Philadelphia–Wilmington–
Atlantic City, PA–NJ–DE–MD
National Compensation Survey
December 2002
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
September 2003
Bulletin 3120–10
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2–1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
2–2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
2–3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
3–1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
3–2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................
5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.............
5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, private industry..........................................................................................
6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, State and local government .......................................................................
6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Occupational Leveling Criteria ........................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
B–1
C–1
D–1
Introduction
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Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the
same type of information for full-time workers only. Table
2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime.
Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual
hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational groups within the private sector.
Tables 6–1 through 6–5 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. These iterations correspond to those
presented in tables 2–1, 2–2, and 2–3.
Appendix table 1 provides the number of workers represented by the survey by major occupational group. The
employment estimates relate to all employers in the area,
rather than just to those surveyed.
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 2002 and July 2003; the average reference month is
December 2002. 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 several appendixes with detailed information on
occupational classifications and the occupational leveling
methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on occupational wages and employee benefits for localities,
broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a whole. The
Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change
in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from
the NCS. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs
for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still
another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit
plans and their provisions. This bulletin is limited to data
on occupational wages and salaries.
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 480 detailed occupations 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 1–1 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 major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$20.64
2.0
35.7
$19.89
2.5
35.7
$23.98
2.3
35.5
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
24.61
30.66
31.77
17.34
14.93
17.46
21.31
2.2
2.9
6.9
8.0
1.3
2.8
3.7
35.7
35.7
39.4
30.8
35.7
38.1
39.6
23.92
29.58
31.81
17.41
14.97
17.36
21.51
2.8
3.9
8.1
8.1
1.6
3.1
4.2
36.0
36.2
39.9
30.7
36.2
38.0
39.6
27.63
33.81
31.58
–
14.74
18.35
19.92
1.7
2.5
6.3
–
1.8
2.5
1.6
34.5
34.4
36.8
–
33.5
38.9
39.5
15.67
16.86
5.2
6.4
39.2
37.7
15.66
16.64
5.3
7.5
39.2
37.7
–
18.44
–
4.5
–
37.8
14.07
12.63
5.5
2.8
35.7
33.1
13.74
10.19
6.4
3.1
35.3
32.1
16.20
19.08
4.1
4.1
39.2
36.1
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
21.60
12.05
2.1
3.4
38.8
20.6
20.87
12.04
2.7
3.3
39.3
20.7
24.63
12.07
2.2
18.9
37.1
19.4
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
20.75
20.58
2.7
2.7
36.6
35.2
18.21
20.45
3.6
2.9
37.1
35.3
24.23
22.90
2.4
1.6
35.9
33.5
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
20.55
23.03
2.1
9.0
35.5
39.8
19.74
23.03
2.6
9.0
35.5
39.8
23.98
–
2.3
–
35.5
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers7 .......................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
16.80
19.32
23.30
3.5
3.7
2.1
35.0
35.6
36.0
16.73
18.79
23.01
3.7
4.2
3.0
35.0
35.7
36.1
19.00
25.18
23.89
3.3
3.8
2.2
35.2
34.1
35.8
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
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, and 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
2
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$20.64
20.88
2.0
2.2
$19.89
20.11
2.5
2.8
$23.98
24.03
2.3
2.2
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
24.61
25.56
2.2
2.4
23.92
24.98
2.8
3.1
27.63
27.76
1.7
1.7
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Biological and life scientists ..................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Chemical technicians ............................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
30.66
32.57
35.66
36.81
37.13
32.97
32.98
32.93
37.59
35.33
28.97
38.14
27.62
35.69
56.71
71.18
34.51
37.35
38.33
32.06
24.57
25.11
–
28.00
27.06
19.72
19.50
–
2.9
2.5
5.3
5.9
7.1
9.8
5.5
6.4
7.8
8.1
2.9
14.0
2.0
6.9
33.8
35.1
1.5
.5
5.1
3.4
16.7
17.9
–
6.0
4.9
8.2
9.5
–
29.58
31.60
36.55
36.81
37.13
33.41
32.98
32.93
38.31
35.70
28.58
39.55
27.21
35.81
62.08
–
21.75
22.68
–
–
18.06
–
–
26.76
–
16.58
15.96
–
3.9
3.8
5.7
5.9
7.1
10.3
5.5
6.4
8.3
10.0
2.5
14.4
1.1
7.0
46.3
–
9.7
8.2
–
–
28.6
–
–
4.8
–
12.2
10.7
–
33.81
34.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.57
–
34.11
–
44.59
44.41
37.13
38.81
39.13
32.70
29.26
–
–
–
–
22.33
22.91
–
2.5
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.0
–
16.7
–
6.9
4.9
1.8
.0
6.1
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
4.8
5.4
–
25.43
18.85
23.92
16.06
27.21
19.81
17.36
21.92
22.20
21.62
26.38
28.71
9.8
17.9
3.6
3.6
.6
2.8
6.1
7.4
9.0
4.4
5.4
30.3
25.69
18.85
24.29
16.06
27.21
19.78
17.49
21.95
23.08
21.62
–
–
10.6
17.9
3.8
3.6
.6
3.1
6.2
7.6
11.3
4.4
–
–
–
–
19.00
–
–
20.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.77
38.04
29.56
40.03
6.9
5.5
3.1
1.8
31.81
38.47
–
40.09
8.1
6.6
–
2.0
31.58
35.96
29.56
–
6.3
3.2
3.1
–
43.25
38.98
37.33
12.4
8.2
17.5
43.42
33.42
37.46
12.5
23.1
18.6
–
41.50
–
–
6.2
–
28.59
27.75
39.66
23.55
26.38
30.46
33.35
9.5
10.3
11.1
10.3
11.0
13.7
10.2
25.63
27.71
39.66
23.54
27.03
31.18
–
12.8
14.2
11.1
11.7
12.3
14.2
–
–
–
–
23.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
22.05
10.9
21.17
11.9
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
3
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
$25.53
19.41
12.9
19.6
$25.53
19.39
12.9
21.4
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
17.34
27.39
39.43
18.94
7.60
14.73
10.79
8.0
21.0
19.6
21.2
5.8
21.7
5.8
17.41
27.39
39.43
18.94
7.60
14.73
10.76
8.1
21.0
19.6
21.2
5.8
21.7
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
14.93
22.60
15.07
16.20
13.52
10.88
11.66
14.42
17.55
13.41
14.84
13.93
15.14
13.16
14.86
11.67
12.99
13.80
17.14
14.56
13.04
16.81
11.43
14.66
1.3
3.4
2.8
3.6
4.0
2.1
7.1
10.9
8.3
12.1
7.5
5.0
1.8
5.3
11.4
4.1
7.7
6.5
6.6
5.9
6.5
12.8
10.4
4.9
14.97
22.60
15.16
15.98
–
10.88
11.62
14.42
17.55
–
15.01
13.81
15.14
13.16
15.09
11.27
12.99
13.88
17.14
14.20
13.04
16.81
–
14.35
1.6
3.4
3.0
3.8
–
2.1
7.4
11.1
8.3
–
8.9
5.3
1.8
5.3
15.6
2.5
7.7
6.9
6.6
7.9
6.5
12.8
–
6.2
$14.74
–
–
16.87
13.98
–
–
–
–
13.71
–
15.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.27
–
–
11.16
15.30
1.8
–
–
8.9
.7
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
11.3
6.1
Blue collar ...........................................................................
17.46
2.8
17.36
3.1
18.35
2.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
21.31
21.79
20.21
3.7
2.9
3.8
21.51
–
–
4.2
–
–
19.92
–
–
1.6
–
–
23.76
19.45
24.72
21.12
25.15
12.87
16.57
6.2
3.3
7.9
8.5
7.3
12.0
11.0
23.76
19.75
–
21.82
25.15
12.87
16.57
6.2
3.6
–
9.7
7.3
12.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
15.67
9.35
20.44
15.87
17.01
17.93
5.2
5.3
8.2
10.1
4.2
1.9
15.66
9.30
20.44
15.87
17.01
17.93
5.3
5.5
8.2
10.1
4.2
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
16.86
17.27
17.42
6.4
4.5
9.0
16.64
17.29
17.42
7.5
4.7
9.0
18.44
–
–
4.5
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
$14.07
12.63
5.5
10.4
$13.74
11.72
6.4
11.4
$16.20
–
4.1
–
19.82
18.74
11.31
16.90
11.92
11.13
12.91
14.4
5.1
12.0
7.4
11.7
13.5
11.5
–
–
11.31
16.90
–
11.13
11.65
–
–
12.1
7.4
–
13.5
15.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
12.63
18.47
28.25
25.45
23.61
2.8
8.8
5.1
7.8
2.6
10.19
10.67
–
–
–
3.1
5.5
–
–
–
19.08
22.52
28.95
–
23.73
4.1
4.5
4.7
–
2.7
18.93
16.98
10.86
8.57
5.25
5.30
4.29
8.20
10.24
14.23
12.38
8.15
11.55
9.30
11.43
12.40
11.20
10.95
10.03
11.25
12.42
20.58
7.49
11.46
8.71
10.81
9.62
3.4
7.8
6.1
7.1
17.1
29.8
19.2
7.0
3.4
2.6
6.1
7.4
12.3
5.6
4.4
5.8
4.5
4.8
3.5
7.0
3.9
2.7
5.2
11.2
11.9
1.8
8.0
–
–
10.42
8.02
5.25
5.30
4.29
8.20
9.70
14.17
12.16
7.75
11.23
8.39
10.65
11.81
10.35
10.21
10.03
10.25
12.53
20.58
7.49
10.23
8.71
10.92
10.02
–
–
4.1
6.9
17.1
29.8
19.2
7.0
3.3
2.5
6.5
7.0
16.1
2.7
3.1
2.3
2.3
4.2
3.5
6.6
4.0
2.7
5.2
4.5
11.9
.3
8.3
18.93
18.55
–
12.92
–
–
–
–
12.92
–
–
–
–
13.23
15.43
–
15.36
13.69
–
13.70
11.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
5.7
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
17.2
6.9
–
8.0
4.2
–
4.3
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
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.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
5
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$21.60
21.66
2.1
2.3
$20.87
20.88
2.7
2.9
$24.63
24.69
2.2
2.1
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
25.56
26.07
2.2
2.4
24.89
25.42
2.8
3.1
28.33
28.47
1.8
1.8
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Biological and life scientists ..................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Chemical technicians ............................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
31.04
32.93
35.66
36.81
37.13
32.97
33.33
33.31
37.59
35.33
29.12
38.14
27.66
57.88
74.14
34.69
37.31
38.43
32.86
24.57
25.21
–
28.14
20.13
19.99
–
3.1
2.7
5.3
5.9
7.1
9.8
5.1
5.9
7.8
8.1
3.5
14.0
2.4
33.0
31.8
1.8
.5
5.3
5.4
17.0
18.5
–
6.3
7.0
8.2
–
29.96
32.01
36.55
36.81
37.13
33.41
33.33
33.31
38.31
35.70
28.65
39.55
27.15
63.84
–
21.82
22.68
–
–
17.84
–
–
–
17.25
16.65
–
4.2
4.1
5.7
5.9
7.1
10.3
5.1
5.9
8.3
10.0
3.1
14.4
1.0
45.0
–
10.4
8.2
–
–
29.5
–
–
–
10.5
8.9
–
34.00
34.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.69
–
34.28
44.84
44.70
37.33
38.81
39.19
33.72
29.27
–
–
–
22.33
22.91
–
2.5
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.0
–
16.8
7.0
5.0
2.6
.0
6.2
6.4
4.1
–
–
–
4.8
5.4
–
25.42
18.85
24.25
28.18
20.04
17.54
21.92
22.20
21.62
31.45
9.8
17.9
4.0
2.0
3.7
6.0
7.4
9.0
4.4
25.4
25.69
18.85
24.59
28.18
20.02
17.54
21.95
23.08
21.62
–
10.6
17.9
4.2
2.0
4.2
6.0
7.6
11.3
4.4
–
–
–
19.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
31.89
38.17
29.56
40.03
6.9
5.5
3.1
1.8
31.90
38.54
–
40.09
8.1
6.6
–
2.0
31.81
36.38
29.56
–
5.7
3.9
3.1
–
43.25
38.98
38.60
12.4
8.2
16.4
43.42
33.42
38.82
12.5
23.1
17.6
–
41.50
–
–
6.2
–
28.59
27.75
39.66
23.40
25.66
30.46
33.35
9.5
10.3
11.1
10.0
10.0
13.7
10.2
25.63
27.71
39.66
23.37
26.23
31.18
–
12.8
14.2
11.1
11.3
11.5
14.2
–
–
–
–
23.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
22.05
25.53
19.34
10.9
12.9
19.9
21.17
25.53
19.31
11.9
12.9
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
$20.57
27.44
39.43
14.44
18.94
21.37
12.04
8.2
21.2
19.6
20.8
21.2
21.6
5.5
$20.72
27.44
39.43
14.44
18.94
21.37
12.07
8.3
21.2
19.6
20.8
21.2
21.6
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
15.25
22.60
15.21
16.27
13.52
10.88
11.73
17.86
15.21
14.84
13.96
15.14
12.89
12.23
13.03
13.82
17.57
15.04
13.39
16.80
12.01
15.04
1.5
3.4
3.2
3.7
4.0
2.1
8.1
8.6
7.1
7.5
5.1
1.8
4.8
4.4
7.8
6.6
7.3
7.0
7.6
13.0
9.4
5.6
15.25
22.60
15.21
16.06
–
10.88
11.68
17.86
–
15.01
13.84
15.14
12.89
11.71
13.03
13.89
17.57
14.87
13.39
16.80
–
14.82
1.8
3.4
3.2
4.0
–
2.1
8.5
8.6
–
8.9
5.4
1.8
4.8
1.6
7.8
6.9
7.3
10.1
7.6
13.0
–
8.6
$15.26
–
–
16.88
13.98
–
–
–
–
–
15.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.29
–
–
–
15.32
1.2
–
–
9.0
.7
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
6.0
Blue collar ...........................................................................
