RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$19.88
1.2%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Advertising and promotions managers ..........
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Public relations managers ..............................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Compensation and benefits managers .......
Training and development managers .........
Industrial production managers .....................
Purchasing managers .....................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution
managers ..................................................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, preschool and
child care center/program ....................
Education administrators, elementary and
secondary school .................................
Education administrators, postsecondary ..
Engineering managers ...................................
Food service managers ..................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...............................
Social and community service managers ......
44.28
106.21
51.38
46.86
50.56
51.82
49.03
33.38
31.90
3.2
37.5
9.8
16.3
8.6
6.7
15.8
13.3
8.9
1,814
4,131
2,182
1,938
2,083
2,071
2,099
1,332
1,313
2.9
36.6
10.0
15.6
8.3
6.7
15.5
13.6
8.9
93,440
214,824
113,395
100,764
108,334
107,703
109,159
68,956
67,598
2.9
36.6
10.0
15.6
8.3
6.7
15.5
13.6
8.9
51.89
54.62
40.92
34.12
31.58
39.89
42.66
11.4
5.1
8.2
5.9
8.6
5.8
15.2
2,076
2,211
1,643
1,366
1,263
1,661
1,706
11.4
4.8
8.1
5.9
8.6
4.9
15.2
107,933
114,823
85,443
71,008
65,683
86,350
88,737
11.4
4.8
8.1
5.9
8.6
4.9
15.2
33.88
34.18
39.34
9.8
4.4
9.6
1,368
1,421
1,549
9.5
4.3
9.9
70,979
72,974
73,939
9.5
4.3
9.9
19.74
12.9
790
12.9
41,065
12.9
40.98
56.72
58.18
23.50
31.12
3.6
24.3
8.1
5.9
8.0
1,613
2,188
2,355
1,048
1,301
4.6
24.7
7.9
5.4
9.4
72,732
112,247
122,475
54,473
67,655
4.6
24.7
7.9
5.4
9.4
22.06
20.03
10.6
19.3
883
789
10.5
19.6
45,915
41,054
10.5
19.6
28.67
27.57
1.7
5.3
1,152
1,126
1.7
5.0
59,874
58,554
1.7
5.0
30.47
11.2
1,219
11.2
63,385
11.2
26.47
5.1
1,063
4.9
55,289
4.9
26.77
3.8
1,052
4.2
54,691
4.2
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm
products ...............................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale,
retail, and farm products ......................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Mean
$793
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
1.3%
$40,233
1.3%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation ...........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
specialists .............................................
Training and development specialists .......
Logisticians ....................................................
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ..........
Credit analysts ...............................................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Loan counselors and officers .........................
Loan officers ..............................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer programmers .................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Database administrators .................................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Architects, except naval .................................
Architects, except landscape and naval .....
Mean
Relative
error4
$25.27
2.8%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$991
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
2.8%
$51,545
2.8%
25.54
31.39
13.8
4.5
1,022
1,274
13.8
4.8
53,123
66,249
13.8
4.8
25.00
5.3
1,000
4.4
51,978
4.4
21.91
7.0
848
7.7
44,092
7.7
21.98
27.88
35.39
31.40
28.75
24.91
24.37
30.49
34.11
24.02
29.86
30.04
7.7
13.8
7.9
8.2
3.0
27.5
8.0
10.8
18.8
9.4
9.2
9.6
918
1,113
1,416
1,265
1,156
989
975
1,220
1,364
961
1,193
1,199
8.0
13.7
7.9
8.5
3.1
27.8
8.0
10.8
18.8
9.4
9.1
9.4
47,733
57,861
73,616
65,759
60,115
51,421
50,685
63,423
70,949
49,965
62,012
62,372
8.0
13.7
7.9
8.5
3.1
27.8
8.0
10.8
18.8
9.4
9.1
9.4
36.44
34.70
41.28
39.17
4.9
10.5
5.5
8.2
1,461
1,395
1,654
1,573
4.9
10.6
5.5
8.2
75,704
72,553
86,015
81,773
4.9
10.6
5.5
8.2
43.35
25.21
42.38
32.65
4.7
10.0
6.9
19.1
1,734
1,009
1,698
1,306
4.7
10.0
6.9
19.1
90,160
52,223
88,316
67,916
4.7
10.0
6.9
19.1
27.72
5.8
1,113
6.1
56,440
6.1
33.20
3.8
1,328
3.8
68,863
3.8
33.07
27.08
28.00
7.3
10.4
15.0
1,332
1,126
1,120
7.3
10.3
15.0
69,227
58,526
58,234
7.3
10.3
15.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-2
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering occupations
–Continued
Engineers .......................................................
Aerospace engineers ..................................
Chemical engineers ...................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Computer hardware engineers ...................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Electronics engineers, except computer
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Petroleum engineers ..................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Electrical and electronics drafters .............
Mechanical drafters ...................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..........
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Biological scientists ...................................
Medical scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..........................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists
Environmental scientists and
specialists, including health .............
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and
geographers ......................................
Market and survey researchers ......................
Market research analysts ...........................
Psychologists .................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school
psychologists .......................................
Chemical technicians .....................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social
science technicians ..................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$41.50
37.08
53.13
34.46
45.45
41.06
45.08
37.67
2.1%
11.6
6.5
9.6
7.2
6.1
13.9
5.4
$1,676
1,483
2,125
1,451
1,852
1,663
1,854
1,507
2.1%
11.6
6.5
9.5
6.2
5.2
13.0
5.4
$87,165
77,117
110,508
75,429
96,296
86,486
96,416
78,357
2.1%
11.6
6.5
9.5
6.2
5.2
13.0
5.4
39.43
39.07
33.45
56.22
27.49
24.53
17.84
23.03
21.48
7.1
8.0
5.3
17.8
7.5
13.2
20.0
7.0
12.6
1,577
1,563
1,338
2,249
1,100
981
713
921
856
7.1
8.0
5.3
17.8
7.5
13.2
20.0
7.0
12.5
82,016
81,273
69,574
116,941
57,065
51,020
37,098
47,908
44,505
7.1
8.0
5.3
17.8
7.5
13.2
20.0
7.0
12.5
24.39
24.31
23.87
5.2
4.9
40.9
976
972
955
5.2
4.9
40.9
50,741
50,570
49,643
5.2
4.9
40.9
33.44
28.77
26.69
29.35
45.37
48.07
7.1
11.0
6.4
15.5
9.9
12.1
1,342
1,157
1,072
1,174
1,838
1,953
7.0
11.0
6.1
15.5
8.9
10.7
68,258
60,169
55,766
61,041
92,851
101,581
7.0
11.0
6.1
15.5
8.9
10.7
38.98
19.7
1,559
19.7
81,087
19.7
59.48
37.29
37.29
33.31
6.3
7.3
7.3
6.3
2,451
1,492
1,492
1,301
4.4
7.3
7.3
7.3
127,448
77,561
77,561
57,329
4.4
7.3
7.3
7.3
37.17
24.96
3.2
11.9
1,473
1,017
2.6
13.2
61,489
52,885
2.6
13.2
19.16
21.7
754
22.5
39,233
22.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-3
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science occupations
–Continued
Environmental science and protection
technicians, including health ...............
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder
counselors ............................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ............................................
Social workers ...............................................
Child, family, and school social workers ..
Medical and public health social workers
Mental health and substance abuse social
workers ................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Probation officers and correctional
treatment specialists .............................
Social and human service assistants ..........
Clergy ............................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$20.38
27.0%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$815
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
27.0%
$42,390
27.0%
19.27
22.59
6.1
16.3
767
895
5.9
15.9
38,220
42,134
5.9
15.9
17.05
9.6
674
8.6
35,052
8.6
29.47
18.30
17.05
19.17
5.2
3.9
4.5
4.3
1,160
733
681
767
4.8
3.8
4.3
4.3
50,616
37,982
35,117
39,869
4.8
3.8
4.3
4.3
18.83
5.6
768
5.7
39,945
5.7
14.44
7.6
575
7.9
29,889
7.9
19.38
12.21
19.35
3.7
7.8
9.9
775
485
774
3.7
7.9
9.9
40,309
25,220
40,242
3.7
7.9
9.9
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
29.65
52.01
21.18
21.14
22.7
14.1
7.8
6.3
1,212
2,202
869
882
23.9
16.1
7.6
5.6
63,017
114,491
45,191
45,861
23.9
16.1
7.6
5.6
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ..............
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .......
Biological science teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ....
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Health specialties teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Nursing instructors and teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
29.16
46.36
35.59
40.47
2.8
7.2
25.7
14.6
1,136
1,824
1,364
1,619
2.8
7.4
27.3
14.6
43,737
76,471
54,666
71,528
2.8
7.4
27.3
14.6
40.47
53.88
45.88
54.89
14.6
15.4
11.3
19.7
1,619
2,118
1,821
2,158
14.6
16.9
11.6
19.9
71,528
75,746
71,198
102,846
14.6
16.9
11.6
19.9
66.22
21.5
2,630
21.5
126,426
21.5
29.48
3.8
1,133
5.4
53,032
5.4
36.06
6.3
1,390
5.9
52,964
5.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-4
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations
–Continued
Art, drama, and music teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Philosophy and religion teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Vocational education teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .........
Preschool teachers, except special
education ..........................................
Kindergarten teachers, except special
education ..........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Elementary school teachers, except
special education .............................
Middle school teachers, except special
and vocational education .................
Secondary school teachers .........................
Secondary school teachers, except
special and vocational education .....
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school .............................
Special education teachers .........................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school
Special education teachers, middle
school ...............................................
Special education teachers, secondary
school ...............................................
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and
GED teachers and instructors ..............
Librarians .......................................................
Library technicians ........................................
Instructional coordinators ..............................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Artists and related workers ............................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$37.78
10.3%
$1,495
10.3%
$60,347
10.3%
33.03
45.36
10.9
7.0
1,254
1,800
10.4
7.1
48,369
74,341
10.4
7.1
26.18
11.6
1,016
11.3
50,735
11.3
30.65
24.53
.9
8.6
1,187
953
.9
8.1
44,143
38,783
.9
8.1
19.39
12.4
761
11.5
33,097
11.5
32.08
30.88
2.7
.4
1,228
1,197
2.7
.4
45,762
43,987
2.7
.4
31.09
.9
1,207
.8
44,187
.8
30.25
31.50
2.3
1.2
1,167
1,220
2.9
1.3
43,339
45,074
2.9
1.3
31.58
1.2
1,223
1.3
44,908
1.3
30.47
32.33
9.4
2.2
1,185
1,250
8.7
1.6
47,470
46,524
8.7
1.6
31.69
1.8
1,234
1.8
45,834
1.8
33.43
5.3
1,281
3.1
47,748
3.1
32.81
25.82
5.0
10.6
1,255
986
5.3
9.8
46,893
38,722
5.3
9.8
28.18
29.34
12.96
32.51
11.79
10.4
5.6
6.7
5.1
2.1
1,036
1,144
513
1,290
457
6.9
4.9
6.9
5.1
2.0
40,614
49,210
24,195
54,824
17,610
6.9
4.9
6.9
5.1
2.0
23.18
35.95
8.1
14.7
921
1,479
8.7
14.5
47,154
76,894
8.7
14.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-5
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations –Continued
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related
workers ....................................................
Coaches and scouts ....................................
Public relations specialists .............................
Writers and editors ........................................
Editors ........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Physical therapists .....................................
Respiratory therapists ................................
Speech-language pathologists ...................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Cardiovascular technologists and
technicians ...........................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Pharmacy technicians ................................
Surgical technologists ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$20.52
21.61
9.2%
11.9
32.15
32.15
22.37
19.73
20.17
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$823
864
9.3%
11.8
$42,788
44,933
9.3%
11.8
17.6
17.6
14.3
6.6
6.4
1,282
1,282
893
785
803
18.6
18.6
14.3
6.5
6.1
62,300
62,300
46,458
40,839
41,736
18.6
18.6
14.3
6.5
6.1
27.51
52.97
82.27
29.07
34.46
34.89
39.68
24.10
33.18
6.3
1.1
15.2
3.1
5.3
2.6
9.9
2.2
3.5
1,088
2,122
3,627
1,140
1,352
1,343
1,574
950
1,275
6.6
1.0
20.0
3.3
5.5
2.9
10.3
3.4
4.2
56,177
110,335
188,609
58,903
65,972
67,172
81,505
49,385
49,331
6.6
1.0
20.0
3.3
5.5
2.9
10.3
3.4
4.2
17.95
9.6
711
9.4
36,988
9.4
23.12
6.2
915
6.0
47,601
6.0
14.83
8.5
588
8.3
30,574
8.3
25.16
7.2
1,005
7.2
52,240
7.2
21.34
23.71
11.1
3.8
854
946
11.1
3.8
44,395
49,197
11.1
3.8
12.24
9.6
484
7.6
25,173
7.6
16.37
14.14
18.27
3.6
4.8
4.2
648
559
722
3.8
4.9
4.4
33,690
29,070
37,537
3.8
4.9
4.4
18.31
2.1
719
2.5
37,110
2.5
16.92
17.4
669
17.9
34,791
17.9
15.14
11.5
605
11.4
31,438
11.4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-6
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Occupational health and safety specialists
and technicians ........................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$25.30
25.61
14.0%
14.7
$1,012
1,024
14.0%
14.7
$52,614
53,265
14.0%
14.7
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ...........
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Dental assistants ........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Medical equipment preparers ....................
11.65
9.66
8.11
10.01
9.88
24.22
5.9
3.0
10.4
1.8
3.3
18.2
444
368
281
390
384
896
5.8
4.6
18.1
2.0
4.2
14.0
23,059
19,088
14,513
20,247
19,948
46,579
5.8
4.6
18.1
2.0
4.2
14.0
13.05
16.95
11.66
13.03
4.3
4.9
2.2
4.8
502
585
465
519
3.4
6.0
2.3
4.6
26,083
30,408
24,206
27,000
3.4
6.0
2.3
4.6
Protective service occupations ........................
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ...............................
First-line supervisors/managers of
correctional officers .............................
First-line supervisors/managers of police
and detectives ......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire
fighting and prevention workers ..............
Fire fighters ...................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ......
Correctional officers and jailers ................
Detectives and criminal investigators ............
Police officers ................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ............
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers .....
