Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL
National Compensation Survey
October 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
June 2008
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
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Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
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About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Data were collected between
March 2007 and April 2008; the average reference month
is October 2007. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different
work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information
on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of
significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on
earlier changes.
The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined
Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that
reflects the new area definition.
In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments
in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest
available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments
that are out of scope for NCS.
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$16.54
4.0
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 .............
27.11
29.65
26.21
10.55
14.50
14.39
14.57
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.9
$16.10
4.6
3.8
6.1
4.6
4.8
3.0
6.2
2.9
38.3
41.1
37.4
33.7
36.2
33.4
38.4
27.70
30.44
26.55
9.51
14.49
14.39
14.56
18.13
17.93
18.51
5.2
4.7
7.0
40.0
39.9
40.3
12.99
13.56
12.76
6.0
5.1
8.8
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
17.29
9.74
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.8
$20.32
2.6
38.5
4.4
5.6
5.9
4.9
3.1
6.2
3.2
38.6
41.4
37.6
33.0
36.1
33.4
38.3
25.12
24.32
25.26
17.28
14.64
–
14.64
1.5
25.4
3.4
2.2
5.0
–
5.0
37.4
39.4
37.1
39.7
38.9
–
38.9
18.19
17.94
18.68
5.5
4.9
7.8
40.0
39.9
40.3
17.34
17.81
17.05
5.5
11.3
1.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.7
38.7
12.98
13.59
12.73
6.1
5.1
9.1
39.0
39.7
38.7
13.72
–
–
2.8
–
–
39.2
–
–
4.1
8.6
39.7
22.4
16.87
9.73
4.7
8.7
39.8
22.6
20.46
10.66
2.6
16.8
39.3
15.4
20.81
16.20
3.8
4.4
38.7
36.8
18.81
16.02
8.0
4.7
38.5
36.7
21.73
18.99
3.7
2.7
38.8
38.2
16.14
21.64
4.1
9.8
36.7
40.1
15.60
21.64
4.8
9.8
36.5
40.1
20.32
–
2.6
–
38.5
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
15.67
15.79
18.44
8.0
6.0
2.4
35.7
38.2
37.7
15.68
15.84
17.25
8.1
6.2
2.9
35.7
38.2
37.5
–
14.70
21.25
–
6.0
3.3
–
39.1
38.3
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5
Establishment characteristics
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$16.54
4.0
$17.29
4.1
$9.74
8.6
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
34.79
27.10
26.29
34.18
43.91
34.41
43.20
6.8
3.0
3.1
12.7
5.3
20.1
3.5
34.84
27.10
26.29
34.18
43.91
34.60
43.20
6.9
3.0
3.1
12.7
5.3
20.8
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
22.14
15.36
22.37
22.28
28.31
6.8
12.6
7.6
12.2
2.0
22.14
15.36
22.37
22.28
28.31
6.8
12.6
7.6
12.2
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
23.48
24.02
12.9
7.7
9.4
20.25
23.48
24.02
12.9
7.7
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
26.49
28.44
42.99
31.10
35.76
37.23
18.39
36.53
11.1
8.2
4.8
5.2
7.4
7.6
7.9
5.3
26.49
28.44
42.99
31.10
35.76
37.23
18.39
36.53
11.1
8.2
4.8
5.2
7.4
7.6
7.9
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
29.77
24.32
31.08
20.67
21.82
9.9
5.2
15.3
4.2
2.6
29.77
24.32
31.08
20.67
21.82
9.9
5.2
15.3
4.2
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
32.93
3.9
32.93
3.9
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
19.34
18.93
16.88
9.5
16.5
10.9
19.30
18.93
–
9.6
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
40.41
29.8
42.32
26.0
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
23.75
26.71
30.14
24.66
29.00
6.0
7.1
1.0
6.3
30.7
24.90
26.71
30.14
24.96
–
3.3
7.1
1.0
5.6
–
10.51
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
27.06
30.28
28.07
28.80
6.9
1.1
3.2
1.7
27.85
30.28
28.07
28.80
4.5
1.1
3.2
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.70
28.55
2.6
.5
28.70
28.55
2.6
.5
–
–
–
–
26.91
11.06
4.9
4.1
26.91
11.55
4.9
1.7
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
23.46
8.3
23.46
8.3
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
23.58
13.86
16.27
22.19
7.2
4.2
1.8
10.9
22.92
13.95
–
22.19
6.4
4.4
–
10.9
28.73
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.26
27.23
44.65
20.11
47.59
47.76
26.51
23.88
26.15
26.23
25.56
22.60
19.86
23.69
16.70
18.04
2.1
4.9
5.2
24.3
2.7
3.0
3.9
4.4
3.3
5.8
10.1
2.4
4.2
7.1
7.7
7.6
$24.10
27.09
43.72
–
–
–
25.84
23.88
26.15
25.74
25.31
22.60
19.85
23.71
16.70
–
4.1
6.0
5.3
–
–
–
4.2
4.4
3.3
7.2
10.4
2.4
4.2
7.1
7.7
–
–
$27.87
–
–
–
–
29.70
–
–
27.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.83
16.77
13.8
3.0
15.92
16.70
13.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
10.14
9.74
10.08
10.06
9.69
10.36
10.13
10.31
10.55
3.0
2.1
3.4
1.7
2.7
4.1
2.1
4.5
11.3
10.29
9.95
10.43
10.16
–
10.43
10.13
10.37
11.23
3.1
2.1
3.4
1.5
–
3.4
1.7
3.8
17.0
9.16
–
9.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
13.77
10.97
16.75
23.04
15.97
25.31
25.31
10.63
10.63
7.5
11.3
4.4
3.7
5.4
1.1
1.1
2.1
2.1
13.87
–
16.75
23.04
15.97
25.31
25.31
10.66
10.66
7.7
–
4.4
3.7
5.4
1.1
1.1
2.2
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
7.63
6.51
6.31
7.07
11.49
10.14
8.56
10.91
11.91
9.63
9.52
8.98
4.14
4.26
3.87
4.38
3.61
3.13
3.87
7.54
3.2
2.8
14.7
15.8
5.8
7.8
7.8
2.2
5.6
8.0
3.1
3.5
12.3
10.0
19.1
2.3
2.1
11.9
19.1
2.7
8.72
7.28
7.11
7.30
11.69
10.41
–
11.14
11.96
9.67
9.69
–
4.69
–
–
–
3.97
–
–
–
2.8
5.7
9.3
14.8
4.6
8.9
–
1.1
6.0
9.2
2.7
–
10.7
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
7.61
3.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
5
5.79
5.77
5.60
–
–
8.47
–
–
–
–
9.13
–
3.56
3.59
–
–
3.30
2.99
–
7.21
–
12.2
7.6
24.1
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
8.2
16.1
–
–
6.4
9.9
–
1.7
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.30
9.63
10.86
11.62
10.09
9.67
10.97
5.9
10.5
3.4
5.1
6.4
10.6
3.8
$10.42
9.81
10.86
11.62
10.19
9.81
10.97
6.3
11.4
3.4
5.1
6.8
11.4
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.76
10.56
11.05
6.1
11.9
3.5
10.94
10.90
11.05
6.6
13.0
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
12.67
7.21
16.76
17.32
16.4
2.9
12.2
23.2
11.57
–
13.44
–
5.2
–
12.3
–
$14.03
–
–
–
29.4
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
14.39
7.92
8.50
9.43
15.13
20.38
24.48
25.94
13.90
17.71
16.20
10.35
7.79
8.39
8.82
14.02
8.41
7.72
8.82
8.41
7.72
8.82
10.76
7.76
8.72
13.84
28.52
6.2
2.8
3.9
3.2
8.1
9.5
12.4
16.9
.7
7.6
6.9
4.4
3.3
4.2
2.6
10.9
1.8
1.7
2.1
1.8
1.7
2.1
6.4
4.4
4.2
10.9
7.6
16.26
8.21
9.50
9.76
15.27
20.38
24.48
25.94
14.06
17.96
16.43
11.42
–
9.35
–
13.50
8.99
–
–
8.99
–
–
11.52
–
–
13.26
28.52
6.4
2.3
6.8
3.2
8.3
9.5
12.4
16.9
.3
8.3
8.1
5.3
–
7.8
–
9.2
1.1
–
–
1.1
–
–
8.4
–
–
8.4
7.6
8.77
7.78
7.77
8.75
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.77
7.78
7.77
8.75
16.26
7.88
7.78
8.72
7.88
7.78
8.72
9.51
–
–
16.26
–
7.3
4.8
.8
5.9
23.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
4.8
.8
5.9
21.9
1.2
1.1
4.4
1.2
1.1
4.4
12.3
–
–
21.9
–
29.21
18.25
20.06
11.42
6.8
13.9
19.5
6.7
29.21
18.28
–
–
6.8
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
14.57
9.13
11.47
12.18
14.73
17.23
18.17
18.38
15.35
2.9
3.6
2.8
2.7
2.6
3.4
4.3
18.7
13.0
14.74
–
11.65
12.20
14.72
17.27
18.13
18.38
15.72
3.0
–
3.2
2.9
2.7
3.5
4.4
18.7
12.9
11.13
8.52
9.23
11.49
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
3.6
6.4
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
18.50
15.35
13.30
14.17
16.36
7.3
6.2
4.4
2.6
4.5
18.50
15.73
13.60
14.17
16.36
7.3
6.4
4.6
2.6
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 2 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 4 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$17.01