17.87
2.7
17.80
3.0
18.40
2.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
21.29
21.79
20.21
3.7
2.9
3.8
21.49
–
–
4.2
–
–
19.93
–
–
1.6
–
–
23.10
19.45
21.12
25.15
12.87
16.57
6.0
3.3
8.5
7.3
12.0
11.0
23.10
19.75
21.82
25.15
12.87
16.57
6.0
3.6
9.7
7.3
12.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
15.69
9.35
20.44
15.87
17.01
17.97
5.2
5.3
8.2
10.1
4.2
2.0
15.69
9.30
20.44
15.87
17.01
17.97
5.2
5.5
8.2
10.1
4.2
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
17.47
17.27
17.42
5.1
4.5
9.0
17.30
17.29
17.42
6.0
4.7
9.0
18.60
–
–
3.7
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
14.76
12.77
5.6
12.7
14.51
11.63
6.6
15.1
16.20
–
4.1
–
19.82
18.74
13.43
14.4
5.1
11.2
–
–
13.44
–
–
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$18.67
11.92
11.13
13.38
7.0
11.7
13.5
11.3
$18.67
–
11.13
12.12
7.0
–
13.5
15.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.55
18.92
28.25
25.45
23.61
2.7
8.7
5.1
7.8
2.6
10.73
10.63
–
–
–
2.7
5.6
–
–
–
$19.87
22.89
28.95
–
23.73
4.5
4.5
4.7
–
2.7
18.93
16.98
10.75
9.35
5.79
6.26
4.44
8.42
11.14
14.53
12.43
12.35
10.15
11.68
13.26
11.39
11.38
10.03
11.92
13.51
20.58
7.79
12.13
11.17
11.83
3.4
7.8
5.7
6.7
8.3
28.1
8.9
7.7
5.6
2.5
6.0
11.6
9.6
5.5
7.9
5.6
3.3
3.6
4.7
4.7
2.7
4.5
11.3
2.6
4.2
–
–
10.19
8.82
5.79
6.26
4.44
8.42
10.62
14.48
12.20
–
9.21
10.67
12.48
10.26
10.62
10.03
10.93
13.45
20.58
7.79
10.46
10.96
11.66
–
–
2.2
6.1
8.3
28.1
8.9
7.7
5.4
2.3
6.5
–
5.6
4.3
3.6
2.8
2.7
3.7
4.4
5.0
2.7
4.5
5.9
.0
4.5
18.93
18.55
–
13.83
–
–
–
–
13.83
–
–
–
14.28
15.56
–
15.44
13.87
–
13.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
5.7
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
13.4
6.9
–
7.9
3.5
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
8
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$12.05
12.82
3.4
3.8
$12.04
12.92
3.3
3.7
$12.07
12.07
18.9
18.9
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
14.73
18.12
4.4
4.3
14.84
18.93
4.2
4.1
13.79
13.79
23.9
23.9
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
24.82
26.64
–
28.22
27.44
27.67
26.79
24.58
–
–
4.3
5.4
–
2.4
3.0
2.4
38.4
5.0
–
–
24.85
26.47
–
28.24
27.46
27.07
17.76
–
–
–
3.2
4.2
–
2.4
3.0
.7
25.2
–
–
–
24.54
28.38
–
–
–
–
28.36
–
–
–
38.0
37.2
–
–
–
–
41.1
–
–
–
–
19.81
19.17
–
6.0
1.2
–
20.50
19.19
–
5.3
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
25.47
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
8.41
7.21
8.04
9.08
4.0
3.4
9.9
6.6
8.41
7.21
8.04
9.08
4.0
3.4
9.9
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
12.02
14.01
11.09
12.16
10.65
13.68
4.6
4.6
2.0
6.8
15.4
8.5
12.33
–
–
12.14
–
13.69
4.6
–
–
6.9
–
8.5
10.95
–
–
–
10.65
–
13.3
–
–
–
15.4
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
11.37
10.5
11.33
10.9
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
9.22
10.5
9.22
10.5
–
–
8.51
10.95
11.43
6.62
3.97
4.03
7.99
7.87
7.56
10.61
10.68
10.60
5.1
11.3
15.9
13.3
38.4
42.7
7.4
9.9
9.5
2.0
3.1
2.2
8.34
11.04
11.44
6.05
3.97
4.03
7.36
–
6.70
10.61
10.68
10.59
5.8
16.3
16.2
15.0
38.4
42.7
7.4
–
9.7
2.0
3.2
2.3
9.84
–
–
10.89
–
–
10.89
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
2.0
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$8.35
8.09
8.50
5.72
7.95
7.6
6.8
5.9
7.1
6.1
$8.25
7.95
8.70
5.72
–
7.6
6.3
6.8
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
10
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$839
841
2.2
2.4
38.8
38.8
$819
820
2.7
3.0
39.3
39.3
$915
917
2.8
2.7
37.1
37.1
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
984
1,001
2.2
2.4
38.5
38.4
975
996
2.8
3.1
39.2
39.2
1,016
1,021
2.1
2.2
35.9
35.8
1,173
1,238
3.0
2.6
37.8
37.6
1,164
1,247
4.1
4.0
38.9
39.0
1,195
1,220
2.0
1.3
35.2
35.0
1,417
5.3
39.7
1,462
5.7
40.0
–
–
–
1,473
1,485
1,319
5.9
7.1
9.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
1,473
1,485
1,336
5.9
7.1
10.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,308
5.2
39.2
1,308
5.2
39.2
–
–
–
1,308
1,438
1,303
1,139
1,523
1,074
2,128
5.9
7.5
8.0
3.2
12.1
2.0
28.7
39.3
38.3
36.9
39.1
39.9
38.8
36.8
1,308
1,476
1,333
1,122
1,529
1,060
2,415
5.9
7.9
10.0
2.9
13.3
.9
38.8
39.3
38.5
37.3
39.2
38.7
39.0
37.8
–
–
–
1,335
–
1,241
1,552
–
–
–
13.5
–
15.5
9.2
–
–
–
38.5
–
36.2
34.6
2,710
30.0
36.6
–
–
–
1,645
5.4
36.8
1,200
1,242
1,397
1,133
897
1.7
1.7
3.9
4.1
15.3
34.6
33.3
36.4
34.5
36.5
811
834
–
–
687
10.7
7.6
–
–
30.6
37.1
36.8
–
–
38.5
1,274
1,279
1,429
1,159
1,031
.6
1.5
4.4
4.8
4.1
34.1
33.0
36.5
34.4
35.2
963
16.8
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,082
6.4
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
768
756
–
6.6
7.9
–
38.1
37.8
–
669
646
–
10.9
9.8
–
38.8
38.8
–
841
847
–
4.0
5.5
–
37.7
37.0
–
987
740
935
1,118
779
10.3
16.1
4.1
3.1
3.0
38.8
39.2
38.6
39.7
38.9
1,000
740
949
1,118
778
11.1
16.1
4.3
3.1
3.4
38.9
39.2
38.6
39.7
38.9
–
–
746
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
37.9
–
–
689
5.2
39.3
689
5.2
39.3
–
–
–
874
859
852
1,236
7.4
9.3
6.0
26.5
39.9
38.7
39.4
39.3
876
904
852
–
7.5
11.1
6.0
–
39.9
39.2
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,267
6.2
39.7
1,280
7.3
40.1
1,197
5.2
37.6
1,513
5.7
39.6
1,545
6.7
40.1
1,365
3.4
37.5
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Biological and life scientists ....
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Editors and reporters ..............
Technical ........................................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Chemical technicians ..............
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$1,095
1,628
2.3
2.5
37.1
40.7
–
$1,632
–
2.7
–
40.7
$1,095
–
2.3
–
37.1
–
1,758
12.3
40.7
1,766
12.5
40.7
–
–
–
1,451
7.4
37.2
1,233
20.5
36.9
1,551
5.0
37.4
1,516
15.5
39.3
1,523
16.6
39.2
–
–
–
1,124
8.6
39.3
1,046
13.8
40.8
–
–
–
956
14.1
34.4
930
18.5
33.6
–
–
–
1,622
933
994
1,190
1,281
11.4
7.5
10.3
13.0
11.8
40.9
39.9
38.8
39.1
38.4
1,622
939
1,023
1,216
–
11.4
8.6
11.5
13.5
–
40.9
40.2
39.0
39.0
–
–
891
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
37.8
–
–
–
927
8.1
42.0
906
9.3
42.8
–
–
–
940
816
13.2
13.8
36.8
42.2
940
821
13.2
15.2
36.8
42.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
808
1,049
8.0
21.8
39.3
38.2
815
1,049
8.1
21.8
39.3
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,431
578
18.4
20.8
36.3
40.0
1,431
578
18.4
20.8
36.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
818
16.5
43.2
818
16.5
43.2
–
–
–
854
470
24.2
6.8
40.0
39.0
854
472
24.2
7.1
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
585
1.7
38.4
593
2.1
38.9
554
1.2
36.3
952
609
617
494
433
458
701
542
583
6.8
3.2
4.1
4.9
2.5
8.7
8.3
6.4
6.6
42.1
40.0
37.9
36.5
39.8
39.0
39.2
35.6
39.3
952
609
616
–
433
458
701
–
592
6.8
3.2
4.9
–
2.5
9.2
8.3
–
7.9
42.1
40.0
38.3
–
39.8
39.2
39.2
–
39.5
–
–
620
514
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.7
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
542
599
516
5.5
1.7
4.8
38.8
39.6
40.0
541
599
516
5.9
1.7
4.8
39.1
39.6
40.0
553
–
–
9.8
–
–
35.4
–
–
458
6.2
37.4
436
3.3
37.2
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers –Continued
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, food servicing and
lodging establishments .....
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Sales, other business services
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Computer operators ................
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Hotel clerks .............................
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Mail clerks, except postal
service ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Statistical clerks ......................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Electricians .............................
Supervisors, production ..........
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Painting and paint spraying
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction laborers .............
Stock handlers and baggers ...
$516
544
8.5
7.1
39.6
39.4
$516
549
8.5
7.4
39.6
39.5
697
570
501
652
418
555
7.5
6.7
9.4
14.2
9.1
4.2
39.7
37.9
37.4
38.8
34.8
36.9
697
585
501
652
–
572
7.5
10.2
9.4
14.2
–
7.7
39.7
39.3
37.4
38.8
–
38.6
–
$550
–
–
–
535
–
7.1
–
–
–
4.6
–
36.0
–
–
–
34.9
714
3.2
40.0
713
3.5
40.0
724
1.9
39.3
851
876
3.7
2.8
40.0
40.2
860
–
4.2
–
40.0
–
790
–
1.4
–
39.6
–
808
3.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
924
6.0
40.0
924
6.0
40.0
–
–
–
773
845
1,006
3.3
8.5
7.3
39.7
40.0
40.0
788
873
1,006
3.6
9.7
7.3
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
515
12.0
40.0
515
12.0
40.0
–
–
–
663
11.0
40.0
663
11.0
40.0
–
–
–
617
6.4
39.3
617
6.4
39.3
–
–
–
338
3.5
36.1
336
3.3
36.1
–
–
–
817
8.2
40.0
817
8.2
40.0
–
–
–
635
10.1
40.0
635
10.1
40.0
–
–
–
681
719
4.2
2.0
40.0
40.0
681
719
4.2
2.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
716
698
5.1
4.2
41.0
40.4
714
700
6.0
4.3
41.3
40.5
726
–
2.9
–
39.0
–
697
9.0
40.0
697
9.0
40.0
–
–
–
585
5.7
39.6
576
6.8
39.7
636
4.2
39.2
502
12.2
39.3
462
14.9
39.7
–
–
–
803
750
527
14.1
5.1
10.3
40.5
40.0
39.2
–
–
527
–
–
10.4
–
–
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Vehicle washers and
equipment cleaners ..........
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
bartenders ..........................
Bartenders ..............................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Other food service ....................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Cooks .....................................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Supervisors, personal service
Attendants, amusement, and
recreation facilities ............
Welfare service aides .............
