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
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$25.50
1.1%
$1,010
1.1%
$51,510
1.1%
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 ...........................
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 ..................................
Lodging managers .........................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...............................
Social and community service managers ......
47.03
99.09
47.10
34.39
49.86
51.30
48.42
49.87
38.78
2.6
17.9
4.1
11.4
4.3
4.2
9.4
17.2
5.2
1,901
4,168
1,905
1,441
2,039
2,071
2,006
1,971
1,555
2.6
18.8
4.0
12.1
4.6
4.4
9.9
17.8
5.0
98,149
216,147
99,054
74,932
106,026
107,690
104,316
102,492
80,760
2.6
18.8
4.0
12.1
4.6
4.4
9.9
17.8
5.0
54.86
48.05
48.41
46.31
49.00
48.80
6.9
6.9
10.0
10.2
5.2
7.2
2,275
1,942
1,927
1,852
1,965
2,003
7.5
7.0
10.2
10.2
5.1
5.3
118,324
100,804
100,229
96,330
102,171
104,182
7.5
7.0
10.2
10.2
5.1
5.3
39.68
44.60
41.89
3.8
4.3
5.5
1,589
1,812
1,682
3.9
4.1
5.5
82,651
94,206
80,367
3.9
4.1
5.5
20.97
11.4
853
12.8
41,892
12.8
54.50
37.14
61.73
27.36
42.90
47.77
3.8
5.9
3.2
9.6
27.6
3.3
2,187
1,502
2,477
1,166
1,775
1,910
3.5
5.7
3.2
10.6
25.6
3.3
103,291
77,313
128,794
60,211
92,314
99,330
3.5
5.7
3.2
10.6
25.6
3.3
30.58
31.08
5.4
7.0
1,235
1,233
5.4
7.0
64,241
64,036
5.4
7.0
32.90
33.40
1.4
5.9
1,325
1,372
1.5
7.4
68,856
71,334
1.5
7.4
30.79
8.0
1,234
7.9
64,186
7.9
35.02
9.7
1,463
11.9
76,077
11.9
27.92
3.7
1,100
3.9
57,216
3.9
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 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-1
December 2008 - January 2010
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 ....................................
Meeting and convention planners ..................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ..........
Budget analysts ..............................................
Credit analysts ...............................................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Insurance underwriters ..............................
Loan counselors and officers .........................
Loan counselors .........................................
Loan officers ..............................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and
revenue agents .........................................
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue
agents ...................................................
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 .................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$28.83
2.8%
$1,138
2.9%
$59,159
2.9%
32.13
34.12
8.7
10.8
1,293
1,365
9.0
10.7
67,256
70,955
9.0
10.7
32.95
5.1
1,321
5.1
68,678
5.1
27.81
11.5
1,112
11.5
57,836
11.5
30.15
34.36
33.24
37.62
30.25
31.97
29.96
31.03
34.11
34.49
37.51
25.14
32.68
25.61
21.94
25.80
10.8
8.7
11.2
4.1
12.1
4.1
10.5
8.8
12.8
5.4
2.1
24.9
8.3
11.7
2.0
12.3
1,210
1,375
1,330
1,514
1,199
1,288
1,198
1,241
1,364
1,380
1,504
1,005
1,296
1,021
831
1,032
10.8
8.7
11.2
4.0
11.9
4.2
10.5
8.8
12.8
5.4
2.1
24.9
8.2
11.5
6.6
12.3
62,907
71,478
69,144
78,727
62,327
66,962
62,317
64,538
70,949
71,746
78,196
52,283
67,414
53,115
43,202
53,665
10.8
8.7
11.2
4.0
11.9
4.2
10.5
8.8
12.8
5.4
2.1
24.9
8.2
11.5
6.6
12.3
22.76
6.6
910
6.6
47,346
6.6
25.09
9.6
1,004
9.6
52,193
9.6
38.55
41.75
47.26
44.76
2.8
8.4
2.2
3.9
1,564
1,660
1,960
1,884
2.8
8.5
1.8
3.5
81,220
86,328
101,927
97,949
2.8
8.5
1.8
3.5
50.15
27.89
38.61
41.00
2.2
6.0
2.7
12.2
2,046
1,127
1,559
1,638
2.1
6.3
2.9
12.7
106,404
58,378
81,092
85,162
2.1
6.3
2.9
12.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-2
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Computer and mathematical science
occupations –Continued
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ....................................................
Operations research analysts .........................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$33.28
4.0%
$1,319
4.0%
$68,407
4.0%
36.08
36.51
9.0
14.9
1,425
1,460
9.4
14.9
74,086
75,940
9.4
14.9
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Architects, except naval .................................
Architects, except landscape and naval .....
Engineers .......................................................
Aerospace engineers ..................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Computer hardware engineers ...................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Electronics engineers, except computer
Environmental engineers ...........................
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Nuclear engineers ......................................
Petroleum engineers ..................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Aerospace engineering and operations
technicians ...........................................
Civil engineering technicians ....................
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............
42.45
34.42
34.77
48.13
55.15
42.75
50.37
49.39
49.11
49.49
39.72
2.8
7.5
8.4
3.5
4.3
6.0
7.0
10.8
5.7
14.9
10.3
1,715
1,403
1,419
1,953
2,206
1,710
2,168
2,029
1,986
2,044
1,646
2.9
7.9
8.9
3.7
4.3
6.0
8.7
10.5
5.4
14.5
9.8
88,979
72,982
73,790
101,533
114,715
88,944
112,754
105,525
103,276
106,268
85,605
2.9
7.9
8.9
3.7
4.3
6.0
8.7
10.5
5.4
14.5
9.8
40.87
41.97
52.34
47.88
50.75
29.06
25.29
29.74
4.0
2.9
9.8
1.3
3.0
9.1
5.1
4.0
1,648
1,697
2,136
1,915
2,030
1,162
1,012
1,190
4.2
3.2
9.9
1.3
3.0
9.1
5.1
4.0
85,689
88,251
111,046
99,600
100,204
60,439
52,613
60,872
4.2
3.2
9.9
1.3
3.0
9.1
5.1
4.0
30.92
26.47
5.0
7.2
1,237
1,059
5.0
7.2
64,313
55,048
5.0
7.2
29.16
30.12
2.2
10.1
1,166
1,205
2.2
10.1
60,654
62,649
2.2
10.1
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Biological scientists ...................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ...............
Conservation scientists and foresters .........
Conservation scientists ..........................
Medical scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..........................................
Chemists and materials scientists ..............
33.22
32.80
32.75
34.33
27.96
25.27
38.53
32.93
31.32
5.0
8.2
10.2
18.6
9.9
4.6
26.1
5.3
7.5
1,344
1,311
1,308
1,365
1,118
1,011
1,541
1,373
1,260
5.3
8.3
10.5
18.9
9.9
4.6
26.1
4.7
7.4
69,192
67,523
67,398
70,313
57,790
52,570
80,152
71,414
65,531
5.3
8.3
10.5
18.9
9.9
4.6
26.1
4.7
7.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-3
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Chemists ................................................
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 .......................................
Urban and regional planners ..........................
Agricultural and food science technicians .....
Biological technicians ...................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social
science technicians ..................................
Environmental science and protection
technicians, including health ...............
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$31.32
30.50
7.5%
3.7
$1,260
1,309
7.4%
3.9
$65,531
68,045
7.4%
3.9
32.26
6.4
1,305
7.0
67,854
7.0
28.98
50.77
50.77
36.71
3.9
6.9
6.9
7.2
1,312
2,146
2,146
1,464
7.8
7.1
7.1
7.0
68,229
111,614
111,614
69,332
7.8
7.1
7.1
7.0
36.22
40.69
20.10
24.08
6.7
5.7
9.2
7.9
1,445
1,628
798
960
6.5
5.7
8.8
8.0
68,142
84,645
41,042
49,926
6.5
5.7
8.8
8.0
26.36
11.6
1,054
11.6
54,831
11.6
29.39
10.2
1,176
10.2
61,137
10.2
24.51
25.68
6.2
9.5
969
1,009
6.6
10.0
49,205
49,977
6.6
10.0
31.34
13.7
1,254
13.7
65,185
13.7
32.15
21.80
27.46
25.29
28.71
4.2
8.4
5.9
5.1
5.7
1,261
854
1,098
1,011
1,146
4.1
8.4
6.0
5.0
5.8
57,743
44,012
56,702
52,022
59,584
4.1
8.4
6.0
5.0
5.8
31.03
15.6
1,247
15.7
64,018
15.7
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder
counselors ............................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ............................................
Mental health 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 .................................................
Health educators ........................................
Probation officers and correctional
treatment specialists .............................
Social and human service assistants ..........
20.54
29.40
10.2
15.6
812
1,176
11.1
15.6
41,509
61,143
11.1
15.6
31.25
15.56
7.1
7.6
1,252
609
7.1
9.0
64,347
30,848
7.1
9.0
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
49.40
68.53
28.18
28.62
13.3
13.8
5.8
11.9
1,981
2,765
1,121
1,145
13.5
14.3
5.6
11.9
103,020
143,783
58,291
59,521
13.5
14.3
5.6
11.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-4
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ..............
Math and computer teachers,
postsecondary ......................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ....
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Health specialties teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work
teachers, postsecondary .......................
Law teachers, postsecondary .................
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
English language and literature
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, secondary
school ...............................................
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and
GED teachers and instructors ..............
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$39.13
51.13
65.64
3.5%
4.9
24.7
$1,466
2,002
2,571
3.5%
4.8
25.5
$59,422
87,171
108,313
3.5%
4.8
25.5
44.20
61.24
63.47
10.7
12.8
8.0
1,697
2,405
2,534
9.0
13.7
8.0
67,605
95,327
124,343
9.0
13.7
8.0
66.81
8.3
2,667
8.4
130,381
8.4
68.46
68.46
5.1
5.1
2,738
2,738
5.1
5.1
128,378
128,378
5.1
5.1
52.26
7.0
2,015
8.3
79,649
8.3
41.99
39.17
14.0
6.0
1,605
1,529
14.0
5.7
64,599
68,019
14.0
5.7
27.46
14.3
1,086
13.9
53,450
13.9
40.03
16.99
3.3
11.3
1,494
656
3.0
10.7
57,766
30,278
3.0
10.7
13.39
6.3
520
6.1
24,945
6.1
41.61
44.12
7.5
1.7
1,543
1,635
6.4
1.4
57,108
61,085
6.4
1.4
44.46
1.6
1,646
1.3
61,690
1.3
42.49
43.95
3.8
3.5
1,583
1,642
3.1
3.3
58,203
62,521
3.1
3.3
44.20
3.6
1,655
3.1
62,943
3.1
39.12
45.71
9.4
3.9
1,390
1,667
6.8
3.2
54,361
62,403
6.8
3.2
44.97
3.4
1,649
3.4
61,947
3.4
47.79
42.40
7.6
3.8
1,706
1,554
4.3
3.5
63,132
61,234
4.3
3.5
39.48
12.9
1,417
12.6
58,152
12.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-5
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Librarians .......................................................
Library technicians ........................................
Instructional coordinators ..............................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Artists and related workers ............................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Interior designers .......................................
Actors, producers, and directors ....................
Producers and directors .............................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents
Reporters and correspondents ....................
Public relations specialists .............................
Writers and editors ........................................
Technical writers .......................................
Miscellaneous media and communication
workers ....................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians
and radio operators ..................................
Television, video, and motion picture camera
operators and editors ................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists .............................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physician assistants .......................................
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 ...........................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$37.29
21.41
37.07
15.63
10.9%
5.9
10.9
2.5
$1,451
842
1,469
521
10.4%
6.4
10.5
4.4
$70,760
41,185
67,601
22,325
10.4%
6.4
10.5
4.4
30.62
39.10
26.90
27.79
29.75
42.53
42.53
22.52
22.52
26.09
31.82
36.88
9.1
22.0
6.9
10.0
6.1
6.4
6.4
11.6
11.6
7.8
5.6
5.6
1,216
1,553
1,065
1,108
1,137
1,701
1,701
896
896
1,036
1,210
1,439
8.7
22.5
6.4
10.1
3.8
6.4
6.4
11.6
11.6
7.8
6.1
5.3
63,057
80,755
55,375
57,606
59,120
88,472
88,472
46,611
46,611
53,873
62,906
74,852
8.7
22.5
6.4
10.1
3.8
6.4
6.4
11.6
11.6
7.8
6.1
5.3
22.26
4.4
885
4.5
45,521
4.5
32.35
9.4
1,340
11.5
69,662
11.5
21.60
13.3
864
13.3
44,922
13.3
35.97
28.37
56.05
50.72
40.86
39.84
40.36
43.05
31.14
39.26
4.1
5.8
1.2
14.7
2.1
5.0
8.5
7.4
4.5
4.9
1,425
1,114
2,226
1,993
1,568
1,571
1,596
1,715
1,196
1,506
4.5
6.0
1.4
14.8
2.3
5.3
8.7
7.4
7.1
4.9
73,812
57,941
115,768
103,641
81,370
79,180
80,843
88,368
62,207
59,570
4.5
6.0
1.4
14.8
2.3
5.3
8.7
7.4
7.1
4.9
24.14
3.4
963
3.4
50,062
3.4
32.10
3.5
1,278
3.7
66,431
3.7
19.99
5.9
798
5.8
41,485
5.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-6
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Dental hygienists ...........................................
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 ................................
Psychiatric technicians ..............................
Surgical technologists ................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians ..
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Opticians, dispensing .....................................
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 ..............................................
Dental assistants ........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Medical transcriptionists ...........................
Pharmacy aides ..........................................
Protective service occupations ........................
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ...............................
First-line supervisors/managers of
correctional officers .............................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$44.72
9.3%
$1,539
8.6%
$80,046
8.6%
30.59
5.2
1,211
5.3
62,990
5.3
37.79
28.98
13.0
6.6
1,512
1,147
13.0
6.7
78,612
59,633
13.0
6.7
16.40
15.7
692
19.3
36,007
19.3
21.27
17.92
27.11
22.29
17.74
4.3
7.0
7.0
3.9
4.6
834
698
1,081
879
691
4.6
7.5
7.2
3.4
3.3
43,343
36,322
56,228
45,725
35,926
4.6
7.5
7.2
3.4
3.3
22.71
2.0
884
2.4
45,840
2.4
16.69
17.29
6.1
6.8
668
692
6.1
6.8
34,720
35,958
6.1
6.8
26.46
18.2
1,011
20.1
52,572
20.1
28.81
29.36
5.9
7.3
1,152
1,174
5.9
7.3
59,916
61,061
5.9
7.3
15.05
12.73
12.04
12.63
16.12
2.3
2.3
6.2
2.1
12.9
587
495
438
494
645
2.4
2.4
6.9
2.3
12.9
30,466
25,735
22,759
25,649
33,528
2.4
2.4
6.9
2.3
12.9
16.26
18.11
15.17
19.67
18.01
3.0
3.2
3.1
10.9
13.5
633
678
597
787
720
2.8
2.8
2.9
10.9
13.5
32,893
35,260
30,997
40,905
37,460
2.8
2.8
2.9
10.9
13.5
26.94
4.3
1,098
4.7
56,847
4.7
45.73
3.3
1,830
3.4
95,141
3.4
41.37
6.6
1,664
6.4
86,511
6.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-7
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Protective service occupations –Continued
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 .....
