7.70
–
–
9.05
–
7.70
10.1
–
6.5
–
–
9.7
–
6.5
11.15
10.89
9.06
10.29
10.40
10.08
12.67
11.70
6.2
4.4
7.1
3.7
3.8
11.2
7.2
5.8
11.72
11.26
10.99
10.31
10.50
9.91
12.75
11.69
7.1
4.0
13.7
4.3
4.1
11.1
8.1
6.5
9.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Gaming supervisors ......................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Slot key persons ...........................................................
Gaming services workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Gaming dealers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
12.98
8.11
8.94
8.57
17.93
12.49
–
11.56
14.89
25.61
22.56
25.61
12.28
7.12
6.87
7.68
7.00
6.52
7.68
9.27
9.50
12.10
12.18
5.5
8.4
5.2
5.0
8.1
6.4
–
15.7
4.4
2.5
1.1
2.5
1.1
3.3
2.4
1.4
1.5
2.5
1.4
7.3
12.6
7.9
11.4
13.62
–
9.13
8.36
18.26
12.57
25.61
12.57
14.89
25.61
22.56
25.61
12.28
7.48
7.22
7.70
7.48
7.22
7.70
9.39
–
12.20
–
5.1
–
7.6
7.4
8.0
6.9
2.5
21.2
4.4
2.5
1.1
2.5
1.1
.2
3.2
1.6
.2
3.2
1.6
10.0
–
4.2
–
10.88
8.78
8.71
9.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.51
–
–
4.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.1
9.5
8.1
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ...........
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$17.15
7.58
8.77
10.81
14.76
19.32
22.01
29.75
38.32
28.22
71.29
16.01
20.11
19.39
17.01
6.6
2.0
3.9
18.6
9.5
8.7
10.2
10.5
19.0
3.5
23.2
27.7
10.0
10.2
3.9
$19.97
–
9.69
11.77
14.68
19.35
22.01
29.75
38.32
28.22
71.29
17.91
20.11
19.39
17.01
6.7
–
7.2
23.1
10.1
8.9
10.2
10.5
19.0
3.5
23.2
27.6
10.0
10.2
3.9
$8.38
7.35
7.82
8.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
5.2
4.4
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.13
12.01
7.54
8.70
10.81
14.73
19.69
8.76
7.95
8.47
10.14
8.57
7.95
8.47
9.69
13.23
11.85
17.11
17.78
12.70
7.25
9.46
10.99
13.15
19.51
19.8
6.5
2.1
4.4
18.7
11.5
4.6
3.1
2.4
4.4
7.6
2.6
2.4
4.4
6.5
9.7
3.2
7.8
9.5
9.5
1.6
2.8
25.1
2.4
7.9
28.13
13.97
–
9.47
11.77
14.83
19.74
9.81
–
9.26
10.87
9.48
–
9.26
–
13.28
11.85
18.25
18.25
14.28
–
–
11.91
13.20
19.57
19.8
7.3
–
5.8
23.1
11.6
4.3
6.8
–
5.5
8.5
5.6
–
5.5
–
10.1
3.2
12.1
12.1
12.0
–
–
29.3
2.5
7.4
–
7.95
7.35
7.85
8.44
–
–
7.90
7.98
7.70
8.69
7.90
7.98
7.70
8.69
–
–
–
–
7.99
–
8.99
8.37
–
–
–
1.9
5.2
4.8
3.8
–
–
3.2
2.9
5.3
1.5
3.2
2.9
5.3
1.5
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
5.4
5.2
–
–
26.18
31.36
11.0
10.4
26.18
31.36
11.0
10.4
–
–
–
–
31.05
20.43
11.0
39.8
31.05
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ........
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
15.52
9.84
11.53
11.76
14.96
17.00
19.47
23.22
17.93
2.7
12.2
1.7
2.2
2.3
2.3
2.9
3.8
7.0
15.82
10.97
11.85
11.77
14.99
17.07
19.62
22.98
17.85
2.5
18.9
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.4
2.7
4.8
11.1
13.20
8.74
10.42
11.72
14.56
–
18.03
–
–
6.7
9.7
4.7
5.4
5.0
–
12.9
–
–
23.16
20.55
21.95
22.56
13.27
14.47
12.10
2.2
5.7
6.0
10.9
12.3
4.4
2.9
23.16
20.55
21.95
22.56
–
14.55
12.16
2.2
5.7
6.0
10.9
–
4.6
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
13.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
$14.72
16.39
19.00
14.52
14.38
14.43
12.25
14.97
16.71
12.34
12.34
15.52
14.62
15.53
18.15
21.01
11.86
12.72
11.47
9.87
10.92
14.03
15.67
12.02
18.60
14.83
19.56
21.08
23.50
21.37
20.59
22.36
24.91
17.65
15.19
15.14
17.40
16.86
12.26
12.26
15.77
14.87
4.8
3.4
8.1
4.7
6.1
6.7
7.5
6.3
6.1
2.2
2.2
4.7
5.7
8.9
3.6
14.3
.1
14.9
4.7
9.1
2.8
4.7
8.5
7.0
4.2
2.7
6.4
2.5
3.0
4.6
2.3
6.7
3.1
7.8
3.9
4.2
6.2
3.5
4.5
4.5
1.8
3.4
$14.71
16.54
20.42
14.63
14.38
14.44
12.25
14.97
–
–
–
15.74
14.60
15.53
18.44
21.01
11.86
–
11.74
–
10.73
14.10
15.67
13.29
18.51
15.13
19.74
21.22
22.87
21.39
20.85
22.36
24.91
–
15.28
15.15
17.40
16.87
–
–
15.65
14.87
4.9
3.0
7.3
4.8
6.1
7.2
7.5
6.4
–
–
–
5.7
6.4
8.9
4.3
14.3
.1
–
3.8
–
2.9
5.3
8.5
4.0
4.4
3.7
7.0
2.8
5.3
5.1
3.9
6.7
3.1
–
4.2
4.2
6.2
3.5
–
–
2.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.41
–
12.44
–
–
–
19.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
3.6
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.84
11.78
14.57
10.63
11.91
14.53
17.49
3.0
3.8
6.5
3.5
4.9
6.1
5.2
12.24
12.11
14.91
10.65
–
13.99
17.54
3.0
2.6
7.3
4.4
–
7.5
5.3
–
–
12.82
10.57
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
5.9
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
17.68
16.79
21.66
20.65
8.4
6.2
3.3
5.2
17.79
17.32
21.66
20.65
8.2
5.3
3.3
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
20.82
15.10
18.64
22.60
24.28
4.2
1.8
5.5
7.4
6.5
20.86
15.10
18.64
22.60
24.28
4.3
1.8
5.5
7.4
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.62
10.1
33.62
10.1
–
–
19.08
9.7
19.08
9.7
–
–
Financial clerks –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 4 .............................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
$19.23
19.01
6.3
7.3
$19.23
19.01
6.3
7.3
–
–
–
–
21.89
6.4
21.89
6.4
–
–
19.42
14.14
19.34
24.36
20.43
17.13
28.99
30.84
6.0
5.8
11.6
4.6
9.8
11.5
4.5
3.9
19.42
14.14
19.34
24.36
20.43
17.13
28.99
30.84
6.0
5.8
11.6
4.6
9.8
11.5
4.5
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.21
15.14
5.9
6.8
15.21
15.14
5.9
6.8
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Team assemblers .........................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
14.73
9.53
11.72
12.89
14.09
18.98
20.16
21.93
3.9
2.2
5.2
5.9
3.5
7.0
.9
2.7
15.13
9.53
11.72
13.84
15.35
18.98
20.19
21.93
2.8
2.2
5.3
3.3
6.9
7.0
.9
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.71
12.43
15.25
4.3
22.2
37.2
22.71
12.43
15.25
4.3
22.2
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.14
16.68
3.8
4.0
15.14
16.68
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
13.90
18.58
16.21
15.18
13.40
9.94
13.94
10.1
12.4
17.4
6.4
7.5
7.1
5.4
13.90
18.58
16.21
15.18
13.41
9.94
–
10.1
12.4
17.4
6.4
7.5
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.51
9.52
12.13
16.22
18.59
19.77
13.41
7.4
3.3
3.8
5.9
6.2
9.4
24.1
17.37
9.77
11.86
17.10
18.76
19.95
13.98
8.1
5.6
6.6
6.3
6.0
9.6
23.4
$11.31
8.56
12.73
13.05
–
–
–
7.4
5.2
5.1
9.0
–
–
–
19.53
18.30
17.72
18.56
17.09
18.80
18.80
17.91
18.12
16.12
11.30
10.13
11.82
12.25
11.30
7.3
5.5
9.6
7.3
13.1
5.7
7.9
10.4
8.2
8.8
6.5
4.0
7.7
3.1
13.3
–
18.82
–
18.56
17.91
19.11
18.80
18.71
18.12
16.12
11.84
10.86
12.01
12.19
–
–
5.7
–
7.3
13.6
5.5
7.9
12.0
8.2
8.8
8.8
4.7
9.5
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.87
9.01
10.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
4.5
9.2
–
–
11.59
9.5
12.53
11.8
9.81
4.9
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers .....................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.64
11.46
12.41
10.69
11.25
6.4
9.3
5.4
6.3
4.3
–
$11.68
–
11.06
–
–
11.4
–
6.2
–
$9.04
10.73
–
–
–
5.5
9.2
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
21
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 ..............................................................................
$26.67
1.8
$27.59
2.2
$14.08
3.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Social and community service managers .........................
38.96
32.22
50.58
30.56
47.03
51.47
7.6
12.6
5.7
7.9
4.3
7.0
39.54
32.22
50.58
32.75
47.31
51.47
6.6
12.6
5.7
4.6
4.1
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50.12
53.04
33.51
29.13
1.9
4.8
9.1
5.4
50.12
53.04
34.43
29.13
1.9
4.8
11.0
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
25.41
4.9
25.41
4.9
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
25.07
10.9
25.07
10.9
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
40.77
8.7
40.77
8.7
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
25.18
22.21
35.69
29.71
36.94
22.06
23.91
8.4
6.5
13.2
18.6
13.7
5.1
4.2
25.21
22.21
35.69
29.89
37.67
22.06
23.91
8.4
6.5
13.2
18.9
12.8
5.1
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 11 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
38.35
16.18
14.45
22.87
39.36
42.75
46.12
58.45
45.59
46.12
58.45
46.59
43.86
1.5
4.8
3.0
5.6
3.0
1.7
6.1
3.3
4.0
6.1
3.3
4.8
5.0
41.16
–
–
–
39.51
42.76
46.12
58.45
46.78
46.12
58.45
48.01
43.86
1.1
–
–
–
3.3
1.7
6.1
3.3
3.5
6.1
3.3
4.4
5.0
15.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.87
–
–
–
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.5
–
–
–
–
41.24
23.92
39.53
42.66
42.65
44.72
.6
.3
3.7
1.5
3.2
1.4
42.96
–
39.60
42.66
44.19
44.72
.6
–
3.7
1.5
.2
1.4
17.24
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
44.31
44.87
43.63
44.92
.7
2.2
5.9
.3
44.39
44.87
45.54
44.92
.9
2.2
.1
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.63
43.67
37.70
38.42
6.2
3.7
4.9
6.6
45.58
44.44
40.52
38.42
.0
4.5
9.1
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.35
13.89
16.28
8.8
5.8
4.8
40.82
15.01
–
11.5
2.7
–
–
12.69
–
–
12.3
–
31.12
33.11
21.84
14.7
11.5
1.3
31.72
33.26
–
14.4
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
$16.68
13.38
14.71
16.31
13.45
13.23
13.35
7.7
2.1
4.8
9.1
2.3
1.4
1.8
$16.84
13.47
14.71
16.40
13.47
13.25
13.38
7.6
2.5
4.8
9.1
2.5
1.6
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
25.06
19.67
18.42
22.93
27.75
28.48
32.50
4.0
2.3
4.2
3.3
4.4
5.8
6.8
25.43
19.67
18.42
22.93
27.75
28.48
32.50
4.2
2.3
4.2
3.3
4.4
5.8
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.34
30.85
3.7
2.3
33.34
30.85
3.7
2.3
–
–
–
–
31.73
30.85
20.48
20.54
25.15
24.60
24.62
25.15
24.60
24.62
13.22
.8
2.3
4.9
5.5
3.4
.6
3.4
3.4
.6
3.4
7.2
31.73
30.85
20.48
20.54
25.15
24.60
24.62
25.15
24.60
24.62
–
.8
2.3
4.9
5.5
3.4
.6
3.4
3.4
.6
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.19
10.53
12.52
14.55
11.39
5.5
7.4
2.1
11.3
6.1
13.97
–
–
–
12.12
3.1
–
–
–
3.5
$11.23
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
11.24
6.7
–
–
–
–
15.41
13.61
15.44
15.15
13.07
15.44
3.3
4.2
3.2
3.5
1.1
3.2
15.59
13.61
15.57
15.35
13.07
15.57
3.5
4.2
2.4
3.4
1.1
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.00
15.54
4.7
2.6
15.16
15.57
4.2
2.4
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
9.88
13.0
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
17.62
15.66
15.40
17.24
19.37
18.21
20.97
17.42
17.42
17.49
15.98
19.98
20.12
1.7
13.8
1.8
2.4
6.0
10.7
3.4
9.0
9.0
.6
13.6
6.3
9.5
17.88
–
15.57
17.30
19.37
18.85
20.97
17.42
17.42
17.52
–
20.02
20.19
1.7
–
2.1
2.5
6.0
8.6
3.4
9.0
9.0
.9
–
6.4
9.7
13.33
–
–
13.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
19.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 and administrative assistants –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$20.77
19.24
20.12
15.09
15.09
15.41
15.04
6.8
7.6
9.5
3.8
3.8
6.2
10.4
$20.77
19.28
20.19
15.09
15.09
15.42
–
6.8
7.8
9.7
3.8
3.8
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
20.48
19.00
4.1
3.8
20.51
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
21.57
23.47
4.0
2.1
21.74
23.47
3.5
2.1
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
20.46
20.91
7.6
8.0
20.46
20.91
7.6
8.0
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 4 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
18.66
17.37
18.82
3.7
5.0
1.4
18.96
17.44
–
4.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
24
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 ..............................................................................