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
$747
7.0
40.0
$747
7.0
40.0
–
–
–
477
428
11.7
17.1
40.0
38.5
–
428
–
17.1
–
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
535
11.3
40.0
485
15.5
40.0
–
–
–
521
744
3.2
9.4
38.5
39.3
410
421
3.3
4.9
38.2
39.6
$775
897
6.1
7.3
39.0
39.2
1,130
1,012
5.1
8.1
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,158
–
4.7
–
40.0
–
953
2.7
40.4
–
–
–
958
2.8
40.4
709
679
2.5
7.8
37.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
709
742
2.5
5.7
37.4
40.0
423
355
5.8
7.1
39.4
37.9
401
335
3.1
6.7
39.4
38.0
–
515
–
4.0
–
37.3
215
223
165
10.3
32.5
9.9
37.2
35.6
37.1
215
223
165
10.3
32.5
9.9
37.2
35.6
37.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
327
426
7.2
5.3
38.8
38.3
327
409
7.2
5.3
38.8
38.5
–
515
–
4.0
–
37.3
574
482
2.8
5.5
39.5
38.8
572
472
2.6
6.0
39.5
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
476
381
449
518
8.7
8.8
6.7
5.7
38.6
37.5
38.4
39.1
–
350
409
499
–
6.3
6.3
3.6
–
38.0
38.4
40.0
–
505
602
–
–
7.8
5.9
–
–
35.3
38.7
–
436
452
396
474
487
813
6.8
3.2
3.0
4.6
2.4
3.7
38.3
39.7
39.5
39.8
36.1
39.5
391
421
396
434
485
813
4.8
2.6
3.0
4.3
2.5
3.7
38.1
39.7
39.5
39.8
36.0
39.5
604
553
–
554
–
–
7.0
3.5
–
3.5
–
–
39.2
39.9
–
39.9
–
–
312
451
439
459
4.5
10.8
1.1
6.8
40.0
37.2
39.3
38.8
312
395
435
450
4.5
7.7
.0
7.4
40.0
37.8
39.7
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
14
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$42,442
42,472
2.2
2.4
1,965
1,961
$42,250
42,251
2.7
3.0
2,024
2,023
$43,133
43,220
2.8
2.7
1,751
1,750
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
49,121
49,812
2.2
2.4
1,922
1,911
50,073
51,055
2.8
3.1
2,012
2,008
45,933
46,089
2.1
2.2
1,621
1,619
56,303
58,182
3.0
2.6
1,814
1,767
59,136
62,779
4.1
4.0
1,974
1,961
50,467
50,981
2.0
1.3
1,484
1,463
73,669
5.3
2,066
76,032
5.7
2,080
–
–
–
76,572
77,229
68,573
5.9
7.1
9.8
2,080
2,080
2,080
76,572
77,229
69,486
5.9
7.1
10.3
2,080
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
68,010
5.2
2,040
68,010
5.2
2,040
–
–
–
67,998
74,775
67,775
58,457
79,209
55,061
81,446
5.9
7.5
8.0
3.2
12.1
2.0
28.7
2,042
1,989
1,918
2,008
2,077
1,991
1,407
67,998
76,762
69,297
58,342
79,531
55,106
92,715
5.9
7.9
10.0
2.9
13.3
.9
38.8
2,042
2,004
1,941
2,036
2,011
2,030
1,452
–
–
–
59,616
–
54,602
59,065
–
–
–
13.5
–
15.5
9.2
–
–
–
1,719
–
1,593
1,317
95,033
30.0
1,282
–
–
–
63,287
5.4
1,416
48,494
49,610
53,799
45,683
38,428
1.7
1.7
3.9
4.1
15.3
1,398
1,330
1,400
1,390
1,564
35,842
31,344
–
–
35,722
10.7
7.6
–
–
30.6
1,642
1,382
–
–
2,003
50,646
51,394
54,742
46,538
39,706
.6
1.5
4.4
4.8
4.1
1,357
1,324
1,397
1,380
1,357
47,754
16.8
1,895
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
54,796
6.4
1,947
–
–
–
–
–
–
39,918
39,303
–
6.6
7.9
–
1,983
1,966
–
34,773
33,587
–
10.9
9.8
–
2,016
2,017
–
43,733
44,065
–
4.0
5.5
–
1,958
1,923
–
51,063
38,462
48,627
58,124
40,525
10.3
16.1
4.1
3.1
3.0
2,008
2,040
2,005
2,062
2,022
51,693
38,462
49,368
58,124
40,466
11.1
16.1
4.3
3.1
3.4
2,012
2,040
2,008
2,062
2,022
–
–
38,790
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
1,973
–
–
35,826
5.2
2,043
35,826
5.2
2,043
–
–
–
45,470
44,660
44,298
64,297
7.4
9.3
6.0
26.5
2,075
2,011
2,049
2,045
45,532
47,002
44,298
–
7.5
11.1
6.0
–
2,075
2,036
2,049
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
65,588
6.2
2,057
66,458
7.3
2,083
61,107
5.2
1,921
78,083
5.7
2,046
80,113
6.7
2,079
69,031
3.4
1,897
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Biological and life scientists ....
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Editors and reporters ..............
Technical ........................................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Chemical technicians ..............
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
$56,947
–
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers –Continued
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, food servicing and
lodging establishments .....
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Sales, other business services
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Computer operators ................
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Hotel clerks .............................
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Mail clerks, except postal
service ..............................
$56,947
84,636
2.3
2.5
1,927
2,114
–
$84,857
–
2.7
–
2,117
2.3
–
1,927
–
91,429
12.3
2,114
91,812
12.5
2,114
–
–
–
74,094
7.4
1,901
60,676
20.5
1,816
80,623
5.0
1,943
78,828
15.5
2,042
79,191
16.6
2,040
–
–
–
53,282
8.6
1,864
54,371
13.8
2,122
–
–
–
49,703
14.1
1,791
48,364
18.5
1,745
–
–
–
84,318
48,492
51,707
61,903
66,610
11.4
7.5
10.3
13.0
11.8
2,126
2,073
2,015
2,033
1,997
84,318
48,828
53,211
63,227
–
11.4
8.6
11.5
13.5
–
2,126
2,089
2,029
2,028
–
–
46,322
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
1,964
–
–
–
48,196
8.1
2,185
47,130
9.3
2,227
–
–
–
48,895
42,436
13.2
13.8
1,915
2,194
48,895
42,707
13.2
15.2
1,915
2,212
–
–
–
–
–
–
41,892
54,572
8.0
21.8
2,037
1,989
42,237
54,572
8.1
21.8
2,038
1,989
–
–
–
–
–
–
74,431
30,041
18.4
20.8
1,888
2,080
74,431
30,041
18.4
20.8
1,888
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
42,552
16.5
2,247
42,552
16.5
2,247
–
–
–
44,401
24,417
24.2
6.8
2,077
2,029
44,401
24,537
24.2
7.1
2,077
2,033
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,835
1.7
1,956
30,484
2.1
1,999
27,176
1.2
1,780
49,524
31,645
31,287
24,739
22,493
23,182
36,429
28,189
30,330
6.8
3.2
4.1
4.9
2.5
8.7
8.3
6.4
6.6
2,191
2,080
1,923
1,830
2,067
1,977
2,040
1,853
2,043
49,524
31,645
31,652
–
22,493
23,167
36,429
–
30,804
6.8
3.2
4.9
–
2.5
9.2
8.3
–
7.9
2,191
2,080
1,971
–
2,067
1,983
2,040
–
2,053
–
–
30,293
26,737
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,794
1,912
–
–
–
–
–
28,190
31,169
26,812
5.5
1.7
4.8
2,020
2,058
2,080
28,143
31,169
26,812
5.9
1.7
4.8
2,034
2,058
2,080
28,781
–
–
9.8
–
–
1,840
–
–
23,823
6.2
1,947
22,658
3.3
1,935
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Statistical clerks ......................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Electricians .............................
Supervisors, production ..........
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Painting and paint spraying
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction laborers .............
Stock handlers and baggers ...
$26,814
27,580
8.5
7.1
2,058
1,996
$26,814
27,774
8.5
7.4
2,058
1,999
36,253
29,429
24,518
33,887
16,309
28,834
7.5
6.7
9.4
14.2
9.1
4.2
2,063
1,957
1,830
2,017
1,358
1,917
36,253
30,416
24,518
33,887
–
29,747
7.5
10.2
9.4
14.2
–
7.7
2,063
2,045
1,830
2,017
–
2,007
–
$28,067
–
–
–
27,816
–
7.1
–
–
–
4.6
–
1,836
–
–
–
1,816
36,938
3.2
2,067
36,989
3.5
2,078
36,534
1.9
1,986
44,229
45,563
3.7
2.8
2,077
2,091
44,679
–
4.2
–
2,079
–
41,080
–
1.4
–
2,061
–
42,033
3.8
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
48,047
6.0
2,080
48,047
6.0
2,080
–
–
–
40,205
43,923
52,183
3.3
8.5
7.3
2,067
2,080
2,075
40,976
45,380
52,183
3.6
9.7
7.3
2,074
2,080
2,075
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,777
12.0
2,080
26,777
12.0
2,080
–
–
–
34,483
11.0
2,081
34,483
11.0
2,081
–
–
–
32,028
6.4
2,041
32,018
6.4
2,041
–
–
–
17,580
3.5
1,880
17,465
3.3
1,879
–
–
–
42,508
8.2
2,080
42,508
8.2
2,080
–
–
–
33,006
10.1
2,080
33,006
10.1
2,080
–
–
–
35,386
36,959
4.2
2.0
2,080
2,057
35,386
36,959
4.2
2.0
2,080
2,057
–
–
–
–
–
–
36,623
36,241
5.1
4.2
2,096
2,099
37,100
36,412
6.0
4.3
2,145
2,106
34,030
–
2.9
–
1,830
–
36,237
9.0
2,080
36,237
9.0
2,080
–
–
–
30,249
5.7
2,049
29,748
6.8
2,051
33,044
4.2
2,040
24,891
12.2
1,949
22,435
14.9
1,929
–
–
–
41,743
38,139
27,385
14.1
5.1
10.3
2,106
2,035
2,040
–
–
27,415
–
–
10.4
–
–
2,040
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Vehicle washers and
equipment cleaners ..........
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
bartenders ..........................
Bartenders ..............................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Other food service ....................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Cooks .....................................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Supervisors, personal service
Attendants, amusement, and
recreation facilities ............
Welfare service aides .............
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
$38,839
7.0
2,080
$38,839
7.0
2,080
–
–
–
24,792
22,271
11.7
17.1
2,080
2,001
–
22,271
–
17.1
–
2,001
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,828
11.3
2,080
25,214
15.5
2,080
–
–
–
26,807
38,382
3.2
9.4
1,978
2,029
21,257
21,908
3.3
4.9
1,982
2,062
$39,142
46,086
6.1
7.3
1,970
2,013
58,752
52,637
5.1
8.1
2,080
2,068
–
–
–
–
–
–
60,224
–
4.7
–
2,080
–
49,573
2.7
2,100
–
–
–
49,832
2.8
2,100
36,845
35,324
2.5
7.8
1,946
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
36,845
38,592
2.5
5.7
1,946
2,080
22,015
18,003
5.8
7.1
2,049
1,924
20,860
17,242
3.1
6.7
2,046
1,956
–
23,501
–
4.0
–
1,699
11,027
11,582
8,395
10.3
32.5
9.9
1,906
1,849
1,891
11,027
11,582
8,395
10.3
32.5
9.9
1,906
1,849
1,891
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16,643
21,540
7.2
5.3
1,977
1,934
16,643
21,101
7.2
5.3
1,977
1,986
–
23,501
–
4.0
–
1,699
29,854
24,309
2.8
5.5
2,054
1,956
29,724
23,731
2.6
6.0
2,053
1,945
–
–
–
–
–
–
24,766
18,909
23,215
25,642
8.7
8.8
6.7
5.7
2,006
1,864
1,987
1,934
–
18,222
21,288
25,956
–
6.3
6.3
3.6
–
1,978
1,995
2,080
–
21,198
30,444
–
–
7.8
5.9
–
–
1,484
1,957
–
22,670
23,224
20,592
24,246
25,248
42,272
6.8
3.2
3.0
4.6
2.4
3.7
1,991
2,040
2,053
2,034
1,869
2,054
20,311
21,892
20,591
22,592
25,172
42,272
4.8
2.6
3.0
4.3
2.5
3.7
1,979
2,062
2,054
2,067
1,872
2,054
31,426
27,346
–
27,384
–
–
7.0
3.5
–
3.5
–
–
2,036
1,971
–
1,971
–
–
16,214
23,452
22,398
23,871
4.5
10.8
1.1
6.8
2,080
1,933
2,005
2,017
16,214
20,546
22,605
23,422
4.5
7.7
.0
7.4
2,080
1,965
2,063
2,008
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
18
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$20.64
