National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
United States, July 2002
______________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
September 2003
Bulletin 2561
Preface
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data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations
and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the
BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the
data, and prepared the survey for publication. The survey
could not have been conducted without the cooperation of
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earnings at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th, and 90th
percentile positions for selected occupations. Earnings
data are available for all workers, private industry, and
State and local government. Further detail for full- and
part-time workers also is provided. Information on average
weekly hours and earnings and average annual hours and
earnings also is available.
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he National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings,
compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed
benefit provisions. This bulletin focuses on occupational
earnings.
The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation
Survey. The major difference between these two surveys is
that the Occupational Compensation Survey used the same
preselected list of occupations for all localities. The NCS
uses a probability-based sample of establishments and occupations that is intended to represent more fully the employment patterns and occupational mix of each locality.
This bulletin presents aggregate pay data from the local
area NCS. Data for more than one-half of the 154 individual NCS localities were published previously. This bulletin
provides estimates of occupational pay for the Nation, as
well as census divisions, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas, and the 10 largest metropolitan areas.
For additional information regarding this survey, contact the information staff in the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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[email protected].
BLS field economists collected and reviewed the survey
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Contents
Page
Chapter 1. United States, private industry, State and local government....................................................
Tables:
1-1.
Summary, United States: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government .......................................
1-2.
State and local government: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics......................................................................................... .............................
Chapter 2. Worker characteristics .............................................................................................................
Tables:
2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for fulltime and part-time workers................................................................................................ ....
2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for fulltime and part-time workers ...................................................................................... ..............
2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and weekly
hours for full-time and part-time workers..............................................................................
2-4. Selected occupations and levels: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours, private
industry and State and local government ......................................................................... ......
2-5. Collective bargaining status: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group...........................
2-6. Time and incentive pay: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by occupational
group in private industry................................................................................................. .......
Chapter 3. Establishment characteristics ...................................................................................................
Tables:
3-1. United States, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational
group ...................................................................................................... ................................
3-2. Private industry, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational
group ...................................................................................................... ................................
3-3. State and local government, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by
occupational group .............................................................................................. ..................
Chapter 4. Geographic areas .....................................................................................................................
Tables:
4-1. Summary, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas: Mean hourly earnings and
weekly hours by selected characteristics ...............................................................................
4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ....................................................................
4-3. Largest 10 metropolitan areas ranked by employment size: Mean hourly earnings by
occupational group ................................................................................................................
4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions: Mean hourly earnings and
weekly hours by selected characteristics ...............................................................................
4-5. New England census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ........................................
4-6. Middle Atlantic census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ........................................
4-7. East North Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ........................................
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West North Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ........................................
South Atlantic census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations .........................................
East South Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ........................................
West South Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ........................................
Mountain census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations..............................................................
Pacific census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations..............................................................
Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Occupational Leveling Criteria ........................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
E. Census Divisions and Survey Areas .................................................................................................
Appendix tables:
Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, United States .........
Table B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment
size, United States ..............................................................................................................
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Chapter 1. United States, private industry,
State and local government
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ty and technical occupations earned $28.77 an hour in State
and local government, while their private industry counterparts earned $26.44. This earnings differential may be explained by the prevalence of teachers in State and local
government, many of whom tend to have higher hourly
earnings than professional specialty and technical workers
in the private sector.
Workers in executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations had average hourly earnings of $31.55 in the
private sector and $29.27 in State and local government.
Sales workers in private industry earned an average of
$14.51 an hour, compared with $12.93 earned by their
State and local government counterparts. Average hourly
earnings of workers in administrative support occupations
were $13.33 in the private sector and $13.79 in State and
local government.
In State and local government, blue-collar workers
earned an average of $16.59 an hour, compared with
$14.39 for their private sector counterparts.
Service occupations in State and local government include police and firefighting, which are more highly compensated than many other service occupations. The difference in occupational mix is reflected in the fact that service
workers in private industry had average hourly earnings of
$8.85, compared with $16.19 in State and local government.
able 1-1 provides an overview of straight-time hourly
wages and salaries paid to workers in the United
States. Data are presented by sector of the economy, private industry versus State and local government. Table 1-2
concentrates on State and local government earnings.
These tables are divided into three sections: Worker characteristics, establishment characteristics, and geographic
areas. Chapters 2 through 4 provide more detailed information about each of these sections.
In July 2002, workers in the United States earned an average of $17.18 per hour. White-collar occupations earned
an average of $21.09 per hour, blue-collar occupations
earned $14.51, and service occupations earned $10.32.
Average hourly earnings in private industry were $16.40,
compared with $21.54 in State and local government. Part
of this disparity can be explained by differences in the occupational and industrial composition of the two sectors.
For example, professional and technical occupations are
more common in State and local government than in private industry. Conversely, there are few State and local
government workers in goods-producing industries other
than construction.
Average hourly earnings among white-collar occupations in private industry were $20.34, compared with
$24.32 in State and local government. Among white-collar
major occupational groups, workers in professional special-
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TABLE 1-1. Summary, United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry
and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics
and geographic areas
Total ...........................................................
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$17.18
0.8
35.8
$16.40
0.9
35.6
$21.54
0.9
36.7
21.09
27.18
.9
1.3
36.1
36.1
20.34
26.44
1.1
1.8
36.0
36.2
24.32
28.77
.9
.9
36.5
35.9
31.16
14.50
13.41
14.51
18.20
2.6
2.1
.5
.9
1.1
40.0
32.6
36.4
38.2
39.6
31.55
14.51
13.33
14.39
18.15
3.2
2.1
.6
.9
1.2
40.3
32.6
36.3
38.2
39.6
29.27
12.93
13.79
16.59
18.91
2.5
5.6
1.3
1.2
1.9
38.6
33.6
36.6
37.6
39.8
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations5 ..............................
12.94
14.25
1.4
1.5
39.2
37.5
12.93
14.10
1.4
1.7
39.2
37.9
16.14
15.52
10.1
1.7
38.9
34.2
10.98
10.32
1.3
1.3
35.6
31.6
10.82
8.85
1.3
1.0
35.4
30.5
13.76
16.19
2.4
1.3
38.7
36.9
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
18.14
9.66
.9
1.0
39.6
20.5
17.41
9.27
.9
1.0
39.7
20.6
21.94
14.68
.9
3.0
38.8
19.1
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
20.65
16.42
.8
1.0
36.9
35.6
18.76
16.06
.9
1.0
37.1
35.4
23.35
19.82
1.4
1.6
36.7
36.7
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
16.89
22.52
1.0
6.5
35.7
38.3
16.00
22.52
1.0
6.5
35.5
38.3
21.54
–
.9
–
36.7
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
17.74
15.88
1.2
1.1
39.5
34.3
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
14.43
16.73
18.80
20.75
23.30
1.2
1.4
2.3
3.5
2.0
34.6
36.3
37.2
36.5
37.4
14.39
16.35
17.86
20.66
24.17
1.2
1.6
2.9
4.9
3.9
34.6
36.4
37.5
36.6
37.2
17.39
19.89
21.93
20.98
22.56
5.3
1.6
2.1
1.8
1.3
36.3
35.6
36.2
36.2
37.5
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
17.56
14.20
.8
2.7
35.7
36.4
16.79
12.91
.8
3.1
35.6
36.3
22.37
18.02
.8
1.9
36.7
36.8
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
18.61
19.79
17.42
16.11
15.97
14.19
15.39
15.67
19.08
2.9
1.8
1.2
4.1
1.9
5.0
1.5
3.6
1.8
34.4
34.8
35.7
35.3
36.4
37.1
36.6
35.5
35.8
17.73
18.93
16.64
15.31
15.38
13.67
14.81
14.67
18.01
3.5
1.5
1.3
4.3
2.4
5.3
1.6
2.6
2.4
34.2
34.7
35.6
35.0
36.1
37.1
36.3
35.2
35.9
24.55
24.69
22.47
20.40
18.84
17.94
18.24
21.50
24.87
2.6
1.9
2.3
3.5
1.2
4.3
1.4
3.2
.8
35.8
35.4
35.9
37.2
38.0
37.2
38.2
37.1
35.6
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December
2001 and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those
whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages
are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as nine census divisions. See appendix E for a list of survey areas and States
making up the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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TABLE 1-2. State and local government: Mean hourly earnings,1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2002
State and local government
Worker and establishment characteristics and
geographic areas
Hourly earnings
Relative
error3
(percent)
$21.54
0.9
24.32
28.77
Local government
Hourly earnings
Weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
36.7
$20.67
2.5
.9
.9
36.5
35.9
22.88
26.88
29.27
12.93
13.79
16.59
18.91
2.5
5.6
1.3
1.2
1.9
38.6
33.6
36.6
37.6
39.8
16.14
15.52
10.1
1.7
13.76
16.19
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Hourly earnings
Weekly
hours
Weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
38.7
$21.89
0.8
36.0
2.5
2.6
38.6
38.3
24.95
29.49
.9
.8
35.6
35.1
26.98
13.68
13.72
15.69
16.52
5.0
5.7
3.1
1.9
2.2
39.2
37.2
38.6
39.2
39.8
30.90
12.52
13.82
16.81
19.89
1.6
7.9
1.0
1.4
2.2
38.2
31.9
35.7
37.2
39.8
38.9
34.2
14.50
16.27
7.9
3.9
38.4
39.1
16.74
15.44
12.5
1.8
39.1
33.8
2.4
1.3
38.7
36.9
12.77
15.42
6.1
2.5
37.4
39.0
13.96
16.47
2.7
1.6
39.0
36.2
21.94
14.68
.9
3.0
38.8
19.1
20.69
19.54
2.5
11.3
39.6
19.6
22.46
14.02
.8
3.0
38.4
19.1
23.35
19.82
1.4
1.6
36.7
36.7
20.17
21.00
3.0
4.0
38.4
38.9
24.34
19.24
1.2
1.0
36.2
35.7
17.39
19.89
21.93
20.98
22.56
5.3
1.6
2.1
1.8
1.3
36.3
35.6
36.2
36.2
37.5
20.17
17.05
18.80
17.67
21.78
21.8
4.4
4.2
4.8
2.1
38.6
37.9
38.7
38.9
38.8
16.97
20.23
22.47
21.97
23.12
4.3
1.6
2.2
1.7
1.4
35.9
35.4
35.8
35.5
36.6
Metropolitan ......................................................
Nonmetropolitan ...............................................
22.37
18.02
.8
1.9
36.7
36.8
21.25
18.08
2.2
5.5
38.6
39.1
22.83
18.00
.8
1.7
36.0
35.9
New England ....................................................
Middle Atlantic ..................................................
East North Central ............................................
West North Central ...........................................
South Atlantic ...................................................
East South Central ...........................................
West South Central ..........................................
Mountain ...........................................................
Pacific ...............................................................
24.55
24.69
22.47
20.40
18.84
17.94
18.24
21.50
24.87
2.6
1.9
2.3
3.5
1.2
4.3
1.4
3.2
.8
35.8
35.4
35.9
37.2
38.0
37.2
38.2
37.1
35.6
24.08
22.97
22.93
20.53
18.02
17.60
17.27
23.47
22.17
3.6
3.2
6.7
6.5
3.1
2.0
2.8
6.1
1.5
37.1
38.4
38.3
39.3
39.8
38.5
39.1
38.7
37.2
24.83
25.20
22.31
20.30
19.27
18.04
18.52
20.69
25.76
2.7
1.8
2.4
2.3
1.3
5.5
1.8
3.3
.9
35.0
34.6
35.2
35.8
37.1
36.8
38.0
36.4
35.1
Total .....................................................................
Mean
State government
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .................................
Professional specialty and technical .............
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ..................................................
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support ..................................
Blue-collar occupations5 ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
Service occupations5 ........................................
Establishment characteristics:
1 to 99 workers6 ...............................................
100 to 499 workers ...........................................
500 to 999 workers ...........................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers .....................................
2,500 workers or more ......................................
Geographic areas:7
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
4 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.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State
and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
7 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as well
as nine census divisions. See appendix E for a list of survey areas and States making
up the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Chapter 2. Worker characteristics
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averaged $14.51 per hour, and service worker earnings
averaged $10.32 per hour.
hapter 2 presents earnings data for occupational
groups as well as selected occupations. Tables 2-1, 22, and 2-3 compare full- and part-time earnings for the Nation, as well as for private industry and State and local government. Table 2-4 provides earnings data for the work
levels of selected occupations.1 This chapter also provides
data by bargaining status (union versus nonunion) and time
and incentive pay status.
The National Compensation Survey (NCS) classifies
workers into one of 480 occupations based on duties and
responsibilities. These occupations are then aggregated
into 11 major occupational groups (MOGs) and then into
three broad occupational categories: White-collar, bluecollar, and service. Only nine MOGs are used in the NCS.2
White-collar occupations are classified into the following MOGs:
•
•
•
•
White-collar occupations. Average hourly earnings varied
considerably among white-collar workers, ranging from
$13.41 for administrative support occupations to $31.16 for
executive, administrative, and managerial occupations.
Some of the most highly paid individual occupations
were in the professional specialty and technical group. For
example, airplane pilots and navigators had average hourly
earnings of $104.72 and physicians had average hourly
earnings of $51.66. On the other hand, dancers averaged
$6.28 an hour, substitute teachers averaged $12.06 an hour,
and health records technologists and technicians averaged
$13.17 an hour.
Highly compensated individual occupations within the
executive, administrative and managerial category were
managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations, averaging $42.70 an hour, and financial managers, averaging
$36.34 per hour. Individual occupations also included legislators, averaging $14.68 an hour, and managers of food
service and lodging establishments, averaging $18.66 an
hour.
Average hourly earnings in sales occupations were
$14.50, ranging from $8.00 for news vendors to $43.42 for
securities and financial services sales workers. Average
hourly earnings were low for cashiers ($8.19) and for sales
workers, shoes ($8.64). Higher earnings were reported for
sales engineers, averaging $37.71 an hour, and for sales
representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale, averaging $24.08 an hour.
Administrative support, including clerical, occupations
had average hourly earnings of $13.41. Earnings were low
for occupations such as hotel clerks and messengers, with
average hourly earnings of $8.71 and $9.25, respectively.
Higher earnings were reported for chief communications
operators, averaging $20.59 an hour, and the four supervisory administrative support positions ranging from $17.86
through $19.76 an hour. Many of the occupations in this
group had average hourly earnings between $10 and $15.
Professional specialty and technical occupations
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations
Sales occupations
Administrative support, including clerical
occupations
Blue-collar occupations are classified into the following
MOGs:
•
•
•
•
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers
Service occupations are grouped into one MOG that includes the following occupational groups:
•
•
•
•
•
Protective service occupations
Food service occupations
Health service occupations
Cleaning and building service occupations
Personal service occupations
Earnings by occupational group and detailed
occupation
White-collar earnings averaged $21.09 per hour, while average hourly earnings for white-collar excluding sales3 occupations were $22.50. Earnings for blue-collar workers
Blue-collar occupations. Earnings averaged $14.51 an
hour, with variations among the four major occupational
groups.
Workers in precision production, craft, and repair occupations had average hourly earnings of $18.20. Among
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$13.04 per hour, compared with $8.83 per hour for parttime workers. Full-time workers in the precision production, craft, and repair group had average hourly earnings of
$18.26, compared with $12.62 for part-time workers.
In service occupations, average hourly earnings were
$11.36 for full-time and $7.20 for part-time workers. In the
protective service group, average hourly earnings were
$17.45 for full-time workers and $9.52 for part-time workers. Among full-time workers in health service occupations, average hourly earnings were $10.72, compared with
$9.59 for part-time workers.
individual occupations, average hourly earnings ranged
from $10.76 for bakers to $35.81 for elevator installers and
repairers. Many of the occupations in this occupational
group had average hourly earnings of $15 or more.
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors had
average hourly earnings of $12.94, ranging from $8.49 for
laundering and drycleaning machine operators to $18.97
for separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators.
These workers, such as distillers, centrifuge operators, or
maple syrup makers, tend machines that filter materials.
Most of the occupations in this group had average hourly
earnings of less than $15.
Average hourly earnings in transportation and material
moving occupations were $14.25, with a wide range from
$8.26 for parking lot attendants to $34.89 for railroad conductors and yardmasters. However, only a few of the occupations in this group had average hourly earnings of less
than $10 or more than $20.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers had
average hourly earnings of $10.98. Earnings ranged from
an average of $8.23 per hour for nursery workers to $18.31
for supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers,
n.e.c. Many occupations had average hourly earnings of
less than $12.
Earnings by work level
A factor evaluation is conducted on all occupations selected during the collection process to determine the work
level; this evaluation involves the analysis of 10 leveling
factors. This occupational leveling process ranks and
compares all occupations that are randomly selected in an
establishment, using the same criteria throughout. When an
occupation is leveled, it is slotted into one of the 15 work
levels that follow the Federal Government’s white-collar
General Schedule. (For a more detailed discussion of occupational leveling, see appendixes A, C, and D.)
Within the overall white-collar occupational group,
earnings data are presented for all 15 work levels, with average hourly earnings ranging from $7.54 for level 1 workers to $68.80 for level 15. Lower level file clerks, general
office clerks, and messengers are examples of occupations
included in work level 1, while work levels 14 and 15 include such occupations as high level professional engineers
and lawyers.
Among professional occupations, workers with a bachelor’s degree but little professional experience usually fill
entry-level positions (level 5). Fully qualified workers,
those who can perform complex tasks with few guidelines
and minimal supervision, are generally classified at level
11. Table 2-4 shows, for example, that entry-level (level 5)
electrical and electronic engineers averaged $23.37 per
hour, while their fully qualified (level 11) counterparts averaged $36.59.
Within the overall blue-collar group, earnings data are
presented for 10 work levels, with average hourly earnings
ranging from $8.51 for level 1 workers, to $31.72 for level
10.
In the precision production, craft, and repair major occupational group, bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics performing at the journey level (level 7) averaged
$19.85 per hour. Semiskilled workers who operate and
control machines commonly fill jobs at levels 2, 3, 4, and
5. In the transportation and material moving group, truck
drivers are often found at levels 4 and 5, with average
hourly earnings of $14.61 and $17.71, respectively.
Workers in the handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers group perform unskilled duties, primarily
manual, that may be learned in a short period and that involve little or no independent judgement. These workers
Service occupations. Average hourly earnings for service
workers were $10.32. Except for the protective service
group, with average hourly earnings of $16.83, the remaining occupational groups had average hourly earnings of
less than $11. Average hourly earnings were $7.41 for
food service occupations, $10.54 for health service occupations, $10.23 for cleaning and building service occupations,
and $10.28 for personal service occupations.
Earnings by employment status
In the NCS, workers are classified as full-time or part-time
according to the practices of surveyed establishments.
Part-time employees are usually scheduled for fewer hours
than are full-time employees in the same work activity.
Average hourly earnings for full-time workers were $18.14,
and the mean weekly hours were 39.6. Part-time workers
had average hourly earnings of $9.66 and mean weekly
hours of 20.5.
In white-collar occupations, average hourly earnings
were $22.11 for full-time and $12.00 for part-time workers.
Earnings differences varied among major occupational
groups. For example, full-time sales workers had average
hourly earnings of $16.89, compared with $7.67 for parttime sales workers. In administrative support occupations,
full-time workers averaged $13.69 per hour, compared with
$10.74 for part-time workers.
Among blue-collar occupations, average hourly earnings were $14.85 for full-time workers and $8.94 for parttime workers. Earnings differences also varied among major occupational groups. In the machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors group, full-time workers averaged
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are concentrated in the three lowest work levels, with average hourly earnings from $8.59 (level 1) to $12.66 (level
3).
In the overall service group, earnings data are shown for
11 work levels, with average hourly earnings ranging from
$7.14 for level 1 workers to $34.39 for level 11. Except
for the protective service group, most workers were concentrated in work levels 1 through 4. In the food service
group, for example, average hourly earnings for waiters and
waitresses4 were $3.98 at level 2, compared with $9.82 at
level 5. In the cleaning and building service group, average
hourly earnings for maids and housemen ranged from $7.88
(level 1) to $14.52 (level 4).
in which nonunion earnings averaged $31.48 per hour, and
union earnings averaged $26.73. The second was sales
workers, among whom nonunion workers had average
hourly earnings of $14.58, compared with $12.78 for their
union counterparts.
Earnings of time and incentive workers in private
industry
Time workers, whose earnings are based solely on an
hourly rate or a salary, averaged $16.00 per hour. Incentive workers, whose earnings are based partially or entirely
on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions,
and production bonuses, had average hourly earnings of
$22.52. (See table 2-6.) Among white-collar occupations,
time workers averaged $19.79 per hour, compared with
$27.47 for incentive workers. Among sales workers, average hourly earnings for time workers were $11.81, compared with $23.35 for incentive workers. In contrast, time
and incentive workers in administrative support occupations had similar earnings of $13.32 and $14.35 per hour,
respectively. In blue-collar occupations, time workers
earned $14.27 per hour, compared with $16.14 for incentive workers. Average hourly earnings for handlers,
equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers were $10.75 for
time workers, compared with $12.89 for incentive workers.
Average hourly earnings in service occupations were $8.74
for time workers and $13.37 for incentive workers.
Earnings by bargaining status
Average hourly earnings among union workers were
$20.65, compared with $16.42 for their nonunion counterpart. (See table 2-5.) Unionized workers in blue-collar occupations averaged $18.88 per hour, compared with $12.95
for nonunion workers. Among service occupations, union
workers had average hourly earnings of $16.22, compared
with $8.98 for nonunion workers. Unionized workers in
white-collar occupations earned $24.93 per hour, compared
with $20.53 for their nonunion counterparts. In two whitecollar major occupational groups, average hourly earnings
were higher for nonunion than for union workers. The first
was executive, administrative, and managerial occupations,
3
A separate category was created for white-collar occupations excluding
sales, because of the volatility of incentive earnings in sales occupations.
4
Excluded from earnings are premium pay, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips.
1
See appendixes A, C, and D for more information on techniques used to
derive the level of work.
2
Excluded from the NCS are MOGs I and J, which include agricultural
occupations and the Federal government work force.
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TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$17.18
17.45
0.8
.9
35.8
36.1
$18.14
18.25
0.9
.9
39.6
39.5
$9.66
10.18
1.0
1.2
20.5
20.4
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
21.09
22.50
.9
.8
36.1
36.9
22.11
23.00
.8
.8
39.5
39.4
12.00
15.57
1.2
1.6
20.4
19.8
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Petroleum engineers ..........................................
Chemical engineers ...........................................
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .....................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Actuaries ............................................................
Statisticians ........................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Physicists and astronomers ...............................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Atmospheric and space scientists .....................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Agricultural and food scientists ..........................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Forestry and conservation scientists .................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Dentists ..............................................................
Optometrists ......................................................
Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ...............
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Earth, environmental, and marine science
teachers ...........................................................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Physics teachers ................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ........................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Economics teachers ..........................................
History teachers .................................................
Political science teachers ..................................
Sociology teachers ............................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
27.18
29.34
32.73
26.64
36.85
29.41
38.30
37.59
36.16
29.45
34.97
29.23
29.76
34.60
30.16
32.62
32.86
1.3
1.5
1.5
7.6
6.3
6.7
6.2
3.0
3.2
3.0
2.7
1.8
3.2
3.1
7.6
2.8
2.8
36.1
36.2
40.4
40.2
39.7
40.6
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.3
40.9
40.7
40.3
40.1
41.0
39.7
39.7
27.57
29.68
32.73
26.63
36.61
29.41
38.30
37.59
36.16
29.42
35.01
29.26
29.84
34.57
30.16
32.70
32.94
1.3
1.6
1.5
7.7
6.3
6.7
6.2
3.0
3.2
3.0
2.7
1.8
3.2
3.1
7.6
2.9
2.8
38.9
38.9
40.6
40.3
40.2
40.6
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.5
40.9
40.9
40.7
40.3
41.0
40.1
40.1
21.79
24.19
33.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.06
24.95
2.3
2.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
19.9
18.2
17.6
21.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.5
20.1
30.98
33.13
25.64
28.42
32.17
30.68
24.06
31.52
29.93
23.58
28.07
20.59
25.44
28.15
51.66
35.51
46.54
21.56
24.57
37.01
19.59
20.28
24.53
27.05
28.51
19.57
31.50
39.97
5.4
7.6
7.1
4.4
11.5
4.0
19.2
10.4
6.5
5.7
15.4
8.7
4.6
2.8
10.2
18.6
9.1
11.3
1.1
1.4
3.2
1.9
3.5
2.6
3.3
13.1
5.1
2.7
39.8
40.4
40.1
39.8
40.0
39.4
40.9
40.3
40.5
40.0
39.0
40.3
39.9
34.4
39.5
30.4
32.0
30.6
33.6
33.6
36.9
35.8
33.5
32.9
34.1
36.8
39.5
34.9
31.02
33.13
25.64
28.45
32.17
30.72
24.06
31.52
29.93
23.58
28.16
20.59
25.42
28.19
50.69
33.34
51.88
–
24.23
37.09
19.27
20.20
23.75
26.05
28.48
17.90
31.59
40.47
5.4
7.6
7.1
4.4
11.5
4.0
19.2
10.4
6.5
5.7
15.6
8.7
4.6
3.4
11.0
21.3
10.9
–
1.3
1.6
3.4
2.0
3.7
2.7
3.8
11.2
4.9
2.7
39.9
40.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.9
40.3
40.5
40.0
39.5
40.3
40.2
39.4
42.2
41.8
39.0
–
38.9
39.7
39.8
38.6
39.0
39.6
38.2
39.6
39.9
39.2
–
–
–
23.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.93
80.69
40.06
–
–
26.08
36.32
23.40
21.06
28.66
30.84
28.71
34.37
–
31.01
–
–
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
17.5
5.6
–
–
1.5
3.5
5.5
3.6
3.7
3.5
3.6
25.1
–
4.6
–
–
–
19.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.3
13.5
19.4
–
–
21.0
15.0
19.6
21.1
19.2
20.0
19.0
22.8
–
11.8
44.54
41.14
38.82
49.88
35.32
36.77
61.72
36.43
35.94
32.41
39.97
54.11
10.8
9.9
9.1
9.7
14.0
11.5
18.7
11.8
10.6
10.2
7.6
8.3
37.4
38.1
40.6
39.0
36.7
35.4
43.1
38.9
38.1
39.2
37.0
35.8
44.57
41.45
38.87
49.88
37.48
37.21
61.73
36.10
36.00
32.39
39.23
53.83
11.0
10.0
9.2
9.7
12.5
11.9
18.7
12.4
10.7
10.3
8.1
9.1
39.2
40.0
41.1
39.0
39.6
39.4
43.2
41.3
39.6
39.9
39.1
41.5
–
30.40
–
–
–
24.09
–
–
–
–
62.02
57.04
–
29.0
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
17.9
9.6
–
14.5
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
14.3
14.7
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$39.06
36.10
48.27
40.95
42.51
39.78
32.85
37.92
39.33
42.88
31.90
50.92
24.10
41.30
29.61
38.44
28.94
17.33
30.75
31.01
31.63
27.94
12.06
27.01
25.08
26.17
19.88
27.41
27.83
28.38
22.34
25.85
17.12
17.21
14.85
17.37
19.25
44.30
44.02
50.44
6.8
13.5
7.4
8.3
11.1
20.0
6.2
13.5
10.5
8.7
20.7
10.8
10.2
13.9
7.3
4.5
1.2
7.1
1.4
1.9
3.6
3.7
4.5
5.4
2.3
3.6
11.1
4.2
3.4
5.6
15.9
5.3
5.5
6.0
9.0
11.4
6.6
4.8
5.1
7.9
35.3
31.6
39.8
36.9
36.0
36.6
34.1
25.3
36.1
33.9
35.9
28.7
27.2
38.3
35.4
32.2
34.3
34.8
35.9
36.7
35.3
29.5
15.0
36.6
37.1
37.0
37.7
36.7
40.9
34.5
36.8
35.6
37.6
37.8
32.4
42.6
37.8
39.6
39.7
36.3
$39.68
38.48
48.46
41.22
42.58
39.78
32.92
40.06
39.76
43.50
31.58
51.71
–
41.48
29.53
39.21
29.48
18.03
30.84
30.99
31.86
28.66
11.89
27.19
25.25
26.35
20.01
27.60
27.83
28.85
22.33
25.92
17.23
17.22
16.85
17.40
19.26
44.42
44.11
51.67
6.7
14.3
7.5
8.5
11.3
20.0
6.5
14.3
10.3
8.7
22.3
11.2
–
14.3
7.6
4.7
1.2
7.4
1.4
1.8
3.6
3.7
9.6
5.7
2.4
3.7
11.6
4.4
3.4
6.0
15.9
5.4
5.9
6.2
5.3
11.8
6.7
5.0
5.2
7.3
38.7
38.0
44.6
38.5
38.5
36.6
38.8
38.5
37.8
37.7
40.9
37.0
–
39.7
38.7
38.3
36.7
38.0
36.4
37.0
35.8
36.5
33.5
37.6
38.2
38.0
38.9
39.2
40.9
38.2
38.6
39.4
39.2
39.1
39.0
45.0
39.8
40.8
40.9
39.6
$26.24
29.10
–
27.04
37.96
–
31.79
24.60
19.56
29.75
36.27
–
–
–
31.95
29.07
17.82
12.91
24.24
34.02
–
21.51
12.10
20.83
19.73
20.56
16.22
23.33
–
23.40
–
–
14.83
16.93
8.73
–
–
35.77
37.09
–
16.6
6.2
–
10.9
8.8
–
8.2
27.9
17.1
8.6
11.4
–
–
–
16.4
6.8
4.9
8.9
6.8
11.8
–
10.8
5.3
7.6
5.7
5.2
21.0
13.4
–
13.6
–
–
9.0
3.9
30.4
–
–
15.5
18.5
–
12.7
21.1
–
11.6
7.1
–
11.4
8.1
12.0
10.8
13.4
–
–
–
10.7
11.0
14.6
22.8
16.9
16.6
–
10.8
13.5
19.1
20.1
20.2
20.0
15.6
–
16.8
–
–
20.2
20.0
21.3
–
–
12.7
12.4
–
23.47
26.13
22.02
31.65
25.45
3.6
8.2
6.0
30.4
9.7
34.3
39.6
36.9
14.5
33.3
24.27
26.35
22.85
32.57
27.33
3.5
8.3
5.4
42.4
10.2
39.3
40.4
39.8
31.4
40.6
14.37
–
11.07
29.62
13.93
8.6
–
18.1
18.4
20.3
14.0
–
18.8
6.6
15.9
19.41
16.59
6.28
14.74
22.38
25.53
22.49
26.00
30.06
19.89
8.2
12.6
33.8
8.0
5.6
9.7
38.5
28.9
6.3
1.5
38.7
36.8
18.2
33.3
39.1
39.0
23.8
23.3
37.7
35.9
19.69
16.48
–
14.95
22.43
25.55
27.57
31.10
30.18
20.26
8.2
11.7
–
9.4
5.7
9.7
48.4
23.9
6.5
1.5
39.4
39.8
–
39.6
39.5
39.0
36.7
37.8
39.5
39.0
–
17.73
5.41
13.91
17.71
–
12.12
11.96
26.38
16.09
–
36.1
34.6
11.9
31.7
–
22.8
16.7
13.3
3.9
–
21.0
17.1
20.8
18.2
–
13.9
11.4
15.3
19.7
17.35
2.6
36.6
17.24
2.7
38.8
18.75
4.9
21.7
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Agriculture and forestry teachers .......................