$21.10
1.7
$22.43
1.6
$12.27
5.7
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Group III ............................................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Group III ............................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
42.32
22.95
41.25
67.94
45.64
48.21
47.02
51.91
56.90
55.02
46.78
45.10
32.71
27.62
39.00
44.38
5.9
6.8
4.7
4.3
23.5
9.4
10.8
6.3
5.4
7.1
7.5
9.9
7.0
9.7
13.2
11.9
42.41
–
–
–
45.64
48.21
–
51.91
56.90
55.02
46.78
45.10
32.71
27.62
39.22
–
5.9
–
–
–
23.5
9.4
–
6.3
5.4
7.1
7.5
9.9
7.0
9.7
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50.12
53.80
27.63
31.54
33.91
24.18
1.9
1.6
7.9
5.0
5.9
10.9
50.12
53.80
27.81
31.54
33.93
24.18
1.9
1.6
8.9
5.0
5.9
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
28.13
22.87
34.14
31.22
6.1
9.9
5.9
9.1
27.94
–
–
31.22
6.3
–
–
9.1
33.55
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
27.46
36.13
33.86
32.32
30.02
23.11
38.83
29.65
28.77
28.06
7.2
6.5
8.0
6.8
11.9
2.8
21.6
7.0
12.5
10.3
27.46
–
33.86
32.32
29.30
22.80
40.99
29.65
–
28.06
7.2
–
8.0
6.8
13.2
3.3
17.1
7.0
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Group III ............................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
34.18
25.20
37.56
33.56
36.57
40.19
33.78
40.80
22.74
22.50
36.34
37.25
34.90
35.97
37.43
2.2
5.9
2.6
6.4
6.6
7.4
8.0
6.6
2.9
3.6
6.2
6.2
5.1
5.5
9.7
34.28
–
–
33.42
36.57
–
33.78
40.80
23.05
22.85
36.34
37.25
34.90
35.97
37.43
2.4
–
–
7.0
6.6
–
8.0
6.6
3.1
3.3
6.2
6.2
5.1
5.5
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Group III ............................................................
31.05
25.08
34.43
36.58
26.69
37.20
8.5
2.3
9.8
9.6
2.1
7.6
31.05
–
–
36.58
–
–
8.5
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.40
8.4
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Group III ............................................................
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
Group II .............................................................
$33.35
34.27
33.35
34.27
30.23
25.31
25.31
26.80
26.80
6.8
4.0
6.8
4.0
15.8
4.9
4.9
5.6
5.6
$33.35
–
33.35
34.27
30.23
25.31
–
26.80
26.80
6.8
–
6.8
4.0
15.8
4.9
–
5.6
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Medical scientists .........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Psychologists ....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .............
Group III ............................................................
Chemical technicians ........................................................
36.01
22.41
41.99
46.09
45.09
46.97
49.66
52.39
42.95
36.72
36.22
37.72
36.36
37.72
22.27
10.1
6.5
8.5
6.7
8.8
14.3
14.7
13.3
21.4
5.5
11.1
12.4
11.4
12.4
15.0
36.07
–
–
46.09
–
46.97
–
52.39
42.95
–
37.28
–
37.28
–
22.27
10.3
–
–
6.7
–
14.3
–
13.3
21.4
–
13.2
–
13.2
–
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Group II .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical and public health social workers .....................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Social and human service assistants ...........................
18.14
17.05
27.95
20.06
18.98
24.98
23.35
20.02
19.05
24.50
–
–
11.7
11.9
11.3
11.8
10.5
21.0
28.2
6.3
5.9
4.9
–
–
19.92
–
–
20.05
–
25.03
–
19.44
–
–
20.25
18.70
6.6
–
–
11.9
–
21.3
–
5.4
–
–
12.8
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
43.23
58.16
56.48
62.83
22.44
26.8
26.6
21.8
23.4
2.6
44.83
–
59.03
–
22.44
27.7
–
21.6
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
35.70
13.68
26.17
41.84
68.32
42.20
31.32
41.03
68.32
37.68
2.3
6.7
13.7
3.5
1.2
8.1
7.1
11.3
1.2
9.2
37.83
–
–
–
–
42.86
–
–
–
37.68
2.2
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
9.2
$15.14
–
–
–
–
27.61
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
41.08
38.48
27.50
40.68
3.9
9.7
13.1
14.7
–
39.28
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
31.61
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
36.76
27.42
42.53
29.17
37.37
2.5
13.4
1.3
6.5
5.2
38.03
–
–
29.17
38.61
2.3
–
–
6.5
4.4
16.39
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Elementary and middle school teachers –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Group II .............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$28.42
44.08
10.5
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.04
29.57
44.16
40.48
31.01
44.92
5.4
14.0
2.3
10.5
14.7
.3
$38.40
30.01
44.16
41.90
–
–
4.7
13.1
2.3
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.39
30.70
43.67
39.23
36.70
24.73
40.23
11.0
15.1
3.7
4.0
6.0
37.8
9.5
41.82
–
44.44
–
39.22
–
–
9.1
–
4.5
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.92
40.47
48.95
13.19
13.69
12.09
9.6
11.8
34.6
6.1
6.7
10.9
39.19
40.47
–
14.00
14.87
–
12.1
11.8
–
4.9
2.8
–
–
–
–
$12.14
12.34
–
–
–
–
11.9
13.7
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ....................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians .......................
31.52
18.07
41.68
19.93
15.86
32.78
32.78
21.8
5.6
7.4
10.4
8.9
14.9
14.9
33.26
–
–
22.32
–
–
–
23.7
–
–
18.5
–
–
–
18.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.92
26.43
26.60
10.0
14.7
15.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
31.21
17.24
24.50
31.70
77.32
32.38
46.30
61.11
28.77
77.32
31.28
30.90
30.06
26.77
21.64
37.98
16.93
16.41
22.61
22.95
2.6
5.0
3.6
3.2
6.2
41.4
1.3
12.6
28.3
6.2
2.6
2.3
2.9
10.2
8.2
9.9
8.3
6.8
3.7
3.6
31.60
–
–
–
–
41.20
–
61.11
–
–
31.02
29.92
29.91
27.18
–
–
16.87
–
21.29
21.58
2.9
–
–
–
–
18.9
–
12.6
–
–
2.8
1.6
3.9
10.6
–
–
8.1
–
2.7
2.5
29.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.35
34.43
30.67
25.09
–
–
–
–
26.05
26.05
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
5.7
4.5
24.4
–
–
–
–
5.8
5.8
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Home health aides ........................................................
12.28
11.38
20.22
11.82
11.38
11.82
3.6
2.5
7.3
3.4
1.6
13.2
12.60
–
–
11.91
–
–
4.1
–
–
3.9
–
–
11.19
–
–
11.29
–
–
7.0
–
–
4.7
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
$11.74
11.74
12.73
11.34
19.37
16.07
13.67
2.9
2.9
7.6
8.4
9.4
.7
7.5
$11.74
11.74
13.78
–
–
–
–
3.0
3.0
6.3
–
–
–
–
$11.73
11.73
11.11
–
–
–
–
3.2
3.2
13.1
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
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 ..............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
Group I ..............................................................
19.63
11.91
23.29
33.76
6.4
9.5
5.0
5.6
20.64
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
9.79
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
33.34
31.67
3.7
.6
33.34
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
31.73
31.67
19.01
18.99
18.84
18.99
24.56
23.03
24.56
23.03
10.63
10.23
10.63
10.22
11.93
11.93
.8
.6
6.6
9.1
7.4
9.1
3.9
4.3
3.9
4.3
7.9
6.6
7.9
6.7
9.0
9.0
31.73
31.67
19.01
–
18.84
18.99
24.56
–
24.56
23.03
10.96
–
10.96
10.47
–
–
.8
.6
6.6
–
7.4
9.1
3.9
–
3.9
4.3
8.2
–
8.2
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.26
–
9.26
9.26
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
3.4
3.4
16.3
–
8.79
8.05
16.00
1.9
1.5
13.3
10.55
–
–
2.9
–
–
6.63
–
–
4.5
–
–
17.90
18.79
8.9
7.9
17.98
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
16.63
17.55
10.38
10.17
7.46
7.46
11.51
11.30
10.86
10.78
10.01
10.01
5.72
5.71
8.11
8.11
4.71
4.65
5.2
5.8
1.9
3.2
12.5
12.5
10.4
13.1
3.2
1.0
8.9
8.9
3.0
3.0
3.3
3.3
3.7
3.8
16.71
17.55
11.66
–
–
–
12.33
12.32
11.22
11.27
10.90
10.90
6.55
–
–
–
5.23
5.12
5.1
5.8
2.1
–
–
–
13.5
18.5
7.2
3.1
10.6
10.6
10.7
–
–
–
14.7
19.0
–
–
8.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.67
7.67
5.05
–
–
–
4.34
4.34
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
14.7
14.2
–
–
–
15.0
15.0
8.38
8.56
7.93
7.93
6.9
6.7
3.4
3.4
9.12
9.49
9.67
–
6.6
4.9
10.3
–
7.47
7.47
7.01
–
7.3
7.3
2.3
–
8.04
8.04
4.0
4.0
–
–
–
–
7.05
7.05
1.8
1.8
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, fast food ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
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 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.50
7.50
10.23
9.87
8.12
7.78
10.0
10.0
8.8
9.3
3.2
.8
$8.60
8.60
10.38
9.84
8.63
8.23
5.2
5.2
10.6
10.0
10.9
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.58
10.58
12.0
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.19
11.82
20.89
5.0
5.1
10.1
12.63
–
–
5.2
–
–
$9.35
–
–
9.6
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Group I ..............................................................
22.15
11.64
11.59
12.4
4.5
4.5
22.15
12.08
–
12.4
4.7
–
–
9.13
–
–
9.3
–
11.82
11.77
10.32
10.32
13.22
12.89
12.49
11.96
6.0
6.0
3.7
3.7
5.5
7.1
5.6
6.1
12.42
12.34
10.35
10.35
13.34
–
12.55
11.98
6.6
6.7
4.3
4.3
6.2
–
6.3
6.3
9.09
9.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Gaming supervisors ......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Slot key persons ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Gaming services workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Gaming dealers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
12.85
11.84
16.10
14.89
11.81
20.53
22.56
23.70
12.28
11.81
7.12
7.21
7.00
7.09
9.26
8.93
12.17
11.07
12.29
5.3
6.4
12.7
4.4
6.3
5.4
1.1
2.5
1.1
6.3
3.3
2.1
1.5
.4
6.4
11.5
7.5
6.1
10.7
13.61
–
–
14.89
–
–
22.56
23.70
12.28
11.81
7.48
–
7.48
7.48
9.61
–
12.28
–
–
5.0
–
–
4.4
–
–
1.1
2.5
1.1
6.3
.2
–
.2
.2
10.6
–
4.0
–
–
10.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.51
–
4.59
–
8.26
8.26
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
–
4.0
–
7.3
7.3
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
17.13
10.87
23.95
48.16
20.11
19.19
17.01
17.82
6.6
6.7
7.0
14.7
10.0
6.8
3.9
4.6
19.92
–
–
–
20.11
–
17.01
17.82
6.7
–
–
–
10.0
–
3.9
4.6
8.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.13
22.65
12.02
10.84
20.37
8.87
8.86
8.69
19.8
8.5
6.5
6.5
5.2
3.2
3.2
2.8
28.13
22.65
13.95
–
–
9.99
–
9.69
19.8
8.5
7.3
–
–
7.1
–
6.3
–
–
7.95
–
–
7.90
–
7.90
–
–
1.9
–
–
3.2
–
3.2
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cashiers –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ...........
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ........
Group I ..............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Group I ..............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.68
13.23
13.23
17.11
16.47
17.78
17.22
12.70
11.00
20.34
2.9
9.7
9.7
7.8
14.0
9.5
15.2
9.5
6.5
6.1
$9.67
13.28
13.28
18.25
–
18.25
17.76
14.28
12.34
20.40
6.2
10.1
10.1
12.1
–
12.1
17.9
12.0
11.0
6.6
$7.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.99
7.95
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
2.0
–
26.18
22.64
31.36
30.61
11.0
6.0
10.4
10.4
26.18
22.64
31.36
–
11.0
6.0
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.05
31.05
20.43
11.0
11.0
39.8
31.05
31.05
–
11.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.71
13.47
19.62
2.4
1.9
3.3
16.02
–
–
2.2
–
–
13.20
–
–
6.4
–
–
23.35
23.67
13.27
13.27
14.53
13.73
17.52
14.52
13.40
14.54
14.18
15.99
12.34
12.34
17.49
15.54
14.06
17.58
11.58
11.58
11.86
11.48
12.04
12.04
12.72
12.78
11.47
11.28
13.26
12.35
22.56
14.03
14.59
12.06
11.65
18.84
15.32
21.42
21.53
21.35
24.91
2.2
4.5
12.2
12.2
4.4
5.2
5.5
4.7
6.1
6.5
8.0
5.3
2.2
2.2
.6
4.7
5.0
5.9
5.5
5.5
.1
4.5
19.8
19.8
14.9
17.0
4.7
4.9
14.0
11.2
3.5
4.7
7.5
6.6
8.0
3.5
3.7
3.2
4.1
4.4
3.1
23.35
23.67
–
–
14.61
–
–
14.63
13.51
14.56
14.17
17.03
–
–
17.52
15.76
14.33
17.63
–
–
11.86
11.48
–
–
–
–
11.74
11.53
13.23
–
22.56
14.10
14.59
13.29
12.95
18.80
–
–
21.57
21.57
24.91
2.2
4.5
–
–
4.5
–
–
4.8
6.4
7.0
8.1
6.7
–
–
.9
5.6
6.3
6.3
–
–
.1
4.5
–
–
–
–
3.8
3.8
14.7
–
3.5
5.3
7.5
3.8
3.0
3.7
–
–
4.4
4.4
3.1
–
–
–
–
13.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.60
12.01
–
–
–
–
–
10.84
10.84
–
–
10.41
10.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
22.6
–
–
8.5
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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)
$24.91
17.65
16.26
15.51
17.95
16.69
13.63
13.63
12.26
12.26
15.09
15.09
15.95
14.73
19.08
3.1
7.8
3.3
4.0
4.3
3.7
4.9
4.9
4.5
4.5
3.8
3.8
2.0
4.3
5.1
$24.91
–
16.35
15.62
17.96
16.87
13.81
–
–
–
15.09
15.09
15.85
14.51
19.08
3.1
–
3.5
4.3
4.5
3.5
5.3
–
–
–
3.8
3.8
2.4
6.4
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.04
11.69
14.68
12.70
18.68
3.5
3.4
5.6
4.0
6.4
12.51
12.07
14.99
12.67
18.73
3.7
4.6
6.3
4.2
6.5
–
–
$12.83
12.83
–
–
–
10.4
10.6
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Group II .............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Group II .............................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
17.87
15.12
19.79
20.64
18.84
18.84
24.11
24.11
25.09
25.09
16.85
7.4
7.8
3.2
5.2
6.5
6.5
7.8
7.8
6.4
6.4
17.8
17.98
–
–
20.64
18.84
18.84
24.11
–
25.09
25.09
–
7.2
–
–
5.2
6.5
6.5
7.8
–
6.4
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Group II .............................................................
20.87
14.80
22.83
3.9
2.2
3.6
20.91
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.54
33.42
10.1
10.8
33.54
33.42
10.1
10.8
–
–
–
–
19.17
21.23
19.48
20.34
19.31
20.26
20.42
20.51
9.6
11.1
6.0
4.3
6.8
4.9
4.9
4.4
19.17
–
19.48
–
19.31
20.26
20.42
20.51
9.6
–
6.0
–
6.8
4.9
4.9
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.91
22.08
5.7
6.0
21.91
22.08
5.7
6.0
–
–
–
–
19.40
14.14
21.09
20.43
20.43
17.42
20.14
28.99
29.37
30.84
29.82
5.7
5.8
6.8
9.8
9.8
9.4
5.1
4.5
.9
3.9
.0
19.40
–
–
20.43
20.43
17.42
20.14
28.99
–
30.84
29.82
5.7
–
–
9.8
9.8
9.4
5.1
4.5
–
3.9
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal secretaries –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Group I ..............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Team assemblers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Group I ..............................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................
