Washington–Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV
National Compensation Survey
April 2001
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lois L. Orr, Acting Commissioner
December 2001
Bulletin 3110–39
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
T
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 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. For each published occupation, these percentiles relate to the average hourly earnings of jobs surveyed in establishments. The percentiles do not relate to
the hourly earnings of individual workers in these establishment jobs.
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 Washington–Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV, metropolitan area. Data were collected between September
2000 and October 2001; the average reference month is
April 2001. 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.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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)
$19.07
2.3
36.1
$18.27
2.9
35.9
$21.97
2.2
37.2
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 ..............................................
23.11
28.61
29.93
16.62
14.23
15.56
19.02
2.3
2.2
3.8
11.2
2.6
3.3
3.2
36.4
36.4
39.3
33.5
36.4
38.2
40.1
22.71
28.80
31.31
16.55
14.25
15.35
19.03
3.0
3.1
4.2
11.3
3.1
3.6
3.5
36.4
36.6
39.4
33.5
36.3
38.2
40.1
24.34
28.26
25.87
–
14.16
17.46
18.91
2.6
2.6
6.7
–
3.7
3.8
4.9
36.6
36.0
39.1
–
36.5
38.2
40.0
13.81
15.15
4.8
7.6
39.6
35.4
13.81
14.64
4.8
9.9
39.9
34.8
–
17.19
–
4.6
–
37.8
11.53
11.19
5.4
3.4
37.4
33.6
11.49
9.09
5.6
3.1
37.4
32.3
12.38
17.29
14.2
4.0
36.1
38.3
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
20.03
11.56
2.2
10.0
39.5
21.6
19.33
11.20
2.9
11.4
39.6
21.9
22.33
14.99
2.2
8.0
39.1
19.0
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
20.62
18.66
3.7
2.6
37.2
35.9
19.00
18.13
6.1
3.2
37.7
35.5
23.15
21.25
2.6
3.0
36.5
37.6
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
18.97
21.48
2.3
10.8
36.1
38.0
18.08
21.48
3.0
10.8
35.7
38.0
21.97
–
2.2
–
37.2
–
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 ...............................................
16.26
16.60
21.86
7.0
5.1
2.3
34.9
35.8
36.8
16.26
16.59
21.54
7.0
5.3
3.7
34.9
35.8
36.6
–
16.90
22.30
–
13.0
2.1
–
36.5
37.2
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$19.07
19.28
2.3
2.3
$18.27
18.46
2.9
3.0
$21.97
21.97
2.2
2.2
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
23.11
24.10
2.3
2.1
22.71
24.01
3.0
2.8
24.34
24.35
2.6
2.6
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Speech therapists .................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
English teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
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 .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
28.61
29.66
33.34
33.97
34.18
29.97
30.41
2.2
2.3
3.8
3.6
9.7
5.0
5.6
28.80
29.86
33.42
33.97
34.02
29.97
30.42
3.1
3.3
4.3
3.6
10.5
5.0
5.6
28.26
29.33
32.72
–
–
–
–
2.6
2.6
4.3
–
–
–
–
24.51
25.21
28.57
43.08
26.52
19.36
35.23
19.39
37.06
27.33
31.44
30.64
21.98
31.09
32.36
28.44
29.51
27.99
20.61
20.50
29.31
26.91
15.88
15.94
54.01
56.10
4.3
12.5
5.2
13.3
6.7
5.6
4.1
10.3
5.5
13.7
4.8
1.6
18.5
1.9
1.9
5.1
8.6
9.8
6.1
6.1
7.5
9.7
11.3
12.4
9.1
8.3
24.51
26.40
29.06
42.47
26.70
19.36
–
–
42.06
–
–
25.83
–
28.35
30.65
22.34
20.51
–
20.27
20.09
33.81
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
14.5
5.3
14.2
6.9
5.6
–
–
9.7
–
–
6.7
–
5.7
5.8
2.5
13.5
–
8.4
8.4
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.75
–
23.68
–
–
–
33.77
–
32.27
31.28
–
31.27
32.62
30.48
31.58
30.05
21.17
21.17
–
–
18.51
18.78
34.38
–
–
–
14.2
–
7.4
–
–
–
5.1
–
7.2
1.7
–
2.0
1.9
3.6
7.5
8.3
8.3
8.3
–
–
5.0
5.6
8.2
–
27.44
25.49
22.83
17.60
18.92
17.71
15.66
21.63
93.36
25.17
18.04
5.7
6.2
8.9
6.5
3.4
4.8
6.6
8.4
22.6
7.6
4.2
27.55
25.49
24.12
17.63
18.92
18.62
14.01
21.63
93.36
25.17
20.39
5.8
6.2
10.5
6.5
3.4
4.6
6.3
8.4
22.6
7.6
6.7
–
–
17.85
–
–
15.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
29.93
33.82
26.06
44.76
30.78
3.8
4.4
11.0
10.9
16.7
31.31
35.12
–
44.76
–
4.2
5.0
–
10.9
–
25.87
29.65
26.06
–
–
6.7
6.8
11.0
–
–
39.21
32.58
30.86
14.6
5.5
10.2
39.21
30.91
32.35
14.6
10.5
9.2
–
33.31
–
–
6.3
–
17.74
29.09
36.44
17.6
19.2
5.2
17.74
29.44
36.57
17.6
19.8
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations 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. ....................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$22.44
21.40
28.81
31.50
4.1
7.4
14.2
5.4
$23.48
22.76
29.46
31.50
3.6
2.7
14.5
5.4
$19.85
19.48
–
–
8.8
14.8
–
–
19.77
12.4
19.77
12.4
–
–
18.05
21.23
7.4
6.5
–
21.39
–
7.9
18.05
–
7.4
–
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
16.62
20.17
25.24
17.05
12.00
9.84
9.41
11.2
19.0
14.9
13.4
8.8
7.6
11.5
16.55
20.17
25.24
17.05
12.00
9.84
9.39
11.3
19.0
14.9
13.4
8.8
7.6
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
14.23
19.72
16.13
14.22
8.38
18.14
10.23
17.16
15.98
9.69
13.57
12.65
12.85
9.40
14.28
16.51
2.6
5.3
4.6
4.5
4.7
4.6
5.8
14.7
7.4
4.9
6.1
4.2
4.7
7.1
15.6
9.1
14.25
19.28
16.78
–
8.38
18.14
10.17
17.16
–
–
13.84
12.35
12.85
–
–
15.56
3.1
5.9
5.3
–
4.7
4.6
6.1
14.7
–
–
7.1
4.9
4.7
–
–
13.9
14.16
21.70
14.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.92
–
13.33
–
–
–
–
3.7
10.9
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
12.76
14.12
15.49
13.77
11.09
9.93
11.58
12.89
4.8
5.3
2.4
4.5
4.8
9.6
7.1
7.1
12.76
14.12
–
13.46
11.09
11.90
9.05
12.75
4.8
5.3
–
5.5
4.8
4.1
10.4
8.2
–
–
15.55
14.80
–
–
12.64
13.80
–
–
2.4
6.1
–
–
5.2
6.5
Blue collar ...........................................................................
15.56
3.3
15.35
3.6
17.46
3.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Telephone line installers and repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
19.02
18.94
16.94
21.98
19.32
3.2
7.7
9.4
1.0
5.5
19.03
–
16.81
21.98
19.67
3.5
–
11.6
1.0
5.8
18.91
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
26.65
16.06
22.59
4.6
4.2
12.2
–
–
23.07
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
13.81
9.81
12.61
16.79
10.19
4.8
7.3
13.9
9.3
6.3
13.81
9.81
12.61
16.79
10.19
4.8
7.3
13.9
9.3
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
$15.15
14.10
10.20
15.93
7.6
9.1
23.9
5.7
$14.64
13.95
10.20
–
9.9
10.0
23.9
–
$17.19
15.72
–
17.05
4.6
3.6
–
3.5
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
11.53
10.75
10.27
14.93
10.70
5.4
8.7
9.6
10.5
9.7
11.49
–
10.27
14.93
10.70
5.6
–
9.6
10.5
9.7
12.38
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
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 ......................
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 ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
11.19
16.99
19.72
20.54
3.4
7.0
7.8
6.3
9.09
10.10
–
–
3.1
7.0
–
–
17.29
20.63
19.72
20.81
4.0
4.7
7.8
6.4
17.74
16.26
9.51
7.62
5.27
4.38
7.84
9.34
14.08
9.45
8.36
8.76
10.53
10.57
10.50
9.87
18.6
.8
5.3
5.7
10.9
12.5
7.3
4.8
16.2
4.4
9.6
5.9
2.6
10.1
2.8
4.1
–
–
9.29
7.52
5.27
4.38
7.84
9.26
14.08
9.34
8.13
8.70
10.27
–
10.33
9.38
–
–
4.7
5.9
10.9
12.5
7.3
5.1
16.2
4.6
9.7
6.4
2.9
–
3.0
4.6
17.74
16.26
–
10.71
–
–
–
10.71
–
–
–
–
12.23
–
12.00
12.19
18.6
.8
–
3.7
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
2.9
3.2
13.96
9.28
9.64
11.58
7.02
22.23
13.42
11.17
9.68
9.8
6.4
6.0
8.6
8.4
15.9
6.0
5.7
6.0
13.81
9.28
8.66
11.63
–
28.74
–
10.47
9.25
10.7
6.4
7.1
11.8
–
8.9
–
3.3
6.2
–
–
12.05
11.47
7.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
7.5
12.2
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$20.03
20.11
2.2
2.2
$19.33
19.38
2.9
3.0
$22.33
22.32
2.2
2.2
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
23.93
24.59
2.2
2.1
23.72
24.62
2.8
2.8
24.51
24.51
2.7
2.7
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
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 .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
28.82
29.76
33.34
33.97
34.18
29.97
30.41
2.2
2.2
3.8
3.6
9.7
5.0
5.6
29.10
29.98
33.42
33.97
34.02
29.97
30.42
3.1
3.2
4.3
3.6
10.5
5.0
5.6
28.32
29.42
32.72
–
–
–
–
2.7
2.7
4.3
–
–
–
–
24.51
25.21
27.56
42.28
23.98
19.33
36.85
32.17
30.95
21.98
31.09
32.40
28.44
32.17
28.23
20.72
20.61
29.15
26.51
16.60
16.59
54.73
56.95
4.3
12.5
5.6
13.5
2.6
10.7
5.7
4.1
1.7
18.5
1.9
1.9
5.1
6.5
9.9
6.4
6.4
7.6
9.9
9.0
9.7
8.9
8.1
24.51
26.40
28.08
41.74
24.00
–
42.27
–
26.38
–
28.35
30.57
22.34
–
–
20.24
–
33.62
–
11.26
–
–
–
4.3
14.5
5.7
14.3
2.8
–
9.9
–
6.7
–
5.7
5.9
2.5
–
–
8.6
–
6.2
–
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
25.40
–
23.76
–
33.06
33.63
31.52
–
31.27
32.68
30.48
33.24
30.38
21.56
21.56
–
–
18.70
18.73
34.22
–
–
–
14.5
–
7.5
–
5.0
6.0
1.7
–
2.0
1.9
3.6
6.2
8.2
9.0
9.0
–
–
5.2
5.6
9.5
–
27.45
25.49
23.46
17.15
18.65
17.20
15.74
21.63
93.36
25.17
18.08
5.8
6.2
9.5
6.4
3.5
5.8
7.1
8.4
22.6
7.6
4.3
27.57
25.49
25.10
17.17
18.65
18.37
13.92
21.63
93.36
25.17
20.39
5.9
6.2
11.3
6.4
3.5
5.9
7.2
8.4
22.6
7.6
6.7
–
–
17.87
–
–
15.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
30.25
34.23
26.06
44.76
30.78
3.8
4.4
11.3
10.9
16.7
31.76
35.65
–
44.76
–
4.1
4.9
–
10.9
–
25.87
29.68
26.06
–
–
6.8
6.9
11.3
–
–
39.21
32.58
30.88
29.09
37.22
22.62
21.40
28.81
31.50
14.6
5.5
10.9
19.2
4.8
4.1
7.4
14.2
5.4
39.21
30.91
32.51
29.44
37.39
23.75
22.76
29.46
31.50
14.6
10.5
9.9
19.8
4.9
3.6
2.7
14.5
5.4
–
33.31
–
–
–
19.85
19.48
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
8.8
14.8
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — 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
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
$19.77
12.4
$19.77
12.4
–
–
18.05
21.50
7.4
6.6
–
21.79
–
8.0
$18.05
–
7.4
–
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
18.85
21.20
25.24
10.82
9.95
11.2
19.2
14.9
8.1
11.5
18.78
21.20
25.24
10.82
9.95
11.4
19.2
14.9
8.1
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
14.69
19.73
16.62
14.40
8.48
19.06
10.87
15.98
12.06
13.02
12.89
12.95
9.40
14.28
16.77
2.6
5.3
4.5
4.7
5.5
2.7
5.3
7.4
5.4
5.7
4.2
4.5
7.1
15.6
8.9
14.79
19.28
17.57
–
8.48
19.06
10.82
–
–
13.20
12.68
12.95
–
–
15.93
3.2
5.9
4.8
–
5.5
2.7
5.8
–
–
6.6
5.0
4.5
–
–
13.8
14.34
21.82
14.37
–
–
–
–
–
12.06
–
13.33
–
–
–
–
3.9
10.9
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
12.76
14.11
14.02
11.54
9.87
11.27
13.10
4.8
5.4
4.4
6.8
10.3
8.2
8.0
12.76
14.11
13.73
11.54
–
–
12.97
4.8
5.4
5.3
6.8
–
–
9.0
–
–
15.01
–
–
12.26
14.06
–
–
6.6
–
–
6.2
8.1
Blue collar ...........................................................................