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Physical education teachers ..............................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
Law teachers .....................................................
Social work teachers ..........................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Clergy ................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ....................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Judges ...............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Photographers ...................................................
Dancers .............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Announcers ........................................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$28.65
13.17
22.29
15.65
15.01
19.42
22.04
22.40
21.10
19.05
16.29
16.23
20.34
20.42
104.72
17.08
24.84
20.78
17.86
19.51
4.8
14.5
3.4
1.4
2.8
5.8
4.0
4.1
3.0
3.2
6.1
5.0
6.8
8.2
8.5
9.7
4.8
5.7
5.3
4.1
23.0
37.4
35.1
34.6
33.0
39.3
40.2
40.2
39.0
40.1
40.6
33.1
39.8
39.3
21.6
35.0
39.1
40.0
37.5
38.6
$29.81
13.09
22.22
15.53
15.66
19.44
22.04
22.44
21.35
19.03
16.29
16.89
20.36
20.39
111.53
19.63
24.88
20.78
17.99
19.89
4.9
15.6
4.0
1.5
2.2
5.7
4.0
4.1
3.1
3.3
6.1
4.7
6.8
8.3
6.7
11.1
4.8
5.7
5.1
4.1
36.4
39.8
39.5
39.0
39.5
39.9
40.2
40.3
39.8
40.3
40.6
39.5
39.8
39.5
22.3
39.8
39.9
40.0
38.6
39.8
$26.30
14.19
22.78
16.35
12.04
17.77
–
–
17.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.99
21.74
–
–
12.45
6.1
14.0
4.4
2.4
6.0
20.6
–
–
18.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
13.5
–
–
20.9
13.2
22.1
19.1
21.3
18.7
18.2
–
–
31.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.6
15.4
–
–
24.2
31.16
34.75
14.68
2.6
3.2
19.2
40.0
40.4
14.3
31.27
34.85
14.47
2.6
3.1
27.7
40.5
40.8
37.9
21.38
22.83
14.95
10.0
17.2
27.5
18.3
18.1
7.9
44.88
7.5
42.2
45.26
7.5
42.7
–
–
–
30.41
36.34
32.35
32.13
3.2
8.8
10.4
4.4
39.5
40.4
41.2
40.5
30.40
36.38
32.35
32.13
3.3
8.8
10.4
4.4
39.6
40.7
41.2
40.5
33.97
–
–
–
22.1
–
–
–
12.5
–
–
–
42.70
35.21
33.79
10.0
4.3
4.3
40.9
39.1
39.7
42.72
35.30
33.82
10.0
4.4
4.4
40.9
39.6
39.9
–
28.60
31.04
–
14.4
15.5
–
20.3
27.9
18.66
20.94
22.95
28.08
36.60
24.90
23.35
23.97
31.50
28.06
3.9
9.8
14.5
8.6
5.1
1.8
2.6
7.0
6.1
4.8
42.0
37.6
47.1
40.0
41.1
39.2
38.8
37.7
39.6
39.8
18.91
22.07
22.95
28.11
36.60
24.98
23.34
23.97
31.73
28.07
3.8
8.3
14.5
8.6
5.1
1.8
2.5
7.0
6.0
4.8
43.2
39.5
47.1
40.6
41.2
39.9
39.8
37.7
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
25.90
–
20.08
23.60
–
16.93
–
–
–
–
24.8
–
9.1
14.1
–
33.4
–
–
–
–
22.3
–
18.5
21.6
–
27.5
–
23.15
25.84
3.4
20.4
38.8
39.6
23.25
25.84
3.4
20.4
41.0
39.6
16.38
–
18.0
–
8.5
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Dental hygienists ...............................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Industrial engineering technicians .....................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Chief executives and general administrators,
public administration ........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Funeral directors ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
23.27
23.93
23.25
8.8
6.0
4.1
39.3
39.7
39.2
23.36
23.94
23.35
8.7
6.0
4.1
39.8
40.1
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.98
23.88
2.8
1.8
39.4
39.2
22.02
23.96
2.9
1.8
39.8
39.6
–
17.49
–
12.0
–
21.5
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
14.50
19.16
21.46
2.1
4.7
8.6
32.6
40.9
39.9
16.89
19.27
21.58
2.1
4.7
8.5
40.3
41.4
40.3
7.67
7.97
–
1.2
7.0
–
21.1
20.2
–
See footnotes at end of table.
9
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.13
43.42
20.90
20.99
37.71
8.8
11.8
8.7
9.9
19.9
38.2
39.6
36.7
36.8
42.8
$19.42
43.52
21.63
22.38
37.71
8.6
11.8
8.2
9.3
19.9
39.2
39.8
38.7
40.9
42.8
–
–
–
$9.00
–
–
–
–
17.4
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
24.08
18.95
9.05
8.64
11.21
19.71
13.82
13.79
11.73
8.93
8.19
14.87
8.00
23.26
13.98
5.2
4.8
3.5
4.9
10.2
32.5
5.5
4.4
5.9
8.9
1.4
31.1
8.6
28.5
7.7
40.1
45.4
25.1
23.3
26.8
33.6
37.5
38.5
29.9
29.5
28.8
26.3
20.7
26.7
34.6
24.14
18.94
10.57
10.17
15.29
–
14.42
14.15
13.87
10.34
8.87
18.14
–
–
15.46
5.2
4.8
4.1
9.0
8.4
–
6.5
4.8
6.0
9.6
2.0
29.0
–
–
9.4
40.6
45.6
37.8
39.8
41.5
–
41.1
40.7
39.6
39.4
39.1
39.9
–
–
40.2
–
–
7.83
7.87
7.82
9.00
10.16
8.20
7.59
6.75
7.41
–
7.97
8.65
8.70
–
–
3.9
6.7
5.7
3.5
2.6
4.5
1.2
4.1
1.3
–
8.6
8.9
5.1
–
–
19.7
19.2
20.7
23.4
24.6
20.7
20.3
21.2
22.1
–
20.6
13.4
23.0
13.41
17.86
19.12
19.72
20.59
.5
3.1
9.5
2.4
6.5
36.4
38.9
40.0
38.9
40.0
13.69
17.94
19.12
19.72
20.59
.5
3.1
9.5
2.4
6.5
39.2
39.5
40.0
38.9
40.0
10.74
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
21.3
–
–
–
–
19.76
15.90
14.06
14.77
16.68
14.07
11.25
8.71
13.74
10.62
12.16
10.63
13.02
13.20
4.4
2.7
9.8
1.2
4.9
1.7
4.4
2.4
5.3
2.1
2.8
15.1
2.0
1.9
39.9
38.7
39.2
37.5
33.5
36.4
30.9
35.9
35.9
33.6
37.0
38.2
39.0
37.4
19.98
15.95
14.06
14.85
16.96
14.20
11.97
8.83
13.67
11.01
12.42
–
13.05
13.54
4.3
2.7
9.9
1.2
5.1
1.7
3.6
2.6
5.8
1.9
2.8
–
2.1
1.8
40.4
39.3
39.4
38.9
39.0
38.1
39.7
39.6
39.4
39.3
39.6
–
40.0
39.6
–
11.36
–
13.37
15.51
11.83
9.05
7.99
14.13
8.81
10.27
–
–
9.63
–
9.2
–
4.0
13.8
4.6
4.9
4.0
8.3
2.8
4.7
–
–
5.3
–
16.8
–
22.5
21.0
21.0
18.3
23.1
23.5
20.1
25.0
–
–
23.5
14.75
11.69
9.92
12.95
13.62
15.17
12.11
14.76
3.4
2.8
2.2
2.2
1.5
2.6
3.5
23.1
39.1
29.7
32.9
38.3
37.0
35.1
37.1
40.2
14.75
12.31
10.09
13.02
13.82
15.35
12.13
14.76
3.4
3.7
2.7
2.2
1.6
2.6
3.7
23.1
39.7
38.2
39.6
39.4
39.4
39.6
39.7
40.2
14.54
10.15
9.11
11.81
11.21
12.76
11.61
–
8.9
3.3
6.5
6.0
4.5
13.6
4.5
–
23.8
19.2
18.1
25.1
21.6
13.7
17.0
–
11.95
11.27
4.7
6.4
33.3
38.3
13.18
11.37
5.7
6.9
38.6
39.5
9.05
9.80
4.8
11.4
25.2
26.0
11.32
10.24
12.57
10.94
11.32
9.25
6.5
5.4
4.2
12.7
5.8
6.8
38.0
38.6
34.6
31.2
35.0
29.8
11.41
10.30
13.17
11.55
11.79
10.01
6.8
5.4
4.0
13.3
6.3
11.3
39.6
39.9
39.0
39.6
39.1
39.5
–
–
9.45
8.44
8.60
7.51
–
–
3.4
19.8
4.2
5.8
–
–
21.8
16.6
21.6
19.0
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales engineers .................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..............
News vendors ....................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .....
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Chief communications operators .......................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Peripheral equipment operators ........................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Classified ad clerks ............................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
10
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.36
17.17
12.72
12.40
16.27
14.97
14.74
3.8
3.3
2.9
1.9
4.5
7.5
3.6
39.1
39.0
38.4
37.0
38.9
38.2
37.7
$15.49
17.27
12.77
12.64
16.34
15.06
15.16
4.0
3.2
3.0
2.2
4.6
7.8
3.3
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.1
39.7
$11.60
9.75
–
9.83
13.80
–
8.07
11.2
21.3
–
4.2
9.7
–
8.2
22.9
14.6
–
21.2
19.0
–
21.3
13.31
9.1
38.7
13.37
9.5
39.7
11.66
19.5
23.0
18.96
14.74
14.90
13.32
12.52
10.00
14.20
12.06
13.49
10.94
13.60
8.4
2.2
3.2
3.8
1.1
1.3
15.4
2.1
4.3
1.3
1.4
38.0
38.5
38.8
37.4
35.9
33.7
36.9
36.4
38.9
31.2
35.2
19.17
14.81
14.97
13.46
12.81
10.16
14.44
12.18
13.52
10.38
13.99
8.3
2.3
3.2
3.9
1.1
1.5
16.8
2.4
4.4
1.6
1.4
38.8
39.7
38.9
39.5
39.2
39.2
39.8
39.5
39.7
35.7
39.2
13.43
13.04
–
11.73
10.14
9.34
–
11.37
11.75
12.72
10.62
3.6
6.6
–
10.8
2.9
1.9
–
6.8
9.9
2.3
4.4
24.1
23.0
–
22.9
21.2
21.7
–
25.0
21.2
22.3
19.8
Blue collar ........................................................................
14.51
.9
38.2
14.85
.9
40.0
8.94
1.7
21.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Small engine repairers .......................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Farm equipment mechanics ..............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
Household appliance and power tool repairers
Telephone line installers and repairers ..............
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Camera, watch, and musical instrument
repairers ...........................................................
Locksmiths and safe repairers ...........................
Office machine repairers ....................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Elevator installers and repairers ........................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and
tilesetters .........................................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ....
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and
plasterers .........................................................
18.20
22.74
17.27
12.08
16.47
25.18
13.57
17.49
25.00
18.85
14.26
19.22
14.89
1.1
3.1
3.8
5.7
3.3
5.3
4.4
9.4
6.7
4.6
6.7
2.2
6.3
39.6
40.9
40.1
40.5
39.6
40.0
39.9
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.9
39.8
37.6
18.26
22.73
17.32
12.08
16.60
25.18
13.60
17.63
25.00
18.85
14.30
19.20
15.54
1.1
3.1
3.8
5.7
3.3
5.3
4.4
9.4
6.7
4.6
6.6
2.2
5.1
40.0
41.0
40.3
40.5
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.9
41.0
39.8
39.5
12.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.51
15.52
15.18
23.36
22.76
4.1
15.8
7.1
3.8
2.4
38.7
39.7
38.9
40.0
40.0
19.67
15.61
15.18
23.36
22.76
4.1
16.1
7.2
3.8
2.4
39.9
39.8
39.3
40.0
40.0
15.07
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
–
–
–
20.4
–
–
–
–
16.46
3.0
39.6
16.34
3.0
39.8
–
–
–
14.85
14.64
14.55
20.83
35.81
21.77
15.81
24.0
10.5
8.6
4.9
9.6
5.5
2.9
40.0
41.1
39.9
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.0
14.85
14.64
14.55
21.00
35.81
21.75
15.88
24.0
10.5
8.6
5.0
9.6
5.6
2.9
40.0
41.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.4
20.99
24.84
17.5
5.9
40.0
39.9
20.99
24.93
17.5
5.9
40.0
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.72
5.0
40.0
26.72
5.0
40.0
–
–
–
19.93
13.0
40.9
19.93
13.0
40.9
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Proofreaders ......................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.23
21.15
19.92
22.47
19.05
18.30
17.40
20.74
22.33
14.83
24.30
13.65
15.06
21.27
18.29
18.35
16.92
14.40
4.7
3.6
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.3
13.6
10.2
3.6
4.0
3.8
6.5
12.6
3.8
12.6
9.5
5.5
5.9
40.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.8
$25.23
21.15
19.92
22.47
19.18
18.27
17.40
20.75
22.33
14.84
24.30
13.66
15.06
21.28
18.29
18.35
16.92
14.40
4.7
3.6
7.5
14.2
13.0
3.3
13.6
10.2
3.6
4.0
3.8
6.6
12.6
3.9
12.6
9.5
5.5
5.9
40.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.6
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
$21.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.97
14.68
20.54
17.62
15.76
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.67
21.85
13.43
19.22
18.52
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.87
12.61
13.85
15.84
17.56
16.52
18.1
10.3
14.6
5.5
4.1
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
4.8
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.2
6.8
10.2
13.7
5.3
6.8
41.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
41.4
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.4
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
39.1
39.2
40.0
28.5
40.0
40.0
39.6
15.97
14.68
20.54
17.62
15.75
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.67
21.85
13.43
19.22
18.54
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.92
12.61
14.72
15.84
17.56
16.55
18.1
10.3
14.6
5.5
4.1
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
4.9
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.1
6.8
9.9
13.7
5.3
6.9
41.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.5
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
39.1
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
16.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.90
16.81
12.46
15.07
12.94
11.40
10.76
11.69
17.90
4.1
14.7
3.9
8.7
10.2
3.9
5.2
10.7
2.8
39.5
38.1
39.1
39.7
39.9
37.5
35.3
39.8
40.3
14.90
17.17
12.35
15.09
12.94
11.37
11.50
11.69
17.91
4.1
14.7
4.0
8.7
10.2
4.0
3.3
10.8
2.8
39.5
39.8
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.6
40.2
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
12.21
8.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.9
25.2
–
–
21.85
14.71
7.3
7.3
40.0
36.8
21.85
14.71
7.3
7.3
40.0
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Brickmasons and stonemasons .........................
Tile setters, hard and soft ..................................
Carpet installers .................................................
Carpenters .........................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Drywall installers ................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plasterers ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .........................
Glaziers ..............................................................
Insulation workers ..............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..........................................................
Roofers ..............................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..................................
Structural metal workers ....................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, extractive ......................................
Drillers, oil well ...................................................
Mining machine operators .................................
Mining, n.e.c. .....................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ........................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
Machinists ..........................................................
Machinist apprentices ........................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ...........
Layout workers ..................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .................
Engravers, metal ................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ........................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..............
Furniture and wood finishers .............................
Tailors ................................................................
Upholsterers ......................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .....
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ......
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .......................................................
Bookbinders .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Precision food production ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related
workers, n.e.c. .................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
12
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.25
25.62
21.91
3.4
2.9
4.5
39.9
40.0
39.8
$17.26
25.62
21.91
3.4
2.9
4.5
40.0
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.39
3.2
39.5
22.39
3.2
39.5
–
–
–
12.94
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
13.04
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$8.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.08
13.75
14.63
14.38
12.32
13.68
15.71
3.6
7.4
4.5
4.3
3.5
7.0
7.5
38.9
39.8
39.7
39.1
39.6
39.5
40.0
13.21
13.75
14.64
14.63
12.40
13.76
15.71
3.5
7.4
4.5
3.9
3.5
6.9
7.5
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
7.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.4
–
–
11.78
11.98
12.68
10.86
15.85
16.83
14.05
12.94
6.2
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.4
4.4
10.3
9.9
38.2
39.8
40.0
38.2
39.2
39.4
32.9
39.8
11.78
11.99
12.68
10.86
15.86
16.83
15.20
12.95
6.3
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.5
4.4
8.4
9.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.2
39.5
39.4
39.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
14.95
–
9.14
–
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
17.9
–
–
–
–
–
19.2
–
19.7
–
12.36
9.98
8.93
9.08
8.49
11.91
12.40
12.78
14.87
8.7
6.8
6.3
4.0
4.1
8.3
4.2
6.1
4.6
39.9
39.2
38.9
39.3
38.0
40.0
39.2
39.4
39.8
12.36
9.98
8.91
9.08
8.55
11.91
12.53
12.78
14.87
8.7
6.8
6.4
4.0
4.3
8.3
3.9
6.1
4.6
39.9
39.2
39.5
39.4
39.3
40.0
39.9
39.4
39.9
–
–
–
–
7.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.9
–
–
–
–
18.97
3.6
39.8
18.97
3.6
39.8
–
–
–
11.39
15.10
11.42
2.7
6.0
9.4
40.4
40.0
39.7
11.39
15.10
11.41
2.7
6.0
9.5
40.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.22
13.07
13.72
12.95
13.12
12.24
10.93
13.47
15.51
10.35
12.83
9.86
10.91
11.32
10.2
7.7
6.3
4.6
4.6
25.2
5.2
2.7
2.5
9.8
3.3
12.6
7.4
6.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.1
39.5
28.4
32.3
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.6
40.0
39.1
13.22
13.07
13.71
12.95
13.16
–
11.91
13.53
15.52
10.35
13.01
9.89
10.91
11.33
10.2
7.7
6.3
4.6
4.6
–
4.6
2.7
2.5
9.8
3.2
12.7
7.4
6.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.1
39.9
–
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
18.08
7.74
9.23
–
–
8.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.3
2.5
2.9
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.2
20.0
24.9
–
–
24.5
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .....
Lathe and turning machine operators ................
Milling and planing machine operators ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Rolling machine operators .................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Forging machine operators ................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Metal plating machine operators ........................
Heat treating equipment operators ....................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ..........................................................
Sawing machine operators ................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators ...........
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..............
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
Winding and twisting machine operators ...........
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ..........................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ......................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Pressing machine operators ..............................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Cementing and gluing machine operators .........
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Compressing and compacting machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine
operators ..........................................................
Folding machine operators ................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Motion picture projectionists ..............................
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .............
See footnotes at end of table.
13
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.50
11.12
13.18
13.26
10.71
9.89
10.49
27.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
9.3
7.4
10.2
30.1
39.1
39.6
39.9
30.9
38.5
39.8
$17.89
11.18
13.20
13.26
11.63
9.98
10.49
25.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
6.5
7.6
10.2
37.6
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.8
–
–
$9.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.2
–
–
–
–
14.25
18.48
14.20
12.77
14.23
8.31
8.26
8.52
34.89
32.98
24.58
19.18
12.96
13.49
19.53
19.65
13.03
16.98
15.82
14.89
13.56
1.5
5.0
2.1
5.9
2.3
6.5
7.4
7.6
4.7
10.3
7.4
9.4
5.8
2.7
5.9
6.0
12.7
5.1
6.2
4.4
2.5
37.5
42.3
40.2
35.5
27.9
30.3
32.4
29.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
45.4
39.9
40.0
40.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
14.69
18.55
14.35
14.03
15.25
8.41
8.71
10.24
34.89
32.99
24.58
19.30
12.40
13.49
19.53
19.65
13.03
16.98
15.82
14.89
13.63
1.6
5.1
2.2
5.6
2.5
7.5
8.3
9.0
4.7
10.3
7.4
9.5
6.0
2.7
5.9
6.0
12.7
5.1
6.2
4.4
2.5
40.7
42.4
41.7
40.8
36.6
39.5
39.9
38.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
45.6
46.3
40.0
40.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
9.75
–
9.93
8.11
12.57
7.82
6.88
5.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.60
4.0
–
6.7
11.1
2.2
3.7
6.3
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
20.8
–
20.2
24.1
20.2
13.5
20.5
22.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.6
15.61
4.2
37.3
15.92
4.3
39.8
11.75
8.7
20.4
10.98
8.23
18.17
11.16
10.48
9.55
1.3
9.2
6.7
2.9
9.3
16.9
35.6
37.6
40.0
37.2
32.6
38.6
11.45
9.24
18.19
11.48
11.00
10.06
1.4
7.0
6.7
3.2
9.8
16.6
39.7
40.0
40.1
39.7
39.2
40.0
8.20
6.18
–
8.73
7.70
–
1.7
11.6
–
5.4
14.1
–
21.9
33.5
–
25.0
17.1
–
18.31
11.61
11.26
11.11
13.00
10.01
14.54
16.95
9.56
10.48
12.10
9.87
9.88
9.31
10.62
5.9
4.5
3.1
18.2
4.2
3.5
8.7
19.8
1.9
3.0
4.9
6.6
2.8
3.7
2.4
39.3
38.6
39.4
40.0
38.8
39.1
40.6
36.2
29.5
39.1
34.9
37.3
37.1
36.9
36.9
18.36
11.80
11.28
11.11
12.94
10.04
14.58
17.88
10.96
10.51
12.47
9.97
10.10
9.47
10.96
6.0
4.8
3.2
18.2
4.0
3.6
8.7
19.0
1.9
3.1
5.2
7.0
3.0
4.2
2.5
39.7
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.9
40.0
39.6
39.8
39.8
39.5
39.5
39.7
39.7
–
7.54
9.22
–
14.44
8.86
–
–
7.31
9.21
10.16
8.70
7.03
7.94
8.33
–
5.0
13.9
–
14.6
3.0
–
–
2.0
12.1
3.1
11.2
4.0
4.6
3.2
–
24.5
16.7
–
26.0
21.7
–
–
20.9
22.6
21.2
22.7
21.0
22.6
24.9
10.32
16.83
24.50
1.3
2.3
4.7
31.6
37.0
49.0
11.36
17.45
24.50
1.7
2.1
4.7
38.9
40.6
49.0
7.20
9.52
–
1.2
2.9
–
20.2
18.1
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Hand engraving and printing ..............................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Production samplers and weighers ....................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ......................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...............
Locomotive operating ........................................
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .............................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Hoist and winch operators .................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Nursery workers .................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Helpers, extractive .............................................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stevedores .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Crossing guards .................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Pest control ........................................................
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Guides ...............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$28.77
19.78
20.41
17.91
22.64
2.9
5.7
8.8
2.6
1.0
40.2
38.4
39.0
44.2
39.4
$28.77
20.07
20.44
18.22
22.71
2.9
5.5
8.8
2.1
1.0
40.2
39.2
42.0
48.0
39.9
–
–
–
$7.27
13.88
–
–
–
7.7
8.9
–
–
–
11.9
14.8
18.58
16.43
9.60
10.24
11.72
7.41
4.88
6.75
4.21
6.01
8.45
12.61
9.10
7.75
7.48
10.54
14.47
11.49
9.80
10.23
1.9
5.1
4.9
2.9
6.5
1.1
2.7
3.8
3.3
3.2
1.2
2.6
1.5
2.0
1.1
1.8
7.0
3.7
1.3
2.0
38.2
39.7
17.9
33.3
25.8
28.4
26.5
27.3
26.5
25.9
29.2
38.9
33.6
28.6
25.6
34.1
35.5
34.2
34.0
34.7
18.63
16.47
–
10.40
13.39
8.25
5.13
6.95
4.37
6.38
9.35
13.10
9.49
8.29
8.15
10.72
14.42
11.79
9.89
10.64
2.0
5.1
–
3.1
7.9
1.5
3.1
5.1
4.2
4.9
1.5
2.6
1.4
3.0
1.5
1.9
7.3
3.5
1.4
1.9
39.8
39.9
–
39.2
39.1
38.2
37.1
37.6
36.8
37.9
38.7
41.7
38.4
38.8
37.9
38.7
36.8
39.4
38.7
39.4
16.99
–
9.26
9.47
8.65
6.19
4.60
6.46
4.05
5.58
7.00
8.36
7.54
7.09
6.90
9.59
15.21
9.63
9.37
7.89
12.9
–
3.7
3.8
8.1
1.1
3.2
5.4
3.5
3.5
.8
3.2
2.3
2.7
1.1
2.3
7.1
8.4
2.2
3.1
16.3
–
17.7
19.3
15.9
20.7
20.1
19.6
20.5
18.7
20.9
24.7
22.5
21.7
20.0
20.7
22.3
18.6
21.3
20.8
14.73
8.21
10.38
12.70
10.28
15.16
13.12
4.0
1.6
2.1
6.2
3.7
4.1
7.3
39.6
34.6
34.2
39.0
29.2
39.4
26.1
14.78
8.20
10.93
12.58
10.95
15.34
13.79
4.0
1.8
1.6
6.0
5.3
3.9
8.3
40.0
38.5
39.6
39.8
37.1
40.3
37.7
–
8.26
7.76
–
8.49
8.77
11.98
–
4.6
3.4
–
4.1
11.0
11.3
–
20.7
20.9
–
18.7
21.4
17.1
7.06
12.05
8.33
30.95
7.21
9.10
8.32
9.27
10.36
4.6
12.7
3.5
2.5
6.1
5.3
3.8
4.1
3.0
31.8
31.5
23.2
19.5
36.8
28.4
30.4
28.7
29.7
7.08
12.69
–
31.53
7.07
10.48
8.48
9.64
11.12
5.3
13.1
–
2.5
6.9
3.7
4.7
5.1
3.3
39.6
37.8
–
20.0
39.1
38.9
37.7
39.0
38.4
6.99
9.67
7.68
23.07
8.74
7.20
7.81
8.37
8.36
4.5
10.9
5.8
26.2
9.7
6.1
3.9
3.2
3.2
19.5
19.4
18.5
14.2
22.8
20.8
18.7
17.4
18.5
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December 2001 and
January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$16.40
16.63
0.9
.9
35.6
36.0
$17.41
17.46
0.9
1.0
39.7
39.7
$9.27
9.72
1.0
1.3
20.6
20.5
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
20.34
21.94
1.1
1.1
36.0
37.1
21.47
22.48
1.1
1.1
39.8
39.7
11.42
15.09
1.1
1.7
20.6
20.1
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Petroleum engineers ..........................................
Chemical engineers ...........................................
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .....................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Actuaries ............................................................
Statisticians ........................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Atmospheric and space scientists .....................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Agricultural and food scientists ..........................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Dentists ..............................................................
Optometrists ......................................................
Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ...............
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Physics teachers ................................................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Economics teachers ..........................................
History teachers .................................................
Political science teachers ..................................
Sociology teachers ............................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
26.44
28.94
33.09
26.14
36.85
30.09
38.30
37.60
36.83
29.20
35.28
29.33
29.85
35.13
30.34
33.17
33.48
1.8
2.3
1.5
8.8
6.3
8.4
6.2
3.0
2.8
4.1
2.3
1.8
3.3
3.3
7.7
2.8
2.8
36.2
36.5
40.5
40.4
39.7
40.9
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.8
40.9
40.7
40.6
40.1
41.1
39.7
39.7
26.87
29.34
33.08
26.13
36.61
30.09
38.30
37.60
36.83
29.17
35.32
29.36
29.90
35.11
30.34
33.26
33.57
1.9
2.5
1.5
8.8
6.3
8.4
6.2
3.0
2.8
4.2
2.3
1.8
3.3
3.3
7.7
2.9
2.8
39.5
39.7
40.7
40.5
40.2
40.9
40.0
40.3
40.0
41.0
41.0
41.0
40.8
40.3
41.1
40.1
40.2
21.37
24.03
34.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.78
24.62
2.7
2.8
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.2
22.0
18.5
18.1
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.0
19.5
31.05
33.13
25.91
31.10
30.88
23.70
32.99
32.36
24.76
33.88
27.09
28.53
57.41
35.74
46.54
21.56
24.54
37.48
19.81
20.22
24.07
26.59
24.14
19.22
31.64
42.17
44.25
51.77
51.97
41.81
48.68
29.69
36.06
34.17
40.83
56.73
37.37
27.41
53.36
48.63
46.30
5.4
7.6
8.3
3.5
4.4
20.1
12.5
6.2
14.2
10.0
5.7
3.3
8.0
5.9
9.1
11.3
1.3
1.3
4.2
2.1
4.2
2.9
3.5
17.2
4.9
4.5
15.9
10.4
7.7
10.9
10.7
11.8
16.7
15.7
8.5
7.4
7.6
9.6
6.7
10.2
9.3
39.8
40.4
40.2
40.0
39.3
40.4
40.4
40.8
40.0
39.0
40.1
33.9
38.5
30.4
32.0
30.6
33.1
33.2
36.8
35.7
33.2
32.5
31.2
36.6
39.6
33.7
40.4
38.4
39.1
31.4
34.3
38.1
37.6
40.7
34.8
30.9
37.2
28.3
39.4
37.5
34.1
31.08
33.13
25.91
31.13
30.92
23.70
32.99
32.37
24.76
34.02
27.06
28.72
57.06
–
51.88
–
24.15
37.63
19.43
20.13
23.04
25.45
22.61
17.18
31.64
42.84
44.40
51.81
51.97
43.31
48.79
29.77
36.32
34.17
38.93
55.52
37.76
27.37
54.04
49.50
46.57
5.4
7.6
8.3
3.5
4.4
20.1
12.5
6.2
14.2
10.0
5.7
3.9
8.4
–
10.9
–
1.7
1.4
4.4
2.3
4.1
2.6
2.9
13.7
4.9
4.7
15.9
10.4
7.7
10.6
10.7
11.9
16.6
15.7
9.1
10.9
7.7
9.3
6.5
10.3
9.3
39.9
40.4
40.2
40.2
39.5
40.4
40.4
40.9
40.0
39.5
40.4
39.3
41.2
–
39.0
–
38.9
39.7
39.9
38.6
39.3
39.8
39.7
39.7
40.0
38.7
40.7
38.8
39.1
38.5
34.3
42.0
40.0
40.7
38.2
39.0
39.2
38.5
41.7
40.8
37.6
–
–
–
25.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.54
69.85
–
–
–
26.10
36.37
23.96
20.96
29.16
31.68
28.90
37.59
–
30.09
–
–
–
23.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.28
27.97
–
23.31
31.83
–
–
–
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
4.5
–
–
–
1.6
3.5
6.0
3.4
3.7
4.3
3.7
26.6
–
12.5
–
–
–
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
20.6
–
7.4
10.6
–
–
–
19.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.0
11.7
–
–
–
20.8
14.9
20.1
21.0
18.8
17.8
18.6
21.5
–
10.1
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
5.6
–
11.2
5.9
See footnotes at end of table.