17.55
4.2
732
4.6
37,461
4.6
26.40
7.5
1,065
7.6
55,360
7.6
19.67
9.8
790
9.7
41,106
9.7
29.04
7.6
1,173
7.6
60,972
7.6
24.89
19.09
14.73
14.67
21.36
21.81
21.81
5.8
6.0
5.1
4.8
7.3
4.3
4.3
1,167
984
593
591
858
872
872
8.9
6.3
5.1
4.7
7.1
4.2
4.2
60,659
51,174
30,832
30,710
44,622
45,119
45,119
8.9
6.3
5.1
4.7
7.1
4.2
4.2
11.06
10.97
10.42
7.0
6.9
12.2
440
436
399
6.9
6.9
12.0
22,676
22,478
12,771
6.9
6.9
12.0
7.87
3.4
298
3.8
15,030
3.8
14.68
4.5
618
4.5
30,705
4.5
14.68
4.5
618
4.5
30,705
4.5
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-7
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, fast food .........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Cooks, short order .....................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .................................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food
concession, and coffee shop ................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ...........................
Dishwashers ...................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and
coffee shop ...............................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and
grounds cleaning and maintenance
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial workers ...
First-line supervisors/managers of
landscaping, lawn service, and
groundskeeping workers ......................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Personal care and service occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of personal
service workers ........................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers ............................
Mean
Relative
error4
$9.37
8.19
10.07
9.61
8.39
8.54
4.15
6.02
3.26
1.8%
3.1
3.3
1.8
4.2
7.4
5.1
7.0
6.7
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$359
300
384
373
335
326
153
219
119
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
2.5%
6.6
3.6
2.1
4.2
8.4
5.5
8.9
6.5
$18,050
15,598
17,811
19,388
17,441
16,278
7,882
10,920
6,191
2.5%
6.6
3.6
2.1
4.2
8.4
5.5
8.9
6.5
6.75
8.34
13.0
2.7
259
310
13.6
2.7
13,306
15,328
13.6
2.7
8.38
2.7
310
2.7
15,239
2.7
8.14
8.23
7.80
5.6
9.1
2.1
311
317
300
5.2
8.2
3.0
15,918
16,505
15,586
5.2
8.2
3.0
7.19
14.8
262
14.3
13,628
14.3
9.56
1.6
373
1.8
19,148
1.8
14.23
6.8
564
7.4
29,352
7.4
13.69
7.9
537
8.3
27,902
8.3
15.88
9.09
9.8
1.7
655
353
11.3
1.7
34,039
18,069
11.3
1.7
9.48
8.08
9.68
9.54
3.1
3.0
7.0
7.3
374
301
384
379
2.9
4.8
6.9
7.1
19,257
15,313
19,879
19,629
2.9
4.8
6.9
7.1
11.49
5.4
423
4.4
21,650
4.4
14.15
11.16
4.9
10.5
558
446
7.8
10.5
29,030
23,211
7.8
10.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-8
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Personal care and service occupations
–Continued
Gaming services workers ..............................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and
related workers ........................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .......
Barbers and cosmetologists ...........................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists .....................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ....
Baggage porters and bellhops ....................
Transportation attendants ..............................
Child care workers .........................................
Personal and home care aides ........................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
Recreation workers ....................................
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers .......................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Counter and rental clerks .......................
Parts salespersons ..................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ...............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$8.60
7.6%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$293
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
10.7%
$15,254
10.7%
9.72
9.59
10.70
19.3
21.2
5.9
373
367
394
19.6
21.5
8.1
19,384
19,062
20,511
19.6
21.5
8.1
10.91
6.73
6.73
34.10
8.82
10.51
14.05
14.13
7.2
6.1
6.1
15.5
4.8
17.1
7.3
7.9
410
254
254
713
345
400
540
542
9.5
8.7
8.7
2.6
4.6
19.8
8.6
9.2
21,340
13,193
13,193
36,850
17,695
20,819
23,963
23,844
9.5
8.7
8.7
2.6
4.6
19.8
8.6
9.2
18.04
2.8
726
3.1
37,661
3.1
20.78
6.0
862
6.5
44,842
6.5
17.20
4.0
706
4.6
36,713
4.6
30.58
11.27
8.98
8.99
14.2
4.1
3.5
3.5
1,311
448
351
352
14.0
4.6
3.4
3.4
68,147
23,163
17,987
18,031
14.0
4.6
3.4
3.4
12.49
10.26
14.75
12.44
29.71
22.82
7.5
9.6
12.5
6.4
11.7
15.6
499
406
595
498
1,126
933
8.6
11.5
12.6
7.6
10.2
15.7
25,945
21,120
30,929
25,905
58,578
48,512
8.6
11.5
12.6
7.6
10.2
15.7
34.36
24.8
1,405
24.8
73,082
24.8
31.12
7.5
1,270
7.2
66,036
7.2
37.78
8.3
1,535
8.5
79,797
8.5
27.99
11.3
1,145
11.5
59,528
11.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-9
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Models, demonstrators, and product
promoters .................................................
Demonstrators and product promoters ......
Real estate brokers and sales agents ..............
Real estate sales agents ..............................
Telemarketers ................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .......
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Switchboard operators, including answering
service ......................................................
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ..............
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ........
Customer service representatives ..................
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ..................................................
File clerks ......................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Library assistants, clerical .............................
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
New accounts clerks ......................................
Order clerks ...................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll
and timekeeping .......................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Reservation and transportation ticket agents
and travel clerks .......................................
Cargo and freight agents ................................
Couriers and messengers ...............................
Dispatchers ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$12.22
12.22
21.90
21.90
10.46
13.67
7.6%
7.6
18.4
18.4
9.1
16.5
14.78
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$489
489
891
891
417
547
7.6%
7.6
19.0
19.0
8.9
16.5
$25,412
25,412
46,354
46,354
21,665
28,434
7.6%
7.6
19.0
19.0
8.9
16.5
1.1
587
1.1
30,321
1.1
22.95
4.8
918
4.8
47,752
4.8
10.45
14.58
15.25
8.1
1.9
8.4
405
579
609
8.9
2.0
8.4
21,055
30,116
31,647
8.9
2.0
8.4
14.02
4.5
556
4.7
28,901
4.7
15.38
14.63
17.10
11.53
14.57
15.36
14.44
1.8
5.8
9.5
2.1
10.8
7.0
4.4
610
568
684
461
571
614
574
1.7
6.5
9.5
2.1
11.3
7.0
4.3
31,682
29,546
35,565
23,990
29,690
31,945
29,800
1.7
6.5
9.5
2.1
11.3
7.0
4.3
13.22
12.42
8.45
12.46
12.58
15.06
11.73
12.46
12.7
6.5
4.7
5.6
6.1
5.3
6.9
13.1
512
495
327
498
483
601
468
493
12.6
6.8
4.3
5.6
6.5
5.4
7.0
13.0
25,390
25,715
16,998
25,911
23,627
31,257
24,343
25,629
12.6
6.8
4.3
5.6
6.5
5.4
7.0
13.0
16.92
11.81
6.9
2.2
674
466
7.1
2.2
35,003
24,169
7.1
2.2
15.38
18.85
11.10
15.61
12.8
6.5
7.7
6.1
615
779
429
634
12.8
5.8
6.2
6.4
31,994
40,495
22,314
32,950
12.8
5.8
6.2
6.4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-10
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Meter readers, utilities ...................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Computer operators .......................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Desktop publishers ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators,
except postal service ................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.22
5.5%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$617
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.9%
$32,101
5.9%
15.75
11.53
16.51
12.22
11.86
17.27
8.0
14.4
5.2
4.4
3.3
3.2
639
461
659
486
476
682
7.8
14.4
5.3
4.2
4.1
3.1
33,237
23,992
34,266
25,297
24,528
34,842
7.8
14.4
5.3
4.2
4.1
3.1
20.04
15.26
14.15
2.3
4.5
14.9
798
604
562
2.3
4.8
14.5
41,225
31,427
29,203
2.3
4.8
14.5
15.78
16.96
4.1
5.3
616
678
4.1
5.3
30,632
35,239
4.1
5.3
12.04
11.84
17.78
3.8
3.2
9.6
480
472
690
3.8
3.2
7.7
24,942
24,515
35,894
3.8
3.2
7.7
16.01
8.5
631
8.6
32,820
8.6
12.33
12.77
7.4
2.5
486
506
6.9
2.4
25,280
25,926
6.9
2.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..
12.29
13.0
492
13.0
23,193
13.0
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers
Tile and marble setters ...............................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and
terrazzo workers ......................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers ......
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..............................................
17.18
4.3
694
4.6
36,010
4.6
26.74
15.20
16.48
16.60
11.4
5.2
4.3
4.3
1,133
608
640
650
13.8
5.2
6.6
5.8
58,917
31,468
33,291
33,794
13.8
5.2
6.6
5.8
13.11
13.11
11.26
14.64
7.2
7.2
4.2
4.1
524
524
450
585
7.2
7.2
4.2
4.1
26,920
26,920
23,344
30,443
7.2
7.2
4.2
4.1
12.21
8.6
488
8.6
25,400
8.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-11
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations
–Continued
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
Insulation workers .........................................
Insulation workers, mechanical .................
Painters and paperhangers .............................
Painters, construction and maintenance ....
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Pipelayers ..................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers ...............
Roofers ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons,
stonemasons, and tile and marble
setters ...................................................
Helpers--electricians ..................................
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters,
and steamfitters ....................................
Construction and building inspectors ............
Highway maintenance workers .....................
Miscellaneous construction and related
workers ....................................................
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit
operators, oil, gas, and mining .................
Roustabouts, oil and gas ................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Computer, automated teller, and office
machine repairers .....................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers .............................
Telecommunications equipment installers
and repairers, except line installers .....
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic
equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers ...................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.24
17.75
17.79
19.85
15.10
15.10
3.2%
6.5
11.1
1.9
7.5
7.5
17.72
11.87
18.48
15.41
16.14
15.72
12.04
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$610
710
712
794
604
604
3.2%
6.5
11.1
1.9
7.5
7.5
$31,704
36,913
37,010
41,288
31,417
31,417
3.2%
6.5
11.1
1.9
7.5
7.5
4.3
4.9
4.9
9.6
3.2
7.6
4.0
709
475
739
616
646
629
481
4.3
4.9
4.9
9.6
3.2
7.6
4.0
36,865
24,683
38,441
31,108
33,407
32,698
24,939
4.3
4.9
4.9
9.6
3.2
7.6
4.0
10.12
11.27
3.2
1.1
403
451
2.8
1.1
20,627
23,437
2.8
1.1
14.57
28.09
14.90
9.9
21.8
20.3
583
1,124
596
9.9
21.8
20.3
30,304
58,430
30,999
9.9
21.8
20.3
14.25
13.3
570
13.3
29,641
13.3
23.73
20.50
20.6
4.2
949
820
20.6
4.2
49,352
42,639
20.6
4.2
19.01
1.8
765
1.8
39,593
1.8
26.44
3.7
1,102
4.3
57,280
4.3
14.80
9.9
592
9.9
30,791
9.9
23.63
11.0
945
11.0
49,154
11.0
23.64
11.0
946
11.0
49,180
11.0
20.16
7.2
812
7.4
42,236
7.4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-12
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Electrical and electronics repairers,
commercial and industrial equipment
Electrical and electronics repairers,
powerhouse, substation, and relay .......
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ..
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Automotive body and related repairers .....
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ............................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines .....................................
Rail car repairers ........................................
Small engine mechanics ................................
Control and valve installers and repairers .....
Control and valve installers and repairers,
except mechanical door .......................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Maintenance workers, machinery ..............
Line installers and repairers ...........................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Telecommunications line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ......................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and
systems assemblers ..................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$19.91
7.3%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$796
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
7.3%
$41,406
7.3%
26.40
28.32
17.53
18.13
1.5
5.3
5.9
19.6
1,056
1,183
714
746
1.5
8.5
5.7
21.7
54,918
59,126
37,117
38,809
1.5
8.5
5.7
21.7
17.39
5.4
706
5.6
36,725
5.6
17.16
4.6
686
4.6
35,689
4.6
19.53
7.1
781
7.1
40,614
7.1
19.39
22.00
18.03
18.70
5.2
14.9
21.0
10.1
776
880
716
748
5.2
14.9
19.9
10.1
40,337
45,756
37,219
38,900
5.2
14.9
19.9
10.1
18.70
10.1
748
10.1
38,900
10.1
17.09
11.1
684
11.1
35,562
11.1
17.28
21.13
14.77
16.36
24.63
3.4
5.1
3.8
8.0
4.3
690
845
591
648
985
3.4
5.1
3.8
7.6
4.3
35,704
43,370
30,630
33,677
51,223
3.4
5.1
3.8
7.6
4.3
26.39
4.5
1,056
4.5
54,895
4.5
23.39
6.1
935
6.1
48,645
6.1
16.14
5.6
645
5.5
33,052
5.5
12.27
3.8
491
3.8
24,529
3.8
14.30
2.9
569
2.9
29,570
2.9
23.48
6.5
943
6.3
48,904
6.3
20.98
9.4
839
9.4
43,631
9.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-13
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Engine and other machine assemblers ...........
Structural metal fabricators and fitters ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Team assemblers .......................................
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .................
Forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Cutting, punching, and press machine
setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ............................................
Lathe and turning machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...................................................
Machinists ......................................................
Molders and molding machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers .................
Bindery workers ........................................
Printers ...........................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..............
Mean
Relative
error4
$11.01
5.0%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$439
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.0%
$22,840
5.0%
11.16
12.44
19.91
11.34
9.96
11.27
5.8
4.6
8.0
5.1
9.8
15.6
445
497
796
451
399
448
5.8
4.6
8.0
5.1
9.8
15.7
23,137
25,865
41,409
23,477
20,725
23,041
5.8
4.6
8.0
5.1
9.8
15.7
11.58
15.57
11.50
7.3
2.4
12.1
460
596
458
7.4
4.5
12.2
23,901
30,990
23,796
7.4
4.5
12.2
14.89
18.7
595
18.7
30,964
18.7
14.89
18.7
595
18.7
30,964
18.7
12.80
15.4
501
16.0
26,071
16.0
12.99
8.8
520
8.8
27,021
8.8
11.30
4.8
452
4.8
23,498
4.8
17.82
18.05
15.4
6.1
713
723
15.4
5.9
37,067
37,576
15.4
5.9
9.84
9.9
379
11.7
19,718
11.7
9.84
9.9
379
11.7
19,718
11.7
12.39
15.19
15.31
3.9
5.9
6.0
495
608
613
3.9
5.9
6.0
25,764
31,601
31,852
3.9
5.9
6.0
14.02
15.50
15.50
16.54
17.79
11.1
6.5
6.5
6.0
9.1
558
620
620
659
706
11.3
6.5
6.5
6.1
9.2
29,013
32,234
32,234
34,245
36,708
11.3
6.5
6.5
6.1
9.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-14
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related
materials ..................................................