14.67
16.11
17.82
15.50
11.69
15.74
11.98
11.58
12.18
9.99
14.26
15.31
16.52
16.20
17.34
12.69
13.89
11.43
10.74
11.52
15.96
14.97
13.89
16.05
8.3
4.7
4.7
.3
6.3
4.2
8.4
6.2
7.0
7.2
2.9
8.2
3.5
7.6
4.6
10.1
7.4
11.8
5.8
4.7
6.3
7.9
.1
6.9
7.4
$17.21
14.67
16.11
17.82
15.48
11.69
15.72
12.03
12.08
12.33
10.43
14.23
15.31
16.58
16.20
17.34
–
13.89
11.43
–
11.52
15.92
14.97
14.11
16.04
8.3
4.7
4.7
.3
6.5
4.2
9.1
6.4
6.5
7.2
2.6
8.4
3.5
8.2
4.6
10.1
–
11.8
5.9
–
6.3
6.9
.1
6.5
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
17.93
18.34
17.81
4.7
11.2
1.7
17.93
18.34
17.81
4.7
11.2
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
18.51
13.86
13.08
18.37
21.23
7.0
4.6
4.1
6.9
5.7
18.51
13.86
13.08
18.37
21.23
7.0
4.6
4.1
6.9
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.40
7.7
14.40
7.7
–
–
18.12
14.68
16.85
4.4
2.1
5.8
18.12
14.68
16.85
4.4
2.1
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
13.56
10.73
11.78
12.77
15.96
5.1
1.5
6.2
3.6
4.7
13.65
10.73
12.18
12.77
15.96
5.1
1.5
3.5
3.6
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.06
13.35
2.1
8.5
–
13.42
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
12.76
8.22
12.07
12.73
14.69
13.83
11.07
16.68
8.79
8.26
7.37
6.98
8.8
3.1
8.5
5.5
5.5
16.8
10.8
14.7
3.1
3.1
1.5
3.0
13.16
8.47
12.11
12.73
14.69
14.17
11.12
16.68
9.06
8.50
–
–
8.9
3.3
8.4
5.5
5.5
17.0
10.9
14.7
3.3
3.6
–
–
$7.36
7.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.40
7.40
–
–
1.6
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
1.0
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.70
9.16
8.62
8.62
3.4
3.5
5.8
5.8
$9.83
9.29
–
–
3.4
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
8
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$16.10
4.6
$16.87
4.7
$9.73
8.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
34.40
27.10
34.18
43.91
32.96
43.20
7.3
3.0
12.7
5.3
19.6
3.5
34.45
27.10
34.18
43.91
33.12
43.20
7.3
3.0
12.7
5.3
20.5
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
23.53
24.26
22.28
28.47
23.98
4.7
5.3
12.2
3.3
8.4
23.53
24.26
22.28
28.47
23.98
4.7
5.3
12.2
3.3
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
26.49
28.44
42.99
31.10
35.76
37.23
18.39
36.53
11.1
8.2
4.8
5.2
7.4
7.6
7.9
5.3
26.49
28.44
42.99
31.10
35.76
37.23
18.39
36.53
11.1
8.2
4.8
5.2
7.4
7.6
7.9
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
30.22
29.33
22.37
21.82
11.7
16.7
2.2
2.6
30.22
29.33
22.37
21.82
11.7
16.7
2.2
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
14.33
7.8
14.04
7.6
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
41.82
33.0
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
19.71
21.8
22.78
14.5
–
–
18.43
28.3
20.29
25.0
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
23.46
8.3
23.46
8.3
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
23.77
13.86
16.27
22.12
24.26
28.54
44.65
20.11
47.59
47.76
27.75
25.01
26.15
27.79
25.56
22.60
19.86
23.69
16.70
18.04
7.3
4.2
1.8
12.6
2.1
2.1
5.2
24.3
2.7
3.0
1.8
4.1
3.3
2.0
10.1
2.4
4.2
7.1
7.7
7.6
23.11
13.95
–
22.12
24.10
28.71
43.72
–
–
–
27.26
25.01
26.15
27.76
25.31
22.60
19.85
23.71
16.70
–
6.6
4.4
–
12.7
4.1
2.6
5.3
–
–
–
1.2
4.1
3.3
1.0
10.4
2.4
4.2
7.1
7.7
–
28.73
–
–
–
–
27.87
–
–
–
–
29.70
–
–
27.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.83
16.77
13.8
3.0
15.92
16.70
13.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
10.14
9.74
10.08
3.0
2.1
3.4
10.29
9.95
10.43
3.1
2.1
3.4
9.16
–
9.27
4.2
–
5.3
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
$10.06
9.69
10.36
10.13
10.31
10.55
1.7
2.7
4.1
2.1
4.5
11.3
$10.16
–
10.43
10.13
10.37
11.23
1.5
–
3.4
1.7
3.8
17.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
11.05
10.97
10.63
10.63
6.4
11.3
2.1
2.1
11.12
–
10.66
10.66
6.7
–
2.2
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
7.33
6.51
6.31
6.88
11.52
9.49
8.56
10.95
9.63
9.52
8.98
4.14
4.26
3.87
4.38
3.61
3.13
3.87
7.54
1.5
2.8
14.7
17.7
5.9
7.4
7.8
2.4
8.0
3.1
3.5
12.3
10.0
19.1
2.3
2.1
11.9
19.1
3.0
8.38
7.28
7.11
7.09
11.69
9.71
–
11.14
9.67
9.69
–
4.69
–
–
–
3.97
–
–
–
3.7
5.7
9.3
16.9
4.6
8.5
–
1.1
9.2
2.7
–
10.7
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
$5.76
5.77
5.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.13
–
3.56
3.59
–
–
3.30
2.99
–
7.21
12.2
7.6
24.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
8.2
16.1
–
–
6.4
9.9
–
1.7
7.61
3.6
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
9.99
9.67
9.95
9.67
7.1
10.6
8.0
10.6
10.09
9.81
10.07
9.81
7.4
11.4
8.5
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.76
10.56
7.7
11.9
11.00
10.90
8.2
13.0
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
12.51
7.21
16.58
17.9
2.9
14.0
11.09
–
–
2.5
–
–
14.03
–
–
29.4
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
14.39
7.92
8.50
9.43
15.13
20.38
24.48
25.94
13.90
17.71
16.20
10.35
7.79
8.39
8.82
14.02
8.41
7.72
6.2
2.8
3.9
3.2
8.1
9.5
12.4
16.9
.7
7.6
6.9
4.4
3.3
4.2
2.6
10.9
1.8
1.7
16.26
8.21
9.50
9.76
15.27
20.38
24.48
25.94
14.06
17.96
16.43
11.42
–
9.35
–
13.50
8.99
–
6.4
2.3
6.8
3.2
8.3
9.5
12.4
16.9
.3
8.3
8.1
5.3
–
7.8
–
9.2
1.1
–
8.77
7.78
7.77
8.75
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.77
7.78
7.77
8.75
16.26
7.88
7.78
7.3
4.8
.8
5.9
23.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
4.8
.8
5.9
21.9
1.2
1.1
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Cashiers, all workers –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.82
8.41
7.72
8.82
10.76
7.76
8.72
13.84
28.52
2.1
1.8
1.7
2.1
6.4
4.4
4.2
10.9
7.6
–
$8.99
–
–
11.52
–
–
13.26
28.52
–
1.1
–
–
8.4
–
–
8.4
7.6
$8.72
7.88
7.78
8.72
9.51
–
–
16.26
–
4.4
1.2
1.1
4.4
12.3
–
–
21.9
–
29.21
18.25
20.06
11.42
6.8
13.9
19.5
6.7
29.21
18.28
–
–
6.8
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 4 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
14.56
9.13
11.47
12.26
14.88
17.45
18.03
18.38
15.90
3.2
3.6
2.9
3.0
2.7
3.6
5.5
18.7
15.8
14.73
–
11.65
12.27
14.87
17.50
17.96
18.38
16.43
3.3
–
3.2
3.1
2.7
3.7
5.7
18.7
15.7
11.19
8.52
9.03
11.99
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
3.6
6.9
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
18.50
15.40
13.30
14.17
16.88
17.16
14.67
16.65
15.50
11.69
15.74
11.98
11.58
12.18
9.99
13.79
15.07
17.23
18.02
12.69
11.40
11.40
15.96
14.97
14.48
17.07
7.3
6.3
4.4
2.6
4.0
8.3
4.7
4.3
6.3
4.2
8.4
6.2
7.0
7.2
2.9
11.1
3.7
8.9
13.6
7.4
6.4
6.4
7.9
.1
7.3
4.3
18.50
15.79
13.60
14.17
16.88
17.37
14.67
16.65
15.48
11.69
15.72
12.03
12.08
12.33
10.43
13.73
15.07
–
18.02
–
11.40
11.40
15.92
14.97
14.78
17.07
7.3
6.5
4.6
2.6
4.0
8.3
4.7
4.3
6.5
4.2
9.1
6.4
6.5
7.2
2.6
11.4
3.7
–
13.6
–
6.4
6.4
6.9
.1
6.4
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
17.94
18.47
17.76
4.9
12.0
1.9
17.94
18.47
17.76
4.9
12.0
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
18.68
13.86
18.38
21.18
7.8
4.6
8.0
6.1
18.68
13.86
18.38
21.18
7.8
4.6
8.0
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.99
14.68
6.8
2.1
17.99
14.68
6.8
2.1
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
$13.59
10.73
11.78
12.91
15.96
5.1
1.5
6.2
3.8
4.7
$13.68
10.73
12.18
12.91
15.96
5.2
1.5
3.5
3.8
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.06
13.35
2.1
8.5
–
13.42
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
12.73
8.22
12.07
12.73
13.83
11.07
16.68
8.72
8.26
7.37
6.98
9.1
3.1
8.6
5.5
16.8
10.8
14.7
3.1
3.1
1.5
3.0
13.14
8.47
12.11
12.73
14.17
11.12
16.68
8.99
8.50
–
–
9.2
3.3
8.5
5.5
17.0
10.9
14.7
3.3
3.6
–
–
$7.36
7.24
–
–
–
–
–
7.40
7.40
–
–
1.6
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
1.0
–
–
9.56
9.16
8.62
8.62
3.3
3.5
5.8
5.8
9.69
9.29
–
–
3.3
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
12
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$20.32
2.6
$20.46
2.6
$10.66
16.8
Business and financial operations occupations .............