Group II .............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Driver/sales workers .....................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.83
15.02
23.09
14.88
15.58
6.5
6.2
3.7
6.2
4.5
$15.87
–
–
14.94
15.67
6.5
–
–
6.2
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.88
12.53
20.45
3.9
1.9
2.5
15.29
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.71
22.88
12.43
12.41
15.25
15.25
4.3
5.8
22.2
23.1
37.2
37.2
22.71
22.88
12.43
–
15.25
15.25
4.3
5.8
22.2
–
37.2
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.14
13.91
3.8
8.2
15.14
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
13.90
13.12
18.58
14.05
19.79
19.79
16.21
11.98
21.95
15.18
13.40
12.86
10.1
11.4
12.4
3.8
6.1
6.1
17.4
8.0
3.2
6.4
7.5
6.9
13.90
13.12
18.58
–
–
–
16.21
11.98
21.95
15.18
13.41
–
10.1
11.4
12.4
–
–
–
17.4
8.0
3.2
6.4
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.65
14.95
20.58
6.8
6.2
4.6
17.47
–
–
7.6
–
–
$11.62
–
–
7.1
–
–
19.06
18.61
16.28
15.18
15.13
15.13
18.27
17.78
21.52
17.09
18.78
18.76
17.86
17.01
18.12
18.12
5.8
5.8
2.1
1.2
1.4
1.4
5.4
6.0
8.8
13.1
5.7
6.5
10.2
11.9
8.2
8.2
19.84
–
–
–
–
–
18.78
–
–
17.91
19.09
19.09
18.60
17.83
18.12
18.12
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
13.6
5.4
6.3
11.7
14.5
8.2
8.2
–
–
14.63
–
14.63
14.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
5.5
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
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 ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.39
11.64
11.80
11.80
6.3
6.4
12.7
12.7
$11.95
–
11.89
11.89
8.5
–
17.9
17.9
$9.87
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
11.61
11.63
10.69
11.45
9.3
9.8
6.3
2.6
12.54
12.73
11.06
11.77
11.6
12.5
6.2
3.8
9.81
9.81
–
–
4.9
4.9
–
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.50
$11.47
$17.31
$25.74
$37.88
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
21.43
20.19
34.35
33.74
47.18
31.27
20.43
20.25
21.22
28.85
28.48
34.35
49.34
49.50
32.31
21.79
20.80
24.63
36.97
32.03
51.64
51.64
55.49
40.83
35.94
20.80
37.17
55.04
69.91
55.28
55.28
69.06
55.82
38.46
38.46
52.75
69.91
69.91
62.50
62.50
69.06
75.43
38.75
38.46
61.03
29.09
16.09
30.47
14.95
47.67
21.22
30.84
21.43
52.75
25.03
31.49
21.43
61.03
37.17
32.01
29.88
61.03
37.24
40.00
36.16
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
17.39
16.25
21.72
26.45
26.44
27.32
33.17
39.63
41.45
46.91
18.80
20.64
20.25
21.46
21.44
21.72
26.31
22.13
24.29
21.46
21.72
29.55
25.13
29.92
24.29
33.89
41.54
34.24
36.06
35.39
41.45
54.43
46.39
38.96
38.96
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
23.06
24.73
27.93
27.03
29.54
18.09
25.40
24.25
27.47
27.77
26.11
29.70
28.98
33.03
18.09
32.51
28.13
32.19
33.65
33.88
33.58
30.28
43.37
23.57
37.50
38.61
32.99
40.31
36.06
43.70
35.20
46.18
27.77
40.63
40.37
47.50
47.00
46.92
48.22
43.70
54.47
27.77
42.40
42.70
47.50
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
18.75
23.62
24.72
24.72
20.94
19.62
20.82
21.90
27.95
27.00
27.00
24.52
21.58
23.08
28.31
32.49
28.75
28.75
31.08
25.56
28.31
35.67
44.42
34.85
34.85
33.75
28.85
28.61
51.08
55.13
55.16
55.16
45.00
30.25
30.50
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Medical scientists .........................................................
Psychologists ....................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .............
Chemical technicians ........................................................
17.14
25.07
24.18
30.77
28.88
26.13
26.13
15.29
24.04
33.30
34.68
36.00
31.65
28.75
28.75
16.57
31.25
42.31
44.34
65.94
37.95
33.14
33.32
22.75
44.06
66.23
66.23
66.23
44.06
40.90
40.90
26.25
66.23
66.23
66.23
66.23
89.74
50.36
50.36
28.07
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Medical and public health social workers .....................
8.80
12.07
14.42
13.85
17.76
12.07
13.94
15.87
15.51
24.56
17.50
18.75
20.51
18.45
24.56
22.71
22.81
30.60
24.56
26.00
26.38
29.50
49.53
26.18
26.00
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
20.00
30.14
20.00
22.12
38.58
20.00
34.51
49.05
21.20
50.00
81.98
23.90
83.89
88.94
27.47
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
14.28
22.66
27.64
21.84
31.44
31.30
35.62
40.19
34.07
46.64
48.90
34.41
53.17
61.94
78.30
32.14
19.41
36.36
20.45
43.13
37.79
48.90
48.97
48.90
60.47
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.70
15.39
18.74
$26.97
15.39
26.97
$37.86
29.40
42.11
$46.87
41.23
46.30
$52.79
45.48
50.99
20.00
14.42
26.97
32.62
43.04
37.86
46.95
54.66
51.41
57.23
14.42
34.00
16.70
32.50
37.11
28.94
37.86
41.93
34.19
54.75
49.27
48.62
57.23
58.02
52.79
21.43
9.78
8.38
29.09
32.29
11.03
37.42
38.94
13.50
48.62
54.41
15.79
52.20
141.27
17.24
Occupation2
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ....................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians .......................
11.00
11.00
18.32
18.32
14.79
13.85
18.75
18.75
21.15
15.53
28.97
28.97
37.69
21.00
46.55
46.55
46.55
45.77
46.55
46.55
14.79
14.79
23.50
14.79
29.56
25.33
32.33
37.69
37.71
37.69
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.00
11.26
21.01
24.00
15.65
13.25
18.88
22.25
12.50
21.93
26.44
17.49
13.25
20.00
27.02
45.70
62.42
30.00
25.10
14.14
22.00
34.12
48.00
96.15
34.30
30.45
22.40
24.16
45.70
48.00
99.44
38.88
40.00
25.57
27.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Home health aides ........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
9.00
9.25
9.00
9.75
8.53
11.39
9.94
9.94
9.25
10.47
9.60
12.00
11.37
11.14
9.94
11.41
11.80
14.79
13.06
12.44
11.51
12.50
15.43
22.13
16.95
15.09
17.88
14.03
18.95
24.07
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
9.00
11.97
18.83
26.61
31.77
28.05
28.46
32.95
35.16
41.89
27.89
13.40
13.40
18.66
18.66
7.25
7.25
7.50
28.22
14.64
14.51
20.98
20.98
8.85
8.85
7.96
31.77
17.73
16.93
24.71
24.71
9.94
9.94
12.13
33.27
21.12
22.58
27.74
27.74
12.39
12.39
13.39
35.16
28.08
29.18
32.11
32.11
13.56
13.55
16.36
3.00
6.00
8.19
10.85
14.42
12.91
14.42
17.98
20.50
23.85
12.84
6.40
5.59
8.76
9.00
6.50
2.33
3.03
2.13
13.87
8.93
6.00
9.59
10.00
8.50
2.83
4.94
2.83
15.48
10.00
6.50
10.29
10.50
9.50
4.35
6.00
3.00
18.03
11.85
7.25
13.00
12.00
10.75
8.19
7.50
5.29
21.63
14.20
8.90
17.32
14.00
15.66
11.81
15.79
9.00
4.00
5.50
4.75
6.50
8.15
7.10
10.74
8.50
13.06
11.68
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, fast food ............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.75
$6.50
$7.10
$8.50
$11.75
5.50
7.28
6.00
6.25
7.70
6.75
7.00
9.12
7.50
8.04
12.57
9.00
11.53
15.40
10.88
7.50
8.00
9.50
14.50
15.50
7.75
9.00
11.60
14.44
17.38
16.60
7.50
16.60
9.00
26.88
11.25
27.36
13.62
27.36
17.00
7.00
7.50
8.75
8.50
9.00
8.36
9.50
9.50
11.46
9.50
11.98
11.00
14.39
12.32
16.79
14.24
17.00
13.62
19.00
19.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers .........
Gaming supervisors ......................................................
Slot key persons ...........................................................
Gaming services workers .................................................
Gaming dealers ............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
6.38
9.66
18.43
9.29
4.25
4.24
6.67
7.00
10.00
8.00
10.72
20.56
10.66
5.80
5.75
7.04
10.36
10.36
10.14
13.27
23.08
10.91
7.60
7.52
8.82
12.25
11.88
13.92
18.06
24.52
14.25
8.50
8.50
11.02
13.82
12.50
28.18
23.29
27.17
16.00
8.56
8.50
13.14
14.24
17.98
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ...........
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
6.65
10.48
8.11
12.40
12.10
16.06
20.66
24.00
33.86
36.29
10.17
11.21
14.90
17.40
36.29
16.06
6.49
6.49
6.49
9.49
9.00
11.00
6.29
22.81
7.49
7.00
7.00
10.71
11.47
13.46
7.50
24.19
9.75
8.00
8.00
12.38
16.00
16.00
10.30
25.99
14.50
9.80
9.75
14.56
25.00
25.00
14.81
66.03
20.66
11.66
11.00
20.00
25.00
25.00
19.24
16.83
17.12
21.05
21.52
24.08
28.72
29.06
39.38
41.64
39.50
16.83
6.50
21.63
8.31
28.72
11.07
39.38
40.50
39.38
40.50
10.00
12.00
14.95
18.50
23.06
17.08
9.03
10.50
11.00
9.66
10.20
14.61
10.75
8.76
9.00
8.40
9.10
8.50
10.00
17.60
9.75
7.00
18.75
9.43
12.00
12.00
12.30
11.35
14.61
12.52
10.50
10.25
8.62
9.77
9.00
10.00
19.86
10.54
8.70
23.16
14.53
14.42
13.59
14.95
12.75
17.61
15.02
11.74
12.74
10.20
12.25
11.11
13.06
23.22
13.25
12.00
25.11
16.15
16.90
15.76
17.08
13.40
18.05
17.77
13.22
13.25
17.65
15.44
13.26
15.11
24.15
17.00
14.95
30.90
16.15
18.25
18.00
18.25
13.42
21.99
21.16
13.22
13.75
18.88
18.75
15.00
20.63
26.44
18.03
17.60
Occupation2
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ........
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$12.50
18.07
20.81
11.95
11.38
14.85
10.10
9.47
12.18
11.96
$14.79
19.23
22.40
13.07
13.70
15.00
12.00
10.50
13.57
14.47
$18.54
20.97
24.73
14.72
16.37
17.13
13.74
12.61
14.67
15.79
$22.12
23.56
27.45
17.92
18.76
18.18
14.99
14.00
15.30
17.16
$24.78
24.25
29.01
33.00
20.62
18.18
16.02
14.00
18.55
20.86
9.81
10.00
10.82
11.18
11.70
13.00
13.60
18.50
14.59
20.55
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
12.00
16.00
14.50
18.73
20.71
11.00
14.14
16.00
14.50
21.29
21.29
11.23
17.00
22.00
18.50
25.67
25.67
14.49
22.00
22.00
21.00
25.67
25.67
21.06
23.00
25.00
22.82
31.06
31.06
24.45
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
13.00
16.00
19.67
24.52
29.64
24.50
29.64
30.51
38.44
43.17
13.33
12.36
12.36
14.50
15.00
16.00
16.00
17.30
18.00
19.67
19.67
20.45
22.19
22.36
19.67
23.52
27.50
26.00
25.19
24.10
18.05
18.50
20.72
25.00
30.43
13.40
15.87
10.53
18.10
26.51
15.29
15.87
13.40
26.51
26.51
20.08
20.20
20.33
28.80
33.14
23.84
24.40
21.98
33.14
33.47
25.50
25.89
22.78
33.47
33.47
10.00
13.83
15.91
17.46
22.49
11.10
13.92
15.91
17.46
17.46
7.95
10.00
13.56
19.00
23.58
16.00
6.50
6.75
19.00
7.75
8.25
24.66
9.60
10.63
24.77
12.50
26.97
27.59
26.97
26.97
9.20
12.47
14.90
17.41
21.25
9.42
12.02
16.25
9.30
9.44
8.35
12.23
12.96
18.00
11.03
14.00
9.93
14.17
15.09
18.70
14.78
15.20
13.80
16.51
18.31
22.64
21.70
18.18
16.60
17.14
35.00
23.70
23.58
20.02
19.00
8.52
10.50
14.29
20.24
23.20
14.18
12.40
12.25
10.84
10.00
12.27
10.50
12.24
8.31
8.50
17.75
13.30
13.00
14.00
11.31
15.47
11.80
14.18
9.25
9.32
19.22
15.45
14.10
18.21
18.75
18.21
20.42
19.00
10.70
11.00
21.25
19.75
16.50
21.11
20.20
20.24
24.39
22.14
12.50
12.50
22.53
21.54
19.75
24.94
24.16
26.22
24.94
22.14
15.86
16.61
Occupation2
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Team assemblers .........................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Driver/sales workers .....................................................
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 ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.00
8.70
$9.25
9.67
$10.75
9.99
$13.00
11.80
$17.00
13.80
Occupation2
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.25
$11.00
$16.38
$24.73
$36.15
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
21.43
26.07
34.35
49.34
47.18
31.27
20.43
20.25
16.09
30.47
28.85
28.48
34.35
49.34
49.50
34.73
21.79
20.80
21.22
30.84
36.97
32.03
51.64
51.64
55.49
40.83
35.94
20.80
24.13
31.49
55.96
69.91
55.28
55.28
69.06
55.96
38.46
38.46
25.89
32.01
69.91
69.91
62.50
62.50
69.06
75.43
38.75
38.46
37.17
37.77
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
17.31
16.25
21.72
26.45
26.49
27.32
33.17
39.63
41.45
46.91
18.80
19.73
20.25
21.46
21.44
21.72
26.31
22.05
24.29
21.46
21.72
29.55
25.72
29.92
24.29
33.89
41.54
34.41
36.06
35.39
41.45
54.43
46.39
38.96
38.96
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
23.06
22.64
27.93
27.03
29.54
18.09
25.40
24.25
27.47
27.77
26.11
29.70
28.98
33.03
18.09
32.51
28.13
32.19
33.65
33.88
33.58
30.28
43.37
23.57
37.50
38.61
32.99
40.37
37.79
43.70
35.20
46.18
27.77
40.63
40.37
47.50
47.00
47.83
48.22
43.70
54.47
27.77
42.40
42.70
47.50
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
18.75
23.62
24.72
24.72
20.94
19.62
20.82
23.62
27.40
27.00
27.00
24.52
21.90
23.08
28.43
32.50
28.75
28.75
31.08
28.31
28.31
37.22
45.00
34.85
34.85
33.75
29.60
28.61
53.37
55.16
55.16
55.16
45.00
30.25
30.50
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Medical scientists .........................................................