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other
recreational protective service workers
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
Chefs and head cooks ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
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 ...................................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$47.40
3.8%
$1,893
3.8%
$98,414
3.8%
36.94
29.69
28.80
28.79
37.45
36.51
36.51
7.5
9.0
6.5
6.6
7.8
1.9
1.9
1,738
1,458
1,150
1,150
1,498
1,458
1,458
10.7
11.7
6.5
6.6
7.8
1.8
1.8
90,357
75,794
59,804
59,776
73,431
75,551
75,551
10.7
11.7
6.5
6.6
7.8
1.8
1.8
13.39
13.39
20.91
5.2
5.2
8.6
528
528
837
5.0
5.0
8.6
27,271
27,271
43,500
5.0
5.0
8.6
18.87
13.8
755
13.8
39,240
13.8
11.95
2.1
458
1.8
23,588
1.8
18.53
21.55
5.0
8.2
736
870
5.4
8.3
37,063
44,368
5.4
8.3
18.02
12.58
10.05
15.02
12.64
11.63
10.94
8.76
9.38
8.44
4.6
2.0
5.7
5.2
2.5
6.5
5.6
2.2
4.0
2.6
713
485
392
597
484
449
428
327
350
313
5.4
2.2
6.2
5.3
3.0
7.3
6.0
3.0
5.3
3.6
35,874
25,107
20,407
30,036
25,160
23,362
21,706
16,927
18,209
16,247
5.4
2.2
6.2
5.3
3.0
7.3
6.0
3.0
5.3
3.6
9.00
10.71
3.2
2.3
340
416
5.1
2.5
17,508
21,385
5.1
2.5
10.69
2.4
418
2.2
21,536
2.2
10.80
11.10
10.51
5.0
4.8
5.9
408
439
399
7.8
4.6
6.5
20,665
22,835
20,770
7.8
4.6
6.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-8
December 2008 - January 2010
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
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 gaming
workers ....................................................
Gaming supervisors ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal
service workers ........................................
Gaming services workers ..............................
Gaming dealers ..........................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and
related workers ........................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .......
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ....
Baggage porters and bellhops ....................
Concierges .................................................
Transportation attendants ..............................
Flight attendants ........................................
Child care workers .........................................
Personal and home care aides ........................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ....
Recreation workers ....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$11.18
8.4%
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$366
12.0%
$19,020
12.0%
Mean
14.08
2.5
554
2.8
28,509
2.8
20.75
7.0
829
7.0
42,924
7.0
19.90
7.7
797
7.7
41,219
7.7
23.60
13.25
18.9
4.0
935
521
19.6
4.3
48,608
26,965
19.6
4.3
14.17
10.91
14.83
14.10
4.6
2.9
3.6
4.3
563
418
581
556
4.7
3.2
3.6
4.2
29,114
21,761
29,137
28,808
4.7
3.2
3.6
4.2
13.63
4.0
508
3.6
26,040
3.6
17.05
20.61
20.2
25.3
682
825
20.2
25.3
35,469
42,877
20.2
25.3
16.84
9.80
8.48
6.2
6.6
4.5
676
375
319
5.4
7.4
1.0
35,140
19,509
16,596
5.4
7.4
1.0
10.55
10.05
11.04
9.99
11.82
26.86
28.80
11.53
11.88
16.87
18.71
14.19
6.8
9.2
5.6
10.1
9.3
10.1
7.4
5.7
4.5
7.3
5.3
9.5
416
404
438
400
465
631
636
445
461
655
730
547
7.4
9.6
5.6
10.1
9.3
5.0
5.8
4.4
5.6
6.5
5.9
7.5
19,859
18,534
22,754
20,781
24,183
32,823
33,090
22,325
23,972
34,074
37,968
28,462
7.4
9.6
5.6
10.1
9.3
5.0
5.8
4.4
5.6
6.5
5.9
7.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-9
December 2008 - January 2010
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 .........................
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 ................................
Travel 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 ..............................
Sales engineers ..............................................
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 ........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$21.41
3.0%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$850
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
3.2%
$43,860
3.2%
22.36
5.4
916
6.0
47,637
6.0
20.11
6.0
828
7.0
43,039
7.0
28.95
14.47
11.47
11.46
9.5
5.1
2.8
2.8
1,170
569
453
453
9.5
5.2
2.6
2.7
60,866
29,168
23,377
23,359
9.5
5.2
2.6
2.7
17.47
17.68
17.40
16.08
23.73
42.67
6.6
17.7
6.5
6.2
11.5
24.0
696
707
692
628
939
1,705
6.7
17.7
6.7
6.6
10.9
24.3
36,180
36,779
35,987
31,975
48,851
88,658
6.7
17.7
6.7
6.6
10.9
24.3
63.60
19.85
16.8
14.1
2,544
794
16.8
14.1
132,284
41,286
16.8
14.1
32.19
5.9
1,304
5.8
67,814
5.8
42.81
9.3
1,714
9.3
89,104
9.3
28.33
7.8
1,153
7.8
59,937
7.8
20.85
20.85
30.94
30.94
34.27
19.93
18.6
18.6
27.4
27.4
25.7
8.4
829
829
1,238
1,238
1,371
768
18.6
18.6
27.4
27.4
25.7
9.1
43,131
43,131
64,353
64,353
71,275
39,566
18.6
18.6
27.4
27.4
25.7
9.1
18.29
1.1
726
1.1
37,630
1.1
24.92
2.7
998
2.9
51,853
2.9
13.24
18.21
19.88
6.8
1.7
4.6
530
725
795
6.8
1.7
4.6
27,547
37,655
41,358
6.8
1.7
4.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-10
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ..............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Brokerage clerks ............................................
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 ....................................................
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 .........................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and
samplers, recordkeeping ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$17.64
3.5%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$701
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
3.4%
$36,454
3.4%
19.00
18.85
16.19
14.31
20.03
19.32
20.24
17.51
2.4
3.3
6.7
2.4
4.2
3.5
5.4
4.4
758
747
618
565
801
773
810
700
2.4
3.1
5.5
2.6
4.2
3.5
5.4
4.4
39,423
38,226
32,149
29,401
41,654
40,179
42,095
36,399
2.4
3.1
5.5
2.6
4.2
3.5
5.4
4.4
19.29
16.82
12.10
16.59
18.57
16.17
18.77
16.49
4.1
3.3
5.1
5.0
16.6
5.3
10.3
5.4
772
661
475
652
–
643
751
657
4.1
3.1
4.8
4.5
–
5.2
10.3
5.3
40,133
34,392
24,708
33,918
–
33,460
39,034
33,531
4.1
3.1
4.8
4.5
–
5.2
10.3
5.3
20.22
14.69
3.8
3.5
804
581
4.3
3.6
41,821
30,122
4.3
3.6
17.36
29.20
11.39
19.81
22.04
8.7
23.6
16.4
4.5
11.8
694
1,167
455
793
893
8.7
23.6
16.2
4.4
12.1
36,112
60,659
23,640
40,976
46,442
8.7
23.6
16.2
4.4
12.1
18.80
23.85
20.91
14.20
14.93
5.6
7.1
4.2
1.8
4.5
749
954
836
568
591
5.5
7.1
4.2
1.8
4.5
38,586
49,601
43,483
29,525
30,752
5.5
7.1
4.2
1.8
4.5
15.63
22.57
5.9
1.9
625
891
5.9
1.8
30,995
46,034
5.9
1.8
23.84
27.20
20.71
2.1
5.9
10.4
951
1,049
780
2.2
5.4
8.8
49,394
54,529
40,397
2.2
5.4
8.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-11
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Word processors and typists ......................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators,
except postal service ................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$18.71
2.3%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$745
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
2.2%
$37,945
2.2%
15.85
13.71
17.58
4.7
3.6
7.2
630
542
702
4.7
3.5
7.2
32,772
28,185
36,521
4.7
3.5
7.2
19.24
4.4
758
4.8
39,398
4.8
11.69
16.47
9.3
2.1
463
654
9.1
2.0
24,074
33,786
9.1
2.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..
19.78
8.9
780
9.4
39,289
9.4
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 .................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..............................................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and
tapers ........................................................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ..............
Tapers ........................................................
Electricians ....................................................
Painters and paperhangers .............................
Painters, construction and maintenance ....
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Plasterers and stucco masons .........................
Roofers ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Structural iron and steel workers ...................
24.03
2.3
951
2.2
48,748
2.2
34.95
24.76
5.1
4.7
1,394
986
4.9
4.6
71,172
50,170
4.9
4.6
25.27
25.27
19.01
25.33
5.2
5.2
5.0
5.8
906
906
742
1,010
12.2
12.2
5.2
5.8
45,810
45,810
37,313
50,066
12.2
12.2
5.2
5.8
21.97
7.4
870
6.8
41,417
6.8
27.12
5.8
1,085
5.8
55,015
5.8
22.39
24.28
20.07
30.08
19.21
19.09
10.0
9.8
13.4
7.3
5.7
5.8
886
959
797
1,194
762
756
9.1
9.0
12.6
7.1
6.2
6.2
45,835
49,483
41,329
62,088
39,608
39,333
9.1
9.0
12.6
7.1
6.2
6.2
29.27
29.33
26.54
19.27
33.81
28.68
3.2
3.2
21.1
13.4
15.9
6.0
1,171
1,173
1,062
769
1,353
1,147
3.2
3.2
21.1
13.5
15.9
6.0
60,888
61,015
55,212
39,315
70,331
59,047
3.2
3.2
21.1
13.5
15.9
6.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-12
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Helpers--carpenters ....................................
Construction and building inspectors ............
Highway maintenance workers .....................
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 .....................................
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 .....................................
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment
mechanic, installers, and repairers ...........
Tire repairers and changers .......................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$15.84
15.00
28.54
20.25
9.8%
7.0
9.2
7.5
$625
600
1,141
810
11.0%
7.0
9.2
7.5
$32,454
31,038
59,355
39,331
11.0%
7.0
9.2
7.5
15.79
16.7
632
16.7
32,223
16.7
24.96
1.8
999
1.8
51,926
1.8
33.95
3.3
1,366
3.5
71,031
3.5
20.35
12.4
811
12.2
42,150
12.2
28.14
4.2
1,123
4.1
58,381
4.1
28.14
4.2
1,123
4.1
58,381
4.1
26.96
7.1
1,087
7.9
56,470
7.9
29.24
6.2
1,192
6.9
61,874
6.9
38.15
31.74
22.97
24.38
.9
3.2
7.6
9.2
1,526
1,270
917
975
.9
3.2
7.6
9.2
79,362
66,018
47,663
50,707
.9
3.2
7.6
9.2
22.85
8.8
911
8.8
47,389
8.8
24.95
3.9
995
4.1
51,755
4.1
23.86
5.3
955
5.3
49,637
5.3
24.21
5.2
968
5.2
50,347
5.2
13.77
13.74
4.7
4.8
551
550
4.7
4.8
28,637
28,574
4.7
4.8
35.16
13.2
1,448
12.7
74,883
12.7
22.83
2.3
909
2.3
47,293
2.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-13
December 2008 - January 2010
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
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 ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Team assemblers .......................................
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Food batchmakers ......................................
Food cooking machine operators and
tenders ..................................................
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 ............................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$27.14
21.08
19.71
28.95
4.1%
4.5
8.8
4.0
$1,084
841
778
1,158
4.0%
4.3
9.2
4.0
$56,380
43,720
40,432
60,223
4.0%
4.3
9.2
4.0
35.29
4.6
1,412
4.6
73,404
4.6
27.61
5.2
1,105
5.2
57,439
5.2
17.89
6.9
716
6.9
37,068
6.9
12.01
8.8
480
8.8
24,804
8.8
16.80
1.9
666
2.0
34,430
2.0
27.07
4.7
1,093
5.1
56,839
5.1
13.41
6.6
533
7.0
27,695
7.0
12.50
14.42
14.30
10.64
12.14
7.8
16.6
3.9
7.2
4.1
494
577
563
426
483
8.6
16.6
3.8
7.2
4.0
25,693
30,002
29,295
22,137
25,140
8.6
16.6
3.8
7.2
4.0
17.34
17.85
12.58
13.40
7.7
7.6
6.1
6.8
686
705
503
535
7.8
7.8
6.1
6.8
35,672
36,645
26,155
27,822
7.8
7.8
6.1
6.8
9.63
3.3
385
3.3
20,021
3.3
20.65
8.0
817
9.0
42,487
9.0
20.06
9.7
792
11.0
41,197
11.0
18.16
9.2
727
9.2
37,782
9.2
15.04
7.8
602
7.8
31,292
7.8
17.50
9.4
700
9.4
36,403
9.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-14
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing
machine tool 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 ........................
Tool and die makers ......................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers .................
Bindery workers ........................................
Printers ...........................................................
Job printers ................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..............
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Sewing machine operators .............................
Textile machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .................................
Upholsterers ...............................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ............
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, wood .......................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders, except sawing ..................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators .....
Mean
Relative
error4
$12.05
5.2%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$482
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.2%
$25,055
5.2%
13.62
24.88
6.8
3.6
545
980
6.8
4.4
28,329
50,947
6.8
4.4
16.30
11.3
652
11.3
33,911
11.3
16.14
16.3
646
16.3
33,581
16.3
13.41
23.83
20.42
20.88
4.1
4.0
4.6
5.5
537
953
817
835
4.1
4.0
4.6
5.5
27,901
49,567
42,483
43,424
4.1
4.0
4.6
5.5
18.24
14.5
729
14.5
37,930
14.5
15.66
16.26
16.26
19.53
17.62
26.45
17.58
11.63
8.94
7.4
18.8
18.8
6.4
14.0
9.4
6.6
13.0
6.2
627
613
613
781
705
1,058
702
459
353
7.4
18.7
18.7
6.4
14.0
9.4
6.6
13.1
4.6
32,579
31,851
31,851
40,579
36,651
55,008
36,510
23,875
18,373
7.4
18.7
18.7
6.4
14.0
9.4
6.6
13.1
4.6
9.85
7.9
394
7.9
20,483
7.9
13.99
13.97
14.32
20.7
23.7
4.1
559
559
573
20.7
23.7
4.1
29,093
29,067
29,775
20.7
23.7
4.1
12.95
8.5
512
8.3
26,560
8.3
13.60
7.7
534
8.0
27,656
8.0
11.87
35.55
11.5
5.5
475
1,385
11.5
5.7
24,689
71,058
11.5
5.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-15
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 11
Full-time1 civilian workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and
system operators ......................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ....
Petroleum pump system operators,
refinery operators, and gaugers ...........
Chemical processing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............................
Separating, filtering, clarifying,
precipitating, and still machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Mixing and blending machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Cutting workers .............................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Extruding, forming, pressing, and
compacting machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Photographic process workers and
processing machine operators ..................
Semiconductor processors .............................
Miscellaneous production workers ................
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 ................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..............................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$22.07
29.36
10.9%
9.1
32.27
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$883
994
10.9%
12.6
$45,913
48,742
10.9%
12.6
3.6
1,278
4.1
66,455
4.1
17.77
6.9
671
7.2
34,879
7.2
18.07
7.8
688
8.3
35,784
8.3
12.12
14.2
485
14.2
25,168
14.2
11.67
14.05
18.4
17.9
467
536
18.4
17.8
24,274
26,475
18.4
17.8
14.19
18.7
540
18.7
27,330
18.7
15.88
19.2
635
19.2
33,035
19.2
17.04
4.7
681
4.7
34,728
4.7
14.20
14.62
9.4
17.4
563
554
9.2
22.2
28,893
28,795
9.2
22.2
12.86
10.7
483
14.5
25,134
14.5
18.19
17.71
14.33
10.92
13.4
6.1
8.0
4.9
718
708
569
437
12.4
6.1
7.8
4.9
37,324
36,831
28,785
20,633
12.4
6.1
7.8
4.9
17.09
2.7
676
2.6
34,688
2.6
23.09
7.4
924
7.4
48,028
7.4
27.61
98.61
4.7
14.5
1,104
2,130
4.7
11.5
57,402
110,740
4.7
11.5
99.74
14.4
2,141
11.5
111,312
11.5
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-16
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Bus drivers .....................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................
Bus drivers, school ....................................
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 ...........................
Locomotive engineers and operators .............
Parking lot attendants ....................................
Service station attendants ..............................