16
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.46
29.73
41.22
35.17
40.77
51.39
21.73
48.03
16.16
42.36
17.50
11.37
20.20
28.36
22.59
18.64
9.55
16.09
23.24
24.89
19.96
26.51
27.92
24.73
24.68
15.58
15.61
12.65
17.37
19.25
47.87
47.87
5.4
8.8
19.1
6.5
8.4
12.8
8.3
21.7
5.5
15.9
3.4
3.9
5.4
5.8
6.1
4.4
8.2
5.0
6.2
6.6
13.7
4.2
3.5
7.9
18.8
6.7
7.4
18.4
11.4
6.6
6.4
6.4
32.4
23.8
33.8
33.7
35.3
28.3
31.7
38.1
41.2
29.3
31.8
35.0
36.0
35.3
35.1
23.3
13.5
36.9
37.1
36.9
37.7
36.5
40.9
31.9
35.0
37.2
37.2
34.3
42.6
37.8
41.5
41.5
$32.63
32.50
42.29
35.77
41.72
52.32
–
48.18
15.83
44.29
17.82
11.44
20.07
27.84
23.03
18.91
–
16.07
23.47
25.11
20.16
26.87
27.92
25.37
24.67
15.66
15.57
15.18
17.40
19.26
47.84
47.84
5.9
8.6
18.6
6.7
7.9
13.3
–
21.7
5.1
16.2
3.5
4.1
5.3
4.4
6.3
4.1
–
5.1
6.5
6.7
14.5
4.4
3.5
8.7
18.9
7.2
7.7
9.1
11.8
6.7
6.4
6.4
38.9
38.9
36.6
38.3
37.9
37.8
–
38.2
42.2
37.4
38.2
38.6
37.2
38.0
38.0
38.6
–
39.0
38.4
38.1
38.9
40.0
40.9
39.0
37.9
39.3
39.2
38.7
45.0
39.8
41.9
41.9
$30.79
–
18.34
22.85
–
–
–
–
–
22.22
15.23
11.08
23.47
–
–
17.46
9.55
16.88
15.99
17.12
14.16
21.25
–
21.24
–
14.42
16.37
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
17.5
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
8.3
7.6
9.8
–
–
12.2
8.2
16.3
11.3
11.0
21.5
15.2
–
15.2
–
11.6
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
12.1
–
12.9
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
14.4
24.5
20.6
–
–
8.5
13.5
14.5
18.3
17.4
20.0
15.8
–
16.1
–
20.8
19.4
–
–
–
–
–
22.95
26.13
22.05
31.87
25.45
3.4
8.2
6.1
31.3
9.7
34.2
39.6
36.9
14.4
33.3
23.74
26.35
22.88
32.75
27.33
3.7
8.3
5.5
43.3
10.2
39.3
40.4
39.8
31.3
40.6
13.89
–
11.08
29.88
13.93
9.1
–
18.4
18.7
20.3
13.8
–
18.8
6.5
15.9
19.36
16.47
6.28
13.83
22.46
25.53
22.49
18.26
30.78
20.28
8.5
13.5
33.8
7.6
5.7
12.0
38.5
11.7
7.0
1.9
38.7
36.5
18.2
34.6
39.1
38.9
23.8
20.2
38.3
35.7
19.65
16.33
–
14.52
22.50
25.54
27.57
21.86
30.96
20.72
8.5
12.5
–
9.2
5.8
12.0
48.4
6.5
7.0
1.9
39.4
39.8
–
40.0
39.5
38.9
36.7
36.3
39.5
38.9
–
17.73
5.41
8.68
17.69
–
12.12
11.70
–
15.92
–
36.1
34.6
19.4
32.4
–
22.8
17.3
–
4.4
–
21.0
17.1
17.2
18.1
–
13.9
11.2
–
19.4
17.36
29.08
12.99
22.40
15.79
14.89
19.47
22.23
22.64
3.1
4.7
15.7
3.6
1.4
3.4
5.5
3.9
4.0
36.4
22.6
37.6
35.3
34.2
32.2
39.3
40.2
40.2
17.23
30.54
13.00
22.49
15.68
15.63
19.49
22.23
22.68
3.2
4.8
16.8
4.0
1.5
2.6
5.5
3.9
4.0
38.7
36.1
39.8
39.5
38.9
39.4
39.9
40.2
40.3
18.78
26.30
12.87
21.71
16.29
11.94
17.99
–
–
5.4
6.1
9.1
3.7
2.8
6.5
20.6
–
–
21.5
13.2
21.8
19.3
21.4
18.6
18.2
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Physical education teachers ..............................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
Law teachers .....................................................
Social work teachers ..........................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Clergy ................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ....................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Photographers ...................................................
Dancers .............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Announcers ........................................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Dental hygienists ...............................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Industrial engineering technicians .....................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
17
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.75
18.96
15.83
16.63
20.35
21.01
105.97
15.87
25.08
20.78
18.00
19.76
4.3
3.4
7.5
5.4
7.0
8.1
8.5
9.7
5.3
5.7
5.8
4.7
39.2
40.1
40.9
33.1
39.8
39.8
21.4
34.5
39.1
40.0
37.2
38.8
$22.29
18.95
15.83
17.24
20.35
20.97
112.98
18.61
25.13
20.78
18.10
20.12
4.4
3.4
7.5
5.3
7.0
8.2
6.6
12.1
5.3
5.7
5.6
4.9
40.0
40.3
40.9
39.5
39.8
39.9
22.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
38.5
40.0
$14.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.97
21.74
–
–
12.33
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.6
13.5
–
–
27.3
30.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.8
15.4
–
–
24.8
31.55
34.90
3.2
3.8
40.3
40.8
31.67
35.00
3.1
3.8
40.8
41.1
21.32
22.62
11.7
20.9
19.6
21.0
47.91
35.98
31.77
32.18
20.3
9.2
11.2
4.1
39.0
40.5
41.4
40.6
47.91
36.02
31.77
32.18
20.3
9.2
11.2
4.1
39.0
40.8
41.4
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.74
26.25
33.64
10.0
7.9
4.1
40.9
39.5
39.9
42.76
26.39
33.68
10.0
8.1
4.1
40.9
40.7
40.1
–
–
31.04
–
–
15.5
–
–
27.9
18.53
20.65
22.95
28.25
36.86
25.53
23.77
23.97
31.94
29.53
4.3
10.5
14.5
9.2
5.2
2.2
3.1
7.0
6.4
4.1
42.2
37.5
47.1
40.1
41.1
39.3
38.8
37.7
39.7
40.1
18.81
21.84
22.95
28.28
36.86
25.63
23.77
23.97
32.20
29.54
4.1
9.0
14.5
9.2
5.2
2.2
2.9
7.0
6.3
4.1
43.6
39.6
47.1
40.7
41.3
40.1
39.9
37.7
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
26.28
–
20.24
23.70
–
16.92
–
–
–
–
25.1
–
10.5
14.6
–
34.1
–
–
–
–
22.2
–
18.5
22.0
–
27.6
–
23.30
27.51
4.0
20.9
38.8
39.5
23.41
27.51
4.1
20.9
41.5
39.5
16.38
–
20.8
–
8.1
–
23.30
25.28
23.04
8.9
4.4
10.9
39.3
39.7
39.6
23.39
25.30
23.45
8.8
4.4
10.6
39.8
40.1
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.33
23.96
6.6
2.3
41.3
39.4
24.36
24.03
6.7
2.3
41.3
39.8
–
18.22
–
13.1
–
21.5
14.51
19.16
21.45
19.00
43.42
20.90
20.99
37.71
2.1
4.7
8.6
9.3
11.8
8.7
9.9
19.9
32.6
41.0
39.9
38.2
39.6
36.7
36.8
42.8
16.91
19.28
21.58
19.29
43.52
21.63
22.38
37.71
2.1
4.7
8.5
9.1
11.8
8.2
9.3
19.9
40.3
41.4
40.3
39.3
39.8
38.7
40.9
42.8
7.66
7.94
–
–
–
–
9.00
–
1.2
7.1
–
–
–
–
17.4
–
21.1
20.2
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
24.08
18.95
9.05
8.64
11.21
5.2
4.8
3.5
4.9
10.2
40.1
45.4
25.1
23.3
26.8
24.14
18.94
10.57
10.17
15.29
5.2
4.8
4.1
9.0
8.4
40.6
45.6
37.8
39.8
41.5
–
–
7.83
7.87
7.82
–
–
3.9
6.7
5.7
–
–
19.7
19.2
20.7
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Funeral directors ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales engineers .................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
See footnotes at end of table.
18
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.71
13.82
13.79
11.73
8.92
8.14
14.87
8.00
23.28
13.98
32.5
5.5
4.4
5.9
8.9
1.4
31.1
8.6
28.4
7.7
33.6
37.5
38.5
29.9
29.5
28.8
26.3
20.7
26.7
34.6
–
$14.42
14.15
13.88
10.34
8.80
18.14
–
–
15.45
–
6.5
4.8
6.0
9.6
2.0
29.0
–
–
9.4
–
41.1
40.7
39.6
39.4
39.2
39.9
–
–
40.2
$9.00
10.16
8.20
7.59
6.75
7.39
–
7.97
8.65
8.70
3.5
2.6
4.5
1.2
4.1
1.3
–
8.6
8.9
5.1
23.4
24.6
20.7
20.3
21.2
22.1
–
20.6
13.4
23.0
13.33
17.81
18.09
19.70
21.85
.6
3.4
13.7
2.5
11.7
36.3
38.8
40.3
39.0
40.0
13.64
17.91
18.09
19.70
21.85
.6
3.5
13.7
2.5
11.7
39.4
39.6
40.3
39.0
40.0
10.55
–
–
–
–
1.5
–
–
–
–
21.3
–
–
–
–
19.82
16.14
14.02
14.84
15.60
14.13
11.18
8.71
13.60
10.61
11.99
10.63
13.11
13.18
5.2
2.5
11.7
1.4
7.3
4.1
4.8
2.4
5.4
2.1
3.0
15.1
2.2
1.9
40.0
38.6
39.4
37.2
32.4
36.5
30.1
35.9
35.9
33.5
37.0
38.2
39.0
37.4
20.11
16.21
14.02
14.93
15.74
14.36
12.02
8.83
13.50
11.01
12.26
–
13.14
13.52
5.1
2.4
11.8
1.4
7.6
4.4
4.0
2.6
5.9
2.0
3.0
–
2.2
1.8
40.6
39.4
39.7
39.0
39.8
38.5
39.7
39.6
39.4
39.3
39.6
–
40.0
39.6
–
11.35
–
13.62
15.20
11.33
8.95
7.99
14.13
8.80
10.10
–
–
9.63
–
9.5
–
4.4
14.5
7.1
5.2
4.0
8.3
2.8
3.3
–
–
5.3
–
16.8
–
22.7
21.1
22.8
18.3
23.1
23.6
20.1
25.2
–
–
23.5
15.03
11.85
9.89
12.88
13.52
14.98
12.07
14.76
3.1
7.4
2.2
2.5
1.6
2.7
3.7
23.1
39.2
29.0
32.7
38.3
36.8
34.7
37.1
40.2
15.04
12.67
10.07
12.92
13.75
15.16
12.09
14.76
3.0
6.3
2.9
2.5
1.7
2.7
3.9
23.1
39.9
38.0
39.6
39.5
39.4
39.6
39.7
40.2
14.54
10.03
9.07
12.10
11.17
12.76
11.68
–
8.9
11.2
6.6
7.1
4.5
13.6
4.7
–
23.8
19.0
18.1
24.6
21.5
13.7
17.2
–
11.96
11.51
4.7
4.0
33.3
37.4
13.20
11.70
5.7
4.3
38.6
39.3
9.05
9.80
4.8
11.4
25.2
26.0
11.32
10.15
12.60
10.38
11.45
8.85
14.97
17.13
12.70
12.32
16.48
14.95
14.63
6.5
5.7
4.4
14.3
6.0
4.9
3.2
3.3
2.9
2.1
5.9
7.7
3.4
38.0
39.2
34.5
30.8
34.6
29.4
39.5
39.0
38.4
36.8
38.6
39.9
37.7
11.41
10.18
13.23
11.00
11.98
9.50
15.11
17.23
12.75
12.59
16.56
15.04
15.06
6.8
5.7
4.1
15.7
6.6
8.2
3.2
3.3
3.0
2.4
6.1
7.8
3.2
39.6
39.9
39.0
39.9
39.0
39.9
40.2
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.1
39.7
–
–
9.42
–
8.59
7.52
10.12
9.75
–
9.59
–
–
8.07
–
–
3.7
–
4.2
5.8
5.9
21.3
–
4.0
–
–
8.2
–
–
22.0
–
21.6
19.1
25.7
14.6
–
20.8
–
–
21.3
13.26
9.2
38.6
13.32
9.7
39.7
11.66
19.5
23.0
19.01
8.5
38.0
19.21
8.4
38.8
13.43
3.6
24.1
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..............
News vendors ....................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .....
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Chief communications operators .......................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Peripheral equipment operators ........................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Classified ad clerks ............................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Proofreaders ......................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
$14.67
12.23
13.18
12.32
10.00
12.15
11.99
13.82
9.74
13.45
2.3
2.8
4.0
1.3
1.3
9.4
2.5
5.2
4.1
1.6
38.5
39.2
37.2
35.4
33.7
36.2
35.9
38.8
28.2
34.9
$14.75
12.31
13.32
12.64
10.16
12.07
12.12
13.87
9.73
13.89
2.4
2.8
4.1
1.3
1.5
11.2
2.9
5.4
4.4
1.7
39.7
39.5
39.5
39.3
39.2
39.7
39.5
39.6
36.0
39.3
$13.01
–
11.73
10.17
9.34
–
11.38
11.75
9.75
10.42
6.8
–
10.8
2.9
1.9
–
6.9
9.9
8.4
4.9
22.8
–
22.9
21.2
21.7
–
25.0
21.2
19.0
19.6
Blue collar ........................................................................
14.39
.9
38.2
14.73
.9
40.0
8.74
1.8
21.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Small engine repairers .......................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Farm equipment mechanics ..............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
Household appliance and power tool repairers
Telephone line installers and repairers ..............
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Camera, watch, and musical instrument
repairers ...........................................................
Locksmiths and safe repairers ...........................
Office machine repairers ....................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Elevator installers and repairers ........................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ....
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and
plasterers .........................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Brickmasons and stonemasons .........................
Tile setters, hard and soft ..................................
Carpet installers .................................................
Carpenters .........................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Drywall installers ................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
18.15
22.70
17.02
11.95
16.22
25.19
13.53
17.48
25.00
18.86
14.28
19.18
14.88
1.2
3.4
3.8
5.8
3.8
5.3
4.3
9.4
6.7
5.2
6.8
2.2
6.6
39.6
41.0
40.2
40.5
39.5
40.0
39.9
39.8
40.0
39.6
41.0
39.8
37.5
18.21
22.69
17.07
11.95
16.36
25.19
13.55
17.62
25.00
18.86
14.31
19.17
15.55
1.2
3.4
3.9
5.8
3.8
5.3
4.3
9.4
6.7
5.2
6.7
2.2
5.3
40.0
41.1
40.3
40.5
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.9
41.0
39.8
39.6
12.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.47
15.40
15.18
23.49
22.74
4.2
16.6
7.1
3.7
2.6
38.6
39.7
38.9
40.0
40.0
19.63
15.50
15.18
23.49
22.74
4.2
16.9
7.2
3.7
2.6
39.9
39.7
39.3
40.0
40.0
15.07
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
–
–
–
20.4
–
–
–
–
16.39
3.8
39.5
16.25
3.7
39.8
–
–
–
14.85
13.77
14.54
20.94
36.02
21.77
15.78
24.99
24.0
9.1
8.6
6.3
9.6
5.5
3.3
5.9
40.0
41.3
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
39.9
14.85
13.77
14.54
20.94
36.02
21.75
15.85
25.07
24.0
9.1
8.6
6.3
9.6
5.6
3.3
5.9
40.0
41.3
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.3
–
27.12
5.1
40.0
27.12
5.1
40.0
–
–
–
19.86
13.3
40.9
19.86
13.3
40.9
–
–
–
24.75
21.19
19.94
22.47
19.05
18.24
17.40
20.74
22.53
14.77
24.41
13.29
6.6
4.3
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.5
13.6
10.2
4.0
4.1
4.5
6.0
41.1
40.3
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.9
40.0
39.7
24.75
21.19
19.94
22.47
19.18
18.20
17.40
20.75
22.53
14.78
24.41
13.30
6.6
4.3
7.5
14.2
13.0
3.5
13.6
10.2
4.0
4.1
4.5
6.0
41.1
40.3
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
21.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.45
18.31
18.56
15.82
14.38
4.2
12.8
9.7
6.5
5.9
39.5
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.8
$21.46
18.31
18.56
15.82
14.38
4.2
12.8
9.7
6.5
5.9
39.6
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.34
14.68
20.54
17.27
16.00
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.67
21.87
13.43
19.22
18.48
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.82
12.61
13.85
15.84
17.56
16.53
20.4
10.3
14.6
5.8
5.4
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
4.9
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.3
6.8
10.2
13.7
5.3
6.8
42.1
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
41.4
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.4
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
39.1
39.2
40.0
28.5
40.0
40.0
39.6
16.34
14.68
20.54
17.27
16.00
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.66
21.87
13.43
19.22
18.50
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.87
12.61
14.72
15.84
17.56
16.56
20.4
10.3
14.6
5.8
5.4
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
5.0
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.2
6.8
9.9
13.7
5.3
6.9
42.1
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.5
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
39.1
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
$16.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.71
16.81
12.46
15.06
12.94
11.40
10.73
11.69
17.74
4.3
14.7
3.9
8.7
10.2
3.9
5.5
10.7
3.0
39.5
38.1
39.1
39.7
39.9
37.5
35.0
39.8
40.3
14.71
17.17
12.35
15.08
12.94
11.37
11.52
11.69
17.74
4.3
14.7
4.0
8.7
10.2
4.0
3.5
10.8
3.0
39.5
39.8
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.5
40.2
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
12.21
8.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.9
25.2
–
–
21.85
14.71
14.61
25.74
21.73
7.3
7.3
14.0
3.5
5.3
40.0
36.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
21.85
14.71
14.61
25.74
21.73
7.3
7.3
14.0
3.5
5.3
40.0
36.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.52
3.2
39.5
22.52
3.2
39.5
–
–
–
12.93
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
13.03
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
11.82
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
11.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
8.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .........................
Glaziers ..............................................................
Insulation workers ..............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..........................................................
Roofers ..............................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..................................
Structural metal workers ....................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, extractive ......................................
Drillers, oil well ...................................................
Mining machine operators .................................
Mining, n.e.c. .....................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ........................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
Machinists ..........................................................
Machinist apprentices ........................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ...........
Layout workers ..................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .................
Engravers, metal ................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ........................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..............
Furniture and wood finishers .............................
Tailors ................................................................
Upholsterers ......................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .....
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ......
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .......................................................
Bookbinders .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Precision food production ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related
workers, n.e.c. .................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .....
Lathe and turning machine operators ................
Milling and planing machine operators ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Rolling machine operators .................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
21
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.08
13.75
14.63
14.38
12.32
13.68
15.71
3.6
7.4
4.5
4.3
3.5
7.0
7.5
38.9
39.8
39.7
39.1
39.6
39.5
40.0
$13.21
13.75
14.64
14.63
12.40
13.76
15.71
3.5
7.4
4.5
3.9
3.5
6.9
7.5
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
$7.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.4
–
–
11.78
11.98
12.68
10.86
15.87
16.83
13.38
12.94
6.2
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.5
4.4
10.0
9.9
38.2
39.8
40.0
38.2
39.3
39.4
32.7
39.8
11.78
11.99
12.68
10.86
15.87
16.83
14.45
12.95
6.3
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.5
4.4
7.5
9.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.2
39.5
39.4
39.2
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
12.36
9.98
8.93
9.08
8.40
11.91
12.40
12.78
14.87
8.7
6.8
6.3
4.0
4.4
8.3
4.2
6.1
4.6
39.9
39.2
38.9
39.3
37.9
40.0
39.2
39.4
39.8
12.36
9.98
8.91
9.08
8.46
11.91
12.53
12.78
14.87
8.7
6.8
6.4
4.0
4.6
8.3
3.9
6.1
4.6
39.9
39.2
39.5
39.4
39.3
40.0
39.9
39.4
39.9
–
–
–
–
7.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.1
–
–
–
–
18.99
3.6
39.8
18.99
3.6
39.8
–
–
–
11.39
15.10
11.42
2.7
6.0
9.4
40.4
40.0
39.7
11.39
15.10
11.41
2.7
6.0
9.5
40.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.22
13.07
13.60
12.95
13.12
12.24
10.93
13.46
15.35
10.35
12.83
9.86
10.91
11.34
15.50
11.12
13.18
13.26
10.71
9.89
10.49
10.2
7.7
6.3
4.6
4.6
25.2
5.2
2.7
2.4
9.8
3.3
12.6
7.4
6.3
27.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
9.3
7.4
10.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.1
39.5
28.4
32.3
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.6
40.0
39.1
30.1
39.1
39.6
39.9
30.9
38.5
39.8
13.22
13.07
13.59
12.95
13.16
–
11.92
13.51
15.36
10.35
13.01
9.89
10.91
11.35
17.89
11.18
13.20
13.26
11.63
9.98
10.49
10.2
7.7
6.4
4.6
4.6
–
4.6
2.7
2.4
9.8
3.2
12.7
7.4
6.4
25.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
6.5
7.6
10.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
39.9
–
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.6
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
18.08
7.74
9.23
–
–
8.50
–
–
–
–
–
9.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.3
2.5
2.9
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.2
20.0
24.9
–
–
24.5
–
–
–
–
–
24.2
–
–
–
–
14.10
18.68
14.13
12.76
1.7
4.5
2.2
5.9
37.9
43.3
40.3
35.5
14.55
18.77
14.28
14.02
1.7
4.6
2.3
5.6
41.0
43.4
41.8
40.8
9.04
–
9.92
8.11
4.8
–
6.9
11.1
20.8
–
20.1
24.1
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Forging machine operators ................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Metal plating machine operators ........................
Heat treating equipment operators ....................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ..........................................................
Sawing machine operators ................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators ...........
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..............
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
Winding and twisting machine operators ...........
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ..........................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ......................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Pressing machine operators ..............................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Cementing and gluing machine operators .........
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Compressing and compacting machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine
operators ..........................................................
Folding machine operators ................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Motion picture projectionists ..............................
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .............
Hand engraving and printing ..............................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Production samplers and weighers ....................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ......................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.62
8.31
8.24
7.82
34.99
18.80
12.06
19.57
22.52
13.03
16.89
15.88
16.07
13.58
3.9
6.6
7.5
6.7
4.8
9.5
6.5
5.9
4.1
12.7
5.1
6.6
6.2
2.6
26.7
30.2
32.4
29.0
40.0
45.6
40.4
40.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
$13.27
8.41
8.69
9.27
34.99
18.92
11.30
19.57
22.52
13.03
16.89
15.88
16.07
13.65
5.9
7.6
8.5
7.8
4.8
9.6
7.6
5.9
4.1
12.7
5.1
6.6
6.2
2.6
37.6
39.5
39.9
38.5
40.0
45.9
47.9
40.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
$11.87
7.79
6.87
5.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.60
2.8
3.8
6.4
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
20.0
13.2
20.6
22.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.6
15.61
4.9
37.0
15.97
5.0
39.9
11.77
9.0
20.5
10.82
8.26
17.76
10.25
9.17
9.55
1.3
9.5
8.5
3.4
6.4
16.9
35.4
37.5
40.1
36.6
31.3
38.6
11.28
9.33
17.76
10.55
9.53
10.06
1.4
7.3
8.5
3.5
6.7
16.6
39.7
40.0
40.1
39.7
39.3
40.0
8.18
6.18
–
8.37
7.68
–
1.8
11.6
–
5.5
14.5
–
21.9
33.5
–
24.5
17.0
–
18.32
11.12
11.19
11.11
13.05
10.00
13.42
16.91
9.55
10.49
12.09
9.80
9.85
9.31
10.39
6.9
4.4
3.2
18.2
4.6
3.5
9.3
20.3
1.9
3.0
4.9
6.8
2.9
3.7
2.6
39.2
38.6
39.4
40.0
38.8
39.1
41.2
36.1
29.5
39.1
34.8
37.2
37.1
36.9
36.7
18.37
11.31
11.21
11.11
12.96
10.03
13.44
17.86
10.95
10.53
12.46
9.89
10.07
9.47
10.71
7.0
4.6
3.3
18.2
4.5
3.6
9.2
19.5
1.9
3.1
5.2
7.3
3.1
4.2
2.7
39.6
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.9
41.5
40.0
39.6
39.8
39.8
39.5
39.5
39.7
39.6
–
7.41
9.22
–
14.93
8.73
–
–
7.31
9.21
10.16
8.70
7.04
7.94
8.33
–
5.0
13.9
–
15.1
2.7
–
–
2.0
12.1
3.1
11.2
4.1
4.6
3.3
–
24.7
16.7
–
25.9
22.3
–
–
20.9
22.6
21.2
22.7
21.1
22.6
25.0
8.85
10.51
17.90
13.24
16.08
10.04
8.26
7.26
4.86
6.75
4.20
5.98
8.31
12.55
9.00
7.63
7.27
10.24
14.49
1.0
4.0
6.5
25.1
11.2
3.0
4.3
1.2
2.7
3.8
3.3
3.3
1.2
2.6
1.6
2.0
1.2
2.0
7.1
30.5
32.6
38.5
37.9
29.3
33.2
20.5
28.3
26.5
27.3
26.5
25.9
29.1
39.1
33.6
28.6
25.5
33.8
35.4
9.61
10.82
18.02
–
–
10.18
9.13
8.09
5.11
6.95
4.35
6.32
9.24
13.09
9.41
8.19
7.92
10.40
14.48
1.4
4.3
6.3
–
–
3.2
5.1
1.5
3.1
5.1
4.2
5.0
1.5
2.7
1.5
3.2
1.5
2.2
7.5
38.5
39.3
39.1
–
–
39.3
38.8
38.4
37.1
37.6
36.8
37.9
38.9
42.1
38.6
39.0
38.1
38.6
36.8
7.02
9.12
–
–
–
9.41
7.34
6.08
4.59
6.45
4.05
5.57
6.87
8.13
7.42
6.98
6.73
9.46
14.70
1.3
3.1
–
–
–
3.9
5.4
1.1
3.2
5.4
3.5
3.5
.8
3.0
2.3
2.3
1.2
2.4
6.7
20.3
18.5
–
–
–
19.3
13.7
20.7
20.1
19.6
20.5
18.8
21.0
24.6
22.4
21.8
20.0
20.7
22.5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...............
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Hoist and winch operators .................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Nursery workers .................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Helpers, extractive .............................................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stevedores .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Pest control ........................................................
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Guides ...............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.17
9.43
9.69
4.7
1.4
2.0
33.7
33.6
33.8
$11.47
9.47
10.11
4.4
1.4
2.0
39.4
38.6
39.3
$9.44
9.27
7.79
9.1
2.2
3.2
18.5
21.3
20.9
13.77
8.20
9.81
12.60
10.17
14.93
13.12
5.0
1.7
3.1
6.4
3.8
4.8
7.3
39.6
34.6
32.9
39.0
29.3
39.5
26.1
13.83
8.20
10.44
12.48
10.85
15.10
13.79
5.1
1.8
2.9
6.1
5.5
4.6
8.3
40.0
38.5
39.5
39.8
37.0
40.5
37.7
–
8.17
7.65
–
8.30
8.81
11.98
–
4.7
3.6
–
5.1
12.5
11.3
–
20.7
20.9
–
18.7
21.6
17.1
6.93
12.23
8.33
32.87
7.21
8.78
7.63
8.61
10.22
4.1
12.5
3.5
3.0
6.1
5.3
5.7
3.1
3.3
32.6
32.5
23.7
18.6
36.8
27.5
30.3
29.8
29.9
6.99
12.74
–
33.18
7.07
10.25
7.84
9.00
10.95
4.7
13.1
–
3.1
6.9
4.1
7.1
3.3
3.7
39.6
37.7
–
19.1
39.1
38.8
37.9
39.8
38.5
6.69
10.01
7.68
27.60
8.74
7.15
6.93
7.41
8.30
5.6
12.7
5.9
26.9
9.7
6.1
3.2
2.8
3.5
19.5
20.3
19.0
13.0
22.8
20.8
18.2
17.0
18.8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December 2001 and
January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
24
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$21.54
21.57
0.9
.9
36.7
36.7
$21.94
21.96
0.9
.9
38.8
38.8
$14.68
14.73
3.0
3.0
19.1
19.1
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
24.32
24.37
.9
.9
36.5
36.5
24.63
24.67
1.0
1.0
38.2
38.2
18.00
18.13
4.1
4.1
18.8
18.8
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Agricultural and food scientists ..........................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Forestry and conservation scientists .................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Earth, environmental, and marine science
teachers ...........................................................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ........................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
History teachers .................................................
Political science teachers ..................................
Sociology teachers ............................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Agriculture and forestry teachers .......................