Chemical technicians ........................................................
16.57
24.95
24.18
30.77
28.88
15.29
23.14
33.09
34.16
36.00
31.65
16.57
31.25
42.31
44.34
65.94
37.95
22.75
43.65
66.23
66.23
66.23
44.06
26.25
66.23
66.23
66.23
66.23
89.74
28.07
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
8.80
12.07
12.97
9.23
12.98
13.85
14.10
15.87
17.55
18.62
20.51
24.56
25.00
25.00
26.00
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
20.00
32.92
22.12
41.02
39.48
50.00
62.40
81.98
83.89
88.94
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.35
19.98
16.90
31.44
24.97
39.81
36.36
48.08
49.04
58.47
32.14
19.01
36.36
19.41
43.13
19.93
48.90
24.04
48.90
41.20
14.42
7.72
15.39
8.38
18.93
10.21
23.62
13.00
26.97
14.67
11.00
11.00
14.79
13.85
21.15
15.53
37.69
21.00
46.55
45.77
14.79
14.79
25.33
14.79
29.85
25.33
37.69
37.69
37.71
37.69
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ....................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
$16.00
11.26
21.01
24.00
15.65
13.25
19.00
$22.25
11.26
22.07
26.44
16.97
13.25
20.00
$27.12
45.70
74.17
30.00
25.00
14.14
21.86
$34.23
48.00
96.15
34.30
29.46
22.40
24.65
$45.70
48.00
99.44
38.57
37.00
25.57
28.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
9.00
9.18
9.75
8.53
11.39
9.75
9.75
10.37
9.50
12.00
11.14
10.75
11.30
11.58
14.79
12.50
11.83
12.30
15.26
22.13
16.00
13.00
13.67
18.95
24.07
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
7.50
7.18
7.08
9.00
8.85
8.85
10.00
9.94
9.94
13.00
12.00
12.00
15.08
13.25
13.25
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, fast food ............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
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 ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
2.84
6.00
8.00
10.29
13.87
12.84
14.42
17.98
20.50
23.85
12.84
6.25
5.59
8.24
9.00
6.00
2.33
3.03
2.13
13.87
8.75
6.00
9.79
10.00
8.50
2.83
4.94
2.83
15.48
10.00
6.50
10.29
10.50
9.00
4.35
6.00
3.00
18.03
11.79
7.25
12.56
12.00
9.50
7.50
7.50
5.29
21.63
14.00
8.90
15.77
14.00
10.33
11.81
15.79
9.00
4.00
5.50
4.75
6.50
7.50
7.06
10.29
8.25
13.06
10.25
5.50
7.14
6.00
6.50
7.65
6.75
7.10
9.12
7.50
8.35
9.68
9.00
10.72
15.40
10.88
7.50
8.00
9.50
14.50
15.50
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 ..................
7.50
7.00
9.00
8.50
10.63
10.25
13.62
12.89
17.00
16.11
7.00
7.50
8.75
8.50
8.50
8.36
9.50
9.50
10.27
9.50
11.00
10.25
13.25
12.29
15.50
14.00
17.00
13.62
19.00
19.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers .........
Gaming supervisors ......................................................
Slot key persons ...........................................................
Gaming services workers .................................................
Gaming dealers ............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
6.40
9.66
18.43
9.29
4.25
4.24
6.67
7.00
9.06
8.00
10.72
20.56
10.66
5.80
5.75
7.04
10.36
10.36
10.23
13.27
23.08
10.91
7.60
7.52
8.82
12.25
11.88
14.24
18.06
24.52
14.25
8.50
8.50
11.02
13.82
12.50
28.18
23.29
27.17
16.00
8.56
8.50
13.14
13.82
21.71
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
6.65
10.48
8.10
12.40
12.25
16.06
20.66
24.00
33.86
36.29
10.17
11.21
14.90
17.40
36.29
16.06
6.49
6.49
22.81
7.49
7.00
24.19
9.68
8.00
25.99
14.50
9.75
66.03
20.66
11.30
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Cashiers ...................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ...........
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$6.49
9.49
9.00
11.00
6.29
$6.75
10.71
11.47
13.46
7.50
$8.00
12.38
16.00
16.00
10.30
$9.60
14.56
25.00
25.00
14.81
$11.00
20.00
25.00
25.00
19.24
16.83
17.12
21.05
21.52
24.08
28.72
29.06
39.38
41.64
39.50
16.83
6.50
21.63
8.31
28.72
11.07
39.38
40.50
39.38
40.50
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ........
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk 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 ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.00
11.97
14.63
18.38
22.94
17.02
9.03
10.39
11.00
9.66
10.20
10.75
9.00
9.10
8.50
9.75
7.00
12.50
18.07
20.81
11.95
11.30
15.00
9.47
9.47
11.96
18.75
9.43
12.00
12.00
12.30
11.35
12.60
10.25
9.77
9.00
10.54
8.50
14.23
19.06
22.40
13.07
12.50
15.00
10.50
10.50
14.47
23.16
14.53
14.41
13.59
14.94
12.75
15.02
12.74
12.25
11.11
13.25
12.00
18.46
20.83
24.73
14.72
14.23
17.13
12.61
12.61
15.79
24.03
16.15
16.90
15.76
17.08
13.40
17.69
13.25
15.44
13.26
17.00
14.43
21.95
23.56
27.45
17.92
17.70
18.18
14.00
14.00
16.82
30.90
16.15
18.25
18.00
18.25
13.42
21.16
13.75
18.75
15.00
18.03
17.60
24.72
23.56
29.01
33.00
20.37
18.18
14.00
14.00
19.49
9.81
10.00
10.82
11.00
11.70
13.00
13.11
18.50
13.98
20.75
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
12.00
16.00
13.75
16.00
16.11
22.00
22.00
22.00
23.00
25.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
13.25
15.91
19.67
25.00
30.00
24.50
29.64
30.51
38.44
43.17
13.33
12.36
12.36
15.00
16.00
16.00
18.00
19.67
19.67
21.12
19.67
19.67
27.50
25.19
23.75
18.05
18.50
20.72
25.00
30.43
13.40
15.87
10.25
18.10
26.51
15.29
15.87
11.94
26.51
26.51
19.59
20.20
16.19
28.80
33.14
24.40
24.40
21.98
33.14
33.47
25.89
25.89
22.78
33.47
33.47
10.00
13.83
15.91
17.46
18.00
11.10
13.92
15.91
17.46
17.46
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Team assemblers .........................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
7.95
10.00
13.12
18.63
23.58
16.00
6.50
6.75
19.00
7.75
8.25
24.66
9.60
10.63
24.77
12.50
26.97
27.59
26.97
26.97
9.20
12.47
14.90
17.41
21.25
Occupation2
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.42
12.02
9.30
9.44
8.35
$12.23
12.96
11.03
14.00
9.93
$14.17
15.09
14.78
15.20
13.80
$16.51
18.31
21.70
18.18
16.60
$17.14
35.00
23.58
20.02
19.00
8.50
10.37
14.00
20.20
23.29
13.26
10.85
10.00
12.27
10.50
12.24
8.25
8.00
18.75
14.00
11.31
15.47
11.80
14.18
9.25
9.32
20.60
18.21
18.75
18.21
20.42
19.00
10.40
9.78
21.44
20.42
20.20
20.24
24.94
22.14
12.34
12.50
22.61
24.94
24.16
26.66
24.94
22.14
15.61
12.93
8.00
8.70
9.25
9.67
10.60
9.99
13.00
11.80
17.00
13.80
Occupation2
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
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 .............................
Driver/sales workers .....................................................
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.
42
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic
City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$13.21
$17.15
$23.21
$32.58
$46.95
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Social and community service managers .........................
25.97
29.09
29.09
37.24
36.53
51.26
51.26
52.75
61.03
61.03
29.09
24.43
23.76
47.67
29.14
27.06
52.75
33.45
30.44
61.03
37.66
32.26
61.03
41.60
32.57
Business and financial operations occupations .............
18.67
22.36
23.92
27.21
35.47
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
21.38
21.48
21.79
28.59
32.64
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
29.56
19.36
17.23
36.32
30.60
17.97
37.43
30.60
21.00
50.36
49.53
26.18
56.94
49.95
29.89
17.76
18.04
23.39
26.48
32.97
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
15.17
28.60
33.57
30.01
35.22
36.98
40.63
43.48
43.87
48.20
52.99
53.42
54.34
63.81
63.12
27.96
30.63
32.79
36.78
45.48
46.30
48.62
48.36
54.09
52.35
31.15
27.42
38.83
36.93
46.30
40.28
49.41
55.81
53.03
57.23
27.42
34.00
16.70
36.93
37.11
29.53
40.00
41.93
36.16
55.81
49.27
48.62
57.23
58.02
52.90
27.42
10.56
29.88
11.63
39.93
14.27
48.62
16.13
52.20
17.42
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
15.45
25.57
18.57
22.33
26.25
20.07
26.25
28.92
22.33
33.98
34.11
22.87
61.59
54.03
24.79
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
11.62
11.62
10.86
12.61
12.61
12.10
14.95
14.37
12.84
18.47
17.88
14.26
29.98
29.98
16.07
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
16.60
19.72
24.88
29.32
33.27
28.05
28.46
32.95
35.16
41.89
27.89
14.67
14.53
19.00
19.00
6.67
28.22
16.60
15.97
20.98
20.98
11.66
31.77
18.56
17.92
24.88
24.88
13.22
33.27
24.40
24.85
28.22
28.22
16.36
35.16
29.18
30.28
32.11
32.11
17.10
9.59
8.64
10.41
10.38
12.63
11.56
16.28
12.27
16.28
14.68
7.00
10.16
10.83
12.93
15.13
11.95
11.84
13.09
12.87
15.98
15.63
17.74
17.38
19.25
19.25
11.84
12.87
15.11
16.08
18.79
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.25
8.44
8.44
12.14
13.51
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
12.44
14.61
17.10
20.04
24.25
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
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.
43
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic
City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$13.74
13.74
14.61
10.97
15.93
15.93
12.18
12.18
11.97
$13.85
13.85
14.61
11.27
16.92
16.62
13.57
13.57
13.49
$16.82
16.82
17.61
18.27
19.60
17.96
14.67
14.67
15.09
$21.47
21.47
18.05
18.88
23.35
20.04
15.30
15.30
16.91
$22.54
22.54
21.99
19.47
26.59
26.59
18.55
18.55
19.22
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.09
19.36
20.12
21.56
23.43
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
12.71
20.29
23.52
24.52
27.16
Production occupations ....................................................
16.25
18.70
20.49
23.52
23.52
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
12.76
12.92
15.76
15.45
19.50
19.75
21.54
21.54
22.86
21.54
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
44
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.70
$12.71
$18.75
$26.61
$39.38
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
21.43
20.19
34.35
33.74
47.18
31.27
20.43
20.25
21.22
29.09
28.48
34.35
49.34
49.50
32.31
21.79
20.80
24.63
37.17
32.03
51.64
51.64
55.49
40.83
35.94
20.80
37.17
55.04
69.91
55.28
55.28
69.06
55.82
38.46
38.46
52.75
69.91
69.91
62.50
62.50
69.06
75.43
38.75
38.46
61.03
29.09
16.09
30.47
14.95
47.67
21.22
30.84
21.43
52.75
25.89
31.49
21.43
61.03
37.17
32.01
29.88
61.03
37.24
40.00
36.16
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
16.97
16.25
21.64
26.45
26.17
27.32
33.13
39.63
41.10
46.91
18.80
20.64
20.13
21.46
21.44
21.72
26.31
21.53
24.29
21.46
21.72
29.55
24.92
29.92
24.29
33.89
41.54
31.21
36.06
35.39
41.45
54.43
36.15
38.96
38.96
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
23.06
24.73
27.93
27.03
29.54
18.09
25.40
24.25
27.47
27.77
26.11
29.70
28.98
33.03
18.09
32.51
28.13
32.19
33.69
32.22
33.58
30.28
43.37
23.57
37.50
38.61
32.99
40.37
37.79
43.70
35.20
46.18
27.77
40.63
40.37
47.50
46.92
47.83
48.22
43.70
54.47
27.77
42.40
42.70
47.50
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
18.75
23.62
24.72
24.72
20.94
19.62
20.82
21.90
27.95
27.00
27.00
24.52
21.58
23.08
28.31
32.49
28.75
28.75
31.08
25.56
28.31
35.67
44.42
34.85
34.85
33.75
28.85
28.61
51.08
55.13
55.16
55.16
45.00
30.25
30.50
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Medical scientists .........................................................
Psychologists ....................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .............
Chemical technicians ........................................................