17.23
20.4
17.23
20.4
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
23.33
5.4
23.32
5.4
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
25.16
30.28
24.90
2.3
1.1
6.5
25.47
30.28
–
2.1
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.62
30.28
29.02
28.80
1.8
1.1
1.2
1.7
29.62
30.28
29.02
28.80
1.8
1.1
1.2
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.24
28.55
11.55
.4
.5
1.7
29.24
28.55
11.55
.4
.5
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
21.13
16.75
23.04
15.97
25.31
25.31
2.3
4.4
3.7
5.4
1.1
1.1
21.21
16.75
23.04
15.97
25.31
25.31
2.2
4.4
3.7
5.4
1.1
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
11.48
.8
–
–
–
–
11.68
10.74
11.4
5.3
11.88
10.74
13.7
5.3
–
–
–
–
10.74
5.3
10.74
5.3
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
14.64
13.16
15.93
18.59
17.82
15.37
5.0
5.0
7.6
4.5
.3
1.9
14.74
13.16
15.93
18.59
17.82
15.37
4.7
5.0
7.6
4.5
.3
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.81
11.3
17.81
11.3
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
17.05
1.6
17.05
1.6
–
–
18.39
18.39
2.7
2.7
18.39
18.39
2.7
2.7
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
13
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$16.54
4.0
$17.29
4.1
$9.74
8.6
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
34.79
26.81
37.31
43.20
6.8
2.3
5.8
3.5
34.84
–
–
43.20
6.9
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
22.14
20.36
29.76
6.8
8.5
4.4
22.14
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
20.25
23.48
22.95
12.9
12.9
7.7
8.0
20.25
–
23.48
22.95
12.9
–
7.7
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
26.49
31.97
31.10
32.65
35.76
39.36
37.23
18.39
18.00
36.53
11.1
8.8
5.2
4.1
7.4
5.5
7.6
7.9
9.1
5.3
26.49
–
31.10
32.65
35.76
–
37.23
18.39
18.00
36.53
11.1
–
5.2
4.1
7.4
–
7.6
7.9
9.1
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
Group II .............................................................
29.77
22.24
41.60
31.08
34.91
20.67
21.62
21.82
21.82
9.9
4.4
3.3
15.3
9.5
4.2
2.1
2.6
2.6
29.77
–
–
31.08
–
20.67
–
21.82
21.82
9.9
–
–
15.3
–
4.2
–
2.6
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
32.93
3.9
32.93
3.9
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
19.34
14.59
18.93
16.88
9.5
5.5
16.5
10.9
19.30
–
18.93
–
9.6
–
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
40.41
29.8
42.32
26.0
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
23.75
11.22
19.20
31.51
29.00
6.0
8.1
18.5
2.4
30.7
24.90
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
10.51
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
27.06
18.43
30.28
28.07
28.80
6.9
28.3
1.1
3.2
1.7
27.85
–
–
28.07
–
4.5
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.70
28.55
2.6
.5
28.70
28.55
2.6
.5
–
–
–
–
26.91
11.06
11.46
4.9
4.1
9.7
26.91
11.55
–
4.9
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.46
8.3
23.46
8.3
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.63
6.9
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
23.58
13.75
20.33
33.03
47.59
47.59
26.51
25.07
27.11
25.56
22.58
27.43
22.60
19.86
22.89
23.69
23.51
16.70
18.04
7.2
3.1
3.5
9.0
2.7
2.7
3.9
4.4
5.2
10.1
2.6
14.6
2.4
4.2
4.8
7.1
7.9
7.7
7.6
$22.92
–
–
–
–
–
25.84
25.07
26.22
25.31
–
–
22.60
19.85
–
23.71
23.53
16.70
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
4.4
6.3
10.4
–
–
2.4
4.2
–
7.1
7.9
7.7
–
$28.73
–
–
–
–
–
29.70
–
29.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.83
16.77
17.24
13.8
3.0
1.5
15.92
16.70
–
13.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
10.14
10.11
10.06
10.06
10.13
10.13
10.55
10.50
3.0
3.1
1.7
1.7
2.1
2.2
11.3
12.2
10.29
–
10.16
–
10.13
10.13
11.23
–
3.1
–
1.5
–
1.7
1.8
17.0
–
9.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
13.77
11.09
17.21
15.97
15.97
25.31
25.31
25.31
25.31
10.63
10.51
10.63
10.51
7.5
7.8
12.8
5.4
5.4
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
2.1
.8
2.1
.8
13.87
–
–
15.97
15.97
25.31
–
25.31
25.31
10.66
–
10.66
10.55
7.7
–
–
5.4
5.4
1.1
–
1.1
1.1
2.2
–
2.2
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
7.63
7.13
10.14
9.40
11.91
9.63
9.63
9.52
9.52
4.14
4.14
3.61
3.61
7.54
7.57
3.2
2.9
7.8
7.1
5.6
8.0
8.0
3.1
3.1
12.3
12.3
2.1
2.1
2.7
3.2
8.72
–
10.41
–
11.96
9.67
9.67
9.69
9.69
4.69
–
3.97
3.97
–
–
2.8
–
8.9
–
6.0
9.2
9.2
2.7
2.7
10.7
–
3.8
3.8
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
5.79
–
8.47
–
–
–
–
9.13
9.13
3.56
–
3.30
3.30
7.21
–
12.2
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
6.2
6.2
8.2
–
6.4
6.4
1.7
–
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.61
7.61
3.6
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
10.30
10.12
10.09
10.14
5.9
6.1
6.4
6.9
$10.42
–
10.19
–
6.3
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.76
10.83
6.1
6.6
10.94
11.03
6.6
7.1
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
12.67
8.72
16.75
17.32
16.4
6.1
12.2
23.2
11.57
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
$14.03
–
–
–
29.4
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Group I ..............................................................