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Physical education teachers ..............................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
28.77
30.02
28.84
29.79
30.00
28.82
21.67
27.18
27.93
25.38
25.46
22.39
29.02
26.48
23.31
22.89
19.73
20.25
22.79
26.30
32.71
24.74
31.72
18.94
20.97
26.88
29.58
32.02
20.68
39.01
.9
.9
2.0
5.8
3.0
2.5
9.0
7.4
4.4
2.5
2.6
5.8
2.7
18.0
7.6
5.8
5.7
10.4
4.9
3.4
15.2
2.6
7.9
3.2
3.2
4.0
7.0
6.1
6.7
3.2
35.9
35.8
39.3
39.2
39.3
40.1
40.0
34.7
39.7
39.5
39.5
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.1
39.8
39.6
37.0
42.8
36.0
39.1
36.9
37.4
35.1
35.5
36.8
37.6
35.4
29.01
30.24
28.88
29.79
30.00
28.82
21.67
–
27.93
25.35
25.43
22.41
29.02
26.48
23.31
22.89
19.79
20.25
22.78
25.76
29.22
24.59
31.67
18.81
20.87
27.14
30.20
32.13
20.19
39.43
.9
.9
2.0
5.8
3.0
2.5
9.0
–
4.4
2.6
2.7
5.9
2.7
18.0
7.6
5.8
5.9
10.4
5.0
3.0
12.8
2.4
8.1
3.4
3.2
4.5
9.3
6.4
6.3
3.1
37.8
37.6
39.4
39.2
39.3
40.1
40.0
–
39.7
39.6
39.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.8
39.8
39.8
45.7
39.0
39.9
39.4
38.7
37.7
38.3
37.3
39.2
39.4
23.43
24.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.94
101.14
25.92
–
–
–
–
28.42
–
–
31.41
5.0
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.5
32.4
5.4
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
4.3
17.2
16.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.0
19.2
22.6
–
–
–
–
31.2
–
–
12.7
42.72
39.45
33.32
34.50
33.66
41.66
35.86
30.28
39.45
52.69
39.76
38.56
45.65
38.11
39.71
39.31
33.19
48.74
37.82
46.83
26.81
36.67
33.63
37.42
31.20
28.48
31.70
31.18
15.3
11.7
4.9
15.5
16.3
10.3
14.0
11.2
11.8
11.5
8.3
14.5
9.1
10.5
15.5
23.8
10.8
19.6
8.6
9.2
29.1
6.5
4.4
3.4
1.1
3.0
1.3
1.8
36.3
36.9
41.6
36.5
38.5
39.6
38.4
37.6
38.5
39.2
34.6
32.7
40.0
36.6
37.6
36.9
35.7
27.6
38.2
34.1
36.2
38.4
34.0
33.1
34.8
34.6
35.9
36.8
42.69
39.79
33.35
36.82
33.70
41.02
35.82
30.25
39.40
53.04
40.51
42.74
45.69
38.22
39.64
39.31
33.15
49.42
37.82
47.45
25.85
36.64
33.75
37.90
31.57
28.67
31.78
31.18
15.9
11.9
4.9
13.9
16.5
11.7
14.1
11.2
12.0
11.9
8.1
12.8
9.1
10.6
15.7
23.8
11.1
21.5
8.6
9.2
30.9
6.6
4.6
3.6
1.1
3.2
1.3
1.8
38.9
39.6
42.1
39.5
40.0
40.8
39.4
39.0
39.7
42.8
38.4
37.8
46.2
37.7
39.3
36.9
38.7
38.0
38.7
37.4
42.8
40.8
37.7
38.6
36.4
37.0
36.3
36.9
–
31.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.45
29.16
–
30.26
44.24
–
34.66
–
–
33.41
41.04
–
30.91
31.23
19.77
25.05
24.49
30.84
–
31.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.8
7.0
–
15.0
9.0
–
11.8
–
–
7.9
10.0
–
17.2
6.6
5.8
12.2
8.3
12.2
–
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
25.0
–
12.0
8.9
–
9.6
–
–
11.6
11.0
–
10.6
11.7
14.7
15.5
15.9
19.3
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.55
31.13
12.16
31.47
26.34
26.79
19.60
28.66
31.45
19.11
25.69
19.23
19.37
17.06
36.76
34.69
50.44
3.3
3.3
4.7
4.4
4.0
4.2
14.2
7.0
6.5
29.2
5.5
2.1
2.2
5.6
6.7
7.6
7.9
35.3
32.5
15.1
36.5
37.1
37.1
37.7
37.1
36.9
39.7
35.5
38.0
38.6
30.7
36.0
35.9
36.3
$33.61
31.58
11.89
31.70
26.48
26.95
19.46
28.57
31.37
19.11
25.76
19.30
19.37
18.13
36.91
34.70
51.67
3.3
3.3
9.6
4.5
4.2
4.4
14.9
7.2
6.7
29.2
5.5
2.1
2.2
5.9
6.9
7.9
7.3
35.4
36.0
33.5
37.1
38.0
38.0
39.0
38.2
37.6
39.7
39.5
39.1
39.1
39.2
38.7
38.5
39.6
$23.73
25.18
12.22
22.90
22.07
21.98
–
33.68
34.74
–
–
16.30
19.27
10.90
33.52
34.52
–
24.6
13.8
5.6
7.9
3.4
3.5
–
16.3
16.7
–
–
7.6
8.0
8.4
18.0
21.5
–
25.0
14.3
13.5
23.0
21.5
21.6
–
14.6
21.0
–
–
18.3
22.5
13.7
13.9
13.8
–
29.28
19.78
20.1
9.7
35.4
38.3
30.19
20.13
20.1
9.4
39.6
39.6
19.38
–
9.2
–
16.7
–
20.50
17.90
19.74
25.56
40.72
26.89
17.40
15.2
3.6
10.4
8.8
15.0
7.4
2.4
38.6
29.6
39.0
39.3
33.1
35.4
37.4
20.50
17.75
19.75
25.59
43.73
26.43
17.40
15.2
7.9
10.5
8.8
10.3
8.1
2.2
38.6
37.3
39.2
39.5
40.0
39.5
39.5
–
18.04
–
–
13.67
–
17.38
–
3.6
–
–
16.0
–
10.0
–
24.8
–
–
12.9
–
22.3
17.31
15.62
21.19
15.03
15.53
18.50
19.21
20.36
18.40
14.55
20.10
17.00
23.59
22.70
17.12
18.45
10.1
12.7
7.2
2.5
3.2
12.7
5.7
4.7
7.1
8.3
5.4
5.2
10.9
5.1
8.4
5.8
38.3
35.8
33.0
36.4
36.9
39.5
38.5
39.1
39.1
33.0
37.7
36.6
37.9
39.6
39.5
37.4
17.25
14.39
19.46
14.84
15.79
18.56
18.55
20.31
18.40
15.39
20.66
17.03
23.78
22.70
17.40
18.85
10.4
12.9
4.7
2.7
3.4
12.8
3.9
5.1
7.1
8.1
4.5
5.3
10.1
5.1
7.4
5.9
39.6
39.9
39.9
39.6
40.0
39.9
39.3
39.8
39.1
39.6
40.0
37.4
38.9
39.6
39.5
39.3
18.43
–
29.61
16.87
12.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.81
4.7
–
14.4
7.8
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
23.3
–
17.9
20.2
20.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
29.27
33.97
14.68
2.5
2.5
19.2
38.6
38.6
14.3
29.34
34.05
14.47
2.5
2.5
27.7
39.3
39.4
37.9
21.73
23.93
14.95
8.2
13.6
27.5
13.0
10.6
7.9
42.21
5.3
39.0
42.79
5.0
39.7
–
–
–
30.04
41.34
38.40
31.74
2.9
17.5
5.9
21.7
39.5
38.9
39.4
39.9
30.03
41.34
38.40
31.74
2.9
17.5
5.9
21.7
39.6
38.9
39.4
39.9
33.97
–
–
–
22.1
–
–
–
12.5
–
–
–
32.91
17.8
40.8
32.91
17.8
40.8
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university
–Continued
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Judges ...............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Designers ...........................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Chief executives and general administrators,
public administration ........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$38.93
34.44
4.3
14.9
39.0
39.0
$38.91
34.44
4.4
14.9
39.2
39.0
$42.89
–
14.5
–
19.2
–
20.20
24.96
25.74
31.27
22.12
21.28
25.59
22.49
10.0
9.1
5.9
7.7
2.0
3.3
7.5
8.5
39.0
39.2
39.1
39.8
38.7
38.8
38.2
38.8
20.09
24.96
25.83
31.29
22.15
21.28
25.62
22.41
10.2
9.1
5.8
7.7
2.1
3.3
7.5
8.7
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.9
39.1
39.2
38.3
39.7
–
–
–
–
18.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
–
–
–
22.44
17.35
23.33
4.3
9.7
3.8
38.7
39.8
39.1
22.48
17.35
23.31
4.3
9.7
3.9
39.0
39.8
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.45
23.51
2.2
3.0
38.3
38.6
20.49
23.63
2.2
3.1
38.8
39.0
–
14.50
–
20.3
–
21.4
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Cashiers .............................................................
12.93
17.15
9.15
11.59
5.6
9.1
10.7
4.6
33.6
39.5
29.9
32.9
13.55
17.18
–
12.07
6.2
9.3
–
5.2
38.0
39.9
–
37.5
9.46
–
–
9.57
6.9
–
–
7.3
20.4
–
–
21.5
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Chief communications operators .......................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
13.79
18.09
20.08
20.13
1.3
2.9
5.6
7.7
36.6
39.4
37.7
40.0
13.92
18.09
20.08
20.13
1.3
2.9
5.6
7.7
38.6
39.4
37.7
40.0
12.01
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
21.7
–
–
–
19.50
15.32
14.55
19.13
14.02
11.79
10.75
15.26
15.21
10.5
8.3
2.9
9.1
1.6
8.6
4.4
5.0
10.9
39.6
39.0
38.2
36.4
36.3
38.2
34.5
36.4
39.8
19.50
15.33
14.62
19.09
14.07
11.70
10.89
15.29
15.23
10.5
8.3
3.0
9.4
1.7
9.1
5.1
5.4
11.0
39.6
39.1
38.9
37.5
37.8
39.8
39.5
39.0
40.0
–
–
11.24
–
12.65
–
9.59
14.93
–
–
–
3.7
–
3.4
–
6.8
12.1
–
–
–
21.5
–
18.5
–
17.4
21.2
–
13.76
11.64
10.48
13.25
14.41
16.84
12.90
10.89
12.26
13.70
9.78
13.45
15.81
21.24
14.46
13.18
15.76
9.2
3.3
6.3
3.8
2.3
4.5
8.1
13.7
5.7
8.1
13.3
17.6
6.9
18.0
7.7
4.4
6.6
39.1
29.9
36.8
37.9
38.6
39.0
36.5
39.9
36.1
32.9
39.3
35.1
38.7
39.6
38.6
38.7
39.6
13.76
12.22
10.46
13.42
14.44
16.84
13.05
10.89
12.39
–
9.78
13.69
15.92
21.24
14.46
13.13
15.80
9.2
4.3
6.9
4.0
2.3
4.5
8.3
13.7
6.3
–
13.4
17.1
7.2
18.0
7.7
4.6
6.7
39.1
38.3
39.2
39.2
39.1
39.0
40.0
39.9
39.4
–
39.6
37.2
39.9
39.6
38.6
39.1
40.0
–
10.18
–
11.07
12.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.92
–
–
14.27
–
–
3.9
–
9.6
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.6
–
–
2.9
–
–
19.2
–
26.7
23.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.9
–
–
31.8
–
16.45
8.2
40.0
16.45
8.2
40.0
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
$15.42
17.68
16.04
15.64
13.04
12.40
11.42
11.06
14.30
7.0
4.8
3.1
4.0
1.4
3.0
11.8
1.4
2.7
40.0
40.0
38.6
39.6
37.4
39.2
39.9
31.5
37.1
$15.42
17.76
16.08
15.64
13.23
12.42
11.42
10.44
14.41
7.0
4.9
3.1
4.0
1.7
3.0
11.8
1.7
2.7
40.0
40.0
38.7
39.6
39.1
39.4
39.9
35.7
38.8
–
–
–
–
$9.92
–
–
13.10
12.58
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
–
2.5
8.0
–
–
–
–
21.4
–
–
22.8
21.6
Blue collar ........................................................................
16.59
1.2
37.6
16.83
1.3
39.4
12.43
2.5
21.0
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..........................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
18.91
23.11
19.70
18.26
18.78
21.69
15.18
1.9
4.4
9.6
3.6
5.8
8.3
10.9
39.8
39.8
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.9
38.7
18.92
23.11
19.70
18.26
18.78
21.69
15.18
1.9
4.4
9.6
3.6
5.8
8.3
10.9
39.8
39.8
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.9
38.7
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.30
8.0
39.9
20.30
8.0
39.9
–
–
–
16.98
20.52
16.00
5.4
5.4
3.1
39.9
37.8
39.7
16.98
21.19
16.02
5.4
5.0
3.1
39.9
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.74
10.1
40.0
23.74
10.1
40.0
–
–
–
26.93
20.98
19.30
20.51
23.68
18.21
18.80
12.2
6.6
6.6
6.2
5.8
7.9
8.0
40.0
39.9
39.4
39.9
40.0
39.6
39.5
26.93
20.98
19.31
20.51
23.68
18.21
18.80
12.2
6.6
6.6
6.2
5.8
7.9
8.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.9
40.0
39.6
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.67
15.15
20.78
21.39
17.95
24.86
22.22
2.6
3.6
14.0
7.3
2.8
8.5
9.1
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.7
39.6
13.67
15.15
20.78
21.41
17.96
24.86
22.22
2.6
3.6
14.0
7.3
2.8
8.5
9.1
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.7
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.42
6.2
40.0
16.42
6.2
40.0
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Printing press operators .....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
16.14
14.20
10.30
17.34
18.58
20.66
10.1
6.5
8.8
2.7
16.3
8.4
38.9
36.0
38.6
39.2
39.3
40.0
16.17
14.18
10.25
17.34
18.58
20.66
10.3
7.5
9.1
2.7
16.3
8.4
39.6
40.0
39.7
39.2
39.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
15.52
17.90
15.94
15.38
8.35
16.31
1.7
14.5
7.1
1.9
12.0
5.9
34.2
39.8
39.4
28.9
36.6
39.1
15.90
17.90
16.05
16.37
8.25
16.31
1.9
14.5
7.1
2.1
14.9
5.9
38.5
39.8
39.9
36.0
39.1
39.1
13.17
–
10.31
13.29
–
–
2.8
–
10.0
2.8
–
–
20.5
–
23.2
20.4
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
28
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.82
13.28
18.69
14.92
15.43
13.21
12.41
3.9
3.0
8.2
8.8
11.0
4.2
3.7
39.9
40.0
39.1
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
$22.84
13.28
18.69
14.92
15.43
13.21
12.41
3.9
3.0
8.2
8.8
11.0
4.2
3.7
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.60
5.3
39.0
15.65
5.3
39.5
–
–
–
13.76
19.45
13.03
15.20
2.4
6.5
4.6
15.3
38.7
39.8
38.5
38.5
13.96
19.50
13.28
15.30
2.5
6.5
4.7
15.3
39.8
40.0
39.8
38.7
$9.17
–
10.03
–
4.4
–
5.6
–
23.9
–
27.4
–
18.30
14.86
13.45
12.60
11.83
16.40
12.79
12.59
12.59
13.55
12.96
5.9
7.1
6.4
5.0
12.8
12.4
8.9
11.6
6.1
6.9
3.8
40.0
38.5
40.0
39.0
22.8
39.7
36.8
40.0
40.0
36.7
38.5
18.30
14.94
13.45
12.74
12.42
16.46
13.69
12.59
12.59
13.98
13.19
5.9
7.2
6.4
5.2
21.1
12.3
7.9
11.6
6.1
6.4
3.9
40.0
39.1
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
9.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.32
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
26.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.1
16.19
20.17
24.50
28.83
23.87
20.37
18.05
22.66
1.3
2.0
4.7
2.9
9.1
9.4
2.5
1.0
36.9
39.8
49.0
40.2
38.2
38.9
44.4
39.5
16.72
20.40
24.50
28.83
24.76
20.40
18.25
22.73
1.4
2.1
4.7
2.9
8.8
9.5
2.1
1.0
40.1
41.2
49.0
40.2
39.7
42.1
48.0
39.9
9.97
11.09
–
–
–
–
8.01
13.19
1.8
3.4
–
–
–
–
9.8
7.7
19.1
16.5
–
–
–
–
9.3
15.1
18.66
16.53
9.60
13.67
14.59
10.31
12.65
11.50
10.29
13.17
10.47
8.94
9.82
12.52
13.44
13.26
12.20
12.26
1.9
5.2
4.9
3.7
6.9
1.9
12.0
13.6
1.9
6.0
2.8
2.8
2.5
2.3
16.6
4.0
2.3
2.7
38.2
39.7
17.9
35.1
32.9
30.0
24.7
21.3
30.1
37.4
33.1
29.4
27.0
36.7
36.3
36.7
36.7
38.3
18.71
16.55
–
13.84
15.78
10.70
–
–
10.66
13.19
10.59
9.09
10.12
12.62
11.82
13.37
12.32
12.35
2.0
5.2
–
4.1
6.9
2.3
–
–
2.3
6.3
3.1
2.8
3.4
2.4
12.1
4.3
2.5
2.7
39.8
39.9
–
38.5
39.3
36.5
–
–
36.5
38.1
35.5
37.4
36.0
39.3
40.0
39.3
39.3
39.7
17.06
–
9.26
11.73
10.84
9.32
7.71
–
9.34
–
9.81
8.62
9.39
11.35
–
11.85
10.85
9.85
13.3
–
3.7
7.0
7.2
2.0
14.1
–
2.0
–
4.6
5.8
2.9
6.0
–
5.5
6.6
4.6
16.2
–
17.7
17.8
21.9
20.6
13.7
–
20.7
–
24.1
20.3
19.8
20.5
–
19.7
21.0
20.4
17.64
8.53
11.91
11.06
9.3
7.7
1.8
4.1
39.8
36.4
38.3
28.5
17.64
8.10
12.00
11.70
9.3
5.5
1.9
5.6
39.8
40.0
39.7
37.5
–
13.60
9.62
9.64
–
12.2
4.5
2.3
–
17.6
20.6
18.5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Locomotive operating ........................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Crossing guards .................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Guides ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.43
8.9
37.8
$17.72
9.2
39.0
–
–
–
8.91
7.85
14.59
11.31
10.21
11.39
11.69
4.9
2.2
15.1
7.7
3.5
13.4
4.8
24.2
18.1
31.7
36.4
30.8
25.5
27.7
9.53
–
15.40
11.44
10.25
12.25
12.74
9.8
–
15.7
8.3
4.0
25.0
4.4
40.0
–
36.6
39.2
37.0
36.2
38.2
$8.49
–
10.67
9.71
10.08
10.19
8.95
3.8
–
14.5
7.7
6.6
3.5
5.3
19.2
–
19.2
19.1
20.2
18.1
16.1
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December 2001 and
January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
30
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$17.18
17.45
0.8
.9
35.8
36.1
$16.40
16.63
0.9
.9
35.6
36.0
$21.54
21.57
0.9
.9
36.7
36.7
White collar ......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
21.09
7.54
9.11
10.45
13.00
15.71
17.61
21.43
24.06
29.00
32.11
37.47
45.17
53.49
67.01
68.80
24.93
22.50
8.58
9.86
11.13
13.11
15.43
17.39
21.01
24.08
28.66
31.39
37.02
44.96
53.49
66.89
68.80
26.29
.9
1.0
1.0
.8
.7
1.3
1.1
1.1
2.7
.9
1.6
1.7
1.8
3.4
3.8
6.1
4.5
.8
2.3
1.1
.7
.8
1.0
1.0
.9
2.9
.9
1.4
1.6
1.6
3.4
3.8
6.1
4.8
36.1
25.9
30.9
33.3
36.9
37.8
37.9
38.0
37.6
37.2
39.0
39.3
39.5
39.5
40.4
40.1
36.4
36.9
27.2
33.6
35.6
36.9
37.2
37.5
37.7
37.2
37.0
38.8
39.1
39.5
39.5
40.4
40.1
36.6
20.34
7.48
9.00
10.32
12.98
15.79
17.60
20.93
22.93
27.95
32.83
38.57
46.11
56.52
69.43
73.63
24.63
21.94
8.51
9.81
11.05
13.11
15.46
17.31
20.26
22.72
27.35
31.95
38.05
45.89
56.52
69.30
73.63
26.03
1.1
1.0
1.1
.9
.7
1.5
1.4
1.3
3.5
1.3
1.6
1.8
1.7
2.4
4.0
7.9
4.9
1.1
2.0
1.2
.8
1.0
1.3
1.2
.9
3.9
1.2
1.5
1.7
1.5
2.4
4.0
7.9
5.3
36.0
25.8
30.8
33.1
36.9
38.2
38.1
38.4
37.9
37.8
39.3
39.7
39.9
39.6
40.7
40.7
36.4
37.1
27.0
33.8
35.6
36.9
37.6
37.7
37.9
37.3
37.7
39.0
39.5
39.9
39.6
40.8
40.7
36.7
24.32
8.92
10.17
11.54
13.11
15.31
17.66
22.85
26.71
30.82
29.70
33.81
41.25
45.88
54.36
60.11
30.50
24.37
8.99
10.18
11.55
13.10
15.30
17.66
22.86
26.71
30.82
29.70
33.84
41.25
45.88
54.36
60.11
30.50
.9
6.4
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.3
2.2
2.0
1.9
1.1
3.2
1.9
3.9
4.7
3.5
5.4
7.7
.9
6.6
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.3
2.2
2.0
1.9
1.1
3.2
1.9
3.9
4.7
3.5
5.4
7.7
36.5
28.4
32.1
35.8
37.0
35.7
37.0
37.1
36.9
36.1
38.1
37.9
38.0
39.2
38.7
39.2
34.9
36.5
28.8
32.2
35.9
37.0
35.6
37.0
37.1
36.9
36.1
38.1
37.9
38.0
39.2
38.7
39.2
34.9
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
27.18
29.34
7.26
9.90
9.86
14.31
18.54
22.78
25.36
29.65
30.87
35.41
42.97
50.61
64.80
64.65
32.23
32.73
19.81
22.13
24.91
26.88
28.80
32.91
35.97
41.84
1.3
1.5
7.6
4.8
4.3
2.2
2.7
1.5
4.8
1.1
1.3
1.3
2.3
5.2
5.8
5.2
5.3
1.5
3.5
4.0
4.5
2.0
1.8
1.9
3.0
1.9
36.1
36.2
23.3
26.8
27.6
33.6
35.6
35.9
35.9
35.8
38.1
38.8
38.4
38.9
38.8
39.8
35.2
40.4
40.4
39.9
40.6
40.4
40.5
40.5
40.5
40.3
26.44
28.94
7.31
9.89
9.79
14.28
17.16
21.15
22.92
27.34
31.43
36.19
43.81
53.56
66.25
–
31.80
33.09
19.88
21.84
24.88
27.15
29.06
33.24
36.48
42.07
1.8
2.3
7.8
4.9
5.1
2.7
3.2
1.5
7.2
1.7
1.4
1.4
1.9
2.4
7.1
–
6.2
1.5
4.0
4.2
4.8
2.3
2.0
1.9
2.3
1.8
36.2
36.5
27.5
32.0
29.3
36.1
36.2
35.6
35.4
36.1
38.2
39.5
38.9
38.9
39.4
–
34.9
40.5
40.5
40.0
40.7
40.7
40.6
40.6
40.7
40.3
28.77
30.02
6.78
9.91
10.21
14.37
21.57
24.92
28.32
31.91
29.37
32.98
39.91
44.95
59.96
60.11
36.09
28.84
–
–
25.52
24.55
26.83
29.68
32.22
35.84
.9
.9
10.7
17.3
5.9
3.8
4.0
2.5
2.2
1.1
2.9
2.1
6.2
9.4
3.9
5.4
9.4
2.0
–
–
5.6
5.5
2.3
5.2
7.1
6.5
35.9
35.8
9.8
13.6
22.0
29.2
34.3
36.2
36.4
35.5
37.7
36.7
36.7
38.9
37.0
39.2
37.2
39.3
–
–
39.7
38.4
39.6
39.8
39.3
39.3
See footnotes at end of table.
31
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$48.10
52.07
55.13
34.20
26.64
16.07
22.74
26.16
36.85
31.13
39.37
45.83
48.18
39.09
29.41
38.30
51.03
37.59
32.32
34.48
41.72
36.16
36.34
46.80
36.66
29.45
23.20
23.24
23.82
28.32
31.69
32.61
39.94
47.34
32.63
34.97
23.37
22.19
25.82
30.31
30.40
34.10
36.59
42.77
51.84
52.75
38.60
29.23
22.91
26.38
27.27
30.77
34.26
37.85
43.41
28.87
29.76
20.89
2.0
3.4
4.0
8.5
7.6
2.7
3.5
10.0
6.3
1.9
3.6
3.1
2.6
13.5
6.7
6.2
2.0
3.0
4.7
3.7
6.2
3.2
1.2
9.4
1.2
3.0
7.9
5.3
6.0
3.5
3.3
4.5
9.4
1.5
13.1
2.7
2.4
5.9
8.2
2.8
3.0
3.1
7.1
1.5
4.7
2.3
14.1
1.8
5.3
3.6
2.1
4.1
2.6
3.0
5.3
6.6
3.2
7.2
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.2
40.2
37.5
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.3
40.1
39.7
40.1
39.1
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
39.6
40.3
40.6
40.5
41.4
40.1
40.1
40.2
39.0
40.9
39.5
40.0
42.2
41.4
40.3
40.3
41.6
40.7
40.3
40.0
40.3
40.7
40.0
39.2
41.2
41.7
41.0
40.8
40.0
39.7
40.3
40.0
$48.12
52.24
55.13
34.32
26.14
16.07
22.74
–
36.85
31.13
39.37
45.83
48.18
39.09
30.09
38.30
51.03
37.60
32.20
34.48
41.72
36.83
36.34
46.80
36.66
29.20
22.63
22.55
23.65
29.25
30.14
30.54
41.70
47.59
34.47
35.28
23.37
22.19
25.58
30.35
30.37
34.17
37.94
42.80
51.84
52.75
38.60
29.33
22.91
26.38
27.45
30.95
34.29
37.85
43.41
28.87
29.85
20.89
2.0
3.4
4.0
8.6
8.8
2.7
3.5
–
6.3
1.9
3.6
3.1
2.6
13.5
8.4
6.2
2.0
3.0
4.9
3.7
6.2
2.8
1.2
9.4
1.2
4.1
8.9
6.8
7.7
3.9
2.8
4.9
9.6
1.8
14.1
2.3
2.4
5.9
8.4
2.9
3.1
3.1
4.7
1.6
4.7
2.3
14.1
1.8
5.3
3.6
2.0
4.2
2.6
3.0
5.3
6.6
3.3
7.2
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.2
40.0
37.5
40.2
40.4
40.0
40.3
–
39.7
40.1
39.1
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.8
40.0
40.7
40.9
41.1
42.4
40.9
40.6
40.5
38.6
40.9
39.5
40.0
42.2
41.4
40.2
40.3
41.9
40.7
40.3
40.0
40.3
40.7
40.0
39.2
41.2
41.8
41.0
40.8
40.0
39.7
40.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
$29.79
–
–
28.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.00
–
24.87
24.47
26.60
34.18
35.77
35.51
–
–
28.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.18
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Architects ...........................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Petroleum engineers ..........................................
12 ...................................................................
Chemical engineers ...........................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
3.9
9.0
3.6
5.2
5.3
9.2
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
–
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
39.5
39.7
39.5
39.8
38.9
39.0
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.7
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.71
24.84
27.16
30.98
33.63
38.06
47.00
33.24
34.60
20.58
22.87
29.18
29.15
29.11
34.28
37.86
42.49
46.79
52.83
31.89
30.16
32.62
16.66
19.36
23.26
25.23
29.62
32.24
37.25
41.59
51.01
67.20
35.67
32.86
16.65
19.39
23.34
25.50
29.82
33.06
37.28
41.48
51.49
67.28
36.15
7.8
3.5
2.5
4.6
3.0
2.4
4.7
5.6
3.1
5.3
10.7
8.9
4.5
1.9
2.5
1.8
3.0
3.4
5.1
20.3
7.6
2.8
9.0
4.0
2.7
2.4
1.5
1.8
1.5
1.6
4.1
15.9
8.1
2.8
9.8
4.2
2.9
2.7
1.7
1.4
1.3
1.7
4.1
16.4
7.6
39.5
40.5
40.2
40.6
40.4
40.9
40.0
40.7
40.1
40.4
40.2
40.7
40.3
40.4
40.2
39.5
39.7
40.3
40.4
39.9
41.0
39.7
39.7
39.3
37.5
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.3
39.9
40.3
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.7
39.3
37.3
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.4
39.9
40.3
40.0
39.8
$21.71
24.74
27.23
30.77
33.63
38.02
47.00
33.67
35.13
–
22.87
29.53
29.22
29.61
34.77
38.32
42.61
46.77
53.16
31.89
30.34
33.17
16.73
20.29
23.62
25.23
29.97
32.52
37.49
41.68
51.00
67.20
35.67
33.48
16.72
20.38
23.75
25.53
30.18
33.55
37.54
41.58
51.48
67.28
36.15
7.8
4.2
2.6
4.8
3.0
2.5
4.7
5.6
3.3
–
10.7
9.0
4.6
2.0
2.4
1.9
3.0
3.4
5.0
20.3
7.7
2.8
9.3
4.5
3.2
2.4
1.6
2.0
1.4
1.6
4.2
15.9
8.1
2.8
10.1
4.7
3.4
2.8
1.7
1.4
1.3
1.7
4.1
16.4
7.6
39.5
41.8
40.2
40.7
40.4
40.9
40.0
41.8
40.1
–
40.2
40.8
40.5
40.5
40.2
39.5
39.7
40.3
40.0
39.9
41.1
39.7
39.8
39.1
37.0
40.1
40.0
39.9
40.3
39.9
40.3
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.8
39.0
36.8
40.1
40.1
39.8
40.4
39.9
40.3
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$27.93
–
–
–
–
26.51
–
33.73
–
–
–
–
–
25.38
–
16.58
21.48
25.18
26.94
28.69
29.61
38.93
–
–
–
25.46
–
16.58
21.36
25.27
27.16
28.69
29.61
38.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
3.4
1.5
8.1
3.9
9.7
6.1
4.1
–
–
–
2.6
–
3.4
1.0
8.2
3.9
9.7
6.1
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
39.9
39.9
37.9
39.6
40.1
39.7
39.6
–
–
–
39.5
–
39.9
39.9
37.9
39.7
40.1
39.7
39.6
–
–
–
30.98
21.34
23.50
27.24
36.22
42.33
32.18
33.13
25.64
26.07
28.42
5.4
5.9
9.7
3.5
5.5
7.9
19.7
7.6
7.1
8.7
4.4
39.8
40.0
39.8
38.9
39.4
40.8
39.8
40.4
40.1
40.0
39.8
31.05
21.34
23.54
27.60
36.22
42.33
32.18
33.13
25.91
–
31.10
5.4
5.9
9.7
4.2
5.5
7.9
19.7
7.6
8.3
–
3.5
39.8
40.0
39.8
38.9
39.4
40.8
39.8
40.4
40.2
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Mechanical engineers –Continued
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .....................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Actuaries ............................................................
Statisticians ........................................................
9 ...................................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
33
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.14
18.85
21.33
22.17
25.92
28.58
31.78
39.45
43.01
52.96
29.30
32.17
30.68
14.47
22.81
27.34
26.97
32.10
37.36
42.82
28.08
24.06
31.52
28.82
29.89
33.33
29.93
20.07
22.35
22.69
28.31
31.36
43.71
23.58
28.07
16.70
20.96
21.16
26.42
35.86
29.21
42.03
33.15
33.48
20.59
18.08
25.44
13.79
20.99
24.67
19.22
29.76
29.55
29.25
28.15
16.40
19.17
21.90
3.4
7.7
2.5
6.0
4.2
2.9
3.1
6.4
8.8
18.3
7.5
11.5
4.0
8.8
4.6
12.2
3.3
4.6
6.9
4.0
16.2
19.2
10.4
13.1
4.1
11.4
6.5
8.1
10.7
8.3
5.1
4.6
9.7
5.7
15.4
1.1
4.3
4.9
5.8
8.6
11.8
18.4
21.2
10.2
8.7
9.1
4.6
7.8
3.0
9.0
7.0
3.4
14.1
12.2
2.8
4.0
7.2
1.5
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.9
40.1
39.7
39.0
40.4
40.2
39.7
40.3
41.2
39.6
38.5
40.0
39.4
39.7
40.1
40.0
39.6
39.3
39.6
39.9
38.0
40.9
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
38.8
39.9
40.8
40.8
39.8
43.2
40.0
39.0
39.7
39.6
38.0
38.8
39.2
38.9
38.6
40.5
38.8
40.3
40.7
39.9
40.5
39.7
42.7
39.1
40.0
38.4
39.0
34.4
33.6
36.4
33.7
$16.49
19.03
21.96
26.64
26.50
30.88
32.31
42.34
44.40
52.96
30.06
–
30.88
14.47
22.93
27.44
25.59
33.12
37.41
42.82
28.08
23.70
32.99
31.02
–
36.93
32.36
22.47
–
–
30.34
31.44
43.74
24.76
33.88
–
20.66
27.86
26.95
35.86
30.69
–
35.57
33.48
–
–
27.09
15.43
19.90
24.67
21.56
27.14
35.60
29.25
28.53
16.51
18.93
22.04
6.3
8.1
3.9
5.6
4.5
3.8
3.6
4.7
9.2
18.3
7.5
–
4.4
8.8
4.5
12.2
3.7
2.3
7.1
4.0
16.2
20.1
12.5
13.4
–
10.0
6.2
3.4
–
–
3.9
5.1
9.8
14.2
10.0
–
5.0
6.3
7.8
8.6
11.5
–
22.5
10.2
–
–
5.7
6.8
5.7
10.1
9.5
8.5
9.2
12.2
3.3
4.8
8.2
1.8
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.1
40.1
39.7
38.6
40.8
40.3
39.8
40.8
40.9
39.6
38.4
–
39.3
39.7
40.1
40.0
39.4
39.2
39.6
39.9
38.0
40.4
40.4
40.0
–
40.0
40.8
37.7
–
–
41.1
40.0
43.3
40.0
39.0
–
40.4
32.6
39.3
39.2
38.7
–
39.9
38.8
–
–
40.1
41.1
39.0
43.2
38.2
40.0
38.1
39.0
33.9
33.7
36.2
33.1
$15.86
–
20.65
19.10
24.78
24.07
29.81
26.26
–
–
–
–
29.02
–
–
–
29.50
–
–
–
–
–
26.48
–
–
–
23.31
–
–
21.83
–
–
–
22.89
19.73
–
–
19.73
25.18
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
–
22.79
–
–
24.65
–
–
–
–
26.30
15.59
20.70
21.34
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Natural scientists –Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Physicists and astronomers ...............................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Atmospheric and space scientists .....................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ..........................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .................