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 .....................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$19.80
20.55
17.66
19.03
16.63
20.48
17.20
11.49
32.79
9.57
14.88
35.13
3.3%
4.2
4.4
2.3
14.9
1.7
5.7
15.7
13.6
9.6
20.6
4.3
$767
809
656
770
723
829
687
444
1,311
383
576
1,393
4.1%
5.4
3.7
2.7
13.1
3.1
5.7
16.1
13.6
9.6
21.7
4.6
$36,606
41,754
26,063
39,907
37,617
42,969
35,575
23,099
68,197
19,903
29,942
72,437
4.1%
5.4
3.7
2.7
13.1
3.1
5.7
16.1
13.6
9.6
21.7
4.6
22.27
6.5
891
6.5
46,314
6.5
21.96
15.59
12.64
12.32
6.3
3.7
2.9
1.8
878
622
498
474
6.3
3.7
2.9
2.8
45,673
31,880
25,458
24,499
6.3
3.7
2.9
2.8
13.30
10.90
10.91
2.5
14.2
9.2
527
434
430
2.6
14.2
9.3
27,113
22,561
21,241
2.6
14.2
9.3
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 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S11-17
December 2008 - January 2010
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 ...........................................................
$24.28
1.4%
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 ...........................
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 ..................................
Lodging managers .........................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...............................
Social and community service managers ......
47.11
103.65
48.19
34.39
49.92
51.44
48.42
51.88
38.27
3.0
20.0
5.8
11.4
4.4
4.2
9.4
19.3
6.5
1,910
4,391
1,953
1,441
2,042
2,077
2,006
2,045
1,542
3.0
20.9
5.7
12.1
4.7
4.4
9.9
20.1
6.5
98,989
228,341
101,563
74,932
106,164
107,982
104,316
106,339
80,069
3.0
20.9
5.7
12.1
4.7
4.4
9.9
20.1
6.5
54.97
48.58
48.98
49.00
50.46
8.4
7.6
12.8
5.2
6.1
2,296
1,968
1,946
1,965
2,077
9.3
7.7
13.2
5.1
4.3
119,412
102,336
101,209
102,171
108,005
9.3
7.7
13.2
5.1
4.3
40.67
45.26
28.02
4.0
4.8
6.0
1,629
1,844
1,121
4.2
4.5
6.3
84,721
95,884
54,111
4.2
4.5
6.3
20.68
13.3
844
15.0
40,923
15.0
40.99
34.98
62.34
27.89
42.90
47.92
15.6
7.0
3.7
12.5
27.6
3.8
1,640
1,393
2,503
1,232
1,775
1,916
15.6
7.2
3.7
13.4
25.6
3.8
84,991
71,305
130,151
64,074
92,314
99,613
15.6
7.2
3.7
13.4
25.6
3.8
30.51
27.26
5.8
6.9
1,234
1,078
5.8
6.8
64,144
55,922
5.8
6.8
33.43
34.26
1.7
6.2
1,349
1,412
1.9
7.8
70,129
73,439
1.9
7.8
30.95
8.2
1,241
8.1
64,523
8.1
36.73
10.1
1,548
12.6
80,520
12.6
27.14
5.1
1,068
5.3
55,558
5.3
28.29
4.3
1,115
4.5
57,973
4.5
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 .........................................
Mean
$963
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
1.4%
$49,741
1.4%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-1
December 2008 - January 2010
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
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 ....................................
Meeting and convention planners ..................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Credit analysts ...............................................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Insurance underwriters ..............................
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 ....................................................
Operations research analysts .........................
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Architects, except naval .................................
Architects, except landscape and naval .....
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$36.81
34.12
11.9%
10.8
$1,489
1,365
12.6%
10.7
$77,419
70,955
12.6%
10.7
32.80
5.9
1,314
5.9
68,352
5.9
27.74
12.1
1,110
12.1
57,706
12.1
31.18
35.44
34.76
38.91
29.75
32.26
34.11
34.47
37.30
25.14
33.48
25.69
25.80
11.8
8.2
9.6
5.5
13.4
4.6
12.8
5.6
2.2
24.9
8.5
12.2
12.3
1,253
1,417
1,391
1,565
1,178
1,301
1,364
1,379
1,496
1,005
1,328
1,028
1,032
11.7
8.2
9.6
5.4
13.2
4.8
12.8
5.6
2.1
24.9
8.3
12.2
12.3
65,145
73,707
72,309
81,378
61,240
67,643
70,949
71,693
77,776
52,283
69,031
53,446
53,665
11.7
8.2
9.6
5.4
13.2
4.8
12.8
5.6
2.1
24.9
8.3
12.2
12.3
39.64
44.27
47.91
45.58
3.1
9.8
2.4
3.9
1,612
1,755
1,991
1,926
3.1
10.1
2.0
3.4
83,827
91,275
103,552
100,171
3.1
10.1
2.0
3.4
50.48
28.33
39.53
41.00
2.5
7.2
4.1
12.2
2,060
1,148
1,604
1,638
2.4
7.7
4.4
12.7
107,142
59,652
83,395
85,162
2.4
7.7
4.4
12.7
33.78
4.4
1,337
4.2
69,542
4.2
35.77
36.51
11.0
14.9
1,408
1,460
11.3
14.9
73,230
75,940
11.3
14.9
42.76
33.28
33.61
3.1
8.6
9.6
1,730
1,361
1,376
3.2
9.1
10.2
89,705
70,750
71,541
3.2
9.1
10.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-2
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$48.43
55.15
42.22
50.37
49.64
50.26
49.45
40.20
3.6%
4.3
8.2
7.0
11.3
5.6
15.5
10.1
$1,967
2,206
1,690
2,168
2,042
2,035
2,044
1,669
3.9%
4.3
8.2
8.7
10.9
5.1
15.1
9.6
$102,251
114,715
87,865
112,754
106,180
105,812
106,295
86,795
3.9%
4.3
8.2
8.7
10.9
5.1
15.1
9.6
40.51
41.97
52.69
47.88
50.75
28.61
24.08
29.52
3.7
2.9
9.8
1.3
3.0
8.6
5.1
4.8
1,634
1,697
2,151
1,915
2,030
1,144
963
1,181
4.1
3.2
10.0
1.3
3.0
8.6
5.1
4.8
84,962
88,251
111,844
99,600
100,204
59,499
50,091
60,281
4.1
3.2
10.0
1.3
3.0
8.6
5.1
4.8
30.92
5.0
1,237
5.0
64,313
5.0
27.94
30.81
4.7
12.0
1,118
1,232
4.7
12.0
58,111
64,083
4.7
12.0
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Biological scientists ...................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ...............
Physical scientists ..........................................
Chemists and materials scientists ..............
Chemists ................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and
geographers ......................................
Market and survey researchers ......................
Market research analysts ...........................
Biological technicians ...................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social
science technicians ..................................
33.98
35.66
34.40
36.31
32.67
29.48
29.48
30.29
6.8
11.1
11.7
19.2
5.5
6.9
6.9
3.8
1,382
1,424
1,373
1,442
1,370
1,188
1,188
1,311
7.2
11.3
12.1
19.6
5.0
6.1
6.1
4.2
71,865
74,064
71,402
74,977
71,241
61,766
61,766
68,149
7.2
11.3
12.1
19.6
5.0
6.1
6.1
4.2
28.98
50.77
50.77
25.24
3.9
6.9
6.9
8.2
1,312
2,146
2,146
1,006
7.8
7.1
7.1
8.3
68,229
111,614
111,614
52,289
7.8
7.1
7.1
8.3
26.49
15.8
1,060
15.8
55,095
15.8
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Mental health counselors ...........................
20.55
18.66
20.57
10.5
17.4
5.8
806
725
807
11.1
18.2
5.8
41,507
37,489
41,977
11.1
18.2
5.8
Architecture and engineering occupations
–Continued
Engineers .......................................................
Aerospace engineers ..................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Computer hardware engineers ...................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electrical engineers ...............................
Electronics engineers, except computer
Environmental engineers ...........................
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ....................................................
Industrial engineers ...............................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Nuclear engineers ......................................
Petroleum engineers ..................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Aerospace engineering and operations
technicians ...........................................
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-3
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Community and social services occupations
–Continued
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 .................................................
Social and human service assistants ..........
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$26.22
20.94
29.67
10.1%
7.1
5.8
$1,050
838
1,183
10.3%
7.1
5.9
$54,317
42,751
61,527
10.3%
7.1
5.9
29.24
26.2
1,179
26.5
61,326
26.5
16.68
14.48
11.9
8.5
655
564
13.0
10.1
33,380
28,557
13.0
10.1
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
54.15
76.45
29.40
29.64
15.8
14.2
5.7
12.6
2,174
3,095
1,167
1,186
16.0
14.7
5.5
12.6
113,038
160,945
60,699
61,652
16.0
14.7
5.5
12.6
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ....
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Health specialties teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .........
Preschool 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 .....
Librarians .......................................................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
29.22
47.99
53.86
49.86
8.9
8.3
3.8
23.3
1,142
1,882
2,109
1,994
8.7
8.0
4.2
23.3
51,529
87,435
80,751
103,114
8.7
8.0
4.2
23.3
54.51
28.1
2,180
28.1
112,533
28.1
34.86
38.69
8.2
17.3
1,270
1,531
11.6
17.1
50,909
77,539
11.6
17.1
21.39
13.56
14.2
7.6
835
531
13.8
7.5
36,507
25,406
13.8
7.5
12.78
29.86
5.9
6.3
500
1,140
5.8
5.7
24,220
43,042
5.8
5.7
29.90
8.9
1,139
8.0
43,458
8.0
29.76
39.44
6.6
9.4
1,142
1,571
6.6
9.5
42,220
62,552
6.6
9.5
39.44
42.03
11.53
9.4
11.8
3.5
1,571
1,643
445
9.5
12.1
4.2
62,552
80,398
21,382
9.5
12.1
4.2
30.88
39.10
10.1
22.0
1,230
1,553
9.6
22.5
63,947
80,755
9.6
22.5
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Artists and related workers ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-4
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 12
Full-time1 private industry 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 ......................................
Interior designers .......................................
Actors, producers, and directors ....................
Producers and directors .............................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents
Reporters and correspondents ....................
Public relations specialists .............................
Writers and editors ........................................
Technical writers .......................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians
and radio operators ..................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists .............................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physician assistants .......................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Physical therapists .....................................
Respiratory therapists ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Dental hygienists ...........................................
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 ................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$26.45
26.76
29.75
42.53
42.53
22.52
22.52
24.86
32.27
36.88
7.2%
10.3
6.1
6.4
6.4
11.6
11.6
12.2
5.6
5.6
$1,047
1,067
1,137
1,701
1,701
896
896
982
1,241
1,439
6.6%
10.3
3.8
6.4
6.4
11.6
11.6
12.2
5.7
5.3
$54,443
55,470
59,120
88,472
88,472
46,611
46,611
51,054
64,557
74,852
6.6%
10.3
3.8
6.4
6.4
11.6
11.6
12.2
5.7
5.3
32.78
9.6
1,366
11.5
71,009
11.5
36.56
28.23
56.14
50.39
40.21
40.28
40.67
42.81
31.68
5.0
6.8
1.3
16.8
1.9
5.6
9.4
8.0
4.3
1,427
1,106
2,228
1,976
1,540
1,595
1,627
1,708
1,213
5.1
7.0
1.5
16.8
2.0
5.9
9.4
8.0
7.4
74,189
57,510
115,861
102,728
80,094
82,852
84,591
88,793
63,081
5.1
7.0
1.5
16.8
2.0
5.9
9.4
8.0
7.4
24.41
3.8
973
3.7
50,601
3.7
31.84
3.8
1,267
4.1
65,884
4.1
19.83
44.72
7.2
9.3
791
1,539
7.1
8.6
41,134
80,046
7.1
8.6
29.85
5.1
1,185
5.1
61,640
5.1
37.79
27.77
13.0
6.1
1,512
1,102
13.0
6.1
78,612
57,325
13.0
6.1
13.25
9.0
537
8.0
27,923
8.0
19.88
17.86
22.41
3.3
7.6
4.4
773
695
884
3.5
8.0
4.0
40,182
36,124
45,968
3.5
8.0
4.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-5
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Opticians, dispensing .....................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
and technicians ........................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Dental assistants ........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Pharmacy aides ..........................................
Protective service occupations ........................
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers .....
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
Chefs and head cooks ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, fast food .........................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Cooks, short order .....................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$22.89
2.2%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$893
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
2.7%
$46,439
2.7%
15.67
17.29
3.3
6.8
627
692
3.3
6.8
32,603
35,958
3.3
6.8
26.46
18.2
1,011
20.1
52,572
20.1
23.86
9.4
954
9.4
49,623
9.4
14.83
12.42
11.72
12.45
13.43
2.5
2.2
6.1
2.2
9.8
577
482
424
486
537
2.6
2.3
6.3
2.3
9.8
29,984
25,089
22,047
25,296
27,925
2.6
2.3
6.3
2.3
9.8
16.00
18.22
15.08
18.01
3.1
3.5
3.3
13.5
622
678
593
720
2.9
3.1
3.1
13.5
32,312
35,276
30,793
37,460
2.9
3.1
3.1
13.5
13.25
6.1
525
6.0
27,289
6.0
12.25
12.25
14.41
5.8
5.8
7.1
484
484
576
5.6
5.6
7.1
25,193
25,193
29,975
5.6
5.6
7.1
11.71
1.9
449
1.7
23,316
1.7
18.17
21.55
5.8
8.2
736
870
6.3
8.3
37,784
44,368
6.3
8.3
17.50
12.47
10.05
14.78
12.67
11.63
10.53
8.76
9.41
5.4
2.0
5.7
5.2
2.5
6.5
7.1
2.2
4.4
709
481
392
587
485
449
414
326
350
6.0
2.1
6.2
5.3
3.0
7.3
7.3
3.0
5.6
36,472
24,981
20,407
30,454
25,198
23,362
21,552
16,925
18,191
6.0
2.1
6.2
5.3
3.0
7.3
7.3
3.0
5.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-6
December 2008 - January 2010
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
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 ........................................
Gaming services workers ..............................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and
related workers ........................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .......
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ....
Baggage porters and bellhops ....................
Concierges .................................................
Transportation attendants ..............................
Flight attendants ........................................
Child care workers .........................................
Personal and home care aides ........................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
$8.44
2.6%
9.01
10.30
3.1
1.9
340
401
5.1
2.3
17,658
20,829
5.1
2.3
10.28
1.8
402
2.0
20,902
2.0
10.41
11.10
10.53
6.1
4.8
6.2
394
439
399
9.1
4.6
6.9
20,479
22,835
20,741
9.1
4.6
6.9
11.18
8.4
366
12.0
19,020
12.0
12.80
2.8
501
3.2
26,020
3.2
18.85
9.7
752
9.7
39,109
9.7
18.17
12.12
9.6
5.2
728
474
9.6
5.7
37,847
24,611
9.6
5.7
12.78
10.90
13.42
13.02
6.9
2.9
4.3
4.8
506
418
522
513
7.0
3.3
4.3
4.9
26,290
21,721
27,120
26,605
7.0
3.3
4.3
4.9
13.19
3.9
488
3.5
25,078
3.5
15.20
9.84
10.9
9.1
611
373
10.2
10.1
31,774
19,392
10.2
10.1
10.55
10.05
11.04
9.99
11.82
26.86
28.80
10.61
11.52
16.57
6.8
9.2
5.6
10.1
9.3
10.1
7.4
3.7
4.0
7.8
416
404
438
400
465
631
636
417
446
652
7.4
9.6
5.6
10.1
9.3
5.0
5.8
3.1
5.6
7.8
19,859
18,534
22,754
20,781
24,183
32,823
33,090
21,402
23,182
33,913
7.4
9.6
5.6
10.1
9.3
5.0
5.8
3.1
5.6
7.8
Mean
$313
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
3.6%
$16,238
3.6%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-7
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ....
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 ................................
Travel 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 ..............................
Sales engineers ..............................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .......