16.95
25.07
24.18
30.77
28.88
25.12
25.12
15.29
23.51
33.30
34.68
36.00
31.65
27.51
27.51
16.57
31.25
42.31
44.34
65.94
37.95
33.51
33.51
22.75
44.34
66.23
66.23
66.23
44.06
47.49
47.49
26.25
66.23
66.23
66.23
66.23
89.74
55.99
55.99
28.07
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
12.07
12.07
13.94
13.18
14.22
13.94
15.87
14.10
18.45
18.62
20.51
18.39
23.46
22.81
30.60
23.84
28.00
29.50
49.53
26.18
9.23
9.23
16.00
14.14
18.04
18.04
26.28
26.28
29.00
26.38
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
20.00
30.14
20.00
22.12
34.51
20.00
32.92
48.72
21.20
67.70
81.98
23.90
83.89
88.94
27.47
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
16.53
22.66
26.97
31.44
37.86
40.81
46.95
48.90
54.19
63.10
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$27.64
19.41
$31.30
19.98
$34.07
39.27
$34.41
50.79
$78.30
61.74
18.40
15.39
20.33
28.80
15.39
27.11
38.83
29.40
45.59
46.95
41.23
46.88
53.04
45.48
51.30
20.00
14.42
26.97
35.81
46.00
38.78
46.95
55.81
51.43
57.23
14.42
35.23
27.42
35.50
37.11
30.27
38.39
41.93
37.14
55.81
49.79
48.62
57.23
58.02
53.04
26.91
10.06
29.53
11.44
39.45
14.21
48.62
16.40
52.20
17.64
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
13.85
13.85
18.75
14.12
21.15
18.75
40.87
22.95
47.75
45.77
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.00
8.04
21.01
24.00
16.81
13.25
18.36
22.25
45.70
21.93
26.40
22.31
13.25
19.83
26.52
45.70
62.42
29.12
25.44
14.14
21.22
34.00
48.00
96.15
34.29
29.46
20.61
23.00
48.00
48.00
99.44
37.75
35.68
25.57
23.54
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.18
9.36
9.75
8.53
9.94
9.94
10.37
9.50
11.51
11.15
11.36
12.00
13.26
12.47
12.47
16.00
17.88
15.82
13.94
22.13
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.25
13.22
20.19
27.30
32.11
28.05
28.46
32.95
35.16
41.89
27.89
13.40
13.40
18.66
18.66
7.75
7.75
28.22
14.64
14.51
20.98
20.98
9.00
9.00
31.77
17.73
16.93
24.71
24.71
10.00
10.00
33.27
21.12
22.58
27.74
27.74
12.50
12.50
35.16
28.08
29.18
32.11
32.11
14.29
14.29
4.95
8.00
10.00
12.81
16.35
12.91
14.42
17.98
20.50
23.85
12.84
9.27
7.93
9.50
8.50
2.13
2.13
13.87
10.00
10.29
10.00
9.00
3.03
2.13
15.48
11.18
11.79
10.85
9.50
6.18
4.35
18.03
12.36
14.20
12.00
12.00
8.96
8.19
21.63
16.00
17.32
14.73
16.28
12.00
10.17
3.53
7.00
6.86
7.50
9.90
8.50
12.13
10.83
13.62
14.00
7.00
7.80
6.75
7.50
9.12
6.75
8.04
9.22
8.00
9.00
11.98
9.75
11.97
13.90
13.62
8.36
9.50
12.08
15.50
17.86
Health 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 ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
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 .........................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.60
8.00
$16.60
9.25
$26.88
11.99
$27.36
13.92
$27.36
17.00
8.50
7.50
8.75
8.50
9.50
8.43
9.50
9.50
12.00
9.50
13.75
10.50
15.94
12.27
17.86
16.53
17.00
13.62
19.00
19.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers .........
Gaming supervisors ......................................................
Slot key persons ...........................................................
Gaming services workers .................................................
Gaming dealers ............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
6.67
9.66
18.43
9.29
5.25
5.25
6.67
10.36
8.50
10.72
20.56
10.66
6.58
6.58
7.04
11.62
11.00
13.27
23.08
10.91
8.22
8.22
8.82
12.28
16.00
18.06
24.52
14.25
8.50
8.50
11.89
13.82
28.18
23.29
27.17
16.00
8.50
8.50
13.14
13.82
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ...........
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
7.97
10.48
10.48
12.40
15.39
16.06
24.61
24.00
39.38
36.29
10.17
11.21
14.90
17.40
36.29
16.06
7.00
7.00
7.00
9.49
11.24
11.24
6.60
22.81
8.77
8.00
7.50
10.65
13.80
13.80
8.65
24.19
11.24
9.25
9.00
12.38
16.00
16.00
11.50
25.99
18.44
11.00
10.45
14.57
25.00
25.00
18.75
66.03
22.14
14.01
13.36
20.00
25.00
25.00
21.79
16.83
17.12
21.05
21.52
24.08
28.72
29.06
39.38
41.64
39.50
16.83
21.63
28.72
39.38
39.38
10.36
12.28
15.26
18.58
23.16
17.08
10.34
11.00
9.66
14.61
11.00
9.00
9.00
10.00
17.60
9.66
10.00
12.50
18.46
20.81
11.67
15.00
10.00
12.18
11.96
18.75
12.00
12.00
12.23
14.61
13.00
10.25
9.00
10.00
19.86
10.51
11.00
15.00
19.81
22.40
13.70
15.00
12.18
13.57
14.47
23.16
14.71
14.02
14.92
17.61
15.02
12.74
11.11
13.05
23.22
13.42
12.73
18.64
21.28
24.73
16.49
17.13
13.57
14.67
15.79
25.11
17.08
15.90
17.08
18.05
17.93
13.25
13.26
15.11
24.15
17.94
16.38
22.40
23.56
27.45
18.76
18.18
15.19
15.30
16.92
30.90
18.25
18.02
18.25
21.99
22.63
13.75
15.00
20.63
26.44
18.03
17.73
24.25
24.25
29.01
20.62
18.18
17.41
18.55
19.49
9.81
10.00
10.82
12.00
12.00
13.31
13.78
18.50
14.70
21.03
12.00
16.00
14.50
18.73
14.50
16.00
14.50
21.29
17.00
22.00
18.50
25.67
22.00
22.00
21.00
25.67
23.00
25.00
22.82
31.06
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
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 .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
$20.71
$21.29
$25.67
$25.67
$31.06
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
13.33
16.00
19.69
24.52
29.64
24.50
29.64
30.51
38.44
43.17
13.33
12.36
12.36
14.50
15.00
16.00
16.00
17.30
18.00
19.67
19.67
20.45
22.19
22.36
19.67
23.52
27.50
26.00
25.19
24.10
18.05
18.50
20.72
25.00
30.43
13.40
15.87
10.53
18.10
26.51
15.29
15.87
13.40
26.51
26.51
20.08
20.20
20.33
28.80
33.14
23.84
24.40
21.98
33.14
33.47
25.50
25.89
22.78
33.47
33.47
11.10
13.83
15.91
17.46
22.49
11.10
13.92
15.91
17.46
17.46
8.30
10.35
14.40
19.24
23.66
16.00
6.50
6.75
19.00
7.75
8.25
24.66
9.60
10.63
24.77
12.50
26.97
27.59
26.97
26.97
9.20
12.47
14.90
17.41
21.25
9.42
12.02
9.30
9.44
8.35
12.23
12.96
11.03
14.00
9.93
14.17
15.09
14.78
15.20
13.80
16.51
18.31
21.70
18.18
16.60
17.14
35.00
23.58
20.02
19.00
9.20
10.84
15.61
20.24
23.97
17.75
11.18
10.00
12.86
10.50
12.24
9.25
8.50
17.94
14.75
13.52
15.75
11.80
14.18
9.67
9.32
20.00
18.75
18.75
18.21
20.42
19.00
11.00
11.00
21.25
21.11
20.20
20.24
24.94
22.14
13.00
11.75
22.61
25.12
24.16
26.66
25.12
22.14
16.85
16.63
9.25
9.66
9.65
9.67
11.00
10.70
14.70
12.26
17.20
13.80
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Team assemblers .........................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
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 .............................
Driver/sales workers .....................................................
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 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.
48
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.00
$7.00
$9.50
$13.07
$25.00
Business and financial operations occupations .............
24.00
24.00
32.89
40.02
46.39
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
8.38
11.35
20.39
11.09
20.50
27.78
12.36
30.49
34.22
16.70
34.22
36.42
23.99
37.88
39.55
11.09
5.88
11.09
10.41
14.28
12.36
23.99
15.17
23.99
15.79
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
11.00
11.00
11.00
25.54
32.33
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
12.50
24.90
10.00
21.63
24.90
29.68
11.50
23.93
30.00
31.16
25.00
27.00
35.70
35.85
37.00
29.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
29.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
6.41
9.25
9.69
6.41
10.00
10.00
10.57
9.80
10.75
11.07
11.77
10.00
12.69
11.77
12.99
13.48
15.00
14.00
14.35
16.88
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
7.00
7.00
7.00
6.67
7.96
8.50
8.50
7.96
9.35
9.05
9.05
10.99
10.99
10.00
10.00
12.78
13.25
11.90
11.90
17.10
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 ...................................................
2.83
5.59
5.20
2.83
2.83
5.20
6.25
6.00
2.83
2.83
6.50
8.00
7.54
3.10
2.83
7.95
9.79
9.00
5.25
4.83
10.00
10.00
9.50
10.50
9.00
4.00
5.25
4.75
6.00
5.15
6.90
9.00
7.25
12.49
9.25
5.25
6.15
6.94
7.25
9.25
6.50
6.50
7.00
6.80
8.00
8.00
11.39
10.63
13.07
16.34
6.50
6.80
8.00
10.48
16.34
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Gaming services workers .................................................
Gaming dealers ............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
5.00
4.00
4.00
6.25
6.42
4.00
4.00
6.39
9.50
4.25
4.25
8.44
11.43
5.50
4.81
9.44
18.16
13.16
6.05
10.23
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
6.15
6.15
6.49
6.49
6.15
6.50
6.50
6.50
6.50
6.15
7.49
7.49
7.20
7.20
7.49
8.75
8.50
8.20
8.20
8.70
11.65
10.30
10.10
10.10
10.93
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
8.28
10.96
8.30
5.51
8.00
11.95
10.00
10.00
12.00
8.85
8.40
9.00
12.97
10.00
12.00
13.33
15.38
8.62
10.00
18.07
12.00
14.94
14.95
17.32
11.27
12.50
21.33
17.00
18.51
14.95
17.32
18.51
13.00
33.00
20.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
7.50
12.23
8.56
12.95
12.06
14.00
14.00
16.50
16.50
16.50
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
49
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.23
7.50
$12.95
8.25
$14.00
9.09
$16.50
11.78
$16.50
12.50
7.00
8.00
9.00
11.78
12.85
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.
50
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$740
39.4
$45,013
$38,316
2,007
1,682
1,997
2,028
2,055
1,442
1,281
2,065
2,065
39.7
43.8
42.1
39.6
86,787
103,866
105,463
106,853
74,486
66,612
107,401
107,401
2,046
2,276
2,188
2,058
55.49
40.83
35.94
20.80
37.17
2,306
1,879
1,305
1,113
1,464
2,142
1,538
1,365
832
1,397
40.5
40.2
39.9
40.3
37.3
119,936
97,732
67,879
57,619
72,136
111,384
79,997
70,976
43,264
74,486
2,108
2,089
2,075
2,086
1,839
50.12
52.75
1,815
1,824
36.2
85,666
91,143
1,709
27.81
25.89
1,066
1,086
38.3
55,415
56,457
1,993
33.93
31.49
1,348
1,260
39.7
70,083
65,499
2,065
24.18
21.43
873
750
36.1
45,410
39,001
1,878
27.94
31.22
26.17
27.32
1,121
1,214
1,029
1,093
40.1
38.9
58,292
63,124
53,533
56,815
2,086
2,022
27.46
33.86
29.30
29.65
28.06
21.72
29.55
24.92
29.92
24.29
1,115
1,356
1,132
1,144
1,116
923
1,233
983
1,173
972
40.6
40.0
38.6
38.6
39.8
58,000
70,510
58,874
59,488
58,010
47,999
64,106
51,106
60,999
50,519
2,112
2,083
2,009
2,006
2,068
34.28
33.42
36.57
33.69
32.22
33.58
1,355
1,302
1,459
1,343
1,289
1,343
39.5
39.0
39.9
70,482
67,723
75,877
69,848
67,020
69,848
2,056
2,026
2,075
33.78
30.28
1,346
1,211
39.8
69,988
62,982
2,072
40.80
23.05
36.34
43.37
23.57
37.50
1,632
922
1,410
1,735
943
1,461
40.0
40.0
38.8
84,870
47,946
73,334
90,199
49,030
75,954
2,080
2,080
2,018
34.90
38.61
1,390
1,544
39.8
72,278
80,307
2,071
37.43
32.99
1,488
1,320
39.8
77,384
68,617
2,067
31.05
36.58
28.31
32.49
1,238
1,469
1,089
1,310
39.9
40.2
64,383
76,374
56,651
68,145
2,073
2,088
33.35
33.35
30.23
28.75
28.75
31.08
1,334
1,334
1,209
1,150
1,150
1,243
40.0
40.0
40.0
69,374
69,374
62,877
59,800
59,800
64,640
2,080
2,080
2,080
25.31
25.56
993
1,016
39.2
51,619
52,832
2,040
26.80
28.31
1,054
1,062
39.3
54,797
55,205
2,045
36.07
46.09
46.97
52.39
42.95
31.25
42.31
44.34
65.94
37.95
1,360
1,671
1,621
1,748
1,706
1,250
1,692
1,773
1,987
1,519
37.7
36.3
34.5
33.4
39.7
69,925
86,890
84,282
90,913
88,706
65,000
88,001
92,221
103,317
79,000
1,938
1,885
1,794
1,735
2,066
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.43
$18.75
$884
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ..............
Industrial production managers ..........
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Social and community service
managers ......................................
42.41
45.64
48.21
51.91
37.17
32.03
51.64
51.64
56.90
46.78
32.71
27.62
39.22
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Mechanical engineers .....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Biological scientists ........................
Biochemists and biophysicists ....
Medical scientists ...........................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Psychologists ......................................
Clinical, counseling, and school
psychologists ............................
Chemical technicians ..........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$37.28
$33.51
$1,378
$1,257
37.0
$61,078
$56,810
1,639
37.28
22.27
33.51
22.75
1,378
853
1,257
904
37.0
38.3
61,078
44,373
56,810
47,016
1,639
1,992
19.92
20.05
18.45
18.62
770
790
725
750
38.7
39.4
39,479
39,979
38,294
39,146
1,982
1,994
25.03
19.44
20.51
18.39
960
743
769
702
38.4
38.2
45,828
38,662
40,000
36,504
1,831
1,989
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Social and human service
assistants ..................................
20.25
18.04
756
640
37.3
39,298
33,280
1,940
18.70
18.04
693
631
37.1
36,041
32,833
1,928
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ..........
44.83
59.03
22.44
32.92
48.72
21.20
1,792
2,428
862
1,442
2,708
837
40.0
41.1
38.4
93,186
126,260
44,825
75,000
140,810
43,500
2,079
2,139
1,997
37.83
42.86
37.68
37.86
40.81
34.07
1,352
1,653
1,528
1,308
1,586
1,363
35.7
38.6
40.6
54,958
70,424
73,211
55,663
64,353
70,866
1,453
1,643
1,943
39.28
39.27
1,478
1,442
37.6
61,746
58,238
1,572
38.03
38.83
1,329
1,308
34.9
53,382
55,663
1,404
29.17
29.40
1,049
1,046
36.0
46,345
42,479
1,589
38.61
45.59
1,335
1,308
34.6
53,072
56,509
1,375
38.40
41.90
46.00
38.78
1,324
1,529
1,308
1,404
34.5
36.5
52,631
59,682
56,509
56,926
1,371
1,424
41.82
38.39
1,529
1,404
36.5
59,629
56,926
1,426
44.44
39.22
41.93
37.14
1,555
1,337
1,503
1,316
35.0
34.1
61,429
53,280
59,829
53,706
1,382
1,358
39.19
14.00
39.45
14.21
1,308
500
1,373
479
33.4
35.7
52,976
20,379
55,901
20,096
1,352
1,455
33.26
22.32
21.15
18.75
1,315
893
846
750
39.5
40.0
63,008
46,425
43,672
39,000
1,894
2,080
31.60
41.20
61.11
31.02
27.18
26.52
45.70
62.42
29.12
25.44
1,240
1,585
2,394
1,219
1,065
1,040
1,828
2,310
1,149
995
39.3
38.5
39.2
39.3
39.2
64,185
82,402
124,501
62,884
53,916
53,997
95,056
120,101
59,511
52,439
2,031
2,000
2,037
2,027
1,984
16.87
14.14
656
542
38.9
34,105
28,199
2,021
21.29
21.22
832
849
39.1
43,277
44,138
2,033
12.60
11.51
476
438
37.8
24,682
22,796
1,958
11.91
11.15
453
419
38.1
23,568
21,762
1,980
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Health 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 ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school ..................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
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 preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants and bartender
helpers ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food
concession, and coffee shop ....