Sewing machine operators .............................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and
dispatchers ...............................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and
system operators ......................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ....
Chemical plant and system operators ........
Petroleum pump system operators,
refinery operators, and gaugers ...........
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand ......
Mixing and blending machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Painters, transportation equipment ............
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except
metal and plastic ..................................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,
laborers, and material movers, hand ........
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and material-moving
machine and vehicle operators ................
Bus drivers .....................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................
Bus drivers, school ....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$16.24
9.16
6.5%
2.9
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$647
358
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
6.5%
3.7
$33,651
18,594
6.5%
3.7
7.97
8.53
6.1
12.9
313
341
6.6
12.9
16,288
17,740
6.6
12.9
11.64
20.3
460
18.5
23,926
18.5
12.44
8.7
479
9.9
24,886
9.9
31.50
14.3
1,260
14.3
65,528
14.3
18.63
29.31
31.10
14.6
4.4
2.7
745
1,174
1,244
14.6
4.4
2.7
38,748
59,408
64,679
14.6
4.4
2.7
28.52
6.3
1,143
6.3
56,902
6.3
15.48
11.67
10.2
14.3
619
467
10.2
14.3
32,188
24,274
10.2
14.3
16.91
15.2
676
15.2
35,171
15.2
15.44
7.4
617
7.4
32,088
7.4
12.49
14.15
16.71
11.57
5.8
7.8
13.8
6.4
500
566
668
457
5.8
7.8
13.8
6.2
25,981
29,441
34,754
23,753
5.8
7.8
13.8
6.2
10.06
10.52
11.1
5.5
378
415
14.2
6.3
19,674
21,598
14.2
6.3
14.73
6.6
604
7.7
30,921
7.7
16.44
7.6
660
7.7
34,315
7.7
27.17
15.53
17.48
14.53
11.5
4.6
7.0
6.1
1,145
530
699
461
10.6
6.3
7.0
7.4
59,545
21,558
36,354
17,198
10.6
6.3
7.0
7.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-15
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Driver/sales workers ..................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ...........................
Sailors and marine oilers ...............................
Ship and boat captains and operators ............
Captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels ..................................................
Crane and tower operators .............................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine
operators ..................................................
Excavating and loading machine and
dragline operators ................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..........
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors .....
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.84
14.53
16.72
14.28
9.46
12.76
25.24
3.5%
12.6
5.9
9.6
8.4
4.1
13.7
$690
591
758
584
369
587
1,366
5.4%
12.9
8.5
8.2
7.4
10.0
21.1
$35,834
30,718
39,397
30,201
19,194
29,573
64,202
5.4%
12.9
8.5
8.2
7.4
10.0
21.1
25.24
17.48
13.7
9.6
1,366
699
21.1
9.6
64,202
36,354
21.1
9.6
13.40
5.0
536
5.0
27,882
5.0
13.40
12.00
10.75
10.66
5.0
9.1
2.2
3.7
536
480
425
426
5.0
9.0
2.3
3.7
27,882
24,968
21,763
22,165
5.0
9.0
2.3
3.7
11.10
11.10
9.43
12.33
2.7
9.5
5.4
3.4
438
444
370
493
2.9
9.5
5.9
3.4
22,207
23,089
19,233
25,644
2.9
9.5
5.9
3.4
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the
minimum full-time schedule.
2 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
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 earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S11-16
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$19.51
1.4%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Advertising and promotions managers ..........
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Compensation and benefits managers .......
Industrial production managers .....................
Purchasing managers .....................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution
managers ..................................................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, preschool and
child care center/program ....................
Education administrators, postsecondary ..
Engineering managers ...................................
Food service managers ..................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...............................
45.51
106.07
54.71
46.86
50.56
51.82
49.03
31.76
3.6
37.9
9.9
16.3
8.6
6.7
15.8
13.2
1,875
4,409
2,343
1,938
2,083
2,071
2,099
1,326
3.2
38.3
9.9
15.6
8.3
6.7
15.5
13.2
97,371
229,255
121,829
100,764
108,334
107,703
109,159
68,964
3.2
38.3
9.9
15.6
8.3
6.7
15.5
13.2
58.80
56.09
41.49
34.34
39.89
42.66
10.5
4.8
8.6
6.2
5.8
15.2
2,352
2,267
1,666
1,375
1,661
1,706
10.5
4.6
8.5
6.2
4.9
15.2
122,295
117,894
86,656
71,478
86,350
88,737
10.5
4.6
8.5
6.2
4.9
15.2
33.78
33.95
26.80
10.1
4.7
19.2
1,365
1,416
1,047
9.7
4.6
18.0
70,958
72,635
53,713
9.7
4.6
18.0
16.25
35.46
58.18
23.50
31.31
10.9
7.4
8.1
5.9
8.8
650
1,294
2,355
1,048
1,314
10.9
9.0
7.9
5.4
10.2
33,794
64,842
122,474
54,473
68,340
10.9
9.0
7.9
5.4
10.2
21.89
11.1
876
11.1
45,565
11.1
30.17
27.69
1.8
5.5
1,214
1,133
1.8
5.2
63,131
58,908
1.8
5.2
30.47
11.2
1,219
11.2
63,385
11.2
26.50
5.3
1,065
5.0
55,398
5.0
26.81
4.2
1,058
4.8
54,995
4.8
25.10
2.8
989
3.0
51,425
3.0
32.97
31.39
20.9
4.5
1,319
1,274
20.9
4.8
68,585
66,249
20.9
4.8
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm
products ...............................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale,
retail, and farm products ......................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation ...........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Mean
$779
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
1.6%
$40,362
1.6%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
specialists .............................................
Training and development specialists .......
Logisticians ....................................................
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Credit analysts ...............................................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Loan counselors and officers .........................
Loan officers ..............................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer programmers .................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Database administrators .................................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Architects, except naval .................................
Architects, except landscape and naval .....
Engineers .......................................................
Aerospace engineers ..................................
Chemical engineers ...................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Computer hardware engineers ...................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$26.66
7.0%
$1,066
5.6%
$55,434
5.6%
24.89
7.2
950
8.8
49,401
8.8
20.78
32.74
35.39
35.30
29.88
24.37
30.97
34.11
24.02
30.04
30.04
5.3
23.2
7.9
10.8
3.2
8.0
10.9
18.8
9.4
9.6
9.6
875
1,304
1,416
1,426
1,203
975
1,239
1,364
961
1,199
1,199
6.6
23.2
7.9
11.2
3.1
8.0
10.9
18.8
9.4
9.4
9.4
45,497
67,786
73,616
74,133
62,563
50,685
64,424
70,949
49,965
62,372
62,372
6.6
23.2
7.9
11.2
3.1
8.0
10.9
18.8
9.4
9.4
9.4
37.42
35.43
41.38
39.26
5.5
10.7
5.7
8.6
1,502
1,425
1,658
1,576
5.5
10.8
5.6
8.6
78,090
74,087
86,226
81,975
5.5
10.8
5.6
8.6
43.35
26.04
43.51
32.46
4.7
11.1
7.8
20.5
1,734
1,043
1,744
1,298
4.7
11.1
7.8
20.5
90,160
54,246
90,701
67,514
4.7
11.1
7.8
20.5
26.25
8.3
1,064
8.9
55,304
8.9
33.51
4.1
1,340
4.1
69,705
4.1
33.79
27.08
28.00
41.72
37.08
53.13
34.71
45.45
41.06
45.31
7.9
10.4
15.0
2.1
11.6
6.5
10.0
7.2
6.5
14.2
1,362
1,126
1,120
1,686
1,483
2,125
1,464
1,852
1,665
1,865
7.8
10.3
15.0
2.1
11.6
6.5
9.8
6.2
5.6
13.3
70,824
58,526
58,234
87,650
77,117
110,508
76,106
96,296
86,566
96,980
7.8
10.3
15.0
2.1
11.6
6.5
9.8
6.2
5.6
13.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-2
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering occupations
–Continued
Electronics engineers, except computer
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Petroleum engineers ..................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Mechanical drafters ...................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..........
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$37.19
5.8%
$1,487
5.8%
$77,348
5.8%
39.42
39.04
33.45
56.44
27.80
24.90
23.03
22.44
7.4
8.4
5.3
18.2
7.6
13.9
7.0
16.9
1,577
1,562
1,338
2,258
1,113
996
921
897
7.4
8.4
5.3
18.2
7.6
13.9
7.0
16.9
81,989
81,209
69,574
117,392
57,707
51,783
47,908
46,668
7.4
8.4
5.3
18.2
7.6
13.9
7.0
16.9
24.39
24.31
24.25
5.2
4.9
42.8
976
972
970
5.2
4.9
42.8
50,741
50,570
50,445
5.2
4.9
42.8
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Physical scientists ..........................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and
geographers ......................................
Market and survey researchers ......................
Market research analysts ...........................
Chemical technicians .....................................
38.96
55.29
58.07
8.2
8.6
11.9
1,569
2,258
2,379
7.9
6.8
9.4
81,596
117,392
123,699
7.9
6.8
9.4
59.48
37.29
37.29
25.20
6.3
7.3
7.3
12.0
2,451
1,492
1,492
1,028
4.4
7.3
7.3
13.3
127,448
77,561
77,561
53,432
4.4
7.3
7.3
13.3
Community and social services occupations
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ............................................
Social workers ...............................................
Child, family, and school social workers ..
Medical and public health social workers
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Social and human service assistants ..........
15.44
8.7
617
8.7
32,056
8.7
20.61
19.97
15.65
22.34
11.0
8.1
8.9
5.0
818
804
626
894
10.6
8.1
8.9
5.0
41,636
41,805
32,543
46,467
10.6
8.1
8.9
5.0
11.60
11.25
5.9
8.0
461
447
6.1
8.1
23,979
23,236
6.1
8.1
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
29.22
58.66
20.36
21.18
24.6
13.7
6.5
6.5
1,196
2,517
840
885
26.1
15.1
6.7
5.7
62,207
130,887
43,685
45,998
26.1
15.1
6.7
5.7
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
28.82
51.19
75.66
18.9
22.4
34.0
1,139
2,013
2,967
19.0
22.5
34.1
51,129
90,008
142,137
19.0
22.5
34.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-3
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations
–Continued
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
Art, drama, and music teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Middle school teachers, except special
and vocational education .................
Secondary school teachers .........................
Secondary school teachers, except
special and vocational education .....
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Artists and related workers ............................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Writers and editors ........................................
Editors ........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Physical therapists .....................................
Respiratory therapists ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$35.96
2.6%
$1,358
3.4%
$51,935
3.4%
38.78
34.44
6.3
14.2
1,555
1,366
8.0
13.7
57,977
64,381
8.0
13.7
21.11
25.76
13.1
10.0
842
1,028
13.4
10.4
35,202
37,926
13.4
10.4
26.37
23.96
9.5
8.8
1,070
952
7.7
8.6
39,320
38,593
7.7
8.6
26.57
16.92
9.74
7.8
10.7
12.0
1,054
651
385
7.3
9.1
12.4
39,769
29,933
18,878
7.3
9.1
12.4
23.27
35.95
20.40
21.48
19.35
19.57
9.2
14.7
10.0
12.9
7.5
7.2
923
1,479
818
859
770
778
9.9
14.5
10.1
12.9
7.5
6.9
47,444
76,894
42,544
44,664
40,045
40,448
9.9
14.5
10.1
12.9
7.5
6.9
28.21
53.14
96.44
28.73
35.62
35.60
39.68
24.10
7.7
1.2
6.7
3.6
6.7
3.0
10.0
2.2
1,117
2,129
4,426
1,128
1,406
1,369
1,574
950
8.1
1.0
13.8
3.8
7.0
4.5
10.4
3.4
58,068
110,699
230,177
58,645
73,097
71,194
81,847
49,385
8.1
1.0
13.8
3.8
7.0
4.5
10.4
3.4
17.63
11.6
697
11.3
36,262
11.3
24.78
4.5
981
4.2
51,005
4.2
13.55
5.9
536
5.4
27,867
5.4
25.37
9.8
1,012
9.8
52,644
9.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-4
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Cardiovascular technologists and
technicians ...........................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Pharmacy technicians ................................
Surgical technologists ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
and technicians ........................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
Mean
Relative
error4
$20.08
23.52
11.9%
5.9
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$803
938
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
11.9%
5.9
$41,773
48,754
11.9%
5.9
11.45
17.3
446
12.9
23,213
12.9
16.95
14.76
18.27
4.0
8.3
4.2
670
577
722
4.1
8.6
4.4
34,814
30,015
37,523
4.1
8.6
4.4
18.82
2.3
740
2.7
38,489
2.7
17.37
18.1
687
18.7
35,727
18.7
15.49
12.5
618
12.4
32,152
12.4
27.98
27.98
20.2
20.2
1,119
1,119
20.2
20.2
58,204
58,204
20.2
20.2
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides ...........
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Dental assistants ........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
11.73
9.53
7.90
9.95
9.71
24.22
6.5
3.4
10.0
2.0
4.2
18.2
445
361
272
387
372
896
6.5
5.3
18.0
2.2
5.1
14.0
23,157
18,770
14,138
20,122
19,362
46,579
6.5
5.3
18.0
2.2
5.1
14.0
13.11
17.04
11.64
4.6
4.9
2.1
503
585
465
3.7
6.2
2.2
26,137
30,414
24,182
3.7
6.2
2.2
Protective service occupations ........................
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
11.18
6.4
446
6.4
22,479
6.4
10.85
10.85
7.5
7.5
433
433
7.5
7.5
22,507
22,507
7.5
7.5
7.61
3.5
290
4.0
15,000
4.0
14.56
5.0
621
5.2
32,287
5.2
14.56
9.29
5.0
1.9
621
358
5.2
2.7
32,287
18,493
5.2
2.7
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-5
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
Cooks, fast food .........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Cooks, short order .....................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .................................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food
concession, and coffee shop ................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ...........................
Dishwashers ...................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and
coffee shop ...............................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and
grounds cleaning and maintenance
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial workers ...