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Mean
Relative
error4
$18.71
5.3%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$730
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
5.9%
$37,968
5.9%
21.47
3.1
852
3.2
43,968
3.2
22.32
5.5
915
6.1
47,579
6.1
20.00
6.1
824
7.1
42,838
7.1
28.95
14.50
11.44
11.43
9.5
5.2
2.9
2.9
1,170
570
452
452
9.5
5.3
2.8
2.8
60,866
29,214
23,291
23,288
9.5
5.3
2.8
2.8
17.47
17.68
17.40
16.08
23.73
42.99
6.6
17.7
6.5
6.2
11.5
24.5
696
707
692
628
939
1,718
6.7
17.7
6.7
6.6
10.9
24.8
36,180
36,779
35,987
31,975
48,851
89,329
6.7
17.7
6.7
6.6
10.9
24.8
63.60
19.85
16.8
14.1
2,544
794
16.8
14.1
132,284
41,286
16.8
14.1
32.19
5.9
1,304
5.8
67,814
5.8
42.81
9.3
1,714
9.3
89,104
9.3
28.33
7.8
1,153
7.8
59,937
7.8
20.90
20.90
30.94
30.94
34.27
19.93
18.9
18.9
27.4
27.4
25.7
8.4
831
831
1,238
1,238
1,371
768
19.0
19.0
27.4
27.4
25.7
9.1
43,228
43,228
64,353
64,353
71,275
39,566
19.0
19.0
27.4
27.4
25.7
9.1
18.03
1.2
716
1.3
37,172
1.3
24.89
3.0
998
3.3
51,878
3.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-8
December 2008 - January 2010
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
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 ........................................................
Brokerage clerks ............................................
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 ............................................
Meter readers, utilities ...................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and
samplers, recordkeeping ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$13.24
17.92
19.94
6.8%
1.6
5.2
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$530
713
797
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
6.8%
1.7
5.2
$27,547
37,065
41,465
6.8%
1.7
5.2
17.52
3.4
697
3.4
36,224
3.4
18.75
17.68
15.57
14.31
20.03
20.24
17.50
16.91
12.10
16.52
16.17
18.77
16.36
2.5
2.5
7.1
2.4
4.2
5.4
4.4
3.6
5.1
6.2
5.3
10.3
4.8
748
701
592
565
801
810
700
664
475
647
643
751
652
2.5
2.2
5.3
2.6
4.2
5.4
4.4
3.3
4.8
5.7
5.2
10.3
4.7
38,898
36,459
30,784
29,401
41,654
42,095
36,375
34,528
24,708
33,652
33,460
39,034
33,265
2.5
2.2
5.3
2.6
4.2
5.4
4.4
3.3
4.8
5.7
5.2
10.3
4.7
19.92
14.54
4.7
3.7
791
575
5.3
3.8
41,141
29,865
5.3
3.8
17.36
29.20
11.00
18.43
8.7
23.6
15.5
6.2
694
1,167
440
736
8.7
23.6
15.5
6.0
36,112
60,659
22,872
38,255
8.7
23.6
15.5
6.0
18.75
27.51
21.28
13.92
14.70
5.8
5.6
4.9
1.7
4.1
747
1,100
851
557
582
5.7
5.6
4.9
1.7
4.1
38,845
57,219
44,256
28,955
30,276
5.7
5.6
4.9
1.7
4.1
15.43
22.90
5.7
2.5
617
902
5.7
2.4
30,488
46,815
5.7
2.4
24.24
27.46
20.75
1.9
6.3
11.1
967
1,056
779
2.0
5.8
9.6
50,292
54,899
40,341
2.0
5.8
9.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-9
December 2008 - January 2010
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 ..............................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Word processors and typists ......................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators,
except postal service ................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Mean
Relative
error4
$17.92
4.3%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$714
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
4.1%
$36,929
4.1%
15.15
13.56
18.53
6.8
3.2
21.1
600
535
741
6.8
3.1
21.1
31,203
27,815
38,551
6.8
3.1
21.1
19.24
4.6
759
5.0
39,444
5.0
11.61
16.19
9.6
2.6
459
642
9.4
2.5
23,884
33,327
9.4
2.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..
19.47
14.6
760
16.0
37,323
16.0
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 ........
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and
tapers ........................................................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ..............
Tapers ........................................................
Electricians ....................................................
Painters and paperhangers .............................
Painters, construction and maintenance ....
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Plasterers and stucco masons .........................
Roofers ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Structural iron and steel workers ...................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Helpers--carpenters ....................................
23.89
2.3
945
2.2
48,380
2.2
35.47
24.69
5.5
4.7
1,414
983
5.2
4.7
72,062
50,022
5.2
4.7
25.27
25.27
18.89
25.45
5.2
5.2
5.3
8.4
906
906
737
1,013
12.2
12.2
5.4
8.3
45,810
45,810
37,010
49,205
12.2
12.2
5.4
8.3
28.95
9.9
1,158
9.9
57,533
9.9
22.39
24.28
20.07
30.02
18.91
18.77
10.0
9.8
13.4
7.5
5.6
5.7
886
959
797
1,191
750
743
9.1
9.0
12.6
7.3
6.0
6.1
45,835
49,483
41,329
61,937
38,984
38,659
9.1
9.0
12.6
7.3
6.0
6.1
29.39
29.33
26.54
19.27
33.16
28.68
15.73
15.00
3.2
3.3
21.1
13.4
17.2
6.0
9.5
7.0
1,176
1,173
1,062
769
1,327
1,147
620
600
3.2
3.3
21.1
13.5
17.2
6.0
10.7
7.0
61,136
61,014
55,212
39,315
68,979
59,047
32,209
31,038
3.2
3.3
21.1
13.5
17.2
6.0
10.7
7.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-10
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Construction and building inspectors ............
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 .....................................
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
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 .....................................
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment
mechanic, installers, and repairers ...........
Tire repairers and changers .......................
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 ...........................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$27.86
13.3%
$1,114
13.3%
$57,954
13.3%
14.57
18.2
583
18.2
29,667
18.2
24.52
2.1
982
2.2
51,017
2.2
33.17
3.8
1,335
4.0
69,440
4.0
19.99
11.9
798
11.9
41,507
11.9
28.03
4.2
1,118
4.2
58,144
4.2
28.03
4.2
1,118
4.2
58,144
4.2
26.08
8.8
1,052
9.6
54,654
9.6
28.83
31.74
22.85
23.86
6.3
3.2
7.8
10.0
1,177
1,270
912
954
7.1
3.2
7.8
10.0
61,073
66,018
47,404
49,627
7.1
3.2
7.8
10.0
22.77
9.1
908
9.1
47,218
9.1
24.37
4.7
971
4.9
50,517
4.9
23.54
6.2
942
6.2
48,964
6.2
24.00
5.7
960
5.7
49,922
5.7
13.77
13.74
4.7
4.8
551
550
4.7
4.8
28,637
28,574
4.7
4.8
35.46
15.6
1,469
14.5
75,862
14.5
22.13
25.87
20.00
19.50
28.27
2.8
2.9
5.9
8.8
4.8
881
1,033
797
769
1,131
2.7
2.9
5.7
9.2
4.8
45,800
53,726
41,434
39,985
58,795
2.7
2.9
5.7
9.2
4.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-11
December 2008 - January 2010
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
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 ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Team assemblers .......................................
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Food batchmakers ......................................
Food cooking machine operators and
tenders ..................................................
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 ............................................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing
machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$37.98
3.3%
$1,519
3.3%
$79,007
3.3%
27.61
5.2
1,105
5.2
57,439
5.2
16.64
7.6
666
7.6
34,451
7.6
12.00
9.1
480
9.1
24,765
9.1
16.62
1.9
659
2.0
34,040
2.0
27.03
4.8
1,092
5.2
56,775
5.2
13.41
6.6
533
7.0
27,695
7.0
12.50
14.42
14.30
10.64
12.14
7.8
16.6
3.9
7.2
4.1
494
577
563
426
483
8.6
16.6
3.8
7.2
4.0
25,693
30,002
29,295
22,137
25,140
8.6
16.6
3.8
7.2
4.0
17.34
17.85
12.58
13.40
7.7
7.6
6.1
6.8
686
705
503
535
7.8
7.8
6.1
6.8
35,672
36,645
26,155
27,822
7.8
7.8
6.1
6.8
9.63
3.3
385
3.3
20,021
3.3
20.65
8.0
817
9.0
42,487
9.0
20.06
9.7
792
11.0
41,197
11.0
18.16
9.2
727
9.2
37,782
9.2
15.04
7.8
602
7.8
31,292
7.8
17.50
9.4
700
9.4
36,403
9.4
12.05
5.2
482
5.2
25,055
5.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-12
December 2008 - January 2010
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
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 ........................
Tool and die makers ......................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers .................
Bindery workers ........................................
Printers ...........................................................
Job printers ................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..............
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Sewing machine operators .............................
Textile machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ............
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, wood .......................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders, except sawing ..................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators .....
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ....
Petroleum pump system operators,
refinery operators, and gaugers ...........
Chemical processing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............................
Mean
Relative
error4
$13.62
24.88
6.8%
3.6
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$545
980
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
6.8%
4.4
$28,329
50,947
6.8%
4.4
16.30
11.3
652
11.3
33,911
11.3
16.14
16.3
646
16.3
33,581
16.3
13.41
23.83
20.34
20.78
4.1
4.0
4.6
5.6
537
953
814
831
4.1
4.0
4.6
5.6
27,901
49,567
42,304
43,227
4.1
4.0
4.6
5.6
18.24
14.5
729
14.5
37,930
14.5
15.66
16.28
16.28
19.52
17.62
26.45
17.55
11.63
8.94
7.4
19.7
19.7
6.4
14.0
9.4
6.7
13.0
6.2
627
611
611
780
705
1,058
701
459
353
7.4
19.6
19.6
6.4
14.0
9.4
6.7
13.1
4.6
32,579
31,787
31,787
40,558
36,651
55,008
36,448
23,875
18,373
7.4
19.6
19.6
6.4
14.0
9.4
6.7
13.1
4.6
9.85
7.9
394
7.9
20,483
7.9
12.62
14.32
17.9
4.1
505
573
17.9
4.1
26,241
29,775
17.9
4.1
12.95
8.9
512
8.8
26,539
8.8
13.60
8.0
533
8.4
27,620
8.4
11.85
32.71
29.36
12.3
5.2
9.1
474
1,252
994
12.3
3.4
12.6
24,647
65,087
48,742
12.3
3.4
12.6
32.27
3.6
1,278
4.1
66,455
4.1
17.77
6.9
671
7.2
34,879
7.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-13
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Separating, filtering, clarifying,
precipitating, and still machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Mixing and blending machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Cutting workers .............................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Extruding, forming, pressing, and
compacting machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Painting workers ............................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Photographic process workers and
processing machine operators ..................
Semiconductor processors .............................
Miscellaneous production workers ................
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 ................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..............................................
Bus drivers .....................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................
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 ...........................
Mean
Relative
error4
$18.07
7.8%
Weekly earnings5
Mean
$688
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
8.3%
$35,784
8.3%
12.12
14.2
485
14.2
25,168
14.2
11.67
14.05
18.4
17.9
467
536
18.4
17.8
24,274
26,475
18.4
17.8
14.19
18.7
540
18.7
27,330
18.7
15.88
19.2
635
19.2
33,035
19.2
17.04
4.7
681
4.7
34,728
4.7
14.20
14.62
9.4
17.4
563
554
9.2
22.2
28,893
28,795
9.2
22.2
12.86
10.7
483
14.5
25,134
14.5
18.19
17.71
14.33
10.92
13.4
6.1
8.0
4.9
718
708
569
437
12.4
6.1
7.8
4.9
37,324
36,831
28,785
20,633
12.4
6.1
7.8
4.9
16.61
2.6
656
2.5
33,785
2.5
22.85
8.4
914
8.4
47,535
8.4
26.23
98.61
5.6
14.5
1,049
2,130
5.6
11.5
54,525
110,740
5.6
11.5
99.74
15.97
16.18
18.95
16.63
20.37
17.21
11.49
14.4
3.2
2.9
2.4
14.9
1.9
5.7
15.7
2,141
618
625
767
723
825
687
444
11.5
1.5
1.2
2.8
13.1
3.4
5.7
16.1
111,312
30,597
32,007
39,741
37,617
42,767
35,599
23,099
11.5
1.5
1.2
2.8
13.1
3.4
5.7
16.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-14
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Parking lot attendants ....................................
Service station attendants ..............................
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 .....................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$9.26
9.88
35.13
11.1%
10.0
4.3
$370
374
1,393
11.1%
11.0
4.6
$19,254
19,451
72,437
11.1%
11.0
4.6
23.23
8.5
929
8.5
48,309
8.5
22.65
15.53
12.63
12.32
8.4
3.7
2.9
1.8
906
620
498
474
8.4
3.7
2.9
2.8
47,118
31,777
25,433
24,499
8.4
3.7
2.9
2.8
13.28
10.90
10.91
2.6
14.2
9.2
526
434
430
2.7
14.2
9.3
27,081
22,561
21,241
2.7
14.2
9.3
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 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S12-15
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
All workers ...........................................................
$31.49
1.7%
$1,242
1.5%
$59,504
1.5%
Management occupations ...............................
General and operations managers ..................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources managers ...........................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, elementary and
secondary school .................................
Engineering managers ...................................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Social and community service managers ......
46.75
44.56
40.58
3.5
11.1
6.3
1,868
1,793
1,601
3.5
11.4
6.3
95,170
93,259
83,184
3.5
11.4
6.3
54.26
43.92
47.12
41.12
52.91
3.9
9.8
8.2
4.0
3.9
2,170
1,744
1,885
1,645
2,130
3.9
9.7
8.2
4.0
3.5
112,854
89,228
98,016
85,536
100,979
3.9
9.7
8.2
4.0
3.5
56.61
58.45
47.47
39.43
3.8
6.7
7.4
9.2
2,274
2,338
1,899
1,577
3.4
6.7
7.4
9.2
105,881
121,586
98,735
82,018
3.4
6.7
7.4
9.2
30.53
26.62
3.2
6.4
1,219
1,065
3.1
6.4
63,295
55,376
3.1
6.4
26.66
7.2
1,067
7.2
55,461
7.2
30.11
3.3
1,191
2.8
61,954
2.8
30.11
3.3
1,191
2.8
61,954
2.8
25.72
5.8
1,029
5.8
53,504
5.8
33.49
8.1
1,343
7.9
69,838
7.9
27.87
33.31
30.34
29.96
29.38
9.8
3.7
5.7
10.5
9.3
1,115
1,342
1,213
1,198
1,175
9.8
3.4
5.7
10.5
9.3
57,973
69,794
63,097
62,317
61,100
9.8
3.4
5.7
10.5
9.3
25.09
9.6
1,004
9.6
52,193
9.6
25.09
9.6
1,004
9.6
52,193
9.6
32.73
36.41
2.1
7.1
1,309
1,456
2.1
7.1
67,588
75,730
2.1
7.1
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 .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation ...........................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
specialists .............................................
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ..........
Budget analysts ..............................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and
revenue agents .........................................
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue
agents ...................................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer programmers .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-1
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Computer and mathematical science
occupations –Continued
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
$34.84
34.49
25.80
36.59
2.8%
2.9
3.8
3.6
$1,393
1,380
1,032
1,463
2.8%
2.9
3.8
3.6
$72,460
71,735
52,486
76,099
2.8%
2.9
3.8
3.6
30.83
9.1
1,225
9.4
62,825
9.4
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Engineers .......................................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Civil engineering technicians ....................
38.84
43.64
44.20
31.19
27.98
3.2
3.4
3.4
6.3
2.5
1,554
1,746
1,768
1,248
1,119
3.2
3.4
3.4
6.3
2.5
80,797
90,777
91,945
64,872
58,203
3.2
3.4
3.4
6.3
2.5
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Biological scientists ...................................
Conservation scientists and foresters .........
Conservation scientists ..........................
Physical scientists ..........................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists
Environmental scientists and
specialists, including health .............
Psychologists .................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school
psychologists .......................................
Urban and regional planners ..........................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social
science technicians ..................................