16.00
3.2
15.82
3.6
17.71
3.9
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Telephone line installers and repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
19.04
18.94
16.94
21.98
19.32
3.2
7.7
9.4
1.0
5.5
19.05
–
16.81
21.98
19.67
3.5
–
11.6
1.0
5.8
18.91
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
26.65
16.06
22.59
4.6
4.2
12.2
–
–
23.07
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
13.81
9.81
12.61
16.79
10.19
4.8
7.3
13.9
9.3
6.3
13.81
9.81
12.61
16.79
10.19
4.8
7.3
13.9
9.3
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
16.57
15.19
16.28
6.1
5.6
6.6
16.33
15.13
–
8.0
6.3
–
17.43
15.72
17.62
4.9
3.6
3.2
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
11.81
10.97
16.06
5.7
9.4
10.1
11.77
10.97
16.06
5.9
9.4
10.1
12.78
–
–
15.3
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$10.75
9.9
$10.75
9.9
–
–
12.19
17.70
19.72
20.54
3.6
7.2
7.8
6.3
9.75
10.18
–
–
3.2
8.8
–
–
$17.93
20.72
19.72
20.81
4.0
4.7
7.8
6.4
17.48
16.26
9.38
8.40
5.92
4.62
8.26
9.81
14.57
9.63
8.33
9.22
10.67
10.93
10.60
10.47
19.4
.8
6.1
5.9
12.3
16.3
8.2
5.2
16.2
4.9
9.5
5.8
2.4
11.1
2.4
4.1
–
–
9.07
8.34
5.92
4.62
8.26
9.77
14.57
9.51
8.33
9.19
10.35
–
10.39
9.99
–
–
4.6
6.1
12.3
16.3
8.2
5.4
16.2
5.2
9.5
6.2
2.6
–
2.6
4.8
17.48
16.26
–
10.83
–
–
–
10.83
–
–
–
–
12.33
–
12.13
12.19
19.4
.8
–
5.4
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
2.8
3.2
13.96
9.25
10.73
13.28
25.11
9.99
9.8
6.5
6.3
10.2
14.4
5.6
13.81
9.25
9.80
13.10
28.74
9.55
10.7
6.5
9.7
12.7
8.9
5.7
–
–
12.05
14.03
–
–
–
–
3.2
7.6
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
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 ......................
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 ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$11.56
12.06
10.0
11.0
$11.20
11.69
11.4
12.8
$14.99
15.02
8.0
8.1
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
15.45
18.36
12.0
12.5
15.05
18.16
13.6
14.3
19.65
19.85
10.5
10.7
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
26.25
28.43
31.47
30.93
40.47
19.03
15.62
18.57
18.57
–
11.64
–
9.9
10.1
7.7
9.3
15.4
19.3
23.6
8.7
8.7
–
16.5
–
26.22
28.76
31.39
30.97
33.85
18.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
11.5
7.9
9.3
15.5
22.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.43
26.71
35.56
–
41.78
19.09
–
17.05
17.05
–
–
–
11.0
10.8
14.2
–
17.7
26.5
–
10.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
17.20
19.01
–
10.6
4.9
–
17.23
19.04
–
10.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
13.92
–
–
27.8
–
–
12.71
–
–
29.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
8.84
8.22
8.85
8.1
10.4
12.9
8.81
8.22
8.79
8.2
10.4
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.52
11.60
16.14
9.14
8.42
10.59
11.43
3.8
1.1
13.7
10.1
3.9
9.2
4.7
10.42
11.60
16.14
9.15
–
9.67
10.93
4.2
1.1
13.7
10.1
–
9.4
5.4
11.31
–
–
–
8.39
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
8.10
10.2
7.29
8.9
14.05
8.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Bus drivers ............................................................
7.94
14.68
14.6
6.8
6.84
–
11.4
–
15.20
15.20
7.9
7.9
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
8.19
7.24
9.58
6.2
6.8
11.3
8.14
7.24
9.58
6.6
6.8
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
7.40
10.16
9.87
5.77
4.29
4.09
6.44
7.70
8.48
8.45
7.31
9.94
10.07
7.23
5.3
4.6
5.0
7.7
16.2
17.9
12.2
6.0
7.4
13.0
10.4
8.8
9.1
6.4
7.12
9.87
9.87
5.56
4.29
4.09
6.44
7.39
8.48
–
7.02
9.96
10.10
7.23
5.8
5.0
5.0
7.6
16.2
17.9
12.2
5.6
7.4
–
11.8
8.8
9.2
6.4
9.98
–
–
10.56
–
–
–
10.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
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)
$7.10
8.20
7.02
7.65
6.8
8.9
8.4
21.3
$7.10
6.99
–
7.51
6.8
7.2
–
21.6
–
$9.43
7.54
–
–
9.7
12.2
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ..............................
$791
794
2.2
2.2
39.5
39.5
$766
768
2.9
3.0
39.6
39.6
$873
872
2.2
2.2
39.1
39.1
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
944
968
2.2
2.1
39.4
39.4
944
979
2.8
2.7
39.8
39.8
942
942
2.6
2.6
38.4
38.5
1,125
1,169
2.1
2.1
39.0
39.3
1,155
1,207
2.8
3.0
39.7
40.3
1,074
1,112
2.4
2.4
37.9
37.8
1,363
4.9
40.9
1,373
5.5
41.1
1,288
4.1
39.4
1,364
1,360
3.7
9.6
40.1
39.8
1,364
1,361
3.7
10.5
40.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,226
3.9
40.9
1,226
3.9
40.9
–
–
–
1,247
4.3
41.0
1,247
4.3
41.0
–
–
–
981
1,020
1,090
1,689
940
773
1,505
4.3
13.2
5.6
13.5
2.8
10.7
5.6
40.0
40.4
39.5
39.9
39.2
40.0
40.8
981
1,070
1,112
1,670
939
–
1,705
4.3
15.4
5.8
14.3
3.0
–
9.9
40.0
40.5
39.6
40.0
39.1
–
40.3
–
–
998
–
950
–
1,361
–
–
13.6
–
7.5
–
4.9
–
–
39.3
–
40.0
–
41.2
1,287
4.1
40.0
–
–
–
1,345
6.0
40.0
1,138
1.6
36.8
1,018
7.1
38.6
1,152
1.6
36.6
838
1,141
1,175
1,043
1,265
16.1
1.9
1.9
3.7
7.1
38.1
36.7
36.3
36.7
39.3
–
1,091
1,168
887
–
–
4.5
7.3
2.0
–
–
38.5
38.2
39.7
–
–
1,144
1,176
1,090
1,322
–
2.0
1.9
3.4
6.3
–
36.6
36.0
35.8
39.8
1,040
7.1
36.8
–
–
–
1,102
5.4
36.3
813
810
6.3
6.3
39.2
39.3
792
–
8.4
–
39.1
–
850
850
8.6
8.6
39.4
39.4
1,129
1,061
6.6
9.9
38.7
40.0
1,284
–
5.2
–
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
684
686
2,103
2,188
6.4
6.9
7.9
7.1
41.2
41.4
38.4
38.4
506
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
45.0
–
–
–
746
746
1,347
–
5.3
5.7
10.0
–
39.9
39.8
39.4
–
1,086
1,002
887
6.1
6.2
8.2
39.5
39.3
37.8
1,090
1,002
938
6.2
6.2
9.6
39.5
39.3
37.4
–
–
704
–
–
4.6
–
–
39.4
680
738
662
6.3
4.0
7.1
39.6
39.6
38.5
681
738
707
6.3
4.0
7.9
39.6
39.6
38.5
–
–
583
–
–
5.8
–
–
38.6
622
7.0
39.5
549
7.8
39.5
–
–
–
865
2,240
8.4
19.9
40.0
24.0
865
2,240
8.4
19.9
40.0
24.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Therapists, n.e.c. ....................
Teachers, college and university
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
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 ........................
Airplane pilots and navigators
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — 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
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
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 ..........
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Billing clerks ............................
Telephone operators ..............
$990
723
7.7
4.3
39.3
40.0
$990
815
7.7
6.7
39.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,211
3.8
40.0
1,279
4.1
40.3
$1,018
6.7
39.3
1,377
4.3
40.2
1,446
4.8
40.6
1,164
6.7
39.2
1,016
1,793
11.1
10.6
39.0
40.1
–
1,793
–
10.6
–
40.1
1,016
–
11.1
–
39.0
–
1,261
16.6
41.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,581
15.5
40.3
1,581
15.5
40.3
–
–
–
1,285
5.5
39.4
1,224
10.8
39.6
1,312
6.2
39.4
1,278
13.2
41.4
1,352
12.4
41.6
–
–
–
1,196
17.5
41.1
1,215
17.9
41.3
–
–
–
1,512
897
850
1,152
1,229
4.4
4.1
7.3
14.2
4.8
40.6
39.6
39.7
40.0
39.0
1,522
943
910
1,179
1,229
4.6
3.5
2.7
14.5
4.8
40.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.0
–
785
768
–
–
–
8.5
14.1
–
–
–
39.5
39.4
–
–
785
12.6
39.7
785
12.6
39.7
–
–
–
722
853
7.4
6.6
40.0
39.7
–
865
–
8.1
–
39.7
722
–
7.4
–
40.0
–
752
852
1,010
11.2
19.2
14.9
39.9
40.2
40.0
750
852
1,010
11.4
19.2
14.9
39.9
40.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
418
398
8.6
11.5
38.6
40.0
418
398
8.6
11.5
38.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
580
791
658
571
339
2.6
4.9
4.4
3.9
5.5
39.5
40.1
39.6
39.7
40.0
585
776
695
–
339
3.1
5.5
4.7
–
5.5
39.6
40.2
39.5
–
40.0
561
855
570
–
–
4.0
10.0
4.6
–
–
39.1
39.2
39.7
–
–
762
430
2.7
5.3
40.0
39.6
762
430
2.7
5.8
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
639
462
514
7.4
5.8
5.5
40.0
38.3
39.5
–
–
521
–
–
6.4
–
–
39.5
–
462
–
–
5.8
–
–
38.3
–
499
518
373
4.4
4.5
7.3
38.7
40.0
39.6
491
518
–
4.7
4.5
–
38.8
40.0
–
514
–
–
9.0
–
–
38.5
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — 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
Dispatchers .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Industrial machinery repairers
Telephone line installers and
repairers ...........................
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Bus drivers ..............................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
$571
666
15.6
9.0
40.0
39.8
–
$632
–
14.0
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
499
4.2
39.1
499
4.2
39.1
–
–
–
554
551
462
390
387
518
4.4
4.3
6.8
9.6
12.5
8.0
39.3
39.3
40.0
39.5
34.3
39.5
554
544
462
–
–
515
4.4
5.1
6.8
–
–
9.1
39.3
39.6
40.0
–
–
39.7
–
$577
–
–
441
539
–
7.5
–
–
7.1
10.9
–
38.5
–
–
36.0
38.4
639
3.3
39.9
632
3.6
40.0
705
3.9
39.8
765
3.3
40.2
766
3.7
40.2
756
4.9
40.0
758
677
7.7
9.4
40.0
40.0
–
672
–
11.6
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
879
1.0
40.0
879
1.0
40.0
–
–
–
773
5.5
40.0
787
5.8
40.0
–
–
–
1,066
642
903
4.6
4.2
12.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
923
–
–
12.6
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
550
4.8
39.9
550
4.8
39.9
–
–
–
391
7.2
39.8
391
7.2
39.8
–
–
–
499
672
13.1
9.3
39.6
40.0
499
672
13.1
9.3
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
408
6.3
40.0
408
6.3
40.0
–
–
–
657
608
626
6.2
5.6
7.9
39.7
40.0
38.4
649
605
–
8.0
6.3
–
39.7
40.0
–
689
629
691
4.8
3.6
3.8
39.6
40.0
39.2
471
437
5.7
9.4
39.9
39.9
469
437
5.9
9.4
39.8
39.9
511
–
15.3
–
40.0
–
642
10.1
40.0
642
10.1
40.0
–
–
–
428
9.9
39.8
428
9.9
39.8
–
–
–
478
721
942
3.7
7.8
10.2
39.3
40.7
47.8
377
400
–
3.0
9.2
–
38.7
39.3
–
730
857
942
4.3
5.1
10.2
40.7
41.3
47.8
830
6.3
40.4
–
–
–
841
6.3
40.4
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
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 .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
–
–
–
–
–
–
$681
651
20.4
.8
39.0
40.1
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
$681
651
20.4
.8
39.0
40.1
369
328
6.4
6.1
39.3
39.0
$356
325
4.9
6.3
39.3
39.0
–
420
–
6.7
–
38.8
227
176
12.3
16.2
38.4
38.1
227
176
12.3
16.2
38.4
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
325
386
7.7
5.5
39.3
39.4
325
385
7.7
5.7
39.3
39.4
–
420
–
6.7
–
38.8
565
379
18.7
5.5
38.8
39.3
565
374
18.7
5.8
38.8
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
330
362
420
422
9.4
6.2
2.4
9.7
39.6
39.2
39.4
38.6
330
362
408
–
9.4
6.5
2.8
–
39.6
39.3
39.4
–
–
–
480
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
38.9
–
418
413
2.5
4.1
39.4
39.5
409
393
2.8
4.7
39.4
39.4
483
487
3.1
3.2
39.8
40.0
558
362
426
456
9.8
5.9
6.5
6.3
40.0
39.1
39.7
34.3
552
362
388
437
10.7
5.9
10.0
7.4
40.0
39.1
39.6
33.4
–
–
482
543
–
–
3.2
8.1
–
–
40.0
38.7
596
381
5.0
6.2
23.7
38.2
606
365
5.4
6.5
21.1
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ..............................