20.88
2.0
2.2
$19.89
20.11
2.5
2.8
$23.98
24.03
2.3
2.2
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
24.61
9.53
10.87
11.71
14.46
18.02
18.35
21.85
27.50
31.36
32.89
39.56
43.49
64.56
89.25
25.20
25.56
12.27
11.51
12.40
14.69
17.22
18.51
21.71
27.68
31.15
32.32
38.98
43.49
64.56
89.25
25.14
2.2
10.3
4.1
2.9
2.8
2.9
3.1
1.9
3.8
2.0
5.2
4.3
3.6
7.2
16.9
8.0
2.4
10.7
4.0
2.1
3.8
3.4
3.5
2.0
4.0
1.9
5.7
4.4
3.6
7.2
16.9
7.4
23.92
8.92
10.87
11.47
14.24
18.14
18.36
22.29
25.30
28.32
32.60
39.36
43.67
64.56
89.34
25.14
24.98
12.12
11.62
12.19
14.49
17.27
18.54
22.17
25.38
27.85
31.85
38.60
43.67
64.56
89.34
25.08
2.8
10.4
4.1
3.4
3.3
3.1
3.5
2.2
1.9
3.0
5.4
5.3
4.0
7.2
17.0
8.6
3.1
16.4
3.8
2.7
4.5
3.8
3.9
2.3
2.4
2.6
6.2
5.5
4.0
7.2
17.0
8.0
27.63
–
10.86
12.95
15.58
16.82
18.32
19.79
32.39
36.68
–
40.29
42.03
–
–
25.98
27.76
–
10.86
13.10
15.58
16.82
18.32
19.79
32.39
36.68
–
40.29
42.03
–
–
25.98
1.7
–
16.2
2.4
4.6
1.8
7.1
1.1
3.7
1.2
–
3.5
5.6
–
–
17.1
1.7
–
16.2
1.7
4.6
1.8
7.1
1.1
3.7
1.2
–
3.5
5.6
–
–
17.1
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
30.66
32.57
15.06
20.58
22.12
28.84
31.98
34.30
34.65
42.66
62.11
91.17
28.25
35.66
29.08
38.46
44.62
36.81
37.13
32.97
32.98
24.66
29.98
34.99
33.82
38.92
32.93
24.66
30.88
2.9
2.5
9.1
11.5
4.0
5.0
1.7
5.6
4.5
4.0
9.6
19.2
10.8
5.3
7.5
6.8
3.3
5.9
7.1
9.8
5.5
6.1
6.8
7.1
4.9
13.0
6.4
6.1
8.0
29.58
31.60
15.15
19.00
22.62
24.97
27.42
34.28
33.66
42.33
62.11
91.31
28.53
36.55
31.53
38.68
44.62
36.81
37.13
33.41
32.98
24.66
29.98
34.99
33.82
38.92
32.93
24.66
30.88
3.9
3.8
10.1
20.4
4.8
3.5
1.6
4.6
4.9
4.3
9.6
19.4
12.4
5.7
12.3
7.2
3.3
5.9
7.1
10.3
5.5
6.1
6.8
7.1
4.9
13.0
6.4
6.1
8.0
33.81
34.74
–
–
20.07
33.98
37.61
–
42.54
45.02
–
–
26.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
1.6
–
–
1.9
3.6
1.2
–
11.0
11.9
–
–
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.84
33.62
38.61
37.59
35.33
28.97
23.09
27.88
28.29
28.98
25.28
38.14
27.62
25.23
27.83
27.90
35.69
56.71
40.19
38.14
47.43
71.18
39.42
34.51
12.13
32.38
22.35
34.82
37.74
37.35
36.09
38.83
38.33
40.58
32.06
24.57
31.25
25.11
–
28.00
27.06
19.72
19.92
23.93
19.50
23.29
–
6.5
6.3
13.2
7.8
8.1
2.9
2.5
2.7
4.4
21.7
10.2
14.0
2.0
2.5
2.3
4.0
6.9
33.8
11.4
6.7
3.3
35.1
7.4
1.5
4.6
17.0
16.4
4.7
3.9
.5
1.6
4.6
5.1
5.3
3.4
16.7
2.3
17.9
–
6.0
4.9
8.2
1.8
6.6
9.5
7.6
–
$33.84
33.62
38.61
38.31
35.70
28.58
23.00
27.74
27.22
–
–
39.55
27.21
25.18
27.66
27.11
35.81
62.08
–
33.70
–
–
–
21.75
–
–
22.97
–
–
22.68
–
–
–
–
–
18.06
–
–
–
26.76
–
16.58
–
–
15.96
–
–
6.5
6.3
13.2
8.3
10.0
2.5
2.6
2.7
1.1
–
–
14.4
1.1
2.5
2.2
2.0
7.0
46.3
–
3.4
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
18.6
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
28.6
–
–
–
4.8
–
12.2
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$34.57
–
–
40.26
–
–
–
34.11
–
–
–
–
44.59
–
44.44
53.19
44.41
41.77
37.13
–
–
–
36.14
38.82
38.81
36.09
40.10
39.13
42.78
32.70
29.26
–
–
–
–
–
22.33
–
–
22.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.0
–
–
20.5
–
–
–
16.7
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
11.0
8.7
4.9
8.2
1.8
–
–
–
5.9
3.1
.0
1.6
4.1
6.1
3.4
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
5.4
–
–
25.43
18.85
23.92
16.24
19.70
19.83
22.57
23.57
36.54
9.8
17.9
3.6
3.7
7.3
2.6
5.0
3.3
19.3
25.69
18.85
24.29
16.27
19.85
19.90
23.10
23.63
37.32
10.6
17.9
3.8
3.6
7.5
2.7
5.5
3.3
20.9
–
–
19.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
Computer systems analysts and scientists
–Continued
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Biological and life scientists ..................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
8 ......................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.06
27.21
19.81
20.10
18.46
17.36
21.92
22.19
22.20
21.62
26.38
28.71
3.6
.6
2.8
3.3
2.4
6.1
7.4
6.7
9.0
4.4
5.4
30.3
$16.06
27.21
19.78
20.15
18.25
17.49
21.95
22.23
23.08
21.62
–
–
3.6
.6
3.1
3.3
2.5
6.2
7.6
6.9
11.3
4.4
–
–
–
–
$20.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.77
16.88
18.33
21.23
26.56
27.26
28.80
37.77
44.20
65.84
32.22
38.04
22.90
26.42
27.96
29.08
39.65
44.26
65.84
35.21
29.56
40.03
6.9
8.6
6.9
3.5
4.6
4.0
9.4
5.5
5.4
10.1
5.7
5.5
3.4
10.9
5.3
10.4
6.7
5.6
10.1
9.6
3.1
1.8
31.81
16.82
18.54
21.18
27.96
27.02
28.80
36.88
44.79
65.84
32.60
38.47
–
27.85
27.23
29.08
38.95
44.88
65.84
36.47
–
40.09
8.1
8.8
7.4
4.0
5.0
4.6
9.4
7.9
5.8
10.1
5.7
6.6
–
12.1
5.8
10.4
10.8
6.0
10.1
10.0
–
2.0
31.58
–
–
21.40
21.59
28.48
–
39.72
–
–
–
35.96
–
–
32.69
–
40.78
–
–
–
29.56
–
6.3
–
–
7.0
2.5
7.8
–
4.2
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
1.7
–
5.5
–
–
–
3.1
–
43.25
38.98
44.44
37.33
12.4
8.2
3.7
17.5
43.42
33.42
–
37.46
12.5
23.1
–
18.6
–
41.50
44.44
–
–
6.2
3.8
–
28.59
27.75
39.66
30.38
27.18
34.58
44.24
23.55
16.80
18.86
20.56
26.67
26.26
33.17
26.38
21.40
33.12
30.46
33.35
9.5
10.3
11.1
4.4
17.1
9.5
9.9
10.3
9.7
6.4
4.1
6.5
9.4
4.8
11.0
4.2
13.4
13.7
10.2
25.63
27.71
39.66
30.38
27.18
34.58
44.24
23.54
16.73
19.13
20.74
28.04
26.69
33.12
27.03
21.64
33.12
31.18
–
12.8
14.2
11.1
4.4
17.1
9.5
9.9
11.7
9.9
6.8
4.8
6.3
11.9
5.9
12.3
6.7
13.4
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
7 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Chemical technicians ............................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
$22.05
25.53
19.41
20.17
10.9
12.9
19.6
5.7
$21.17
25.53
19.39
20.81
11.9
12.9
21.4
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
5 ......................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
17.34
7.26
8.29
10.56
12.89
21.39
16.81
23.50
24.31
27.39
39.43
18.94
19.47
7.60
14.73
10.79
9.48
11.31
11.36
8.0
5.6
12.9
7.3
8.0
11.7
8.4
9.9
11.5
21.0
19.6
21.2
29.9
5.8
21.7
5.8
19.0
5.6
12.1
17.41
7.26
8.29
10.51
12.89
21.39
16.81
23.50
24.31
27.39
39.43
18.94
19.47
7.60
14.73
10.76
9.48
11.29
11.36
8.1
5.6
12.9
7.7
8.0
11.7
8.4
9.9
11.5
21.0
19.6
21.2
29.9
5.8
21.7
6.1
19.0
6.1
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
14.93
12.27
11.56
12.41
15.04
16.79
17.00
20.66
15.02
22.60
15.07
16.20
15.37
14.86
17.26
17.21
17.94
13.52
10.88
10.39
11.66
9.76
12.60
12.58
14.42
17.55
15.99
24.20
13.41
14.84
13.93
11.86
13.79
15.18
1.3
10.7
4.0
2.1
2.9
1.8
2.7
3.7
6.1
3.4
2.8
3.6
5.5
7.3
2.8
9.1
4.8
4.0
2.1
.2
7.1
6.1
11.1
6.8
10.9
8.3
14.2
4.2
12.1
7.5
5.0
6.1
6.9
3.7
14.97
12.12
11.68
12.19
14.90
16.74
17.37
21.61
15.02
22.60
15.16
15.98
–
13.46
17.45
18.18
18.39
–
10.88
10.39
11.62
9.28
12.62
–
14.42
17.55
15.99
24.20
–
15.01
13.81
11.86
13.58
–
1.6
16.4
3.6
2.7
3.5
2.1
3.2
3.9
6.1
3.4
3.0
3.8
–
3.1
3.1
9.8
6.7
–
2.1
.2
7.4
1.2
11.2
–
11.1
8.3
14.2
4.2
–
8.9
5.3
6.1
7.7
–
$14.74
–
10.86
13.16
15.58
17.05
–
17.63
–
–
–
16.87
–
18.27
15.93
–
–
13.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.71
–
15.64
–
–
–
1.8
–
16.2
2.2
4.7
1.5
–
3.9
–
–
–
8.9
–
13.5
2.6
–
–
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
9.7
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
3 ......................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
5 ......................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ......................................................................
$15.14
13.16
14.86
11.67
11.49
12.99
13.80
15.27
17.14
14.56
10.95
12.28
15.57
13.04
16.81
11.43
14.66
14.42
1.8
5.3
11.4
4.1
6.9
7.7
6.5
9.6
6.6
5.9
5.7
6.1
7.8
6.5
12.8
10.4
4.9
4.9
$15.14
13.16
15.09
11.27
10.71
12.99
13.88
15.27
17.14
14.20
10.55
11.60
16.38
13.04
16.81
–
14.35
–
1.8
5.3
15.6
2.5
1.8
7.7
6.9
9.6
6.6
7.9
5.1
5.2
11.7
6.5
12.8
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$15.27
–
–
14.51
–
–
11.16
15.30
14.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
5.6
–
–
11.3
6.1
5.7
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
17.46
9.67
12.25
15.03
16.09
19.76
19.50
22.39
19.79
2.8
7.6
5.7
5.1
4.6
5.5
3.3
2.3
8.3
17.36
9.52
12.13
14.95
15.98
19.95
19.44
22.94
19.79
3.1
7.9
5.6
5.4
5.4
6.1
3.5
2.8
8.3
18.35
–
–
–
16.59
18.50
20.44
19.85
–
2.5
–
–
–
6.0
1.7
11.5
1.2
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
7 ......................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
7 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
21.31
12.62
21.98
19.54
22.73
23.47
21.79
20.21
20.23
3.7
6.5
10.0
5.5
2.2
7.7
2.9
3.8
5.1
21.51
12.62
22.23
19.29
23.41
23.47
–
–
–
4.2
6.5
10.0
6.1
2.9
7.7
–
–
–
19.92
–
–
–
19.84
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
–
1.3
–
–
–
–
23.76
25.23
19.45
18.91
22.16
24.72
21.12
21.04
25.15
25.22
12.87
16.57
6.2
5.2
3.3
2.9
4.5
7.9
8.5
10.5
7.3
9.1
12.0
11.0
23.76
25.23
19.75
–
22.16
–
21.82
–
25.15
25.22
12.87
16.57
6.2
5.2
3.6
–
4.5
–
9.7
–
7.3
9.1
12.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
15.67
10.87
14.35
15.33
16.87
20.22
19.46
9.35
20.44
5.2
4.4
10.5
4.8
4.3
4.0
5.2
5.3
8.2
15.66
10.87
14.35
15.33
16.87
20.22
19.43
9.30
20.44
5.3
4.4
10.5
4.8
4.3
4.0
5.3
5.5
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
$15.87
17.01
15.68
18.22
17.93
10.1
4.2
3.4
5.8
1.9
$15.87
17.01
15.68
18.22
17.93
10.1
4.2
3.4
5.8
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
16.86
17.16
19.21
17.54
17.27
17.76
17.42
6.4
8.3
10.7
4.6
4.5
4.6
9.0
16.64
16.90
19.20
17.54
17.29
17.85
17.42
7.5
9.4
15.7
4.6
4.7
4.9
9.0
$18.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
2 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
14.07
9.81
13.54
15.94
16.14
18.63
12.63
5.5
8.3
8.2
10.7
7.6
2.6
10.4
13.74
9.64
13.36
15.71
16.55
–
11.72
6.4
8.7
8.5
11.4
11.9
–
11.4
16.20
–
–
–
15.65
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
19.82
18.74
11.31
8.23
12.51
12.49
16.90
15.65
11.92
11.13
10.22
12.91
14.4
5.1
12.0
6.9
11.3
16.7
7.4
11.5
11.7
13.5
15.9
11.5
–
–
11.31
8.23
12.52
12.49
16.90
15.65
–
11.13
10.22
11.65
–
–
12.1
6.9
11.5
16.7
7.4
11.5
–
13.5
15.9
15.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service .....................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
6 ......................................................................