31.57
27.75
27.65
27.90
25.27
34.95
32.31
2.9
9.4
14.3
9.9
4.6
10.6
10.4
1,262
1,110
1,106
1,116
1,011
1,398
1,292
2.9
9.4
14.3
9.9
4.6
10.6
10.4
63,704
56,271
55,451
57,670
52,570
72,691
67,207
2.9
9.4
14.3
9.9
4.6
10.6
10.4
32.31
41.01
10.4
5.7
1,292
1,633
10.4
5.5
67,207
73,013
10.4
5.5
40.49
40.69
5.6
5.7
1,612
1,628
5.4
5.7
71,333
84,645
5.4
5.7
26.07
10.0
1,043
10.0
54,217
10.0
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 .............................
29.33
33.42
3.2
6.5
1,170
1,330
3.2
6.5
58,452
62,840
3.2
6.5
32.38
28.86
27.36
24.56
5.6
4.8
5.9
7.1
1,279
1,153
1,093
983
5.4
4.8
5.9
7.1
57,248
59,370
56,474
51,093
5.4
4.8
5.9
7.1
36.19
7.1
1,438
6.5
71,320
6.5
25.66
6.6
1,026
6.7
52,558
6.7
31.25
7.1
1,252
7.1
64,347
7.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-2
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Community and social services occupations
–Continued
Social and human service assistants ..........
$19.11
7.4%
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
37.73
47.71
24.84
26.30
7.2
6.7
9.4
23.9
1,509
1,909
994
1,052
7.2
6.7
9.4
23.9
78,468
99,244
51,672
54,699
7.2
6.7
9.4
23.9
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ....
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Health specialties 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 ..........................................
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, secondary
school ...............................................
Other teachers and instructors .......................
Librarians .......................................................
42.50
52.99
64.31
73.69
2.9
5.9
16.1
4.9
1,570
2,073
2,529
2,938
3.0
6.0
16.9
5.0
61,629
87,031
101,721
138,864
3.0
6.0
16.9
5.0
73.96
5.0
2,949
5.0
139,880
5.0
59.32
39.39
4.7
6.1
2,343
1,527
4.5
5.4
92,038
64,506
4.5
5.4
26.51
15.0
1,036
13.4
50,634
13.4
45.22
40.11
1.4
6.5
1,668
1,417
.8
5.8
62,564
53,796
.8
5.8
26.43
10.0
894
7.8
36,219
7.8
45.98
45.53
4.2
1.6
1,655
1,682
4.2
1.0
61,108
62,784
4.2
1.0
45.60
1.6
1,684
1.2
63,044
1.2
45.15
44.60
2.2
3.3
1,671
1,651
1.1
2.8
61,400
62,517
1.1
2.8
44.91
3.5
1,667
2.7
62,996
2.7
39.12
47.06
9.4
3.2
1,390
1,712
6.8
2.5
54,361
64,003
6.8
2.5
46.28
2.6
1,694
2.8
63,534
2.8
49.87
45.03
32.51
6.7
2.8
7.9
1,768
1,633
1,260
2.8
1.9
5.2
65,297
63,740
61,223
2.8
1.9
5.2
Mean
$761
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
7.5%
$38,515
7.5%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-3
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Library technicians ........................................
Instructional coordinators ..............................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Public relations specialists .............................
Miscellaneous media and communication
workers ....................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Psychiatric technicians ..............................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
and technicians ........................................
Occupational health and safety specialists
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Protective service occupations ........................
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ...............................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$20.38
40.98
16.75
6.0%
5.4
3.1
$798
1,620
539
6.6%
4.1
5.5
$38,556
72,236
22,512
6.6%
4.1
5.5
28.27
27.79
8.4
3.8
1,094
1,112
8.2
3.8
55,468
57,806
8.2
3.8
25.59
12.8
996
13.0
49,236
13.0
33.46
25.97
43.75
37.20
3.8
19.1
5.0
6.5
1,414
1,593
1,691
1,431
3.7
14.7
5.5
5.9
72,114
82,032
87,093
61,648
3.7
14.7
5.5
5.9
22.60
7.5
904
7.5
46,998
7.5
20.62
4.9
825
4.9
42,892
4.9
34.83
34.83
17.5
17.5
1,358
1,358
19.6
19.6
70,615
70,615
19.6
19.6
24.31
28.93
8.3
2.9
970
1,153
8.5
3.3
50,465
59,959
8.5
3.3
21.04
2.7
797
4.9
40,553
4.9
30.70
30.74
5.7
7.1
1,228
1,229
5.7
7.1
63,864
63,931
5.7
7.1
17.06
15.16
14.12
4.0
5.3
4.0
677
598
556
4.3
5.7
4.5
34,942
30,860
28,625
4.3
5.7
4.5
18.91
16.82
5.0
3.9
755
668
5.1
4.2
38,941
34,725
5.1
4.2
33.10
3.4
1,367
3.8
70,632
3.8
45.73
3.3
1,830
3.4
95,141
3.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-4
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Protective service occupations –Continued
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 .....
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
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 .........................
Grounds maintenance workers ......................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$41.37
6.6%
$1,664
6.4%
$86,511
6.4%
47.40
3.8
1,893
3.8
98,414
3.8
36.94
29.64
28.78
28.78
37.45
36.51
36.51
7.5
9.3
6.7
6.7
7.8
1.9
1.9
1,738
1,456
1,152
1,152
1,498
1,458
1,458
10.7
12.1
6.7
6.7
7.8
1.8
1.8
90,357
75,715
59,905
59,905
73,431
75,551
75,551
10.7
12.1
6.7
6.7
7.8
1.8
1.8
19.53
19.53
23.47
7.8
7.8
5.3
761
761
939
8.5
8.5
5.3
37,767
37,767
48,820
8.5
8.5
5.3
15.80
8.5
596
6.4
27,289
6.4
21.03
9.6
735
15.8
33,210
15.8
21.03
15.23
15.94
14.12
15.72
9.6
14.5
12.5
6.2
4.0
735
605
633
528
608
15.8
14.5
12.6
6.9
5.2
33,210
27,852
28,683
22,633
27,189
15.8
14.5
12.6
6.9
5.2
15.74
5.0
613
5.6
28,351
5.6
18.28
1.9
730
1.9
36,528
1.9
24.54
12.8
982
12.8
50,449
12.8
22.78
17.07
5.0
2.7
911
682
5.0
2.7
46,752
34,935
5.0
2.7
17.21
19.39
19.83
2.8
7.6
4.7
687
773
788
2.8
7.5
4.9
35,220
34,914
40,436
2.8
7.5
4.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-5
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Gaming services workers ..............................
Child care workers .........................................
$16.38
9.61
17.42
7.3%
9.8
12.7
Sales and related occupations .........................
Retail sales workers .......................................
Cashiers, all workers .................................
16.04
12.38
12.38
13.5
6.0
6.0
642
495
495
13.5
6.0
6.0
33,372
25,757
25,757
13.5
6.0
6.0
19.63
2.5
781
2.6
39,963
2.6
25.11
20.21
19.48
6.0
3.8
8.5
999
806
779
5.8
3.8
8.5
51,672
41,673
40,522
5.8
3.8
8.5
20.44
21.50
19.32
4.4
4.4
3.5
817
850
773
4.4
5.1
3.5
42,488
42,027
40,179
4.4
5.1
3.5
19.62
18.57
4.5
24.3
785
–
4.5
–
40,808
–
4.5
–
21.21
17.30
23.20
23.36
21.47
6.4
10.4
11.6
12.4
2.4
849
687
936
943
853
6.4
10.4
12.0
12.8
2.5
44,124
34,554
47,573
49,051
43,437
6.4
10.4
12.0
12.8
2.5
22.43
24.79
5.5
13.2
892
979
5.5
12.5
46,256
50,928
5.5
12.5
20.05
2.6
797
2.9
39,593
2.9
16.77
17.12
17.18
3.4
3.2
2.9
670
684
684
3.3
3.0
3.0
34,826
35,543
34,929
3.3
3.0
3.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..
20.17
10.7
807
10.7
41,948
10.7
Construction and extraction occupations ......
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ....................................................
Construction laborers .....................................
26.59
4.2
1,063
4.2
55,300
4.2
30.42
22.31
2.2
7.1
1,217
892
2.2
7.1
63,282
46,410
2.2
7.1
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...............
Financial clerks ..............................................
Bill and account collectors ........................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ..............
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ..................................................
Library assistants, clerical .............................
Human resources assistants, except payroll
and timekeeping .......................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Dispatchers ....................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Legal secretaries ........................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Word processors and typists ......................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Mean
$637
385
606
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
6.6%
9.8
6.4
$32,292
19,997
26,830
6.6%
9.8
6.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-6
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 13
Full-time1 State and local government workers: Relative standard errors
of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations
–Continued
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Electricians ....................................................
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 .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers ..........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers ...............................
Industrial machinery mechanics ................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Production occupations ...................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators .....
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and
system operators ......................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and material-moving
machine and vehicle operators ................
Bus drivers .....................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................
Bus drivers, school ....................................
Weekly earnings5
Annual earnings6
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
$25.05
7.1%
$1,002
7.1%
$52,104
7.1%
24.96
31.11
7.6
7.0
998
1,244
7.6
7.0
51,919
64,730
7.6
7.0
27.76
30.90
19.68
7.8
5.8
8.2
1,111
1,236
787
7.8
5.8
8.2
57,748
64,282
40,942
7.8
5.8
8.2
28.32
3.1
1,132
3.0
58,869
3.0
40.26
26.82
7.0
4.2
1,611
1,073
7.0
4.2
83,751
55,784
7.0
4.2
28.01
3.7
1,121
3.7
58,268
3.7
33.54
4.5
1,342
4.5
69,770
4.5
25.11
33.01
22.94
4.6
6.8
6.1
1,004
1,321
916
4.6
6.8
6.2
52,184
68,667
47,651
4.6
6.8
6.2
24.04
10.1
962
10.1
50,004
10.1
26.72
38.38
11.2
4.8
1,067
1,522
11.0
4.4
55,093
77,069
11.0
4.4
22.12
11.3
885
11.3
46,007
11.3
24.28
3.5
961
4.2
47,577
4.2
32.07
22.15
24.39
18.25
5.8
2.2
1.9
3.4
1,283
859
975
672
5.8
3.2
1.9
3.4
66,696
40,089
50,723
26,946
5.8
3.2
1.9
3.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-7
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Mean
Relative
error4
$22.55
23.09
8.3%
8.6
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 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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
$902
924
Annual earnings6
Relative
error4
Mean
Relative
error4
8.3%
8.6
$46,901
48,023
8.3%
8.6
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S13-8
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
$21.46
1.5%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Industrial production managers .....................
Transportation, storage, and distribution
managers ..................................................
Construction managers ..................................
Education administrators ...............................
Education administrators, preschool and
child care center/program ....................
Engineering managers ...................................
Food service managers ..................................
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...............................
Social and community service managers ......
39.60
75.91
35.68
43.94
33.62
47.85
36.31
4.8
8.4
9.0
6.4
20.0
6.4
9.9
1,602
3,216
1,455
1,759
1,345
1,916
1,476
4.8
12.5
8.5
6.2
20.0
6.2
9.6
82,758
167,221
75,653
91,450
69,938
99,610
76,628
4.8
12.5
8.5
6.2
20.0
6.2
9.6
53.99
39.79
42.60
11.4
8.1
9.0
2,159
1,614
1,704
11.4
8.1
9.0
112,293
83,945
88,617
11.4
8.1
9.0
35.30
45.42
26.77
13.6
5.3
6.8
1,416
1,835
1,072
15.1
5.4
7.3
73,617
95,415
51,177
15.1
5.4
7.3
20.58
57.18
29.48
14.1
7.0
17.2
841
2,287
1,306
15.9
7.0
17.6
40,628
118,940
67,937
15.9
7.0
17.6
31.16
23.59
6.2
8.2
1,258
930
6.1
8.2
65,416
48,377
6.1
8.2
30.89
27.91
4.1
4.5
1,243
1,116
4.2
4.5
64,623
58,051
4.2
4.5
28.71
8.2
1,149
8.2
59,724
8.2
25.83
3.7
1,033
3.7
53,723
3.7
31.07
6.7
1,206
6.9
62,718
6.9
30.86
32.77
7.3
13.4
1,196
1,310
7.5
13.4
62,196
68,125
7.5
13.4
36.53
41.49
31.59
29.01
34.75
20.94
6.0
17.5
7.2
14.9
12.9
25.6
1,461
1,695
1,275
1,155
1,390
837
6.0
16.8
7.6
14.8
12.9
25.6
75,974
88,125
66,291
60,036
72,280
43,546
6.0
16.8
7.6
14.8
12.9
25.6
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 .........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Personal financial advisors ........................
Mean
$848
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
1.6%
$43,867
1.6%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-1
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Insurance underwriters ..............................
Loan counselors and officers .........................
Loan officers ..............................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
Computer software engineers ........................
Computer software engineers, applications
Computer software engineers, systems
software ...............................................
Computer support specialists .........................
Computer systems analysts ............................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..........................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$38.48
25.47
25.47
14.7%
15.1
15.1
$1,507
1,019
1,019
14.3%
15.1
15.1
$78,368
52,976
52,976
14.3%
15.1
15.1
37.01
44.63
44.74
7.7
11.4
22.7
1,470
1,775
1,770
7.6
11.1
22.2
76,433
92,323
92,029
7.6
11.1
22.2
44.52
34.32
45.93
10.4
14.1
7.3
1,781
1,365
1,837
10.4
13.9
7.3
92,598
71,002
95,544
10.4
13.9
7.3
27.52
10.8
1,078
12.1
56,048
12.1
Architecture and engineering occupations ....
Architects, except naval .................................
Architects, except landscape and naval .....
Engineers .......................................................
Civil engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ..........
Electronics engineers, except computer
Environmental engineers ...........................
Mechanical engineers ................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............
36.32
32.68
33.05
44.21
39.30
49.58
48.54
34.55
56.23
24.69
24.13
24.75
4.4
10.7
12.2
6.5
9.1
11.8
14.8
7.8
20.3
6.8
6.4
5.7
1,485
1,341
1,359
1,840
1,573
2,197
2,186
1,471
2,249
988
965
990
5.1
11.4
13.1
7.9
9.1
10.1
13.3
8.7
20.3
6.8
6.4
5.7
77,200
69,736
70,665
95,667
81,798
114,224
113,650
76,479
116,950
51,363
50,194
51,474
5.1
11.4
13.1
7.9
9.1
10.1
13.3
8.7
20.3
6.8
6.4
5.7
26.79
30.55
4.3
13.1
1,072
1,222
4.3
13.1
55,722
63,554
4.3
13.1
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Physical scientists ..........................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists
31.45
30.39
29.89
11.8
4.4
4.0
1,298
1,306
1,328
12.7
4.7
5.7
67,480
67,929
69,033
12.7
4.7
5.7
Community and social services occupations
Social workers ...............................................
Child, family, and school social workers ..
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .................................................
Social and human service assistants ..........
19.84
28.01
23.02
15.2
9.6
1.6
780
1,127
921
16.4
9.3
1.6
40,096
58,626
47,879
16.4
9.3
1.6
16.82
14.26
14.3
10.8
658
551
15.5
12.7
33,593
27,925
15.5
12.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-2
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .......................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ............
$41.50
55.02
29.29
29.86
6.9%
8.1
7.2
14.7
$1,672
2,255
1,160
1,194
6.6%
7.8
7.0
14.7
$86,968
117,238
60,311
62,109
6.6%
7.8
7.0
14.7
Education, training, and library occupations
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .........
Preschool teachers, except special
education ..........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Elementary school teachers, except
special education .............................
Teacher assistants ..........................................