8 ...................................................................
Medical scientists ...............................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Health related ........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
4.7
–
4.1
4.8
6.7
7.5
6.7
14.5
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
.4
–
–
–
–
–
18.0
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
5.8
5.7
–
–
2.1
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
4.9
–
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
3.4
5.6
4.4
2.3
39.7
–
39.6
39.3
39.7
40.1
39.4
38.4
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
40.0
39.1
–
–
39.4
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
39.6
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
37.0
33.0
37.9
36.7
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.02
26.18
29.52
34.62
49.52
56.65
72.97
37.06
51.66
18.20
16.04
18.92
17.08
36.64
58.26
56.54
79.27
58.89
35.51
32.32
46.54
47.62
21.56
24.57
16.89
19.46
22.19
23.82
25.71
31.33
32.44
39.73
25.95
37.01
36.44
35.47
35.60
37.72
37.46
42.85
37.24
19.59
15.75
19.21
20.06
20.66
20.28
17.92
19.35
19.77
21.33
21.62
22.53
24.53
19.62
23.24
23.91
25.87
1.9
1.3
3.6
3.3
13.0
15.4
10.7
17.3
10.2
4.9
12.9
3.8
8.6
16.4
19.3
15.9
8.3
24.1
18.6
4.9
9.1
22.8
11.3
1.1
7.4
9.9
1.3
2.1
1.2
5.7
3.9
7.8
10.7
1.4
5.6
1.9
2.8
3.9
3.4
2.3
5.3
3.2
8.0
3.7
2.8
4.2
1.9
4.9
2.8
2.5
3.4
3.0
13.7
3.5
11.2
10.9
5.7
3.0
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
33.5
33.3
36.3
37.6
36.6
36.8
36.1
36.1
39.5
40.0
46.3
45.3
50.2
40.3
38.6
36.8
34.5
39.8
30.4
34.6
32.0
34.6
30.6
33.6
33.5
36.2
33.3
33.4
32.9
37.7
36.4
38.7
33.8
33.6
27.3
29.8
35.0
30.5
37.5
39.5
32.0
36.9
39.6
37.7
34.5
39.0
35.8
35.4
33.7
36.6
35.6
34.2
35.9
33.5
36.8
29.9
35.8
32.9
$24.08
26.23
30.19
35.38
52.93
61.48
76.43
37.13
57.41
18.69
16.04
20.35
18.74
40.32
64.15
61.52
87.54
67.20
35.74
32.32
46.54
47.62
21.56
24.54
16.83
19.16
22.41
23.94
25.74
31.21
32.88
36.86
25.31
37.48
37.62
35.66
36.71
38.13
37.60
42.79
37.24
19.81
15.85
19.36
20.07
21.67
20.22
17.68
19.36
19.75
21.28
21.58
–
24.07
19.80
23.35
23.02
25.34
2.2
1.4
4.3
3.5
11.8
8.3
13.7
18.9
8.0
5.2
12.9
5.0
12.5
15.9
13.2
8.7
6.8
21.4
5.9
4.9
9.1
22.8
11.3
1.3
7.8
11.1
1.4
2.4
1.4
6.5
4.4
8.1
10.7
1.3
5.4
1.9
2.4
1.8
3.5
2.6
5.3
4.2
10.5
5.3
3.4
4.3
2.1
4.5
2.9
2.8
3.5
4.0
–
4.2
11.5
11.7
3.4
3.1
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
33.1
32.7
35.4
37.3
35.7
36.1
37.6
35.5
38.5
40.0
46.3
42.6
46.9
39.1
38.3
36.1
36.1
38.2
30.4
34.6
32.0
34.6
30.6
33.1
33.4
36.0
32.6
33.0
32.5
37.6
35.8
36.0
33.7
33.2
25.8
29.8
34.4
29.7
37.5
39.5
32.0
36.8
39.8
37.2
33.2
38.7
35.7
35.2
33.5
36.5
35.6
32.7
–
33.2
36.8
29.3
35.9
32.5
$23.66
25.99
26.02
29.05
40.92
38.58
58.99
36.34
32.71
–
–
17.48
13.85
21.35
41.07
38.33
58.99
34.00
–
–
–
–
–
24.74
17.89
21.75
21.31
23.14
25.54
32.10
30.49
–
–
31.72
–
–
27.30
–
–
–
–
18.94
–
18.70
20.04
18.78
20.97
–
–
19.89
–
–
–
26.88
–
–
–
27.49
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Health related –Continued
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Physicians ..........................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Dentists ..............................................................
11 ...................................................................
Optometrists ......................................................
11 ...................................................................
Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ...............
Registered nurses ..............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Dietitians ............................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
35
3.0
2.3
7.4
6.8
24.5
27.0
10.4
44.4
15.2
–
–
9.4
6.7
26.1
38.1
27.0
10.4
48.8
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
2.7
4.6
2.7
3.0
2.6
4.1
6.0
–
–
7.9
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
3.4
8.0
6.3
3.2
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
4.9
35.7
36.0
42.4
40.1
39.1
39.4
31.1
43.7
42.8
–
–
48.5
58.1
46.3
39.3
39.4
31.1
45.2
–
–
–
–
–
36.0
36.0
37.7
36.4
35.7
35.1
38.5
39.1
–
–
39.1
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
36.9
–
39.4
40.0
39.5
37.4
–
–
37.5
–
–
–
35.1
–
–
–
34.3
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$27.05
18.53
25.42
27.31
27.52
33.48
29.97
28.51
22.83
26.15
30.04
27.12
19.57
13.62
15.18
15.48
20.28
22.00
21.22
31.50
11.96
29.26
34.24
39.97
15.17
19.14
25.31
24.61
31.28
32.46
34.98
43.31
46.59
73.06
64.36
44.29
2.6
8.0
3.5
3.1
3.1
6.4
4.4
3.3
13.3
8.1
5.8
10.0
13.1
4.1
7.7
5.7
11.9
5.2
11.3
5.1
5.4
2.7
2.1
2.7
8.9
5.6
7.6
4.2
5.2
4.7
2.8
5.3
4.3
12.1
9.1
4.4
32.9
39.6
31.8
36.4
31.8
26.0
30.3
34.1
34.6
33.7
34.4
36.1
36.8
35.0
38.5
39.5
32.4
35.3
39.8
39.5
29.5
40.3
39.0
34.9
23.4
32.3
29.8
26.9
31.1
33.0
36.0
35.9
38.8
37.8
39.6
37.6
$26.59
–
25.04
26.68
27.51
31.52
30.28
24.14
–
23.70
24.20
–
19.22
–
–
14.48
17.44
20.96
19.75
31.64
–
29.35
34.24
42.17
14.78
16.72
23.95
23.36
27.45
32.02
36.67
44.10
52.69
91.39
99.10
44.38
2.9
–
3.5
3.3
3.9
4.2
4.4
3.5
–
6.8
5.1
–
17.2
–
–
3.6
7.6
5.8
13.3
4.9
–
2.7
2.1
4.5
13.4
4.2
9.2
6.6
8.4
4.7
4.5
9.4
4.6
16.9
13.2
6.7
32.5
–
31.8
36.5
30.5
24.6
30.1
31.2
–
28.3
30.8
–
36.6
–
–
39.7
31.3
34.0
39.7
39.6
–
40.4
39.0
33.7
15.9
31.0
30.5
18.2
34.8
30.9
36.2
35.4
38.2
38.2
40.7
35.2
$29.58
–
–
–
27.56
–
–
32.02
28.92
–
33.90
31.77
20.68
–
18.95
20.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.01
15.34
20.38
26.30
24.97
32.13
32.66
34.33
43.05
45.07
61.99
59.86
44.07
7.0
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
6.1
16.2
–
6.1
18.5
6.7
–
8.9
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
11.1
2.3
9.7
5.3
6.2
6.2
3.2
6.4
4.9
6.8
5.4
9.9
35.5
–
–
–
36.9
–
–
36.8
33.1
–
37.2
37.6
37.6
–
37.7
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.4
29.0
33.1
29.2
31.3
30.4
34.1
35.9
36.0
39.0
37.6
39.4
44.3
44.54
41.14
34.28
31.81
39.05
39.67
41.52
43.85
38.82
29.92
42.80
34.17
49.88
35.32
36.77
20.88
37.20
32.66
41.18
40.54
32.96
10.8
9.9
11.7
5.7
15.8
7.3
3.6
27.6
9.1
12.5
16.1
7.5
9.7
14.0
11.5
.4
8.0
9.9
11.9
7.4
24.3
37.4
38.1
36.4
26.4
33.2
37.9
45.9
38.6
40.6
37.3
36.8
43.4
39.0
36.7
35.4
36.5
27.4
34.2
37.7
39.4
23.9
–
44.25
–
–
41.79
35.86
47.36
43.85
51.77
–
–
–
51.97
–
41.81
–
–
36.29
–
39.42
32.96
–
15.9
–
–
26.2
16.1
8.7
27.6
10.4
–
–
–
7.7
–
10.9
–
–
10.1
–
8.4
24.3
–
40.4
–
–
42.3
39.9
38.9
38.6
38.4
–
–
–
39.1
–
31.4
–
–
30.2
–
39.0
23.9
42.72
39.45
34.88
–
–
–
–
–
33.32
–
36.18
–
–
34.50
33.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.3
11.7
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
3.2
–
–
15.5
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.3
36.9
36.5
–
–
–
–
–
41.6
–
36.2
–
–
36.5
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Health related –Continued
Physical therapists .............................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
5 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science
teachers ...........................................................
Biological science teachers ...............................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Physics teachers ................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ........................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
8 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
36
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$61.72
36.43
30.85
43.20
35.94
32.41
29.29
39.97
41.07
49.14
54.11
28.55
53.01
52.74
39.06
18.48
30.35
39.83
34.77
46.41
40.91
36.10
24.74
22.95
27.92
33.85
30.06
48.27
46.95
39.66
42.02
53.83
58.11
47.61
40.95
27.57
28.25
33.81
33.50
40.54
50.35
42.51
26.65
31.69
39.91
35.22
46.79
49.93
51.82
39.78
32.85
21.22
24.09
29.37
37.91
31.69
32.73
45.04
18.7
11.8
8.2
17.6
10.6
10.2
12.5
7.6
9.6
8.1
8.3
9.9
12.3
9.9
6.8
30.7
11.0
6.5
12.6
2.4
8.5
13.5
9.7
14.7
10.6
8.2
10.1
7.4
22.7
24.4
11.8
14.7
9.8
12.3
8.3
8.6
7.9
6.0
17.1
8.4
13.2
11.1
22.8
6.3
16.1
8.7
6.7
10.3
10.2
20.0
6.2
1.7
12.7
18.1
9.6
5.8
10.2
4.0
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
43.1
38.9
36.5
40.6
38.1
39.2
38.7
37.0
34.5
36.1
35.8
30.2
43.2
37.2
35.3
29.8
37.1
25.2
38.4
38.6
39.1
31.6
24.6
24.5
28.5
34.5
32.0
39.8
15.6
33.7
39.1
43.4
42.6
49.4
36.9
39.3
36.7
38.1
34.3
36.0
39.0
36.0
23.6
33.3
31.2
37.4
33.3
40.4
36.4
36.6
34.1
32.2
16.8
33.6
22.6
38.2
37.9
40.1
$48.68
29.69
–
–
36.06
34.17
–
40.83
–
47.43
56.73
–
–
52.74
37.37
–
–
32.30
–
46.11
40.91
27.41
–
18.80
–
–
–
53.36
–
39.66
–
–
59.52
–
48.63
22.69
–
27.05
38.26
–
63.46
46.30
18.41
38.39
30.87
41.98
–
58.32
52.65
–
32.46
20.95
21.64
35.89
38.19
30.82
31.94
–
10.7
11.8
–
–
16.7
15.7
–
8.5
–
15.1
7.4
–
–
9.9
7.6
–
–
5.0
–
9.7
8.5
9.6
–
7.8
–
–
–
6.7
–
24.4
–
–
12.3
–
10.2
3.4
–
7.5
9.6
–
12.5
9.3
5.4
4.3
13.8
14.3
–
11.6
10.4
–
5.4
2.0
10.2
15.7
12.7
8.4
7.9
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
34.3
38.1
–
–
37.6
40.7
–
34.8
–
30.1
30.9
–
–
37.2
37.2
–
–
30.2
–
41.0
39.1
28.3
–
28.1
–
–
–
39.4
–
33.7
–
–
43.3
–
37.5
39.9
–
34.4
34.5
–
38.8
34.1
19.2
26.7
30.8
25.5
–
39.2
36.2
–
32.4
31.6
29.1
28.5
19.1
37.2
37.6
–
–
$41.66
–
–
35.86
30.28
–
39.45
–
–
52.69
28.86
–
–
39.76
18.47
28.79
43.00
38.48
–
–
38.56
–
–
32.57
–
29.99
45.65
–
–
–
49.01
–
46.85
38.11
35.73
28.60
34.52
32.07
–
–
39.71
–
29.58
47.89
34.76
–
–
–
39.31
33.19
–
–
28.49
37.72
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Economics teachers ..........................................
History teachers .................................................
10 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Political science teachers ..................................
Sociology teachers ............................................
12 ...................................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
9 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Engineering teachers .........................................
9 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Computer science teachers ...............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Medical science teachers ..................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Health specialties teachers ................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Agriculture and forestry teachers .......................
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
37
–
10.3
–
–
14.0
11.2
–
11.8
–
–
11.5
11.2
–
–
8.3
30.8
8.3
7.7
17.6
–
–
14.5
–
–
8.5
–
10.2
9.1
–
–
–
22.6
–
13.4
10.5
5.8
9.4
6.1
22.6
–
–
15.5
–
5.2
12.9
8.2
–
–
–
23.8
10.8
–
–
16.8
14.4
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
38.4
37.6
–
38.5
–
–
39.2
31.3
–
–
34.6
29.9
36.5
23.6
37.9
–
–
32.7
–
–
22.0
–
32.7
40.0
–
–
–
39.7
–
51.9
36.6
38.4
36.6
38.5
34.2
–
–
37.6
–
36.1
31.6
38.6
–
–
–
36.9
35.7
–
–
34.4
25.8
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.83
37.92
39.33
27.23
25.78
28.61
49.58
32.23
42.88
26.56
29.95
38.70
33.52
34.77
49.86
59.81
29.67
31.90
31.23
50.92
56.58
24.10
41.30
30.28
39.98
45.20
39.04
29.61
30.61
35.20
32.40
38.44
15.32
18.38
26.79
24.79
32.22
32.88
34.31
41.42
48.40
85.98
42.58
28.94
6.52
10.06
9.61
12.52
20.67
25.38
29.88
33.07
33.50
37.01
35.61
16.11
17.33
17.2
13.5
10.5
6.6
12.5
8.3
14.5
11.3
8.7
9.0
5.8
13.9
7.2
5.0
11.5
5.4
10.0
20.7
9.1
10.8
5.1
10.2
13.9
10.7
12.8
6.8
7.3
7.3
4.6
10.6
11.2
4.5
10.0
7.8
8.4
4.0
5.4
4.2
2.6
8.0
6.8
16.3
12.1
1.2
4.0
15.4
3.3
5.3
5.4
2.7
3.0
1.4
3.2
2.6
5.4
11.4
7.1
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
25.4
25.3
36.1
35.9
23.0
39.4
37.2
34.0
33.9
30.3
29.1
32.0
31.9
33.8
38.6
35.2
33.4
35.9
29.1
28.7
36.6
27.2
38.3
39.0
37.4
35.6
39.1
35.4
35.2
32.3
37.6
32.2
27.7
16.8
28.3
25.8
27.2
34.1
36.0
34.3
34.3
35.8
35.1
34.3
18.3
12.7
20.1
26.5
30.7
35.4
35.6
35.1
35.1
33.7
34.5
31.9
34.8
$35.83
29.73
41.22
–
25.67
–
–
32.23
35.17
23.86
–
–
33.24
34.70
–
–
30.91
40.77
–
51.39
–
21.73
48.03
–
39.98
–
39.04
16.16
–
–
–
42.36
–
–
30.42
–
27.15
34.59
33.09
42.83
47.40
–
39.50
17.50
6.50
–
9.68
11.57
13.70
17.64
22.61
22.12
29.72
28.73
–
14.67
11.37
17.2
8.8
19.1
–
16.2
–
–
11.3
6.5
19.2
–
–
14.5
6.5
–
–
9.8
8.4
–
12.8
–
8.3
21.7
–
12.8
–
7.3
5.5
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
9.3
–
9.3
10.1
5.3
9.4
5.7
–
10.0
3.4
2.0
–
4.4
6.4
5.4
7.1
5.8
9.4
4.4
3.8
–
11.4
3.9
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
25.4
23.8
33.8
–
15.2
–
–
34.0
33.7
24.1
–
–
33.9
36.1
–
–
32.1
35.3
–
28.3
–
31.7
38.1
–
37.4
–
39.1
41.2
–
–
–
29.3
–
–
38.0
–
33.7
26.5
38.3
34.5
36.0
–
34.1
31.8
23.3
–
19.7
32.6
31.1
34.3
30.6
33.1
25.4
35.4
–
32.2
35.0
–
$48.74
37.82
–
–
27.82
40.96
–
46.83
–
–
39.76
33.79
34.81
–
–
–
26.81
–
–
–
–
36.67
–
–
–
–
33.63
30.84
–
34.99
37.42
15.34
–
24.64
25.42
33.59
32.41
34.53
41.29
48.53
62.36
47.49
31.20
6.59
9.91
9.50
13.97
26.70
27.09
30.83
33.82
34.10
38.10
35.09
28.16
28.48
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Art, drama, and music teachers –Continued
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Physical education teachers ..............................
Education teachers ............................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
English teachers ................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
9 ...................................................................
Law teachers .....................................................
13 ...................................................................
Social work teachers ..........................................
Theology teachers .............................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Teachers, except college and university ................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
See footnotes at end of table.
38
–
19.6
8.6
–
–
8.9
6.2
–
9.2
–
–
15.0
11.0
7.2
–
–
–
29.1
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
4.4
4.0
–
8.7
3.4
11.1
–
9.5
3.9
5.5
4.4
2.9
8.4
7.5
6.6
17.7
1.1
13.3
17.3
5.1
8.5
5.4
3.0
2.6
1.3
3.7
3.1
7.3
5.5
3.0
–
27.6
38.2
–
–
40.0
39.3
–
34.1
–
–
32.2
30.0
32.9
–
–
–
36.2
–
–
–
–
38.4
–
–
–
–
34.0
35.1
–
36.1
33.1
29.0
–
24.6
35.8
25.8
37.1
35.6
34.2
34.1
36.0
36.8
34.8
8.8
13.6
20.5
20.6
30.4
35.7
36.4
35.2
37.3
33.5
33.9
30.3
34.6
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.37
10.53
13.92
19.17
28.41
23.53
30.75
18.39
28.84
27.20
29.28
33.77
41.02
15.90
31.01
18.81
28.77
27.15
32.12
32.27
34.14
30.24
31.63
12.22
18.96
25.20
31.68
35.39
37.18
27.94
12.01
10.51
13.65
15.32
24.34
27.35
33.90
35.78
31.02
22.56
12.06
6.59
8.24
10.13
16.51
12.30
19.59
27.01
14.81
14.32
19.58
28.52
32.05
31.70
39.22
22.08
5.1
9.1
9.7
14.8
6.3
17.0
1.4
12.8
5.7
4.1
2.7
1.4
16.1
9.6
1.9
22.0
10.4
3.1
3.2
2.4
7.4
12.6
3.6
9.9
6.1
4.6
5.5
2.6
4.8
3.7
10.7
3.9
6.6
6.3
6.9
12.0
2.8
4.9
8.5
11.7
4.5
13.3
5.6
7.1
14.6
9.5
9.1
5.4
10.3
9.7
12.3
10.3
7.4
5.2
8.5
10.5
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.8
35.5
34.3
36.4
34.8
30.4
35.9
29.4
35.6
36.4
36.6
35.4
31.7
37.1
36.7
33.1
36.7
37.5
36.4
36.5
36.5
36.4
35.3
39.4
38.9
34.6
35.8
35.2
35.1
29.5
14.9
12.4
23.8
21.0
34.2
29.8
32.6
27.8
36.4
23.7
15.0
8.8
22.6
13.7
14.1
16.6
18.7
36.6
35.5
35.1
39.1
38.0
35.9
37.1
33.4
38.2
$9.37
10.41
11.56
13.07
18.42
–
20.20
14.79
19.94
19.27
20.41
24.30
–
15.90
28.36
–
23.28
24.76
33.35
27.62
–
–
22.59
–
13.45
23.10
22.01
23.25
–
18.64
–
10.56
13.54
13.88
15.75
20.27
23.54
32.32
28.35
20.73
9.55
–
–
8.17
10.00
12.48
–
16.09
12.98
13.77
15.33
17.36
22.68
–
–
–
5.1
9.7
8.8
6.9
9.7
–
5.4
12.9
12.9
7.2
5.9
7.8
–
9.6
5.8
–
4.8
6.9
12.0
4.2
–
–
6.1
–
6.1
10.5
7.2
11.6
–
4.4
–
8.7
7.4
8.9
8.2
11.1
7.6
5.1
1.9
11.6
8.2
–
–
13.6
3.9
15.0
–
5.0
8.9
10.5
11.5
4.4
8.7
–
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.8
35.3
33.9
35.4
31.6
–
36.0
38.7
37.6
35.8
35.3
36.3
–
37.1
35.3
–
38.2
37.7
31.8
37.7
–
–
35.1
–
39.7
33.3
39.1
37.2
–
23.3
–
7.9
24.6
21.7
29.7
22.7
27.1
22.6
35.3
22.8
13.5
–
–
9.4
16.9
17.1
–
36.9
38.7
35.1
39.3
37.7
36.5
–
–
–
–
–
$22.72
27.26
30.46
30.52
31.70
21.58
29.32
27.89
30.23
34.20
41.77
–
31.18
–
30.75
27.24
32.00
32.48
–
29.97
33.55
–
21.62
27.30
32.38
36.21
39.16
31.13
–
10.48
13.76
18.45
27.22
30.29
34.67
39.56
–
–
12.16
6.59
8.25
10.21
17.16
12.30
–
31.47
17.58
21.19
24.55
30.27
32.96
32.29
39.90
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university
–Continued
Prekindergarten and kindergarten –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Teachers, special education ..............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
39
–
–
10.0
3.8
5.7
4.1
1.3
14.3
5.7
4.2
2.5
1.4
15.9
–
1.8
–
10.7
3.2
3.1
2.5
–
13.1
3.3
–
5.5
4.7
5.4
2.5
4.8
3.3
–
3.8
11.5
5.8
7.0
8.1
2.2
5.5
–
–
4.7
13.3
6.1
7.3
14.2
9.7
–
4.4
12.1
13.1
10.7
10.8
7.2
6.0
7.0
–
–
–
36.2
37.8
35.5
31.1
35.9
24.2
35.5
36.5
36.8
35.4
32.1
–
36.8
–
36.2
37.5
36.8
36.5
–
36.2
35.3
–
38.6
36.0
35.6
35.0
34.7
32.5
–
19.6
23.1
19.7
36.1
34.2
33.1
36.9
–
–
15.1
8.8
22.1
13.9
13.9
16.6
–
36.5
31.5
34.8
38.9
38.0
35.8
38.8
33.2
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.08
13.80
15.35
20.78
22.02
29.67
28.60
27.90
29.88
27.01
26.17
14.36
14.47
21.14
24.74
30.53
28.35
28.27
27.02
19.88
12.39
18.55
26.16
27.41
13.68
17.38
23.17
23.51
28.34
26.84
31.36
27.53
57.45
30.28
27.83
22.96
29.08
26.52
35.64
29.64
28.38
13.41
17.02
23.20
22.06
30.10
30.40
30.50
–
58.35
22.34
31.22
25.85
21.63
25.65
27.46
33.07
17.12
8.31
2.3
7.6
6.9
6.2
8.0
6.8
7.1
5.2
16.6
27.2
3.6
10.1
5.9
7.1
7.4
7.1
8.6
6.1
27.3
11.1
6.5
15.5
15.7
4.2
3.3
7.9
6.0
8.6
7.2
9.4
2.9
17.8
15.8
10.7
3.4
6.0
11.6
4.4
4.5
11.4
5.6
6.8
8.2
10.3
12.2
11.8
7.1
3.0
–
19.5
15.9
11.0
5.3
4.1
4.9
7.5
3.6
5.5
11.2
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
37.1
34.3
34.7
36.0
38.6
37.0
36.6
38.4
38.1
37.6
37.0
36.4
34.6
35.7
38.2
36.8
36.8
38.6
37.7
37.7
29.9
38.0
37.3
36.7
40.2
37.4
38.3
35.5
37.4
38.3
36.3
23.2
39.2
39.8
40.9
41.3
40.5
41.1
41.3
40.2
34.5
38.3
30.5
37.4
36.1
34.7
36.7
35.9
–
38.3
36.8
29.6
35.6
39.0
39.9
38.5
39.8
37.6
33.8
$23.24
13.57
17.88
22.02
–
22.91
28.18
27.84
–
26.86
24.89
15.12
13.45
22.90
22.51
22.99
27.56
29.03
26.87
19.96
–
–
–
26.51
13.84
17.02
23.83
22.79
24.33
28.43
31.39
–
58.53
29.71
27.92
23.43
29.08
26.64
35.57
29.64
24.73
12.23
15.58
–
14.66
20.64
26.71
28.25
–
–
24.68
31.22
–
–
–
–
–
15.58
8.31
6.2
10.8
14.0
8.0
–
5.1
12.1
9.4
–
28.6
6.6
4.9
7.1
7.2
8.1
3.8
17.6
7.7
28.7
13.7
–
–
–
4.2
2.9
9.3
6.4
11.8
4.8
5.7
5.8
–
16.1
10.7
3.5
6.4
11.6
4.6
5.0
11.4
7.9
4.0
6.7
–
5.4
11.1
15.2
6.7
–
–
18.8
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
11.2
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
37.1
27.1
31.3
35.6
–
36.9
36.9
39.2
–
37.8
36.9
30.0
27.6
35.8
38.5
36.8
37.3
38.7
37.8
37.7
–
–
–
36.5
40.3
37.9
38.2
38.5
38.2
38.3
33.1
–
39.1
39.9
40.9
41.4
40.5
41.2
41.4
40.2
31.9
37.3
31.5
–
35.5
34.2
37.1
29.5
–
–
35.0
29.6
–
–
–
–
–
37.2
33.8
$26.34
13.87
14.61
20.06
25.01
32.77
29.02
27.94
–
–
26.79
14.22
14.61
20.07
25.25
33.45
29.02
28.03
–
19.60
–
–
–
28.66
–
18.76
21.57
24.38
34.42
25.90
31.34
28.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.45
–
–
19.47
26.11
37.46
32.96
31.16
26.37
–
19.11
–
25.69
–
25.65
27.46
33.07
19.23
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Librarians ...........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Economists ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Psychologists .....................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
11 ...................................................................
Urban planners ..................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
4.0
9.5
6.3
8.7
8.9
7.4
6.9
7.2
–
–
4.2
12.0
6.3
10.2
9.2
7.4
6.9
7.3
–
14.2
–
–
–
7.0
–
8.2
6.1
7.9
12.1
14.0
3.2
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
9.8
6.6
12.0
8.2
3.3
16.4
–
29.2
–
5.5
–
4.9
7.5
3.6
2.1
–
37.1
37.2
35.8
36.3
38.2
37.0
36.4
37.9
–
–
37.1
37.8
35.8
35.7
38.2
36.8
36.4
38.6
–
37.7
–
–
–
37.1
–
35.7
38.5
32.5
36.1
38.2
38.4
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.9
–
–
39.2
36.5
35.1
36.5
38.3
38.6
–
39.7
–
35.5
–
39.9
38.5
39.8
38.0
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.65
12.86
15.09
16.40
15.99
22.35
21.21
28.20
18.58
17.21
11.38
13.01
15.10
16.34
15.90
22.38
22.36
30.01
19.17
14.85
7.46
8.04
9.70
14.50
17.35
18.56
17.37
17.35
21.00
19.25
23.59
44.30
22.45
24.75
44.79
31.81
36.85
48.85
57.70
64.86
47.17
44.02
22.45
24.75
45.65
31.98
36.82
48.93
58.13
67.27
46.31
50.44
56.76
5.9
3.2
4.0
5.0
12.6
2.9
5.7
11.0
9.4
6.0
4.5
3.2
4.2
5.6
12.8
3.0
8.7
9.2
9.7
9.0
13.0
10.5
24.6
13.8
14.1
8.0
11.4
8.6
9.6
6.6
4.4
4.8
4.8
5.2
25.9
9.4
7.1
5.7
4.9
4.9
6.4
5.1
4.8
5.2
25.6
9.6
7.1
5.8
4.9
4.9
6.9
7.9
7.1
28.9
38.3
37.7
37.1
38.9
35.7
39.8
38.7
35.7
37.8
39.0
39.1
37.8
37.1
39.1
35.9
38.5
37.0
36.5
32.4
31.2
15.0
30.6
37.6
36.5
34.4
42.6
35.7
35.7
37.8
39.5
39.6
38.2
40.4
42.7
37.9
39.4
39.0
40.1
41.3
39.2
39.7
38.2
40.4
43.8
37.9
39.6
39.0
40.2
41.6
39.2
36.3
38.8
$10.04
12.09
14.14
15.65
–
21.24
18.96
23.89
17.43
15.61
10.48
12.27
14.11
15.82
–
21.27
20.06
28.38
18.09
12.65
7.46
–
–
13.34
–
19.89
17.37
17.35
21.00
19.25
23.59
47.87
–
–
–
35.91
39.35
52.28
57.73
68.36
51.70
47.87
–
–
–
35.91
39.35
52.28
57.73
68.36
51.70
–
–
7.3
5.2
7.9
8.1
–
2.6
8.7
20.1
13.1
7.4
5.9
5.4
8.3
8.2
–
2.8
14.3
3.7
14.2
18.4
13.0
–
–
6.9
–
5.5
11.4
8.6
9.6
6.6
4.4
6.4
–
–
–
16.1
9.9
7.5
6.6
4.9
10.5
6.4
–
–
–
16.1
9.9
7.5
6.6
4.9
10.5
–
–
36.9
38.7
37.2
36.2
–
32.4
40.8
39.3
35.6
37.2
38.0
38.7
37.2
36.3
–
32.6
38.0
32.8
35.6
34.3
31.2
–
–
38.8
–
38.3
42.6
35.7
35.7
37.8
39.5
41.5
–
–
–
39.0
42.7
40.7
42.4
41.4
40.7
41.5
–
–
–
39.0
42.7
40.7
42.4
41.4
40.7
–
–
$11.19
13.74
16.20
17.71
18.51
22.98
24.50
30.48
21.52
19.37
–
13.84
16.33
17.33
18.59
22.96
24.52
30.48
21.53
17.06
–
–
12.62
14.90
20.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.76
–
22.55
24.37
24.35
30.82
40.85
57.66
54.49
38.97
34.69
–
22.55
23.28
24.57
30.70
40.47
–
–
33.60
50.44
56.76
11.0
2.9
2.8
3.1
3.5
4.5
5.5
11.7
7.9
2.2
–
3.1
2.6
3.4
3.6
4.5
5.9
11.7
7.9
5.6
–
–
9.7
17.3
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
3.9
6.3
4.0
6.5
6.2
8.1
3.1
10.3
7.6
–
3.9
5.4
4.1
6.7
6.7
–
–
3.3
7.9
7.1
24.1
38.0
38.4
38.8
38.2
37.9
38.5
38.5
35.9
38.6
–
39.5
38.5
38.7
38.5
37.9
38.9
38.5
38.7
30.7
–
–
26.6
37.2
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.0
–
38.0
37.7
36.1
33.2
35.6
36.8
40.8
36.6
35.9
–
38.0
40.2
36.1
33.8
35.3
–
–
36.0
36.3
38.8
23.47
7.93
10.67
3.6
3.2
1.9
34.3
31.9
33.9
22.95
7.93
10.67
3.4
3.2
1.9
34.2
31.9
33.9
29.28
–
–
20.1
–
–
35.4
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious workers
–Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Social workers ...................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Recreation workers ............................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Clergy ................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ....................................