14.39
10.96
23.88
17.71
19.11
16.20
17.40
10.35
9.71
8.41
8.24
8.41
8.24
10.76
10.48
28.52
29.20
6.2
5.2
6.3
7.6
9.2
6.9
6.0
4.4
5.5
1.8
2.4
1.8
2.4
6.4
6.1
7.6
6.6
16.26
–
–
17.96
–
16.43
17.40
11.42
–
8.99
–
8.99
8.72
11.52
11.17
28.52
–
6.4
–
–
8.3
–
8.1
6.0
5.3
–
1.1
–
1.1
2.8
8.4
7.1
7.6
–
8.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.77
–
7.88
–
7.88
7.88
9.51
9.53
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
1.2
–
1.2
1.2
12.3
12.5
–
–
29.21
29.21
18.25
18.78
11.42
11.42
6.8
6.8
13.9
17.4
6.7
6.7
29.21
29.21
18.28
18.81
–
–
6.8
6.8
13.9
17.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.57
12.84
17.59
2.9
2.4
3.0
14.74
–
–
3.0
–
–
11.13
–
–
7.0
–
–
18.50
18.00
15.35
13.57
17.65
17.01
14.10
17.45
17.82
19.71
15.50
13.81
17.51
11.98
11.73
11.58
11.58
7.3
6.2
6.2
2.5
5.9
8.3
4.8
6.5
.3
2.4
6.3
9.1
11.2
6.2
5.3
7.0
7.0
18.50
18.00
15.73
–
–
17.21
14.34
17.45
17.82
19.71
15.48
13.74
17.54
12.03
11.78
12.08
12.08
7.3
6.2
6.4
–
–
8.3
4.7
6.5
.3
2.4
6.5
9.4
11.6
6.4
5.5
6.5
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Group II .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
$9.99
9.99
14.26
11.79
16.40
17.34
16.28
12.69
13.89
17.04
11.43
11.43
11.52
11.52
15.96
14.77
13.89
14.92
2.9
2.9
8.2
7.3
4.8
10.1
5.5
7.4
11.8
7.8
5.8
5.8
6.3
6.3
7.9
2.1
6.9
6.2
$10.43
10.43
14.23
–
–
17.34
16.28
–
13.89
17.04
11.43
–
11.52
11.52
15.92
14.97
14.11
15.28
2.6
2.6
8.4
–
–
10.1
5.5
–
11.8
7.8
5.9
–
6.3
6.3
6.9
.1
6.5
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
17.93
12.57
20.72
17.81
18.15
4.7
9.9
4.6
1.7
3.2
17.93
–
–
17.81
18.15
4.7
–
–
1.7
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group I ..............................................................
18.51
12.61
21.33
7.0
3.6
7.0
18.51
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.40
7.7
14.40
7.7
–
–
18.12
14.06
19.80
16.85
14.08
4.4
3.5
4.1
5.8
4.0
18.12
–
–
16.85
14.08
4.4
–
–
5.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.56
11.43
17.93
5.1
2.2
8.8
13.65
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.06
13.35
2.1
8.5
–
13.42
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.76
10.77
22.03
13.83
11.18
11.07
11.47
16.68
12.68
8.79
8.77
7.37
7.37
8.8
8.1
7.3
16.8
11.5
10.8
13.3
14.7
4.2
3.1
3.2
1.5
1.5
$13.16
–
–
14.17
–
11.12
–
16.68
12.68
9.06
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
17.0
–
10.9
–
14.7
4.2
3.3
–
–
–
$7.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.40
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
–
–
–
9.70
9.69
8.62
8.62
3.4
3.6
5.8
5.8
9.83
9.82
–
–
3.4
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
18
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.97
$10.03
$13.70
$20.19
$28.13
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
21.73
35.16
22.60
43.27
30.75
43.27
40.61
43.94
50.15
48.17
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
13.15
17.37
21.88
25.67
30.49
12.89
17.00
17.25
18.71
17.79
25.00
25.29
26.44
25.29
30.49
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
18.74
24.52
21.92
25.00
9.84
24.18
19.51
29.23
25.25
25.74
14.00
30.72
23.11
30.21
36.16
38.77
16.96
37.02
31.21
34.41
47.27
47.27
19.51
40.97
40.17
38.36
47.35
49.26
29.76
46.09
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
18.00
24.00
12.36
19.25
22.00
24.50
18.90
21.27
24.50
25.00
21.27
22.14
39.36
39.36
22.14
22.14
52.45
42.62
25.84
22.14
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
26.87
32.21
34.52
36.29
36.51
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
12.50
11.33
13.22
13.82
14.60
13.43
15.88
15.56
16.10
25.39
25.20
20.19
29.93
30.28
22.25
Legal occupations ..............................................................
20.67
27.00
35.22
57.69
62.50
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
9.75
13.00
13.60
14.00
25.12
16.00
29.44
42.57
39.64
54.34
11.50
23.65
24.03
24.50
26.33
26.07
30.40
29.61
39.57
38.48
23.56
24.78
26.87
31.15
38.69
23.65
8.29
24.03
8.50
25.33
9.91
27.63
12.80
33.52
15.32
20.21
20.21
20.21
28.71
28.71
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
13.00
41.58
20.61
15.90
19.84
13.00
19.50
12.74
9.04
16.46
45.18
23.74
19.84
19.98
13.00
22.38
13.00
11.25
21.84
49.25
27.15
24.46
21.79
21.39
24.62
13.13
22.06
28.04
49.25
30.01
32.76
23.51
23.91
26.08
21.39
24.06
39.23
50.12
31.59
32.76
28.19
26.08
26.46
22.52
24.87
10.74
14.91
12.23
16.46
15.83
16.46
19.66
16.88
19.66
19.97
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.40
9.00
9.00
7.80
9.10
9.25
9.25
8.65
10.27
10.32
10.25
9.05
10.32
10.32
10.56
11.14
11.64
11.37
11.50
15.44
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.25
10.48
18.44
18.44
9.15
9.15
10.48
12.13
21.79
21.79
9.74
9.74
11.50
14.83
25.58
25.58
10.86
10.86
12.88
20.00
28.72
28.72
11.26
11.26
22.88
21.60
31.34
31.34
11.99
11.99
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
3.29
3.77
7.50
9.62
11.75
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.62
8.85
6.62
7.61
2.46
2.46
6.67
$7.22
9.62
6.62
8.50
3.29
2.75
6.96
$9.85
10.52
10.00
9.68
3.65
3.65
7.25
$11.50
12.94
11.50
10.00
3.87
3.65
7.75
$13.00
17.69
12.50
11.00
6.99
5.64
8.50
6.67
7.00
7.00
7.90
8.85
7.32
7.32
8.11
8.11
9.61
9.50
11.69
11.69
13.75
13.75
7.32
8.88
10.65
13.41
14.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
6.67
6.67
7.79
16.58
11.66
18.61
17.34
20.21
19.57
23.52
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
7.40
10.70
10.70
7.00
7.19
7.19
7.00
19.89
8.50
13.60
13.60
7.65
7.50
7.50
7.50
22.08
11.50
15.74
15.16
8.75
8.25
8.25
9.00
32.17
16.71
20.66
19.23
11.75
9.00
9.00
12.00
32.97
28.61
21.95
20.66
15.37
10.00
10.00
16.71
32.97
22.08
11.57
8.58
26.49
13.39
9.40
32.17
15.02
10.38
32.97
21.01
14.03
32.97
27.84
15.98
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
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 .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.88
11.39
13.77
17.00
20.28
14.56
10.64
12.00
11.61
11.50
9.25
9.49
8.22
10.70
13.14
9.62
10.70
9.57
9.57
12.49
9.66
15.20
12.50
13.94
14.39
12.37
10.75
10.08
9.00
10.70
14.75
10.00
10.70
9.57
9.57
13.85
11.36
18.30
14.43
15.50
16.64
13.50
11.80
11.81
9.53
13.29
16.50
11.87
11.75
11.07
11.63
15.51
14.19
19.69
16.91
19.16
21.31
18.20
13.66
13.21
11.39
17.47
18.00
14.75
17.69
13.33
13.33
17.40
16.21
23.29
23.90
25.96
24.14
21.54
13.91
14.36
11.85
20.35
24.18
15.94
20.35
13.33
13.33
20.61
18.27
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
11.00
14.13
14.78
15.00
16.45
19.00
20.00
20.00
23.07
20.01
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
12.00
13.38
17.26
21.24
25.96
11.53
12.50
13.77
16.87
17.89
12.74
11.90
16.08
13.33
18.26
16.91
20.47
21.24
21.83
21.83
Production occupations ....................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.75
10.88
12.50
14.62
19.10
8.15
11.41
12.75
12.50
14.50
13.00
15.38
15.33
17.97
16.97
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
7.25
8.50
11.22
15.37
21.08
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.00
8.24
10.00
6.75
6.40
$9.25
9.11
12.02
7.25
6.67
$10.00
10.00
16.25
8.00
7.00
$17.56
13.30
21.68
9.85
7.50
$21.48
15.11
23.56
11.84
9.50
7.71
7.00
7.71
7.97
9.00
7.97
11.50
9.25
12.66
11.22
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October
2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.75
$10.00
$13.23
$19.55
$27.00
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
21.73
35.16
22.50
43.27
30.75
43.27
40.61
43.94
50.15
48.17
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Accountants and auditors .................................................
17.21
17.00
18.71
18.71
23.22
25.21
26.18
26.44
30.49
30.63
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
18.74
24.52
21.92
25.00
9.84
24.18
19.51
29.23
25.25
25.74
14.00
30.72
23.11
30.21
36.16
38.77
16.96
37.02
31.21
34.41
47.27
47.27
19.51
40.97
40.17
38.36
47.35
49.26
29.76
46.09
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
19.47
24.00
19.25
19.25
22.14
24.50
21.27
21.27
24.50
24.50
22.14
22.14
39.36
36.31
22.14
22.14
52.45
39.36
27.89
22.14
Community and social services occupations ..................
11.00
12.50
13.70
15.00
20.39
Legal occupations ..............................................................