18.72
8.4
730
8.1
33,426
8.1
16.87
13.07
11.9
7.8
657
511
11.4
7.6
29,607
24,361
11.4
7.6
12.45
27.39
6.1
12.9
486
1,047
5.9
11.7
23,453
39,988
5.9
11.7
28.24
11.27
14.7
4.5
1,075
428
13.4
4.9
41,766
19,823
13.4
4.9
31.58
27.24
27.71
30.73
23.63
16.7
9.2
14.9
8.5
13.9
1,261
1,077
1,108
1,158
934
15.7
8.6
14.9
5.3
14.1
65,563
56,027
57,636
60,193
48,551
15.7
8.6
14.9
5.3
14.1
40.74
56.80
50.87
32.03
52.27
44.72
12.9
1.2
18.3
14.2
10.5
9.3
1,588
2,265
1,990
1,225
2,089
1,539
13.4
1.2
18.4
14.3
10.4
8.6
82,533
117,790
103,492
63,703
108,012
80,046
13.4
1.2
18.4
14.3
10.4
8.6
23.81
12.1
943
11.9
49,023
11.9
19.70
17.73
3.8
7.3
754
676
4.2
7.8
39,223
35,139
4.2
7.8
20.22
16.39
4.1
5.6
800
656
4.4
5.6
41,578
34,086
4.4
5.6
14.62
11.56
10.98
11.63
3.1
2.7
12.6
2.8
565
452
390
459
2.7
2.9
11.1
3.1
29,400
23,512
20,275
23,869
2.7
2.9
11.1
3.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Interior designers .......................................
Public relations specialists .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Physician assistants .......................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Dental hygienists ...........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Pharmacy technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Opticians, dispensing .....................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Home health aides .....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-3
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
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 .............
Chefs and head cooks ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
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 ................
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 ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$15.63
18.30
13.83
3.8%
3.5
3.6
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$601
681
542
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.4%
3.2
2.8
$31,258
35,414
28,164
3.4%
3.2
2.8
11.01
14.5
441
14.5
22,906
14.5
9.81
9.81
11.0
11.0
392
392
11.0
11.0
20,409
20,409
11.0
11.0
11.00
1.7
419
1.9
21,776
1.9
16.92
17.88
5.0
7.2
683
728
5.8
7.6
35,540
37,831
5.8
7.6
16.78
11.60
10.13
12.68
11.82
11.61
10.36
8.67
9.06
8.43
5.7
2.0
6.1
3.6
2.3
6.5
8.1
2.4
3.2
2.5
677
444
395
501
446
448
407
318
331
308
6.5
2.4
6.6
3.7
3.0
7.3
8.4
2.8
4.8
3.1
35,217
23,065
20,517
25,928
23,212
23,320
21,145
16,552
17,230
16,038
6.5
2.4
6.6
3.7
3.0
7.3
8.4
2.8
4.8
3.1
8.93
9.33
4.6
1.5
335
362
4.9
2.0
17,411
18,812
4.9
2.0
9.29
1.6
363
2.1
18,894
2.1
9.54
9.86
6.1
5.9
354
368
8.6
6.8
18,403
19,135
8.6
6.8
10.12
6.4
315
8.6
16,360
8.6
12.40
3.1
482
3.6
25,042
3.6
17.81
13.4
714
13.4
37,109
13.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-4
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations –Continued
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
Mean
Relative
error3
$15.66
11.43
7.3%
6.0
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$628
442
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
7.2%
6.9
$32,650
22,969
7.2%
6.9
12.45
9.76
13.76
13.35
6.5
3.1
5.6
6.6
490
367
534
527
7.0
4.0
5.6
6.7
25,437
19,100
27,787
27,425
7.0
4.0
5.6
6.7
Personal care and service occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of personal
service workers ........................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and
related workers ........................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .......
Child care workers .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
12.05
4.0
461
4.3
23,844
4.3
11.92
13.2
494
8.6
25,705
8.6
10.52
10.75
10.30
17.48
13.0
14.2
5.5
5.0
406
434
404
685
15.7
14.9
4.8
5.1
20,219
21,461
20,695
35,632
15.7
14.9
4.8
5.1
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 ................................
Travel agents .................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..........................................
21.10
4.6
839
4.8
43,380
4.8
21.83
8.9
904
9.7
46,990
9.7
19.19
10.3
799
11.7
41,526
11.7
29.43
13.43
10.81
10.81
11.7
5.8
3.3
3.3
1,200
528
427
427
11.2
6.1
3.2
3.2
62,382
27,169
22,018
22,018
11.2
6.1
3.2
3.2
16.75
12.04
17.51
15.03
25.08
45.75
7.7
6.9
7.8
8.4
9.1
25.1
666
481
695
586
991
1,828
7.8
6.9
8.0
9.2
8.2
25.5
34,638
25,034
36,162
30,010
51,552
95,081
7.8
6.9
8.0
9.2
8.2
25.5
70.51
19.85
26.4
14.1
2,820
794
26.4
14.1
146,664
41,286
26.4
14.1
29.96
5.3
1,213
5.5
63,072
5.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-5
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Sales and related occupations –Continued
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 ......
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 ....................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .................
Procurement clerks ....................................
Tellers ........................................................
Customer service representatives ..................
File clerks ......................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
Order clerks ...................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
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 ....................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$38.80
14.9%
$1,552
14.9%
$80,707
14.9%
27.10
9.6
1,101
9.5
57,269
9.5
21.48
21.48
22.10
20.9
20.9
16.2
852
852
835
20.9
20.9
18.3
44,328
44,328
43,412
20.9
20.9
18.3
17.60
1.7
697
1.7
36,189
1.7
24.26
17.50
20.24
3.5
2.1
9.5
971
695
810
3.4
2.1
9.5
50,467
36,125
42,099
3.4
2.1
9.5
15.54
5.1
619
5.1
32,168
5.1
18.62
17.53
16.39
14.03
16.67
17.20
11.47
15.86
16.49
13.82
19.55
3.6
4.0
7.6
2.8
4.2
8.2
7.0
5.9
5.1
4.7
8.6
742
685
580
553
666
656
449
629
658
546
775
3.6
3.2
2.7
3.0
4.2
7.6
6.6
5.8
5.1
4.7
8.8
38,601
35,612
30,154
28,758
34,651
34,102
23,354
32,683
34,211
28,359
40,284
3.6
3.2
2.7
3.0
4.2
7.6
6.6
5.8
5.1
4.7
8.8
19.55
21.21
14.13
14.63
22.05
8.6
7.9
4.0
4.9
4.8
775
848
565
582
863
8.8
7.9
4.0
4.9
4.5
40,284
44,115
29,367
30,266
44,717
8.8
7.9
4.0
4.9
4.5
23.88
25.40
21.23
5.6
7.6
15.3
951
983
787
5.8
6.9
13.1
49,452
51,125
40,668
5.8
6.9
13.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-6
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
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 ......................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and
terrazzo workers ......................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers ......
Construction laborers .....................................
Construction equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment operators ........
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and
tapers ........................................................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ..............
Tapers ........................................................
Electricians ....................................................
Painters and paperhangers .............................
Painters, construction and maintenance ....
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
Roofers ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ......................................
Structural iron and steel workers ...................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................
Miscellaneous construction and related
workers ....................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .................................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$17.37
5.1%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$691
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
4.9%
$35,637
4.9%
13.61
12.74
7.6
6.4
537
499
7.7
5.8
27,914
25,968
7.7
5.8
20.62
15.58
7.3
3.6
808
617
7.2
3.6
42,037
32,008
7.2
3.6
22.62
1.9
892
2.0
45,766
2.0
32.21
24.09
4.6
4.6
1,288
958
4.6
4.6
66,176
48,857
4.6
4.6
24.39
24.39
17.51
24.32
6.5
6.5
6.3
8.9
841
841
679
967
14.8
14.8
7.2
8.8
42,147
42,147
34,851
46,606
14.8
14.8
7.2
8.8
27.95
13.7
1,118
13.7
55,102
13.7
25.97
28.55
23.33
28.20
19.40
19.26
15.3
14.6
14.2
11.3
6.3
6.6
1,014
1,106
918
1,128
771
765
13.9
13.0
13.0
11.3
6.6
6.8
52,716
57,498
47,729
58,654
40,084
39,776
13.9
13.0
13.0
11.3
6.6
6.8
27.27
27.27
19.13
34.05
29.62
13.82
4.0
4.1
14.1
20.6
5.8
11.1
1,091
1,091
763
1,362
1,185
543
4.0
4.1
14.2
20.6
5.8
12.3
56,720
56,718
39,000
70,826
61,606
28,220
4.0
4.1
14.2
20.6
5.8
12.3
17.60
21.6
704
21.6
34,947
21.6
23.96
2.4
961
2.4
49,949
2.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-7
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and 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 ...................................................
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 ...........................
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 ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$33.12
4.7%
$1,336
4.8%
$69,481
4.8%
28.39
6.4
1,135
6.4
59,042
6.4
28.39
6.4
1,135
6.4
59,042
6.4
27.14
22.88
23.86
23.7
10.1
10.0
1,104
913
954
25.4
10.1
10.0
57,417
47,454
49,627
25.4
10.1
10.0
22.79
11.8
909
11.8
47,243
11.8
22.79
6.7
907
6.9
47,178
6.9
21.78
7.9
871
7.9
45,302
7.9
22.52
7.8
901
7.8
46,837
7.8
36.51
16.7
1,520
15.4
79,042
15.4
19.94
24.06
18.64
17.40
27.07
4.0
4.7
12.4
10.8
8.9
792
962
744
681
1,083
3.7
4.7
12.1
10.3
8.9
41,198
50,040
38,685
35,434
56,301
3.7
4.7
12.1
10.3
8.9
26.71
9.3
1,068
9.3
55,561
9.3
15.06
9.9
602
9.9
31,124
9.9
11.94
9.2
478
9.2
24,645
9.2
15.69
2.9
617
2.9
31,930
2.9
27.11
5.3
1,077
5.8
56,025
5.8
11.25
11.9
439
12.8
22,842
12.8
11.58
17.4
448
18.7
23,307
18.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-8
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Bakers ............................................................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Food batchmakers ......................................
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, 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 ......................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Bookbinders and bindery workers .................
Bindery workers ........................................
Printers ...........................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..............
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Sewing machine operators .............................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ............
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, wood .......................................
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 ............................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous production workers ................
Helpers--production workers .....................
Mean
Relative
error3
$12.56
11.48
13.95
13.53
6.7%
7.5
6.1
8.3
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$483
455
558
541
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
6.9%
7.5
6.1
8.3
$25,116
23,675
29,012
28,133
6.9%
7.5
6.1
8.3
19.72
9.5
778
11.3
40,457
11.3
19.70
9.9
777
11.7
40,398
11.7
18.88
6.6
755
6.6
39,261
6.6
19.21
21.28
20.22
21.02
16.11
16.11
17.97
27.03
15.11
12.45
8.76
14.54
9.3
3.7
6.3
6.2
23.7
23.7
11.7
13.1
9.4
23.2
8.1
4.6
769
817
809
841
597
597
719
1,081
604
498
345
582
9.3
4.9
6.3
6.2
24.2
24.2
11.7
13.1
9.4
23.2
5.9
4.6
39,963
42,464
42,059
43,722
31,044
31,044
37,367
56,221
31,393
25,906
17,939
30,245
9.3
4.9
6.3
6.2
24.2
24.2
11.7
13.1
9.4
23.2
5.9
4.6
12.02
10.1
471
9.7
24,371
9.7
12.69
9.4
493
9.9
25,477
9.9
11.71
17.4
469
17.4
24,313
17.4
11.67
20.8
467
20.8
24,270
20.8
15.74
6.5
630
6.5
31,115
6.5
14.29
14.17
6.7
22.5
572
527
6.7
29.1
28,806
27,385
6.7
29.1
12.64
13.97
10.75
12.9
9.5
9.8
459
551
429
19.3
8.7
9.9
23,868
28,672
22,327
19.3
8.7
9.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-9
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 15
Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by
occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
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 .....................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Driver/sales workers ..................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .....
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ....
Service station attendants ..............................
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
$14.43
3.5%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$573
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.8%
$29,643
3.8%
20.08
7.0
803
7.0
41,773
7.0
22.14
14.79
16.92
17.35
18.88
14.36
8.83
13.47
12.41
12.46
5.7
4.2
3.4
19.4
2.9
6.2
2.2
4.3
2.6
2.5
886
560
685
788
762
573
332
539
486
474
5.7
8.8
4.6
13.4
6.1
6.3
5.2
4.3
2.0
4.4
46,049
27,474
35,543
41,002
39,450
29,775
17,254
28,018
25,067
24,627
5.7
8.8
4.6
13.4
6.1
6.3
5.2
4.3
2.0
4.4
12.77
9.81
3.5
3.8
505
387
3.5
3.9
26,097
19,417
3.5
3.9
1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S15-10
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
All workers ...........................................................
$27.38
2.4%
$1,089
2.4%
$56,211
2.4%
Management occupations ...............................
Chief executives ............................................
General and operations managers ..................
Marketing and sales managers .......................
Marketing managers ..................................
Sales managers ..........................................
Administrative services managers .................
Computer and information systems
managers ..................................................
Financial managers ........................................
Human resources 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 ..........
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...............................
Social and community service managers ......
53.84
153.91
73.18
53.19
55.76
49.00
42.85
2.1
21.2
6.8
6.7
2.7
16.7
3.3
2,187
6,521
2,931
2,202
2,256
2,108
1,690
2.2
21.1
6.8
6.9
2.7
18.2
3.3
113,680
339,102
152,431
114,503
117,337
109,598
87,871
2.2
21.1
6.8
6.9
2.7
18.2
3.3
55.18
55.78
51.89
51.61
54.13
9.2
7.9
14.7
6.4
4.3
2,326
2,257
2,073
2,071
2,165
10.8
8.1
14.7
6.4
4.3
120,971
117,366
107,821
107,714
112,590
10.8
8.1
14.7
6.4
4.3
48.52
44.72
34.16
36.95
64.84
48.51
5.9
9.5
8.1
8.4
3.8
4.9
1,941
1,875
1,360
1,467
2,608
1,939
5.9
6.8
8.2
8.8
3.8
4.9
100,915
97,524
69,494
74,087
135,608
100,834
5.9
6.8
8.2
8.8
3.8
4.9
27.40
32.17
15.6
7.7
1,115
1,277
16.3
7.4
58,000
66,055
16.3
7.4
35.44
38.03
1.8
7.3
1,433
1,597
1.9
9.6
74,501
83,022
1.9
9.6
33.98
12.8
1,366
12.7
71,052
12.7
39.51
10.4
1,689
13.2
87,832
13.2
25.26
7.6
1,001
7.9
52,050
7.9
26.78
7.2
1,066
7.3
55,421
7.3
40.69
39.08
15.5
9.7
1,659
1,563
16.5
9.7
86,250
81,280
16.5
9.7
30.08
6.2
1,207
6.2
62,774
6.2
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 .............................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .........................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation ...........................................
Cost estimators ..............................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-1
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Employment, recruitment, and placement
specialists .............................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis
specialists .............................................
Training and development specialists .......
Logisticians ....................................................
Management analysts ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
Financial analysts and advisors .....................
Financial analysts ......................................
Insurance underwriters ..............................
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 ....
Engineers .......................................................
Aerospace 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 ................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$22.76
16.6%
30.97
31.53
36.96
38.52
33.00
36.77
37.68
29.97
26.68
27.46
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$910
16.6%
$47,337
16.6%
13.9
9.3
8.8
5.2
6.4
4.1
3.7
8.3
8.1
9.1
1,245
1,261
1,479
1,546
1,330
1,474
1,511
1,199
1,067
1,098
13.8
9.3
8.8
5.2
6.5
4.0
3.6
8.3
8.1
9.1
64,748
65,582
76,887
80,386
69,156
76,654
78,585
62,332
55,497
57,108
13.8
9.3
8.8
5.2
6.5
4.0
3.6
8.3
8.1
9.1
40.40
38.03
48.43
45.70
2.6
3.1
2.2
3.8
1,655
1,521
2,027
1,950
2.7
3.1
1.8
3.6
86,030
79,112
105,399
101,415
2.7
3.1
1.8
3.6
51.51
26.06
38.80
40.83
2.5
7.3
4.2
12.7
2,110
1,063
1,577
1,631
2.3
7.8
4.6
13.2
109,719
55,250
82,001
84,807
2.3
7.8
4.6
13.2
37.43
7.8
1,492
7.7
77,576
7.7
35.74
12.0
1,405
12.3
73,076
12.3
45.97
49.78
55.15
50.90
45.71
49.66
49.17
49.82
2.7
3.8
4.3
14.4
3.3
12.5
6.9
17.4
1,850
2,006
2,206
2,036
1,929
1,987
1,967
1,993
2.7
3.9
4.3
14.4
2.7
12.5
6.9
17.4
95,802
104,291
114,715
105,873
100,309
103,300
102,284
103,624
2.7
3.9
4.3
14.4
2.7
12.5
6.9
17.4
40.77
42.40
50.29
4.3
3.2
3.9
1,645
1,716
2,082
4.6
3.4
6.4
85,540
89,232
108,275
4.6
3.4
6.4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-2
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$47.88
55.78
35.68
23.89
31.21
1.3%
.4
17.0
13.1
5.0
$1,915
2,231
1,427
956
1,249
1.3%
.4
17.0
13.1
5.0
$99,600
107,816
74,214
49,695
63,317
1.3%
.4
17.0
13.1
5.0
30.92
5.0
1,237
5.0
64,313
5.0
28.30
6.4
1,132
6.4
58,868
6.4
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Life scientists .................................................