9 ...................................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Lawyers .............................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Judges ...............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
41
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.53
14.24
15.09
20.38
22.81
25.33
30.65
37.16
40.73
53.64
24.00
26.13
15.39
24.32
23.10
26.28
34.27
22.02
9.27
13.91
16.31
20.40
22.13
26.25
40.43
39.39
26.04
31.65
31.65
25.45
25.45
6.5
4.2
5.4
5.8
3.9
2.9
5.1
2.5
7.3
6.0
8.2
8.2
9.6
6.6
6.2
7.7
8.5
6.0
5.4
3.6
9.5
11.2
5.5
3.0
3.7
6.5
18.5
30.4
30.4
9.7
9.7
33.3
36.9
38.3
39.2
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.6
37.9
40.0
28.7
39.6
40.0
39.7
41.4
39.6
40.1
36.9
33.0
34.1
36.4
40.2
40.1
39.0
40.2
40.7
34.3
14.5
14.5
33.3
33.3
$9.53
14.08
15.03
20.36
22.91
25.25
31.38
37.42
42.98
–
22.57
26.13
15.39
24.28
23.10
26.28
34.27
22.05
9.27
13.92
16.26
20.38
22.18
26.30
40.43
39.39
26.04
31.87
31.87
25.45
25.45
6.5
4.3
5.9
6.3
4.2
3.1
4.1
2.6
3.3
–
5.9
8.2
9.6
6.6
6.2
7.7
8.5
6.1
5.4
3.6
9.8
11.4
5.6
3.2
3.7
6.5
18.5
31.3
31.3
9.7
9.7
33.3
36.9
38.2
39.4
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.6
39.3
–
28.2
39.6
40.0
39.7
41.4
39.6
40.1
36.9
33.0
34.2
36.3
40.2
40.1
39.0
40.2
40.7
34.3
14.4
14.4
33.3
33.3
–
$17.37
15.74
20.57
21.53
26.61
–
–
–
–
35.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.9
8.1
5.5
3.6
4.2
–
–
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
39.5
36.8
39.4
38.8
–
–
–
–
33.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.41
19.41
16.59
15.67
19.67
20.49
23.31
26.20
6.28
6.28
14.74
14.74
22.38
13.01
13.08
18.35
21.95
23.97
28.78
36.13
35.17
32.54
25.53
17.21
15.78
8.2
8.2
12.6
18.6
7.6
13.7
8.4
6.1
33.8
33.8
8.0
8.0
5.6
7.1
7.0
6.8
7.3
6.6
6.2
6.5
8.0
24.3
9.7
10.1
3.2
38.7
38.7
36.8
39.6
40.0
36.1
39.3
39.3
18.2
18.2
33.3
33.3
39.1
39.4
39.5
38.8
38.9
39.8
40.8
39.8
38.4
34.9
39.0
39.5
38.4
19.36
19.36
16.47
15.63
–
22.78
23.31
26.20
6.28
6.28
13.83
13.83
22.46
12.97
13.13
18.17
21.82
23.97
28.78
36.13
35.17
32.54
25.53
15.37
15.63
8.5
8.5
13.5
20.7
–
23.0
8.4
6.1
33.8
33.8
7.6
7.6
5.7
7.3
7.4
7.0
7.6
6.6
6.2
6.5
8.0
24.3
12.0
8.3
3.6
38.7
38.7
36.5
39.6
–
32.8
39.3
39.3
18.2
18.2
34.6
34.6
39.1
39.4
39.5
38.9
38.9
39.8
40.8
39.8
38.4
34.9
38.9
39.9
37.2
20.50
20.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
17.90
19.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.56
–
–
15.2
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
3.6
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
38.6
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.6
29.6
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical writers ................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Designers ...........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Photographers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Dancers .............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Public relations specialists .................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.10
25.12
24.06
33.61
47.97
22.49
22.49
26.00
26.00
30.06
17.36
16.26
21.77
21.47
28.71
34.06
35.69
36.76
29.96
19.89
9.28
10.25
13.40
16.17
17.29
19.65
22.30
28.74
33.92
78.15
200.79
20.62
12.9
8.3
5.7
9.3
5.1
38.5
38.5
28.9
28.9
6.3
11.2
5.0
7.1
6.9
7.4
7.9
5.8
13.6
7.8
1.5
3.5
3.1
1.6
3.6
1.8
1.8
1.6
2.6
7.6
13.3
6.7
5.4
39.2
39.2
39.2
39.9
37.4
23.8
23.8
23.3
23.3
37.7
39.1
39.4
38.0
39.1
39.6
39.6
39.7
36.1
35.0
35.9
35.8
32.7
35.7
35.5
35.7
38.3
37.9
34.6
38.6
27.9
21.2
35.0
$20.18
26.35
22.99
33.61
47.97
22.49
22.49
18.26
18.26
30.78
17.38
16.69
22.16
21.53
28.61
–
36.84
43.12
29.57
20.28
9.20
10.23
13.54
16.32
17.68
19.73
22.60
29.52
34.58
81.19
200.79
20.62
15.2
8.5
7.2
9.3
5.1
38.5
38.5
11.7
11.7
7.0
11.2
6.5
7.7
7.7
8.1
–
5.3
5.1
8.3
1.9
3.8
3.3
2.0
4.0
2.0
2.2
1.7
2.9
7.9
14.4
6.7
5.5
39.4
39.3
39.1
39.9
37.4
23.8
23.8
20.2
20.2
38.3
39.1
39.8
39.0
39.0
40.0
–
39.6
40.0
34.2
35.7
35.5
33.0
35.5
35.4
35.2
38.4
37.8
34.0
38.6
27.4
21.2
34.9
–
$20.80
26.65
–
–
–
–
40.72
40.72
26.89
–
–
18.88
–
–
–
–
–
31.16
17.40
9.85
10.61
12.72
15.04
15.95
19.25
20.65
24.44
23.62
28.16
–
20.84
–
3.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
15.0
15.0
7.4
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
2.4
7.9
3.7
3.4
2.6
3.1
1.8
3.2
2.8
9.0
7.3
–
10.4
–
39.0
39.3
–
–
–
–
33.1
33.1
35.4
–
–
31.7
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
37.4
38.8
28.4
36.8
36.4
37.5
37.8
38.7
38.2
38.8
39.2
–
38.0
17.35
9.31
10.39
12.14
14.52
15.33
20.14
21.11
21.90
25.79
24.80
19.59
28.65
28.40
24.89
33.46
13.17
9.68
12.27
14.89
15.82
18.63
21.24
2.6
2.3
3.7
2.5
5.5
11.1
2.3
2.5
2.2
4.2
7.8
7.3
4.8
13.8
5.0
9.7
14.5
8.3
4.5
9.2
9.2
1.4
5.3
36.6
36.7
37.3
35.7
34.1
38.0
38.7
37.7
36.7
39.3
40.0
37.9
23.0
24.7
25.3
28.5
37.4
38.4
34.3
35.4
40.0
40.0
35.2
17.36
9.31
10.34
12.25
14.48
15.20
20.36
21.11
22.29
26.19
–
19.59
29.08
28.40
25.73
35.30
12.99
–
12.23
14.69
15.79
–
20.65
3.1
2.3
3.8
4.9
5.6
12.4
2.4
3.2
2.3
3.6
–
7.3
4.7
13.8
3.3
8.0
15.7
–
4.7
9.9
10.2
–
6.3
36.4
36.7
37.2
33.9
34.0
38.0
38.6
37.6
37.0
39.2
–
37.9
22.6
24.7
24.2
27.2
37.6
–
34.2
35.3
40.0
–
39.8
17.31
–
–
11.94
15.91
16.51
18.78
21.13
20.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
–
1.3
7.7
4.5
5.0
8.7
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
39.7
36.2
38.5
39.3
38.5
36.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Public relations specialists –Continued
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Announcers ........................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Dental hygienists ...............................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
43
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.75
18.08
22.29
15.26
22.50
19.36
24.23
24.65
26.44
24.01
15.65
12.62
14.62
15.41
15.90
17.08
18.00
14.78
15.01
9.23
10.63
12.74
14.63
15.94
18.89
20.47
26.54
13.51
19.42
14.47
13.76
18.16
20.41
23.19
27.98
28.98
19.53
22.04
21.46
22.40
16.05
14.92
18.20
22.10
24.72
20.35
21.10
12.88
15.16
17.06
20.09
23.76
25.77
28.62
28.94
19.05
14.06
2.8
16.0
3.4
7.4
7.3
4.3
4.5
3.2
4.3
4.2
1.4
8.7
2.7
2.0
2.2
2.6
5.0
4.0
2.8
3.3
6.0
5.0
3.3
4.3
1.7
4.4
4.0
15.5
5.8
5.1
16.7
3.0
5.2
3.5
2.2
2.5
6.2
4.0
2.4
4.1
7.2
2.4
15.3
6.0
4.2
5.7
3.0
3.4
4.6
4.9
3.0
6.2
6.2
4.0
8.0
3.2
10.4
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.0
39.8
35.1
37.1
36.5
35.2
32.6
32.4
36.8
37.6
34.6
33.1
36.6
34.0
33.7
36.0
36.3
33.3
33.0
35.7
28.6
33.2
35.0
36.2
38.0
37.0
37.5
23.5
39.3
38.7
39.3
39.8
40.0
38.2
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.2
38.4
40.0
41.2
40.3
40.0
40.0
39.0
37.3
39.4
36.9
39.9
39.8
39.0
39.6
40.0
40.1
40.6
$24.75
18.08
22.40
15.58
22.71
19.57
24.13
23.99
26.60
24.01
15.79
–
15.07
15.50
16.39
16.73
18.11
14.81
14.89
9.26
10.64
12.93
14.66
16.04
19.33
21.55
27.06
–
19.47
14.51
13.76
18.96
20.37
23.12
27.97
28.98
19.53
22.23
21.46
22.64
16.05
14.93
18.20
22.09
24.72
20.35
21.75
12.76
15.46
16.64
21.03
25.27
25.24
28.65
28.94
18.96
14.10
2.8
16.0
3.6
7.1
7.1
4.9
4.9
2.5
4.4
4.2
1.4
–
3.0
2.2
2.1
2.8
5.8
4.1
3.4
3.7
6.5
5.8
3.6
5.7
1.9
5.3
5.8
–
5.5
5.3
16.7
3.6
5.4
3.7
2.3
2.5
6.2
3.9
2.4
4.0
7.2
3.2
15.3
6.2
4.2
5.7
4.3
3.3
6.8
5.6
5.1
6.0
7.7
4.4
8.0
3.4
10.4
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.0
39.8
35.3
36.3
36.3
35.6
33.7
32.4
36.6
37.6
34.2
–
35.9
33.8
32.8
36.3
35.4
33.2
32.2
35.2
28.3
33.3
34.9
35.1
36.7
36.2
37.2
–
39.3
38.7
39.3
39.7
40.0
38.1
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.2
38.4
40.0
41.2
40.3
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.4
39.9
36.3
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.6
–
–
$21.19
–
–
18.06
25.00
28.43
–
–
15.03
–
12.84
14.90
14.26
18.74
17.68
–
15.53
–
10.41
11.85
14.46
15.74
18.13
17.58
25.37
–
18.50
–
–
–
21.68
24.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.21
–
14.61
18.23
18.40
19.73
27.37
–
–
20.36
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Health record technologists and technicians
–Continued
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Industrial engineering technicians .....................
8 ...................................................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Drafters ..............................................................
4 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
44
–
–
7.2
–
–
3.0
8.9
13.7
–
–
2.5
–
5.0
3.5
4.8
5.1
10.4
–
3.2
–
4.9
3.0
7.1
6.9
2.4
4.5
4.8
–
12.7
–
–
–
4.2
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
6.3
7.3
3.5
7.5
3.1
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
33.0
–
–
33.2
25.8
32.5
–
–
36.4
–
39.7
34.8
37.0
34.6
39.2
–
36.9
–
35.3
32.3
36.0
38.6
40.3
39.6
38.0
–
39.5
–
–
–
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
38.4
38.9
39.7
39.8
36.1
–
–
39.1
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.71
18.41
17.83
21.10
27.10
18.90
16.29
15.19
18.21
17.72
20.86
16.23
15.13
15.97
17.90
20.39
20.34
15.01
20.30
20.66
20.02
20.42
17.09
21.33
19.68
25.92
20.86
104.72
25.34
70.51
87.82
138.34
17.08
7.37
10.85
13.93
16.94
25.84
24.84
17.90
20.33
18.95
21.98
30.55
30.67
30.99
25.57
20.78
17.61
17.86
12.03
15.60
18.21
18.66
23.58
25.26
18.45
19.51
3.8
3.6
5.5
3.8
2.7
9.4
6.1
4.1
15.6
7.2
4.0
5.0
7.4
12.7
6.9
11.9
6.8
5.2
7.9
3.6
7.6
8.2
8.9
9.2
10.2
9.7
12.1
8.5
8.8
15.1
38.4
4.6
9.7
4.1
15.4
7.4
8.6
8.4
4.8
6.0
7.7
8.4
4.4
8.2
3.7
12.2
11.3
5.7
3.8
5.3
5.0
4.1
10.0
6.0
6.3
7.9
8.7
4.1
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
38.7
40.0
40.7
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.6
39.7
40.0
39.8
39.9
33.1
39.4
39.4
38.4
38.6
39.8
38.8
39.9
39.7
40.0
39.3
34.9
39.6
39.1
40.0
42.0
21.6
26.9
26.2
26.9
19.9
35.0
33.1
34.7
35.8
39.6
40.0
39.1
35.8
36.9
40.1
38.1
39.6
40.9
40.5
38.7
40.0
40.0
37.5
40.0
37.3
34.3
39.2
40.9
38.4
38.1
38.6
$16.72
18.29
17.33
20.99
27.53
18.90
15.83
15.51
–
–
19.01
16.63
14.92
16.08
18.00
21.59
20.35
15.01
20.30
20.62
19.97
21.01
21.06
22.26
20.23
25.87
20.96
105.97
25.34
74.32
87.82
138.34
15.87
7.37
10.72
13.93
–
–
25.08
18.10
20.77
18.95
22.26
31.61
30.67
30.99
25.47
20.78
17.61
18.00
12.09
15.54
18.75
18.62
24.24
27.19
18.26
19.76
3.9
4.0
4.9
3.8
2.9
9.4
7.5
4.6
–
–
4.8
5.4
9.7
13.3
10.0
10.4
7.0
5.4
7.9
3.6
7.9
8.1
7.4
10.2
11.1
9.9
12.6
8.5
8.8
15.4
38.4
4.6
9.7
4.1
16.2
7.6
–
–
5.3
6.9
8.6
8.9
4.8
9.3
3.7
12.2
11.5
5.7
3.8
5.8
5.7
4.6
12.4
7.4
6.2
5.4
9.0
4.7
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
38.9
40.0
40.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.0
–
–
40.0
33.1
39.9
39.3
40.0
38.4
39.8
39.5
39.9
39.7
40.0
39.8
36.4
39.8
38.9
40.0
42.3
21.4
26.9
25.5
26.9
19.9
34.5
33.1
34.9
35.8
–
–
39.1
35.7
36.4
40.1
37.7
39.6
40.9
40.5
38.7
40.0
40.0
37.2
40.0
37.0
32.8
39.5
41.0
38.0
38.1
38.8
–
–
$22.43
–
–
–
18.40
13.49
–
17.85
22.48
14.55
–
–
17.61
–
20.10
–
–
–
21.22
17.00
14.92
17.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.59
–
–
–
–
–
22.70
–
–
–
20.68
26.02
–
–
–
–
–
17.12
–
16.10
16.55
18.79
–
–
–
18.45
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Drafters –Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Biological technicians ........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Computer programmers .....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ................
7 ...................................................................
Legal assistants .................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
7.1
9.4
–
6.8
6.3
8.3
–
–
6.1
–
5.4
–
–
–
5.9
5.2
6.6
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
10.7
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
14.6
7.4
10.0
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
39.1
38.5
–
38.6
39.9
33.0
–
–
34.4
–
37.7
–
–
–
40.0
36.6
34.1
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
39.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
39.8
40.0
38.4
–
–
–
37.4
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.47
9.55
12.54
14.92
18.15
20.51
22.22
25.40
29.46
32.87
9.4
10.2
6.8
3.7
6.5
4.0
6.9
4.2
2.3
7.8
32.6
33.1
39.6
38.3
37.8
39.0
37.7
40.7
40.2
40.0
$9.12
9.49
12.10
15.25
19.08
20.47
23.17
24.97
30.52
33.87
13.2
10.5
5.5
3.9
6.2
5.5
8.4
5.1
4.3
8.8
30.7
33.9
39.5
38.5
39.2
39.6
37.3
40.9
40.2
40.0
–
–
$14.82
14.28
16.34
20.59
19.52
26.78
–
–
–
–
12.6
6.0
10.3
3.0
8.8
6.7
–
–
–
–
39.9
37.9
35.4
37.6
38.7
40.2
–
–
31.16
10.77
15.37
16.90
20.03
22.30
26.87
31.83
36.60
46.18
55.35
68.13
96.62
36.78
34.75
9.38
14.10
15.48
19.35
21.60
27.31
32.70
37.37
46.46
55.30
68.35
96.62
41.27
14.68
14.68
2.6
9.5
2.9
1.7
2.0
2.1
1.7
2.5
1.9
1.9
3.7
4.8
10.1
13.4
3.2
16.6
5.2
3.0
2.8
2.3
2.7
3.6
2.1
1.9
3.8
5.2
10.1
15.5
19.2
19.2
40.0
38.6
39.2
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.4
40.4
40.4
41.4
42.4
39.2
40.4
35.8
41.0
40.7
41.0
40.3
40.8
40.5
40.5
40.5
40.5
41.4
42.4
39.4
14.3
14.3
31.55
10.77
15.28
16.91
20.00
22.60
27.14
32.25
37.24
47.05
57.58
70.89
96.62
37.10
34.90
9.36
14.00
15.34
19.19
21.66
27.36
32.73
37.93
47.30
57.60
71.25
96.62
42.04
–
–
3.2
9.6
3.1
1.9
2.4
2.3
2.0
2.7
2.1
2.0
3.4
4.3
10.1
14.1
3.8
16.8
5.4
3.5
3.2
2.3
3.0
3.8
2.7
2.2
3.5
4.6
10.1
16.4
–
–
40.3
38.6
39.2
39.8
40.3
40.2
40.5
40.4
40.8
40.6
40.7
41.5
42.4
39.8
40.8
35.7
41.1
40.8
41.3
40.5
41.0
40.9
41.0
40.8
40.7
41.6
42.4
40.3
–
–
29.27
–
16.13
16.85
20.19
20.95
25.57
30.56
34.81
42.45
47.52
47.94
–
31.44
33.97
–
16.63
16.59
20.52
21.16
27.03
32.59
35.91
43.17
47.52
47.94
–
31.52
14.68
14.68
2.5
–
4.0
3.7
2.3
2.7
2.9
5.5
3.3
4.2
11.2
5.1
–
5.2
2.5
–
9.0
3.9
4.7
6.6
3.9
7.0
2.4
4.2
11.2
5.1
–
5.1
19.2
19.2
38.6
–
38.8
38.5
38.9
39.0
39.1
38.9
39.3
39.2
39.7
40.7
–
30.8
38.6
–
38.9
39.6
39.2
39.1
39.3
39.2
39.3
39.2
39.7
40.7
–
30.2
14.3
14.3
44.88
39.48
7.5
10.0
42.2
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.21
41.01
5.3
12.6
39.0
40.7
30.41
17.04
16.09
20.07
20.73
27.45
27.19
30.65
39.68
41.92
40.79
37.93
36.34
3.2
11.1
8.7
7.1
5.7
3.0
10.2
6.3
2.7
18.8
7.7
6.5
8.8
39.5
39.4
40.1
39.2
39.2
39.4
40.5
39.5
39.6
39.7
40.3
37.2
40.4
47.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.98
20.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.5
30.04
17.04
16.21
20.06
20.73
27.46
27.19
30.55
39.45
39.51
40.79
37.93
41.34
2.9
11.1
12.0
7.1
5.8
3.0
10.2
6.3
2.9
17.9
7.7
6.5
17.5
39.5
39.4
40.1
39.2
39.2
39.4
40.5
39.5
39.9
39.7
40.3
37.2
38.9
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Technical and related, n.e.c. –Continued
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Legislators .........................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Chief executives and general administrators,
public administration ........................................