27.00
27.00
35.22
60.10
62.50
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
9.50
10.50
15.00
25.33
30.40
10.50
10.50
23.65
25.33
30.40
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
20.21
20.21
20.21
28.71
28.71
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
13.00
41.58
22.81
15.90
19.84
13.00
19.50
12.74
9.04
16.46
45.18
25.32
19.84
19.98
13.00
22.38
13.00
11.25
22.00
49.25
27.59
24.46
21.79
21.39
24.62
13.13
22.06
28.41
49.25
30.28
32.76
23.51
23.91
26.08
21.39
24.06
40.86
50.12
32.01
32.76
28.19
26.08
26.46
22.52
24.87
10.74
14.91
12.23
16.46
15.83
16.46
19.66
16.88
19.66
19.97
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
8.40
9.00
9.00
7.80
9.10
9.25
9.25
8.65
10.27
10.32
10.25
9.05
10.32
10.32
10.56
11.14
11.64
11.37
11.50
15.44
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.25
9.15
9.15
10.00
9.74
9.74
11.10
10.86
10.86
12.38
11.26
11.26
12.86
11.99
11.99
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
3.29
6.62
6.62
7.61
2.46
2.46
6.67
3.67
7.22
6.62
8.50
3.29
2.75
6.96
7.22
9.62
10.00
9.68
3.65
3.65
7.00
9.50
11.00
11.50
10.00
3.87
3.65
7.80
11.50
12.41
12.50
11.00
6.99
5.64
8.50
6.67
7.00
7.00
7.90
8.85
7.28
7.25
8.11
8.11
9.50
8.95
11.50
11.69
13.75
13.75
7.24
8.50
11.00
13.50
14.00
6.67
7.50
11.66
14.90
18.61
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October
2007 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$7.40
10.70
10.70
7.00
7.19
7.19
7.00
19.89
$8.50
13.60
13.60
7.65
7.50
7.50
7.50
22.08
$11.50
15.74
15.16
8.75
8.25
8.25
9.00
32.17
$16.71
20.66
19.23
11.75
9.00
9.00
12.00
32.97
$28.61
21.95
20.66
15.37
10.00
10.00
16.71
32.97
22.08
11.57
8.58
26.49
13.39
9.40
32.17
15.02
10.38
32.97
21.01
14.03
32.97
27.84
15.98
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Customer service representatives ....................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.90
11.36
13.70
17.00
20.19
14.56
10.64
12.09
11.50
9.25
9.49
8.22
10.50
13.14
9.62
9.57
9.57
12.49
11.36
15.20
12.50
14.12
12.37
10.75
10.08
9.00
10.70
15.50
10.00
9.57
9.57
13.85
11.36
18.30
14.51
15.53
13.50
11.80
11.81
9.53
11.87
17.48
11.87
11.63
11.63
15.51
15.00
19.69
16.91
19.16
18.20
13.66
13.21
11.39
16.50
19.35
14.75
13.33
13.33
17.40
16.50
23.29
24.00
25.96
21.54
13.91
14.36
11.85
20.35
26.12
15.94
13.33
13.33
20.61
20.19
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
11.00
14.50
14.78
15.00
16.45
19.00
20.00
20.00
23.07
20.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
12.00
12.94
17.28
22.27
25.96
12.74
16.50
18.22
19.08
21.24
Production occupations ....................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.75
10.90
12.50
14.62
19.10
8.15
11.41
12.75
12.50
14.50
13.00
15.38
15.33
17.97
16.97
7.20
8.00
8.24
10.00
6.75
6.40
8.25
9.25
9.11
12.02
7.25
6.67
11.00
10.00
10.00
16.25
8.00
7.00
15.37
17.56
13.30
21.68
9.83
7.50
21.16
21.48
15.11
23.56
11.73
9.50
7.71
7.00
7.71
7.97
9.00
7.97
11.34
9.25
12.66
11.22
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
23
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,
FL, October 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.00
$12.48
$17.98
$26.01
$34.35
Business and financial operations occupations .............
11.48
12.24
14.54
19.09
28.56
Community and social services occupations ..................
15.04
15.88
23.32
27.84
34.20
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.72
15.32
26.01
30.62
39.82
24.03
23.56
25.25
25.25
27.61
27.19
33.21
31.75
40.32
38.69
23.25
8.47
25.25
8.62
27.56
12.32
33.01
13.60
39.10
15.32
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
12.13
10.48
18.44
18.44
14.96
12.13
21.79
21.79
20.00
14.83
25.58
25.58
25.44
20.00
28.72
28.72
31.34
21.60
31.34
31.34
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
7.52
8.47
9.77
15.32
18.26
8.65
8.70
9.05
9.05
10.05
9.86
12.95
11.89
16.08
14.15
8.70
9.05
9.86
11.89
14.15
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
9.66
11.61
11.30
11.50
14.39
12.47
13.84
16.64
14.91
17.01
21.31
17.77
20.47
24.14
20.47
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
12.71
13.89
19.32
20.58
22.27
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
11.90
14.73
17.26
20.59
21.24
12.63
12.63
14.97
14.97
19.94
19.94
21.24
21.24
21.83
21.83
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL,
October 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.85
$10.85
$14.63
$20.70
$29.02
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
21.73
35.16
22.60
43.27
30.75
43.27
40.63
43.94
50.15
48.17
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
13.15
17.37
21.88
25.67
30.49
12.89
17.00
17.25
18.71
17.79
25.00
25.29
26.44
25.29
30.49
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
18.74
24.52
21.92
25.00
9.84
24.18
19.51
29.23
25.25
25.74
14.00
30.72
23.11
30.21
36.16
38.77
16.96
37.02
31.21
34.41
47.27
47.27
19.51
40.97
40.17
38.36
47.35
49.26
29.76
46.09
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
18.00
24.00
12.36
19.25
22.00
24.50
18.90
21.27
24.50
25.00
21.27
22.14
39.36
39.36
22.14
22.14
52.45
42.62
25.84
22.14
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
26.87
32.21
34.52
36.29
36.51
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
12.50
11.33
13.77
14.60
15.74
15.56
25.39
25.20
30.00
30.28
Legal occupations ..............................................................
27.00
27.00
35.22
60.10
62.50
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.50
15.32
25.49
30.21
39.81
23.25
23.65
24.50
24.50
26.73
26.07
30.68
29.61
39.64
38.48
23.56
24.78
26.87
31.15
38.69
23.65
8.47
24.03
8.62
25.33
12.32
27.63
13.60
33.52
15.32
20.21
20.21
20.21
28.71
28.71
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
13.00
20.12
15.90
19.84
13.00
19.50
12.74
16.39
23.66
19.84
19.98
13.00
22.41
13.00
20.95
25.94
23.69
21.79
21.39
24.62
13.13
27.15
29.66
32.76
23.51
23.91
26.08
21.39
32.76
30.99
32.76
28.19
26.08
26.46
22.52
10.74
14.91
12.23
16.46
15.83
16.46
19.66
16.88
19.66
19.63
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
9.00
9.10
9.00
7.00
9.25
9.39
9.25
9.00
10.32
10.32
10.25
9.66
10.32
10.32
10.35
13.04
11.78
11.37
11.50
19.20
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.25
10.48
18.44
18.44
9.25
9.25
10.50
12.13
21.79
21.79
9.75
9.75
11.55
14.83
25.58
25.58
10.86
10.86
12.92
20.00
28.72
28.72
11.26
11.26
23.07
21.60
31.34
31.34
11.99
11.99
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
3.65
6.62
8.98
6.62
8.29
9.62
8.57
10.00
10.58
10.98
11.75
12.94
12.85
13.50
17.69
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL,
October 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.62
7.78
3.37
2.50
$6.62
9.00
3.65
3.37
$10.00
9.59
3.67
3.65
$11.50
10.60
6.62
3.77
$12.85
11.00
6.99
6.77
8.00
7.49
8.11
8.11
9.99
9.50
11.75
12.00
13.75
13.75
7.25
9.07
10.91
13.50
14.01
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.86
10.20
11.45
14.48
14.90
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
8.50
10.70
10.70
7.75
7.75
7.75
7.50
19.89
9.50
14.06
13.60
8.50
8.30
8.30
8.50
22.08
14.06
16.33
15.16
9.61
8.60
8.60
9.65
32.17
20.41
20.66
19.23
14.36
9.00
9.00
13.33
32.97
30.27
21.95
20.66
15.37
11.24
11.24
16.71
32.97
22.08
11.57
26.49
13.39
32.17
15.02
32.97
21.20
32.97
27.84
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Court, municipal, and license clerks .................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.08
11.50
14.05
17.29
20.35
14.56
12.00
12.09
11.61
11.46
9.25
9.49
9.00
10.70
13.14
10.70
9.57
9.57
12.49
10.75
15.20
12.67
14.12
14.39
12.37
10.85
10.14
9.53
10.70
14.75
10.70
9.57
9.57
13.85
11.36
18.30
14.95
15.53
16.64
13.50
12.66
11.87
9.94
13.18
16.50
11.75
11.24
11.63
15.51
14.76
19.69
16.91
19.16
21.31
18.77
13.66
14.36
11.39
17.48
18.00
17.69
13.33
13.33
17.31
16.21
23.29
25.96
25.96
24.14
21.54
13.91
14.36
12.25
20.35
24.18
20.35
13.33
13.33
19.48
18.71
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
11.00
14.13
14.78
15.00
16.45
19.00
20.00
20.00
23.07
20.01
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
12.00
13.38
17.26
21.24
25.96
11.53
12.50
13.77
16.87
17.89
12.74
11.90
16.08
13.33
18.26
16.91
20.47
21.24
21.83
21.83