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Personal care and service occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of personal
service workers ........................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers ............................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and
related workers ........................................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$8.19
10.18
9.61
8.35
8.40
4.14
6.00
3.25
3.1%
5.3
1.8
4.4
8.1
5.1
7.2
6.6
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$300
398
373
334
323
152
219
119
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
6.6%
5.1
2.1
4.4
9.4
5.5
9.2
6.5
$15,598
20,040
19,388
17,377
16,786
7,866
10,918
6,174
6.6%
5.1
2.1
4.4
9.4
5.5
9.2
6.5
6.75
8.14
13.1
3.1
259
308
13.7
3.1
13,318
16,005
13.7
3.1
8.15
3.0
307
3.1
15,986
3.1
8.08
7.71
7.85
6.0
9.5
2.0
310
296
304
5.4
8.0
2.7
16,108
15,368
15,807
5.4
8.0
2.7
7.19
14.8
262
14.3
13,628
14.3
8.97
2.5
346
2.7
17,849
2.7
11.99
7.1
473
8.6
24,615
8.6
11.26
8.80
6.6
2.6
436
338
7.8
2.7
22,675
17,373
7.8
2.7
9.21
8.03
8.62
8.39
5.0
3.1
5.7
4.3
362
298
341
332
4.7
5.0
5.6
4.2
18,806
15,148
17,654
17,181
4.7
5.0
5.6
4.2
11.42
5.6
419
4.3
21,556
4.3
14.15
11.17
4.9
10.6
558
447
7.8
10.6
29,030
23,233
7.8
10.6
7.68
10.70
6.3
5.9
301
394
6.7
8.1
15,626
20,511
6.7
8.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-6
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Personal care and service occupations
–Continued
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists .....................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ....
Baggage porters and bellhops ....................
Transportation attendants ..............................
Child care workers .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
Recreation workers ....................................
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers .......................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Counter and rental clerks .......................
Parts salespersons ..................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ...............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
Models, demonstrators, and product
promoters .................................................
Demonstrators and product promoters ......
Real estate brokers and sales agents ..............
Real estate sales agents ..............................
Telemarketers ................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$10.91
6.73
6.73
35.82
8.60
13.63
13.74
7.2%
6.1
6.1
15.2
5.2
8.3
9.4
18.10
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$410
254
254
725
337
507
507
9.5%
8.7
8.7
2.5
5.1
11.4
12.6
$21,340
13,193
13,193
37,690
17,492
20,260
19,768
9.5%
8.7
8.7
2.5
5.1
11.4
12.6
2.8
729
3.2
37,810
3.2
20.86
6.1
867
6.6
45,062
6.6
17.20
4.1
706
4.8
36,726
4.8
30.58
11.27
8.83
8.83
14.2
4.2
3.3
3.3
1,311
448
345
345
14.0
4.6
3.2
3.2
68,147
23,166
17,698
17,698
14.0
4.6
3.2
3.2
12.49
10.26
14.75
12.44
29.71
22.82
7.5
9.6
12.5
6.4
11.7
15.6
499
406
595
498
1,126
933
8.6
11.5
12.6
7.6
10.2
15.7
25,945
21,120
30,929
25,904
58,578
48,512
8.6
11.5
12.6
7.6
10.2
15.7
34.36
24.8
1,405
24.8
73,082
24.8
31.12
7.5
1,270
7.2
66,036
7.2
37.78
8.3
1,535
8.5
79,797
8.5
27.99
11.3
1,145
11.5
59,528
11.5
12.22
12.22
21.64
21.64
10.46
7.6
7.6
20.1
20.1
9.1
489
489
882
882
417
7.6
7.6
20.8
20.8
8.9
25,412
25,412
45,866
45,866
21,665
7.6
7.6
20.8
20.8
8.9
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-7
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .......
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Switchboard operators, including answering
service ......................................................
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ........
Customer service representatives ..................
File clerks ......................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
New accounts clerks ......................................
Order clerks ...................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll
and timekeeping .......................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Reservation and transportation ticket agents
and travel clerks .......................................
Cargo and freight agents ................................
Couriers and messengers ...............................
Dispatchers ....................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$13.67
16.5%
14.81
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$547
16.5%
$28,434
16.5%
1.3
588
1.3
30,564
1.3
23.18
5.1
927
5.1
48,226
5.1
10.45
14.53
15.31
8.1
2.0
8.6
405
577
611
8.9
2.2
8.6
21,055
30,019
31,778
8.9
2.2
8.6
14.02
4.5
556
4.7
28,901
4.7
15.37
14.20
17.35
11.53
15.36
14.43
12.27
8.45
12.89
14.98
11.73
12.46
1.9
7.1
9.9
2.1
7.0
4.6
7.6
4.7
7.1
5.3
6.9
13.1
609
547
694
461
614
573
488
327
516
598
468
493
1.8
8.0
9.9
2.1
7.0
4.5
7.8
4.3
7.1
5.4
7.0
13.0
31,665
28,436
36,090
23,990
31,945
29,756
25,385
16,998
26,821
31,074
24,343
25,629
1.8
8.0
9.9
2.1
7.0
4.5
7.8
4.3
7.1
5.4
7.0
13.0
17.43
11.79
7.3
2.2
693
467
7.5
2.2
36,061
24,222
7.5
2.2
15.38
18.85
11.18
15.55
12.8
6.5
8.0
7.9
615
779
431
631
12.8
5.8
6.5
8.3
31,994
40,495
22,421
32,813
12.8
5.8
6.5
8.3
15.72
16.64
12.19
11.80
17.93
8.2
5.4
4.8
3.2
4.5
639
664
485
473
709
8.0
5.5
4.6
4.1
4.4
33,202
34,536
25,223
24,404
36,823
8.0
5.5
4.6
4.1
4.4
20.92
15.24
14.28
3.5
5.4
17.4
835
602
566
3.4
5.8
17.0
43,370
31,302
29,456
3.4
5.8
17.0
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-8
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Computer operators .......................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Desktop publishers ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators,
except postal service ................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$16.96
17.39
5.4%
5.5
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$659
695
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.6%
5.5
$34,261
36,125
5.6%
5.5
12.01
11.75
17.78
3.9
3.2
9.6
480
469
690
3.9
3.2
7.7
24,942
24,396
35,894
3.9
3.2
7.7
16.02
8.6
631
8.7
32,831
8.7
11.87
12.61
8.1
3.2
471
499
7.8
3.0
24,502
25,945
7.8
3.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..
12.29
13.0
492
13.0
23,193
13.0
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers
Tile and marble setters ...............................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and
terrazzo workers ......................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers ......
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
Insulation workers .........................................
Insulation workers, mechanical .................
Painters and paperhangers .............................
Painters, construction and maintenance ....
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers ...............
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
17.35
4.6
702
4.9
36,402
4.9
27.28
15.26
16.48
16.60
11.7
6.0
4.3
4.3
1,160
610
640
650
14.4
6.0
6.6
5.8
60,324
31,583
33,291
33,794
14.4
6.0
6.6
5.8
13.11
13.11
11.25
15.05
7.2
7.2
4.3
4.8
524
524
450
602
7.2
7.2
4.3
4.8
26,920
26,920
23,356
31,299
7.2
7.2
4.3
4.8
15.80
17.75
17.79
19.85
14.89
14.89
3.7
6.6
11.1
1.9
8.1
8.1
632
710
712
794
596
596
3.7
6.6
11.1
1.9
8.1
8.1
32,866
36,928
37,010
41,288
30,967
30,967
3.7
6.6
11.1
1.9
8.1
8.1
18.31
18.89
15.41
15.72
12.05
4.9
5.3
9.6
7.6
4.0
732
755
616
629
482
4.9
5.3
9.6
7.6
4.0
38,086
39,284
31,108
32,698
24,972
4.9
5.3
9.6
7.6
4.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-9
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations
–Continued
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons,
stonemasons, and tile and marble
setters ...................................................
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters,
and steamfitters ....................................
Miscellaneous construction and related
workers ....................................................
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit
operators, oil, gas, and mining .................
Roustabouts, oil and gas ................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Computer, automated teller, and office
machine repairers .....................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers .............................
Telecommunications equipment installers
and repairers, except line installers .....
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic
equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers ...................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers,
commercial and industrial equipment
Electrical and electronics repairers,
powerhouse, substation, and relay .......
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ..
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Automotive body and related repairers .....
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ............................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines .....................................
Rail car repairers ........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$10.12
3.2%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$403
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
2.8%
$20,627
2.8%
14.70
9.9
588
9.9
30,570
9.9
14.25
13.3
570
13.3
29,641
13.3
23.73
20.50
20.6
4.2
949
820
20.6
4.2
49,352
42,639
20.6
4.2
19.31
2.0
778
2.0
40,256
2.0
27.03
4.0
1,132
4.6
58,883
4.6
14.83
10.4
593
10.4
30,855
10.4
23.63
11.0
945
11.0
49,154
11.0
23.64
11.0
946
11.0
49,180
11.0
20.14
7.3
811
7.5
42,186
7.5
19.84
7.6
794
7.6
41,275
7.6
26.40
28.32
17.61
18.13
1.5
5.3
6.1
19.6
1,056
1,183
717
746
1.5
8.5
6.0
21.7
54,918
59,126
37,309
38,809
1.5
8.5
6.0
21.7
17.48
5.7
710
5.9
36,940
5.9
17.06
4.8
682
4.8
35,476
4.8
19.92
7.3
797
7.3
41,427
7.3
20.05
22.00
4.9
14.9
802
880
4.9
14.9
41,711
45,756
4.9
14.9
16.72
12.6
670
12.5
34,817
12.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-10
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Maintenance workers, machinery ..............
Line installers and repairers ...........................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Telecommunications line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ......................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and
systems assemblers ..................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Engine and other machine assemblers ...........
Structural metal fabricators and fitters ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Team assemblers .......................................
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .................
Forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$17.81
21.04
15.17
16.36
24.86
3.8%
5.7
5.0
8.0
4.3
27.21
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$711
842
607
648
995
3.8%
5.7
5.0
7.6
4.3
$36,802
43,127
31,557
33,677
51,714
3.8%
5.7
5.0
7.6
4.3
5.0
1,088
5.0
56,601
5.0
23.39
6.1
935
6.1
48,645
6.1
16.32
6.0
652
5.9
33,391
5.9
12.29
3.9
492
3.9
24,507
3.9
14.26
2.9
568
2.9
29,499
2.9
23.41
6.6
940
6.4
48,752
6.4
20.98
9.4
839
9.4
43,631
9.4
11.01
5.0
439
5.0
22,840
5.0
11.16
12.44
19.91
11.34
9.96
11.23
5.8
4.6
8.0
5.1
9.8
16.1
445
497
796
451
399
449
5.8
4.6
8.0
5.1
9.8
16.1
23,137
25,865
41,409
23,477
20,725
23,363
5.8
4.6
8.0
5.1
9.8
16.1
11.58
15.57
11.50
7.3
2.4
12.1
460
596
458
7.4
4.5
12.2
23,901
30,990
23,796
7.4
4.5
12.2
14.89
18.7
595
18.7
30,964
18.7
14.89
18.7
595
18.7
30,964
18.7
12.80
15.4
501
16.0
26,071
16.0
12.99
8.8
520
8.8
27,021
8.8
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-11
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Cutting, punching, and press machine
setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ............................................
Lathe and turning machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...................................................
Machinists ......................................................
Molders and molding machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers .................
Bindery workers ........................................
Printers ...........................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..............
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related
materials ..................................................
Sewing machine operators .............................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and
dispatchers ...............................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ....
Chemical plant and system operators ........
Petroleum pump system operators,
refinery operators, and gaugers ...........
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand ......
Mixing and blending machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$11.30
4.8%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$452
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
4.8%
$23,498
4.8%
17.82
18.05
15.4
6.1
713
723
15.4
5.9
37,067
37,576
15.4
5.9
9.84
9.9
379
11.7
19,718
11.7
9.84
9.9
379
11.7
19,718
11.7
12.39
15.14
15.26
3.9
6.0
6.1
495
606
610
3.9
6.0
6.1
25,764
31,492
31,739
3.9
6.0
6.1
14.02
15.50
15.50
16.58
17.79
16.30
9.16
11.1
6.5
6.5
6.1
9.1
6.7
2.9
558
620
620
660
706
650
358
11.3
6.5
6.5
6.2
9.2
6.7
3.7
29,013
32,234
32,234
34,333
36,708
33,783
18,594
11.3
6.5
6.5
6.2
9.2
6.7
3.7
7.97
8.53
6.1
12.9
313
341
6.6
12.9
16,288
17,740
6.6
12.9
11.64
20.3
460
18.5
23,926
18.5
12.44
8.7
479
9.9
24,886
9.9
34.52
29.31
31.10
15.5
4.4
2.7
1,381
1,174
1,244
15.5
4.4
2.7
71,807
59,408
64,679
15.5
4.4
2.7
28.52
6.3
1,143
6.3
56,902
6.3
15.48
11.67
10.2
14.3
619
467
10.2
14.3
32,188
24,274
10.2
14.3
16.91
15.2
676
15.2
35,171
15.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-12
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Painters, transportation equipment ............
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except
metal and plastic ..................................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,
laborers, and material movers, hand ........
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and material-moving
machine and vehicle operators ................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Driver/sales workers ..................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ...........................
Sailors and marine oilers ...............................
Ship and boat captains and operators ............
Captains, mates, and pilots of water
vessels ..................................................
Crane and tower operators .............................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine
operators ..................................................
Excavating and loading machine and
dragline operators ................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..........
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.44
7.4%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$617
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
7.4%
$32,088
7.4%
12.49
13.84
16.23
11.58
5.8
7.3
14.2
6.4
500
553
649
457
5.8
7.3
14.2
6.3
25,981
28,781
33,755
23,778
5.8
7.3
14.2
6.3
10.06
10.55
11.1
5.5
378
416
14.2
6.3
19,674
21,644
14.2
6.3
14.77
6.8
609
7.9
31,402
7.9
16.28
7.7
654
7.8
33,993
7.8
27.17
15.87
14.53
16.76
14.30
9.27
12.76
25.24
11.5
3.5
12.6
5.9
9.7
8.5
4.1
13.7
1,145
692
591
761
585
361
587
1,366
10.6
5.4
12.9
8.5
8.3
7.4
10.0
21.1
59,545
35,936
30,718
39,548
30,241
18,794
29,573
64,202
10.6
5.4
12.9
8.5
8.3
7.4
10.0
21.1
25.24
17.48
13.7
9.6
1,366
699
21.1
9.6
64,202
36,354
21.1
9.6
13.48
5.2
539
5.2
28,048
5.2
13.48
12.00
10.75
10.64
5.2
9.1
2.2
3.8
539
480
425
426
5.2
9.0
2.3
3.8
28,048
24,968
21,773
22,133
5.2
9.0
2.3
3.8
11.12
2.8
439
3.0
22,243
3.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-13
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Machine feeders and offbearers .................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Mean
Relative
error4
$11.10
9.43
9.5%
5.4
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the
minimum full-time schedule.