Biological scientists ...................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ...............
Physical scientists ..........................................
Chemists and materials scientists ..............
Chemists ................................................
Market and survey researchers ......................
Market research analysts ...........................
Biological technicians ...................................
35.44
36.21
35.67
40.44
36.77
31.33
31.33
53.35
53.35
25.88
6.2
11.7
11.7
15.0
8.1
12.2
12.2
6.3
6.3
8.7
1,430
1,452
1,432
1,620
1,477
1,272
1,272
2,269
2,269
1,031
6.7
11.9
12.0
15.1
8.0
10.8
10.8
5.2
5.2
8.7
74,351
75,513
74,482
84,251
76,822
66,125
66,125
118,000
118,000
53,594
6.7
11.9
12.0
15.1
8.0
10.8
10.8
5.2
5.2
8.7
Community and social services occupations
Counselors .....................................................
Mental health 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 ..........
21.63
20.84
20.57
24.04
17.70
31.90
6.8
8.6
5.8
12.0
11.3
11.3
847
816
807
957
708
1,276
6.4
8.2
5.8
12.2
11.3
11.3
43,664
42,445
41,977
49,206
35,105
66,351
6.4
8.2
5.8
12.2
11.3
11.3
15.98
15.24
6.8
5.1
640
610
6.8
5.1
32,332
30,797
6.8
5.1
Legal occupations ............................................
Lawyers .........................................................
84.35
113.31
21.5
13.9
3,355
4,494
21.5
14.2
174,483
233,708
21.5
14.2
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers ..................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ....
Health teachers, postsecondary .................
Health specialties teachers,
postsecondary ..................................
40.96
50.53
53.86
49.86
5.3
8.5
3.8
23.3
1,606
1,970
2,109
1,994
5.1
8.3
4.2
23.3
71,246
90,242
80,751
103,114
5.1
8.3
4.2
23.3
54.51
28.1
2,180
28.1
112,533
28.1
Architecture and engineering occupations
–Continued
Nuclear engineers ......................................
Petroleum engineers ..................................
Drafters ..........................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ..................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .......
Aerospace engineering and operations
technicians ...........................................
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-3
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Education, training, and library occupations
–Continued
Arts, communications, and humanities
teachers, postsecondary .......................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ......
Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers .........................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .........
Preschool teachers, except special
education ..........................................
Elementary and middle school teachers ....
Elementary school teachers, except
special education .............................
Secondary school teachers .........................
Secondary school teachers, except
special and vocational education .....
Librarians .......................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and
media occupations .....................................
Designers .......................................................
Graphic designers ......................................
Actors, producers, and directors ....................
Producers and directors .............................
Public relations specialists .............................
Writers and editors ........................................
Technical writers .......................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians
and radio operators ..................................
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 ........................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$34.86
44.38
8.2%
21.6
$1,270
1,731
11.6%
21.3
$50,909
86,360
11.6%
21.3
33.73
17.60
11.8
13.1
1,324
698
12.2
12.8
53,502
34,414
12.2
12.8
15.59
33.18
6.6
6.8
618
1,265
6.7
7.9
31,015
47,044
6.7
7.9
33.36
43.60
11.9
5.8
1,272
1,742
13.4
5.9
46,793
67,934
13.4
5.9
43.60
42.03
5.8
11.8
1,742
1,643
5.9
12.1
67,934
80,398
5.9
12.1
29.91
24.06
25.00
44.70
44.70
30.61
32.85
36.43
4.2
6.1
7.9
7.4
7.4
11.6
8.5
7.3
1,187
954
990
1,788
1,788
1,206
1,258
1,457
4.3
6.5
8.5
7.4
7.4
11.2
9.0
7.3
61,702
49,597
51,487
92,969
92,969
62,689
65,399
75,782
4.3
6.5
8.5
7.4
7.4
11.2
9.0
7.3
31.42
13.6
1,257
13.6
65,354
13.6
34.70
55.26
57.56
41.23
36.77
36.50
39.36
31.68
1.9
1.8
17.0
1.6
2.6
3.6
2.6
4.3
1,355
2,180
2,358
1,579
1,453
1,460
1,570
1,213
2.1
2.2
17.7
2.0
2.6
3.6
2.7
7.4
70,460
113,358
122,609
82,130
75,533
75,919
81,616
63,081
2.1
2.2
17.7
2.0
2.6
3.6
2.7
7.4
24.10
4.1
962
4.1
50,020
4.1
31.87
3.9
1,268
4.1
65,937
4.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-4
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Diagnostic related 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 ...............................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Nursing, psychiatric, and 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 ..........................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers .............
Chefs and head cooks ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers .........
Cooks .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................
Cooks, restaurant .......................................
Food preparation workers ..............................
Food service, tipped .......................................
Bartenders ..................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..............................
Mean
Relative
error3
$19.03
7.2%
32.44
29.98
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$761
7.2%
$39,593
7.2%
4.0
3.1
1,290
1,192
4.0
3.1
67,062
61,976
4.0
3.1
20.03
17.97
22.32
4.6
9.9
7.4
789
711
893
4.8
10.0
7.4
41,017
36,980
46,433
4.8
10.0
7.4
24.03
2.8
932
3.7
48,464
3.7
14.99
5.4
600
5.4
31,174
5.4
15.07
12.85
12.85
14.66
4.3
2.6
2.6
5.3
590
498
500
587
4.3
2.8
2.8
5.3
30,657
25,876
25,987
30,502
4.3
2.8
2.8
5.3
16.88
18.13
3.2
3.3
673
721
3.2
3.5
34,884
37,256
3.2
3.5
13.75
6.1
543
6.0
28,251
6.0
12.79
12.79
6.1
6.1
504
504
5.9
5.9
26,225
26,225
5.9
5.9
13.53
4.6
531
4.9
27,426
4.9
21.42
25.95
5.1
5.9
873
1,038
4.9
5.9
43,400
51,762
4.9
5.9
19.75
14.97
17.28
14.46
11.32
8.96
10.98
8.45
6.9
4.1
7.3
4.7
7.0
3.0
10.4
3.3
810
590
691
569
453
344
439
324
6.8
3.9
7.3
4.8
7.0
4.8
10.4
5.4
40,260
30,675
35,947
29,587
23,549
17,816
22,844
16,689
6.8
3.9
7.3
4.8
7.0
4.8
10.4
5.4
Mean
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-5
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
$9.11
13.51
3.8%
5.7
13.68
10.85
12.81
7.1
6.2
6.6
535
428
512
7.2
6.0
6.7
27,826
22,268
26,620
7.2
6.0
6.7
13.30
3.9
527
4.0
27,274
4.0
20.09
7.2
798
7.6
41,472
7.6
21.26
12.84
7.4
5.8
851
509
7.4
5.9
44,231
26,369
7.4
5.9
13.07
12.36
12.68
12.39
8.6
4.9
5.4
4.6
521
485
496
485
8.6
5.0
4.4
4.2
27,079
25,229
25,660
25,053
8.6
5.0
4.4
4.2
Personal care and service occupations ..........
Gaming services workers ..............................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and
related workers ........................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .......
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ....
Concierges .................................................
Transportation attendants ..............................
Flight attendants ........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ......................
14.27
9.94
6.3
10.3
512
378
5.2
11.4
26,161
19,633
5.2
11.4
10.56
9.37
10.97
11.83
26.86
28.80
15.51
7.3
4.9
8.0
9.5
10.1
7.4
16.2
423
375
433
466
631
636
613
7.3
4.9
7.9
9.4
5.0
5.8
16.4
19,637
16,078
22,532
24,212
32,823
33,090
31,885
7.3
4.9
7.9
9.4
5.0
5.8
16.4
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 .......................................
22.05
4.9
874
5.3
44,911
5.3
22.97
8.5
930
9.3
48,341
9.3
21.07
8.1
857
9.3
44,542
9.3
28.33
16.10
16.2
5.2
1,133
633
16.2
5.5
58,920
32,258
16.2
5.5
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
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 ...................................................
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
Mean
$346
531
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
6.6%
5.8
$18,007
27,607
6.6%
5.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-6
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Cashiers, all workers .................................
Cashiers .................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .........................................
Counter and rental clerks .......................
Retail salespersons .....................................
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 ......
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 ........................................................
Brokerage clerks ............................................
Customer service representatives ..................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..............
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Loan interviewers and clerks .........................
Order clerks ...................................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$12.86
12.86
3.0%
3.0
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$509
509
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.0%
3.0
$26,216
26,219
3.0%
3.0
19.35
21.58
17.15
14.3
21.3
6.1
774
863
671
14.3
21.3
6.9
40,255
44,895
33,954
14.3
21.3
6.9
53.80
8.5
2,152
8.5
111,910
8.5
38.01
14.3
1,542
14.3
80,179
14.3
50.68
9.1
2,031
9.0
105,603
9.0
31.92
13.6
1,303
14.2
67,733
14.2
19.32
19.32
18.12
17.6
17.6
4.3
773
773
710
17.6
17.6
4.5
40,185
40,185
36,283
17.6
17.6
4.5
18.55
1.1
739
1.2
38,331
1.2
26.01
5.0
1,048
5.7
54,407
5.7
13.15
18.74
19.67
7.1
1.1
5.5
526
748
787
7.1
1.1
5.5
27,343
38,921
40,922
7.1
1.1
5.5
19.86
4.5
788
4.6
40,983
4.6
19.05
17.78
15.03
15.76
20.06
17.99
13.75
17.34
16.50
16.05
2.1
3.4
8.7
5.1
5.2
5.6
8.3
6.2
7.7
5.6
761
711
601
630
803
719
545
677
660
637
2.1
3.4
8.7
5.1
5.2
5.7
8.5
5.5
7.7
5.4
39,595
36,975
31,260
32,781
41,730
37,400
28,314
35,185
34,314
31,158
2.1
3.4
8.7
5.1
5.2
5.7
8.5
5.5
7.7
5.4
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-7
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Human resources assistants, except payroll
and timekeeping .......................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Reservation and transportation ticket agents
and travel clerks .......................................
Dispatchers ....................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and
ambulance ............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...........
Stock clerks and order fillers .........................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and
samplers, recordkeeping ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ..............................................
Data entry and information processing
workers ....................................................
Data entry keyers .......................................
Word processors and typists ......................
Insurance claims and policy processing
clerks ........................................................
Office clerks, general .....................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$20.54
16.72
3.0%
6.5
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$822
662
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.0%
6.5
$42,722
34,437
3.0%
6.5
18.44
17.64
8.2
7.1
738
708
8.2
6.9
38,359
36,827
8.2
6.9
18.14
21.32
13.76
14.76
6.9
8.2
2.7
5.6
726
853
551
582
6.9
8.2
2.7
5.7
37,733
44,354
28,629
30,284
6.9
8.2
2.7
5.7
15.18
23.96
6.4
2.9
607
951
6.4
2.7
29,426
49,457
6.4
2.7
24.50
19.41
2.6
6.1
979
757
2.7
7.0
50,891
39,382
2.7
7.0
18.99
6.6
759
6.6
39,492
6.6
16.48
14.26
21.38
8.2
4.4
13.7
655
566
855
8.1
4.1
13.7
34,082
29,406
44,476
8.1
4.1
13.7
17.36
16.94
7.5
2.7
690
672
7.5
2.3
35,858
34,948
7.5
2.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..
21.16
12.6
843
12.8
40,971
12.8
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 ........
26.84
6.3
1,069
6.1
54,510
6.1
40.41
26.63
7.0
8.5
1,604
1,064
6.4
8.5
80,709
53,786
6.4
8.5
27.56
27.56
25.50
30.96
7.5
7.5
7.6
8.8
1,102
1,102
1,020
1,238
7.5
7.5
7.6
8.8
57,321
57,321
46,413
62,533
7.5
7.5
7.6
8.8
30.96
8.8
1,238
8.8
62,533
8.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-8
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Construction and extraction occupations
–Continued
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ..............
Electricians ....................................................
Painters and paperhangers .............................
Painters, construction and maintenance ....
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......
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
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 .....................................
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 ...........................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$21.59
31.97
16.37
16.37
8.7%
9.7
8.1
8.1
$863
1,258
641
641
8.7%
9.4
6.9
6.9
$44,336
65,389
33,329
33,329
8.7%
9.4
6.9
6.9
31.35
31.38
2.8
3.1
1,254
1,255
2.8
3.1
65,202
65,261
2.8
3.1
25.50
3.7
1,019
3.7
52,917
3.7
33.33
8.6
1,333
8.6
69,319
8.6
21.64
15.5
863
15.5
44,894
15.5
27.71
5.8
1,103
5.8
57,354
5.8
27.71
5.8
1,103
5.8
57,354
5.8
25.02
11.6
1,001
11.6
51,969
11.6
27.90
32.21
22.63
10.6
3.5
9.2
1,116
1,288
905
10.6
3.5
9.2
57,868
66,988
47,066
10.6
3.5
9.2
22.63
9.2
905
9.2
47,066
9.2
28.05
4.9
1,122
4.9
58,335
4.9
26.29
2.9
1,052
2.9
54,683
2.9
26.59
3.3
1,064
3.3
55,304
3.3
28.22
7.6
1,129
7.6
55,757
7.6
25.05
27.75
22.43
23.94
30.41
4.7
7.3
11.7
11.0
3.7
999
1,107
891
957
1,216
4.9
7.3
12.1
11.0
3.7
51,950
57,550
46,356
49,786
63,245
4.9
7.3
12.1
11.0
3.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-9
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Telecommunications line installers and
repairers ...............................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ..........................................
Production occupations ...................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers ...........
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ............................................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .....
Team assemblers .......................................
Bakers ............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ........
Food batchmakers ......................................
Food cooking machine operators and
tenders ..................................................
Computer control programmers and
operators ..................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing
machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ....................
Lathe and turning machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...................................................
Machinists ......................................................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........................
Tool and die makers ......................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ....
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$37.12
3.8%
$1,485
3.8%
$77,204
3.8%
29.42
3.6
1,177
3.6
61,184
3.6
21.77
5.6
871
5.6
45,284
5.6
17.49
3.4
699
3.5
36,058
3.5
26.92
6.8
1,113
7.7
57,865
7.7
14.36
7.0
574
7.0
29,859
7.0
13.00
15.71
15.32
11.14
12.83
5.7
13.8
2.9
9.4
11.0
520
628
613
446
513
5.7
13.8
2.9
9.4
11.0
27,038
32,674
31,857
23,173
26,678
5.7
13.8
2.9
9.4
11.0
18.13
19.24
11.85
13.26
7.9
5.3
8.4
11.6
713
753
474
529
8.4
6.7
8.4
11.5
37,097
39,158
24,630
27,493
8.4
6.7
8.4
11.5
9.63
3.3
385
3.3
20,021
3.3
23.91
11.8
957
11.8
49,741
11.8
12.93
5.3
517
5.3
26,896
5.3
11.09
5.2
444
5.2
23,067
5.2
12.95
27.07
.3
4.5
518
1,083
.3
4.5
26,939
56,310
.3
4.5
13.39
24.08
20.57
20.25
2.4
4.6
7.7
12.7
536
963
823
810
2.4
4.6
7.7
12.7
27,852
50,078
42,778
42,115
2.4
4.6
7.7
12.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-10
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic
workers ....................................................