$40,093
40,164
2.2
2.2
2,002
1,997
$39,587
39,645
2.9
3.0
2,048
2,046
$41,603
41,584
2.2
2.2
1,863
1,863
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
47,228
48,226
2.2
2.1
1,974
1,961
48,650
50,378
2.8
2.7
2,051
2,046
43,750
43,733
2.6
2.6
1,785
1,784
54,002
55,319
2.1
2.1
1,874
1,859
58,834
61,173
2.8
3.0
2,022
2,041
46,929
47,787
2.4
2.4
1,657
1,625
70,851
4.9
2,125
71,381
5.5
2,136
66,974
4.1
2,047
70,912
70,726
3.7
9.6
2,088
2,069
70,912
70,771
3.7
10.5
2,088
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
63,733
3.9
2,127
63,748
3.9
2,127
–
–
–
64,824
4.3
2,131
64,842
4.3
2,132
–
–
–
50,991
52,368
55,920
87,804
48,857
40,210
62,477
4.3
13.2
5.6
13.5
2.8
10.7
5.6
2,080
2,077
2,029
2,077
2,037
2,080
1,695
50,991
54,818
57,791
86,821
48,803
–
70,909
4.3
15.4
5.8
14.3
3.0
–
9.9
2,080
2,076
2,058
2,080
2,033
–
1,678
–
–
48,619
–
49,418
–
56,464
–
–
13.6
–
7.5
–
4.9
–
–
1,914
–
2,080
–
1,708
56,419
4.1
1,754
–
–
–
55,932
6.0
1,663
46,221
1.6
1,493
41,311
7.1
1,566
46,799
1.6
1,485
37,433
44,980
46,544
43,965
59,008
16.1
1.9
1.9
3.7
7.1
1,703
1,447
1,437
1,546
1,834
–
40,795
42,426
43,296
–
–
4.5
7.3
2.0
–
–
1,439
1,388
1,938
–
–
45,261
47,218
44,133
60,841
–
2.0
1.9
3.4
6.3
–
1,447
1,445
1,448
1,830
48,034
7.1
1,701
–
–
–
50,002
5.4
1,646
42,274
42,114
6.3
6.3
2,040
2,044
41,173
–
8.4
–
2,035
–
44,211
44,211
8.6
8.6
2,050
2,050
58,710
55,150
6.6
9.9
2,014
2,080
66,775
–
5.2
–
1,986
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35,554
35,689
109,370
113,752
6.4
6.9
7.9
7.1
2,142
2,151
1,998
1,997
26,333
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
2,339
–
–
–
38,766
38,806
70,066
–
5.3
5.7
10.0
–
2,073
2,072
2,048
–
56,454
52,094
46,114
6.1
6.2
8.2
2,056
2,044
1,965
56,664
52,094
48,760
6.2
6.2
9.6
2,055
2,044
1,942
–
–
36,593
–
–
4.6
–
–
2,048
35,350
38,363
34,447
6.3
4.0
7.1
2,062
2,057
2,002
35,405
38,363
36,764
6.3
4.0
7.9
2,061
2,057
2,001
–
–
30,309
–
–
5.8
–
–
2,005
32,355
7.0
2,055
28,558
7.8
2,052
–
–
–
44,988
116,500
8.4
19.9
2,080
1,248
44,988
116,500
8.4
19.9
2,080
1,248
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Therapists, n.e.c. ....................
Teachers, college and university
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
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 ........................
Airplane pilots and navigators
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — 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
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
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 ..........
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Billing clerks ............................
Telephone operators ..............
$51,494
37,547
7.7
4.3
2,046
2,077
$51,494
42,195
7.7
6.7
2,046
2,070
62,561
3.8
2,068
66,300
4.1
2,088
$52,106
6.7
2,014
70,913
4.3
2,072
74,839
4.8
2,099
59,052
6.7
1,989
52,848
93,259
11.1
10.6
2,028
2,083
–
93,259
–
10.6
–
2,083
52,848
–
11.1
–
2,028
–
65,586
16.6
2,131
–
–
–
–
–
–
82,225
15.5
2,097
82,225
15.5
2,097
–
–
–
63,261
5.5
1,942
61,484
10.8
1,989
64,021
6.2
1,922
66,470
13.2
2,152
70,294
12.4
2,162
–
–
–
62,193
17.5
2,138
63,203
17.9
2,147
–
–
–
78,178
46,642
44,208
59,923
63,921
4.4
4.1
7.3
14.2
4.8
2,101
2,062
2,066
2,080
2,030
78,637
49,043
47,295
61,285
63,921
4.6
3.5
2.7
14.5
4.8
2,103
2,065
2,078
2,080
2,030
–
40,802
39,925
–
–
–
8.5
14.1
–
–
–
2,055
2,049
–
–
40,844
12.6
2,066
40,844
12.6
2,066
–
–
–
37,544
44,372
7.4
6.6
2,080
2,064
–
44,970
–
8.1
–
2,063
37,544
–
7.4
–
2,080
–
39,097
44,301
52,502
11.2
19.2
14.9
2,074
2,090
2,080
38,986
44,301
52,502
11.4
19.2
14.9
2,076
2,090
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21,735
20,706
8.6
11.5
2,008
2,080
21,735
20,706
8.6
11.5
2,008
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,913
41,106
34,194
29,708
17,633
2.6
4.9
4.4
3.9
5.5
2,037
2,083
2,058
2,064
2,080
30,333
40,342
36,132
–
17,633
3.1
5.5
4.7
–
5.5
2,051
2,093
2,056
–
2,080
28,492
44,485
29,631
–
–
4.0
10.0
4.6
–
–
1,987
2,039
2,061
–
–
39,649
22,382
2.7
5.3
2,080
2,059
39,649
22,381
2.7
5.8
2,080
2,069
–
–
–
–
–
–
33,233
24,003
26,737
7.4
5.8
5.5
2,080
1,990
2,054
–
–
27,088
–
–
6.4
–
–
2,053
–
24,003
–
–
5.8
–
–
1,990
–
25,900
26,931
19,373
4.4
4.5
7.3
2,010
2,080
2,060
25,554
26,931
–
4.7
4.5
–
2,016
2,080
–
26,613
–
–
9.0
–
–
1,997
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — 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
Dispatchers .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Industrial machinery repairers
Telephone line installers and
repairers ...........................
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Bus drivers ..............................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
$29,702
34,657
15.6
9.0
2,080
2,067
–
$32,841
–
14.0
–
2,062
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,971
4.2
2,035
25,971
4.2
2,035
–
–
–
28,805
28,670
24,007
20,274
15,403
26,911
4.4
4.3
6.8
9.6
12.5
8.0
2,041
2,045
2,080
2,053
1,367
2,054
28,805
28,270
24,007
–
–
26,754
4.4
5.1
6.8
–
–
9.1
2,041
2,059
2,080
–
–
2,062
–
$30,006
–
–
17,373
28,053
–
7.5
–
–
7.1
10.9
–
2,000
–
–
1,417
1,995
33,010
3.3
2,063
32,757
3.6
2,071
35,272
3.9
1,991
39,735
3.3
2,087
39,795
3.7
2,088
39,274
4.9
2,077
39,128
35,228
7.7
9.4
2,065
2,080
–
34,956
–
11.6
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
45,302
1.0
2,061
45,302
1.0
2,061
–
–
–
40,184
5.5
2,080
40,905
5.8
2,080
–
–
–
55,423
33,401
46,979
4.6
4.2
12.2
2,080
2,080
2,080
–
–
47,993
–
–
12.6
–
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,621
4.8
2,072
28,621
4.8
2,072
–
–
–
20,319
7.2
2,072
20,319
7.2
2,072
–
–
–
25,972
34,931
13.1
9.3
2,060
2,080
25,972
34,931
13.1
9.3
2,060
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
21,199
6.3
2,080
21,199
6.3
2,080
–
–
–
33,546
31,603
28,074
6.2
5.6
7.9
2,025
2,080
1,724
33,702
31,478
–
8.0
6.3
–
2,064
2,080
–
33,028
32,705
29,559
4.8
3.6
3.8
1,895
2,080
1,678
24,175
22,736
5.7
9.4
2,048
2,072
24,080
22,736
5.9
9.4
2,046
2,072
26,588
–
15.3
–
2,080
–
33,410
10.1
2,080
33,410
10.1
2,080
–
–
–
21,452
9.9
1,995
21,452
9.9
1,995
–
–
–
24,696
37,496
49,008
3.7
7.8
10.2
2,026
2,118
2,485
19,593
20,812
–
3.0
9.2
–
2,009
2,045
–
37,077
44,539
49,008
4.3
5.1
10.2
2,068
2,149
2,485
43,157
6.3
2,101
–
–
–
43,755
6.3
2,102
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
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 .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
–
–
–
–
–
–
$35,407
33,862
20.4
.8
2,026
2,083
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
$35,407
33,862
20.4
.8
2,026
2,083
19,177
16,943
6.4
6.1
2,044
2,016
$18,516
16,896
4.9
6.3
2,042
2,026
–
18,429
–
6.7
–
1,702
11,820
9,161
12.3
16.2
1,997
1,983
11,820
9,161
12.3
16.2
1,997
1,983
–
–
–
–
–
–
16,888
19,883
7.7
5.5
2,045
2,027
16,888
19,955
7.7
5.7
2,045
2,043
–
18,429
–
6.7
–
1,702
29,389
19,457
18.7
5.5
2,018
2,020
29,389
19,430
18.7
5.8
2,018
2,043
–
–
–
–
–
–
17,159
18,363
21,826
21,788
9.4
6.2
2.4
9.7
2,060
1,991
2,045
1,993
17,159
18,578
21,231
–
9.4
6.5
2.8
–
2,060
2,021
2,051
–
–
–
24,825
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
2,014
–
21,741
21,473
2.5
4.1
2,050
2,052
21,273
20,443
2.8
4.7
2,048
2,046
25,108
25,273
3.1
3.2
2,070
2,074
29,041
18,804
22,128
22,303
9.8
5.9
6.5
6.3
2,080
2,033
2,062
1,679
28,721
18,804
20,129
22,718
10.7
5.9
10.0
7.4
2,080
2,033
2,053
1,735
–
–
24,985
20,865
–
–
3.2
8.1
–
–
2,073
1,487
29,466
18,928
5.0
6.2
1,174
1,895
31,538
19,002
5.4
6.5
1,097
1,990
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ............................................................
$19.07
19.28
2.3
2.3
$18.27
18.46
2.9
3.0
$21.97
21.97
2.2
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 .......................................
23.11
7.84
9.88
10.73
13.88
15.85
17.06
20.87
22.65
28.74
30.02
32.39
41.58
48.38
48.90
24.60
24.10
8.76
11.13
11.11
14.13
15.99
17.05
20.87
22.64
28.80
30.03
32.22
41.58
48.38
48.90
24.91
2.3
5.4
7.4
2.7
3.3
3.3
2.4
2.8
3.9
2.5
2.9
3.6
4.4
6.8
14.3
8.3
2.1
6.7
6.2
2.5
3.0
3.4
2.6
2.9
3.9
2.5
3.3
4.2
4.4
6.8
14.3
8.4
22.71
7.75
9.68
10.53
13.74
16.26
17.17
21.06
21.41
27.22
30.46
34.57
42.79
56.10
62.39
24.37
24.01
9.19
10.95
10.90
13.99
16.49
17.18
21.07
21.35
27.26
30.60
34.77
42.79
56.10
62.39
24.67
3.0
6.8
7.8
2.8
3.9
3.8
2.9
3.2
4.7
4.1
3.9
3.9
4.6
8.1
5.1
8.8
2.8
10.3
6.7
2.8
3.5
3.9
3.1
3.3
4.7
4.2
4.8
4.7
4.6
8.1
5.1
8.9
24.34
8.16
13.23
12.74
14.59
14.66
16.77
20.20
24.80
31.35
29.30
28.03
31.83
35.81
–
28.63
24.35
8.16
13.23
12.74
14.53
14.66
16.77
20.20
24.80
31.35
29.30
28.10
31.83
35.81
–
28.63
2.6
2.2
4.7
3.5
5.2
4.3
4.1
5.3
7.0
2.0
4.2
6.1
10.0
5.4
–
7.4
2.6
2.2
4.7
3.7
5.3
4.3
4.1
5.3
7.0
2.0
4.2
6.3
10.0
5.4
–
7.4
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 .......................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
28.61
29.66
20.19
17.55
22.53
24.38
30.07
29.37
30.17
43.48
45.04
58.45
27.40
33.34
27.12
29.81
35.77
43.39
33.97
34.18
29.97
23.81
28.88
28.95
32.13
39.87
30.41
23.81
29.12
2.2
2.3
6.7
5.6
4.4
6.8
2.7
3.3
4.1
6.2
6.6
4.5
5.1
3.8
7.3
4.0
2.7
4.0
3.6
9.7
5.0
4.5
8.3
7.1
6.4
4.7
5.6
4.5
8.8
28.80
29.86
20.10
17.82
22.45
21.41
28.54
28.25
31.96
44.99
52.98
58.45
27.17
33.42
–
30.07
35.42
43.39
33.97
34.02
29.97
23.81
28.88
28.95
32.13
39.87
30.42
23.81
29.12
3.1
3.3
7.7
7.8
5.1
8.7
5.5
5.2
3.8
6.3
6.8
4.5
5.7
4.3
–
4.3
2.9
4.0
3.6
10.5
5.0
4.5
8.3
7.1
6.4
4.7
5.6
4.5
8.8
28.26
29.33
20.76
17.15
22.78
28.11
31.71
30.45
27.30
30.73
34.52
–
28.80
32.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
2.6
9.5
7.7
9.2
11.0
2.0
3.8
7.4
15.6
6.4
–
7.8
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$29.11
32.79
41.61
7.3
7.0
2.7
$29.11
32.79
41.61
7.3
7.0
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.51
25.21
28.57
21.24
24.04
30.79
31.29
25.87
58.94
43.08
59.72
26.52
23.06
24.46
30.44
19.36
35.23
19.39
16.96
37.06
38.44
30.93
30.36
40.85
27.33
31.44
30.64
17.10
14.32
29.58
30.93
31.82
30.77
29.35
21.98
31.09
31.23
31.65
32.36
32.47
32.71
28.44
28.04
28.94
29.51
27.99
33.12
20.61
22.68
20.17
20.50
22.68
20.17
4.3
12.5
5.2
4.9
3.0
9.0
13.0
11.2
12.9
13.3
13.0
6.7
3.4
1.5
10.6
5.6
4.1
10.3
10.4
5.5
7.2
7.6
12.1
8.3
13.7
4.8
1.6
17.2
3.7
6.7
7.8
1.8
.9
5.0
18.5
1.9
7.0
2.5
1.9
14.2
2.0
5.1
16.4
5.6
8.6
9.8
9.3
6.1
3.3
7.7
6.1
3.3
7.7
24.51
26.40
29.06
22.24
23.87
31.01
–
25.56
59.16
42.47
60.00
26.70
23.12
24.48
30.88
19.36
–
–
–
42.06
–
39.90
–
54.07
–
–
25.83
–
–
–
24.74
28.44
–
–
–
28.35
–
–
30.65
–
30.61
22.34
–
–
20.51
–
–
20.27
–
–
20.09
–
–
4.3
14.5
5.3
3.4
3.1
9.2
–
11.5
13.7
14.2
13.8
6.9
3.4
1.5
10.4