12.63
8.58
9.20
9.71
14.27
14.01
19.88
22.61
23.00
28.06
9.02
18.47
10.40
9.69
14.71
15.07
21.27
23.53
23.69
28.23
28.25
25.45
23.61
22.30
2.8
4.2
3.1
3.3
6.3
4.5
3.5
1.9
3.0
.8
9.6
8.8
12.6
3.2
6.3
7.0
3.2
2.3
3.0
.7
5.1
7.8
2.6
.4
10.19
8.25
8.99
9.09
13.76
12.60
15.27
18.40
19.87
–
9.02
10.67
–
9.65
10.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
3.4
3.4
3.3
8.2
3.7
7.8
5.4
9.2
–
9.6
5.5
–
3.2
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.08
11.20
10.94
12.81
15.82
16.71
21.81
23.55
23.75
28.06
–
22.52
–
–
–
–
21.83
23.90
23.87
28.23
28.95
–
23.73
22.30
4.1
8.3
6.5
1.3
3.5
3.5
3.3
1.8
3.0
.8
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
3.5
2.0
3.1
.7
4.7
–
2.7
.4
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Police and detectives, public service –Continued
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
3 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
3 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.17
0.7
–
–
$24.17
0.7
18.93
16.98
10.86
9.90
9.74
10.66
8.57
7.20
7.64
7.94
12.42
9.92
5.25
5.07
6.87
4.05
5.30
4.29
5.88
3.52
8.20
6.31
10.24
7.97
8.62
10.01
15.11
14.23
12.38
14.09
8.15
9.02
11.55
10.09
9.30
8.16
8.77
10.33
11.43
10.12
10.57
11.67
13.01
12.40
12.14
12.40
11.20
10.08
10.62
11.28
10.95
10.01
10.83
12.28
13.95
10.03
9.82
9.88
9.74
3.4
7.8
6.1
10.0
3.0
2.9
7.1
3.9
10.1
6.5
18.3
21.2
17.1
18.7
16.4
22.9
29.8
19.2
14.2
19.0
7.0
5.0
3.4
5.7
4.9
2.7
4.4
2.6
6.1
3.6
7.4
4.5
12.3
7.2
5.6
4.2
4.8
8.1
4.4
3.0
4.9
7.6
5.3
5.8
5.7
5.7
4.5
2.9
5.5
9.4
4.8
4.6
4.4
3.9
10.2
3.5
5.6
4.4
5.1
–
–
$10.42
–
–
10.66
8.02
7.08
7.48
7.45
11.12
9.92
5.25
5.07
6.87
4.05
5.30
4.29
5.88
3.52
8.20
6.31
9.70
7.85
8.33
9.73
14.94
14.17
12.16
14.08
7.75
–
11.23
10.09
8.39
8.03
–
–
10.65
10.12
10.18
11.34
12.36
11.81
12.25
12.40
10.35
10.08
10.21
10.75
10.21
9.67
10.43
11.06
–
10.03
9.82
–
9.74
–
–
4.1
–
–
2.9
6.9
4.0
10.3
6.1
24.6
21.2
17.1
18.7
16.4
22.9
29.8
19.2
14.2
19.0
7.0
5.0
3.3
6.0
3.9
2.9
4.8
2.5
6.5
4.2
7.0
–
16.1
7.7
2.7
4.5
–
–
3.1
3.0
4.3
7.5
4.5
2.3
6.7
5.7
2.3
2.9
4.9
7.8
4.2
4.7
3.6
4.5
–
3.5
5.6
–
5.1
18.93
18.55
–
–
–
–
12.92
–
–
11.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.92
–
–
11.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.23
–
–
11.57
15.43
–
12.24
13.82
–
–
–
–
15.36
–
12.28
–
13.69
11.98
–
14.20
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
5.7
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.2
–
–
10.0
6.9
–
3.0
7.5
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
3.1
–
4.2
1.9
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.25
10.12
11.50
13.00
12.42
8.28
7.96
8.35
18.53
12.89
14.28
20.58
7.49
7.26
7.48
7.89
11.46
8.71
10.81
9.62
7.0
6.6
3.6
2.3
3.9
10.1
5.9
9.1
8.5
8.3
9.4
2.7
5.2
11.2
2.5
3.3
11.2
11.9
1.8
8.0
$10.25
9.55
10.97
11.82
12.53
8.44
7.73
8.35
18.72
12.61
14.28
20.58
7.49
7.26
7.48
7.89
10.23
8.71
10.92
10.02
6.6
7.3
3.1
3.0
4.0
10.6
7.5
9.1
9.0
10.1
9.4
2.7
5.2
11.2
2.5
3.3
4.5
11.9
.3
8.3
$13.70
11.98
–
14.20
11.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
1.9
–
1.7
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
26
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$21.60
21.66
2.1
2.3
$20.87
20.88
2.7
2.9
$24.63
24.69
2.2
2.1
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
25.56
11.63
12.08
12.46
14.53
18.16
18.57
21.81
27.50
31.42
32.86
39.90
43.49
64.56
89.25
25.60
26.07
12.02
12.64
14.74
17.28
18.76
21.67
27.69
31.20
32.28
39.32
43.49
64.56
89.25
25.53
2.2
12.7
4.5
2.1
3.0
3.2
2.8
2.0
3.7
2.1
5.2
4.4
3.6
7.2
16.9
7.1
2.4
4.4
2.5
4.0
3.8
3.2
2.1
3.9
2.0
5.8
4.6
3.6
7.2
16.9
6.5
24.89
10.93
12.05
12.27
14.30
18.20
18.57
22.27
25.25
28.20
32.56
39.79
43.67
64.56
89.34
25.46
25.42
11.98
12.39
14.52
17.24
18.79
22.14
25.33
27.69
31.80
39.04
43.67
64.56
89.34
25.39
2.8
15.9
4.8
2.7
3.5
3.5
3.1
2.4
1.9
3.2
5.5
5.5
4.0
7.2
17.0
7.8
3.1
4.7
3.3
4.8
4.2
3.5
2.5
2.5
2.7
6.3
5.8
4.0
7.2
17.0
7.1
28.33
–
12.48
13.20
15.73
17.63
18.57
19.77
32.21
36.68
–
40.29
42.03
–
–
27.57
28.47
12.48
13.40
15.73
17.63
18.57
19.77
32.21
36.68
–
40.29
42.03
–
–
27.57
1.8
–
8.1
3.4
4.5
2.5
7.4
1.1
3.7
1.2
–
3.5
5.6
–
–
13.0
1.8
8.1
3.3
4.5
2.5
7.4
1.1
3.7
1.2
–
3.5
5.6
–
–
13.0
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
31.04
32.93
15.34
22.32
21.81
28.92
32.07
34.26
35.06
42.66
62.11
91.17
28.27
35.66
29.08
38.46
44.62
36.81
37.13
32.97
33.33
24.66
29.98
34.99
33.82
38.92
33.31
24.66
30.88
33.84
3.1
2.7
11.3
9.6
4.5
4.9
1.8
5.7
4.8
4.0
9.6
19.2
11.1
5.3
7.5
6.8
3.3
5.9
7.1
9.8
5.1
6.1
6.8
7.1
4.9
13.0
5.9
6.1
8.0
6.5
29.96
32.01
15.26
21.73
22.28
24.74
27.13
34.23
34.08
42.33
62.11
91.31
28.56
36.55
31.53
38.68
44.62
36.81
37.13
33.41
33.33
24.66
29.98
34.99
33.82
38.92
33.31
24.66
30.88
33.84
4.2
4.1
11.3
21.0
5.4
3.9
1.8
4.7
5.1
4.3
9.6
19.4
12.7
5.7
12.3
7.2
3.3
5.9
7.1
10.3
5.1
6.1
6.8
7.1
4.9
13.0
5.9
6.1
8.0
6.5
34.00
34.85
–
–
20.01
33.83
37.61
–
42.54
45.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
2.0
–
–
1.9
3.7
1.2
–
11.0
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.62
38.61
37.59
35.33
29.12
22.65
28.42
27.87
25.08
38.14
27.66
25.06
28.43
27.58
57.88
38.14
47.43
74.14
39.42
34.69
32.75
22.34
34.72
37.74
37.31
35.86
38.83
38.43
40.58
32.86
24.57
25.21
–
28.14
20.13
19.92
23.93
19.99
23.29
–
6.3
13.2
7.8
8.1
3.5
4.0
2.1
5.2
11.4
14.0
2.4
2.4
1.6
4.3
33.0
6.7
3.3
31.8
7.4
1.8
18.2
16.5
5.0
3.9
.5
1.8
4.6
5.3
5.3
5.4
17.0
18.5
–
6.3
7.0
1.8
6.6
8.2
7.6
–
$33.62
38.61
38.31
35.70
28.65
22.53
28.25
26.49
–
39.55
27.15
24.98
28.24
26.60
63.84
33.70
–
–
–
21.82
31.69
22.97
–
–
22.68
–
–
–
–
–
17.84
–
–
–
17.25
–
–
16.65
–
–
6.3
13.2
8.3
10.0
3.1
4.2
1.9
.3
–
14.4
1.0
2.4
.6
.8
45.0
3.4
–
–
–
10.4
24.9
18.6
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
29.5
–
–
–
10.5
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
$34.69
–
–
40.26
–
–
34.28
–
–
–
44.84
44.44
53.19
44.70
41.77
37.33
–
–
36.02
38.82
38.81
35.86
40.10
39.19
42.78
33.72
29.27
–
–
–
22.33
–
–
22.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.0
–
–
20.5
–
–
16.8
–
–
–
7.0
11.0
8.7
5.0
8.2
2.6
–
–
6.2
3.1
.0
1.8
4.1
6.2
3.4
6.4
4.1
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
5.4
–
–
25.42
18.85
24.25
16.40
19.72
19.95
22.71
23.58
37.90
28.18
20.04
18.61
17.54
21.92
22.19
22.20
9.8
17.9
4.0
3.5
8.7
2.9
5.3
3.4
23.4
2.0
3.7
4.0
6.0
7.4
6.7
9.0
25.69
18.85
24.59
16.27
19.89
20.04
23.28
23.63
38.98
28.18
20.02
–
17.54
21.95
22.23
23.08
10.6
17.9
4.2
3.6
8.8
3.0
5.9
3.4
26.2
2.0
4.2
–
6.0
7.6
6.9
11.3
–
–
19.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
Computer systems analysts and scientists
–Continued
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Biological and life scientists ..................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
6 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
7 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.62
31.45
4.4
25.4
$21.62
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
31.89
17.05
18.33
21.23
26.68
27.26
28.80
37.92
44.20
65.84
32.44
38.17
22.90
26.70
27.96
29.08
39.65
44.26
65.84
36.32
29.56
40.03
6.9
8.7
6.9
3.5
4.7
4.0
9.4
5.7
5.4
10.1
6.1
5.5
3.4
11.3
5.3
10.4
6.7
5.6
10.1
9.2
3.1
1.8
31.90
16.98
18.54
21.19
28.15
27.02
28.80
37.08
44.79
65.84
32.38
38.54
–
–
27.23
29.08
38.95
44.88
65.84
36.47
–
40.09
8.1
8.9
7.4
4.0
5.1
4.6
9.4
8.2
5.8
10.1
6.3
6.6
–
–
5.8
10.4
10.8
6.0
10.1
10.0
–
2.0
$31.81
–
–
21.40
21.59
28.48
–
39.72
–
–
–
36.38
–
–
32.69
–
40.78
–
–
–
29.56
–
5.7
–
–
7.0
2.5
7.8
–
4.2
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
1.7
–
5.5
–
–
–
3.1
–
43.25
38.98
44.44
38.60
12.4
8.2
3.7
16.4
43.42
33.42
–
38.82
12.5
23.1
–
17.6
–
41.50
44.44
–
–
6.2
3.8
–
28.59
27.75
39.66
30.38
27.18
34.58
44.24
23.40
16.98
18.86
20.57
26.67
26.26
33.51
29.05
25.66
21.40
32.64
30.46
33.35
9.5
10.3
11.1
4.4
17.1
9.5
9.9
10.0
9.9
6.4
4.1
6.5
9.4
4.7
6.1
10.0
4.2
16.5
13.7
10.2
25.63
27.71
39.66
30.38
27.18
34.58
44.24
23.37
16.91
19.13
20.75
28.04
26.69
33.53
29.05
26.23
21.64
32.64
31.18
–
12.8
14.2
11.1
4.4
17.1
9.5
9.9
11.3
10.1
6.8
4.8
6.3
11.9
5.7
6.1
11.5
6.7
16.5
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.05
25.53
19.34
20.18
10.9
12.9
19.9
5.7
21.17
25.53
19.31
20.84
11.9
12.9
21.8
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
20.57
11.96
13.09
8.2
5.8
9.1
20.72
11.99
13.09
8.3
6.2
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Chemical technicians ............................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales –Continued
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
5 ......................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
$21.70
16.81
23.50
24.31
27.44
39.43
14.44
18.94
19.47
21.37
12.04
12.11
11.33
12.3
8.4
9.9
11.5
21.2
19.6
20.8
21.2
29.9
21.6
5.5
5.8
12.9
$21.70
16.81
23.50
24.31
27.44
39.43
14.44
18.94
19.47
21.37
12.07
12.16
11.33
12.3
8.4
9.9
11.5
21.2
19.6
20.8
21.2
29.9
21.6
5.8
6.2
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
5 ......................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ......................................................................