Food servers, nonrestaurant ..............
Dishwashers .......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers,
building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance workers ...................
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
gaming workers ............................
Gaming supervisors ........................
Slot key persons .............................
Gaming services workers ...................
Gaming dealers ..............................
Child care workers ..............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$438
38.8
$23,694
$22,782
2,018
512
480
37.2
26,625
24,960
1,932
20.19
808
764
39.1
41,683
39,516
2,020
33.34
32.95
1,333
1,318
40.0
69,341
68,536
2,080
31.73
31.77
1,269
1,271
40.0
66,003
66,082
2,080
19.01
18.84
24.56
24.56
17.73
16.93
24.71
24.71
747
754
979
979
697
677
988
988
39.3
40.0
39.9
39.9
38,841
39,190
50,918
50,918
36,250
35,206
51,393
51,393
2,043
2,080
2,073
2,073
10.96
10.96
10.00
10.00
425
425
400
400
38.8
38.8
22,022
22,014
20,800
20,800
2,008
2,008
10.55
10.00
394
365
37.4
20,170
18,772
1,912
17.98
17.98
719
719
40.0
37,019
37,232
2,059
16.71
11.66
12.33
11.22
10.90
6.55
5.23
15.48
11.18
11.79
10.85
9.50
6.18
4.35
668
440
471
414
412
230
181
619
420
472
400
371
198
97
40.0
37.7
38.2
36.9
37.8
35.1
34.5
34,259
22,836
24,496
21,465
19,894
11,707
9,368
32,190
21,840
24,519
20,800
18,772
10,284
5,042
2,050
1,958
1,986
1,913
1,824
1,789
1,790
9.12
9.67
9.90
8.50
334
359
300
307
36.7
37.1
16,096
18,653
13,800
15,983
1,766
1,930
8.60
10.38
8.63
8.04
9.22
8.00
328
396
330
315
365
304
38.1
38.1
38.2
17,035
20,591
17,134
16,380
18,978
15,808
1,981
1,983
1,985
12.63
12.08
504
483
39.9
25,922
24,939
2,052
22.15
12.08
26.88
11.99
886
482
1,075
477
40.0
39.9
46,078
24,916
55,900
24,701
2,080
2,062
12.42
12.00
496
480
40.0
25,625
24,939
2,064
10.35
13.34
9.50
13.75
409
531
380
522
39.5
39.8
21,252
26,622
19,760
22,776
2,054
1,996
12.55
10.50
500
420
39.8
24,885
19,760
1,982
13.61
11.00
500
446
36.8
25,965
23,036
1,908
14.89
22.56
12.28
7.48
7.48
9.61
13.27
23.08
10.91
8.22
8.22
8.82
596
902
491
299
299
372
531
923
436
329
329
353
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.7
30,975
46,924
25,543
15,567
15,567
19,127
27,602
48,000
22,687
17,098
17,098
18,346
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
1,991
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$11.74
$11.36
$456
13.78
12.00
20.64
See footnotes at end of table.
53
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$491
40.0
$25,548
$25,542
2,080
800
625
40.2
41,256
32,487
2,071
16.06
845
682
42.0
43,950
35,474
2,185
17.01
14.90
732
625
43.0
38,043
32,487
2,236
28.13
13.95
9.99
9.69
24.19
11.24
9.25
9.00
1,116
555
372
360
968
448
328
328
39.7
39.8
37.3
37.2
58,036
28,481
19,360
18,714
50,357
23,311
17,056
17,056
2,063
2,041
1,939
1,932
13.28
12.38
516
495
38.8
26,817
25,750
2,020
18.25
18.25
14.28
16.00
16.00
11.50
730
730
580
640
640
449
40.0
40.0
40.6
37,963
37,963
29,529
33,280
33,280
23,311
2,080
2,080
2,067
26.18
24.08
1,012
933
38.6
52,599
48,499
2,009
31.36
28.72
1,255
1,149
40.0
65,239
59,738
2,080
31.05
28.72
1,242
1,149
40.0
64,576
59,738
2,080
16.02
15.26
627
599
39.1
32,312
30,765
2,018
23.35
14.61
23.16
14.71
948
575
926
576
40.6
39.3
49,274
29,881
48,162
29,946
2,110
2,046
14.63
14.02
579
533
39.6
30,111
27,728
2,058
14.56
17.52
15.76
11.86
11.74
13.23
14.92
17.61
15.02
12.74
11.11
13.05
569
607
626
474
461
529
577
616
601
509
448
522
39.1
34.6
39.7
40.0
39.2
40.0
29,600
31,547
31,952
24,667
23,233
27,509
30,020
32,057
31,200
26,491
22,880
27,144
2,033
1,801
2,028
2,080
1,979
2,080
22.56
23.22
899
929
39.9
46,762
48,302
2,073
14.10
13.29
13.42
12.73
564
530
537
494
40.0
39.9
29,320
27,565
27,914
25,688
2,080
2,074
18.80
18.64
726
716
38.6
37,236
36,820
1,981
21.57
24.91
21.28
24.73
864
901
833
896
40.1
36.2
44,926
46,848
43,320
46,600
2,083
1,880
16.35
16.87
16.49
17.13
626
672
616
667
38.3
39.8
31,772
34,936
29,954
34,694
1,944
2,071
13.81
15.09
13.57
14.67
525
555
536
550
38.0
36.8
27,290
28,842
27,889
28,601
1,975
1,911
15.85
15.79
602
599
38.0
31,326
31,122
1,976
12.51
14.99
12.00
13.31
494
582
480
520
39.5
38.8
25,691
29,962
24,960
27,040
2,054
1,999
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Recreation and fitness workers ..........
$12.28
$12.28
$491
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Gaming change persons and
booth cashiers ......................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Parts salespersons .....................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
19.92
15.39
20.11
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 ...........................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Customer service representatives ......
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ...
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Legal secretaries ............................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Computer operators ............................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Word processors and typists ..........
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Mail clerks and mail machine
operators, except postal service ...
Office clerks, general ..........................
Annual earnings5
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Electricians .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics and
installers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance,
and repair workers ....................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Team assemblers ...........................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$680
880
740
39.4
38.2
40.0
$35,659
40,945
39,186
$33,280
45,760
38,480
1,983
1,984
2,080
965
1,027
40.0
50,158
53,394
2,080
25.67
1,004
1,027
40.0
52,183
53,394
2,080
20.91
19.69
841
796
40.2
43,714
41,413
2,090
33.54
30.51
1,342
1,220
40.0
69,760
63,461
2,080
19.17
18.00
766
720
40.0
39,822
37,440
2,078
19.48
19.67
780
787
40.1
40,579
40,914
2,083
19.31
19.67
774
787
40.1
40,237
40,914
2,084
20.42
20.45
861
903
42.2
44,767
46,966
2,192
21.91
20.72
876
829
40.0
45,546
43,098
2,079
19.40
20.43
20.08
20.20
773
822
813
856
39.8
40.3
40,202
42,761
42,286
44,510
2,072
2,093
17.42
28.99
20.33
28.80
683
1,160
794
1,152
39.2
40.0
35,496
60,308
41,309
59,900
2,038
2,080
30.84
33.14
1,233
1,326
40.0
64,140
68,931
2,080
15.87
15.91
637
640
40.1
33,105
33,280
2,086
14.94
15.91
594
636
39.7
30,877
33,093
2,066
15.29
14.40
607
573
39.7
31,527
29,723
2,062
22.71
24.66
903
987
39.8
46,963
51,299
2,068
12.43
15.25
9.60
10.63
491
610
375
425
39.5
40.0
25,399
31,374
19,500
21,250
2,044
2,058
15.14
14.90
605
596
40.0
31,484
30,992
2,080
13.90
14.17
556
567
40.0
28,914
29,474
2,080
18.58
15.09
743
603
40.0
38,637
31,381
2,080
16.21
15.18
13.41
14.78
15.20
13.80
649
607
543
591
608
564
40.0
40.0
40.5
33,728
31,567
28,210
30,742
31,616
29,349
2,080
2,080
2,103
17.47
15.61
740
667
42.4
38,442
34,320
2,200
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.98
20.64
18.84
$17.00
22.00
18.50
$709
788
754
24.11
25.67
25.09
See footnotes at end of table.
55
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
First-line supervisors/managers of
helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand ................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Driver/sales workers .......................
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 ........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$772
39.9
$41,189
$40,168
2,076
823
801
810
808
43.8
44.7
42,781
41,640
42,099
42,016
2,278
2,325
18.21
862
810
45.2
44,819
42,099
2,348
18.60
18.12
11.95
20.42
19.00
11.00
744
725
475
817
760
438
40.0
40.0
39.7
38,598
37,683
24,675
42,469
39,520
22,714
2,075
2,080
2,065
11.89
11.00
475
440
40.0
24,721
22,880
2,080
12.54
11.06
11.00
10.70
494
443
440
428
39.4
40.1
25,678
23,034
22,882
22,256
2,048
2,083
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.84
$20.00
$792
18.78
17.91
18.75
18.75
19.09
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 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
56
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$719
39.7
$44,513
$36,664
2,048
1,713
2,036
2,057
2,090
1,443
1,282
2,065
2,065
40.0
43.9
42.1
39.6
89,028
105,888
106,953
108,686
75,141
66,650
107,401
107,401
2,080
2,282
2,191
2,058
55.49
40.83
35.94
20.80
24.61
2,306
1,901
1,305
1,113
979
2,142
1,581
1,365
832
985
40.5
40.3
39.9
40.3
39.1
119,936
98,841
67,879
57,619
50,889
111,384
82,197
70,976
43,264
51,230
2,108
2,093
2,075
2,086
2,032
33.69
31.49
1,337
1,260
39.7
69,549
65,499
2,065
28.11
31.22
26.45
27.32
1,133
1,214
1,038
1,093
40.3
38.9
58,908
63,124
54,001
56,815
2,096
2,022
27.36
33.83
29.86
29.65
28.06
21.72
29.55
25.13
29.92
24.29
1,118
1,376
1,157
1,144
1,116
923
1,201
1,006
1,173
972
40.9
40.7
38.7
38.6
39.8
58,132
71,545
60,155
59,488
58,010
47,999
62,431
52,314
60,999
50,519
2,125
2,115
2,015
2,006
2,068
34.29
36.57
33.70
33.58
1,356
1,459
1,343
1,343
39.5
39.9
70,509
75,877
69,848
69,848
2,056
2,075
33.78
30.28
1,346
1,211
39.8
69,988
62,982
2,072
40.80
23.05
36.34
43.37
23.57
37.50
1,632
922
1,410
1,735
943
1,461
40.0
40.0
38.8
84,870
47,946
73,334
90,199
49,030
75,954
2,080
2,080
2,018
34.90
38.61
1,390
1,544
39.8
72,278
80,307
2,071
37.43
32.99
1,488
1,320
39.8
77,384
68,617
2,067
31.54
36.96
28.43
32.50
1,265
1,492
1,133
1,310
40.1
40.4
65,788
77,570
58,928
68,145
2,086
2,099
33.35
33.35
30.23
28.75
28.75
31.08
1,334
1,334
1,209
1,150
1,150
1,243
40.0
40.0
40.0
69,374
69,374
62,877
59,800
59,800
64,640
2,080
2,080
2,080
26.39
28.31
1,050
1,062
39.8
54,580
55,205
2,068
26.80
28.31
1,054
1,062
39.3
54,797
55,205
2,045
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Biological scientists ........................
Biochemists and biophysicists ....
Medical scientists ...........................
Chemical technicians ..........................
35.79
46.38
47.47
52.39
42.95
22.27
31.25
42.31
44.34
65.94
37.95
22.75
1,353
1,683
1,637
1,748
1,706
853
1,250
1,735
1,822
1,987
1,519
904
37.8
36.3
34.5
33.4
39.7
38.3
70,377
87,529
85,121
90,913
88,706
44,373
65,000
90,220
94,729
103,317
79,000
47,016
1,966
1,887
1,793
1,735
2,066
1,992
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
16.77
17.14
17.22
15.57
15.87
15.51
663
681
675
620
635
588
39.6
39.8
39.2
34,498
35,432
35,100
32,261
32,999
30,596
2,057
2,067
2,039
Legal occupations ................................
46.96
37.50
1,889
1,481
40.2
98,224
77,035
2,092
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.74
$17.99
$864
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ..............
Industrial production managers ..........
Education administrators ....................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
42.80
46.40
48.82
52.82
37.08
32.03
51.64
51.64
56.90
47.22
32.71
27.62
25.04
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Mechanical engineers .....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
See footnotes at end of table.
57
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Lawyers ..............................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
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 preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants and bartender
helpers ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Dishwashers .......................................
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 ...........
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$63.30
$67.70
$2,628
$2,869
41.5
$136,644
$149,211
2,159
31.13
41.62
26.97
40.19
1,229
1,649
1,079
1,592
39.5
39.6
52,875
73,196
41,000
66,708
1,698
1,759
19.93
18.93
790
736
39.6
32,688
32,020
1,640
33.44
22.32
21.15
18.75
1,323
893
846
750
39.6
40.0
63,320
46,425
43,984
39,000
1,894
2,080
31.59
41.33
62.58
30.92
25.07
26.52
45.70
74.17
29.08
25.18
1,241
1,588
2,425
1,219
990
1,054
1,828
2,379
1,152
983
39.3
38.4
38.7
39.4
39.5
64,522
82,575
126,092
63,395
51,500
54,829
95,056
123,729
59,916
51,140
2,042
1,998
2,015
2,050
2,055
16.87
14.14
656
542
38.9
34,105
28,199
2,021
21.17
21.22
827
849
39.1
43,006
44,138
2,032
11.93
11.15
449
418
37.6
23,354
21,743
1,957
11.02
10.67
417
406
37.9
21,694
21,133
1,969
11.57
11.30
449
432
38.8
23,325
22,445
2,015
13.69
12.00
507
480
37.0
26,363
24,960
1,925
11.46
11.24
448
430
39.1
23,297
22,360
2,032
10.49
10.49
10.00
10.00
410
410
398
398
39.0
39.0
21,305
21,295
20,679
20,679
2,030
2,030
10.31
10.00
386
361
37.4
19,966
18,721
1,936
17.97
17.98
719
719
40.0
37,003
37,232
2,059
16.71
11.56
11.98
11.22
9.54
6.45
5.23
15.48
11.00
11.79
10.85
9.50
5.98
4.35
668
435
456
414
368
228
181
619
420
472
400
361
180
97
40.0
37.7
38.1
36.9
38.5
35.3
34.5
34,252
22,603
23,707
21,465
18,667
11,758
9,368
32,190
21,840
24,519
20,800
18,720
9,776
5,042
2,050
1,956
1,979
1,913
1,956
1,824
1,790
9.02
9.40
8.63
8.60
8.25
8.00
340
347
330
344
307
304
37.7
36.9
38.2
17,317
18,042
17,134
15,824
15,983
15,808
1,920
1,919
1,985
12.07
11.41
11.15
11.00
482
455
446
440
39.9
39.9
24,860
23,660
22,880
22,880
2,060
2,074
11.72
11.25
469
450
40.0
24,373
23,400
2,080
10.31
12.75
9.50
10.75
407
510
380
430
39.5
40.0
21,181
25,406
19,760
19,760
2,055
1,993
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
gaming workers ............................