2 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$444
370
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
9.5%
5.9
$23,089
19,233
9.5%
5.9
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 earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S12-14
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$21.89
1.4%
Management occupations ...............................
General and operations managers ..................
Public relations managers ..............................
Administrative services managers .................
Financial managers ........................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, elementary and
secondary school .................................
Education administrators, postsecondary ..
Medical and health services managers ..........
37.21
29.51
33.38
32.18
39.14
43.18
5.5
8.0
13.3
5.9
7.7
10.5
1,476
1,190
1,332
1,287
1,607
1,705
5.8
8.6
13.6
5.9
7.4
11.0
72,810
61,554
68,956
65,033
82,468
79,644
5.8
8.6
13.6
5.9
7.4
11.0
40.99
67.60
29.23
3.6
26.6
9.3
1,613
2,686
1,169
4.6
26.2
9.3
72,816
139,655
60,788
4.6
26.2
9.3
21.62
5.1
862
5.1
44,775
5.1
19.85
7.2
794
7.2
41,290
7.2
20.69
22.81
22.18
23.94
5.5
9.5
4.6
4.9
827
912
887
958
5.5
9.5
4.6
4.9
43,026
47,445
46,139
49,730
5.5
9.5
4.6
4.9
27.63
18.21
31.10
7.2
4.3
10.2
1,102
724
1,244
7.3
4.6
10.2
55,211
36,059
64,679
7.3
4.6
10.2
30.02
7.3
1,189
7.5
58,069
7.5
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Engineers .......................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Civil engineering technicians ....................
21.72
34.59
16.90
16.66
10.3
10.4
7.7
9.2
858
1,384
661
667
10.6
10.4
8.1
9.2
44,613
71,956
34,378
34,661
10.6
10.4
8.1
9.2
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Biological scientists ...................................
Medical scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..........................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists
Environmental scientists and
specialists, including health .............
Psychologists .................................................
25.00
24.83
26.34
23.22
28.50
27.97
5.4
7.8
8.1
11.2
3.4
4.1
997
1,001
1,059
929
1,140
1,119
5.6
7.9
7.7
11.2
3.4
4.1
49,137
52,060
55,094
48,289
54,972
58,186
5.6
7.9
7.7
11.2
3.4
4.1
27.11
37.17
4.8
3.2
1,084
1,473
4.8
2.6
56,386
61,489
4.8
2.6
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation ...........................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Training and development specialists .......
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Mean
$865
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
1.6%
$39,627
1.6%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science occupations
–Continued
Clinical, counseling, and school
psychologists .......................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social
science technicians ..................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$37.17
3.2%
$1,473
2.6%
$61,489
2.6%
14.89
15.4
580
16.9
30,174
16.9
22.11
29.08
3.2
4.8
878
1,144
3.0
4.4
42,444
50,098
3.0
4.4
30.68
17.61
17.43
17.46
5.1
3.9
5.4
3.8
1,206
704
696
699
4.6
3.8
5.2
3.8
51,636
36,406
35,802
36,326
4.6
3.8
5.2
3.8
17.44
6.2
698
6.2
36,276
6.2
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ............................................
Social workers ...............................................
Child, family, and school social workers ..
Medical and public health social workers
Mental health and substance abuse social
workers ................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Probation officers and correctional
treatment specialists .............................
Social and human service assistants ..........
17.89
5.5
714
5.5
37,116
5.5
19.38
15.09
3.7
13.7
775
599
3.7
13.5
40,309
31,147
3.7
13.5
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
33.36
33.20
27.68
7.5
6.5
25.1
1,343
1,355
1,087
6.6
6.3
25.1
69,860
70,440
56,531
6.6
6.3
25.1
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Health specialties teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Nursing instructors and teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Vocational education teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .........
Preschool teachers, except special
education ..........................................
29.20
44.70
54.52
43.51
2.4
5.8
15.8
12.6
1,136
1,759
2,131
1,713
2.4
6.2
17.2
13.3
43,071
72,212
76,081
81,408
2.4
6.2
17.2
13.3
50.67
10.7
2,035
10.3
99,284
10.3
27.59
3.4
1,040
5.0
46,897
5.0
36.11
48.59
9.1
7.4
1,404
1,928
8.6
7.6
53,428
76,830
8.6
7.6
29.41
6.0
1,131
7.0
55,703
7.0
31.16
27.81
.8
7.3
1,205
1,073
.7
6.8
44,553
41,758
.7
6.8
23.52
12.4
914
11.4
37,284
11.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-2
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations
–Continued
Kindergarten teachers, except special
education ..........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Elementary school teachers, except
special education .............................
Middle school teachers, except special
and vocational education .................
Secondary school teachers .........................
Secondary school teachers, except
special and vocational education .....
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school .............................
Special education teachers .........................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school
Special education teachers, middle
school ...............................................
Special education teachers, secondary
school ...............................................
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and
GED teachers and instructors ..............
Librarians .......................................................
Library technicians ........................................
Instructional coordinators ..............................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Speech-language pathologists ...................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$32.08
30.98
2.7%
.4
$1,228
1,200
2.7%
.4
$45,762
44,106
2.7%
.4
31.13
.9
1,209
.8
44,254
.8
30.49
31.91
2.2
1.0
1,173
1,234
3.0
1.2
43,586
45,383
3.0
1.2
31.80
1.1
1,230
1.3
45,117
1.3
33.66
32.32
3.0
2.4
1,301
1,246
2.6
1.7
49,649
46,504
2.6
1.7
31.55
2.0
1,223
1.8
45,677
1.8
33.43
5.3
1,281
3.1
47,748
3.1
32.81
31.01
5.0
5.6
1,255
1,178
5.3
5.7
46,893
42,710
5.3
5.7
29.95
30.41
12.93
32.51
12.12
6.4
4.9
7.1
5.1
2.2
1,084
1,182
512
1,290
468
3.5
4.1
7.4
5.1
1.9
41,420
49,891
24,001
54,824
17,461
3.5
4.1
7.4
5.1
1.9
22.68
13.4
910
13.4
45,722
13.4
24.68
45.52
30.59
31.48
32.87
4.2
24.6
3.8
5.6
3.6
972
1,821
1,194
1,217
1,258
4.1
24.6
3.6
5.3
4.1
48,801
94,686
60,006
51,427
47,618
4.1
24.6
3.6
5.3
4.1
18.98
5.6
756
5.5
39,311
5.5
24.59
24.03
2.9
3.0
983
961
2.9
3.0
51,140
49,986
2.9
3.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-3
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Pharmacy technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
and technicians ........................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
Mean
Relative
error4
$13.21
7.9%
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$532
10.2%
$27,646
10.2%
Mean
13.58
13.49
4.2
4.2
543
539
4.2
4.2
28,255
28,052
4.2
4.2
15.79
2.2
614
3.1
30,673
3.1
19.04
19.47
3.0
4.4
762
779
3.0
4.4
39,613
40,502
3.0
4.4
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
11.01
10.48
10.45
10.29
2.5
2.3
3.0
2.7
437
417
414
412
2.6
2.6
3.5
2.7
22,228
21,162
21,128
21,411
2.6
2.6
3.5
2.7
12.25
3.8
487
3.8
25,307
3.8
Protective service occupations ........................
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ...............................
First-line supervisors/managers of
correctional officers .............................
First-line supervisors/managers of police
and detectives ......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire
fighting and prevention workers ..............
Fire fighters ...................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ......
Correctional officers and jailers ................
Detectives and criminal investigators ............
Police officers ................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ............
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
19.79
3.0
838
3.1
43,180
3.1
26.40
7.5
1,065
7.6
55,360
7.6
19.67
9.8
790
9.7
41,106
9.7
29.04
7.6
1,173
7.6
60,972
7.6
24.89
19.09
15.24
15.18
21.36
21.84
21.84
5.8
6.0
4.4
3.9
7.3
4.3
4.3
1,167
984
614
612
858
874
874
8.9
6.3
4.2
3.7
7.1
4.3
4.3
60,659
51,174
31,943
31,821
44,622
45,207
45,207
8.9
6.3
4.2
3.7
7.1
4.3
4.3
12.91
12.13
2.6
5.3
499
467
2.1
8.1
24,014
22,213
2.1
8.1
10.61
4.4
378
5.2
15,262
5.2
15.36
6.6
601
7.1
24,486
7.1
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-4
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.36
9.94
9.94
9.74
9.86
6.6%
3.6
3.6
5.2
1.3
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$601
369
368
350
325
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
7.1%
5.5
5.5
6.3
4.6
$24,486
15,618
15,554
13,255
12,154
7.1%
5.5
5.5
6.3
4.6
9.85
1.4
325
4.9
12,157
4.9
11.00
1.5
439
1.5
22,383
1.5
17.61
5.6
704
5.6
36,632
5.6
17.69
6.4
708
6.4
36,795
6.4
17.41
9.87
15.3
1.1
697
394
15.3
1.1
36,219
19,948
15.3
1.1
9.89
11.95
11.98
1.0
6.6
7.5
394
478
479
1.0
6.6
7.5
19,966
24,658
24,873
1.0
6.6
7.5
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Child care workers .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
Recreation workers ....................................
12.05
11.03
14.56
14.56
5.6
6.2
13.5
13.5
456
436
582
582
7.3
6.2
13.5
13.5
22,410
19,494
30,275
30,275
7.3
6.2
13.5
13.5
Sales and related occupations .........................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
13.82
11.63
11.59
12.03
7.6
9.3
9.9
8.9
536
445
443
472
6.0
12.9
13.7
9.4
27,775
23,027
22,901
24,417
6.0
12.9
13.7
9.4
14.55
1.7
576
1.8
28,758
1.8
18.64
15.31
6.7
3.3
746
611
6.7
3.1
38,792
31,569
6.7
3.1
15.48
5.1
617
4.9
31,827
4.9
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and
grounds cleaning and maintenance
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial workers ...
First-line supervisors/managers of
landscaping, lawn service, and
groundskeeping workers ......................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-5
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Court, municipal, and license clerks ..............
Customer service representatives ..................
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ..................................................
Library assistants, clerical .............................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Dispatchers ....................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Pipelayers ..................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Construction and building inspectors ............
Highway maintenance workers .....................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Mean
Relative
error4
$14.57
14.88
10.8%
11.7
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$571
595
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
11.3%
11.7
$29,690
30,947
11.3%
11.7
13.99
12.53
12.23
15.81
15.74
13.03
15.61
12.2
6.0
9.5
5.7
5.2
8.3
3.0
534
486
449
642
640
521
617
13.0
6.4
13.0
5.8
5.5
8.3
3.1
25,985
24,491
22,680
33,364
33,265
27,112
30,165
13.0
6.4
13.0
5.8
5.5
8.3
3.1
17.89
15.37
13.10
4.1
6.4
7.3
709
615
524
4.3
6.4
7.3
36,086
31,975
27,250
4.3
6.4
7.3
13.89
13.34
3.3
2.5
545
529
3.5
2.7
25,376
25,865
3.5
2.7
14.94
3.6
598
3.6
30,927
3.6
17.85
14.88
11.66
13.48
7.3
10.1
9.3
3.1
714
595
466
539
7.3
10.1
9.3
3.1
37,129
30,842
23,027
28,042
7.3
10.1
9.3
3.1
13.74
2.0
549
2.0
28,573
2.0
14.60
12.16
15.64
17.79
16.00
4.1
3.0
3.8
7.6
21.4
584
486
626
712
640
4.1
3.0
3.8
7.6
21.4
30,361
25,286
32,536
36,998
33,272
4.1
3.0
3.8
7.6
21.4
16.29
2.7
652
2.7
33,722
2.7
22.06
4.1
882
4.1
45,884
4.1
15.21
21.87
13.99
2.6
5.6
4.0
609
875
560
2.6
5.6
4.0
31,397
45,480
28,823
2.6
5.6
4.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-6
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Production occupations ...................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and
system operators ......................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
Bus drivers .....................................................
Bus drivers, school ....................................
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Mean
Relative
error4
$14.41
7.4%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$576
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
7.4%
$29,773
7.4%
17.67
11.0
703
11.1
36,059
11.1
13.82
7.2
553
7.2
28,756
7.2
13.79
15.23
14.81
10.61
2.6
4.9
6.2
2.5
501
502
464
418
2.9
6.0
7.7
4.2
22,239
19,561
17,075
21,205
2.9
6.0
7.7
4.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-7
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Refuse and recyclable material collectors .....
Mean
Relative
error4
$12.41
3.4%
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the
minimum full-time schedule.
2 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$497
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
3.4%
$25,819
3.4%
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 earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S13-8
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
$17.30
2.2%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Industrial production managers .....................
Transportation, storage, and distribution
managers ..................................................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, preschool and
child care center/program ....................
Food service managers ..................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...............................
38.17
84.33
44.14
48.30
46.69
49.03
45.44
32.06
34.26
3.0
26.0
11.0
12.0
16.9
17.0
10.9
8.7
6.5
1,603
3,514
1,978
2,075
1,868
2,181
1,854
1,298
1,384
3.5
27.2
11.8
11.5
16.9
16.1
10.2
9.3
6.4
83,157
182,724
102,868
107,893
97,110
113,393
96,429
67,504
71,975
3.5
27.2
11.8
11.5
16.9
16.1
10.2
9.3
6.4
29.91
31.67
16.50
19.6
8.0
10.4
1,223
1,337
659
18.8
8.7
10.4
63,586
67,768
34,076
18.8
8.7
10.4
16.25
23.87
31.12
10.9
5.9
9.7
650
1,092
1,316
10.9
7.0
12.2
33,794
56,809
68,423
10.9
7.0
12.2
21.87
15.7
876
15.6
45,529
15.6
30.20
28.51
3.5
13.4
1,225
1,201
3.5
11.5
63,680
62,430
3.5
11.5
22.87
12.8
915
12.8
47,576
12.8
30.62
9.2
1,216
10.3
63,246
10.3
28.72
29.54
4.0
6.2
1,139
1,181
5.2
6.2
59,239
61,435
5.2
6.2
21.47
2.9
860
5.1
44,702
5.1
21.59
48.98
30.57
39.02
32.37
32.37
4.8
19.6
4.6
29.7
8.6
8.6
775
2,058
1,244
1,561
1,291
1,291
6.9
18.6
4.3
29.7
8.6
8.6
40,277
107,036
64,694
81,161
67,144
67,144
6.9
18.6
4.3
29.7
8.6
8.6
37.60
13.1
1,517
13.2
78,893
13.2
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale,
retail, and farm products ......................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Loan counselors and officers .........................