15.25
12.10
12.64
15.12
16.87
17.15
20.81
15.06
22.60
15.21
16.27
15.37
14.93
17.26
17.49
17.94
13.52
10.88
10.39
11.73
17.86
15.99
24.20
15.21
14.84
13.96
11.92
13.79
15.18
15.14
12.89
12.23
13.03
13.82
15.27
17.57
15.04
11.42
15.88
13.39
16.80
12.01
15.04
14.54
1.5
4.1
2.5
3.1
1.8
2.7
3.3
8.4
3.4
3.2
3.7
5.5
7.7
2.8
9.7
4.8
4.0
2.1
.2
8.1
8.6
14.2
4.2
7.1
7.5
5.1
6.6
6.9
3.7
1.8
4.8
4.4
7.8
6.6
9.6
7.3
7.0
8.0
8.7
7.6
13.0
9.4
5.6
5.2
15.25
12.07
12.39
14.97
16.75
17.49
21.83
15.06
22.60
15.21
16.06
–
13.46
17.46
18.70
18.39
–
10.88
10.39
11.68
17.86
15.99
24.20
–
15.01
13.84
11.92
13.58
–
15.14
12.89
11.71
13.03
13.89
15.27
17.57
14.87
11.06
17.20
13.39
16.80
–
14.82
–
1.8
4.4
3.3
3.7
2.1
3.1
3.3
8.4
3.4
3.2
4.0
–
3.5
3.1
9.9
6.7
–
2.1
.2
8.5
8.6
14.2
4.2
–
8.9
5.4
6.6
7.7
–
1.8
4.8
1.6
7.8
6.9
9.6
7.3
10.1
8.2
13.9
7.6
13.0
–
8.6
–
$15.26
12.48
13.40
15.69
17.65
–
17.63
–
–
–
16.88
–
18.35
15.93
–
–
13.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.29
–
14.53
–
–
–
15.32
–
1.2
8.1
3.3
4.6
2.4
–
3.9
–
–
–
9.0
–
13.6
2.6
–
–
.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
5.7
–
–
–
6.0
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
17.87
10.37
2.7
8.5
17.80
10.19
3.0
9.0
18.40
–
2.4
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Blue collar –Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.39
15.33
16.09
19.77
19.48
22.36
20.18
7.1
6.6
4.6
5.5
3.3
2.2
8.5
$12.28
15.24
15.98
19.95
19.42
22.90
20.18
7.1
6.9
5.4
6.1
3.5
2.8
8.5
–
–
$16.59
18.53
20.44
19.85
–
–
–
6.0
1.7
11.5
1.2
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
7 ......................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
7 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
21.29
12.62
21.99
19.54
22.70
23.47
21.79
20.21
20.23
3.7
6.5
10.0
5.5
2.2
7.7
2.9
3.8
5.1
21.49
12.62
22.23
19.29
23.37
23.47
–
–
–
4.2
6.5
10.0
6.1
2.8
7.7
–
–
–
19.93
–
–
–
19.84
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
–
1.3
–
–
–
–
23.10
24.60
19.45
18.91
22.16
21.12
21.04
25.15
25.22
12.87
16.57
6.0
5.0
3.3
2.9
4.5
8.5
10.5
7.3
9.1
12.0
11.0
23.10
24.60
19.75
–
22.16
21.82
–
25.15
25.22
12.87
16.57
6.0
5.0
3.6
–
4.5
9.7
–
7.3
9.1
12.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
15.69
10.87
14.35
15.33
16.87
20.22
19.46
9.35
20.44
15.87
17.01
15.68
18.22
17.97
5.2
4.6
10.5
4.8
4.3
4.0
5.2
5.3
8.2
10.1
4.2
3.4
5.8
2.0
15.69
10.87
14.35
15.33
16.87
20.22
19.43
9.30
20.44
15.87
17.01
15.68
18.22
17.97
5.2
4.6
10.5
4.8
4.3
4.0
5.3
5.5
8.2
10.1
4.2
3.4
5.8
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
17.47
15.35
17.16
19.21
17.41
17.27
17.76
17.42
5.1
17.8
8.3
10.7
4.2
4.5
4.6
9.0
17.30
15.50
16.90
19.20
17.41
17.29
17.85
17.42
6.0
19.4
9.4
15.7
4.2
4.7
4.9
9.0
18.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
14.76
10.60
14.05
16.05
16.14
18.63
12.77
5.6
8.6
9.2
11.1
7.6
2.6
12.7
14.51
10.40
13.86
15.80
16.55
–
11.63
6.6
9.2
9.6
11.7
11.9
–
15.1
16.20
–
–
–
15.65
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.82
18.74
13.43
13.35
18.67
11.92
11.13
10.22
13.38
14.4
5.1
11.2
15.2
7.0
11.7
13.5
15.9
11.3
–
–
$13.44
13.35
18.67
–
11.13
10.22
12.12
–
–
11.2
15.2
7.0
–
13.5
15.9
15.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.55
9.37
9.40
9.93
14.87
14.38
20.81
22.61
23.00
28.06
9.46
18.92
9.87
14.71
15.08
21.40
23.53
23.69
28.23
28.25
25.45
23.61
22.30
24.17
2.7
6.3
2.3
2.0
5.3
4.6
2.6
1.9
3.0
.8
9.8
8.7
2.6
6.3
7.1
3.3
2.3
3.0
.7
5.1
7.8
2.6
.4
.7
10.73
8.97
9.16
9.27
14.50
12.97
17.09
18.40
19.87
–
9.46
10.63
9.87
10.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
6.2
2.0
1.8
7.3
4.1
4.9
5.4
9.2
–
9.8
5.6
2.6
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$19.87
11.78
13.30
13.29
15.82
16.71
21.81
23.55
23.75
28.06
–
22.89
–
–
–
21.83
23.90
23.87
28.23
28.95
–
23.73
22.30
24.17
4.5
2.2
4.3
2.5
3.5
3.5
3.3
1.8
3.0
.8
–
4.5
–
–
–
3.5
2.0
3.1
.7
4.7
–
2.7
.4
.7
18.93
16.98
10.75
9.87
10.66
9.35
7.97
8.30
8.06
13.14
5.79
5.50
7.95
3.94
6.26
4.44
6.76
3.35
8.42
6.46
11.14
8.96
8.63
3.4
7.8
5.7
2.6
2.9
6.7
7.9
3.4
2.7
14.8
8.3
14.8
3.6
23.3
28.1
8.9
5.5
12.5
7.7
5.2
5.6
8.2
5.1
–
–
10.19
9.87
10.66
8.82
7.82
8.13
7.84
12.01
5.79
5.50
7.95
3.94
6.26
4.44
6.76
3.35
8.42
6.46
10.62
8.82
8.33
–
–
2.2
2.6
2.9
6.1
8.0
3.3
2.8
20.4
8.3
14.8
3.6
23.3
28.1
8.9
5.5
12.5
7.7
5.2
5.4
8.6
3.9
18.93
18.55
–
–
–
13.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.83
–
–
3.4
5.7
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
4 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.46
15.29
14.53
12.43
14.40
12.35
10.15
9.06
11.18
11.68
10.02
10.51
12.03
13.71
13.26
12.04
11.39
10.49
11.71
11.38
10.49
10.86
12.31
10.03
9.78
9.88
9.74
11.92
11.03
11.65
13.07
13.51
7.68
8.58
8.24
18.97
13.11
17.91
20.58
7.79
7.87
7.55
8.12
12.13
11.17
11.83
3.7
4.4
2.5
6.0
3.4
11.6
9.6
8.9
3.8
5.5
5.5
4.9
7.2
4.8
7.9
5.1
5.6
4.8
9.6
3.3
3.2
4.9
4.0
3.6
5.7
4.4
5.1
4.7
3.3
4.8
2.2
4.7
7.2
10.5
10.4
9.4
8.6
9.2
2.7
4.5
12.2
.7
3.0
11.3
2.6
4.2
$10.37
15.26
14.48
12.20
14.44
–
9.21
8.93
–
10.67
10.02
10.02
11.63
–
12.48
–
10.26
9.99
10.96
10.62
10.17
10.39
11.03
10.03
9.78
–
9.74
10.93
10.59
10.94
11.81
13.45
7.68
8.20
8.24
–
–
17.91
20.58
7.79
7.87
7.55
8.12
10.46
10.96
11.66
4.2
4.8
2.3
6.5
3.9
–
5.6
9.4
–
4.3
5.5
3.6
7.5
–
3.6
–
2.8
3.3
8.0
2.7
3.3
3.5
4.6
3.7
5.7
–
5.1
4.4
1.1
2.7
3.2
5.0
7.2
12.8
10.4
–
–
9.2
2.7
4.5
12.2
.7
3.0
5.9
.0
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.28
–
–
15.56
–
12.32
13.82
–
–
–
15.44
12.32
–
13.87
11.98
–
14.28
–
–
–
–
13.89
11.98
–
14.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
–
–
6.9
–
3.3
7.5
–
–
–
7.9
3.3
–
3.5
1.9
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
3.6
1.9
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
33
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$12.05
12.82
3.4
3.8
$12.04
12.92
3.3
3.7
$12.07
12.07
18.9
18.9
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
14.73
7.63
8.45
9.80
13.35
15.91
15.54
22.82
27.61
30.02
21.45
18.12
10.15
9.46
11.12
13.86
16.38
15.54
22.82
27.61
30.02
21.57
4.4
8.7
5.6
4.7
3.3
3.0
12.9
6.6
7.1
2.6
23.5
4.3
3.6
9.2
2.1
2.7
3.4
12.9
6.6
7.1
2.6
23.6
14.84
7.51
8.14
9.79
13.35
16.86
15.82
22.79
25.89
30.02
22.25
18.93
–
9.27
11.29
13.98
17.68
15.82
22.79
25.89
30.02
22.37
4.2
9.0
5.2
4.9
3.7
4.0
13.3
6.8
4.2
2.6
23.6
4.1
–
8.4
2.2
3.0
5.3
13.3
6.8
4.2
2.6
23.8
13.79
–
–
–
13.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.79
–
–
–
13.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.9
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.9
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
8 ......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
24.82
26.64
26.06
28.15
30.26
–
28.22
26.35
30.30
27.44
26.35
29.57
27.67
26.79
37.27
24.58
24.42
–
–
4.3
5.4
3.2
7.6
1.9
–
2.4
4.8
1.9
3.0
4.8
3.7
2.4
38.4
5.3
5.0
5.4
–
–
24.85
26.47
26.18
26.31
30.26
–
28.24
26.35
30.30
27.46
26.35
29.57
27.07
17.76
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
4.2
3.5
4.7
1.9
–
2.4
4.8
1.9
3.0
4.8
3.7
.7
25.2
–
–
–
–
–
24.54
28.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.36
–
–
–
–
–
38.0
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.81
18.46
19.17
–
6.0
1.6
1.2
–
20.50
18.46
19.19
–
5.3
1.6
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
25.47
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
8.41
7.53
9.10
7.21
8.04
9.08
8.08
9.94
4.0
6.9
6.6
3.4
9.9
6.6
11.3
6.3
8.41
7.53
9.10
7.21
8.04
9.08
8.08
9.94
4.0
6.9
6.6
3.4
9.9
6.6
11.3
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
12.02
4.6
12.33
4.6
10.95
13.3
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
3 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$10.15
9.46
11.15
13.93
14.01
11.09
12.16
12.18
10.65
13.68
3.6
9.2
2.2
2.6
4.6
2.0
6.8
5.1
15.4
8.5
–
$9.27
11.29
13.98
–
–
12.14
12.18
–
13.69
–
8.4
2.2
3.0
–
–
6.9
5.1
–
8.5
–
–
–
$13.70
–
–
–
–
10.65
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
15.4
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
11.37
7.64
11.50
10.5
2.0
7.1
11.33
7.64
11.39
10.9
2.0
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
2 ......................................................................
9.22
10.35
10.5
12.4
9.22
10.35
10.5
12.4
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
3 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
8.51
6.90
8.66
8.76
9.98
10.29
10.95
11.43
6.62
6.01
3.88
7.72
3.97
4.27
4.03
7.99
6.56
9.29
7.87
7.56
10.61
10.94
10.68
11.10
10.68
10.60
11.77
8.35
7.81
8.09
5.1
1.7
8.9
11.6
12.2
4.7
11.3
15.9
13.3
4.9
41.7
18.4
38.4
47.1
42.7
7.4
11.3
7.3
9.9
9.5
2.0
7.5
8.7
2.4
3.1
2.2
12.0
7.6
10.6
6.8
8.34
6.86
8.45
8.26
9.98
10.29
11.04
11.44
6.05
6.01
–
6.58
3.97
4.27
4.03
7.36
6.56
8.25
–
6.70
10.61
10.95
10.68
11.10
10.68
10.59
–
8.25
7.81
7.95
5.8
1.5
11.4
13.6
12.2
4.7
16.3
16.2
15.0
4.9
–
20.8
38.4
47.1
42.7
7.4
11.3
7.7
–
9.7
2.0
8.1
8.7
2.4
3.2
2.3
–
7.6
10.6
6.3
9.84
–
9.35
10.94
–
–
–
–
10.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
12.6
1.8
–
–
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
2 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.50
8.67
7.29
9.59
5.72
4.98
7.95
5.9
12.4
5.2
8.0
7.1
7.2
6.1
$8.70
9.00
7.01
9.59
5.72
4.98
–
6.8
13.3
7.2
8.0
7.1
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
36
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$21.60
21.66
$12.05
12.82
$20.75
20.96
$20.58
20.83
$20.55
20.89
$23.03
20.41
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
25.56
26.07
14.73
18.12
26.39
27.49
24.12
24.99
24.51
25.49
27.38
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
31.04
32.93
24.25
31.89
20.57
15.25
24.82
26.64
19.81
25.47
8.41
12.02
33.49
33.33
34.49
29.92
13.71
15.91
29.38
32.18
21.25
31.89
17.98
14.66
30.63
32.52
23.93
31.61
14.10
14.93
–
–
–
–
25.71
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
17.87
21.29
15.69
17.47
14.76
11.37
–
–
–
9.22
18.89
22.24
15.78
19.17
16.19
15.45
19.76
15.45
14.41
11.52
17.45
21.34
15.98
16.45
14.06
17.59
20.72
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
13.55
8.51
15.86
9.67
12.63
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.1
2.3
3.4
3.8
2.7
2.7
2.7
3.1
2.1
2.1
9.0
15.6
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.2
2.4
4.4
4.3
2.8
2.3
2.8
3.1
2.3
2.4
14.3
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
3.1
2.7
4.0
6.9
8.2
1.5
4.3
5.4
6.0
21.5
4.0
4.6
2.8
2.6
14.1
12.6
6.9
2.7
3.9
3.8
3.4
7.3
9.0
1.8
2.9
2.5
3.6
7.0
10.1
1.3
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.7
3.7
5.2
5.1
5.6
10.5
–
–
–
10.5
3.6
3.7
11.0
4.9
4.9
3.2
5.0
5.7
4.2
5.5
2.4
3.9
4.5
6.2
5.6
15.6
4.1
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
2.7
5.1
4.6
3.4
2.8
–
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.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an 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.
6 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.
37
Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2002
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$19.89
20.11
–
–
$15.44
15.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
23.92
24.98
–
–
16.41
16.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
29.58
31.60
24.29
31.81
17.41
14.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
17.36
21.51
15.66
16.64
–
–
–
–
15.42
–
14.65
15.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
10.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
2.5
2.8
–
–
1.7
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
2.8
3.1
–
–
8.3
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
3.9
3.8
3.8
8.1
8.1
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
3.1
4.2
5.3
7.5
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
.0
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
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.
38
Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$19.89
20.11
$16.73
17.04
$20.66
20.83
$18.79
18.81
$23.01
23.19
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
23.92
24.98
19.85
21.52
24.70
25.56
22.17
22.98
27.44
28.00
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
29.58
31.60
24.29
31.81
17.41
14.97
26.14
27.21
–
30.01
14.05
12.91
29.96
32.09
24.41
32.19
18.56
15.42
24.95
26.98
21.38
32.57
18.56
15.12
33.04
34.67
27.41
31.72
18.57
15.82
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
17.36
21.51
15.66
16.64
13.74
17.11
20.52
17.25
16.44
13.43
17.45
21.88
15.30
16.73
13.88
16.31
20.78
13.32
16.88
13.44
20.93
23.68
19.64
14.69
16.35
Service .................................................................................
10.19
8.00
10.77
9.89
11.39
Relative error4 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.5
2.8
3.7
3.6
2.9
3.2
4.2
4.9
3.0
3.0
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.8
3.1
4.5
3.0
3.0
3.5
4.7
5.8
2.9
3.0
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
3.9
3.8
3.8
8.1
8.1
1.6
8.6
9.7
–
11.8
10.5
3.6
4.1
4.1
4.0
8.6
9.8
1.9
3.8
4.7
3.7
14.2
10.5
3.1
5.0
4.5
7.0
3.5
24.7
1.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
3.1
4.2
5.3
7.5
6.4
5.4
4.1
7.1
7.3
10.9
3.9
6.3
5.1
10.4
6.0
5.8
9.3
8.3
11.0
7.5
2.8
3.7
4.5
12.1
8.1
Service .................................................................................
3.1
9.4
2.0
3.2
1.7
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.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain
establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between
survey sampling and collection.
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.