Production occupations ....................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
8.75
11.41
11.00
12.50
12.50
13.00
14.62
15.33
19.10
16.97
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL,
October 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.71
8.24
8.24
10.00
7.00
$9.00
10.00
9.25
12.02
7.71
$11.88
10.50
10.00
16.25
8.84
$16.25
18.19
13.37
21.68
10.06
$21.48
21.82
15.11
23.56
12.25
7.71
7.71
9.25
11.75
12.66
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
27
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL,
October 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$3.65
$7.00
$7.79
$9.75
$18.61
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
7.50
8.50
9.75
11.50
14.49
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
14.00
22.16
20.69
27.54
29.70
30.00
36.06
31.75
49.25
36.06
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
8.00
8.00
8.45
9.53
11.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
2.46
6.99
7.54
2.33
2.33
6.67
3.65
6.99
8.01
2.46
2.46
6.67
6.67
8.75
10.00
3.29
3.29
7.00
7.50
9.45
10.00
3.65
3.65
7.65
8.75
9.45
10.00
6.00
3.65
7.95
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.67
7.25
15.36
18.61
23.52
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.00
7.00
7.19
7.19
7.00
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.00
7.65
7.65
7.50
7.50
7.59
8.87
8.83
8.25
8.25
9.87
10.99
11.00
9.14
9.14
12.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
7.67
8.96
10.00
12.80
16.75
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
6.67
6.67
6.73
7.00
7.25
7.25
7.75
7.54
8.70
8.50
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
28
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$579
39.7
$35,232
$30,035
2,038
1,462
1,957
1,230
2,164
42.0
45.3
75,922
101,742
63,968
112,502
2,179
2,355
21.88
891
886
40.2
46,316
46,095
2,092
20.25
23.48
17.79
25.00
810
952
712
1,000
40.0
40.6
42,130
49,507
36,999
52,000
2,080
2,109
26.49
31.10
35.76
23.11
30.21
36.16
1,056
1,203
1,431
924
1,133
1,446
39.9
38.7
40.0
54,938
62,534
74,389
48,073
58,900
75,211
2,074
2,011
2,080
37.23
18.39
36.53
38.77
16.96
37.02
1,489
736
1,442
1,551
678
1,481
40.0
40.0
39.5
77,443
38,249
74,964
80,642
35,275
77,000
2,080
2,080
2,052
29.77
31.08
24.50
25.00
1,219
1,311
1,103
1,143
40.9
42.2
63,372
68,168
57,330
59,444
2,128
2,193
20.67
21.27
820
798
39.7
42,617
41,479
2,062
21.82
22.14
858
885
39.3
44,604
46,041
2,044
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
32.93
34.52
1,292
1,369
39.2
67,179
71,200
2,040
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Social workers ....................................
19.30
18.93
15.74
15.56
778
757
630
622
40.3
40.0
37,920
37,302
33,621
32,737
1,965
1,971
Legal occupations ................................
42.32
35.22
1,693
1,409
40.0
88,025
73,256
2,080
24.90
25.49
947
974
38.0
39,681
39,117
1,594
27.85
26.73
1,062
1,008
38.1
43,055
40,099
1,546
28.07
26.07
1,063
992
37.9
41,980
39,190
1,496
28.70
26.87
1,087
1,016
37.9
42,835
39,868
1,493
26.91
11.55
25.33
12.32
1,020
437
950
431
37.9
37.8
40,396
17,433
37,771
16,898
1,501
1,509
23.46
20.21
939
808
40.0
48,802
42,031
2,080
22.92
25.84
25.31
22.60
20.95
25.94
23.69
21.79
883
982
1,012
904
794
1,013
948
872
38.5
38.0
40.0
40.0
45,520
49,358
52,635
47,014
41,257
52,666
49,273
45,323
1,986
1,910
2,080
2,080
19.85
21.39
794
856
40.0
41,294
44,491
2,080
23.71
24.62
948
985
40.0
49,316
51,210
2,080
16.70
13.13
668
525
40.0
34,744
27,310
2,080
15.92
15.83
637
633
40.0
33,107
32,926
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$17.29
$14.63
$687
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
34.84
43.20
30.75
43.27
22.14
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Respiratory therapists .....................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Telemarketers .....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$527
35.8
$31,088
$27,381
1,862
379
360
36.9
19,720
18,720
1,917
10.32
368
360
36.2
19,120
18,720
1,882
10.13
10.25
384
370
37.9
19,981
19,240
1,972
11.23
9.66
449
386
40.0
23,349
20,093
2,080
13.87
15.97
25.31
25.31
11.55
14.83
25.58
25.58
551
814
1,036
1,036
453
742
1,038
1,038
39.7
50.9
40.9
40.9
28,576
42,302
53,857
53,857
23,421
38,587
53,988
53,988
2,060
2,649
2,128
2,128
10.66
10.66
10.86
10.86
405
405
420
420
38.0
38.0
21,049
21,049
21,840
21,840
1,975
1,975
8.72
10.41
11.96
9.67
9.69
4.69
3.97
8.57
10.00
10.58
10.00
9.59
3.67
3.65
336
399
438
382
388
175
145
332
385
385
400
384
146
135
38.5
38.3
36.6
39.5
40.0
37.3
36.5
16,780
19,112
18,861
19,848
20,157
9,101
7,539
16,640
19,760
19,136
20,800
19,945
7,592
7,012
1,923
1,836
1,577
2,052
2,080
1,941
1,897
10.42
10.19
9.99
9.50
411
402
385
380
39.5
39.4
21,313
20,827
19,989
19,594
2,045
2,043
10.94
10.91
429
430
39.2
22,206
22,173
2,030
11.57
11.45
447
443
38.7
23,268
23,026
2,011
16.26
14.06
652
578
40.1
33,892
30,035
2,084
17.96
16.33
739
703
41.2
38,449
36,564
2,141
16.43
11.42
8.99
8.99
11.52
15.16
9.61
8.60
8.60
9.65
666
458
359
359
462
685
380
344
344
380
40.5
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.1
34,617
23,800
18,689
18,689
24,040
35,610
19,760
17,888
17,888
19,760
2,107
2,084
2,080
2,080
2,087
28.52
32.17
1,141
1,287
40.0
59,313
66,920
2,080
29.21
18.28
32.17
15.02
1,168
731
1,287
601
40.0
40.0
60,753
38,012
66,920
31,242
2,080
2,080
14.74
14.05
584
560
39.7
30,334
29,099
2,059
18.50
15.73
18.30
14.95
739
626
732
591
39.9
39.8
38,437
32,562
38,054
30,738
2,077
2,071
17.21
17.82
15.53
16.64
683
704
620
658
39.7
39.5
35,519
36,621
32,240
34,195
2,064
2,055
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.70
$16.46
$598
10.29
10.32
10.16
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Customer service representatives ......
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ...............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
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 ....................................
Electricians .........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$540
39.9
$32,088
$28,088
2,072
481
470
417
506
475
398
40.0
38.9
40.0
25,013
24,421
21,694
26,333
24,690
20,675
2,080
2,022
2,080
13.18
568
527
40.0
29,550
27,414
2,077
17.34
16.50
690
660
39.8
35,887
34,320
2,070
13.89
11.75
555
470
40.0
28,870
24,440
2,078
11.43
11.52
11.24
11.63
448
453
438
465
39.2
39.3
22,724
23,563
21,823
24,180
1,988
2,046
15.92
14.11
15.51
14.76
626
563
617
584
39.3
39.9
32,551
29,268
32,099
30,368
2,044
2,074
17.93
17.81
16.45
19.00
715
712
658
760
39.9
40.0
37,175
37,045
34,206
39,520
2,073
2,080
18.51
17.26
746
690
40.3
38,710
35,443
2,091
14.40
13.77
576
551
40.0
29,928
28,642
2,078
18.12
18.26
725
730
40.0
37,690
37,981
2,080
16.85
16.91
674
676
40.0
35,039
35,173
2,080
13.65
13.42
12.50
13.00
549
537
500
520
40.2
40.0
28,529
27,905
26,000
27,040
2,090
2,080
13.16
14.17
11.88
10.50
532
587
471
400
40.4
41.4
27,594
30,498
23,920
20,800
2,096
2,153
11.12
16.68
9.06
10.00
16.25
8.84
445
667
363
400
650
354
40.0
40.0
40.0
23,130
34,696
18,851
20,800
33,800
18,387
2,080
2,080
2,080
9.83
9.25
393
370
40.0
20,453
19,240
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.48
$13.50
$617
12.03
12.08
10.43
12.66
11.87
9.94
14.23
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$555
39.8
$34,873
$28,916
2,067
1,456
1,957
1,230
2,164
42.3
45.3
75,690
101,742
63,968
112,502
2,197
2,355
23.22
25.21
950
975
929
1,025
40.4
40.6
49,376
50,679
48,291
53,304
2,099
2,113
26.49
31.10
35.76
23.11
30.21
36.16
1,056
1,203
1,431
924
1,133
1,446
39.9
38.7
40.0
54,938
62,534
74,389
48,073
58,900
75,211
2,074
2,011
2,080
37.23
18.39
36.53
38.77
16.96
37.02
1,489
736
1,442
1,551
678
1,481
40.0
40.0
39.5
77,443
38,249
74,964
80,642
35,275
77,000
2,080
2,080
2,052
30.22
29.33
24.50
24.50
1,243
1,249
1,103
1,103
41.1
42.6
64,635
64,932
57,330
57,330
2,139
2,214
22.37
22.14
881
885
39.4
45,795
46,041
2,047
21.82
22.14
858
885
39.3
44,604
46,041
2,044
14.04
13.23
572
563
40.7
29,756
29,250
2,119
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$16.87
$14.12
$672
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
34.45
43.20
30.75
43.27
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Accountants and auditors ...................