Loan officers ..............................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Mean
$693
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
2.6%
$35,937
2.6%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Computer and mathematical science
occupations –Continued
Computer programmers .................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$33.00
42.80
23.8%
11.3
$1,336
1,715
23.6%
11.3
$69,466
89,166
23.6%
11.3
43.74
25.32
77.58
7.8
18.4
14.6
1,749
1,013
3,185
7.8
18.4
12.5
90,973
52,663
165,643
7.8
18.4
12.5
26.92
11.8
1,101
13.4
57,229
13.4
36.16
8.7
1,446
8.7
75,216
8.7
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Architects, except naval .................................
Engineers .......................................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............
23.73
24.78
32.93
30.24
30.67
20.27
20.87
11.9
8.9
4.1
8.6
11.3
5.8
10.8
966
1,039
1,361
1,303
1,273
811
835
12.1
10.2
4.1
10.5
8.9
5.8
10.8
50,174
54,032
70,781
67,734
66,176
41,941
43,404
12.1
10.2
4.1
10.5
8.9
5.8
10.8
24.92
13.47
21.9
6.3
997
539
21.9
6.3
51,826
28,009
21.9
6.3
Life, physical, and social science occupations
40.21
12.5
1,622
13.1
84,331
13.1
Community and social services occupations
Social workers ...............................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Social and human service assistants ..........
15.43
18.50
3.8
7.6
617
747
4.0
7.8
32,106
38,852
4.0
7.8
11.35
11.15
3.2
3.1
450
442
3.5
3.4
23,408
22,973
3.5
3.4
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
20.69
34.23
13.0
5.6
850
1,514
14.9
11.9
44,182
78,744
14.9
11.9
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
18.04
24.49
14.0
13.7
716
973
14.1
13.5
32,656
49,898
14.1
13.5
21.44
17.47
10.48
18.6
14.0
12.9
858
662
418
18.6
11.3
12.9
34,761
29,701
20,081
18.6
11.3
12.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-2
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Writers and editors ........................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Dental assistants ........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Protective service occupations ........................
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, fast food .........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Cooks, short order .....................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$17.93
17.35
19.24
18.33
10.7%
5.7
10.0
6.7
30.85
52.89
27.50
41.66
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$714
698
770
733
10.9%
6.1
10.0
6.7
$37,104
36,286
40,022
38,129
10.9%
6.1
10.0
6.7
13.6
1.5
10.6
9.6
1,236
2,116
1,103
1,666
14.9
1.5
9.6
9.6
64,277
110,019
57,377
86,643
14.9
1.5
9.6
9.6
28.21
18.5
1,128
18.5
58,677
18.5
18.01
7.6
721
7.6
37,467
7.6
19.40
4.6
760
4.9
39,496
4.9
13.09
9.41
8.36
9.63
9.0
2.8
12.0
2.5
494
356
320
366
8.0
3.3
11.1
3.7
25,672
18,523
16,625
19,056
8.0
3.3
11.1
3.7
13.40
17.04
11.82
4.8
4.9
2.8
509
585
472
3.8
6.2
3.0
26,461
30,414
24,545
3.8
6.2
3.0
10.67
13.0
425
13.0
22,080
13.0
10.17
10.17
14.8
14.8
404
404
14.8
14.8
21,020
21,020
14.8
14.8
7.45
5.4
283
5.9
14,715
5.9
13.87
5.3
602
6.3
31,281
6.3
13.87
9.06
8.20
10.31
9.44
8.35
5.3
1.7
3.2
8.0
2.1
4.4
602
347
300
396
367
334
6.3
2.6
6.7
8.2
2.2
4.4
31,281
17,934
15,587
19,554
19,058
17,377
6.3
2.6
6.7
8.2
2.2
4.4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-3
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .................................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food
concession, and coffee shop ................
Dishwashers ...................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and
coffee shop ...............................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Personal care and service occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of personal
service workers ........................................
Child care workers .........................................
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers .......................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$7.93
3.99
6.19
3.30
10.8%
5.5
7.8
8.7
6.37
7.84
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$300
146
224
121
12.3%
5.3
11.0
8.0
$15,604
7,616
11,671
6,301
12.3%
5.3
11.0
8.0
3.9
3.0
236
297
5.3
2.8
12,260
15,441
5.3
2.8
7.79
2.3
295
2.5
15,322
2.5
8.10
7.76
6.6
2.5
309
303
6.1
2.7
16,067
15,749
6.1
2.7
7.34
14.5
276
12.8
14,351
12.8
8.70
8.47
3.8
5.3
337
327
4.6
6.6
17,531
17,007
4.6
6.6
8.58
7.81
8.64
8.33
6.7
4.4
6.2
4.3
338
290
341
329
5.6
7.5
6.1
4.2
17,581
15,090
17,657
17,043
5.6
7.5
6.1
4.2
9.82
5.2
380
5.1
19,727
5.1
14.23
8.67
5.8
6.3
548
339
7.1
6.0
28,507
17,622
7.1
6.0
18.22
5.3
742
5.7
38,571
5.7
19.62
9.0
831
9.6
43,202
9.6
16.98
5.2
709
5.6
36,847
5.6
26.51
10.65
7.82
7.82
23.6
6.2
3.6
3.6
1,167
428
306
306
23.6
7.0
3.6
3.6
60,695
22,254
15,935
15,935
23.6
7.0
3.6
3.6
11.38
7.9
454
9.3
23,593
9.3
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-4
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Counter and rental clerks .......................
Parts salespersons ..................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ...............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .......
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ........
Customer service representatives ..................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
New accounts clerks ......................................
Order clerks ...................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Cargo and freight agents ................................
Dispatchers ....................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Mean
Relative
error3
$9.99
12.99
12.29
27.73
20.40
11.3%
10.2
10.7
22.7
7.2
36.67
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$395
523
503
974
840
13.1%
11.2
12.9
14.9
8.0
$20,547
27,173
26,180
50,649
43,700
13.1%
11.2
12.9
14.9
8.0
31.5
1,467
31.5
76,268
31.5
27.95
10.9
1,146
11.1
59,572
11.1
34.97
16.1
1,434
16.8
74,542
16.8
25.23
16.53
17.0
13.4
1,034
661
17.8
13.4
53,776
34,380
17.8
13.4
14.58
2.9
578
2.9
30,017
2.9
21.90
13.91
15.54
5.0
2.7
12.6
875
551
622
5.1
2.9
12.6
45,492
28,652
32,325
5.1
2.9
12.6
13.68
3.5
540
4.0
28,068
4.0
15.15
15.15
11.45
14.00
16.13
8.15
15.14
11.39
11.31
11.85
18.79
14.24
3.2
14.4
2.1
13.6
5.8
5.7
8.0
7.4
7.8
2.6
6.7
15.7
597
606
458
560
635
312
604
454
452
469
777
593
3.3
14.4
2.1
13.6
5.8
5.8
8.0
7.5
7.8
2.5
6.1
18.4
31,020
31,520
23,810
29,128
32,911
16,243
31,384
23,631
23,529
24,366
40,411
30,812
3.3
14.4
2.1
13.6
5.8
5.8
8.0
7.5
7.8
2.5
6.1
18.4
14.45
14.85
12.93
16.6
12.5
8.5
603
594
511
18.8
12.5
8.1
31,371
30,885
26,573
18.8
12.5
8.1
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-5
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
Insulation workers .........................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Miscellaneous construction and related
workers ....................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Computer, automated teller, and office
machine repairers .....................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$11.45
17.29
4.3%
5.4
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$466
679
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
5.5%
4.9
$23,849
35,309
5.5%
4.9
19.98
14.80
15.28
6.6
5.9
19.8
795
584
600
6.3
6.3
18.7
41,333
30,378
31,201
6.3
6.3
18.7
16.40
7.1
632
5.8
32,819
5.8
12.72
12.31
8.5
7.2
509
492
8.5
7.2
26,452
25,602
8.5
7.2
16.60
12.52
13.4
3.3
650
494
13.2
3.3
33,784
25,696
13.2
3.3
16.27
6.8
653
6.9
33,832
6.9
27.28
16.02
16.42
10.80
14.02
18.8
5.6
4.4
5.2
6.9
1,137
641
636
432
561
20.9
5.6
6.7
5.2
6.9
59,100
32,654
33,092
22,412
29,163
20.9
5.6
6.7
5.2
6.9
14.86
17.15
17.16
6.2
10.2
11.8
594
686
686
6.2
10.2
11.8
30,900
35,666
35,692
6.2
10.2
11.8
16.94
17.58
12.07
7.9
8.2
5.5
678
703
482
7.9
8.2
5.6
35,230
36,566
24,934
7.9
8.2
5.6
13.82
9.1
553
9.1
28,750
9.1
18.73
2.5
755
2.4
39,028
2.4
25.65
4.4
1,085
4.6
56,411
4.6
14.79
13.0
592
13.0
30,767
13.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-6
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Radio and telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers .............................
Telecommunications equipment installers
and repairers, except line installers .....
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic
equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers ...................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers,
commercial and industrial equipment
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Automotive body and related repairers .....
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ............................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines .....................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Maintenance workers, machinery ..............
Line installers and repairers ...........................
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Telecommunications line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ......................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$22.19
10.7%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$888
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
10.7%
$46,152
10.7%
22.19
10.7
888
10.7
46,152
10.7
19.35
7.7
782
8.4
40,668
8.4
18.00
17.79
18.90
8.9
6.4
20.6
720
723
780
8.9
6.4
22.8
37,441
37,571
40,568
8.9
6.4
22.8
17.51
6.1
708
6.3
36,837
6.3
16.62
7.8
665
7.8
34,561
7.8
18.44
7.7
738
7.7
38,350
7.7
19.68
11.4
787
11.4
40,943
11.4
15.20
10.0
610
10.1
31,700
10.1
16.94
21.51
14.63
17.51
24.99
5.4
12.9
6.9
6.5
5.5
677
860
585
701
1,000
5.4
12.9
6.9
6.5
5.5
34,873
42,571
30,424
36,430
51,976
5.4
12.9
6.9
6.5
5.5
28.68
3.9
1,147
3.9
59,644
3.9
23.66
6.8
946
6.8
49,212
6.8
16.58
7.5
662
7.4
33,752
7.4
12.16
4.2
486
4.2
23,971
4.2
13.32
4.3
530
4.3
27,537
4.3
20.04
7.4
809
7.1
42,091
7.1
10.53
7.8
421
7.8
21,900
7.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-7
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Machinists ......................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers .................
Bindery workers ........................................
Printers ...........................................................
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ....
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,
laborers, and material movers, hand ........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Driver/sales workers ..................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine
operators ..................................................
Excavating and loading machine and
dragline operators ................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$10.59
9.90
10.53
9.3%
6.9
22.0
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$424
394
421
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
9.3%
7.0
22.0
$22,036
20,464
21,910
9.3%
7.0
22.0
14.86
17.11
10.6
2.5
594
684
10.6
2.5
30,911
35,586
10.6
2.5
14.92
20.1
597
20.1
31,035
20.1
14.92
20.1
597
20.1
31,035
20.1
13.33
16.53
14.15
14.12
9.9
7.2
6.2
6.4
533
662
566
565
9.9
7.4
6.2
6.4
27,724
34,437
29,426
29,374
9.9
7.4
6.2
6.4
11.49
16.08
16.08
16.89
16.78
8.76
27.13
23.3
7.1
7.1
7.8
12.7
4.7
12.9
454
643
643
670
666
338
1,085
23.5
7.1
7.1
8.0
12.7
7.1
12.9
23,588
33,441
33,441
34,846
34,632
17,562
56,435
23.5
7.1
7.1
8.0
12.7
7.1
12.9
16.63
10.66
11.56
9.82
8.3
9.0
14.1
9.5
664
426
454
380
8.4
9.0
13.7
10.4
34,545
22,168
23,605
19,759
8.4
9.0
13.7
10.4
13.31
7.4
558
10.3
28,772
10.3
15.21
14.43
14.01
15.51
12.68
9.0
6.0
14.1
11.3
9.5
608
625
570
701
522
9.0
9.7
14.4
15.6
7.8
31,633
32,426
29,664
36,448
26,960
9.0
9.7
14.4
15.6
7.8
13.37
6.9
535
6.9
27,802
6.9
13.37
6.9
535
6.9
27,802
6.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-8
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for
full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..........
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Mean
Relative
error3
$11.42
9.96
9.52
18.6%
4.0
7.4
10.36
8.59
5.3
6.3
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$458
397
381
18.3%
4.0
7.4
$23,811
20,448
19,806
18.3%
4.0
7.4
414
336
5.3
6.4
21,199
17,466
5.3
6.4
Mean
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S15-9
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
$21.97
2.0%
Management occupations ...............................
General and operations managers ..................
Advertising and promotions managers ..........
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Compensation and benefits managers .......
Industrial production managers .....................
Purchasing managers .....................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution
managers ..................................................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, postsecondary ..
Engineering managers ...................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
51.31
66.39
47.95
52.27
53.49
49.02
40.78
4.0
13.2
18.3
7.7
7.2
20.7
7.4
2,083
2,709
2,013
2,089
2,138
1,961
1,706
3.9
12.9
17.2
7.7
7.2
20.7
9.6
108,263
140,885
104,656
108,644
111,154
101,970
88,730
3.9
12.9
17.2
7.7
7.2
20.7
9.6
62.18
62.82
46.15
36.82
42.51
59.96
9.1
3.6
9.3
5.3
9.8
7.7
2,487
2,524
1,846
1,473
1,795
2,398
9.1
3.5
9.3
5.3
7.6
7.7
129,327
131,250
95,985
76,579
93,344
124,707
9.1
3.5
9.3
5.3
7.6
7.7
37.04
36.59
41.97
35.59
62.79
31.49
11.7
9.5
12.7
7.4
5.5
15.6
1,482
1,504
1,587
1,299
2,515
1,313
11.7
10.6
12.4
9.0
5.5
18.0
77,043
78,232
80,581
65,058
130,798
68,262
11.7
10.6
12.4
9.0
5.5
18.0
30.15
27.18
1.9
3.4
1,207
1,092
1.9
3.0
62,784
56,799
1.9
3.0
27.61
5.8
1,112
5.4
57,802
5.4
24.32
6.2
955
6.5
49,682
6.5
22.96
32.73
3.2
5.2
901
1,343
3.2
5.2
46,857
69,840
3.2
5.2
30.96
10.7
1,237
10.7
64,317
10.7
27.23
32.98
35.39
31.93
29.44
23.40
28.87
11.1
23.4
7.9
8.1
4.1
8.3
8.8
1,089
1,313
1,416
1,277
1,178
936
1,155
11.1
23.4
7.9
8.1
4.1
8.3
8.8
56,630
68,276
73,616
66,410
61,236
48,668
60,058
11.1
23.4
7.9
8.1
4.1
8.3
8.8
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale,
retail, and farm products ......................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Training and development specialists .......