12 ...................................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Financial managers ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
46
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.91
20.70
18.81
27.01
29.40
39.76
47.23
63.28
63.74
57.43
32.35
18.40
–
25.71
35.80
39.74
52.07
54.31
66.95
37.48
32.13
20.25
23.48
28.32
36.16
38.05
42.36
31.96
10.7
4.3
7.6
2.2
5.6
6.0
3.9
3.2
4.1
36.8
10.4
8.6
–
11.7
10.0
5.0
15.6
8.4
16.1
21.2
4.4
12.9
9.0
3.3
4.8
8.3
7.9
10.8
40.0
42.2
40.2
40.3
40.4
40.4
40.3
39.9
40.2
39.8
41.2
41.1
–
40.3
39.5
41.6
40.9
41.0
40.7
45.5
40.5
40.0
41.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
43.9
39.7
$13.91
20.69
18.76
26.98
29.51
40.06
49.01
66.03
63.74
57.51
31.77
17.32
–
24.82
–
39.09
52.25
56.57
66.95
37.48
32.18
16.42
24.67
28.58
36.16
34.93
42.36
31.96
10.7
4.3
7.7
2.2
5.8
6.7
3.9
5.9
4.1
37.1
11.2
8.7
–
10.7
–
6.5
19.3
10.1
16.1
21.2
4.1
4.6
8.5
3.2
4.8
6.0
7.9
10.8
40.0
42.2
40.2
40.3
40.4
40.8
40.4
40.2
40.2
39.8
41.4
43.4
–
40.3
–
41.9
41.2
42.0
40.7
45.5
40.6
40.0
41.2
40.2
40.0
40.0
43.9
39.7
–
–
–
$27.83
–
37.57
35.62
59.63
–
–
38.40
–
21.32
–
–
44.32
51.24
–
–
–
31.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
5.3
6.9
3.9
–
–
5.9
–
6.1
–
–
8.4
6.1
–
–
–
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
37.8
40.0
39.5
–
–
39.4
–
39.2
–
–
40.1
39.6
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.70
16.23
20.47
24.96
27.90
34.21
47.69
44.80
54.37
38.79
35.21
14.05
19.09
23.55
25.13
37.46
38.81
45.85
45.80
51.91
24.39
33.79
18.84
21.34
19.80
27.30
30.97
10.0
11.4
5.0
9.7
5.0
5.3
9.4
4.7
6.1
5.3
4.3
15.8
6.5
5.9
8.3
4.2
2.4
6.6
6.3
5.7
14.5
4.3
3.0
7.4
9.8
3.4
4.8
40.9
40.0
39.9
40.2
41.3
41.9
40.9
42.1
40.1
39.4
39.1
38.6
33.5
38.6
38.8
38.8
39.6
38.5
40.3
43.0
41.0
39.7
37.2
39.9
39.2
40.1
40.3
42.74
16.23
20.28
25.00
27.92
34.21
47.68
44.83
54.38
38.80
26.25
14.05
17.56
20.50
21.07
31.04
37.72
39.78
52.75
56.17
21.50
33.64
–
21.33
21.33
27.78
31.03
10.0
11.4
5.2
9.8
5.0
5.3
9.5
4.7
6.1
5.3
7.9
15.8
8.1
7.4
3.7
8.6
8.0
3.8
17.0
11.4
15.3
4.1
–
7.6
6.6
3.6
5.0
40.9
40.0
39.9
40.3
41.3
41.9
40.9
42.1
40.1
39.4
39.5
38.6
32.0
38.1
38.9
41.9
41.6
39.6
40.8
45.7
41.5
39.9
–
39.9
39.2
40.2
40.3
32.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.93
–
22.73
26.55
26.96
38.91
38.98
46.59
44.51
50.22
31.99
34.44
–
–
16.48
25.15
–
17.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
8.3
6.0
12.3
5.1
2.8
7.2
6.0
4.9
17.2
14.9
–
–
23.9
2.8
–
40.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
37.9
39.1
38.8
38.2
39.3
38.3
40.3
42.0
39.9
39.0
–
–
39.2
39.5
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Financial managers –Continued
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Purchasing managers ........................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Managers, medicine and health .........................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
47
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.56
44.29
58.19
71.09
31.52
2.4
7.4
8.9
9.7
10.2
40.2
39.6
37.6
40.1
39.2
$34.92
45.57
54.65
71.19
29.52
2.4
9.1
10.2
10.1
12.3
41.0
39.3
37.5
40.1
38.9
$28.64
40.15
–
–
–
7.8
1.9
–
–
–
37.4
40.9
–
–
–
18.66
14.58
15.59
17.47
19.26
21.75
26.46
31.83
42.11
14.68
20.94
21.12
22.68
30.34
43.78
18.36
22.95
28.08
14.70
15.95
21.85
24.33
31.24
32.57
38.30
48.70
30.56
36.60
13.74
15.45
19.86
23.00
28.24
34.57
36.25
48.14
57.72
68.98
102.90
45.66
24.90
11.82
16.23
17.47
20.63
23.00
26.16
29.89
33.21
44.22
3.9
7.8
4.8
5.2
7.1
6.0
7.5
5.4
3.6
12.3
9.8
15.7
4.6
17.3
14.8
17.5
14.5
8.6
8.2
7.2
5.8
3.1
8.2
6.7
10.6
5.8
9.6
5.1
9.9
5.0
4.6
3.3
4.9
5.6
2.2
2.8
4.6
3.9
13.7
23.4
1.8
8.3
1.9
2.1
2.9
3.0
1.6
3.3
3.0
3.7
42.0
41.7
43.2
43.0
42.8
42.7
44.8
45.1
44.8
34.9
37.6
34.3
39.9
40.6
40.8
35.3
47.1
40.0
39.3
42.4
37.0
39.3
38.9
39.8
39.8
37.4
45.5
41.1
42.0
40.7
41.6
41.3
41.5
41.1
41.0
40.7
41.3
42.1
41.9
40.2
39.2
41.1
38.0
39.0
39.2
39.6
39.4
38.9
39.8
39.5
18.53
14.59
14.95
17.25
19.17
21.63
26.44
31.91
42.77
14.68
20.65
21.25
22.70
33.11
–
18.36
22.95
28.25
14.33
15.84
21.94
24.42
31.69
32.80
38.04
48.70
30.56
36.86
13.72
15.45
19.85
23.21
28.28
34.66
36.19
48.69
58.01
69.09
102.90
46.01
25.53
11.82
16.26
17.66
20.79
23.69
26.76
31.03
34.50
45.51
4.3
7.9
4.7
4.4
7.9
6.2
7.7
5.5
5.5
12.3
10.5
16.5
4.7
20.7
–
17.5
14.5
9.2
9.9
7.4
5.9
3.2
9.0
7.7
11.1
5.8
9.6
5.2
9.9
5.1
5.0
2.7
5.1
5.6
2.4
2.8
4.6
4.2
13.7
23.6
2.2
8.3
2.0
2.7
3.5
3.7
1.7
3.2
2.5
3.7
42.2
41.8
44.9
43.2
43.4
42.8
45.4
45.2
46.1
34.9
37.5
33.9
39.9
40.8
–
35.3
47.1
40.1
39.4
42.5
37.0
39.3
38.9
39.9
39.8
37.4
45.5
41.1
42.0
40.7
41.7
41.5
41.6
41.1
41.1
40.7
41.2
42.2
41.9
40.3
39.3
41.1
37.9
39.3
39.3
39.9
39.5
39.2
39.9
39.5
20.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.74
16.31
18.81
–
23.79
25.81
31.18
–
–
–
31.27
–
–
20.01
20.60
27.60
29.12
37.05
39.58
46.54
66.04
–
–
22.12
–
16.04
16.90
20.01
20.85
24.10
27.39
28.02
31.31
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
9.8
4.8
–
6.6
13.1
7.8
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
3.7
14.6
5.4
5.7
11.4
3.7
7.6
6.1
–
–
2.0
–
4.4
4.2
2.0
2.3
3.9
8.0
6.4
5.3
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.1
38.6
39.4
–
39.1
40.0
39.0
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
39.5
39.3
39.7
37.8
40.2
40.7
42.7
39.4
–
–
38.7
–
38.7
38.3
38.8
38.9
39.0
38.3
39.5
39.9
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers, medicine and health –Continued
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Funeral directors ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
48
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$57.08
62.34
29.07
23.35
16.07
19.09
20.00
21.35
25.37
28.58
32.54
39.35
50.16
26.53
23.97
17.08
20.11
23.93
19.83
29.02
31.50
15.14
16.21
24.57
27.17
29.30
32.67
35.58
47.59
63.98
37.63
28.06
19.99
19.83
24.21
26.55
26.77
30.51
37.08
51.01
32.95
9.7
12.8
9.1
2.6
2.8
3.4
1.9
3.3
3.0
2.1
3.3
8.3
3.5
5.6
7.0
6.8
6.9
6.7
12.8
11.3
6.1
6.1
5.9
17.7
12.2
4.9
6.4
5.7
11.8
9.7
9.9
4.8
4.6
2.9
4.0
2.7
16.1
9.6
5.1
18.7
7.3
39.3
40.3
38.8
38.8
37.6
38.9
38.7
39.8
38.0
38.2
40.6
39.5
41.1
40.1
37.7
39.1
38.9
38.0
35.1
38.6
39.6
39.1
39.2
39.5
40.5
40.5
38.1
39.9
38.9
38.4
39.4
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.2
40.1
39.5
39.9
40.5
40.0
39.8
$57.08
62.34
29.02
23.77
15.94
20.33
20.08
21.91
26.14
28.49
32.67
42.69
50.16
26.57
23.97
17.08
20.11
23.93
19.83
29.02
31.94
15.21
16.21
25.21
27.61
29.65
34.28
36.15
50.56
63.98
37.65
29.53
19.99
20.49
24.59
26.80
33.47
34.76
37.11
51.01
32.95
9.7
12.8
9.0
3.1
2.8
3.1
2.2
3.3
3.3
2.9
3.5
7.2
3.5
5.6
7.0
6.8
6.9
6.7
12.8
11.3
6.4
6.3
5.9
19.0
12.6
5.3
9.4
5.9
11.0
9.7
9.9
4.1
4.6
2.3
4.0
3.0
8.2
4.0
5.2
18.7
7.3
39.3
40.3
38.9
38.8
37.5
38.4
38.7
39.8
38.0
38.1
40.7
39.4
41.1
40.2
37.7
39.1
38.9
38.0
35.1
38.6
39.7
39.0
39.2
39.4
40.6
40.6
40.1
39.8
38.7
38.4
39.4
40.1
39.9
40.1
39.8
40.6
39.5
40.2
40.6
40.0
39.8
–
–
$31.00
21.28
17.14
17.17
19.44
19.18
22.92
28.86
30.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.59
–
–
19.46
19.85
25.53
–
–
–
–
–
22.49
–
–
–
25.46
20.14
24.18
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
3.3
7.3
5.8
2.9
5.5
7.8
4.1
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
3.2
9.4
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
8.0
13.0
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
34.0
38.8
38.4
39.6
38.8
39.8
38.2
38.5
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.2
–
–
39.6
38.7
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
–
–
–
38.0
39.5
39.4
–
–
–
23.15
15.74
16.03
21.34
21.78
25.92
30.07
32.37
41.53
19.74
25.84
3.4
3.9
3.6
4.2
3.8
2.3
2.8
4.2
6.0
5.3
20.4
38.8
37.6
39.5
38.8
40.1
40.1
40.0
39.2
38.8
36.4
39.6
23.30
15.12
16.12
21.79
22.05
26.35
28.18
32.67
41.75
19.85
27.51
4.0
3.1
5.4
4.8
4.4
2.8
2.5
4.7
6.0
5.4
20.9
38.8
37.5
39.8
39.5
40.2
40.2
40.5
39.2
38.8
36.3
39.5
22.44
18.35
15.80
19.69
19.95
24.63
33.21
30.47
–
–
–
4.3
11.4
8.4
4.9
5.5
6.0
5.5
5.7
–
–
–
38.7
38.0
38.9
36.3
39.4
39.9
39.1
38.8
–
–
–
23.27
17.76
17.50
29.95
8.8
4.3
15.2
24.0
39.3
40.2
40.0
37.3
23.30
17.69
17.50
30.14
8.9
4.5
15.2
25.1
39.3
40.2
40.0
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Underwriters ......................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Other financial officers .......................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management analysts ........................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
49
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.81
25.10
23.93
18.20
17.90
20.85
22.84
26.10
31.09
35.06
38.72
23.79
23.25
17.66
18.41
22.12
25.60
27.02
10.9
12.1
6.0
6.2
15.6
4.7
5.8
9.2
7.2
6.6
3.3
10.1
4.1
4.8
6.5
5.9
7.9
2.7
41.6
39.4
39.7
39.7
40.4
38.7
39.7
39.7
40.5
40.6
40.5
39.9
39.2
38.3
40.5
39.6
38.6
39.5
$26.91
25.10
25.28
18.21
21.87
20.82
24.11
27.68
31.62
35.06
38.72
23.79
23.04
17.49
–
19.67
–
–
11.2
12.1
4.4
6.2
8.5
5.1
4.9
6.3
7.3
6.6
3.3
10.1
10.9
1.1
–
4.8
–
–
41.7
39.4
39.7
39.7
41.1
38.7
39.7
39.7
40.5
40.6
40.5
39.9
39.6
37.5
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
$17.35
–
14.18
21.27
19.13
18.77
–
–
–
–
23.33
17.83
19.27
22.89
24.15
27.39
–
–
9.7
–
14.9
6.2
8.0
9.0
–
–
–
–
3.8
8.5
5.9
6.8
7.2
3.5
–
–
39.8
–
39.8
38.9
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
39.1
39.0
40.0
39.5
38.3
39.3
21.98
16.38
17.76
19.75
20.59
23.12
29.07
28.64
23.18
23.88
11.87
16.08
17.80
19.91
21.65
26.99
29.67
33.39
55.41
27.91
2.8
9.5
3.4
5.5
3.3
7.6
4.5
2.9
3.6
1.8
9.1
4.2
2.6
2.4
2.9
2.3
3.8
3.8
20.7
10.1
39.4
38.8
35.3
38.7
39.4
41.3
39.7
40.3
41.8
39.2
43.6
37.7
38.6
39.7
39.4
39.5
39.5
39.2
40.3
38.4
24.33
–
18.95
21.97
23.16
22.79
–
–
23.18
23.96
11.87
16.59
17.77
19.71
21.75
27.25
30.08
34.37
56.39
27.18
6.6
–
8.4
7.3
2.9
13.8
–
–
3.6
2.3
9.1
4.5
2.9
2.9
3.5
2.4
4.0
4.3
20.3
9.7
41.3
–
39.6
39.6
39.5
42.8
–
–
41.8
39.4
43.6
37.5
38.7
39.7
39.7
39.7
39.3
38.9
40.2
39.0
20.45
16.38
17.58
18.49
20.02
23.54
–
–
–
23.51
–
13.33
18.12
20.56
21.36
25.96
28.21
31.11
–
34.66
2.2
9.6
3.3
4.6
3.0
3.7
–
–
–
3.0
–
3.8
4.5
4.1
4.3
3.2
8.3
3.6
–
6.1
38.3
38.8
34.7
38.1
39.4
39.5
–
–
–
38.6
–
39.0
37.7
39.6
38.5
38.7
40.0
39.8
–
33.1
14.50
7.16
7.58
9.03
12.62
16.94
18.89
25.72
23.94
39.17
40.08
44.13
52.11
15.83
19.16
9.09
2.1
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
3.9
4.1
7.2
3.5
9.3
5.8
8.5
12.0
7.2
4.7
6.4
32.6
25.5
26.6
29.3
36.8
40.3
40.2
41.6
41.2
41.6
41.9
41.3
40.0
34.7
40.9
39.6
14.51
7.16
7.57
9.00
12.61
16.94
18.89
25.74
23.95
39.19
40.12
44.36
52.11
15.83
19.16
9.09
2.1
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
3.9
4.1
7.2
3.5
9.3
5.8
8.6
12.0
7.2
4.7
6.4
32.6
25.5
26.6
29.3
36.7
40.3
40.2
41.7
41.2
41.6
41.9
41.4
40.0
34.7
41.0
39.6
12.93
7.37
9.58
11.33
13.52
17.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.15
–
5.6
7.8
1.6
5.8
3.4
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
33.6
22.2
28.3
33.3
39.6
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products –Continued
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales .............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.75
13.64
18.18
20.97
21.75
35.67
42.10
37.01
35.89
19.58
21.46
8.74
12.77
15.48
19.21
29.69
28.03
40.51
42.38
28.26
19.13
10.86
15.29
12.73
21.02
43.42
13.31
15.44
15.47
28.71
28.82
64.47
69.65
88.99
62.49
36.05
20.90
11.02
17.73
20.61
21.82
23.92
29.89
41.96
19.16
20.99
12.85
9.16
15.05
16.42
19.53
35.63
24.27
31.66
25.99
39.53
16.64
37.71
34.82
3.2
2.6
12.8
11.0
3.8
12.7
10.9
6.2
14.6
11.8
8.6
10.1
4.3
3.6
13.2
9.8
34.6
22.8
16.3
13.0
8.8
20.0
10.3
2.4
12.8
11.8
5.6
5.8
7.7
14.9
10.8
20.6
5.4
31.3
12.9
10.6
8.7
6.7
12.6
7.5
9.9
13.5
8.4
6.6
18.6
9.9
14.9
5.1
5.6
12.3
4.3
29.3
9.7
13.0
14.6
8.2
37.6
19.9
5.1
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
38.9
41.3
41.3
42.1
41.9
42.5
40.7
40.9
41.1
40.8
39.9
39.4
38.7
39.5
38.6
44.4
38.7
41.5
45.1
39.3
38.2
30.6
39.5
40.0
38.1
39.6
38.6
39.4
39.8
39.8
39.7
39.7
38.3
41.0
37.3
39.7
36.7
33.1
40.2
35.5
39.5
39.4
39.9
40.0
36.6
36.8
27.8
26.7
37.6
42.2
40.2
41.1
40.9
40.8
40.0
39.8
32.6
42.8
41.1
$10.74
13.58
18.19
20.98
21.76
35.68
42.10
37.01
35.89
19.58
21.45
8.74
12.77
15.48
19.21
29.69
–
40.58
42.38
28.26
19.00
10.86
15.32
12.73
21.02
43.42
13.31
15.44
15.47
28.71
28.82
64.47
69.65
88.99
62.49
36.05
20.90
11.02
17.73
20.58
21.82
23.92
29.89
41.96
19.16
20.99
12.85
9.16
15.05
16.42
19.53
35.63
24.27
31.66
25.99
39.67
16.64
37.71
34.82
3.2
2.7
12.8
11.0
3.8
12.8
10.9
6.2
14.6
11.8
8.6
10.1
4.3
3.6
13.2
9.8
–
22.9
16.3
13.0
9.3
20.0
10.3
2.4
12.8
11.8
5.6
5.8
7.7
14.9
10.8
20.6
5.4
31.3
12.9
10.6
8.7
6.7
12.6
7.5
9.9
13.5
8.4
6.6
18.6
9.9
14.9
5.1
5.6
12.3
4.3
29.3
9.7
13.0
14.6
8.2
37.6
19.9
5.1
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
38.9
41.3
41.3
42.1
41.9
42.5
40.7
40.9
41.1
40.8
39.9
39.4
38.7
39.5
38.6
44.4
–
41.5
45.1
39.3
38.2
30.6
39.5
40.0
38.1
39.6
38.6
39.4
39.8
39.8
39.7
39.7
38.3
41.0
37.3
39.7
36.7
33.1
40.2
35.5
39.5
39.4
39.9
40.0
36.6
36.8
27.8
26.7
37.6
42.2
40.2
41.1
40.9
40.8
40.0
39.7
32.6
42.8
41.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Supervisors, sales –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Advertising and related sales .............................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales, other business services ..........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales engineers .................................................
11 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.08
15.87
21.78
18.33
25.01
26.82
33.48
41.37
38.02
45.97
18.28
18.95
17.25
16.17
19.14
22.81
25.66
20.88
9.05
7.40
7.68
8.38
11.55
8.36
8.64
7.64
9.94
11.44
11.21
8.56
15.26
19.71
9.76
9.27
13.82
7.71
10.25
14.17
30.65
29.69
13.79
9.55
14.26
18.47
16.22
14.91
11.73
6.96
7.68
8.80
10.97
16.20
17.56
29.09
49.13
13.55
8.93
6.95
6.93
5.2
10.7
5.1
7.0
3.9
7.7
5.1
6.1
8.8
4.9
17.3
4.8
13.5
6.7
9.5
8.2
9.7
9.2
3.5
3.9
5.9
3.2
7.8
13.9
4.9
5.3
8.2
21.1
10.2
7.3
5.3
32.5
18.1
1.3
5.5
2.8
2.1
10.3
10.7
6.5
4.4
4.8
5.5
8.0
11.5
11.7
5.9
1.9
1.4
2.5
3.4
8.7
5.4
8.6
17.4
11.2
8.9
6.6
3.8
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.1
38.9
39.9
40.6
40.9
40.4
42.5
40.3
41.3
40.0
39.2
45.4
43.3
48.4
42.8
43.0
48.0
44.8
25.1
19.6
23.6
25.0
31.7
25.2
23.3
20.2
28.7
37.3
26.8
22.8
42.5
33.6
35.8
26.0
37.5
28.0
33.8
46.3
39.2
40.5
38.5
35.2
40.1
40.6
43.1
39.4
29.9
22.3
27.3
28.9
32.2
36.1
39.6
39.6
44.9
37.5
29.5
25.7
26.6
$24.08
15.87
21.78
18.33
25.01
26.82
33.48
41.37
38.02
45.97
18.28
18.95
17.25
16.17
19.14
22.81
25.66
20.88
9.05
7.40
7.68
8.38
11.55
8.36
8.64
7.64
9.94
11.44
11.21
8.56
15.26
19.71
9.76
9.27
13.82
7.71
10.25
14.17
30.65
29.69
13.79
9.55
14.26
18.47
16.22
14.91
11.73
6.96
7.68
8.80
10.97
16.20
17.56
29.12
49.13
13.55
8.92
6.95
6.93
5.2
10.7
5.1
7.0
3.9
7.7
5.1
6.1
8.8
4.9
17.3
4.8
13.5
6.7
9.5
8.2
9.7
9.2
3.5
3.9
5.9
3.2
7.8
13.9
4.9
5.3
8.2
21.1
10.2
7.3
5.3
32.5
18.1
1.3
5.5
2.8
2.1
10.3
10.7
6.5
4.4
4.8
5.5
8.0
11.5
11.7
5.9
1.9
1.4
2.5
3.4
8.7
5.4
8.6
17.4
11.2
8.9
6.6
3.8
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.1
38.9
39.9
40.6
40.9
40.4
42.5
40.3
41.3
40.0
39.2
45.4
43.3
48.4
42.8
43.0
48.0
44.8
25.1
19.6
23.6
25.0
31.7
25.2
23.3
20.2
28.7
37.3
26.8
22.8
42.5
33.6
35.8
26.0
37.5
28.0
33.8
46.3
39.2
40.5
38.5
35.2
40.1
40.6
43.1
39.4
29.9
22.3
27.3
28.8
32.2
36.1
39.6
39.6
44.9
37.5
29.5
25.7
26.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
3 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales –Continued
Sales counter clerks –Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Cashiers .............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..............
4 ...................................................................
News vendors ....................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
$8.15
10.83
13.23
13.09
8.19
7.12
7.40
8.76
12.53
17.12
7.79
14.87
24.40
8.00
23.26
7.74
9.89
12.89
9.59
13.98
8.36
8.26
10.01
12.78
17.86
16.16
24.48
22.60
6.2
7.6
11.9
14.9
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
1.6
4.0
3.5
31.1
30.7
8.6
28.5
3.6
5.4
6.9
8.8
7.7
11.0
3.0
6.0
7.3
12.4
8.1
8.7
6.5
28.5
35.8
39.8
38.9
28.8
27.1
28.0
30.5
35.4
37.5
25.2
26.3
27.9
20.7
26.7
22.1
34.9
25.3
27.2
34.6
26.3
28.9
29.0
37.3
39.0
41.1
43.4
40.0
$8.15
10.83
13.29
13.09
8.14
7.12
7.38
8.67
12.47
17.47
7.79
14.87
24.40
8.00
23.28
7.73
9.89
12.89
9.59
13.98
8.36
8.26
10.01
12.78
17.87
16.16
24.48
22.60
6.2
7.6
12.5
14.9
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
1.6
2.0
3.5
31.1
30.7
8.6
28.4
3.7
5.4
6.9
8.8
7.7
11.0
3.0
6.0
7.3
12.5
8.1
8.7
6.6
28.5
35.8
39.8
38.9
28.8
27.1
28.0
30.4
35.3
37.3
25.2
26.3
27.9
20.7
26.7
22.3
34.9
25.3
27.2
34.6
26.3
28.9
29.0
37.3
39.0
41.1
43.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
$11.59
7.36
9.58
11.61
13.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
7.9
1.6
6.0
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.9
25.7
28.3
32.9
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, general office ................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .....
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Chief communications operators .......................
13.41
8.59
9.89
11.17
13.14
15.38
17.03
19.62
20.93
24.33
27.74
46.29
14.08
17.86
13.26
14.28
16.73
18.37
20.39
23.60
17.15
19.12
19.72
16.35
20.29
18.72
20.58
25.62
17.76
20.59
.5
2.3
1.1
.7
.8
.6
1.5
1.2
3.0
2.2
6.0
15.1
4.0
3.1
3.5
7.9
3.7
1.6
5.9
1.8
12.1
9.5
2.4
3.9
15.5
3.0
4.0
4.6
7.7
6.5
36.4
27.3
33.6
35.8
37.2
38.4
38.8
38.7
39.6
38.5
38.5
36.8
36.5
38.9
40.9
38.2
39.3
40.0
39.5
40.3
39.5
40.0
38.9
39.7
39.3
39.7
39.8
35.6
39.6
40.0
13.33
8.52
9.84
11.09
13.13
15.34
17.34
19.74
21.53
24.52
28.86
46.44
13.98
17.81
13.21
14.24
16.81
17.97
21.85
23.58
17.12
18.09
19.70
16.34
20.32
18.74
20.50
25.97
17.76
21.85
.6
2.0
1.3
.8
.9
.7
1.7
1.4
2.8
2.4
6.1
15.2
4.2
3.4
3.6
8.4
3.9
1.9
6.0
1.7
12.0
13.7
2.5
4.0
15.7
3.2
4.5
5.3
7.7
11.7
36.3
27.0
33.8
35.7
37.2
38.6
38.9
38.6
39.6
38.5
38.3
36.8
36.5
38.8
40.9
38.3
39.1
40.3
39.3
40.5
39.5
40.3
39.0
39.7
39.3
39.9
40.0
35.4
39.6
40.0
13.79
8.99
10.20
11.57
13.16
15.53
16.07
19.20
19.22
22.61
–
–
16.88
18.09
–
14.69
16.34
19.27
17.96
–
–
–
20.08
–
–
18.38
–
22.18
–
20.13
1.3
6.6
1.7
1.3
1.4
1.1
1.9
2.6
5.2
5.1
–
–
2.7
2.9
–
11.9
8.3
4.6
5.0
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
7.5
–
15.9
–
7.7
36.6
28.9
32.4
36.2
37.2
37.6
38.4
38.9
39.5
38.3
–
–
35.6
39.4
–
37.8
40.0
39.3
39.6
–
–
–
37.7
–
–
37.1
–
37.7
–
40.0
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
53
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.65
20.09
3.6
10.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.76
12.01
15.61
17.77
19.26
21.17
26.35
25.18
15.90
12.08
15.01
15.24
16.82
17.24
17.52
14.06
13.11
14.77
10.74
11.15
13.39
15.96
16.75
19.60
24.53
16.24
16.68
9.88
14.47
18.03
21.43
27.40
14.07
11.18
12.79
13.86
15.85
16.81
15.81
11.25
10.62
12.81
11.98
12.26
12.39
8.71
7.37
7.95
9.07
11.02
12.51
8.28
13.74
9.33
10.39
4.4
7.7
9.6
9.4
8.7
5.0
6.5
13.6
2.7
4.2
4.9
4.9
5.1
11.2
2.8
9.8
5.5
1.2
3.7
1.8
1.7
1.5
4.0
2.1
3.8
6.3
4.9
12.2
2.7
15.9
5.7
12.4
1.7
6.4
3.1
3.7
4.0
4.5
9.7
4.4
5.5
4.1
3.8
6.3
6.1
2.4
4.2
2.8
2.2
3.5
6.0
3.2
5.3
15.5
5.9
39.9
38.4
40.3
41.7
40.5
40.0
40.8
37.4
38.7
38.1
37.8
39.3
39.7
39.4
36.6
39.2
39.1
37.5
34.0
36.3
37.5
38.9
38.5
37.4
39.7
35.8
33.5
36.1
36.1
31.2
33.1
38.8
36.4
31.9
36.7
35.9
38.2
39.5
36.8
30.9
35.7
34.0
36.6
40.0
38.5
35.9
31.7
36.2
35.8
39.3
39.5
35.6
35.9
38.0
32.2
$19.82
11.80
15.15
16.53
19.37
21.00
26.35
25.22
16.14
12.08
15.06
15.56
17.59
20.21
17.53
14.02
13.13
14.84
10.75
10.89
13.46
16.07
17.18
19.66
24.53
16.04
15.60
11.50
13.36
–
21.70
–
14.13
10.12
12.20
14.39
15.99
18.10
15.81
11.18
10.65
12.81
11.82
12.26
12.39
8.71
7.37
7.95
9.07
11.02
12.69
8.28
13.60
9.33
10.39
5.2
7.9
8.5
6.1
9.0
6.9
6.5
13.9
2.5
4.2
5.5
3.5
4.1
6.9
2.8
11.7
6.7
1.4
4.7
2.4
1.8
2.2
5.3
2.7
3.9
6.4
7.3
6.2
3.7
–
5.7
–
4.1
10.0
4.3
6.6
6.9
6.9
9.7
4.8
6.5
4.2
3.8
6.3
6.1
2.4
4.2
2.8
2.2
3.5
6.2
3.2
5.4
15.5
5.9
40.0
38.6
40.7
42.5
40.5
40.0
40.8
37.4
38.6
38.4
38.0
39.4
39.6
39.6
36.6
39.4
38.6
37.2
33.8
36.2
37.1
39.1
38.5
36.8
39.7
35.8
32.4
36.8
34.9
–
32.5
–
36.5
32.6
35.9
37.6
35.8
39.6
36.8
30.1
34.9
34.2
36.4
40.0
38.5
35.9
31.7
36.2
35.8
39.3
39.5
35.6
35.9
38.3
32.2
$19.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.32
–
14.43
14.60
14.34
16.15
–
–
–
14.55
10.68
12.08
13.22
15.61
15.76
19.42
–
19.05
19.13
–
16.09
20.26
20.25
33.89
14.02
12.25
13.32
13.51
15.82
–
–
11.79
10.48
12.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
6.2
11.1
11.5
13.6
–
–
–
2.9
4.0
2.8
2.9
2.6
4.3
2.0
–
4.0
9.1
–
5.2
7.8
15.6
12.8
1.6
7.0
3.2
2.9
4.4
–
–
8.6
2.5
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
35.2
39.2
39.9
39.4
–
–
–
38.2
34.8
36.7
38.7
38.4
38.4
39.2
–
35.1
36.4
–
38.1
33.1
36.3
38.0
36.3
31.3
37.4
34.9
38.8
–
–
38.2
39.9
32.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Chief communications operators –Continued
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Computer operators ...........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Peripheral equipment operators ........................
4 ...................................................................
Secretaries .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Stenographers ...................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Typists ...............................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Interviewers .......................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
54
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.23
13.92
15.73
17.47
20.23
10.62
7.98
9.82
11.18
12.09
13.94
9.63
12.16
9.70
9.46
11.14
12.49
13.62
18.14
16.63
12.98
10.63
13.02
12.50
11.44
12.57
14.78
14.43
13.20
9.42
9.51
11.31
13.99
15.77
17.60
19.68
12.02
11.7
9.2
4.0
8.0
4.4
2.1
2.8
2.8
2.0
4.0
10.2
7.1
2.8
5.2
4.4
3.6
2.8
5.0
7.1
4.7
7.7
15.1
2.0
4.1
5.7
5.3
6.8
6.5
1.9
6.2
2.6
2.8
2.1
4.4
8.0
5.7
6.2
37.4
34.4
34.9
38.2
40.0
33.6
22.6
31.9
37.7
37.4
38.5
27.7
37.0
34.6
33.8
35.7
39.1
39.2
39.1
37.2
39.2
38.2
39.0
39.6
40.0
37.4
40.0
37.5
37.4
31.3
34.5
36.2
38.9
39.5
39.9
39.7
35.8
$11.53
13.91
15.73
17.47
20.23
10.61
7.97
9.84
11.19
12.05
13.94
9.63
11.99
9.70
9.46
10.88
12.47
13.34
18.09
16.73
12.98
10.63
13.11
12.50
11.72
12.57
14.78
14.43
13.18
9.42
9.51
11.28
14.00
15.72
17.58
19.72
12.02
11.7
9.2
4.0
8.0
4.4
2.1
2.8
2.9
2.1
4.4
10.2
7.1
3.0
5.2
4.4
3.1
2.9
5.0
8.2
6.0
7.7
15.1
2.2
4.1
4.9
5.3
6.8
6.5
1.9
6.2
2.6
2.8
2.2
4.2
8.0
5.8
6.2
37.2
34.4
34.9
38.2
40.0
33.5
22.5
31.9
37.7
37.8
38.5
27.7
37.0
34.6
33.8
35.7
39.0
39.3
39.2
39.9
39.2
38.2
39.0
39.6
40.0
37.4
40.0
37.5
37.4
31.3
34.5
36.2
38.9
39.5
39.9
39.7
35.8
–
–
–
–
–
$10.75
8.64
9.31
10.83
13.13
–
–
15.26
–
–
15.95
12.78
16.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.21
–
–
–
13.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
5.0
5.6
6.8
9.2
–
–
5.0
–
–
14.2
5.9
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.9
–
–
–
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.5
27.1
33.4
38.5
28.3
–
–
36.4
–
–
35.9
39.7
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
14.75
8.74
10.84
13.13
14.21
16.87
18.67
13.54
11.69
7.62
10.19
11.32
12.24
13.44
15.43
13.16
9.92
8.43
9.71
3.4
4.4
5.8
5.8
7.0
5.4
5.5
9.1
2.8
3.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
6.1
5.6
9.1
2.2
5.8
3.2
39.1
39.4
37.7
38.8
39.3
39.5
40.0
38.3
29.7
16.4
27.2
31.9
34.4
32.6
37.2
27.3
32.9
24.0
36.8
15.03
–
11.20
13.85
14.21
17.32
19.92
13.54
11.85
–
11.45
9.43
13.45
–
13.53
12.91
9.89
8.44
9.74
3.1
–
5.5
2.2
8.3
3.9
2.2
9.1
7.4
–
9.5
13.8
12.0
–
6.2
8.7
2.2
5.9
3.4
39.2
–
37.0
39.2
39.3
39.4
39.9
38.3
29.0
–
25.5
31.6
34.7
–
39.4
27.4
32.7
24.0
36.7
13.76
–
–
10.84
14.24
15.74
16.32
–
11.64
7.80
9.94
11.72
12.04
13.28
16.37
–
10.48
–
8.90
9.2
–
–
15.5
4.3
13.6
7.3
–
3.3
3.2
5.9
5.5
6.3
6.3
5.3
–
6.3
–
11.6
39.1
–
–
37.7
39.3
39.9
40.0
–
29.9
17.4
27.5
31.9
34.3
32.1
36.2
–
36.8
–
39.1
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Transportation ticket and reservation agents
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Classified ad clerks ............................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Library clerks .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
File clerks ...........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
55
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.40
10.47
10.33
12.95
8.53
9.77
10.93
13.44
15.18
15.10
17.23
12.89
13.62
9.77
10.95
12.95
14.78
16.32
22.32
14.51
15.17
10.09
12.99
14.09
16.61
17.96
20.92
13.82
12.11
9.70
11.19
12.61
14.72
17.61
17.15
14.76
15.27
4.5
10.0
9.0
2.2
7.8
5.6
2.9
3.1
5.4
3.7
4.0
4.7
1.5
3.2
2.0
1.7
2.3
3.3
9.1
5.6
2.6
5.9
5.2
5.1
6.4
4.6
4.2
10.5
3.5
2.9
6.5
2.7
3.6
4.6
4.9
23.1
2.2
28.2
39.2
39.4
38.3
37.7
38.2
37.0
38.3
38.8
39.0
38.6
38.9
37.0
35.9
34.6
37.0
38.4
38.3
38.9
37.7
35.1
29.5
30.0
35.8
39.6
39.7
28.8
37.7
37.1
38.2
33.6
38.0
37.9
39.0
37.4
40.2
41.2
$11.41
10.43
10.33
12.88
8.70
9.64
11.10
13.10
15.74
15.41
17.65
12.90
13.52
9.74
10.90
12.90
14.72
16.47
22.85
14.49
14.98
10.09
13.07
13.75
16.86
17.68
21.04
13.82
12.07
9.79
11.12
12.59
14.61
18.19
17.25
14.76
15.27
4.9
11.1
9.0
2.5
10.0
6.6
3.0
3.3
5.1
3.9
5.2
4.6
1.6
3.3
2.0
1.9
2.5
4.1
10.2
5.7
2.7
5.9
5.3
5.8
8.1
5.1
4.7
10.5
3.7
3.3
6.7
2.8
3.8
3.3
4.9
23.1
2.2
27.6
39.4
39.4
38.3
37.1
38.2
37.0
38.8
38.5
39.2
38.9
38.9
36.8
35.9
34.4
36.8
38.3
38.0
39.0
37.7
34.7
29.5
29.7
35.4
39.5
39.7
28.2
37.7
37.1
38.1
33.3
38.3
37.7
38.8
37.3
40.2
41.2
$11.27
–
–
13.25
–
10.36
10.00
14.45
13.64
14.71
15.74
–
14.41
–
11.58
13.32
15.26
15.78
19.95
–
16.84
–
–
16.39
15.78
–
–
–
12.90
–
12.75
13.26
15.96
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
3.8
–
6.4
3.7
7.0
8.6
6.1
3.3
–
2.3
–
5.4
2.6
2.6
3.6
7.2
–
4.5
–
–
6.8
2.5
–
–
–
8.1
–
11.2
12.5
4.8
–
–
–
–
36.7
–
–
37.9
–
38.2
36.9
37.1
39.8
38.8
37.6
–
38.6
–
37.1
38.5
39.2
39.4
38.6
–
39.0
–
–
38.8
40.0
–
–
–
36.5
–
40.0
28.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
11.95
9.50
9.53
13.74
14.36
11.27
8.95
11.09
10.92
4.7
4.2
2.6
15.6
18.1
6.4
2.4
12.2
8.5
33.3
32.0
30.0
34.3
38.4
38.3
37.4
34.1
39.9
11.96
9.50
9.53
13.78
14.36
11.51
9.00
11.09
11.84
4.7
4.2
2.6
15.7
18.1
4.0
3.9
12.2
9.9
33.3
32.0
30.0
34.3
38.4
37.4
35.8
34.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
10.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
11.32
11.81
12.86
10.24
9.63
10.57
12.57
9.79
11.65
11.79
6.5
12.5
6.3
5.4
6.8
1.7
4.2
4.8
8.5
5.9
38.0
38.4
39.7
38.6
34.1
38.8
34.6
31.9
34.3
36.1
11.32
11.81
12.86
10.15
9.63
–
12.60
9.79
11.68
12.07
6.5
12.5
6.3
5.7
6.8
–
4.4
4.8
8.6
6.3
38.0
38.4
39.7
39.2
34.1
–
34.5
32.0
34.5
35.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.26
–
10.56
9.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
9.5
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.1
–
28.5
40.0
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
File clerks –Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Billing clerks .......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
5 ...................................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ..........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
56
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.49
16.76
11.29
10.94
14.76
11.32
8.40
10.38
11.81
15.67
10.77
9.25
8.91
8.68
9.57
15.36
10.61
12.61
12.65
17.03
17.83
21.89
18.76
17.17
9.12
13.07
14.31
16.20
18.90
20.27
18.69
12.72
9.08
10.18
10.75
13.43
15.96
18.43
19.28
12.67
12.40
9.33
9.93
11.91
13.16
14.45
17.55
19.46
12.22
16.27
13.14
12.77
16.14
17.92
17.12
14.97
10.85
15.96
3.1
4.2
11.0
12.7
11.7
5.8
3.4
3.8
7.8
14.6
4.9
6.8
11.7
11.2
14.5
3.8
7.6
6.6
3.6
3.5
5.1
8.9
9.9
3.3
7.4
6.9
2.6
4.6
7.8
2.8
5.8
2.9
3.9
3.5
2.8
2.3
5.6
2.9
3.1
11.4
1.9
7.2
2.4
3.5
3.0
4.3
4.3
6.2
16.1
4.5
18.6
15.3
6.4
4.5
15.3
7.5
9.6
9.0
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
35.6
39.5
21.4
31.2
39.0
35.0
32.5
33.9
35.6
37.6
36.7
29.8
27.4
21.4
38.5
39.1
38.1
37.7
39.0
39.7
39.5
40.0
37.3
39.0
29.1
37.3
40.1
39.5
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.4
39.4
33.2
39.4
38.2
39.0
39.3
40.1
39.8
37.0
29.7
36.1
36.4
39.2
39.2
39.1
39.8
37.6
38.9
39.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.9
38.2
29.0
38.8
$16.45
–
11.29
10.38
17.25
11.45
8.47
10.42
11.73
15.73
10.77
8.85
8.34
8.60
–
14.97
9.15
12.42
12.43
17.87
18.48
19.20
19.02
17.13
9.12
13.07
14.33
16.24
18.79
20.27
18.69
12.70
9.08
10.18
10.74
13.44
15.99
18.43
19.28
12.67
12.32
9.43
9.91
11.97
13.05
14.25
17.37
20.07
12.17
16.48
–
12.71
16.62
18.87
18.64
14.95
–
15.92
3.3
–
11.0
14.3
15.5
6.0
3.7
3.8
8.7
15.0
4.9
4.9
4.9
13.3
–
3.2
4.8
7.5
3.9
4.9
5.2
12.7
13.3
3.3
7.4
6.9
2.6
4.7
8.1
2.8
5.8
2.9
3.9
3.5
2.8
2.3
6.3
2.9
3.1
11.4
2.1
7.8
2.4
3.8
3.3
4.4
4.3
7.0
16.3
5.9
–
17.5
10.0
4.5
16.9
7.7
–
9.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
35.4
–
21.4
30.8
39.6
34.6
31.3
33.8
35.4
37.5
36.7
29.4
26.9
19.6
–
39.5
39.4
38.5
39.3
39.7
41.1
40.0
36.6
39.0
29.1
37.3
40.1
39.5
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.4
39.4
33.2
39.4
38.2
39.0
39.3
40.1
39.8
36.8
28.9
36.0
36.3
39.3
39.3
39.4
39.9
37.5
38.6
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
40.0
–
–
–
$13.70
–
9.78
–
–
12.62
–
–
13.45
15.42
–
–
15.81
12.47
12.90
12.90
16.05
16.94
23.21
–
21.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.18
–
10.13
11.12
13.81
15.41
–
–
–
15.76
–
–
15.66
13.73
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Telephone operators –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...