5.6
–
–
–
9.7
–
13.5
–
8.3
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
22.8
4.7
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
5.8
–
5.9
2.5
–
–
13.5
–
–
8.4
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
$25.75
18.72
25.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.77
–
29.83
–
34.12
–
32.27
31.28
–
–
30.36
31.54
32.37
30.67
29.67
–
31.27
30.62
31.98
32.62
32.42
33.28
30.48
–
29.52
31.58
30.05
34.65
21.17
20.60
–
21.17
20.60
–
–
–
14.2
6.2
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
8.3
–
7.1
–
7.2
1.7
–
–
6.7
8.1
2.0
.8
5.1
–
2.0
6.9
2.6
1.9
14.4
1.8
3.6
–
5.6
7.5
8.3
7.2
8.3
10.2
–
8.3
10.2
–
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 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
12 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Speech therapists .................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
7 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
8 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
English teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
9 ......................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Librarians ..............................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
11 ......................................................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
$29.31
26.91
15.88
13.26
15.94
12.16
54.01
56.10
7.5
9.7
11.3
14.4
12.4
14.1
9.1
8.3
$33.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$18.51
–
18.78
–
34.38
–
–
–
5.0
–
5.6
–
8.2
–
27.44
24.06
27.08
25.49
22.83
15.03
17.42
15.61
18.74
19.50
28.52
110.91
17.60
18.92
17.71
18.13
15.66
11.80
21.63
93.36
135.53
25.17
18.04
5.7
8.2
6.4
6.2
8.9
8.2
6.0
4.0
3.4
5.1
17.6
18.3
6.5
3.4
4.8
9.0
6.6
3.8
8.4
22.6
7.8
7.6
4.2
27.55
24.08
–
25.49
24.12
13.71
17.71
15.58
19.40
19.47
28.52
110.91
17.63
18.92
18.62
19.47
14.01
11.80
21.63
93.36
135.53
25.17
20.39
5.8
9.9
–
6.2
10.5
10.6
6.5
4.3
3.5
7.2
17.6
18.3
6.5
3.4
4.6
6.0
6.3
3.8
8.4
22.6
7.8
7.6
6.7
–
–
–
–
17.85
–
–
–
–
19.56
–
–
–
–
15.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
29.93
15.52
17.77
20.19
22.27
24.88
31.29
32.03
37.99
48.83
46.27
36.88
33.82
17.20
17.74
24.68
24.33
34.17
33.20
37.87
48.83
46.27
39.76
26.06
44.76
30.78
3.8
10.9
5.5
4.9
5.7
3.6
7.3
6.6
3.9
8.0
17.0
11.9
4.4
14.6
5.4
7.2
6.0
6.6
7.3
4.5
8.0
17.0
11.9
11.0
10.9
16.7
31.31
16.83
17.54
19.95
23.40
24.82
34.24
33.80
38.63
51.34
64.82
37.11
35.12
–
17.19
24.67
24.64
34.83
36.46
38.61
51.34
64.82
40.13
–
44.76
–
4.2
14.8
6.9
6.2
5.5
3.8
5.9
6.6
4.1
9.4
7.5
12.0
5.0
–
6.3
7.6
6.3
6.4
6.1
4.8
9.4
7.5
12.0
–
10.9
–
25.87
–
–
20.95
19.83
25.40
–
29.39
–
–
–
–
29.65
–
–
–
–
–
29.31
–
–
–
–
26.06
–
–
6.7
–
–
7.1
10.5
9.4
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$39.21
32.58
20.84
32.30
33.81
30.86
14.6
5.5
7.2
6.6
13.4
10.2
$39.21
30.91
20.84
28.37
–
32.35
14.6
10.5
7.2
8.6
–
9.2
–
$33.31
–
33.37
–
–
–
6.3
–
7.6
–
–
17.74
29.09
36.44
25.72
38.45
40.75
57.76
43.57
22.44
18.13
20.95
20.14
25.55
25.20
24.84
38.78
21.40
23.81
25.19
28.81
31.50
17.6
19.2
5.2
6.7
6.7
3.8
12.1
7.5
4.1
5.6
5.4
6.4
2.5
8.5
5.9
3.6
7.4
4.6
5.6
14.2
5.4
17.74
29.44
36.57
25.72
38.59
40.49
57.76
43.57
23.48
17.96
20.79
21.34
25.07
–
24.29
38.78
22.76
23.61
23.32
29.46
31.50
17.6
19.8
5.4
6.7
7.7
4.1
12.1
7.5
3.6
7.2
6.7
5.2
2.5
–
5.4
3.6
2.7
5.0
1.3
14.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.85
–
–
18.98
–
–
–
–
19.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
–
–
–
19.77
12.4
19.77
12.4
–
–
18.05
21.23
19.06
26.73
7.4
6.5
10.5
7.5
–
21.39
–
26.98
–
7.9
–
8.7
18.05
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
16.62
6.79
6.84
9.44
13.47
13.82
20.89
20.17
9.37
25.24
17.05
12.00
9.84
9.95
9.41
6.50
6.94
9.49
11.2
3.5
7.8
3.4
7.5
13.9
12.9
19.0
13.4
14.9
13.4
8.8
7.6
8.6
11.5
3.5
9.7
5.6
16.55
6.79
6.84
9.40
13.43
13.82
20.89
20.17
9.37
25.24
17.05
12.00
9.84
9.95
9.39
6.50
6.94
9.41
11.3
3.5
7.8
3.4
7.6
13.9
12.9
19.0
13.4
14.9
13.4
8.8
7.6
8.6
11.6
3.5
9.7
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
14.23
8.76
11.13
2.6
6.7
6.2
14.25
9.19
10.95
3.1
10.3
6.7
14.16
8.16
13.23
3.7
2.2
4.7
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related .................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.13
14.06
14.94
17.28
19.06
20.27
13.88
19.72
21.31
19.28
16.13
12.92
14.71
15.13
18.49
19.27
14.22
8.38
8.09
18.14
10.23
10.05
9.58
17.16
15.98
9.69
6.52
11.69
13.57
11.54
12.65
11.45
12.09
12.85
13.57
9.40
14.28
16.51
2.6
3.0
3.7
4.1
4.5
7.5
5.3
5.3
15.6
10.3
4.6
5.3
4.5
7.5
5.7
9.1
4.5
4.7
2.9
4.6
5.8
10.1
6.6
14.7
7.4
4.9
1.7
7.6
6.1
8.6
4.2
5.5
6.5
4.7
3.9
7.1
15.6
9.1
$10.91
14.11
15.25
17.91
19.80
20.51
13.88
19.28
–
–
16.78
12.92
14.73
17.06
19.58
19.53
–
8.38
8.09
18.14
10.17
10.05
9.59
17.16
–
–
–
–
13.84
–
12.35
11.45
11.98
12.85
13.57
–
–
15.56
2.8
3.7
4.5
5.1
3.5
8.8
5.3
5.9
–
–
5.3
5.3
5.5
10.3
7.3
9.4
–
4.7
2.9
4.6
6.1
10.1
6.6
14.7
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
4.9
5.5
8.2
4.7
3.9
–
–
13.9
$12.74
13.89
14.15
16.40
16.40
–
–
21.70
–
–
14.37
–
14.61
13.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.92
6.52
11.69
–
–
13.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
4.8
4.8
5.1
3.3
–
–
10.9
–
–
4.7
–
4.3
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
1.7
7.6
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.76
14.12
14.68
13.63
15.49
13.77
16.18
11.67
15.20
14.99
11.09
9.93
11.58
11.70
12.89
11.27
13.47
4.8
5.3
7.7
8.1
2.4
4.5
14.2
6.3
3.9
8.8
4.8
9.6
7.1
12.4
7.1
5.8
8.1
12.76
14.12
14.68
13.63
–
13.46
–
11.21
14.89
15.55
11.09
11.90
9.05
–
12.75
11.34
12.93
4.8
5.3
7.7
8.1
–
5.5
–
7.8
3.3
9.7
4.8
4.1
10.4
–
8.2
6.1
10.7
–
–
–
–
15.55
14.80
–
–
15.81
–
–
–
12.64
–
13.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
6.1
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
5.2
–
6.5
–
–
15.56
8.95
12.82
11.50
3.3
4.9
12.2
5.0
15.35
8.89
12.87
11.44
3.6
5.0
13.0
5.1
17.46
–
12.18
–
3.8
–
7.7
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Blue collar –Continued
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.73
16.59
17.79
19.42
22.02
25.45
7.3
3.6
4.0
3.8
4.2
4.2
$15.81
16.71
17.92
19.37
–
26.09
7.4
4.4
4.1
4.9
–
3.5
–
$16.08
–
19.54
–
–
–
3.3
–
4.2
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Telephone line installers and repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
19.02
13.51
17.92
18.26
19.38
25.46
18.94
16.94
21.98
19.32
21.56
3.2
6.5
5.3
5.9
4.4
5.1
7.7
9.4
1.0
5.5
5.8
19.03
13.51
18.49
18.21
19.31
26.40
–
16.81
21.98
19.67
21.02
3.5
6.5
5.7
6.0
5.5
3.6
–
11.6
1.0
5.8
6.8
18.91
–
–
–
19.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.65
16.06
22.59
4.6
4.2
12.2
–
–
23.07
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
13.81
9.60
10.07
13.44
15.39
15.14
17.25
9.81
9.56
12.61
16.79
10.19
4.8
7.7
6.1
6.3
6.9
8.2
6.2
7.3
9.0
13.9
9.3
6.3
13.81
9.60
10.07
13.44
15.45
15.14
17.25
9.81
9.56
12.61
16.79
10.19
4.8
7.7
6.1
6.3
7.2
8.2
6.2
7.3
9.0
13.9
9.3
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
15.15
6.44
8.82
9.74
17.64
16.75
17.28
19.63
14.10
15.46
16.96
10.20
15.93
7.6
7.2
16.6
17.5
9.9
3.7
4.6
4.4
9.1
8.9
6.3
23.9
5.7
14.64
–
7.76
9.15
17.75
–
18.26
–
13.95
15.46
–
10.20
–
9.9
–
17.8
18.5
10.0
–
3.5
–
10.0
8.9
–
23.9
–
17.19
–
–
–
–
16.78
–
–
15.72
–
–
–
17.05
4.6
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
3.5
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
11.53
8.63
13.61
10.74
11.50
15.04
10.75
10.27
10.71
14.93
10.70
8.00
5.4
4.9
14.4
4.4
8.7
11.7
8.7
9.6
8.2
10.5
9.7
9.8
11.49
8.48
13.76
10.74
11.63
15.04
–
10.27
10.71
14.93
10.70
8.00
5.6
5.0
14.7
4.4
9.2
11.7
–
9.6
8.2
10.5
9.7
9.8
12.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
2 ......................................................................
$16.99
22.7
$16.99
22.7
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
5 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
3 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
11.19
7.87
8.75
8.83
11.19
14.52
16.37
20.50
17.91
21.70
16.99
8.37
14.48
19.52
20.72
18.81
21.65
19.72
20.54
21.87
3.4
3.8
5.6
6.4
5.7
5.3
9.7
5.9
5.6
13.1
7.0
2.4
5.1
9.3
6.0
7.4
13.5
7.8
6.3
6.5
9.09
7.69
8.33
8.08
11.22
13.49
14.17
–
–
–
10.10
8.37
10.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
4.0
6.0
7.5
6.9
8.9
8.6
–
–
–
7.0
2.4
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$17.29
10.53
12.49
11.95
11.04
15.88
18.31
20.60
18.81
21.65
20.63
–
16.02
19.93
20.75
18.81
21.65
19.72
20.81
21.87
4.0
2.2
4.9
3.6
3.2
2.1
12.2
6.0
7.4
13.5
4.7
–
1.7
11.4
6.1
7.4
13.5
7.8
6.4
6.5
17.74
16.26
16.22
9.51
8.37
10.97
7.62
6.81
7.38
6.51
10.18
5.27
5.80
6.63
2.64
4.38
4.61
5.85
2.67
7.84
7.24
9.34
8.06
7.92
9.30
11.14
14.08
9.45
8.81
9.10
11.14
8.36
9.55
8.76
18.6
.8
.8
5.3
2.4
8.9
5.7
7.8
6.6
13.3
5.6
10.9
10.7
16.8
11.8
12.5
16.4
17.8
12.1
7.3
7.0
4.8
8.4
6.1
4.2
4.6
16.2
4.4
5.8
4.9
4.6
9.6
3.2
5.9
–
–
–
9.29
8.37
9.80
7.52
6.78
7.22
6.41
9.84
5.27
5.80
6.63
2.64
4.38
4.61
5.85
2.67
7.84
7.24
9.26
8.02
7.67
9.29
–
14.08
9.34
8.75
9.10
–
8.13
9.55
8.70
–
–
–
4.7
2.4
4.4
5.9
7.9
6.8
13.7
5.9
10.9
10.7
16.8
11.8
12.5
16.4
17.8
12.1
7.3
7.0
5.1
8.6
5.9
4.4
–
16.2
4.6
5.8
5.2
–
9.7
3.2
6.4
17.74
16.26
16.22
–
–
–
10.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
.8
.8
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.
–Continued
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Food preparation, n.e.c. –Continued
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.52
10.53
9.89
10.93
10.04
11.24
10.57
10.50
9.76
10.73
9.98
12.22
9.87
8.39
11.34
11.43
12.23
4.7
2.6
6.0
6.1
3.2
7.8
10.1
2.8
6.6
6.7
3.1
4.2
4.1
4.2
8.9
5.4
6.1
$8.49
10.27
9.88
9.61
9.97
11.24
–
10.33
9.75
9.65
9.90
12.22
9.38
8.19
10.45
10.86
12.98
4.8
2.9
6.0
7.0
3.0
7.8
–
3.0
6.7
7.4
2.9
4.2
4.6
4.3
13.6
7.6
8.5
–
$12.23
–
12.16
–
–
–
12.00
–
–
–
–
12.19
10.90
12.90
12.51
–
–
2.5
–
2.0
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
3.2
2.0
5.1
4.6
–
13.96
9.28
8.81
9.64
8.07
11.71
11.90
11.13
11.58
7.79
10.81
14.22
22.08
7.02
22.23
13.42
11.17
9.68
7.99
10.21
9.8
6.4
6.1
6.0
5.6
9.7
6.1
3.6
8.6
6.1
8.8
20.7
14.5
8.4
15.9
6.0
5.7
6.0
7.2
7.4
13.81
9.28
8.81
8.66
7.65
10.77
11.32
–
11.63
7.45
10.20
15.28
–
–
28.74
–
10.47
9.25
7.95
10.21
10.7
6.4
6.1
7.1
5.8
17.5
10.9
–
11.8
5.7
7.0
23.9
–
–
8.9
–
3.3
6.2
7.4
7.4
–
–
–
12.05
10.90
12.90
12.51
–
11.47
–
11.25
–
–
7.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
2.0
5.1
4.6
–
7.5
–
12.9
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ............................................................