Gaming supervisors ........................
Slot key persons .............................
Gaming services workers ...................
Gaming dealers ..............................
Child care workers ..............................
Recreation and fitness workers ..........
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Gaming change persons and
booth cashiers ......................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Parts salespersons .....................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
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 ......
Hotel, motel, and resort desk 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 ............................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Computer operators ............................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$380
40.0
$23,093
$19,760
1,975
501
443
36.8
26,049
23,036
1,912
13.27
23.08
10.91
8.22
8.22
8.82
12.25
596
902
491
299
299
366
488
531
923
436
329
329
353
490
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.0
30,975
46,924
25,543
15,567
15,567
19,008
25,371
27,602
48,000
22,687
17,098
17,098
18,346
25,480
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,025
2,080
19.97
15.39
802
625
40.2
41,368
32,487
2,072
20.11
16.06
845
682
42.0
43,950
35,474
2,185
17.01
14.90
732
625
43.0
38,043
32,487
2,236
28.13
13.97
9.81
9.48
24.19
11.24
9.00
8.95
1,116
556
366
352
968
448
328
328
39.7
39.8
37.3
37.1
58,036
28,519
19,015
18,297
50,357
23,311
17,056
17,056
2,063
2,042
1,937
1,930
13.28
12.38
516
495
38.8
26,817
25,750
2,020
18.25
18.25
14.28
16.00
16.00
11.50
730
730
580
640
640
449
40.0
40.0
40.6
37,963
37,963
29,529
33,280
33,280
23,311
2,080
2,080
2,067
26.18
24.08
1,012
933
38.6
52,599
48,499
2,009
31.36
28.72
1,255
1,149
40.0
65,239
59,738
2,080
31.05
28.72
1,242
1,149
40.0
64,576
59,738
2,080
15.82
15.00
624
593
39.5
32,258
30,765
2,039
23.16
14.55
23.16
14.65
945
574
926
576
40.8
39.4
49,141
29,832
48,162
29,946
2,122
2,050
14.63
14.02
579
533
39.6
30,111
27,728
2,058
14.44
15.74
11.86
11.74
14.83
15.00
12.74
11.11
567
625
474
461
577
601
509
448
39.3
39.7
40.0
39.3
29,485
31,899
24,667
23,233
30,020
31,200
26,491
22,880
2,042
2,027
2,080
1,979
14.10
13.29
13.42
12.35
564
532
537
494
40.0
40.0
29,320
27,652
27,914
25,688
2,080
2,080
18.51
18.64
728
726
39.3
37,856
37,750
2,045
21.39
24.91
20.83
24.73
872
901
827
896
40.8
36.2
45,330
46,848
43,000
46,600
2,119
1,880
15.28
16.87
14.40
17.13
600
672
569
667
39.3
39.8
31,214
34,936
29,596
34,694
2,043
2,071
15.65
15.79
598
600
38.2
31,110
31,199
1,988
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$11.69
$9.50
$468
13.62
10.91
14.89
22.56
12.28
7.48
7.48
9.39
12.20
See footnotes at end of table.
59
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$480
520
39.5
39.4
$25,124
30,317
$24,960
27,040
2,052
2,033
701
788
660
880
39.4
38.2
35,171
40,955
33,280
45,760
1,977
1,984
19.67
840
787
40.3
43,677
40,914
2,094
33.62
30.51
1,345
1,220
40.0
69,921
63,461
2,080
19.08
18.00
763
720
40.0
39,682
37,440
2,080
19.23
19.67
771
787
40.1
40,109
40,914
2,086
19.01
19.67
763
787
40.1
39,667
40,914
2,087
21.89
20.72
876
829
40.0
45,529
43,098
2,080
19.42
20.43
19.59
20.20
775
822
802
856
39.9
40.3
40,298
42,761
41,714
44,510
2,075
2,093
17.13
28.99
16.19
28.80
673
1,160
648
1,152
39.3
40.0
34,984
60,308
33,675
59,900
2,042
2,080
30.84
33.14
1,233
1,326
40.0
64,140
68,931
2,080
15.21
15.91
615
640
40.4
31,962
33,280
2,101
15.14
15.91
606
636
40.0
31,486
33,093
2,080
15.13
14.00
600
558
39.7
31,203
28,954
2,062
22.71
24.66
903
987
39.8
46,963
51,299
2,068
12.43
15.25
9.60
10.63
491
610
375
425
39.5
40.0
25,399
31,374
19,500
21,250
2,044
2,058
15.14
14.90
605
596
40.0
31,484
30,992
2,080
13.90
14.17
556
567
40.0
28,914
29,474
2,080
18.58
15.09
743
603
40.0
38,637
31,381
2,080
16.21
15.18
13.41
14.78
15.20
13.80
649
607
543
591
608
564
40.0
40.0
40.5
33,728
31,567
28,210
30,742
31,616
29,349
2,080
2,080
2,103
17.37
15.00
740
640
42.6
38,459
33,280
2,214
18.82
17.91
18.75
18.75
826
801
810
808
43.9
44.7
42,957
41,640
42,099
42,016
2,283
2,325
19.11
18.21
864
810
45.2
44,906
42,099
2,350
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mail clerks and mail machine
operators, except postal service ...
Office clerks, general ..........................
$12.24
14.91
$12.00
13.00
$483
587
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Carpenters ..........................................
17.79
20.65
16.50
22.00
20.86
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics and
installers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance,
and repair workers ....................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Team assemblers ...........................
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers ..............................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Driver/sales workers .......................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$817
760
434
40.0
40.0
39.7
$38,907
37,683
24,448
$42,469
39,520
22,547
2,080
2,080
2,064
440
428
39.4
40.1
25,656
23,034
22,882
22,256
2,047
2,083
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$18.71
18.12
11.84
$20.42
19.00
10.86
$748
725
470
12.53
11.06
11.00
10.70
494
443
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
Annual earnings5
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$941
37.1
$48,206
$46,494
1,747
1,472
1,721
1,414
1,724
37.2
36.4
72,259
82,551
74,486
88,920
1,828
1,745
52.75
1,815
1,824
36.2
85,666
91,143
1,709
34.43
34.12
1,279
1,254
37.1
66,507
65,228
1,932
29.13
30.44
1,061
1,140
36.4
55,165
59,272
1,894
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
25.41
23.92
956
902
37.6
49,719
46,878
1,957
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
25.07
21.79
931
817
37.1
48,393
42,481
1,930
40.77
37.43
1,457
1,310
35.7
63,917
68,121
1,568
37.67
22.06
30.60
21.00
1,402
820
1,148
755
37.2
37.2
58,721
42,649
48,201
39,234
1,559
1,933
23.91
23.39
869
865
36.3
45,191
44,992
1,890
41.16
46.78
44.56
44.84
1,405
1,664
1,308
1,586
34.1
35.6
55,785
63,655
56,509
61,750
1,355
1,361
48.01
45.35
1,765
1,645
36.8
68,073
65,666
1,418
42.96
46.24
1,454
1,337
33.9
58,024
56,509
1,351
44.19
46.30
1,462
1,308
33.1
58,953
56,509
1,334
44.39
45.54
46.30
44.92
1,457
1,643
1,308
1,596
32.8
36.1
58,848
62,268
56,509
62,248
1,326
1,367
45.58
44.92
1,646
1,596
36.1
62,296
62,660
1,367
44.44
40.52
41.93
39.45
1,555
1,376
1,503
1,373
35.0
34.0
61,429
54,925
59,829
55,901
1,382
1,356
40.82
15.01
42.04
14.79
1,354
525
1,373
538
33.2
35.0
55,003
20,467
59,333
20,096
1,348
1,363
31.72
33.26
26.25
29.51
1,229
1,214
1,001
1,035
38.8
36.5
57,235
53,958
49,982
51,189
1,804
1,622
16.84
15.03
653
600
38.8
33,140
30,447
1,968
16.40
14.51
641
580
39.1
33,360
30,179
2,034
13.25
12.84
521
514
39.3
27,110
26,707
2,046
25.43
24.88
996
995
39.2
51,183
51,742
2,013
33.34
32.95
1,333
1,318
40.0
69,341
68,536
2,080
31.73
31.77
1,269
1,271
40.0
66,003
66,082
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$27.59
$23.81
$1,023
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Social and community service
managers ......................................
39.54
47.31
37.24
51.26
50.12
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school ..................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$717
717
995
995
39.1
40.0
39.9
39.9
$41,626
42,719
52,116
52,116
$37,280
37,280
51,742
51,742
2,032
2,080
2,072
2,072
510
475
529
448
36.5
39.2
22,676
24,718
19,365
23,296
1,623
2,039
15.98
15.98
619
612
639
639
39.7
39.8
31,337
30,820
32,020
31,079
2,010
2,008
15.16
15.62
604
625
39.9
30,357
30,091
2,002
17.88
17.42
17.39
16.82
647
616
623
589
36.2
35.3
32,783
32,023
30,225
30,616
1,834
1,838
17.42
17.52
16.82
17.61
616
607
589
616
35.3
34.6
32,023
31,547
30,616
32,057
1,838
1,801
20.02
19.60
717
674
35.8
34,959
33,609
1,746
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
$20.48
20.54
25.15
25.15
$18.56
17.92
24.88
24.88
$801
822
1,002
1,002
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
13.97
12.12
14.63
11.61
15.59
15.35
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Annual earnings5
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Word processors and typists ..........
Office clerks, general ..........................
19.28
17.96
689
636
35.7
33,059
30,138
1,715
15.09
15.09
15.42
14.67
14.67
15.09
555
555
558
550
550
562
36.8
36.8
36.2
28,842
28,842
28,153
28,601
28,601
29,125
1,911
1,911
1,825
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
20.51
20.12
819
804
39.9
42,594
41,787
2,077
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
21.74
23.52
851
941
39.1
44,232
48,922
2,035
Production occupations ......................
20.46
20.49
817
820
39.9
42,468
42,619
2,076
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
18.96
19.50
751
775
39.6
38,219
37,536
2,016
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$20.41
$18.18
$19.24
$25.93
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
33.10
35.34
31.85
10.60
16.14
17.15
15.52
19.41
17.68
20.82
15.79
14.73
16.51
29.77
34.50
26.79
9.50
15.85
16.38
15.36
18.50
17.40
19.79
14.74
12.78
16.14
33.56
31.75
34.75
10.98
16.06
18.30
14.79
20.63
–
21.28
14.48
15.08
14.19
35.82
38.63
34.54
12.04
17.09
20.13
16.59
25.06
–
24.86
24.18
18.91
32.33
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.0
4.6
3.7
3.3
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.8
4.8
3.1
2.4
2.9
6.6
2.7
2.1
8.4
4.2
5.3
3.9
7.4
6.6
9.0
7.0
3.7
4.6
8.9
4.0
2.8
9.7
5.4
6.8
6.6
6.7
7.9
14.7
7.1
4.5
7.0
14.7
4.6
6.6
–
6.3
6.3
3.9
9.4
2.5
3.9
2.7
2.9
3.1
9.2
2.4
5.1
–
6.4
15.9
2.9
35.7
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$680
39.8
$40,475
$33,904
2,047
1,594
1,679
1,292
1,293
40.1
40.0
82,823
87,321
67,201
67,245
2,084
2,081
25.96
25.13
1,084
991
990
942
39.5
38.5
56,350
51,540
51,501
49,000
2,055
2,000
32.94
30.61
29.93
28.13
1,310
1,214
1,197
1,125
39.8
39.7
68,103
63,149
62,252
58,510
2,067
2,063
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
25.07
26.44
1,003
1,058
40.0
52,141
54,999
2,080
Community and social services occupations ........
Counselors .............................................................
16.45
17.09
14.22
14.22
648
677
569
569
39.4
39.6
33,684
35,199
29,578
29,578
2,048
2,060
Legal occupations ....................................................
37.25
25.00
1,498
962
40.2
77,911
50,001
2,092
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
20.19
18.74
804
736
39.8
34,102
32,020
1,689
19.83
18.93
791
750
39.9
32,874
32,020
1,657
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
19.06
18.75
757
750
39.7
39,366
39,000
2,065
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
29.62
30.65
25.00
26.50
1,177
1,226
925
1,060
39.7
40.0
61,188
63,751
48,107
55,120
2,065
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
12.45
13.07
11.00
11.39
447
464
408
413
35.9
35.5
23,269
24,143
21,216
21,476
1,869
1,847
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...............................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
9.79
10.85
10.87
3.75
2.99
9.50
10.50
10.50
3.03
2.84
354
405
399
109
84
340
400
400
94
85
36.2
37.3
36.7
29.0
28.1
18,388
20,991
20,686
5,640
4,347
17,680
20,800
20,800
4,863
4,430
1,878
1,935
1,904
1,503
1,452
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...............................
11.82
12.89
10.40
10.95
473
516
416
438
40.0
40.0
24,268
25,542
21,320
20,900
2,054
1,982
Personal care and service occupations .................
12.01
11.89
480
476
40.0
24,974
24,731
2,080
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 ................................................
Parts salespersons .........................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
18.86
17.96
14.58
15.16
760
765
609
625
40.3
42.6
39,014
39,767
31,200
32,487
2,069
2,214
15.31
14.07
8.64
8.64
12.71
11.78
8.50
8.50
661
562
313
313
609
459
312
312
43.2
40.0
36.3
36.3
34,366
28,693
16,294
16,294
31,668
23,379
16,224
16,224
2,245
2,040
1,887
1,887
18.25
18.25
14.20
16.00
16.00
13.33
730
730
582
640
640
500
40.0
40.0
41.0
37,963
37,963
29,401
33,280
33,280
24,127
2,080
2,080
2,070
32.04
39.38
1,282
1,575
40.0
66,641
81,900
2,080
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
15.79
15.00
629
590
39.8
32,642
30,507
2,067
23.65
14.68
23.16
14.40
978
584
926
576
41.4
39.8
50,868
30,370
48,162
29,946
2,151
2,069
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$19.78
$17.00
$786
Management occupations .......................................
Financial managers ................................................
39.75
41.97
32.74
34.74
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
27.43
25.77
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ......
See footnotes at end of table.