39
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$9.00
9.20
$12.02
12.50
$17.69
17.94
$25.33
25.48
$34.92
34.84
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
10.50
12.00
14.36
15.37
21.05
22.00
30.19
30.90
42.26
43.37
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Biological and life scientists ..................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Chemical technicians ............................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
17.00
18.71
23.48
26.02
22.68
19.28
22.18
22.18
19.78
24.51
19.74
14.99
22.47
31.93
27.85
29.14
20.36
24.22
27.24
22.78
13.00
18.49
–
24.34
24.34
12.02
12.01
–
21.20
23.82
26.91
28.71
25.48
25.72
26.46
26.44
28.18
28.57
23.58
17.88
24.44
31.93
33.61
34.74
26.05
27.88
29.51
24.42
14.51
21.28
–
24.57
24.57
16.32
14.07
–
27.24
29.14
36.08
37.01
40.00
31.20
32.04
32.13
33.62
31.89
27.18
19.52
27.18
36.71
42.17
48.65
32.43
37.42
35.13
30.24
25.26
21.55
–
26.33
26.33
20.50
20.00
–
34.92
38.28
42.25
43.15
42.25
40.83
38.42
38.42
47.30
34.81
30.63
40.88
29.81
39.40
60.00
98.23
44.41
46.85
48.13
40.28
31.15
21.55
–
29.15
28.02
23.80
24.25
–
46.62
48.06
48.01
48.76
47.25
50.00
44.88
44.88
57.42
53.88
35.85
89.70
32.06
42.54
113.20
146.88
51.25
52.41
54.40
45.39
37.86
38.22
–
36.75
32.39
28.21
27.56
–
14.78
13.94
14.48
12.50
20.68
17.00
12.36
16.71
16.07
15.49
21.74
10.00
18.36
14.42
17.53
13.54
24.34
17.97
15.90
18.54
19.58
19.37
24.00
15.63
22.33
17.16
20.17
14.48
27.07
19.10
16.19
20.94
19.98
22.86
27.60
20.85
34.10
20.76
24.91
17.53
30.02
20.65
19.38
24.82
26.69
23.54
30.16
47.25
38.28
35.90
29.64
22.94
31.52
24.75
23.22
26.73
29.28
24.91
30.99
47.25
16.54
21.48
22.40
23.44
21.58
26.00
23.12
26.65
28.61
33.17
30.29
35.89
37.88
47.72
32.36
51.14
52.31
60.00
43.82
57.14
22.84
21.00
21.79
29.04
25.35
28.85
35.48
41.54
36.33
55.57
47.72
41.03
75.00
53.86
43.56
16.54
18.68
20.67
10.38
15.16
21.64
23.61
19.23
24.60
26.17
17.45
19.71
22.56
26.85
21.74
27.75
32.44
22.23
25.08
30.77
34.29
39.15
29.01
52.16
29.04
31.30
34.38
39.54
39.15
31.84
68.27
35.61
37.98
44.71
39.54
16.97
20.11
9.94
17.45
21.04
9.94
17.52
21.64
20.19
28.59
25.64
24.02
30.29
42.38
33.91
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
$7.00
10.30
13.97
7.60
6.25
6.50
6.80
$8.50
15.98
17.62
12.11
6.50
7.29
7.61
$13.00
22.33
24.81
16.70
7.00
10.50
10.00
$21.00
36.74
51.07
25.54
8.30
15.00
13.60
$36.23
41.07
81.17
34.15
9.65
30.90
16.55
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.00
19.80
13.73
12.02
11.00
8.25
9.11
10.00
10.55
9.43
12.46
10.40
12.00
11.00
11.00
9.36
9.55
10.00
13.65
9.93
8.25
12.31
8.00
10.75
12.02
21.64
14.22
13.85
12.54
9.00
9.50
10.23
13.00
9.80
12.86
12.61
13.58
11.08
11.08
10.00
10.49
11.00
15.40
11.66
10.00
14.10
9.29
12.53
14.22
23.77
14.22
15.61
12.86
10.58
10.82
15.00
16.21
13.62
13.48
13.46
15.52
13.00
14.23
11.32
13.22
13.11
16.12
13.53
13.80
14.56
9.96
14.00
17.14
23.77
16.17
18.38
14.27
12.50
13.18
17.45
23.42
16.57
17.39
14.69
16.48
15.10
20.63
12.14
14.25
16.08
17.95
15.89
15.76
17.44
14.14
17.00
20.67
23.77
17.68
20.77
17.14
13.10
17.00
17.45
27.07
18.41
20.21
17.14
17.50
15.56
20.63
13.83
18.70
18.41
23.42
23.10
16.00
30.10
15.80
19.23
Blue collar ...........................................................................
9.73
13.03
17.60
20.43
25.31
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
14.10
14.59
17.75
17.50
18.50
17.75
20.53
21.30
20.96
25.31
25.00
21.35
29.04
27.21
22.56
17.77
14.20
19.53
17.34
18.88
9.73
13.02
19.95
17.40
22.00
18.06
21.42
9.73
13.19
25.99
19.90
25.04
18.85
25.00
13.83
14.77
27.18
21.15
28.10
24.91
30.57
14.94
20.37
28.53
25.21
28.10
29.04
32.83
17.74
21.62
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
9.25
7.58
14.31
10.40
14.00
9.50
11.00
7.75
18.25
10.40
14.60
10.60
15.25
8.66
19.17
17.82
16.95
18.16
19.05
10.25
24.91
19.57
19.00
24.88
23.29
12.00
24.91
20.08
21.07
26.41
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
10.50
11.90
12.00
13.40
16.00
14.60
17.21
17.05
18.16
19.93
19.93
19.75
20.56
19.93
20.10
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
8.00
9.33
10.00
9.99
13.50
12.04
17.75
15.03
20.00
16.70
12.00
12.00
6.90
9.20
16.41
15.64
7.50
13.03
17.60
19.50
9.50
19.63
19.22
22.80
14.30
22.70
34.31
22.80
18.18
22.71
Occupation3
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.00
6.23
8.00
$9.00
9.10
9.00
$11.33
11.51
10.90
$14.31
12.70
17.75
$16.01
15.03
18.55
6.54
8.75
25.00
14.95
19.92
8.50
11.69
25.28
21.52
21.86
10.60
18.57
28.50
28.96
23.51
14.88
24.37
29.98
31.09
25.81
22.88
28.50
34.98
33.45
27.76
16.17
11.78
8.40
2.62
2.13
2.13
2.13
3.35
6.00
11.54
7.50
5.74
8.00
6.00
9.07
9.39
9.00
7.50
7.60
7.00
6.00
14.38
4.75
8.96
5.50
8.50
7.00
17.77
12.23
8.89
6.00
2.45
2.13
2.45
5.14
7.65
11.92
10.24
6.50
9.50
7.00
9.60
10.58
9.59
8.50
8.19
8.50
7.81
17.95
6.15
9.54
6.00
8.87
7.81
18.06
15.45
9.56
8.00
4.25
4.75
2.84
7.11
9.58
14.62
12.50
7.75
10.65
8.15
10.25
11.70
10.23
10.74
9.85
11.17
9.54
21.13
7.60
10.01
7.66
10.25
8.00
19.40
21.08
11.94
11.41
7.50
7.50
6.50
12.07
12.50
15.65
15.27
9.58
13.53
10.61
12.34
13.37
11.96
12.61
11.25
13.07
14.71
23.63
8.50
12.93
11.03
12.92
12.62
22.75
25.20
14.94
13.65
9.87
8.55
7.89
13.32
14.90
16.67
17.01
10.60
17.85
13.28
14.76
14.90
14.02
15.34
12.76
15.90
26.13
26.25
9.10
16.49
13.71
14.95
14.00
Occupation3
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the
median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate
shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December
2002
Private industry
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.50
8.96
$11.32
11.78
$16.97
17.16
$24.57
24.76
$33.79
33.46
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
10.10
11.77
13.94
15.04
20.25
21.37
29.04
29.64
39.54
40.42
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Biological and life scientists ..................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Chemical technicians ............................................
16.19
17.63
23.50
26.02
22.68
19.28
22.18
22.18
19.78
23.96
19.74
16.83
22.50
31.93
25.82
8.55
18.25
7.00
–
24.34
12.01
12.01
–
20.00
22.66
27.89
28.71
25.48
24.88
26.46
26.44
28.18
28.18
23.60
18.52
24.50
31.93
33.04
17.85
18.67
13.00
–
24.57
12.27
12.02
–
26.01
28.24
37.75
37.01
40.00
31.92
32.04
32.13
37.17
31.82
27.07
19.74
27.18
37.12
41.75
20.66
20.19
14.51
–
26.33
14.36
13.70
–
32.26
35.82
42.67
43.15
42.25
41.14
38.42
38.42
47.99
39.95
30.21
40.88
29.53
39.40
75.38
27.47
23.86
29.64
–
28.02
21.59
21.05
–
42.58
45.16
49.00
48.76
47.25
50.00
44.88
44.88
58.30
54.94
34.91
99.73
32.00
42.54
133.69
32.09
30.70
29.64
–
31.69
24.25
23.18
–
14.42
13.94
14.56
12.50
20.68
17.00
12.36
16.71
16.07
15.49
17.48
14.42
17.60
13.54
24.34
17.97
15.90
18.54
19.48
19.37
21.96
17.16
20.49
14.48
27.07
19.10
16.19
20.97
21.03
22.86
34.10
20.76
24.97
17.53
30.02
20.25
19.38
24.87
28.13
23.54
38.28
35.90
30.00
22.94
31.52
25.27
23.22
26.73
29.64
24.91
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
15.83
21.00
23.44
21.04
26.50
26.65
28.61
33.13
35.89
36.44
48.79
51.14
53.08
63.74
57.14
22.96
19.03
21.79
29.04
21.00
28.85
35.48
29.73
36.33
55.57
37.02
40.82
75.00
63.74
42.44
16.35
18.68
20.67
9.94
13.94
21.64
16.54
18.68
26.17
17.00
18.79
22.12
19.23
29.00
32.44
22.23
25.49
30.77
33.65
29.01
52.16
29.04
32.21
34.38
34.90
30.83
68.27
37.60
41.59
44.71
16.97
20.11
9.94
17.45
21.04
9.94
17.45
21.64
20.19
25.77
25.64
24.45
29.42
42.38
33.91
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
7.00
10.30
13.97
7.60
6.25
6.50
6.75
8.50
15.98
17.62
12.11
6.50
7.29
7.50
13.00
22.33
24.81
16.70
7.00
10.50
10.00
21.07
36.74
51.07
25.54
8.30
15.00
13.64
36.62
41.07
81.17
34.15
9.65
30.90
16.55
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December
2002 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$10.00
19.80
13.73
12.02
8.25
9.11
10.00
10.55
12.50
10.25
12.00
11.00
11.08
9.34
9.55
9.75
13.65
9.60
8.25
12.31
9.98
$12.00
21.64
14.22
13.68
9.00
9.13
10.23
13.00
12.86
13.00
13.58
11.08
11.25
10.00
10.49
11.00
15.40
10.77
10.00
14.10
12.25
$14.22
23.77
14.22
15.64
10.58
10.82
15.00
16.21
13.50
13.46
15.52
13.00
13.53
11.32
13.22
13.34
16.12
13.13
13.80
14.56
13.16
$17.14
23.77
16.17
18.34
12.50
12.97
17.45
23.42
17.52
14.58
16.48
15.10
20.63
12.14
14.25
16.38
17.95
15.89
15.76
17.44
17.00
$20.91
23.77
17.68
20.77
13.10
17.00
17.45
27.07
20.21
17.14
17.50
15.56
20.63
13.56
18.70
18.49
23.42
21.95
16.00
30.10
19.33
Blue collar ...........................................................................
9.50
12.70
17.45
20.43
25.99
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
14.00
17.40
20.73
26.36
30.19
17.77
14.20
17.34
18.88
9.73
13.02
19.95
17.96
18.37
21.42
9.73
13.19
25.99
19.90
19.89
25.00
13.83
14.77
27.18
21.60
24.99
30.57
14.94
20.37
28.53
25.21
29.04
32.83
17.74
21.62
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
9.25
7.58
14.31
10.40
14.00
9.50
11.00
7.75
18.25
10.40
14.60
10.60
15.25
8.66
19.17
17.82
16.95
18.16
19.05
10.25
24.91
19.57
19.00
24.88
23.29
11.54
24.91
20.08
21.07
26.41
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
10.50
12.46
12.00
13.00
16.00
14.60
16.60
17.05
18.16
19.93
19.93
19.75
20.43
19.93
20.10
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.77
9.33
6.90
9.20
6.23
8.00
9.33
9.33
7.50
13.03
9.10
8.50
12.70
12.00
9.50
19.63
11.51
10.00
17.75
12.75
14.30
22.70
12.70
17.12
20.60
15.03
18.18
22.71
15.03
17.75
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
6.00
8.00
8.25
2.45
2.13
2.13
2.13
3.35
6.00
11.54
7.50
5.65
7.95
8.56
8.85
5.39
2.45
2.13
2.45
5.14
7.25
11.92
10.00
6.50
9.59
9.61
9.50
7.75
4.25
4.75
2.84
7.11
9.19
14.62
12.50
7.75
11.82
11.78
11.38
10.41
7.50
7.50
6.50
12.07
11.75
15.65
15.16
9.50
14.57
14.56
14.03
13.32
9.87
8.55
7.89
13.32
14.62
17.32
17.01
9.73
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December
2002 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.25
5.50
8.98
9.37
8.98
7.00
7.60
7.00
6.00
14.38
4.75
8.96
5.50
8.53
7.00
$9.50
6.50
9.51
10.49
9.41
8.00
8.19
7.80
7.73
17.95
6.15
9.44
6.00
9.12
7.00
$10.30
8.00
10.18
11.50
10.05
9.85
9.85
9.95
9.54
21.13
7.60
9.73
7.66
10.29
8.08
$12.57
9.73
11.50
13.27
10.83
12.02
11.25
12.51
14.38
23.63
8.50
10.28
11.03
12.75
12.64
$17.85
11.97
13.25
14.76
12.66
13.32
12.76
14.05
26.25
26.25
9.10
12.86
13.71
14.95
14.86
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the
median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate
shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
45
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002
State and local
government
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$11.98
12.12
$15.61
15.64
$21.32
21.40
$28.82
28.82
$43.34
43.50
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
12.73
12.86
16.53
16.57
24.82
24.95
36.47
36.75
47.72
47.72
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
19.88
21.28
–
–
14.25
22.06
28.53
30.23
24.42
26.30
27.24
23.96
18.98
–
–
17.52
17.14
–
24.42
25.50
–
–
23.42
24.08
34.11
34.32
27.91
28.51
29.73
24.93
22.47
–
–
19.38
18.91
–
30.70
31.89
–
–
28.30
28.48
42.17
42.17
35.18
38.92
35.65
30.24
29.15
–
–
21.40
22.66
–
44.07
44.27
–
–
51.63
49.03
51.34
51.26
45.39
47.46
48.48
43.26
34.88
–
–
24.72
25.50
–
51.25
51.81
–
–
56.75
56.19
64.96
60.52
52.41
52.41
54.40
46.24
38.63
–
–
29.11
29.11
–
–
14.17
17.51
–
15.90
18.99
–
19.88
19.97
–
20.07
21.86
–
22.75
22.78
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Management related .................................................