Printers ...........................................................
Printing machine operators ........................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................
Woodworking machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, wood .......................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators .....
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ....
Petroleum pump system operators,
refinery operators, and gaugers ...........
Chemical processing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers .....................................
Cutting workers .............................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..........................
Extruding, forming, pressing, and
compacting machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ......................................................
Semiconductor processors .............................
Miscellaneous production workers ................
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 ................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..............................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ..........
Mean
Relative
error3
$17.01
21.87
20.54
10.79
12.4%
5.1
6.0
3.4
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$680
873
820
420
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
12.4%
5.1
6.0
3.9
$35,383
45,412
42,640
21,863
12.4%
5.1
6.0
3.9
14.22
12.7
569
12.7
29,570
12.7
15.40
32.71
33.07
13.8
5.2
4.7
616
1,252
1,315
13.8
3.4
5.0
32,028
65,087
68,373
13.8
3.4
5.0
32.27
3.6
1,278
4.1
66,455
4.1
18.31
13.0
701
11.7
36,434
11.7
13.92
13.87
8.3
24.1
557
555
8.3
24.1
28,946
26,889
8.3
24.1
13.91
24.7
557
24.7
27,928
24.7
15.88
19.2
635
19.2
33,035
19.2
17.72
7.8
709
7.8
36,715
7.8
14.17
17.93
14.72
11.13
12.5
6.0
13.0
6.6
560
717
588
445
12.1
6.0
13.1
6.6
28,929
37,293
28,902
19,013
12.1
6.0
13.1
6.6
19.15
3.0
753
2.9
38,543
2.9
25.22
13.2
1,009
13.2
52,462
13.2
28.03
99.74
5.7
14.4
1,120
2,141
5.7
11.5
58,249
111,312
5.7
11.5
99.74
22.40
14.4
2.0
2,141
906
11.5
2.1
111,312
46,874
11.5
2.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-11
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 16
Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative
standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
by occupation for full-time workers — Continued
Hourly earnings2
Occupation1
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
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 ........................................
Packers and packagers, hand .....................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$22.48
23.58
35.13
16.89
12.86
11.94
1.8%
3.1
4.3
5.1
6.1
2.3
$915
943
1,393
674
510
476
1.9%
3.1
4.6
5.1
6.1
2.4
$47,509
48,463
72,437
34,195
25,821
24,127
1.9%
3.1
4.6
5.1
6.1
2.4
13.84
11.42
1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
4.0
14.3
550
450
4.1
14.6
28,165
22,075
4.1
14.6
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S16-12
December 2008 - January 2010
RSE Table 17
Union and nonunion workers: Relative standard errors1 of mean hourly
earnings2 by ownership and major occupational group
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
1.4%
2.1%
2.2%
1.3%
1.4%
4.4%
2.5
5.4
2.3
1.2
1.2
2.9
6.6
8.8
6.6
1.5
1.7
2.7
2.3
3.3
3.0
3.3
5.9
3.9
5.7
3.5
2.0
3.8
2.4
8.0
2.4
1.1
1.7
3.2
2.4
1.0
1.8
3.2
4.3
6.7
4.9
19.4
3.3
6.8
2.5
1.2
1.3
4.8
1.8
2.1
2.1
1.5
1.5
9.0
2.7
2.7
4.8
1.9
1.9
11.2
5.0
6.7
1.4
3.0
3.0
11.9
1.6
4.2
2.1
4.5
3.7
8.7
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
9.0
11.4
2.3
2.5
3.3
2.4
2.4
14.6
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
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 NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S17-1
December 2008 - January 2010
Industry sector1: Relative standard errors2 of mean hourly
earnings3 for private industry workers by major occupational group
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
2.8%
8.4%
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 ....................................
–
–
–
–
5.2%
–
2.8%
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
3.0
16.1
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
3.8
5.5
5.9
15.5
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
3.2
1.9
2.8
14.9
3.0
6.0
–
1.6
4.3
8.8
3.4
5.0
7.4
8.1
5.6
9.2
7.6
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
8.3
7.7
13.7
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
11.1
5.9
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
7.8
10.0
6.1
9.8
11.2
7.9
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
9.8
6.1
15.2
1 Industry sectors are classified according to 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 chapter 8 of the
BLS Handbook of Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
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 NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800
unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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 chapter 8 of the
BLS Handbook of Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S19-1
December 2008 - January 2010
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 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Level 12 .........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
$30.35
13.07
14.80
17.46
20.87
24.62
29.05
36.68
39.52
48.22
49.94
69.07
31.93
1.7%
2.6
1.8
2.0
2.7
3.2
1.8
8.9
1.8
2.7
2.7
14.0
12.0
$1,192
516
582
694
825
972
1,142
1,447
1,512
1,919
1,976
2,763
1,301
1.7%
3.1
1.6
2.0
2.7
3.4
1.6
9.1
1.7
2.6
2.6
14.0
11.4
$61,971
26,839
30,258
36,066
42,911
50,553
59,378
75,257
78,628
99,790
102,762
143,662
67,632
1.7%
3.1
1.6
2.0
2.7
3.4
1.6
9.1
1.7
2.6
2.6
14.0
11.4
Management occupations ...............................
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
Medical and health services managers ..........
Level 11 .........................................
49.16
46.71
49.20
41.38
49.17
51.03
4.3
7.5
7.4
.3
4.8
5.1
1,965
1,869
1,963
1,655
1,965
2,036
4.3
7.5
7.4
.3
4.8
5.2
102,195
97,163
102,099
86,080
102,171
105,857
4.3
7.5
7.4
.3
4.8
5.2
Business and financial operations
occupations .................................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .......................
Accountants and auditors ..............................
28.91
26.97
25.00
32.58
5.4
4.2
9.9
11.5
1,156
1,079
1,000
1,303
5.4
4.2
9.9
11.5
60,132
56,095
52,008
67,767
5.4
4.2
9.9
11.5
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .................................................
40.90
8.5
1,632
8.5
84,888
8.5
Life, physical, and social science occupations
30.53
6.7
1,221
6.7
63,505
6.7
Community and social services occupations
Level 9 ..........................................
Social workers ...............................................
30.01
31.47
31.68
8.5
6.1
9.5
1,148
1,144
1,267
7.4
14.8
9.5
59,713
59,507
65,888
7.4
14.8
9.5
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .................................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
37.18
16.81
20.71
25.74
28.74
41.25
40.28
1.5
7.0
2.5
4.7
2.3
9.3
2.0
1,449
672
808
1,008
1,128
1,617
1,541
1.6
7.0
2.9
5.0
2.0
9.7
2.0
75,327
34,965
42,011
52,419
58,657
84,078
80,109
1.6
7.0
2.9
5.0
2.0
9.7
2.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S20-1
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Level 10 .........................................
Level 11 .........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................
Pharmacists ....................................................
Level 11 .........................................
Physicians and surgeons ................................
Registered nurses ...........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Level 10 .........................................
Therapists ......................................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 8 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Occupational therapists .............................
Level 9 ..........................................
Physical therapists .....................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Respiratory therapists ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...............................................
Level 7 ..........................................
Level 9 ..........................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ..
Level 7 ..........................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians ..................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Pharmacy technicians ................................
Psychiatric technicians ..............................
Surgical technologists ................................
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$49.45
50.52
33.87
56.02
55.84
47.48
42.61
44.82
41.07
50.48
35.41
27.17
31.42
37.29
36.27
34.19
37.59
37.59
31.14
3.5%
3.3
16.7
2.9
3.1
19.1
2.0
11.6
2.3
4.1
4.2
4.1
4.1
5.3
5.4
.8
3.0
3.0
4.5
$1,964
1,990
1,406
2,207
2,184
2,026
1,631
1,754
1,553
2,002
1,395
1,011
1,227
1,488
1,451
1,368
1,495
1,495
1,196
3.4%
3.0
15.5
3.5
4.0
19.1
2.4
12.5
2.3
4.0
4.5
2.1
4.6
5.3
5.4
.8
3.0
3.0
7.1
$102,131
103,504
73,097
114,769
113,582
105,353
84,825
91,220
80,731
104,089
72,561
52,558
63,810
77,358
75,447
71,113
77,736
77,736
62,207
3.4%
3.0
15.5
3.5
4.0
19.1
2.4
12.5
2.3
4.0
4.5
2.1
4.6
5.3
5.4
.8
3.0
3.0
7.1
25.33
19.12
40.25
4.5
10.6
7.6
1,008
765
1,610
4.3
10.6
7.6
52,434
39,765
83,715
4.3
10.6
7.6
31.36
40.25
7.5
7.6
1,239
1,610
7.6
7.6
64,433
83,715
7.6
7.6
21.65
19.18
5.3
11.1
866
767
5.3
11.1
45,034
39,893
5.3
11.1
32.05
29.26
40.22
29.83
29.05
4.9
4.7
3.8
4.9
4.5
1,266
1,158
1,609
1,174
1,149
5.2
4.4
3.8
5.3
4.1
65,811
60,196
83,666
61,062
59,746
5.2
4.4
3.8
5.3
4.1
24.42
27.56
19.45
28.98
20.97
6.9
4.3
8.0
2.9
7.9
976
1,102
778
1,159
839
6.9
4.3
8.0
2.9
7.9
50,753
57,323
40,463
60,279
43,613
6.9
4.3
8.0
2.9
7.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S20-2
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Surgical technologists –Continued
Level 6 ..........................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses .......................................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Medical records and health information
technicians ...............................................
Healthcare support occupations .....................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Psychiatric aides ........................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..............................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Medical assistants ......................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Protective service occupations ........................
Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers .....................................................
Security guards ..........................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .................................................
Level 2 ..........................................
Fast food and counter workers ......................
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ................
Mean
Relative
error3
$23.95
5.1%
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$958
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
5.1%
$49,813
5.1%
22.79
20.55
23.31
2.3
1.4
1.9
871
762
896
3.0
3.3
2.2
45,299
39,637
46,583
3.0
3.3
2.2
18.20
16.1
728
16.1
37,856
16.1
16.16
12.55
14.17
16.55
22.00
23.59
14.66
14.25
15.73
14.33
14.24
15.05
18.60
2.8
1.9
2.2
4.2
5.5
6.6
2.5
2.1
5.1
1.7
2.1
3.3
11.3
637
502
551
657
876
943
574
552
622
560
552
593
744
2.8
1.9
2.0
4.4
5.6
6.6
2.5
2.0
5.3
1.6
2.0
3.6
11.3
33,123
26,095
28,646
34,152
45,564
49,059
29,854
28,730
32,332
29,119
28,722
30,824
38,689
2.8
1.9
2.0
4.4
5.6
6.6
2.5
2.0
5.3
1.6
2.0
3.6
11.3
19.13
17.98
22.05
18.73
19.90
17.90
5.1
6.5
5.6
3.8
6.9
11.9
764
719
878
745
796
705
5.0
6.5
5.8
4.0
6.9
12.8
39,718
37,408
45,648
38,739
41,399
36,637
5.0
6.5
5.8
4.0
6.9
12.8
17.13
6.3
685
6.3
35,623
6.3
17.13
17.13
6.3
6.3
685
685
6.3
6.3
35,623
35,623
6.3
6.3
16.66
12.48
16.37
4.0
6.4
2.2
661
485
655
4.3
7.1
2.2
34,358
25,222
34,059
4.3
7.1
2.2
16.37
2.2
655
2.2
34,059
2.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
S20-3
December 2008 - January 2010
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
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..........................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Building cleaning workers .............................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .........................
Level 2 ..........................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............
Level 2 ..........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations .................................................
Level 3 ..........................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Financial clerks ..............................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks ....................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .......
Level 4 ..........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ............
Secretaries and administrative assistants .......
Level 4 ..........................................
Level 5 ..........................................
Level 6 ..........................................
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ..............................................
Medical secretaries ....................................
Level 4 ..........................................
Mean
Relative
error3
$14.79
13.29
15.14
14.73
13.29
14.98
3.0%
4.2
3.5
3.0
4.2
3.5
Weekly earnings4
Mean
$588
523
606
586
523
599
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
3.1%
4.5
3.5
3.1
4.5
3.5
$30,596
27,205
31,497
30,451
27,205
31,155
3.1%
4.5
3.5
3.1
4.5
3.5
14.76
13.07
14.32
14.66
13.58
3.0
2.5
3.3
7.1
8.4
587
513
573
583
537
3.0
3.7
3.3
7.2
8.3
30,513
26,668
29,786
30,324
27,921
3.0
3.7
3.3
7.2
8.3
19.59
16.10
18.25
20.53
21.80
19.65
20.00
1.8
4.2
1.7
2.3
3.1
4.3
1.7
778
640
722
814
872
786
800
1.9
4.1
1.7
3.2
3.1
4.3
1.7
40,455
33,274
37,544
42,336
45,354
40,863
41,592
1.9
4.1
1.7
3.2
3.1
4.3
1.7
19.61
18.20
17.99
18.33
20.01
18.77
20.05
20.50
4.9
5.9
6.5
5.6
4.1
9.6
9.6
3.8
784
721
712
710
791
742
763
820
4.9
6.2
6.7
6.8
4.5
9.6
12.7
3.8
40,790
37,513
37,040
36,930
41,116
38,585
39,650
42,648
4.9
6.2
6.7
6.8
4.5
9.6
12.7
3.8
21.01
20.05
20.31
2.8
6.5
9.8
840
784
799
2.8
7.4
10.1
43,703
40,785
41,537
2.8
7.4
10.1
See footnotes at end of table.
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Pacific
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December 2008 - January 2010
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
Mean
Relative
error3
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Office clerks, general .....................................
$17.79
3.0%
Production occupations ...................................
27.58
8.7
1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Weekly earnings4
Annual earnings5
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$712
3.0%
$37,011
3.0%
1,060
6.6
Mean
55,109
6.6
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Pacific
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December 2008 - January 2010
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 ............................................................................
Third line ...............................................................................
Chief executives
Second line ............................................................................
General and operations managers
First line .................................................................................
Second line ............................................................................
Marketing managers
Team leader ...........................................................................
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 ............................................................................
Industrial production managers
First line .................................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
First line .................................................................................
Construction managers
First line .................................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
First line .................................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary
First line .................................................................................
Engineering managers
First line .................................................................................
Second line ............................................................................
Food service managers
First line .................................................................................
Medical and health services managers
First line .................................................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers
First line .................................................................................
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
$1,483
1,745
2,348
4,429
4.4%
3.1
6.1
21.2
$76,525
89,877
121,555
216,827
4.4%
3.1
6.1
21.2
3,617
24.2
186,588
24.2
1,512
2,779
8.1
9.0
78,620
144,519
8.1
9.0
2,083
2,205
6.9
7.3
108,309
114,668
6.9
7.3
1,949
16.5
101,368
16.5
1,485
4.7
77,199
4.7
2,222
1,924
14.6
9.8
115,548
100,033
14.6
9.8
1,254
1,976
2,495
6.4
5.2
8.1
65,218
102,417
129,725
6.4
5.2
8.1
1,851
5.4
96,232
5.4
1,644
14.1
85,490
14.1
1,847
4.5
96,025
4.5
2,287
3.9
108,964
3.9
1,532
8.3
79,654
8.3
2,288
2,799
4.0
6.0
118,951
145,547
4.0
6.0
1,140
13.3
58,618
13.3
1,936
4.5
100,682
4.5
1,389
15.8
72,228
15.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Pacific
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December 2008 - January 2010
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
Social and community service managers
First line .................................................................................
1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
2 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
Mean
earnings
Relative
error3
$1,166
5.5%
$60,485
5.5%
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
4 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Pacific
S21-2
December 2008 - January 2010