23.53
23.98
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Annual earnings5
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
22.78
23.68
887
888
39.0
40,540
34,802
1,780
20.29
23.65
788
887
38.8
33,744
34,802
1,663
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
23.46
20.21
939
808
40.0
48,802
42,031
2,080
23.11
27.26
25.31
22.60
21.11
27.18
23.69
21.79
895
1,057
1,012
904
815
1,069
948
872
38.7
38.8
40.0
40.0
46,540
54,888
52,635
47,014
42,328
55,561
49,273
45,323
2,014
2,014
2,080
2,080
19.85
21.39
794
856
40.0
41,294
44,491
2,080
23.71
24.62
948
985
40.0
49,316
51,210
2,080
16.70
13.13
668
525
40.0
34,744
27,310
2,080
15.92
15.83
637
633
40.0
33,107
32,926
2,080
16.70
16.46
598
527
35.8
31,088
27,381
1,862
10.29
10.32
379
360
36.9
19,720
18,720
1,917
10.16
10.32
368
360
36.2
19,120
18,720
1,882
10.13
10.25
384
370
37.9
19,981
19,240
1,972
11.23
9.66
449
386
40.0
23,349
20,093
2,080
11.12
11.17
427
440
38.4
22,181
22,880
1,996
10.66
10.66
10.86
10.86
405
405
420
420
38.0
38.0
21,049
21,049
21,840
21,840
1,975
1,975
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Respiratory therapists .....................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$332
396
400
384
146
135
38.9
39.4
39.5
40.0
37.3
36.5
$16,959
19,900
19,848
20,157
9,101
7,539
$17,274
20,592
20,800
19,945
7,592
7,012
2,024
2,050
2,052
2,080
1,941
1,897
397
396
380
358
39.4
39.3
20,632
20,569
19,760
18,616
2,044
2,043
11.13
429
440
39.0
22,285
22,880
2,025
11.09
11.08
438
449
39.5
22,792
23,358
2,056
16.26
14.06
652
578
40.1
33,892
30,035
2,084
17.96
16.33
739
703
41.2
38,449
36,564
2,141
16.43
11.42
8.99
8.99
11.52
15.16
9.61
8.60
8.60
9.65
666
458
359
359
462
685
380
344
344
380
40.5
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.1
34,617
23,800
18,689
18,689
24,040
35,610
19,760
17,888
17,888
19,760
2,107
2,084
2,080
2,080
2,087
28.52
32.17
1,141
1,287
40.0
59,313
66,920
2,080
29.21
18.28
32.17
15.02
1,168
731
1,287
601
40.0
40.0
60,753
38,012
66,920
31,242
2,080
2,080
14.73
14.05
584
561
39.7
30,390
29,182
2,063
18.50
15.79
18.30
15.03
739
629
732
597
39.9
39.8
38,437
32,710
38,054
31,044
2,077
2,072
17.37
15.48
15.81
13.50
690
617
621
540
39.7
39.9
35,890
32,088
32,302
28,088
2,067
2,072
12.03
12.08
10.43
12.66
11.87
9.94
481
470
417
506
475
398
40.0
38.9
40.0
25,013
24,421
21,694
26,333
24,690
20,675
2,080
2,022
2,080
13.73
11.00
549
440
39.9
28,510
22,880
2,076
18.02
17.48
716
699
39.7
37,219
36,365
2,065
11.40
11.40
11.63
11.63
448
448
465
465
39.3
39.3
23,318
23,318
24,180
24,180
2,045
2,045
15.92
14.78
15.51
15.00
626
589
617
600
39.3
39.9
32,551
30,629
32,099
31,200
2,044
2,073
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
17.94
17.76
16.45
19.00
715
710
658
760
39.9
40.0
37,182
36,932
34,206
39,520
2,073
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
18.68
17.28
753
686
40.3
39,155
35,651
2,096
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Telemarketers .....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ...............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$8.38
9.71
9.67
9.69
4.69
3.97
$8.37
10.00
10.00
9.59
3.67
3.65
$326
383
382
388
175
145
10.09
10.07
9.75
9.50
11.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Production occupations ......................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$729
40.0
$37,427
$37,898
2,080
550
537
500
520
40.2
40.0
28,601
27,905
26,000
27,040
2,091
2,080
11.75
10.50
532
587
462
400
40.5
41.4
27,648
30,498
24,045
20,800
2,104
2,153
11.12
16.68
8.99
10.00
16.25
8.80
445
667
360
400
650
352
40.0
40.0
40.0
23,130
34,696
18,694
20,800
33,800
18,304
2,080
2,080
2,080
9.69
9.25
387
370
40.0
20,145
19,240
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.99
$18.22
$720
13.68
13.42
12.50
13.00
13.14
14.17
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
34
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$726
39.3
$37,699
$36,150
1,842
686
582
39.8
35,686
30,243
2,071
23.32
932
916
39.9
43,407
43,060
1,861
25.47
26.07
962
997
37.8
39,478
39,822
1,550
29.62
27.61
1,125
1,046
38.0
45,055
41,557
1,521
29.02
27.19
1,101
1,036
38.0
43,541
40,704
1,501
29.24
11.55
27.56
12.32
1,109
437
1,038
431
37.9
37.8
43,718
17,433
40,969
16,898
1,495
1,509
21.21
15.97
25.31
25.31
20.05
14.83
25.58
25.58
927
814
1,036
1,036
893
742
1,038
1,038
43.7
50.9
40.9
40.9
47,790
42,302
53,857
53,857
46,322
38,587
53,988
53,988
2,253
2,649
2,128
2,128
11.88
10.74
10.20
9.86
475
430
408
395
40.0
40.0
24,340
21,967
21,011
20,384
2,048
2,045
10.74
9.86
430
395
40.0
21,967
20,384
2,045
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$20.46
$18.19
$804
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
17.23
14.54
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
23.32
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Teacher assistants .............................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Annual earnings5
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
14.74
17.82
13.94
16.64
584
704
554
658
39.6
39.5
29,868
36,621
28,787
34,195
2,026
2,055
15.37
14.91
615
596
40.0
31,980
31,013
2,080
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
17.81
19.32
712
773
40.0
37,035
40,194
2,080
17.05
17.26
682
690
40.0
34,944
34,106
2,049
18.39
19.94
735
798
40.0
38,242
41,475
2,080
18.39
19.94
735
798
40.0
38,242
41,475
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
35
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$16.10
$15.68
$15.84
$17.25
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 .......................
27.70
30.44
26.55
9.51
14.49
14.39
14.56
18.19
17.94
18.68
12.98
13.59
12.73
26.62
27.18
26.46
9.05
14.56
14.12
15.13
19.28
18.82
20.12
13.42
14.14
13.17
28.02
36.35
23.25
9.87
14.69
16.80
13.53
15.85
–
–
12.72
13.40
12.42
28.56
26.76
29.40
10.00
14.22
12.69
14.80
15.63
–
16.18
11.06
11.97
–
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.6
8.1
6.2
2.9
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 .......................