19.95
22.10
22.40
25.35
16.06
22.67
25.54
23.12
33.92
19.24
28.87
38.90
30.29
43.34
22.83
39.15
44.78
32.36
47.72
27.33
47.72
47.72
43.82
51.84
32.98
Sales ................................................................................
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.69
13.46
12.12
9.43
11.75
11.66
8.00
11.68
12.39
14.77
12.54
9.80
12.23
12.98
9.29
12.63
14.40
15.61
12.96
14.48
16.16
14.12
9.69
16.21
16.54
18.71
15.24
16.57
18.80
16.09
14.14
16.65
19.65
21.98
17.14
18.71
19.65
23.10
15.21
18.72
Blue collar ...........................................................................
13.24
16.41
18.61
20.56
22.56
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
15.68
18.06
19.12
22.56
23.52
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
12.87
16.53
19.86
20.56
20.56
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
12.38
14.59
16.60
17.86
19.43
10.61
14.78
25.00
20.89
13.28
18.35
25.40
22.03
18.18
22.31
28.50
23.51
24.37
26.27
29.98
25.81
28.50
28.96
34.98
27.76
16.17
13.61
8.83
8.83
9.70
17.77
14.72
10.54
10.54
10.54
18.06
16.57
11.74
11.74
11.50
19.40
22.27
14.31
14.31
13.28
22.75
29.32
16.60
16.60
24.85
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
State and local
government
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.36
10.36
10.06
10.06
7.26
$11.23
11.25
11.58
11.58
7.81
$13.94
13.94
13.27
13.27
10.25
$17.79
17.14
15.90
15.90
15.18
$26.51
26.51
16.91
16.91
16.49
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the
median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate
shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
47
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$9.61
9.73
$13.09
13.22
$18.65
18.71
$26.19
26.13
$36.07
35.87
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
11.81
12.27
15.23
15.68
21.92
22.56
31.07
31.54
43.55
44.13
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Biological and life scientists ..................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Chemical technicians ............................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
17.05
18.71
23.48
26.02
22.68
19.28
22.18
22.18
19.78
24.51
19.23
14.99
22.59
29.14
30.25
20.66
24.18
27.24
23.96
13.00
18.49
–
24.34
12.27
12.27
–
21.40
23.85
26.91
28.71
25.48
25.72
26.84
26.97
28.18
28.57
23.40
17.88
24.69
33.76
36.55
26.30
27.88
29.51
24.93
14.51
21.28
–
24.57
16.75
14.38
–
27.34
29.25
36.08
37.01
40.00
31.20
32.14
32.14
33.62
31.89
27.00
19.52
27.09
43.13
51.26
32.43
36.34
35.24
30.69
25.34
21.55
–
27.58
20.92
20.00
–
35.74
38.80
42.25
43.15
42.25
40.83
38.42
38.42
47.30
34.81
30.25
40.88
29.73
62.70
101.80
44.43
47.10
48.45
41.00
31.15
21.55
–
29.15
23.88
24.31
–
47.25
48.38
48.01
48.76
47.25
50.00
44.88
44.88
57.42
53.88
36.24
89.70
32.00
116.01
149.69
51.25
52.41
54.40
45.39
37.86
38.22
–
38.25
28.21
27.74
–
14.78
13.94
14.42
24.34
17.00
12.36
16.71
16.07
15.49
15.19
18.36
14.42
17.41
24.97
17.76
15.90
18.54
19.58
19.37
16.52
22.33
17.16
20.49
29.09
19.10
16.19
20.94
19.98
22.86
29.20
34.10
20.76
24.97
31.49
22.25
19.38
24.82
26.69
23.54
47.25
38.28
35.90
29.67
31.52
25.28
23.71
26.73
29.28
24.91
47.25
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
16.54
21.48
22.40
23.44
21.58
26.48
23.12
26.65
28.61
33.65
30.29
35.89
37.98
47.72
32.36
51.14
52.31
60.00
43.82
57.14
22.84
21.00
27.38
29.04
25.35
32.41
35.48
41.54
36.33
55.57
47.72
41.03
75.00
53.86
43.70
16.54
18.68
20.67
10.38
14.36
21.64
23.61
19.23
24.60
26.17
17.45
18.95
22.56
26.85
21.74
27.75
32.44
22.18
24.88
30.77
34.29
39.15
29.01
52.16
28.85
29.04
34.38
39.54
39.15
31.84
68.27
36.19
41.59
44.71
39.54
16.97
20.11
9.94
17.45
21.04
9.94
17.52
21.64
20.08
28.59
25.64
24.02
30.29
42.38
33.91
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
8.75
10.30
13.97
8.50
10.50
15.98
17.62
9.00
16.65
22.33
24.81
12.15
26.97
36.74
51.07
16.93
37.33
41.07
81.17
24.29
See footnotes at end of table.
48
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
$7.60
9.20
8.55
$12.11
11.47
9.41
$16.70
15.00
11.36
$25.54
30.78
14.22
$34.15
40.38
16.83
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.25
19.80
14.22
12.02
11.00
8.25
9.11
11.55
10.46
12.46
10.40
12.00
11.00
10.38
9.55
10.00
13.78
10.10
8.25
12.31
9.29
10.75
12.37
21.64
14.22
13.93
12.54
9.00
9.13
13.51
13.45
12.86
13.00
13.58
11.08
11.28
10.49
11.00
15.40
11.87
12.08
14.10
9.29
12.57
14.51
23.77
14.22
15.64
12.86
10.58
10.82
16.35
14.66
13.48
13.46
15.52
12.50
11.32
13.22
13.11
16.36
13.67
13.80
14.56
10.66
14.96
17.43
23.77
16.17
18.71
14.27
12.50
13.28
23.42
16.97
17.39
14.89
16.48
13.75
13.20
14.25
16.08
19.24
18.39
15.76
17.44
14.88
16.94
21.12
23.77
17.89
20.91
17.14
13.10
17.00
27.07
19.65
20.21
17.14
17.50
15.70
14.70
18.70
18.41
23.42
23.10
16.00
30.10
17.10
20.08
Blue collar ...........................................................................
10.10
14.00
17.93
20.56
25.65
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
14.10
14.59
17.75
17.50
18.50
17.75
20.52
21.30
20.96
25.26
25.00
21.35
29.04
27.21
22.56
17.77
14.20
17.34
18.88
9.73
13.02
18.00
17.40
18.06
21.42
9.73
13.19
22.30
19.90
18.85
25.00
13.83
14.77
27.18
21.15
24.91
30.57
14.94
20.37
27.18
25.21
29.04
32.83
17.74
21.62
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
9.25
7.58
14.31
10.40
14.00
9.50
11.00
7.75
18.25
10.40
14.60
10.60
15.38
8.66
19.17
17.82
16.95
18.16
19.05
10.25
24.91
19.57
19.00
24.88
23.29
12.00
24.91
20.08
21.07
26.41
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
10.50
11.90
12.00
15.80
16.00
14.60
17.98
17.05
18.16
19.93
19.93
19.75
20.56
19.93
20.10
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
9.00
9.33
10.50
9.33
14.49
12.52
18.18
15.03
20.59
16.90
12.00
12.00
8.00
13.03
8.00
6.23
8.50
16.41
15.64
9.50
14.36
9.00
9.10
9.10
17.60
19.50
13.35
19.64
11.33
11.51
12.62
19.22
22.80
18.16
22.70
14.31
12.70
17.75
34.31
22.80
19.05
22.71
16.01
15.03
18.55
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
7.50
9.00
8.96
11.78
11.56
19.35
16.48
24.44
24.44
28.77
Occupation3
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
49
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$25.00
14.95
19.92
$25.28
21.52
21.86
$28.50
28.96
23.51
$29.98
31.09
25.81
$34.98
33.45
27.76
16.17
11.78
8.50
2.84
2.13
2.13
2.13
3.35
7.50
11.92
7.50
9.50
7.49
9.05
10.34
8.98
7.75
7.50
8.00
6.10
14.38
5.75
8.96
8.54
7.52
17.77
12.23
9.00
6.64
2.84
2.13
2.44
5.39
8.15
11.92
10.50
10.00
7.98
9.60
11.11
9.55
8.94
8.06
9.41
8.25
17.95
6.51
8.96
9.16
10.00
18.06
15.45
9.59
9.23
5.14
7.50
3.56
7.11
10.41
14.62
12.50
11.41
9.50
10.36
12.86
10.23
11.19
9.51
11.89
9.99
21.13
8.00
11.74
10.29
12.62
19.40
21.08
11.70
12.41
7.89
7.50
6.38
12.07
13.28
15.65
15.35
14.56
11.84
12.75
13.92
12.00
13.02
11.50
13.82
16.44
23.63
8.50
14.61
13.14
12.98
22.75
25.20
14.25
14.62
11.84
12.51
7.89
13.32
15.76
17.32
17.01
17.85
13.32
15.54
17.28
15.50
15.90
13.02
16.00
31.75
26.25
9.19
16.49
14.95
15.23
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the
median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate
shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$6.25
6.50
$7.30
8.00
$10.00
10.57
$13.88
14.00
$22.27
24.34
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
6.70
8.75
7.91
11.00
12.00
15.74
20.00
23.95
28.75
32.00
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
17.00
19.03
–
22.30
21.91
16.23
11.54
14.93
–
–
20.00
22.66
–
24.34
23.60
21.63
11.54
21.14
–
–
24.50
26.47
–
28.33
27.22
29.24
30.25
24.25
–
–
29.81
31.68
–
32.00
30.00
34.74
38.92
28.24
–
–
34.90
35.38
–
35.00
34.00
34.90
38.92
31.60
–
–
–
16.65
17.00
–
18.00
18.00
–
20.00
20.00
–
20.36
20.00
–
23.49
21.15
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
12.35
–
–
17.00
–
–
27.78
–
–
34.56
–
–
34.56
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
6.25
6.15
6.00
6.25
6.75
6.50
6.61
6.85
7.45
6.80
7.25
7.50
8.75
7.30
9.00
10.61
12.65
9.10
11.00
14.85
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
8.00
11.00
9.67
8.63
7.11
8.20
9.69
12.61
10.04
10.00
8.00
12.50
12.00
15.24
10.61
12.48
9.69
13.00
14.14
15.78
12.00
14.02
13.88
17.00
15.89
16.62
12.97
15.89
14.14
17.00
Blue collar ...........................................................................
7.00
8.00
12.00
13.25
14.00
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
6.60
7.00
7.90
11.46
13.25
4.50
6.70
8.00
2.45
2.13
2.13
5.45
5.45
5.25
9.20
8.72
9.20
6.65
8.50
8.55
5.15
2.45
2.45
6.15
6.15
6.00
9.60
9.41
9.60
8.75
10.00
9.50
6.50
2.83
2.83
7.00
6.95
7.00
10.25
10.75
10.25
10.25
13.12
13.50
8.60
5.50
6.50
9.50
9.25
8.75
11.28
11.40
11.00
12.48
18.00
18.00
10.61
7.50
9.50
11.44
11.44
10.61
12.71
12.36
12.71
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD,
December 2002 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.50
6.50
5.09
4.00
7.00
$6.80
6.80
7.00
4.25
7.00
$7.50
7.04
8.00
5.09
7.81
$9.85
9.68
10.01
7.00
8.00
$11.00
11.00
11.52
8.25
8.00
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the
median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate
shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
other information were updated. Approximately one-fifth
of the sample is reselected each year.
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 the steps required to produce the data.
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.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. 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.
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 Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up 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
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. 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. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
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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. Prior to 2002, the number of jobs selected
ranged from 8 to 20. Beginning in 2002, the number of
jobs selected followed this schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
50–249
250 and over
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The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator.
For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two or more
census 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 occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support, including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG 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
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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 an “occupational leveling” process. Occupational leveling ranks
and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S.
Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor
Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels, and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
the written description that best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the occupational leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 occupational
leveling factors (and levels within those factors). The
analysis showed that several of the occupational leveling
factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received,
had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the
levels within a given factor increased, the wages also increased.
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 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, 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 that the employer considers to be full time.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note on occupational leveling through point factor analysis
for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.)
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
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
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s 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, 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 and job
level.
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.
Survey response
Establishments
Total in sampling frame
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
each published occupation. For example, at the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as
or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as
or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, onefourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the
same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.
8,274
725
399
61
265
In this survey, the nonresponse rates for all industries
and private industry exceeded regular survey standards.
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.
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 6–1 through 6–5 are
computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs. 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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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 $12.79, with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for the estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645
times 3.6 percent times $12.79 = $0.76, plus or minus
$12.79). 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, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December
2002
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total
Private industry
State and local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
1,350,900
1,248,900
1,080,900
979,900
270,000
268,900
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
784,300
682,300
616,400
515,400
167,900
166,900
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
318,500
254,600
63,900
131,400
102,000
232,400
221,900
162,800
59,100
110,000
101,000
183,600
96,700
91,900
–
21,400
–
48,800
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
287,700
90,600
53,500
72,300
71,300
258,800
79,300
53,400
63,300
62,800
28,900
11,200
–
9,000
8,500
Service .................................................................................
278,800
205,600
73,200
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. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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