$20.03
20.11
2.2
2.2
$19.33
19.38
2.9
3.0
$22.33
22.32
2.2
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 .......................................
23.93
8.79
10.61
10.96
14.38
16.04
17.16
21.05
22.41
28.25
30.02
32.41
41.62
48.38
48.90
25.67
24.59
9.31
11.68
11.41
14.48
16.17
17.17
21.06
22.40
28.30
30.03
32.24
41.62
48.38
48.90
25.36
2.2
6.0
8.6
3.3
3.4
3.3
2.5
2.8
4.1
2.0
3.0
3.6
4.3
6.9
14.3
8.2
2.1
7.9
7.2
2.8
3.0
3.5
2.6
2.8
4.1
2.1
3.3
4.2
4.3
6.9
14.3
8.3
23.72
9.04
10.41
10.72
14.28
16.52
17.26
21.24
21.21
26.14
30.47
34.61
42.68
56.17
62.39
25.45
24.62
10.30
11.51
11.16
14.39
16.75
17.27
21.28
21.13
26.13
30.62
34.82
42.68
56.17
62.39
25.11
2.8
8.4
9.2
3.5
4.0
3.8
3.0
3.0
5.1
2.9
4.0
3.9
4.5
8.1
5.1
8.7
2.8
8.3
7.9
3.1
3.7
3.9
3.2
3.0
5.0
3.0
4.9
4.7
4.5
8.1
5.1
8.8
24.51
–
–
13.09
14.79
14.72
16.92
20.39
24.40
31.46
29.30
28.03
31.64
35.34
–
–
24.51
–
–
13.09
14.73
14.72
16.92
20.39
24.40
31.46
29.30
28.10
31.64
35.34
–
–
2.7
–
–
3.1
5.2
4.5
4.4
5.6
7.0
2.1
4.2
6.1
10.9
5.5
–
–
2.7
–
–
3.1
5.3
4.5
4.4
5.6
7.0
2.1
4.2
6.3
10.9
5.5
–
–
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 .......................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
28.82
29.76
20.49
17.91
23.14
24.01
29.55
29.35
30.19
43.63
44.96
58.45
27.51
33.34
27.12
29.81
35.77
43.39
33.97
34.18
29.97
23.81
28.88
28.95
32.13
39.87
30.41
23.81
29.12
2.2
2.2
6.8
6.0
4.0
7.4
2.2
3.4
4.1
6.2
6.7
4.5
5.5
3.8
7.3
4.0
2.7
4.0
3.6
9.7
5.0
4.5
8.3
7.1
6.4
4.7
5.6
4.5
8.8
29.10
29.98
20.13
17.79
23.08
20.86
26.89
28.11
32.01
44.82
53.06
58.45
27.15
33.42
–
30.07
35.42
43.39
33.97
34.02
29.97
23.81
28.88
28.95
32.13
39.87
30.42
23.81
29.12
3.1
3.2
7.9
8.2
4.1
9.8
3.9
5.6
3.9
6.1
6.8
4.5
6.2
4.3
–
4.3
2.9
4.0
3.6
10.5
5.0
4.5
8.3
7.1
6.4
4.7
5.6
4.5
8.8
28.32
29.42
–
18.12
23.33
27.57
31.84
30.45
27.30
29.92
33.89
–
–
32.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
2.7
–
8.6
10.3
11.1
2.0
3.8
7.4
19.1
6.5
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$29.11
32.79
41.61
7.3
7.0
2.7
$29.11
32.79
41.61
7.3
7.0
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.51
25.21
27.56
20.59
23.74
25.32
30.98
25.83
58.92
42.28
58.92
23.98
22.35
24.61
24.07
19.33
36.85
30.90
30.13
40.57
32.17
30.95
32.07
30.92
31.92
30.77
29.35
21.98
31.09
31.23
31.65
32.40
32.42
32.80
28.44
28.04
28.94
32.17
28.23
33.12
20.72
23.18
20.17
20.61
23.18
20.17
29.15
26.51
16.60
16.04
16.59
15.01
54.73
4.3
12.5
5.6
4.9
3.5
4.3
15.0
12.0
13.5
13.5
13.5
2.6
3.7
1.4
3.2
10.7
5.7
7.7
12.1
8.6
4.1
1.7
5.7
7.8
1.8
.9
5.0
18.5
1.9
7.0
2.5
1.9
14.4
2.1
5.1
16.4
5.6
6.5
9.9
9.3
6.4
2.5
7.7
6.4
2.5
7.7
7.6
9.9
9.0
7.4
9.7
6.6
8.9
24.51
26.40
28.08
21.54
23.79
24.94
–
25.50
–
41.74
–
24.00
22.39
24.63
24.31
–
42.27
–
–
54.07
–
26.38
–
–
28.74
–
–
–
28.35
–
–
30.57
–
30.57
22.34
–
–
–
–
–
20.24
–
–
–
–
–
33.62
–
11.26
–
–
–
–
4.3
14.5
5.7
3.5
3.8
3.9
–
12.4
–
14.3
–
2.8
3.8
1.4
3.4
–
9.9
–
–
8.3
–
6.7
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
5.9
–
5.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
$25.40
18.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.76
–
–
–
–
33.06
29.83
–
–
33.63
31.52
32.82
31.54
32.40
30.67
29.67
–
31.27
30.62
31.98
32.68
32.42
33.42
30.48
–
29.52
33.24
30.38
34.65
21.56
22.16
–
21.56
22.16
–
–
–
18.70
–
18.73
–
34.22
–
–
14.5
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
5.0
8.3
–
–
6.0
1.7
5.7
8.1
2.0
.8
5.1
–
2.0
6.9
2.6
1.9
14.4
1.8
3.6
–
5.6
6.2
8.2
7.2
9.0
8.3
–
9.0
8.3
–
–
–
5.2
–
5.6
–
9.5
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 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
12 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
9 ......................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Librarians ..............................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$56.95
8.1
–
–
–
–
27.45
24.06
27.08
25.49
23.46
15.61
17.22
15.67
18.31
19.43
28.61
110.91
17.15
18.65
17.20
15.74
11.80
21.63
93.36
135.53
25.17
18.08
5.8
8.2
6.4
6.2
9.5
7.1
6.3
4.2
4.0
5.4
18.7
18.3
6.4
3.5
5.8
7.1
3.8
8.4
22.6
7.8
7.6
4.3
$27.57
24.08
–
25.49
25.10
14.36
17.52
15.63
19.02
19.34
28.61
110.91
17.17
18.65
18.37
13.92
11.80
21.63
93.36
135.53
25.17
20.39
5.9
9.9
–
6.2
11.3
10.8
6.9
4.5
4.5
8.1
18.7
18.3
6.4
3.5
5.9
7.2
3.8
8.4
22.6
7.8
7.6
6.7
–
–
–
–
$17.87
–
–
–
–
19.56
–
–
–
–
15.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.25
16.59
18.11
20.19
22.27
24.80
31.29
32.03
37.99
48.83
46.27
37.11
34.23
17.74
24.68
24.17
34.17
33.20
37.87
48.83
46.27
40.13
26.06
44.76
30.78
3.8
10.6
5.5
4.9
5.7
3.6
7.3
6.6
3.9
8.0
17.0
12.0
4.4
5.4
7.2
6.1
6.6
7.3
4.5
8.0
17.0
12.0
11.3
10.9
16.7
31.76
19.40
17.94
19.95
23.40
24.73
34.24
33.80
38.63
51.34
64.82
37.11
35.65
17.19
24.67
24.48
34.83
36.46
38.61
51.34
64.82
40.13
–
44.76
–
4.1
6.3
7.1
6.2
5.5
3.9
5.9
6.6
4.1
9.4
7.5
12.0
4.9
6.3
7.6
6.4
6.4
6.1
4.8
9.4
7.5
12.0
–
10.9
–
25.87
–
–
20.95
19.83
25.40
–
29.39
–
–
–
–
29.68
–
–
–
–
29.31
–
–
–
–
26.06
–
–
6.8
–
–
7.1
10.5
9.4
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
39.21
32.58
20.84
32.30
33.81
30.88
29.09
37.22
14.6
5.5
7.2
6.6
13.4
10.9
19.2
4.8
39.21
30.91
20.84
28.37
–
32.51
29.44
37.39
14.6
10.5
7.2
8.6
–
9.9
19.8
4.9
–
33.31
–
33.37
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Lawyers and judges –Continued
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
11 ......................................................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.72
38.45
40.75
57.76
43.57
22.62
18.37
20.95
20.14
25.55
25.20
24.84
38.78
21.40
23.81
25.19
28.81
31.50
6.7
6.7
3.8
12.1
7.5
4.1
5.6
5.4
6.4
2.5
8.5
5.9
3.6
7.4
4.6
5.6
14.2
5.4
$25.72
38.59
40.49
57.76
43.57
23.75
18.26
20.79
21.34
25.07
–
24.29
38.78
22.76
23.61
23.32
29.46
31.50
6.7
7.7
4.1
12.1
7.5
3.6
7.4
6.7
5.2
2.5
–
5.4
3.6
2.7
5.0
1.3
14.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
$19.85
–
–
18.98
–
–
–
–
19.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
–
–
–
19.77
12.4
19.77
12.4
–
–
18.05
21.50
19.06
26.73
7.4
6.6
10.5
7.5
–
21.79
–
26.98
–
8.0
–
8.7
18.05
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
18.85
14.17
14.14
20.89
21.20
25.24
10.82
10.85
9.95
11.2
8.1
14.0
12.9
19.2
14.9
8.1
8.6
11.5
18.78
14.13
14.14
20.89
21.20
25.24
10.82
10.85
9.95
11.4
8.2
14.0
12.9
19.2
14.9
8.1
8.6
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
14.69
9.31
11.68
11.41
14.31
15.00
17.28
19.06
20.27
14.19
19.73
21.31
19.28
16.62
15.22
15.43
18.49
19.26
14.40
8.48
19.06
10.87
2.6
7.9
7.2
2.8
3.2
3.9
4.1
4.5
7.5
5.8
5.3
15.6
10.3
4.5
3.8
8.1
5.7
9.1
4.7
5.5
2.7
5.3
14.79
10.30
11.51
11.16
14.39
15.35
17.91
19.80
20.51
14.19
19.28
–
–
17.57
15.39
18.18
19.58
19.53
–
8.48
19.06
10.82
3.2
8.3
7.9
3.1
3.9
4.7
5.1
3.5
8.8
5.8
5.9
–
–
4.8
4.6
9.4
7.3
9.5
–
5.5
2.7
5.8
14.34
–
–
13.09
14.08
14.13
16.39
16.40
–
–
21.82
–
–
14.37
14.61
13.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
3.1
5.0
5.1
5.1
3.3
–
–
10.9
–
–
4.7
4.3
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. –Continued
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related .................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.13
15.98
12.06
13.02
11.43
12.89
11.45
12.60
12.95
13.57
9.40
14.28
16.77
5.7
7.4
5.4
5.7
9.0
4.2
5.5
6.7
4.5
3.9
7.1
15.6
8.9
$10.13
–
–
13.20
–
12.68
11.45
12.97
12.95
13.57
–
–
15.93
5.7
–
–
6.6
–
5.0
5.5
9.2
4.5
3.9
–
–
13.8
–
–
$12.06
–
–
13.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.76
14.11
13.63
14.02
11.62
15.30
14.99
11.54
9.87
11.27
11.70
13.10
11.34
14.07
4.8
5.4
8.1
4.4
6.9
4.0
8.8
6.8
10.3
8.2
12.4
8.0
6.1
11.1
12.76
14.11
13.63
13.73
11.15
15.00
15.55
11.54
–
–
–
12.97
–
13.41
4.8
5.4
8.1
5.3
8.2
3.2
9.7
6.8
–
–
–
9.0
–
13.9
–
–
–
15.01
–
–
–
–
–
12.26
–
14.06
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
8.1
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
16.00
9.17
14.03
12.06
15.84
16.61
17.84
19.41
22.02
25.45
3.2
5.1
11.4
4.0
7.5
3.6
4.0
3.8
4.2
4.2
15.82
9.10
14.19
12.01
15.84
16.71
17.98
19.37
–
26.09
3.6
5.3
12.1
4.1
7.5
4.4
4.2
4.9
–
3.5
17.71
–
–
–
–
16.15
–
19.53
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
4.4
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Telephone line installers and repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
19.04
13.51
17.92
18.26
19.38
25.46
18.94
16.94
21.98
19.32
21.56
3.2
6.5
5.3
5.9
4.4
5.1
7.7
9.4
1.0
5.5
5.8
19.05
13.51
18.49
18.21
19.31
26.40
–
16.81
21.98
19.67
21.02
3.5
6.5
5.7
6.0
5.5
3.6
–
11.6
1.0
5.8
6.8
18.91
–
–
–
19.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.65
16.06
22.59
4.6
4.2
12.2
–
–
23.07
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
13.81
9.60
10.07
13.44
4.8
7.7
6.1
6.3
13.81
9.60
10.07
13.44
4.8
7.7
6.1
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Receptionists –Continued
3 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
5 ......................................................................