4.4
5.6
5.9
4.9
3.1
6.2
3.2
5.5
4.9
7.8
6.1
5.1
9.1
12.4
9.5
15.5
11.1
4.9
9.9
5.1
6.8
6.5
9.1
7.7
5.7
11.0
4.3
4.8
5.5
2.7
5.5
8.4
4.9
7.0
–
–
10.8
7.4
16.4
3.3
7.8
5.4
3.5
5.2
8.9
4.7
13.4
–
15.8
4.8
8.5
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$600
40.0
$35,214
$31,200
2,081
1,214
1,151
42.0
63,148
59,871
2,181
17.25
840
690
40.0
43,656
35,880
2,080
8.00
9.27
9.40
3.91
7.22
9.50
9.50
3.65
308
364
370
143
289
360
360
135
38.4
39.2
39.4
36.5
15,996
18,920
19,234
7,414
15,026
18,720
18,720
7,012
1,999
2,040
2,047
1,897
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
16.25
16.90
13.60
15.16
648
694
544
703
39.9
41.1
33,697
36,093
28,282
36,564
2,073
2,135
16.30
9.82
9.56
15.16
9.00
8.75
663
388
375
703
350
350
40.7
39.6
39.2
34,466
20,195
19,477
36,564
18,200
18,200
2,114
2,057
2,037
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
15.52
17.45
19.68
15.00
15.50
16.50
610
698
787
587
620
660
39.3
40.0
40.0
31,728
36,287
40,928
30,528
32,240
34,320
2,044
2,080
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
18.82
19.00
753
760
40.0
39,145
39,520
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
20.12
17.96
815
718
40.5
42,398
37,357
2,107
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
14.28
13.97
13.00
13.00
577
559
520
520
40.4
40.0
30,013
29,054
27,040
27,040
2,102
2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
13.67
14.52
16.78
7.51
11.88
10.00
16.25
7.00
557
609
671
300
475
400
650
280
40.8
42.0
40.0
40.0
28,990
31,687
34,897
15,625
24,715
20,800
33,800
14,560
2,120
2,183
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$16.92
$15.00
$677
Management occupations .......................................
28.95
28.78
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
20.99
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...............................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
37
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$527
39.6
$34,579
$27,414
2,054
1,578
1,486
42.4
82,061
77,251
2,205
25.00
25.24
973
1,047
1,000
1,047
40.4
40.8
50,618
54,427
52,000
54,463
2,102
2,122
30.57
31.10
35.76
37.23
18.57
36.53
31.21
30.21
36.16
38.77
16.96
37.02
1,217
1,203
1,431
1,489
743
1,442
1,248
1,133
1,446
1,551
678
1,481
39.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
63,263
62,534
74,389
77,443
38,619
74,964
64,911
58,900
75,211
80,642
35,275
77,000
2,070
2,011
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,052
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
26.23
33.06
22.37
21.82
22.86
36.31
22.14
22.14
1,055
1,351
881
858
920
1,452
885
885
40.2
40.9
39.4
39.3
54,880
70,271
45,795
44,604
47,840
75,525
46,041
46,041
2,092
2,126
2,047
2,044
Community and social services occupations ........
14.35
13.94
574
558
40.0
29,846
28,995
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
28.87
25.33
1,108
950
38.4
47,410
46,859
1,642
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
27.00
28.71
1,080
1,149
40.0
56,152
59,723
2,080
23.84
27.26
25.31
22.60
19.38
22.13
22.31
27.18
23.69
21.79
20.19
22.57
914
1,057
1,012
904
775
885
872
1,069
948
872
808
903
38.3
38.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
47,501
54,886
52,635
47,014
40,310
46,038
45,323
55,561
49,273
45,323
41,995
46,946
1,992
2,014
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
13.06
16.70
12.23
16.46
522
598
489
527
40.0
35.8
27,160
31,088
25,438
27,381
2,080
1,862
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
10.18
10.24
10.16
10.22
10.32
10.32
10.25
9.18
373
368
387
409
360
330
375
367
36.6
35.9
38.1
40.0
19,397
19,118
20,135
21,266
18,720
17,177
19,500
19,094
1,906
1,867
1,981
2,080
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
10.57
10.55
10.55
10.50
10.50
10.50
397
396
396
403
403
403
37.6
37.5
37.5
20,653
20,596
20,596
20,930
20,930
20,930
1,954
1,953
1,953
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
9.04
8.90
360
343
39.8
18,708
17,826
2,069
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$16.83
$13.50
$667
Management occupations .......................................
37.21
36.00
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
24.08
25.65
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer programmers .........................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems software
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Respiratory therapists .........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .....
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ........................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
9.36
9.29
8.52
8.52
374
372
341
341
40.0
40.0
19,474
19,318
17,722
17,722
2,080
2,080
10.73
11.13
429
445
40.0
22,319
23,150
2,080
Personal care and service occupations .................
11.09
11.08
438
449
39.5
22,792
23,358
2,056
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Telemarketers .........................................................
16.28
21.57
13.18
13.25
18.88
14.74
17.12
12.00
11.58
15.53
657
896
536
544
755
584
681
480
460
621
40.3
41.5
40.7
41.0
40.0
34,149
46,585
27,866
28,269
39,267
30,368
35,422
24,960
23,920
32,307
2,098
2,159
2,114
2,133
2,080
Office and administrative support occupations ....
14.36
13.50
572
538
39.8
29,740
27,997
2,072
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$887
575
621
540
511
420
428
39.8
39.8
39.5
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
$46,798
30,668
31,915
29,756
25,617
21,851
29,184
$46,109
29,890
32,302
28,088
26,568
21,840
22,246
2,069
2,067
2,056
2,071
2,080
2,080
2,075
723
621
579
699
600
531
39.7
39.3
39.8
37,593
32,290
30,123
36,365
31,219
27,600
2,064
2,042
2,070
15.57
592
623
39.4
30,762
32,394
2,049
16.51
14.63
660
585
40.0
34,335
30,424
2,079
Production occupations ..........................................
12.98
12.07
519
483
40.0
26,977
25,106
2,078
Transportation and material moving occupations
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
12.24
9.73
10.07
9.40
489
389
401
376
40.0
40.0
25,449
20,245
20,842
19,552
2,079
2,080
9.84
9.50
393
380
40.0
20,458
19,760
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$22.61
14.83
15.52
14.37
12.32
10.51
14.07
$22.17
14.47
15.53
13.50
12.77
10.50
10.70
$900
590
614
572
493
420
562
18.22
15.82
14.55
17.48
15.08
13.27
Construction and extraction occupations .............
15.02
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ..................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .......
Office clerks, general ..............................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$20.81
$18.81
$21.73
$16.20
$16.02
$18.99
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 .......................
25.64
–
25.64
16.36
17.78
–
17.78
22.22
–
22.22
15.37
–
15.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.76
–
23.76
–
–
–
25.63
–
25.63
17.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.34
29.65
26.33
9.98
14.32
14.39
14.28
17.79
17.93
17.69
12.92
13.45
12.71
27.71
30.44
26.55
9.50
14.31
14.39
14.25
17.84
17.94
17.81
12.93
13.49
12.71
24.43
24.32
24.48
16.66
14.63
–
14.63
16.93
17.81
15.82
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.8
8.0
3.7
4.4
4.7
2.7
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
1.6
–
1.6
8.0
5.9
–
5.9
7.4
–
7.4
10.2
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
7.2
–
–
–
1.6
–
1.6
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
6.1
5.6
5.5
3.0
6.2
2.8
6.0
4.7
9.7
6.3
5.2
9.2
4.5
5.6
5.9
4.9
3.1
6.2
3.0
6.3
4.9
10.2
6.3
5.2
9.2
4.7
25.4
11.5
7.0
7.3
–
7.3
9.8
11.3
7.3
–
–
–
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$16.14
$15.60
$21.64
$21.64
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 .......................
26.81
28.68
26.21
10.55
13.52
11.76
14.52
17.57
–
18.52
12.46
13.54
11.98
27.33
29.41
26.55
9.51
13.43
11.76
14.51
17.59
16.93
18.70
12.43
13.58
11.92
39.37
39.37
–
–
19.87
23.10
14.96
–
–
–
18.69
–
–
39.37
39.37
–
–
19.87
23.10
14.96
–
–
–
18.69
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.1
4.8
9.8
9.8
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 .......................
3.6
6.3
4.6
4.8
2.9
4.7
3.4
3.7
–
7.4
5.6
5.2
9.3
4.3
5.8
5.9
4.9
3.1
4.7
3.8
3.9
4.3
8.4
5.7
5.2
9.6
7.1
7.1
–
–
9.2
10.1
3.6
–
–
–
18.4
–
–
7.1
7.1
–
–
9.2
10.1
3.6
–
–
–
18.4
–
–
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
Goods producing
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
All workers ................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
$16.59
–
–
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 ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.69
30.10
20.55
10.24
14.20
–
13.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
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 ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
10.8
4.2
1.7
5.1
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households,
and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope
of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a
central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing
support services to a company. For private industries in
this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
is defined as all locations of a government agency within
the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater,
FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties, FL.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
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identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
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The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,128,500
1,001,200
127,300
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 .......................
240,600
55,500
185,100
234,600
371,200
160,100
211,100
105,100
60,700
43,900
177,000
49,500
127,500
174,800
47,900
126,900
205,900
349,500
160,100
189,400
97,600
57,800
39,300
173,400
48,700
124,700
65,800
7,600
58,200
28,600
21,700
–
21,700
7,600
2,900
4,600
3,600
–
–
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Tampa-St.
Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2007
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
50,859
50,486
372
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
475
229
173
73
450
206
172
72
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1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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