Logisticians ....................................................
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Credit analysts ...............................................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Mean
$874
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
1.9%
$45,247
1.9%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$29.17
23.52
26.51
26.51
6.0%
13.3
19.5
19.5
$1,167
941
1,060
1,060
6.0%
13.3
19.5
19.5
$60,671
48,920
55,131
55,131
6.0%
13.3
19.5
19.5
37.33
37.34
40.59
37.67
2.8
7.7
3.6
8.1
1,494
1,494
1,627
1,513
2.9
7.8
3.6
8.1
77,699
77,692
84,602
78,693
2.9
7.8
3.6
8.1
43.15
26.89
39.72
4.0
4.2
2.7
1,726
1,079
1,588
4.0
4.5
2.7
89,746
56,116
82,576
4.0
4.5
2.7
25.31
13.7
1,012
13.7
52,644
13.7
31.91
2.3
1,276
2.3
66,365
2.3
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Architects, except naval .................................
Architects, except landscape and naval .....
Engineers .......................................................
Aerospace engineers ..................................
Chemical engineers ...................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Computer hardware engineers ...................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Electronics engineers, except computer
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Petroleum engineers ..................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
41.05
37.15
37.15
45.05
37.08
54.16
46.28
42.75
47.29
51.65
42.23
3.2
3.5
3.5
2.0
11.6
8.0
16.5
5.7
6.8
16.7
5.0
1,644
1,486
1,486
1,805
1,483
2,166
1,851
1,747
1,892
2,066
1,689
3.2
3.5
3.5
2.0
11.6
8.0
16.5
5.1
6.8
16.7
5.0
85,497
77,272
77,272
93,854
77,117
112,654
96,262
90,858
98,372
107,432
87,829
3.2
3.5
3.5
2.0
11.6
8.0
16.5
5.1
6.8
16.7
5.0
40.65
40.38
35.16
56.55
36.74
27.10
6.4
7.4
6.8
19.1
7.1
10.4
1,626
1,615
1,406
2,262
1,472
1,084
6.4
7.4
6.8
19.1
7.1
10.4
84,560
83,987
73,131
117,619
76,530
56,373
6.4
7.4
6.8
19.1
7.1
10.4
24.23
8.3
969
8.3
50,402
8.3
Life, physical, and social science occupations
38.20
12.5
1,537
12.4
79,939
12.4
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Loan counselors and officers .........................
Loan officers ..............................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer programmers .................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-2
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Life, physical, and social science occupations
–Continued
Physical scientists ..........................................
Market and survey researchers ......................
Market research analysts ...........................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$55.15
41.94
41.94
19.5%
8.3
8.3
$2,206
1,678
1,678
19.5%
8.3
8.3
$114,716
87,233
87,233
19.5%
8.3
8.3
Community and social services occupations
Social workers ...............................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
15.45
23.09
15.6
2.9
617
924
15.6
2.9
32,017
48,037
15.6
2.9
12.22
21.4
488
21.6
25,373
21.6
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
48.06
82.05
30.46
20.92
18.7
1.2
6.3
12.8
1,954
3,421
1,218
837
19.3
1.4
6.3
12.8
101,600
177,911
63,355
43,505
19.3
1.4
6.3
12.8
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
Art, drama, and music teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Secondary school teachers .........................
Secondary school teachers, except
special and vocational education .....
39.06
63.85
93.21
23.8
21.7
26.3
1,537
2,498
3,633
23.9
22.2
26.9
68,020
105,412
170,024
23.9
22.2
26.9
36.93
1.5
1,409
2.5
53,745
2.5
38.78
47.43
6.3
16.8
1,555
1,862
8.0
16.0
57,977
76,176
8.0
16.0
20.78
27.83
23.74
18.4
9.2
15.2
827
1,109
940
18.4
7.6
14.6
35,671
41,219
40,117
18.4
7.6
14.6
29.21
16.5
1,147
15.5
43,423
15.5
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Writers and editors ........................................
29.62
23.88
23.15
21.03
9.2
15.3
18.9
15.3
1,171
955
925
830
10.1
15.3
18.9
15.0
59,342
49,636
48,110
43,154
10.1
15.3
18.9
15.0
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
26.79
53.66
89.28
29.03
29.60
6.1
2.4
19.7
3.0
3.4
1,054
2,156
3,571
1,134
1,153
6.4
2.0
19.7
3.2
3.3
54,813
112,121
185,710
58,947
59,968
6.4
2.0
19.7
3.2
3.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-3
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Respiratory therapists ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Cardiovascular technologists and
technicians ...........................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Pharmacy technicians ................................
Surgical technologists ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
and technicians ........................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Protective service occupations ........................
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$24.10
2.2%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$950
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.4%
$49,385
3.4%
18.43
11.1
727
10.8
37,830
10.8
25.27
4.9
1,000
4.6
51,978
4.6
13.63
7.5
537
7.0
27,939
7.0
23.60
5.2
941
5.1
48,908
5.1
17.86
24.66
13.4
4.2
715
981
13.4
4.2
37,154
51,026
13.4
4.2
16.54
14.06
18.12
3.5
5.8
4.0
650
545
711
3.7
6.5
4.6
33,798
28,332
36,975
3.7
6.5
4.6
18.35
2.2
724
2.4
37,663
2.4
17.45
33.0
687
33.3
35,748
33.3
15.65
13.4
626
13.4
32,555
13.4
27.98
27.98
20.2
20.2
1,119
1,119
20.2
20.2
58,204
58,204
20.2
20.2
10.23
9.60
7.68
10.14
9.81
4.9
4.3
9.1
2.7
7.5
391
364
252
400
392
7.0
7.3
19.8
2.5
7.5
20,336
18,914
13,123
20,781
20,396
7.0
7.3
19.8
2.5
7.5
12.17
10.80
4.3
3.4
482
432
4.6
3.4
25,039
22,460
4.6
3.4
11.52
4.6
461
4.6
22,736
4.6
11.41
11.41
6.0
6.0
457
457
6.0
6.0
23,740
23,740
6.0
6.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-4
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .................................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ...........................
Dishwashers ...................................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$8.22
6.1%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$312
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
6.0%
$16,046
6.0%
17.30
14.5
692
14.5
35,978
14.5
17.30
10.49
10.00
10.58
9.69
4.58
3.02
14.5
4.5
5.1
5.2
6.1
17.3
13.2
692
415
400
409
387
171
109
14.5
5.8
5.1
8.6
6.1
16.8
13.3
35,978
21,578
20,791
21,263
20,149
8,625
5,660
14.5
5.8
5.1
8.6
6.1
16.8
13.3
7.06
9.82
21.9
6.8
279
368
23.1
5.7
14,256
19,116
23.1
5.7
10.07
7.49
8.23
7.0
13.3
2.0
374
283
308
6.1
11.3
3.7
19,431
14,712
16,014
6.1
11.3
3.7
9.30
4.0
357
5.7
18,232
5.7
13.46
9.10
6.2
4.5
556
347
8.2
6.3
28,936
17,699
8.2
6.3
9.92
8.17
4.2
4.2
388
304
4.9
7.4
20,161
15,187
4.9
7.4
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ....
Baggage porters and bellhops ....................
Transportation attendants ..............................
14.69
6.68
6.68
35.82
8.6
6.5
6.5
15.2
489
267
267
725
4.3
6.5
6.5
2.5
24,695
13,888
13,888
37,690
4.3
6.5
6.5
2.5
Sales and related occupations .........................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers .......................
Retail sales workers .......................................
17.90
7.0
707
7.4
36,531
7.4
24.19
5.7
957
6.2
49,748
6.2
17.76
6.2
700
6.9
36,423
6.9
42.04
12.15
6.1
7.0
1,677
475
6.0
7.8
87,203
24,418
6.0
7.8
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and
grounds cleaning and maintenance
workers ....................................................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-5
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Retail salespersons .....................................
Advertising sales agents ................................
Insurance sales agents ....................................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ...............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products ................................
Telemarketers ................................................
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Switchboard operators, including answering
service ......................................................
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Customer service representatives ..................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
Order clerks ...................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll
and timekeeping .......................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Mean
Relative
error3
$10.38
10.38
2.7%
2.7
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$405
405
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.0%
3.0
$20,316
20,316
3.0%
3.0
21.95
12.61
31.00
30.08
10.1
9.5
15.1
45.7
892
493
1,240
1,203
10.1
10.5
15.1
45.7
46,378
25,613
64,483
62,557
10.1
10.5
15.1
45.7
26.71
17.7
1,180
23.4
61,378
23.4
39.36
11.1
1,588
11.0
82,574
11.0
42.57
7.4
1,703
7.4
88,556
7.4
36.98
10.62
18.6
8.9
1,502
423
18.4
8.6
78,090
21,998
18.4
8.6
15.04
1.6
599
1.6
31,108
1.6
24.73
8.5
992
8.5
51,559
8.5
10.05
15.20
15.26
8.1
2.5
7.5
390
606
609
9.0
2.6
7.5
20,256
31,510
31,652
9.0
2.6
7.5
14.66
6.9
587
6.9
30,499
6.9
15.60
20.81
11.87
13.66
9.53
13.14
14.56
13.49
2.0
5.0
5.0
4.7
5.0
10.3
5.0
18.1
622
832
475
545
381
526
583
528
2.2
5.0
5.0
4.6
5.0
10.3
5.0
18.1
32,361
43,288
24,687
28,321
19,821
27,335
30,291
27,460
2.2
5.0
5.0
4.6
5.0
10.3
5.0
18.1
16.74
11.63
8.5
3.9
665
461
8.7
4.3
34,577
23,800
8.7
4.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-6
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Reservation and transportation ticket agents
and travel clerks .......................................
Couriers and messengers ...............................
Dispatchers ....................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Computer operators .......................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Carpenters ......................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and
terrazzo workers ......................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers ......
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Mean
Relative
error3
$15.53
12.20
17.31
13.6%
5.9
14.3
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$621
488
680
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
13.6%
5.9
13.0
$32,292
25,367
35,349
13.6%
5.9
13.0
17.31
18.65
12.12
18.58
14.3
5.9
5.2
5.9
680
743
479
739
13.0
5.9
6.0
6.0
35,349
38,613
24,914
38,379
13.0
5.9
6.0
6.0
21.69
13.43
3.1
17.0
867
537
3.1
17.0
45,039
27,940
3.1
17.0
17.51
17.22
7.4
6.1
687
688
8.1
6.1
35,703
35,760
8.1
6.1
11.57
11.41
2.4
2.6
462
455
2.4
2.5
24,005
23,650
2.4
2.5
15.07
12.76
11.5
6.4
601
507
11.5
6.4
31,238
26,389
11.5
6.4
18.88
10.6
772
12.0
40,133
12.0
27.29
15.01
4.7
7.0
1,208
600
6.9
7.0
62,811
31,224
6.9
7.0
12.88
12.88
11.79
17.01
7.6
7.6
4.4
8.5
515
515
472
681
7.6
7.6
4.4
8.5
26,793
26,793
24,529
35,390
7.6
7.6
4.4
8.5
17.08
18.71
8.9
5.3
683
749
8.9
5.3
35,532
38,923
8.9
5.3
19.65
20.08
13.48
12.03
6.5
7.8
6.2
8.8
786
803
539
481
6.5
7.8
6.2
8.8
40,863
41,773
28,033
25,030
6.5
7.8
6.2
8.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-7
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Construction and extraction occupations
–Continued
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit
operators, oil, gas, and mining .................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and repairers .........
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic
equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers ...................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers,
commercial and industrial equipment
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ..
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ............................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics ......................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines .....................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Maintenance workers, machinery ..............
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ......................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and
systems assemblers ..................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$23.07
22.5%
20.65
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$923
22.5%
$47,986
22.5%
4.3
828
4.3
43,058
4.3
31.47
10.5
1,279
9.6
66,509
9.6
21.81
8.2
873
8.2
45,375
8.2
23.16
27.86
16.78
8.5
5.2
9.1
926
1,115
694
8.5
5.2
8.6
48,176
57,956
36,074
8.5
5.2
8.6
17.33
10.2
720
9.4
37,428
9.4
17.86
5.4
714
5.4
37,147
5.4
21.98
12.7
879
12.7
45,721
12.7
20.31
1.1
812
1.1
42,246
1.1
18.68
20.85
16.24
15.73
6.3
7.0
10.5
11.5
745
834
650
619
6.3
7.0
10.5
11.2
38,729
43,371
33,775
32,198
6.3
7.0
10.5
11.2
15.48
6.9
619
6.9
32,193
6.9
12.77
9.2
511
9.2
26,560
9.2
15.09
3.5
601
3.5
31,220
3.5
25.81
8.1
1,033
8.1
53,440
8.1
23.77
6.0
951
6.0
49,432
6.0
11.71
7.2
465
7.1
24,193
7.1
11.89
7.8
472
7.7
24,557
7.7
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-8
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Team assemblers .......................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Cutting, punching, and press machine
setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ............................................
Machinists ......................................................
Molders and molding machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Printers ...........................................................
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and
dispatchers ...............................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ....
Petroleum pump system operators,
refinery operators, and gaugers ...........