General office clerks .............................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— 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
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
$15.45
15.14
17.25
9.81
9.56
12.61
16.79
10.19
7.2
8.2
6.2
7.3
9.0
13.9
9.3
6.3
$15.45
15.14
17.25
9.81
9.56
12.61
16.79
10.19
7.2
8.2
6.2
7.3
9.0
13.9
9.3
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
16.57
12.60
12.36
17.83
16.84
17.54
15.19
12.15
15.42
16.96
16.28
6.1
6.7
4.9
10.1
3.7
4.9
5.6
6.4
9.3
6.3
6.6
16.33
–
11.88
17.83
–
–
15.13
–
15.42
–
–
8.0
–
5.2
10.1
–
–
6.3
–
9.3
–
–
$17.43
–
–
–
16.91
–
15.72
–
–
–
17.62
4.9
–
–
–
2.4
–
3.6
–
–
–
3.2
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
11.81
8.79
13.65
10.87
11.71
15.04
10.97
10.94
16.06
10.75
8.00
5.7
5.5
14.5
4.8
9.4
11.7
9.4
8.9
10.1
9.9
9.8
11.77
8.62
13.80
10.87
11.71
15.04
10.97
10.94
16.06
10.75
8.00
5.9
5.7
14.9
4.8
9.4
11.7
9.4
8.9
10.1
9.9
9.8
12.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
5 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
5 ......................................................................
12.19
8.09
9.73
9.76
11.73
14.85
16.77
20.49
17.91
21.70
17.70
9.40
14.48
19.68
20.70
18.81
21.65
19.72
20.54
21.87
3.6
4.5
5.8
5.0
6.9
5.6
9.8
6.0
5.6
13.1
7.2
8.0
5.1
9.3
6.1
7.4
13.5
7.8
6.3
6.5
9.75
7.93
9.29
9.03
11.84
13.77
14.20
–
–
–
10.18
–
10.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
4.7
6.4
6.0
8.7
10.1
8.9
–
–
–
8.8
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.93
10.77
12.97
12.27
11.34
16.10
19.07
20.58
18.81
21.65
20.72
–
16.02
19.93
20.74
18.81
21.65
19.72
20.81
21.87
4.0
2.0
4.6
2.7
2.6
1.7
11.5
6.1
7.4
13.5
4.7
–
1.7
11.4
6.1
7.4
13.5
7.8
6.4
6.5
17.48
16.26
16.22
9.38
10.97
19.4
.8
.8
6.1
8.9
–
–
–
9.07
9.80
–
–
–
4.6
4.4
17.48
16.26
16.22
–
–
19.4
.8
.8
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.40
6.90
7.84
8.06
10.60
5.92
5.75
7.07
4.62
4.21
6.09
8.26
7.71
9.81
8.37
8.38
9.44
11.28
14.57
9.63
8.83
9.12
11.28
8.33
9.22
8.64
10.67
10.29
11.29
10.16
10.85
10.93
10.60
10.15
11.07
10.11
10.47
8.80
12.46
11.47
12.43
5.9
9.3
8.3
12.9
4.6
12.3
12.9
22.2
16.3
19.5
28.6
8.2
7.8
5.2
9.2
5.9
5.3
4.9
16.2
4.9
6.1
6.5
4.9
9.5
5.8
5.4
2.4
5.3
4.5
2.9
9.2
11.1
2.4
6.1
4.9
2.8
4.1
4.8
7.7
5.4
6.2
$8.34
6.88
7.80
8.00
10.30
5.92
5.75
7.07
4.62
4.21
6.09
8.26
7.71
9.77
8.34
8.32
9.44
–
14.57
9.51
8.76
9.11
–
8.33
9.19
8.61
10.35
10.28
–
10.08
10.85
–
10.39
–
–
10.03
9.99
8.57
12.10
10.91
13.40
6.1
9.4
8.5
13.4
4.8
12.3
12.9
22.2
16.3
19.5
28.6
8.2
7.8
5.4
9.3
5.9
5.6
–
16.2
5.2
6.0
6.9
–
9.5
6.2
5.6
2.6
5.3
–
2.7
9.2
–
2.6
–
–
2.6
4.8
5.0
13.3
7.7
8.3
$10.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.33
–
12.19
–
–
–
12.13
–
–
–
12.19
10.90
12.90
12.51
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
2.0
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
3.2
2.0
5.1
4.6
–
13.96
9.25
8.76
10.73
8.86
13.28
11.98
11.38
9.8
6.5
6.1
6.3
8.2
6.3
6.1
3.2
13.81
9.25
8.76
9.80
8.25
–
11.44
–
10.7
6.5
6.1
9.7
9.4
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
12.05
10.90
12.90
12.51
–
–
–
–
3.2
2.0
5.1
4.6
–
See footnotes at end of table.
33
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.28
7.63
11.20
16.11
23.64
25.11
9.99
8.36
10.2
5.7
7.9
20.7
14.1
14.4
5.6
6.0
$13.10
7.58
–
17.14
–
28.74
9.55
8.32
12.7
5.8
–
22.9
–
8.9
5.7
6.2
$14.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 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.
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ............................................................
$11.56
12.06
10.0
11.0
$11.20
11.69
11.4
12.8
$14.99
15.02
8.0
8.1
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
15.45
6.68
8.32
9.96
11.17
13.70
14.17
18.37
26.53
33.65
30.12
39.82
15.02
18.36
7.23
9.53
10.00
11.35
13.94
14.17
18.37
26.53
33.65
30.12
39.82
19.10
12.0
3.3
6.9
3.7
6.3
10.0
4.3
14.6
5.1
7.0
7.2
23.9
25.5
12.5
6.4
7.8
4.8
6.3
10.4
4.3
14.6
5.1
7.0
7.2
23.9
24.4
15.05
6.68
8.20
9.89
11.16
13.75
–
18.84
23.91
34.36
30.12
–
14.24
18.16
–
9.37
9.96
11.35
14.03
–
18.84
23.91
34.36
30.12
–
18.48
13.6
3.5
7.0
3.9
6.7
11.7
–
16.1
4.0
6.2
7.2
–
29.5
14.3
–
8.0
5.1
7.1
12.2
–
16.1
4.0
6.2
7.2
–
28.8
19.65
6.52
–
–
11.34
13.40
12.31
13.71
42.30
25.98
–
–
–
19.85
6.52
–
–
11.34
13.40
12.31
13.71
42.30
25.98
–
–
–
10.5
1.7
–
–
10.4
7.8
7.0
11.9
5.9
11.1
–
–
–
10.7
1.7
–
–
10.4
7.8
7.0
11.9
5.9
11.1
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
26.25
28.43
17.84
28.03
33.92
30.12
39.82
31.47
24.59
25.02
30.93
24.95
24.08
40.47
19.03
15.62
18.57
18.57
–
11.64
–
9.9
10.1
18.3
5.4
6.9
7.2
23.9
7.7
2.8
4.4
9.3
2.4
2.7
15.4
19.3
23.6
8.7
8.7
–
16.5
–
26.22
28.76
18.38
24.94
34.71
30.12
–
31.39
24.72
24.11
30.97
25.02
24.11
33.85
18.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
11.5
20.6
3.6
5.9
7.2
–
7.9
2.7
2.7
9.3
2.4
2.7
15.5
22.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.43
26.71
13.39
42.30
25.98
–
–
35.56
–
–
–
–
–
41.78
19.09
–
17.05
17.05
–
–
–
11.0
10.8
12.3
5.9
11.1
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
17.7
26.5
–
10.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
17.20
19.01
–
10.6
4.9
–
17.23
19.04
–
10.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
13.92
–
–
27.8
–
–
12.71
–
–
29.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
8.84
6.43
6.77
9.87
11.03
8.1
2.7
7.0
5.1
8.9
8.81
6.43
6.77
9.74
11.03
8.2
2.7
7.0
5.4
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— 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
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
2 ......................................................................
$8.22
8.85
6.89
10.4
12.9
8.6
$8.22
8.79
6.89
10.4
13.2
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.52
7.23
9.53
10.02
11.79
14.00
11.03
11.60
16.14
9.14
8.42
6.52
10.59
11.43
3.8
6.4
7.8
4.9
5.4
10.2
.9
1.1
13.7
10.1
3.9
1.7
9.2
4.7
10.42
–
9.37
9.98
11.86
–
11.03
11.60
16.14
9.15
–
–
9.67
10.93
4.2
–
8.0
5.3
6.1
–
.9
1.1
13.7
10.1
–
–
9.4
5.4
$11.31
6.52
–
–
11.45
–
–
–
–
–
8.39
6.52
–
–
6.8
1.7
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
1.7
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
8.10
7.63
6.32
13.51
10.2
8.4
11.2
6.2
7.29
7.59
6.16
–
8.9
8.6
10.7
–
14.05
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Bus drivers ............................................................
7.94
14.68
14.6
6.8
6.84
–
11.4
–
15.20
15.20
7.9
7.9
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
8.19
7.98
7.24
9.58
6.2
8.8
6.8
11.3
8.14
7.98
7.24
9.58
6.6
8.8
6.8
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
7.40
7.21
6.94
6.18
9.48
10.16
8.63
9.87
8.63
5.77
6.48
6.67
4.59
4.29
6.00
5.98
2.78
4.09
6.24
6.44
5.75
7.70
7.02
8.84
8.48
5.3
4.9
7.6
12.8
5.7
4.6
6.1
5.0
6.1
7.7
6.3
12.1
10.9
16.2
9.3
26.7
14.5
17.9
14.4
12.2
8.9
6.0
9.3
3.0
7.4
7.12
6.97
6.67
5.74
9.61
9.87
8.63
9.87
8.63
5.56
6.44
6.24
4.46
4.29
6.00
5.98
2.78
4.09
6.24
6.44
5.75
7.39
6.94
8.75
8.48
5.8
5.5
7.4
12.0
5.4
5.0
6.1
5.0
6.1
7.6
6.5
11.9
10.5
16.2
9.3
26.7
14.5
17.9
14.4
12.2
8.9
5.6
9.6
3.2
7.4
9.98
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.56
–
–
–
6.6
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
36
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.45
7.31
9.94
10.07
7.23
7.25
7.10
7.09
8.20
8.27
10.17
7.02
7.65
13.0
10.4
8.8
9.1
6.4
7.1
6.8
7.8
8.9
16.7
20.5
8.4
21.3
–
$7.02
9.96
10.10
7.23
7.25
7.10
7.09
6.99
–
–
–
7.51
–
11.8
8.8
9.2
6.4
7.1
6.8
7.8
7.2
–
–
–
21.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.43
–
–
7.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
12.2
–
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.
37
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ........................................................
$20.03
20.11
$11.56
12.06
$20.62
20.74
$18.66
18.87
$18.97
19.36
$21.48
15.97
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
23.93
24.59
15.45
18.36
26.73
27.43
22.50
23.49
23.01
24.14
25.11
15.52
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
28.82
29.76
23.46
30.25
18.85
14.69
26.25
28.43
17.20
13.92
8.84
10.52
31.44
30.28
39.39
31.31
–
17.56
27.84
29.49
19.26
29.87
16.67
13.71
28.61
29.66
22.83
29.93
12.57
14.23
–
–
–
–
26.01
14.11
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
16.00
19.04
13.81
16.57
11.81
8.10
–
–
7.94
8.19
17.66
20.62
15.73
17.38
14.02
14.15
18.01
12.20
13.12
10.45
15.48
18.96
13.97
14.78
11.52
16.41
–
12.86
18.98
11.71
Service .................................................................................
12.19
7.40
14.39
10.33
11.18
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.2
2.2
10.0
11.0
3.7
3.8
2.6
2.6
2.3
2.3
10.8
7.5
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.2
2.1
12.0
12.5
4.4
4.4
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.1
11.2
11.5
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.2
2.2
9.5
3.8
11.2
2.6
9.9
10.1
10.6
27.8
8.1
3.8
5.2
3.2
27.3
13.7
–
7.0
2.6
2.8
4.4
3.7
11.9
2.1
2.2
2.3
8.9
3.8
8.1
2.6
–
–
–
–
11.1
5.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
3.2
3.2
4.8
6.1
5.7
10.2
–
–
14.6
6.2
4.9
3.7
6.6
8.7
11.8
3.8
3.7
6.0
8.8
4.9
3.5
3.4
4.9
8.5
5.7
8.5
–
10.0
4.8
11.3
Service .................................................................................
3.6
5.3
6.4
4.1
3.4
–
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.
38
Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ..............................................
$18.27
18.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$24.52
24.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
22.71
24.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.78
29.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
28.80
29.86
24.12
31.31
16.55
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
51.41
31.21
76.07
36.58
–
16.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
15.35
19.03
13.81
14.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.77
22.27
–
17.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.49
–
–
–
–
–
13.96
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
9.09
–
–
–
–
–
21.64
–
–
–
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
2.9
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
3.0
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.2
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
3.1
3.3
10.5
4.2
11.3
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.5
3.1
29.4
8.4
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
3.6
3.5
4.8
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
4.2
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
23.1
–
–
–
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.
39
Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
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 ........................................................
$18.27
18.46
$16.26
15.66
$18.77
19.16
$16.59
16.94
$21.54
21.70
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
22.71
24.01
21.37
21.27
22.98
24.56
21.50
24.25
24.33
24.77
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
28.80
29.86
24.12
31.31
16.55
14.25
26.33
29.36
13.85
29.59
21.77
14.06
29.10
29.92
25.47
31.74
15.26
14.31
28.18
29.46
20.84
32.35
14.47
14.62
29.52
30.14
27.04
30.87
18.24
14.04
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
15.35
19.03
13.81
14.64
11.49
14.94
18.48
12.17
14.79
9.69
15.47
19.26
14.08
14.60
12.04
14.00
18.66
12.32
12.29
10.99
18.83
20.39
20.61
17.65
15.76
Service .................................................................................
9.09
7.37
9.63
8.87
11.11
Relative error4 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.9
3.0
7.0
7.5
3.3
3.3
5.3
5.4
3.7
3.7
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
3.0
2.8
6.2
6.9
3.4
3.1
6.0
5.5
3.9
3.7
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
3.1
3.3
10.5
4.2
11.3
3.1
7.3
7.1
14.2
8.3
13.9
10.7
3.4
3.6
10.7
4.8
14.6
2.8
7.0
7.8
12.1
7.2
19.1
5.2
3.8
3.8
13.2
4.9
16.8
2.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
3.6
3.5
4.8
9.9
5.6
7.6
7.1
8.3
21.3
6.3
4.3
4.0
5.4
11.3
6.7
4.5
5.8
5.3
8.7
5.5
5.8
4.4
4.1
16.1
13.8
Service .................................................................................
3.1
6.8
3.4
4.5
5.0
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
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.