65
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$600
520
380
692
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.3
$30,991
26,350
23,098
38,143
$31,200
27,042
19,760
36,001
2,080
2,080
2,040
2,096
562
582
569
520
39.7
39.4
29,225
30,000
29,596
27,040
2,064
2,032
16.11
690
640
39.4
34,572
32,240
1,973
19.83
18.70
18.75
19.67
803
750
758
787
40.5
40.1
41,782
39,022
39,441
40,914
2,106
2,086
18.36
30.50
19.67
28.80
737
1,220
787
1,152
40.1
40.0
38,336
63,444
40,914
59,900
2,088
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
$14.90
12.67
11.32
18.20
$15.00
13.00
9.50
18.46
$596
507
444
734
14.16
14.76
14.23
13.00
Construction and extraction occupations .............
17.52
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ....................................................
Line installers and repairers ...................................
Annual earnings5
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
13.31
11.03
521
428
39.2
27,117
22,277
2,038
22.08
24.66
883
987
40.0
45,920
51,299
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
16.92
19.21
20.33
12.89
10.18
16.33
18.75
19.60
12.24
9.67
715
839
887
515
401
667
810
810
490
387
42.3
43.7
43.6
40.0
39.4
37,203
43,646
46,114
26,801
20,846
34,674
42,099
42,099
25,459
20,116
2,199
2,272
2,269
2,080
2,047
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
66
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$749
39.7
$47,995
$38,805
2,049
1,819
1,953
2,306
2,116
1,337
1,732
2,065
2,142
1,995
1,260
40.0
42.6
40.5
40.5
39.7
94,547
101,562
119,936
110,046
69,549
90,074
107,401
111,384
103,761
65,499
2,077
2,217
2,108
2,105
2,065
26.98
26.45
1,158
1,243
1,059
992
40.7
38.6
60,200
64,660
55,078
51,570
2,116
2,008
29.12
34.96
30.72
28.38
28.06
31.25
29.55
25.58
28.13
24.29
1,172
1,424
1,192
1,111
1,116
1,250
1,330
1,028
1,029
972
40.3
40.7
38.8
39.1
39.8
60,948
74,057
61,997
57,756
58,010
65,000
69,149
53,471
53,501
50,519
2,093
2,118
2,018
2,035
2,068
34.52
36.18
33.78
23.05
36.34
34.59
33.57
30.28
23.57
37.50
1,364
1,444
1,346
922
1,410
1,348
1,343
1,211
943
1,461
39.5
39.9
39.8
40.0
38.8
70,912
75,068
69,988
47,946
73,334
70,096
69,817
62,982
49,030
75,954
2,054
2,075
2,072
2,080
2,018
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ............................................................
Industrial engineers ........................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ....................................................
35.31
37.39
29.12
32.85
1,419
1,511
1,242
1,325
40.2
40.4
73,781
78,560
64,599
68,910
2,090
2,101
33.35
33.35
25.25
28.75
28.75
25.56
1,334
1,334
1,002
1,150
1,150
1,040
40.0
40.0
39.7
69,374
69,374
52,114
59,800
59,800
54,080
2,080
2,080
2,064
26.80
28.31
1,054
1,062
39.3
54,797
55,205
2,045
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Life scientists ..........................................................
Biological scientists ............................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ........................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Chemical technicians ..............................................
33.74
41.90
39.11
40.35
42.95
22.27
30.41
38.13
36.15
36.15
37.95
22.75
1,309
1,616
1,461
1,493
1,706
853
1,205
1,474
1,417
1,413
1,519
904
38.8
38.6
37.4
37.0
39.7
38.3
68,048
84,008
75,984
77,611
88,706
44,373
62,640
76,671
73,700
73,499
79,000
47,016
2,017
2,005
1,943
1,923
2,066
1,992
Community and social services occupations ........
Counselors .............................................................
17.49
17.24
17.55
17.50
699
690
702
700
40.0
40.0
36,350
35,858
36,504
36,400
2,078
2,080
Legal occupations ....................................................
Lawyers ..................................................................
55.59
70.41
45.51
81.98
2,236
2,896
2,708
2,869
40.2
41.1
116,276
150,618
140,810
149,211
2,092
2,139
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
41.10
41.48
35.26
40.07
1,610
1,648
1,363
1,565
39.2
39.7
70,154
73,332
62,701
66,800
1,707
1,768
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
38.25
25.33
1,511
1,013
39.5
70,477
46,966
1,842
32.47
60.02
31.03
25.07
16.87
27.56
60.53
31.16
25.18
14.14
1,269
2,298
1,217
990
656
1,075
2,179
1,232
983
542
39.1
38.3
39.2
39.5
38.9
65,978
119,506
63,261
51,500
34,105
55,910
113,312
64,079
51,140
28,199
2,032
1,991
2,039
2,055
2,021
21.17
21.22
827
849
39.1
43,006
44,138
2,032
11.76
11.08
11.62
11.15
10.75
11.30
450
420
449
420
405
433
38.2
37.9
38.7
23,385
21,838
23,373
21,840
21,050
22,506
1,989
1,971
2,011
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$23.43
$18.81
$930
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
Medical and health services managers ..................
45.52
45.82
56.90
52.28
33.69
42.67
49.34
55.49
49.89
31.49
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Financial analysts ...............................................
28.44
32.20
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Physicians and surgeons ........................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses ...............................................................
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
See footnotes at end of table.
67
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$582
39.8
$30,472
$30,243
2,070
449
411
411
440
398
398
39.1
39.0
39.0
23,368
21,356
21,346
22,880
20,679
20,679
2,032
2,029
2,029
10.25
415
387
38.6
21,381
19,178
1,987
17.12
15.74
685
630
40.0
34,996
32,739
2,044
17.12
12.72
11.98
9.80
7.38
6.26
15.74
12.36
11.79
10.03
7.50
5.83
685
487
456
382
282
241
630
472
472
401
287
226
40.0
38.3
38.1
39.0
38.2
38.5
34,996
25,335
23,707
18,600
14,546
12,547
32,739
24,519
24,519
18,455
13,811
11,752
2,044
1,991
1,979
1,898
1,971
2,004
9.02
11.21
10.10
8.60
10.56
9.51
340
427
391
344
422
380
37.7
38.1
38.7
17,317
22,210
20,327
15,824
21,944
19,760
1,920
1,981
2,013
12.40
11.65
11.99
11.76
493
463
477
466
39.8
39.8
25,659
24,088
24,812
24,211
2,069
2,068
12.38
10.61
11.99
9.86
495
418
480
385
40.0
39.4
25,755
21,742
24,939
20,030
2,080
2,050
13.99
10.66
505
436
36.1
26,270
22,687
1,878
14.89
22.56
12.28
7.48
7.48
13.27
23.08
10.91
8.22
8.22
596
902
491
299
299
531
923
436
329
329
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
30,975
46,924
25,543
15,567
15,567
27,602
48,000
22,687
17,098
17,098
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
22.28
25.26
13.66
11.71
11.25
19.70
24.76
11.00
10.45
10.00
890
1,030
538
456
438
788
985
433
406
388
40.0
40.8
39.4
39.0
39.0
46,286
53,552
27,988
23,725
22,799
40,976
51,210
22,526
21,112
20,176
2,078
2,120
2,049
2,025
2,027
13.28
14.51
12.38
11.21
516
575
495
446
38.8
39.6
26,817
29,886
25,750
23,213
2,020
2,059
27.79
25.64
1,061
966
38.2
55,169
50,216
1,985
15.85
15.13
621
596
39.2
31,976
30,826
2,018
22.35
14.45
21.71
14.94
892
566
865
577
39.9
39.2
46,404
29,446
44,990
30,020
2,077
2,037
14.01
14.12
17.27
11.35
12.15
14.86
13.64
18.77
14.39
14.72
16.75
11.59
11.36
15.06
12.73
18.82
549
548
684
454
477
595
546
724
550
577
669
464
454
602
509
746
39.1
38.8
39.6
40.0
39.3
40.0
40.0
38.6
28,523
28,490
34,563
23,604
23,358
30,916
28,366
37,630
28,612
30,020
34,790
24,107
23,629
31,327
26,478
38,771
2,036
2,018
2,002
2,080
1,922
2,080
2,080
2,005
20.86
20.40
815
800
39.1
42,388
41,599
2,032
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
$14.72
$14.43
$586
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
11.50
10.52
10.52
11.45
10.00
10.00
10.76
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 ..........................
Food preparation workers .......................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .........................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
Dishwashers ...........................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
Personal care and service occupations .................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming
workers .............................................................
Gaming supervisors ............................................
Slot key persons .................................................
Gaming services workers .......................................
Gaming dealers ..................................................
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Gaming change persons and booth
cashiers ....................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services
sales agents .....................................................
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 ..........................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks .......................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
68
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2005 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Computer operators ................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .......
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except
postal service ....................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers ....................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers .................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
Line installers and repairers ...................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ...................................................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ....
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, light or delivery services ..............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$660
667
593
39.0
39.8
38.7
$32,726
34,936
31,173
$34,295
34,694
30,834
2,027
2,071
2,010
483
600
480
511
39.5
39.1
25,124
31,188
24,960
26,582
2,052
2,035
22.82
854
913
40.0
43,208
47,466
2,024
22.68
22.72
904
906
39.9
47,007
47,112
2,073
29.30
29.64
1,172
1,186
40.0
60,951
61,651
2,080
22.98
22.00
919
880
40.0
47,794
45,760
2,080
21.89
22.89
18.99
26.40
22.78
24.40
21.47
28.80
872
925
741
1,056
911
976
859
1,152
39.8
40.4
39.0
40.0
45,360
48,081
38,519
54,904
47,382
50,752
44,658
59,900
2,072
2,100
2,028
2,080
16.25
16.52
635
661
39.1
33,043
34,362
2,033
16.53
15.80
662
632
40.0
34,389
32,852
2,080
24.29
17.41
22.38
12.91
952
696
839
516
39.2
40.0
49,513
35,748
43,637
26,853
2,039
2,054
15.31
14.90
612
596
40.0
31,839
30,992
2,080
13.90
15.30
14.17
15.09
556
612
567
603
40.0
40.0
28,914
31,817
29,474
31,381
2,080
2,080
18.20
12.67
19.33
13.60
728
514
773
550
40.0
40.6
37,855
26,740
40,206
28,579
2,080
2,111
17.74
18.12
18.80
18.72
12.89
13.62
17.87
20.42
21.40
11.70
760
802
752
749
515
625
817
817
856
468
42.8
44.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
39,499
41,720
39,113
38,932
26,759
32,507
42,469
42,469
44,512
24,336
2,226
2,302
2,080
2,080
2,075
14.21
11.61
13.50
11.70
565
466
536
454
39.8
40.1
29,363
24,207
27,572
23,595
2,067
2,084
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.14
16.87
15.51
$16.98
17.13
14.88
$629
672
599
12.24
15.33
12.00
13.51
21.35
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
69
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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 ....................................................................
$24.05
$21.41
$27.13
$20.41
$20.28
$24.83
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 .......................
37.50
35.75
37.72
18.04
16.79
12.24
17.76
24.14
–
25.15
21.09
17.24
24.04
39.25
–
40.10
13.36
16.47
12.15
18.35
24.93
–
25.89
21.44
17.02
25.47
37.09
36.82
37.12
21.51
17.11
–
17.31
21.03
20.09
21.63
19.03
20.45
18.70
32.74
35.24
31.28
10.32
16.17
17.33
15.46
17.86
–
18.62
13.57
13.62
13.54
32.89
35.39
31.44
10.14
16.13
17.33
15.37
17.80
17.01
18.60
13.55
13.57
13.54
29.69
32.21
28.19
17.26
18.28
–
18.28
21.24
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.4
6.6
2.4
2.0
2.0
5.6
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 .......................
5.6
15.4
5.7
3.6
4.4
12.3
2.5
3.6
–
5.7
8.0
3.8
11.0
23.6
–
24.2
4.4
7.9
13.9
5.1
4.2
–
6.5
9.2
3.8
13.0
3.9
16.2
2.9
4.9
3.4
–
2.6
3.1
1.6
4.6
4.5
9.1
3.7
2.5
4.6
2.7
2.7
3.1
7.0
2.7
3.5
–
4.4
4.7
6.5
5.6
2.6
4.8
2.7
2.5
3.2
7.0
2.8
3.6
8.7
4.4
4.8
6.5
5.6
8.7
8.7
15.8
14.7
6.1
–
6.1
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$21.28
$20.56
$18.69
$18.69
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
33.49
35.37
32.56
12.42
15.45
14.56
15.78
19.52
–
21.04
16.35
15.06
17.36
33.17
35.46
31.90
10.55
15.30
14.57
15.60
19.40
17.68
21.00
16.19
14.90
17.25
26.73
–
–
–
21.12
22.05
11.90
19.59
–
19.59
13.63
11.49
–
26.73
–
–
–
21.12
22.05
11.90
19.59
–
19.59
13.63
11.49
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.2
2.5
11.4
11.4
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.4
4.5
2.5
2.2
2.3
5.1
2.5
1.7
–
4.2
4.4
4.7
4.7
2.9
4.9
3.2
2.5
2.5
5.1
2.8
1.9
8.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
5.2
17.4
–
–
–
11.7
12.3
7.5
8.1
–
8.1
18.9
8.8
–
17.4
–
–
–
11.7
12.3
7.5
8.1
–
8.1
18.9
8.8
–
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,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
Goods producing
Occupational group3
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
–
–
–
$33.08
–
–
$20.70
$10.49
$20.86
–
–
–
45.12
–
–
27.98
40.54
25.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.67
–
24.89
–
16.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.73
27.88
12.09
14.73
–
14.88
41.55
24.96
8.59
12.55
12.49
12.62
–
–
–
22.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.33
–
17.95
12.70
22.18
22.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.58
–
–
11.46
–
8.62
11.23
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
13.6
–
–
3.2
0.8
5.0
–
–
–
22.8
–
–
3.9
15.4
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.7
–
18.2
–
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
4.0
2.6
7.5
–
6.2
16.9
13.4
1.1
5.1
9.6
1.5
–
–
–
41.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
32.5
11.6
5.2
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
18.3
–
4.1
15.3
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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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 Philadelphia–Wilmington–Atlantic City, PA–NJ–
DE–MD, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, PA; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties, NJ; New Castle
County, DE; and Cecil County, MD.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
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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.
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
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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.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips,
bonuses given by manufacturers to department
store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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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.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earning by the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model that
takes into account available establishment characteristics is
used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly
earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to
adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of
employment by industry. The latest available employment
counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this
publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
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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,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
2,803,300
2,469,300
334,000
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 .......................
841,300
241,600
599,700
596,400
740,000
287,600
452,400
242,000
111,300
129,500
383,600
148,400
235,200
673,700
216,900
456,700
508,600
697,900
286,400
411,500
225,700
104,100
120,400
363,400
144,700
218,700
167,600
24,700
142,900
87,700
42,100
–
41,000
16,300
7,200
9,100
20,200
3,700
16,500
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,
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2005
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
167,292
166,811
481
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
876
515
246
115
818
464
241
113
58
51
5
2
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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