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Mixing and blending machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$12.47
9.72
8.9%
15.2
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$497
389
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
9.1%
15.2
$25,854
20,210
9.1%
15.2
11.15
14.40
10.98
8.0
2.6
12.9
442
534
436
8.0
7.0
13.1
22,996
27,751
22,658
8.0
7.0
13.1
12.46
17.9
487
18.7
25,317
18.7
12.82
12.2
513
12.2
26,657
12.2
11.19
20.42
5.1
11.2
448
817
5.1
11.2
23,282
42,475
5.1
11.2
9.17
14.4
357
15.3
18,570
15.3
9.17
16.37
16.73
14.4
7.6
7.5
357
655
669
15.3
7.6
7.5
18,570
34,045
34,804
15.3
7.6
7.5
15.69
16.19
15.89
9.73
9.2
6.6
4.3
4.8
628
648
635
387
9.2
6.6
4.3
5.1
32,636
33,676
33,045
20,121
9.2
6.6
4.3
5.1
14.15
18.0
551
16.3
28,652
16.3
35.41
30.17
16.6
2.4
1,417
1,209
16.6
2.4
73,660
60,552
16.6
2.4
29.88
2.8
1,198
2.9
59,455
2.9
16.12
13.0
645
13.0
33,539
13.0
17.27
19.3
691
19.3
35,921
19.3
14.32
8.8
573
8.8
29,783
8.8
13.34
16.23
5.6
9.0
534
649
5.6
9.0
27,752
33,765
5.6
9.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-9
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,
laborers, and material movers, hand ........
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and material-moving
machine and vehicle operators ................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Crane and tower operators .............................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ............
Laborers and material movers, hand .............
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..........
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Mean
Relative
error3
$11.59
3.7%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$460
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.7%
$23,915
3.7%
16.18
8.2
656
7.5
33,866
7.5
19.40
9.3
787
9.7
40,931
9.7
28.09
18.79
18.63
19.29
18.87
12.31
11.24
12.05
17.5
6.8
6.9
11.8
6.2
5.5
2.4
4.6
1,171
830
850
772
755
492
443
482
16.9
5.9
6.1
11.8
6.2
5.5
2.6
4.6
60,909
43,170
44,222
40,131
39,250
25,597
22,566
25,072
16.9
5.9
6.1
11.8
6.2
5.5
2.6
4.6
11.53
10.68
9.88
3.1
6.5
7.0
453
427
389
3.3
6.5
7.4
22,802
22,206
20,203
3.3
6.5
7.4
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S16-10
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 17
Union and nonunion workers: Relative standard errors1 of mean hourly
earnings2 by major sector and for major occupational groups
Union
Occupational group3
All workers .......................
Management,
professional, and
related ......................
Management,
business, and
financial ...............
Professional and
related ..................
Service ...........................
Sales and office ..............
Sales and related ........
Office and
administrative
support .................
Natural resources,
construction, and
maintenance .............
Construction and
extraction .............
Installation,
maintenance, and
repair ....................
Production,
transportation, and
material moving .......
Production ..................
Transportation and
material moving ...
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
5.0%
6.2%
4.6%
1.1%
1.3%
1.3%
4.7
11.2
5.2
2.0
2.8
1.3
–
–
–
2.8
3.1
3.9
3.5
7.2
3.7
–
11.7
14.4
4.2
–
3.2
7.3
4.8
–
2.2
2.5
1.2
2.3
3.4
2.7
1.3
2.3
1.4
2.6
1.7
7.8
4.2
4.5
5.6
1.2
1.4
1.8
3.1
3.1
5.7
2.6
2.8
2.4
5.1
5.7
–
4.5
4.9
3.9
3.1
2.5
4.5
1.9
2.1
2.9
11.2
6.9
11.3
7.0
8.4
–
1.6
2.8
1.6
2.8
5.7
9.5
13.6
13.6
5.3
2.3
2.4
3.4
1 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.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
3 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S17-1
December 2007 - January 2009
Private industry sector1: Relative standard errors2 of mean
hourly earnings3 for major occupational groups
RSE Table 19
Goods producing
Occupational group4
Construction
Manufacturing
Service providing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
4.8%
Relative error5
All workers ..........................................
Management, professional, and
related .........................................
Management, business, and
financial ..................................
Professional and related ................
Service ..............................................
Sales and office .................................
Sales and related ...........................
Office and administrative support
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ................................
Installation, maintenance, and
repair .......................................
Production, transportation, and
material moving ..........................
Production .....................................
Transportation and material
moving ....................................
7.4%
3.4%
2.6%
8.5%
–
–
3.5%
2.9%
5.8
2.3
2.3
8.9
–
–
6.2
6.4
18.1
5.2
7.8
–
18.0
10.3
5.6
4.7
2.3
6.2
3.9
8.4
2.8
3.4
5.4
8.4
3.0
4.2
1.5
12.0
8.4
8.7
7.3
12.8
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
6.6
5.9
4.1
24.9
3.6
8.4
20.5
2.6
9.1
11.0
8.5
10.3
44.3
7.4
13.2
25.4
8.6
3.4
6.3
4.3
4.7
–
–
16.1
9.5
6.3
5.2
8.2
3.5
4.7
–
–
18.2
12.9
8.1
5.6
8.8
3.3
3.4
7.9
5.8
7.3
13.9
–
–
–
–
7.9
4.9
4.6
18.5
4.4
5.4
5.8
4.7
9.2
5.0
–
–
14.4
4.1
7.5
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
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 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, weighed by hours.
4 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian
economy. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S19-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
Level 1 ..........................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
$20.39
9.06
9.88
10.87
13.48
15.41
18.89
24.27
27.76
28.87
35.16
41.06
18.78
2.2%
2.3
2.8
2.5
2.2
2.8
4.1
3.0
2.3
3.0
7.5
6.0
8.7
$806
361
388
433
535
608
749
963
1,095
1,107
1,387
1,688
750
2.2%
2.2
2.8
2.5
2.1
2.5
4.3
2.7
2.3
3.9
7.7
6.7
8.7
$41,894
18,796
20,175
22,500
27,827
31,609
38,944
50,054
56,917
57,545
72,144
87,797
39,008
2.2%
2.2
2.8
2.5
2.1
2.5
4.3
2.7
2.3
3.9
7.7
6.7
8.7
Management occupations ...............................
Level 11 .........................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
33.49
43.50
33.32
10.2
5.9
12.1
1,394
1,941
1,402
12.2
8.7
14.9
72,472
100,937
72,894
12.2
8.7
14.9
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
22.75
9.5
906
9.5
47,093
9.5
Community and social services occupations
Level 8 ..........................................
Social workers ...............................................
19.70
19.17
21.07
6.8
10.2
9.9
788
767
843
6.8
10.2
9.9
40,980
39,873
43,833
6.8
10.2
9.9
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Therapists ......................................................
25.82
15.69
16.27
19.23
24.48
28.59
29.55
35.89
41.03
24.41
50.87
29.67
27.09
28.85
27.89
34.84
41.23
28.67
2.5
3.6
2.6
4.8
3.8
1.3
3.5
7.4
10.3
8.3
3.4
2.7
4.3
1.6
1.2
6.1
11.6
5.2
1,009
614
635
758
968
1,125
1,126
1,414
1,635
977
2,022
1,153
1,066
1,134
1,053
1,376
1,646
1,127
2.6
3.9
2.4
5.4
3.5
1.3
4.5
7.7
10.3
8.3
3.6
2.8
4.0
1.1
1.6
6.4
11.7
5.1
52,491
31,927
33,044
39,395
50,329
58,515
58,554
73,537
85,005
50,781
105,121
59,937
55,456
58,952
54,731
71,564
85,612
58,621
2.6
3.9
2.4
5.4
3.5
1.3
4.5
7.7
10.3
8.3
3.6
2.8
4.0
1.1
1.6
6.4
11.7
5.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S20-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Therapists –Continued
Level 9 ..........................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Respiratory therapists ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Cardiovascular technologists and
technicians ...........................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Level 7 ..........................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Pharmacy technicians ................................
Surgical technologists ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Level 2 ..........................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$32.82
33.30
24.10
3.3%
2.4
2.2
$1,297
1,288
950
3.0%
1.6
3.4
$67,452
66,960
49,385
3.0%
1.6
3.4
19.00
13.28
21.73
9.3
2.9
6.5
750
518
863
9.2
3.8
6.4
39,008
26,939
44,889
9.2
3.8
6.4
22.77
22.59
8.0
9.4
903
895
8.0
9.3
46,978
46,532
8.0
9.3
15.82
13.28
13.0
2.9
622
518
12.8
3.8
32,326
26,939
12.8
3.8
22.76
23.24
22.87
4.5
6.1
7.0
907
930
906
4.5
6.1
7.1
47,189
48,346
47,125
4.5
6.1
7.1
19.88
23.49
22.87
14.2
4.4
7.0
795
936
906
14.2
4.4
7.1
41,357
48,674
47,125
14.2
4.4
7.1
16.58
16.56
14.92
17.43
13.51
18.13
3.3
6.8
6.3
6.3
4.6
4.0
652
643
585
697
529
712
3.6
7.8
5.8
6.3
4.7
4.6
33,887
33,443
30,432
36,258
27,482
37,002
3.6
7.8
5.8
6.3
4.7
4.6
16.81
16.44
16.63
18.25
2.3
3.9
2.4
6.3
654
647
646
698
2.7
4.2
2.3
9.8
33,994
33,652
33,571
36,318
2.7
4.2
2.3
9.8
19.76
33.1
767
34.2
39,904
34.2
16.05
16.1
642
16.1
33,388
16.1
10.79
9.78
1.9
5.2
428
385
2.0
4.9
22,276
20,013
2.0
4.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S20-2
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Cooks .............................................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Level 3 ..........................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ...........................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
Level 1 ..........................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Level 1 ..........................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Level 2 ..........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Mean
Relative
error3
$10.79
12.19
11.25
10.43
9.78
10.80
11.47
10.45
9.74
10.80
12.82
10.44
3.6%
5.8
5.4
2.1
5.2
4.1
7.8
2.0
6.9
4.5
5.6
4.5
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$429
486
450
414
385
430
456
413
382
429
507
418
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.5%
5.8
5.4
2.3
4.9
4.3
7.6
2.2
6.4
4.8
5.7
4.5
$22,283
25,253
23,409
21,506
20,013
22,356
23,734
21,492
19,841
22,321
26,359
21,724
3.5%
5.8
5.4
2.3
4.9
4.3
7.6
2.2
6.4
4.8
5.7
4.5
12.33
13.13
12.14
4.4
5.7
6.8
491
525
480
4.4
5.7
7.1
25,523
27,276
24,984
4.4
5.7
7.1
10.64
10.47
9.79
10.63
10.35
9.90
10.36
9.90
10.39
4.5
9.9
4.0
8.7
6.7
4.8
7.0
4.8
8.6
423
411
392
425
414
396
414
396
412
4.5
10.3
4.0
8.7
6.7
4.8
7.0
4.8
8.9
21,970
21,358
20,362
22,110
21,533
20,584
21,539
20,584
21,427
4.5
10.3
4.0
8.7
6.7
4.8
7.0
4.8
8.9
9.51
8.63
9.59
10.11
9.35
8.63
9.59
10.11
3.1
3.9
3.5
2.8
2.8
3.9
3.5
2.8
378
345
378
404
372
345
378
404
3.0
3.9
3.1
2.8
2.5
3.9
3.1
2.8
19,660
17,949
19,645
21,030
19,321
17,949
19,645
21,030
3.0
3.9
3.1
2.8
2.5
3.9
3.1
2.8
9.48
9.69
9.20
4.0
4.3
3.6
375
379
368
3.6
3.7
3.6
19,491
19,709
19,115
3.6
3.7
3.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S20-3
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 20
Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
work levels — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation and work level1
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Financial clerks ..............................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$13.09
10.02
11.04
13.00
14.61
17.98
12.01
13.32
2.5%
2.5
4.5
2.0
4.8
8.1
6.2
8.0
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$522
395
439
520
584
719
481
533
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
2.5%
3.3
4.4
2.0
4.8
8.1
6.2
8.0
$27,128
20,532
22,814
27,039
30,383
37,396
24,991
27,713
2.5%
3.3
4.4
2.0
4.8
8.1
6.2
8.0
13.68
14.52
11.65
13.53
10.89
13.55
6.2
3.8
3.7
4.0
4.0
1.6
547
581
466
541
435
542
6.2
3.8
3.7
4.0
4.0
1.6
28,449
30,200
24,231
28,141
22,643
28,186
6.2
3.8
3.7
4.0
4.0
1.6
18.46
12.56
10.89
13.55
12.66
8.9
4.9
4.0
1.6
4.4
738
503
435
542
504
8.9
4.9
4.0
1.6
4.4
38,390
26,135
22,643
28,186
26,204
8.9
4.9
4.0
1.6
4.4
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number
of workers, weighed by hours.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S20-4
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 21
Civilian supervisory workers: Relative standard errors of mean
weekly and annual earnings for selected management occupations
Weekly2
Annual4
Occupation1
Management occupations
Team leader ...........................................................................
First line .................................................................................
Second line ............................................................................
General and operations managers
Team leader ...........................................................................
First line .................................................................................
Second line ............................................................................
Marketing managers
First line .................................................................................
Sales managers
First line .................................................................................
Administrative services managers
First line .................................................................................
Computer and information systems managers
Team leader ...........................................................................
First line .................................................................................
Financial managers
Team leader ...........................................................................
First line .................................................................................
Second line ............................................................................
Compensation and benefits managers
First line .................................................................................
Industrial production managers
First line .................................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
First line .................................................................................
Construction managers
Team leader ...........................................................................
First line .................................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
Team leader ...........................................................................
First line .................................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary
First line .................................................................................
Engineering managers
First line .................................................................................
Food service managers
First line .................................................................................
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
$1,331
1,690
2,318
4.9%
3.4
7.3
$68,069
86,974
120,354
4.9%
3.4
7.3
1,487
2,058
2,204
16.1
13.1
18.6
76,606
107,019
114,591
16.1
13.1
18.6
2,248
8.9
116,904
8.9
2,201
10.5
114,444
10.5
992
4.9
51,582
4.9
1,580
2,127
19.2
22.6
82,150
110,622
19.2
22.6
1,346
2,065
2,463
9.5
12.3
9.8
69,979
107,103
128,058
9.5
12.3
9.8
1,467
4.7
76,263
4.7
1,634
9.7
84,987
9.7
1,386
9.5
71,684
9.5
1,432
1,470
12.6
7.4
74,460
74,506
12.6
7.4
1,619
1,622
6.0
4.9
70,220
72,745
6.0
4.9
1,339
8.1
69,635
8.1
2,173
5.3
112,986
5.3
1,070
5.8
55,648
5.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S21-1
December 2007 - January 2009
RSE Table 21
Civilian supervisory workers: Relative standard errors of mean
weekly and annual earnings for selected management occupations — Continued
Weekly2
Annual4
Occupation1
Management occupations –Continued
Medical and health services managers
First line .................................................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers
First line .................................................................................
1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
2 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
$1,352
10.1%
$70,317
10.1%
1,017
12.3
52,888
12.3
4 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
West South Central
S21-2
December 2007 - January 2009