40
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.00
8.01
$10.90
11.00
$16.01
16.33
$24.31
24.43
$33.46
33.85
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
9.87
11.18
13.74
15.00
20.53
21.42
30.02
30.44
38.05
39.32
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Speech therapists .................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
English teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
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 .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
16.55
17.65
18.24
24.95
18.24
20.25
20.25
20.25
22.80
24.95
31.74
18.24
23.08
23.33
27.48
28.85
34.56
32.99
35.22
29.20
30.13
34.04
34.80
39.48
39.48
42.67
34.85
35.61
40.56
41.88
46.83
46.05
43.42
41.16
41.98
17.63
15.63
17.65
16.91
20.17
16.74
29.65
13.52
23.98
17.18
20.65
23.45
14.72
25.76
27.48
22.58
17.17
16.20
15.39
15.39
18.14
13.34
9.41
9.15
35.52
37.32
20.55
16.55
21.34
17.60
23.41
16.75
35.00
13.52
28.85
17.18
29.75
28.38
14.72
29.17
30.06
24.36
25.04
20.22
18.53
18.53
20.10
20.10
9.66
9.41
42.67
42.67
23.16
21.31
24.62
46.60
24.62
19.08
36.67
19.57
32.90
31.35
32.00
30.99
24.07
30.44
31.60
29.55
30.41
29.86
20.30
20.30
32.98
22.99
17.06
17.06
61.54
61.54
27.82
28.85
35.30
62.73
28.37
22.07
38.56
22.32
45.70
31.35
34.61
34.61
30.23
32.59
34.84
31.36
32.41
33.58
22.80
22.80
35.85
34.51
18.47
18.47
61.54
61.54
29.46
43.00
37.51
62.73
37.50
22.07
38.56
26.31
59.08
35.59
39.87
36.42
33.81
36.39
36.42
33.19
40.14
39.32
26.07
26.07
41.34
41.34
20.04
21.82
74.70
74.70
18.97
13.78
12.35
12.35
17.34
14.06
11.36
12.09
28.36
15.20
15.67
21.74
20.91
15.25
13.13
17.82
16.10
12.47
18.63
50.48
23.99
17.33
27.59
27.79
17.83
18.77
18.20
16.68
15.45
20.71
83.07
25.98
17.33
29.29
29.18
21.38
20.30
18.86
20.25
19.45
26.20
126.98
28.87
17.33
39.52
29.48
26.20
21.48
21.60
21.38
20.23
26.20
157.60
28.87
22.60
15.87
18.06
19.41
22.83
17.00
20.39
22.87
19.41
29.60
21.73
26.35
32.03
30.72
40.87
24.05
37.90
42.00
30.72
44.88
45.00
45.00
49.28
33.27
78.46
45.00
19.23
19.45
18.42
22.40
25.37
25.41
36.06
32.28
30.58
48.08
38.90
40.14
59.38
42.00
42.25
10.28
15.87
20.44
13.87
13.87
19.68
24.71
12.00
16.18
27.91
17.32
18.82
24.59
26.47
14.00
23.88
36.77
22.78
21.77
24.79
32.37
27.09
40.08
42.37
25.48
24.01
42.09
36.89
32.50
55.42
52.14
32.37
27.05
42.09
38.05
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations 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 ..........................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
$12.97
$15.30
$18.82
$21.64
$31.70
15.45
15.71
16.62
16.00
16.71
21.35
21.27
24.05
22.99
28.08
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
6.50
7.55
13.25
7.39
8.75
6.31
6.06
8.75
8.75
17.24
7.76
8.90
6.69
6.15
12.47
16.08
32.15
15.80
12.27
7.94
8.55
21.83
29.33
32.15
23.98
13.34
11.82
11.30
33.46
48.08
32.15
30.02
13.34
15.44
15.42
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.08
13.99
11.77
13.29
7.50
12.80
7.50
10.09
8.41
6.26
10.10
9.87
10.21
7.79
8.00
9.32
11.00
15.22
12.91
13.66
7.50
17.10
7.93
12.98
16.53
8.33
11.11
10.98
11.84
8.50
8.00
12.50
13.43
21.47
15.31
13.94
8.00
19.40
10.29
20.64
16.64
8.49
13.99
12.10
12.41
8.88
12.38
18.78
16.56
22.07
17.78
13.94
9.08
20.27
11.49
20.64
16.83
11.19
14.36
15.27
14.08
10.13
18.92
18.78
20.64
22.34
22.29
16.15
10.60
20.44
14.40
20.64
19.23
14.04
18.59
15.45
14.08
13.42
20.12
21.64
10.35
10.01
14.98
10.16
9.01
8.35
7.54
10.01
11.30
13.04
15.50
11.00
9.49
8.35
8.50
10.45
11.72
13.42
15.50
13.59
10.58
8.35
12.06
11.61
15.61
16.02
15.72
16.33
12.98
12.20
14.25
13.94
15.68
17.14
15.72
19.55
13.43
12.70
14.67
17.67
Blue collar ...........................................................................
8.79
10.93
14.89
20.00
23.40
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Telephone line installers and repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
12.57
15.61
8.75
20.53
12.57
15.36
15.61
12.35
21.26
17.63
18.02
17.56
17.91
21.92
19.40
22.94
22.08
21.46
21.92
21.88
26.50
23.07
21.46
24.31
24.43
19.97
14.75
15.36
26.36
14.75
15.36
26.50
15.05
24.75
27.55
17.52
26.92
31.14
17.52
27.04
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
8.98
7.23
8.98
10.59
8.12
10.96
7.70
8.98
11.87
8.12
12.26
9.08
11.07
13.32
9.95
15.39
12.20
14.16
23.31
11.81
22.15
13.00
22.15
23.31
12.26
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
5.70
5.55
5.18
12.63
11.58
12.50
5.18
12.97
15.43
14.16
8.62
15.85
19.49
17.58
15.43
19.52
23.40
18.97
21.17
19.52
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
7.50
8.95
9.31
8.95
10.49
10.49
11.73
13.44
17.13
13.44
Occupation3
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.91
9.40
6.70
$7.50
11.08
9.00
$10.12
14.37
9.64
$11.03
17.47
10.39
$15.71
23.31
14.29
6.00
8.20
13.84
14.91
7.66
10.44
17.64
16.42
9.90
16.32
19.27
18.91
12.77
21.01
20.63
25.59
18.28
27.01
26.21
26.90
9.23
15.18
7.75
2.38
2.13
2.13
5.00
6.06
6.00
7.50
6.06
6.36
8.15
8.00
8.44
6.40
14.13
16.32
8.20
5.47
2.38
2.13
7.00
7.12
7.17
8.00
6.06
7.05
9.59
8.00
9.59
7.51
15.67
16.32
8.95
7.71
4.19
2.58
7.15
9.00
15.29
9.04
9.00
8.77
10.53
11.70
10.47
9.08
17.23
16.32
10.44
9.77
7.15
5.65
9.77
10.65
17.73
10.60
10.19
10.65
11.72
12.55
11.56
11.65
23.00
16.34
12.16
11.83
9.77
9.17
10.97
12.64
17.73
11.71
10.90
10.65
12.55
13.77
12.51
13.71
8.26
7.30
6.11
6.01
5.93
10.57
9.44
9.79
7.27
11.09
7.51
7.31
7.27
6.53
13.19
12.25
10.60
7.94
12.98
8.59
9.03
9.90
6.53
26.64
14.36
10.84
9.25
17.91
11.80
11.11
13.19
6.63
28.92
14.36
11.61
11.53
19.96
12.26
13.89
17.75
10.08
39.55
15.75
14.14
12.27
Occupation3
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
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 ......................
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 ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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.
43
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Private industry
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$7.50
7.59
$9.91
10.21
$14.89
15.31
$23.31
23.31
$33.14
32.84
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
9.30
10.58
12.94
14.06
20.01
21.15
28.37
28.87
39.48
40.96
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious 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 .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
15.45
17.79
18.24
24.95
18.24
20.25
20.25
20.19
22.50
24.12
31.74
18.24
23.08
23.33
25.21
27.48
34.56
32.99
35.22
29.20
30.13
34.53
35.30
40.46
39.48
42.67
34.85
35.61
43.42
44.77
46.83
46.05
43.42
41.16
41.98
17.63
15.63
18.38
16.91
20.17
16.74
26.04
16.20
21.59
27.48
15.84
6.30
15.39
15.39
13.34
–
–
20.55
16.55
22.37
17.60
23.49
16.75
29.04
21.59
25.76
27.48
18.27
17.17
15.39
15.39
32.98
–
–
23.16
21.31
25.08
46.60
24.62
19.08
37.18
25.76
27.38
29.73
24.36
23.29
20.30
20.30
34.51
–
–
27.82
36.36
35.30
62.73
28.37
22.07
59.08
29.73
30.01
31.02
24.36
23.45
22.80
22.80
38.73
–
–
29.46
43.00
37.50
62.73
37.50
22.07
59.67
31.02
30.16
42.37
24.78
23.45
24.82
24.82
44.25
–
–
18.97
13.78
12.09
12.35
17.34
15.42
11.36
12.09
28.36
15.20
17.16
21.58
20.91
15.25
13.13
17.82
16.58
11.95
18.63
50.48
23.99
17.27
27.59
27.79
18.71
18.77
18.20
18.96
12.94
20.71
83.07
25.98
22.60
29.29
29.18
21.67
20.30
18.86
21.00
15.45
26.20
126.98
28.87
22.60
39.52
29.48
28.36
21.48
21.60
21.38
19.45
26.20
157.60
28.87
23.74
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 ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
15.87
17.00
22.83
21.73
23.95
29.60
27.09
33.17
40.87
40.24
42.62
44.88
48.08
54.29
78.46
19.23
17.57
25.41
22.40
21.70
26.32
36.06
32.06
30.58
48.08
32.30
40.14
59.38
44.56
42.25
10.28
15.87
20.39
15.30
19.23
20.59
24.71
12.00
16.18
27.91
19.82
21.21
24.79
26.47
14.00
23.88
36.77
23.33
22.78
24.79
32.37
27.09
44.74
42.37
25.68
24.05
42.09
36.89
32.50
56.77
52.14
32.56
26.73
42.09
38.05
12.97
14.70
15.30
15.71
18.82
20.01
21.64
25.32
31.70
32.56
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
6.50
7.55
13.25
7.39
8.75
8.75
8.75
17.24
7.76
8.90
12.39
16.08
32.15
15.80
12.27
21.72
29.33
32.15
23.98
13.34
33.46
48.08
32.15
30.02
13.34
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.31
6.06
$6.69
6.15
$7.94
8.53
$11.82
11.30
$15.44
15.42
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.09
13.99
11.70
7.50
12.80
7.50
10.09
10.76
9.27
10.21
9.32
10.82
15.22
13.16
7.50
17.10
7.93
12.98
11.11
10.48
11.84
12.50
13.12
21.47
16.18
8.00
19.40
10.29
20.64
13.99
12.10
12.41
15.63
16.99
21.55
19.03
9.08
20.27
11.23
20.64
15.37
13.91
14.08
21.64
20.77
22.29
22.31
10.60
20.44
14.40
20.64
18.59
15.39
14.08
21.64
10.35
10.01
9.22
9.01
9.93
7.54
10.01
11.30
13.04
10.92
9.49
10.84
7.54
10.45
11.72
13.42
13.59
10.58
12.32
7.57
10.82
15.61
16.02
15.90
12.98
12.70
8.87
13.94
15.68
17.14
19.26
13.43
13.85
9.90
21.93
Blue collar ...........................................................................
8.62
10.67
14.75
19.93
23.40
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Telephone line installers and repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Electricians ...........................................................
12.51
8.75
20.53
15.50
15.36
15.36
14.01
21.26
17.63
15.36
18.04
18.30
21.92
19.40
26.92
22.94
21.46
21.92
21.38
26.92
26.92
21.46
24.31
26.68
27.04
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
8.98
7.23
8.98
10.59
8.12
10.96
7.70
8.98
11.87
8.12
12.26
9.08
11.07
13.32
9.95
15.39
12.20
14.16
23.31
11.81
22.15
13.00
22.15
23.31
12.26
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
5.55
5.55
5.18
10.33
12.50
5.18
14.23
13.42
8.62
19.16
17.58
15.43
23.40
18.97
21.17
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.46
6.91
9.40
6.70
9.31
7.50
11.08
9.00
10.47
10.12
14.37
9.64
11.73
11.03
17.47
10.39
17.13
15.71
23.31
14.29
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and 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 ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
5.15
7.75
7.75
2.38
2.13
2.13
5.00
6.06
6.00
7.19
6.03
6.36
8.11
8.15
6.13
7.15
8.20
8.20
5.15
2.38
2.13
7.00
7.05
7.17
8.00
6.06
7.05
9.52
9.59
7.48
8.71
8.95
8.64
7.50
4.19
2.58
7.15
8.97
15.29
9.04
8.77
8.77
10.03
10.03
8.35
10.90
10.44
10.44
9.63
7.15
5.65
9.77
10.65
17.73
10.23
9.25
10.65
11.39
11.39
11.00
12.64
12.73
11.28
11.77
9.77
9.17
10.97
12.77
17.73
11.65
10.38
10.65
12.00
12.00
12.98
8.26
11.09
12.98
15.36
19.96
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.30
6.11
6.26
17.60
8.31
7.27
$7.51
6.45
6.53
26.64
10.16
7.46
$8.59
8.01
8.76
27.32
10.84
8.88
$11.80
9.78
11.74
32.59
10.84
11.46
$12.26
11.00
26.64
39.55
11.61
12.04
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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.
46
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
State and local
government
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$11.83
11.83
$14.83
14.82
$18.91
18.91
$29.55
29.64
$34.80
34.80
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
12.96
12.96
16.00
16.00
23.53
23.53
31.60
31.62
36.39
36.39
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
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. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
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 .....................................
17.33
17.65
27.53
–
–
17.65
19.93
23.98
20.65
24.08
27.48
28.38
28.35
25.04
20.22
16.08
16.08
–
16.48
16.48
18.88
21.09
23.98
30.57
–
–
17.65
20.15
28.85
29.75
29.17
29.17
30.59
29.55
30.41
22.21
18.53
18.53
–
17.06
17.06
26.95
29.65
30.44
30.66
–
–
21.42
21.49
32.90
34.61
31.60
30.80
34.13
29.55
32.41
30.14
18.53
18.53
–
18.38
18.47
37.32
33.80
34.61
34.77
–
–
28.27
28.27
38.70
36.57
34.61
32.59
34.99
31.62
33.82
39.32
24.73
24.73
–
18.47
18.47
42.67
36.83
37.85
38.45
–
–
42.81
28.27
45.70
42.51
36.63
36.39
36.42
33.19
40.14
39.32
29.16
29.16
–
23.06
23.06
42.67
–
14.06
14.06
–
16.21
14.06
–
17.33
15.05
–
20.23
16.21
–
21.09
16.35
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
13.87
19.41
19.41
22.87
13.87
13.87
18.84
20.44
19.41
26.82
13.87
13.87
23.53
30.72
30.72
35.77
18.82
18.82
33.27
36.60
30.72
38.90
23.53
24.01
38.57
42.00
33.27
42.00
27.97
32.58
15.45
16.62
16.71
21.27
22.99
Sales ................................................................................
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
8.63
15.95
12.54
6.26
10.49
14.98
11.98
8.50
10.56
12.38
17.69
12.54
7.07
11.15
15.50
12.03
11.66
12.94
14.32
20.38
14.18
9.41
14.32
15.50
13.69
13.33
12.96
15.72
22.34
15.33
11.63
15.27
15.72
18.57
14.25
16.36
18.77
41.89
17.78
14.07
15.45
15.72
19.97
14.67
16.36
Blue collar ...........................................................................
11.58
13.96
17.32
20.87
23.07
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
13.41
13.96
17.56
22.08
24.19
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
12.07
13.63
14.48
14.48
15.38
15.46
15.85
15.83
16.71
19.52
16.89
19.52
21.06
16.89
19.52
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
7.80
10.63
10.63
14.82
21.85
10.47
12.51
16.32
19.27
26.90
Service .................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 —
Continued
State and local
government
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$14.91
13.84
14.91
$16.32
17.64
17.14
$18.28
19.27
19.03
$25.59
20.63
25.59
$27.89
26.21
26.90
9.23
15.18
9.24
9.24
10.53
10.53
10.40
10.40
6.01
5.93
14.13
16.32
9.85
9.85
12.35
11.47
10.93
10.87
9.26
5.93
15.67
16.32
11.29
11.29
12.51
12.51
11.24
11.15
12.25
6.63
17.23
16.32
11.83
11.83
12.55
12.51
13.71
13.71
14.14
10.08
23.00
16.34
11.83
11.83
13.77
12.51
14.23
14.23
17.75
10.08
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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.
48
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.95
9.00
$11.80
11.86
$17.14
17.33
$25.21
25.00
$33.85
34.53
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
11.11
11.88
14.66
15.50
21.25
21.64
30.44
30.66
38.97
39.84
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
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 .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
16.65
17.79
18.24
24.95
18.24
20.25
20.25
20.30
22.80
24.95
31.74
18.24
23.08
23.33
27.53
29.07
34.56
32.99
35.22
29.20
30.13
33.80
34.61
39.48
39.48
42.67
34.85
35.61
41.34
42.37
46.83
46.05
43.42
41.16
41.98
17.63
15.63
17.65
16.91
18.73
13.52
23.98
26.10
24.03
14.72
25.76
27.48
22.58
25.04
16.20
15.39
15.39
18.14
13.34
9.41
9.41
26.95
42.67
20.55
16.55
19.33
17.60
22.22
13.52
28.85
31.43
28.38
14.72
29.17
29.73
24.36
30.41
20.82
18.53
18.53
20.10
20.10
14.08
14.08
42.67
49.90
23.16
21.31
24.31
46.60
24.33
19.57
32.90
32.00
31.02
24.07
30.44
33.80
29.55
32.41
29.86
20.30
20.30
32.98
22.99
17.06
17.06
61.54
61.54
27.82
28.85
28.37
61.70
26.27
22.32
45.70
34.61
34.61
30.23
32.59
34.84
31.36
40.14
34.75
22.80
22.80
35.85
34.51
18.47
18.47
61.54
61.54
29.46
43.00
42.81
62.73
28.37
26.31
59.08
39.87
36.63
33.81
36.39
36.42
33.19
40.14
39.32
26.07
26.07
41.34
41.34
18.48
23.06
74.70
74.70
18.97
13.78
12.47
12.35
17.34
14.06
11.36
12.09
28.36
15.20
17.16
21.58
20.91
15.41
13.13
17.82
15.05
11.95
18.63
50.48
23.99
17.33
27.59
27.79
17.82
18.77
17.83
16.58
15.45
20.71
83.07
25.98
17.33
29.29
29.18
21.48
19.75
18.86
18.96
19.45
26.20
126.98
28.87
17.33
39.52
29.48
26.20
21.48
21.60
21.38
20.23
26.20
157.60
28.87
22.60
16.00
18.69
19.41
22.83
17.00
20.53
23.88
19.41
29.60
21.73
26.47
32.28
30.72
40.87
24.05
38.05
42.00
30.72
44.88
45.00
45.00
49.28
33.27
78.46
45.00
19.23
19.45
18.42
15.87
23.29
13.87
13.87
19.68
24.71
22.40
25.37
25.41
16.18
28.25
18.43
18.82
24.59
26.47
36.06
32.28
28.75
23.88
36.92
22.99
21.77
24.79
32.37
48.08
38.90
40.14
40.08
42.37
25.48
24.01
42.09
36.89
59.38
42.00
42.25
55.42
52.14
32.37
27.05
42.09
38.05
12.97
15.30
18.82
21.64
31.70
15.45
15.71
16.62
16.00
16.71
22.00
21.27
24.05
22.99
28.08
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
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 .......................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
$7.90
8.75
13.25
6.40
6.13
$9.59
13.67
17.24
7.74
7.50
$15.40
16.08
32.15
8.69
8.94
$29.13
29.33
32.15
14.57
11.30
$33.46
48.08
32.15
15.44
16.57
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.55
13.99
12.54
13.29
7.50
17.10
8.18
8.41
10.17
10.10
10.47
10.21
7.79
8.00
9.32
11.56
15.22
13.18
13.66
7.50
18.06
9.88
16.53
10.17
11.11
11.15
12.34
8.50
8.00
12.50
13.99
21.47
16.01
13.94
8.00
19.40
11.03
16.64
11.63
13.99
12.10
12.47
8.88
12.38
18.78
17.18
22.07
18.77
13.94
9.08
19.85
11.54
16.83
14.04
14.36
15.27
14.08
10.13
18.92
18.78
20.64
22.34
22.29
16.15
10.60
20.27
14.40
19.23
14.40
15.37
15.45
14.08
13.42
20.12
21.64
10.35
10.01
10.67
9.01
8.35
7.54
10.01
11.30
13.04
11.00
9.49
8.35
8.36
10.45
11.72
13.42
13.88
11.00
8.35
12.06
11.61
15.61
16.02
16.33
12.98
12.20
13.93
13.97
15.68
17.14
19.55
15.30
12.70
14.25
21.93
Blue collar ...........................................................................
9.40
11.08
15.36
20.79
23.48
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Telephone line installers and repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
12.57
15.61
8.75
20.53
12.57
15.36
15.61
12.35
21.26
17.63
18.04
17.56
17.91
21.92
19.40
22.94
22.08
21.46
21.92
21.88
26.50
23.07
21.46
24.31
24.43
19.97
14.75
15.36
26.36
14.75
15.36
26.50
15.05
24.75
27.55
17.52
26.92
31.14
17.52
27.04
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
8.98
7.23
8.98
10.59
8.12
10.96
7.70
8.98
11.87
8.12
12.26
9.08
11.07
13.32
9.95
15.39
12.20
14.16
23.31
11.81
22.15
13.00
22.15
23.31
12.26
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
10.33
11.84
12.63
12.79
12.79
12.63
16.71
14.23
15.85
19.52
17.58
19.52
23.40
18.97
19.52
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.75
7.50
11.08
6.70
9.53
9.73
11.60
9.00
10.50
10.47
15.83
9.64
12.44
11.52
17.47
10.39
17.47
15.71
23.31
14.29
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
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 ......................
6.94
8.20
13.84
14.91
8.20
12.16
17.64
16.42
10.80
16.32
19.27
18.91
14.13
21.77
20.63
25.59
19.27
27.01
26.21
26.90
9.23
15.18
7.75
2.58
2.13
14.13
16.32
8.20
6.06
2.58
15.67
16.32
8.27
8.57
5.83
17.23
16.32
10.17
10.65
8.69
19.93
16.34
12.16
12.29
9.77
Occupation3
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
50
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$2.13
7.00
6.06
6.00
7.50
6.06
6.90
8.77
8.00
9.50
7.30
$2.13
7.00
8.00
13.70
8.00
6.06
7.73
9.60
8.00
9.60
7.66
$3.74
7.35
9.24
15.29
9.04
9.00
8.82
10.75
11.70
10.63
10.41
$6.15
9.77
11.65
17.73
11.65
10.19
10.65
11.72
12.55
11.47
11.81
$9.63
11.28
12.77
17.73
11.83
10.38
11.94
12.51
13.77
12.35
14.23
8.26
7.30
7.31
6.44
13.19
7.46
11.09
7.51
8.80
8.47
17.60
7.94
12.98
8.59
10.81
11.28
26.64
9.26
17.91
11.80
11.77
13.90
28.92
11.53
19.96
12.26
14.23
26.64
39.55
12.27
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued
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 ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$5.55
5.18
$6.53
6.53
$8.79
9.00
$12.26
12.96
$24.49
26.30
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
6.49
7.55
7.75
9.66
11.35
12.96
20.44
26.07
35.00
37.50
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
9.16
10.00
23.26
23.26
7.14
7.86
6.30
13.10
13.10
–
9.15
–
20.04
23.26
25.00
24.93
32.88
10.04
10.00
16.08
16.08
–
9.15
–
25.30
27.38
30.43
27.50
46.73
21.17
12.79
20.80
20.80
–
9.15
–
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
48.57
30.30
23.45
21.42
21.42
–
13.12
–
37.50
37.50
37.50
37.50
69.59
30.30
23.45
21.42
21.42
–
20.04
–
–
8.79
15.42
–
13.76
16.10
–
18.54
20.25
–
20.30
21.00
–
22.00
22.00
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
6.60
–
–
7.15
–
–
12.00
–
–
14.55
–
–
30.58
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
6.06
5.90
6.06
6.27
6.49
6.06
7.55
7.30
6.80
11.00
8.87
12.39
12.56
9.52
14.53
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
7.50
10.35
9.58
7.50
6.26
8.00
9.16
8.00
10.35
12.80
7.50
7.07
8.00
10.00
10.31
11.70
16.21
7.75
8.33
10.16
12.26
11.91
11.77
20.44
10.29
8.49
11.98
12.57
13.74
13.74
20.44
11.00
10.35
12.39
12.96
Blue collar ...........................................................................
5.18
5.55
7.05
9.00
14.48
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Bus drivers ............................................................
5.18
12.44
5.55
12.97
5.70
14.48
7.05
14.48
14.48
20.07
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
6.25
6.25
6.10
6.44
6.25
6.10
7.93
7.13
10.67
9.00
7.93
10.67
10.67
9.00
11.73
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2.38
7.50
7.50
2.13
2.13
2.13
2.75
6.00
6.00
6.03
5.15
8.05
8.05
6.04
8.82
8.74
2.38
2.13
2.13
5.00
6.36
7.19
6.03
5.83
8.15
8.15
7.50
10.44
10.44
6.03
2.58
2.38
6.13
7.17
8.98
9.17
7.32
9.00
9.00
9.26
10.44
10.44
7.83
6.05
3.89
7.15
9.26
9.46
10.27
9.26
12.00
13.18
10.57
10.94
10.94
9.46
8.33
8.33
10.97
9.93
10.19
11.29
9.26
13.18
13.18
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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.11
6.11
5.15
5.93
5.15
$6.11
6.11
6.53
6.53
5.15
$7.78
6.86
7.08
6.53
5.15
$8.01
8.01
10.08
6.63
10.40
$8.01
8.01
12.10
10.08
12.10
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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
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
other information were updated.
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.
Planning for the survey
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.
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 Washington–Baltimore, DC–MD–VA–WV, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes:
• The District of Columbia
• Baltimore City and the counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford,
Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen
Anne’s, and Washington, MD
• The cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church,
Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park, and the
counties of Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax,
Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William,
Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren, VA
• The counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, WV
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
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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.
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, as shown in the following schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
50–99
100–249
250–999
1,000–2,499
2,500+
8
10
12
16
20
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 idenA-2
tified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as
being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition
of terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using 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 lev-
eling 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, 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.
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Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
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
Total in sampling frame
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
9,651
694
362
59
273
In this survey, the nonresponse rate 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 average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. During this phase of
the ongoing NCS development, establishments in the survey may report either individual-worker earnings or average wage rates for each sampled job. If individual-worker
earnings are provided, an average hourly wage rate is computed for the job and used in the calculation of percentile
estimates. The average hourly wages for each sampled job
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are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to
highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example,
at the 10th percentile, 10 percent of a published occupation’s employment is in sampled establishment jobs that
had average hourly wages at the 10th percentile or less for
that occupation.
Note that the percentiles in earlier NCS bulletins for this
area (in the 3090 and 3095 bulletin series) were calculated
from individual-worker earnings rather than from average
wages for sampled establishment jobs. Research has shown
that using average-wage data for jobs instead of individualworker data has the effect of moving percentile estimates
toward the median (50th percentile). This effect is greatest
for occupations with a high degree of wage dispersion.
However, medians calculated using the two methods are
nearly identical.
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.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2001
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total
Private industry
State and local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
1,460,400
1,339,400
1,128,900
1,009,400
331,500
330,000
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
862,800
741,700
634,900
515,300
227,900
226,400
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
372,900
318,800
54,000
127,400
121,000
241,500
231,400
187,400
43,900
94,700
119,600
189,300
141,500
131,400
10,100
32,700
–
52,200
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
273,100
96,500
45,400
68,900
62,300
244,800
85,500
44,900
54,600
59,800
28,300
11,000
–
14,300
2,500
Service .................................................................................
324,500
249,200
75,200
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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