4 ...................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Messengers .......................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Production coordinators .....................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Meter readers ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
57
–
–
–
8.1
–
13.3
–
–
10.0
–
–
17.6
18.2
–
–
6.9
11.0
8.2
7.1
6.3
7.3
11.9
–
18.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
6.2
7.2
6.0
8.7
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
8.4
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.9
–
39.3
–
–
38.0
–
–
35.1
35.0
–
–
38.7
36.5
36.5
38.7
39.8
37.6
40.0
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.7
–
38.5
38.3
38.8
38.7
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
39.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.38
14.74
13.43
13.09
16.08
13.90
14.1
3.6
12.7
8.9
4.4
7.5
40.0
37.7
34.7
39.5
39.0
37.7
$12.38
14.63
13.43
13.09
15.69
13.90
14.1
3.4
12.7
8.9
4.1
7.5
40.0
37.7
34.7
39.5
39.1
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.31
7.75
12.22
13.61
17.14
21.03
16.21
9.1
13.8
14.1
5.3
6.1
1.3
27.3
38.7
30.6
38.9
37.4
39.5
39.8
39.3
13.26
7.75
12.09
13.52
16.86
21.03
16.21
9.2
13.8
14.5
5.5
6.2
1.3
27.3
38.6
30.6
38.8
37.4
39.5
39.8
39.3
$16.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.96
11.98
13.19
14.46
16.82
21.89
21.02
25.27
46.23
22.71
14.74
12.41
11.44
13.56
16.16
18.24
19.20
20.34
14.68
14.90
10.55
12.58
16.44
15.96
17.68
14.95
13.32
9.01
10.69
12.84
14.89
14.07
18.79
16.03
12.52
8.34
10.02
11.34
13.02
15.33
16.93
18.61
8.4
3.9
1.5
4.1
2.2
7.3
5.7
6.2
17.1
20.6
2.2
17.3
5.6
2.8
4.4
4.4
5.4
1.8
3.2
3.2
5.8
3.8
9.4
2.1
4.5
10.2
3.8
5.3
7.5
4.4
5.1
3.9
5.2
11.2
1.1
6.3
1.6
2.2
1.4
2.2
4.7
2.7
38.0
38.1
37.0
38.9
38.2
39.0
38.4
38.0
37.2
37.7
38.5
34.5
38.1
37.7
39.3
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.1
38.8
39.2
38.9
39.0
39.2
39.3
37.2
37.4
36.4
36.1
36.8
38.3
39.9
36.4
39.7
35.9
28.9
32.6
35.8
36.8
38.0
39.0
38.6
19.01
11.93
13.19
14.45
16.82
21.89
21.02
25.41
46.23
22.71
14.67
12.43
11.45
13.53
16.15
18.26
19.05
20.34
14.68
12.23
9.65
11.99
12.52
–
–
–
13.18
9.01
10.66
12.75
14.73
14.20
18.75
16.03
12.32
8.74
9.90
11.29
12.92
15.42
18.31
18.75
8.5
3.9
1.5
4.6
2.2
7.4
5.7
6.5
17.1
20.6
2.3
17.3
5.6
2.9
4.5
4.5
5.9
1.8
3.2
2.8
5.2
4.8
6.4
–
–
–
4.0
5.3
7.5
4.5
5.7
5.0
5.5
11.2
1.3
6.3
2.0
2.9
2.0
3.5
3.7
3.3
38.0
38.1
37.0
38.8
38.2
39.0
38.4
38.0
37.2
37.7
38.5
34.5
38.1
37.7
39.3
39.9
39.7
39.9
39.1
39.2
39.9
38.7
40.0
–
–
–
37.2
36.4
36.0
36.7
38.2
39.9
36.2
39.7
35.4
29.7
32.2
35.1
36.2
38.1
38.9
38.5
15.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.68
–
–
15.20
16.42
17.67
–
–
–
16.04
12.27
13.32
17.11
16.10
17.97
–
15.64
–
–
–
16.15
–
–
–
13.04
6.45
10.58
11.51
13.22
15.18
15.48
17.92
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
7.2
9.7
7.0
–
–
–
3.1
4.0
4.7
10.6
2.0
4.2
–
4.0
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
1.4
11.6
2.6
2.6
2.1
2.3
5.6
5.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
39.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
38.6
38.0
39.2
38.8
39.1
39.2
–
39.6
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
37.4
25.9
34.2
38.1
38.3
38.0
39.1
38.8
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
–Continued
4 ...................................................................
Expeditors ..........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Bill and account collectors .................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
General office clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
58
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
General office clerks –Continued
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Proofreaders ......................................................
4 ...................................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$12.47
10.00
8.74
8.87
9.92
10.94
12.88
10.14
14.20
13.56
12.06
9.56
10.41
11.29
14.39
14.64
12.86
13.49
13.04
10.40
13.94
16.22
14.04
16.61
10.94
9.70
9.65
10.58
11.72
16.60
15.53
13.60
8.14
11.86
10.76
12.83
14.48
16.85
19.77
14.09
6.5
1.3
7.6
2.5
1.5
2.9
8.0
2.1
15.4
8.0
2.1
9.0
1.8
2.7
4.1
7.6
7.8
4.3
13.3
6.6
5.4
6.1
7.4
26.3
1.3
4.7
1.9
1.9
3.1
3.3
6.8
1.4
6.8
15.7
3.3
1.9
2.6
1.8
3.1
2.4
38.1
33.7
26.6
32.5
32.6
36.4
37.7
34.5
36.9
36.7
36.4
27.0
35.6
36.9
36.5
39.6
39.0
38.9
38.9
39.8
38.6
39.4
39.2
33.7
31.2
27.1
30.9
33.5
30.1
27.3
29.3
35.2
22.2
33.6
33.7
36.3
38.4
38.5
38.6
34.0
$12.06
10.00
8.74
8.87
9.92
10.94
12.88
10.14
12.15
13.56
11.99
8.57
10.34
11.03
14.79
15.04
12.86
13.82
13.17
10.77
14.50
16.35
14.04
16.61
9.74
8.51
9.29
10.65
10.26
10.86
13.40
13.45
8.10
11.83
10.61
12.93
14.26
17.06
20.04
13.85
4.8
1.3
7.6
2.5
1.5
2.9
8.0
2.1
9.4
8.0
2.5
3.1
1.9
2.9
4.5
8.6
7.8
5.2
14.3
5.2
7.0
6.1
7.4
26.3
4.1
12.2
7.5
11.9
5.3
4.8
6.8
1.6
7.1
16.8
3.7
2.1
3.3
2.1
3.9
2.7
38.3
33.7
26.6
32.5
32.6
36.4
37.7
34.5
36.2
36.7
35.9
20.6
35.2
36.7
35.7
39.6
39.0
38.8
38.8
39.8
38.4
39.4
39.2
33.7
28.2
21.7
31.4
29.3
26.5
33.1
37.5
34.9
22.1
34.0
33.3
36.0
38.5
38.3
39.1
33.9
$16.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.40
–
11.01
12.94
12.94
–
–
11.42
–
–
10.80
–
–
–
11.06
10.13
9.68
10.58
11.95
16.79
15.72
14.30
8.89
12.11
11.62
12.41
15.07
16.04
18.95
15.99
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
3.5
2.3
6.4
–
–
11.8
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
1.4
5.6
1.9
1.9
3.5
3.4
7.3
2.7
5.3
8.5
7.6
2.7
3.3
4.4
2.6
4.6
35.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
39.3
38.6
39.8
–
–
39.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
31.5
29.8
30.8
33.7
30.8
27.1
28.8
37.1
24.6
30.2
36.5
37.8
38.3
39.5
37.1
35.3
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
14.51
8.51
10.24
12.85
14.29
15.73
18.02
21.46
25.10
27.21
31.72
14.24
.9
1.5
1.5
1.6
1.1
1.0
1.4
.7
2.3
2.6
7.7
2.9
38.2
33.9
37.2
38.5
39.2
39.7
40.2
39.9
40.2
40.1
41.3
38.7
14.39
8.46
10.18
12.82
14.23
15.70
18.06
21.54
25.15
27.28
31.75
14.24
.9
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.2
1.1
1.6
.8
2.5
2.7
8.3
2.9
38.2
33.8
37.2
38.8
39.4
39.8
40.3
39.9
40.2
40.1
41.4
38.7
16.59
10.74
12.03
13.48
15.10
16.00
17.52
20.66
24.44
26.40
–
13.26
1.2
4.9
2.2
4.4
2.5
1.9
3.2
2.0
3.3
5.0
–
11.3
37.6
36.4
35.2
34.2
36.4
38.4
39.8
39.8
39.7
40.0
–
39.3
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
18.20
8.91
10.41
11.55
1.1
3.9
2.9
2.6
39.6
38.9
38.3
38.9
18.15
8.91
10.39
11.52
1.2
3.9
3.0
2.7
39.6
38.9
38.2
38.8
18.91
–
11.16
12.22
1.9
–
8.3
3.7
39.8
–
40.0
39.9
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
59
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.51
15.39
18.03
21.65
25.40
26.71
31.65
16.48
22.74
15.92
19.59
20.82
26.00
28.50
25.60
17.27
9.02
14.46
15.34
18.48
20.57
24.89
16.63
12.08
16.47
15.07
13.60
14.77
19.85
18.85
25.18
17.80
17.58
25.33
25.98
13.57
13.36
15.99
17.49
15.68
18.54
19.91
16.74
25.00
15.91
27.60
27.03
18.85
12.94
13.36
17.73
21.40
22.77
14.26
13.59
15.36
19.22
14.35
15.18
18.31
1.8
1.6
2.0
.8
2.7
2.5
7.8
4.2
3.1
19.8
7.2
4.5
4.1
2.3
10.9
3.8
4.6
11.8
6.4
6.0
3.0
12.6
5.7
5.7
3.3
7.0
2.7
3.6
2.5
3.9
5.3
5.1
10.1
6.3
11.2
4.4
4.1
11.9
9.4
11.8
19.3
20.1
6.8
6.7
12.7
5.0
6.3
4.6
5.7
3.5
2.9
4.9
2.6
6.7
9.7
8.2
2.2
3.1
2.0
3.4
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.3
39.5
40.0
39.9
40.2
39.9
41.4
39.7
40.9
40.9
40.7
41.4
40.7
40.3
38.7
40.1
39.0
37.3
40.1
40.1
40.6
40.2
40.4
40.5
39.6
40.0
38.4
40.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.5
39.8
38.9
38.9
40.7
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
31.7
40.9
40.0
41.5
39.8
39.6
39.9
40.0
$13.49
15.38
18.02
21.75
25.47
26.72
31.66
16.49
22.70
15.93
18.64
20.87
26.09
29.02
25.60
17.02
9.02
14.81
15.41
18.30
20.39
–
16.66
11.95
16.22
14.54
13.44
14.50
19.87
18.85
25.19
17.22
17.58
25.33
25.98
13.53
13.31
15.99
17.48
15.68
18.54
19.94
16.68
25.00
15.91
27.60
27.03
18.86
12.94
13.16
18.05
21.48
–
14.28
13.59
15.43
19.18
14.33
15.16
18.33
1.9
1.7
2.2
1.0
2.9
2.6
8.3
4.2
3.4
19.8
8.3
5.0
4.4
2.0
10.9
3.8
4.6
11.8
6.7
6.8
2.1
–
5.9
5.8
3.8
10.3
2.7
4.1
2.9
3.9
5.3
6.0
10.1
6.3
11.2
4.3
3.9
11.9
9.4
11.8
19.3
20.3
6.8
6.7
12.7
5.0
6.3
5.2
5.7
2.7
4.6
5.3
–
6.8
9.7
8.6
2.2
3.1
2.0
3.4
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.3
39.4
40.0
39.9
40.2
39.9
41.4
39.7
41.0
41.0
40.9
41.7
40.7
40.4
38.7
40.2
39.0
37.1
40.1
40.3
40.7
–
40.4
40.5
39.5
40.0
38.3
40.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.5
39.8
38.9
38.9
40.7
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
41.0
40.0
41.5
39.8
39.6
39.9
40.0
$13.83
15.43
18.10
20.77
24.45
26.59
–
14.67
23.11
–
27.23
20.47
25.13
24.96
–
19.70
–
–
13.36
20.08
21.22
–
–
–
18.26
–
17.22
17.33
19.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.78
–
14.28
16.80
20.91
–
–
–
–
21.69
–
16.13
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Automobile mechanics .......................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Small engine repairers .......................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Farm equipment mechanics ..............................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
60
5.0
2.8
2.8
2.4
3.6
6.0
–
7.8
4.4
–
10.7
6.7
7.2
9.7
–
9.6
–
–
4.7
9.3
10.3
–
–
–
3.6
–
4.2
6.2
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
12.8
12.9
3.6
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
8.9
–
39.4
39.7
39.8
39.9
39.6
40.0
–
40.0
39.8
–
39.5
39.8
40.0
40.0
–
39.8
–
–
40.0
38.7
39.9
–
–
–
39.9
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
40.0
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.12
23.52
24.13
19.31
14.89
11.47
12.24
16.64
18.67
19.14
14.61
2.8
5.7
6.7
8.8
6.3
17.0
4.7
4.9
9.1
4.2
29.1
39.6
39.9
37.6
39.9
37.6
31.2
39.2
39.1
39.6
39.5
40.0
$21.06
23.32
24.13
19.31
14.88
11.47
12.34
16.73
18.71
19.51
14.61
2.8
6.1
6.7
8.8
6.6
17.0
4.9
4.9
9.2
4.0
29.1
39.6
39.9
37.6
39.9
37.5
31.2
39.2
39.2
39.6
39.4
40.0
$24.37
–
–
–
15.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.51
11.56
12.99
17.70
17.64
22.54
23.92
20.39
15.30
15.52
13.79
20.65
15.18
14.80
22.39
23.36
23.87
19.83
23.98
22.76
20.68
25.03
4.1
5.1
12.3
8.7
3.9
6.9
8.3
10.5
6.8
15.8
28.3
6.3
7.1
7.9
11.0
3.8
9.1
12.6
1.5
2.4
13.4
1.7
38.7
34.9
39.4
39.9
40.0
39.1
40.0
33.0
36.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
38.9
37.4
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
19.47
11.56
12.29
17.78
17.84
22.58
24.05
20.39
15.30
15.40
13.72
21.32
15.18
14.80
22.39
23.49
24.67
19.83
23.98
22.74
20.68
25.12
4.2
5.1
10.8
9.1
3.6
7.6
8.5
10.5
6.8
16.6
29.2
6.3
7.1
7.9
11.0
3.7
7.6
12.6
1.5
2.6
13.4
1.6
38.6
34.9
39.4
39.9
40.0
39.0
40.0
33.0
36.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
38.9
37.4
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
20.30
–
–
–
–
21.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.46
11.19
12.92
13.17
17.56
18.08
17.77
3.0
8.6
6.7
7.1
5.4
4.5
5.4
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.2
39.9
40.0
16.39
11.19
13.73
12.56
17.57
18.11
17.77
3.8
8.6
3.6
7.1
5.7
5.6
5.4
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.1
39.9
40.0
16.98
–
–
16.16
17.32
17.94
–
5.4
–
–
9.4
5.0
3.6
–
39.9
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
14.85
14.64
14.55
15.05
14.43
18.45
20.83
20.26
18.68
23.81
35.81
21.77
18.97
23.04
15.81
10.93
24.0
10.5
8.6
4.8
6.7
3.7
4.9
4.8
3.9
5.0
9.6
5.5
11.2
3.4
2.9
24.0
40.0
41.1
39.9
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.0
35.5
14.85
13.77
14.54
15.05
14.41
18.45
20.94
19.90
–
23.88
36.02
21.77
18.97
23.05
15.78
10.99
24.0
9.1
8.6
4.8
6.8
3.7
6.3
7.3
–
6.9
9.6
5.5
11.2
3.5
3.3
24.8
40.0
41.3
39.9
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.8
35.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.52
20.72
–
23.71
–
–
–
–
16.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
6.7
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Industrial machinery repairers –Continued
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Household appliance and power tool repairers
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Telephone line installers and repairers ..............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
4 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Camera, watch, and musical instrument
repairers ...........................................................
Locksmiths and safe repairers ...........................
Office machine repairers ....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Elevator installers and repairers ........................
Millwrights ..........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
61
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.38
12.21
13.98
16.83
20.15
23.04
17.32
6.2
4.8
6.7
4.4
2.1
6.4
3.6
39.1
39.9
38.5
39.9
38.5
39.6
38.9
$10.33
12.15
13.87
16.82
20.21
22.89
17.42
8.1
5.4
8.3
5.2
2.6
6.6
3.7
38.6
39.9
38.3
40.0
38.3
39.6
38.9
$13.12
12.68
14.49
16.89
19.88
–
–
6.2
5.8
3.9
4.6
4.1
–
–
40.0
39.5
39.9
39.8
39.8
–
–
20.99
24.84
22.85
26.57
27.17
17.5
5.9
8.1
10.9
3.8
40.0
39.9
40.4
40.0
40.3
–
24.99
22.86
27.03
27.17
–
5.9
8.1
11.3
3.8
–
39.9
40.4
40.0
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.72
23.56
25.65
30.06
27.74
5.0
6.4
6.5
8.4
8.6
40.0
40.2
39.9
39.5
40.0
27.12
24.38
25.64
29.99
27.74
5.1
7.4
7.0
9.0
8.6
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.4
40.0
23.74
19.60
–
30.55
–
10.1
8.2
–
6.3
–
40.0
40.0
–
40.1
–
19.93
20.08
13.0
8.7
40.9
41.1
19.86
19.95
13.3
8.9
40.9
41.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.23
26.62
22.47
27.69
21.15
15.85
18.60
19.45
24.16
26.70
19.92
22.30
22.47
19.05
18.30
11.32
12.13
15.23
15.75
21.94
23.59
16.48
17.40
19.62
20.74
16.86
22.33
13.99
20.44
23.73
29.13
27.54
18.43
14.83
12.03
12.26
4.7
6.3
15.9
4.2
3.6
5.0
8.3
4.2
4.3
9.4
7.5
6.7
14.2
12.3
3.3
6.1
9.6
2.9
4.6
2.5
6.4
14.9
13.6
18.2
10.2
16.4
3.6
7.5
5.0
4.1
7.4
5.6
4.7
4.0
7.0
3.8
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.8
40.3
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.7
40.0
38.9
39.9
40.0
39.8
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.9
24.75
25.22
–
28.26
21.19
–
18.99
19.82
23.71
25.75
19.94
22.34
22.47
19.05
18.24
11.32
12.13
15.29
15.74
22.03
23.02
16.48
17.40
19.62
20.74
16.86
22.53
13.92
20.43
24.21
29.74
27.63
18.43
14.77
12.03
12.26
6.6
12.8
–
3.9
4.3
–
12.1
5.3
4.9
8.4
7.5
6.8
14.2
12.3
3.5
6.1
9.9
2.9
5.1
2.9
6.4
14.9
13.6
18.2
10.2
16.4
4.0
7.6
5.2
4.7
7.7
5.8
4.7
4.1
7.0
3.8
41.1
40.0
–
40.0
40.3
–
39.7
40.4
40.1
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.7
40.0
38.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.4
38.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.9
26.93
28.94
–
–
20.98
16.07
17.90
17.95
26.12
28.95
–
–
–
–
19.30
–
–
13.88
–
20.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.51
15.88
–
20.58
23.84
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
12.1
–
–
6.6
8.1
4.4
3.9
6.3
13.2
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
8.8
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
6.0
–
6.7
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.1
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
38.1
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
38.8
–
39.9
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. –Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and
tilesetters .........................................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ....
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and
plasterers .........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Brickmasons and stonemasons .........................
7 ...................................................................
Tile setters, hard and soft ..................................
Carpet installers .................................................
Carpenters .........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
4 ...................................................................
Drywall installers ................................................
5 ...................................................................
Electricians ........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
62
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.24
18.59
20.70
24.30
19.57
18.66
26.19
28.48
30.19
22.79
13.65
10.31
10.86
12.50
13.45
22.84
22.95
12.55
15.06
21.27
13.34
15.41
18.25
22.36
33.09
22.74
18.29
10.82
14.09
18.35
12.31
16.04
22.32
16.92
17.86
14.40
12.48
14.70
17.93
7.0
6.6
9.2
3.8
7.6
5.5
3.2
4.6
10.1
3.2
6.5
10.7
13.0
5.3
10.4
13.9
4.1
14.5
12.6
3.8
7.8
7.6
8.2
2.3
13.8
17.8
12.6
8.4
6.3
9.5
16.7
12.6
7.4
5.5
16.5
5.9
10.7
6.5
4.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.7
38.4
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.6
37.5
40.0
39.5
37.2
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.1
40.0
40.0
$14.14
18.49
20.70
24.41
20.06
18.68
26.08
29.30
32.07
22.79
13.29
10.31
10.86
12.55
13.34
22.88
24.63
12.55
–
21.45
13.28
15.23
17.72
22.54
33.23
22.74
18.31
10.82
14.08
18.56
12.31
16.04
23.72
15.82
–
14.38
12.48
14.65
17.93
7.0
6.8
9.2
4.5
8.2
6.2
3.9
4.0
6.4
3.2
6.0
10.7
13.0
5.6
11.1
14.1
3.9
14.5
–
4.2
8.5
8.4
6.7
2.4
14.1
17.8
12.8
8.4
6.6
9.7
16.7
12.6
2.6
6.5
–
5.9
10.7
6.6
4.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.7
39.9
39.7
38.4
39.2
40.0
–
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
37.5
40.0
39.5
37.2
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.8
39.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
$23.68
17.11
–
26.70
–
–
–
18.21
–
–
–
15.01
–
21.49
–
–
18.80
–
16.72
23.45
19.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
6.9
–
2.3
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
7.5
–
5.2
–
–
8.0
–
12.5
13.0
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
40.0
–
39.3
–
–
39.5
–
39.2
38.5
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.97
12.62
17.28
14.68
17.88
22.77
20.54
24.61
17.62
15.66
21.15
15.76
12.75
12.89
13.56
16.10
16.67
21.11
25.70
18.1
7.7
22.2
10.3
12.0
8.1
14.6
12.3
5.5
4.2
7.6
4.1
8.2
4.1
4.7
4.5
5.8
7.2
14.7
41.8
40.0
43.3
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.6
39.9
38.8
40.0
16.34
12.62
18.29
14.68
17.88
22.77
20.54
24.61
17.27
15.66
20.77
16.00
13.30
13.18
13.41
16.20
16.40
21.61
–
20.4
7.7
25.7
10.3
12.0
8.1
14.6
12.3
5.8
4.2
8.0
5.4
8.6
5.0
6.9
5.3
7.2
7.9
–
42.1
40.0
44.3
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.5
39.9
38.7
–
13.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.15
10.20
12.18
13.81
15.99
17.33
17.90
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
10.0
3.5
6.4
7.6
5.4
4.9
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.8
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Electrician apprentices –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Plasterers ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Glaziers ..............................................................
7 ...................................................................
Insulation workers ..............................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Roofers ..............................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..................................
7 ...................................................................
Structural metal workers ....................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
63
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.58
35.18
20.01
24.53
15.51
15.59
20.21
22.36
20.67
11.51
14.40
17.77
20.19
25.52
26.25
24.63
20.86
21.85
15.95
18.13
22.32
23.39
23.39
19.69
13.43
19.22
17.56
18.95
17.81
24.16
19.53
18.52
12.82
15.55
19.06
20.11
22.60
20.37
14.88
14.49
8.2
13.6
18.2
.4
9.7
3.0
10.2
15.8
3.2
4.2
5.7
7.2
2.0
2.8
8.0
8.9
10.1
2.1
10.1
9.0
2.5
2.9
2.7
8.1
12.2
4.1
8.2
3.7
5.9
2.0
5.3
4.8
8.1
3.8
5.1
4.3
1.6
11.1
10.7
3.7
41.4
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.0
40.4
40.0
39.7
40.9
40.4
40.5
40.6
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.9
40.0
39.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$23.58
35.18
20.01
24.53
15.51
15.59
20.21
22.36
20.67
11.51
14.40
17.90
20.25
25.48
26.12
24.63
20.86
21.87
15.95
18.13
22.34
23.39
23.39
19.69
13.43
19.22
17.56
18.95
17.81
24.16
19.53
18.48
12.82
15.55
19.03
20.05
22.60
20.37
14.88
14.49
8.2
13.6
18.2
.4
9.7
3.0
10.2
15.8
3.2
4.2
5.7
7.4
2.0
2.8
8.4
8.9
10.1
2.1
10.1
9.0
2.5
2.9
2.7
8.1
12.2
4.1
8.2
3.7
5.9
2.0
5.3
4.9
8.1
3.8
5.2
4.4
1.6
11.1
10.7
3.7
41.4
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.0
40.4
40.0
39.7
40.9
40.4
40.5
40.6
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.9
40.0
39.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$20.78
–
–
–
–
–
30.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.71
17.03
10.52
16.25
22.14
20.85
15.31
21.63
17.08
17.75
12.72
17.15
17.07
13.15
17.15
15.69
24.21
14.16
11.87
7.2
6.5
22.1
5.9
5.5
11.8
10.0
9.3
14.5
15.2
16.9
19.9
9.2
9.4
9.1
10.2
7.0
17.2
7.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
40.0
38.6
40.0
37.6
39.1
39.2
18.71
17.03
10.52
16.25
22.14
20.85
15.31
21.63
17.08
17.75
12.72
17.15
17.07
13.15
17.15
15.69
24.21
14.16
11.82
7.2
6.5
22.1
5.9
5.5
11.8
10.0
9.3
14.5
15.2
16.9
19.9
9.2
9.4
9.1
10.2
7.0
17.2
7.3
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
40.0
38.6
40.0
37.6
39.1
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Supervisors, extractive ......................................
9 ...................................................................
Drillers, oil well ...................................................
6 ...................................................................
Mining machine operators .................................
5 ...................................................................
Mining, n.e.c. .....................................................
5 ...................................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ........................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Machinists ..........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Machinist apprentices ........................................
Boilermakers
7 ...................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ...........
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Layout workers ..................................................
7 ...................................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .................
Engravers, metal ................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ........................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..............
See footnotes at end of table.
64
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.09
12.47
12.61
11.64
13.85
15.84
15.49
17.85
18.03
17.56
16.52
13.85
16.55
10.5
2.5
6.8
5.6
10.2
13.7
10.6
5.6
7.4
5.3
6.8
10.9
8.3
39.2
39.9
40.0
40.0
28.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
37.9
40.0
$9.09
12.47
12.61
11.64
13.85
15.84
15.49
17.85
18.03
17.56
16.53
13.85
16.55
10.5
2.5
6.8
5.6
10.2
13.7
10.6
5.6
7.4
5.3
6.8
10.9
8.3
39.2
39.9
40.0
40.0
28.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
37.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.90
16.81
12.46
9.37
10.00
9.88
12.22
15.67
15.79
16.93
13.01
15.07
14.77
16.60
24.23
24.28
13.97
12.94
11.40
8.02
9.55
10.53
12.75
13.09
17.23
17.80
10.76
9.40
10.91
9.51
13.51
11.69
10.63
13.49
13.46
16.43
17.90
12.37
10.86
18.16
14.54
16.03
21.45
21.21
4.1
14.7
3.9
7.4
4.5
8.4
5.6
4.2
3.7
5.0
22.4
8.7
12.0
7.4
9.7
7.8
16.2
10.2
3.9
3.0
9.7
2.4
2.4
8.4
8.5
3.2
5.2
3.7
5.6
15.3
7.7
10.7
9.8
7.3
8.5
5.3
2.8
5.4
4.5
8.8
3.9
6.2
3.5
9.6
39.5
38.1
39.1
39.1
39.5
39.9
40.0
36.7
39.9
40.0
38.8
39.7
40.0
39.8
39.9
37.1
40.0
39.9
37.5
39.4
31.9
39.2
36.6
34.1
40.0
39.2
35.3
35.1
38.1
32.6
38.1
39.8
39.4
39.7
39.0
41.3
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.6
40.0
14.71
16.81
12.46
9.37
10.00
9.88
12.22
15.67
15.79
16.93
13.01
15.06
14.77
16.60
24.22
24.28
13.97
12.94
11.40
8.02
9.55
10.53
12.75
13.09
17.23
17.80
10.73
9.19
10.91
9.51
13.51
11.69
10.63
13.49
13.46
16.43
17.74
12.37
10.86
18.16
14.47
15.97
21.25
22.15
4.3
14.7
3.9
7.4
4.5
8.4
5.6
4.2
3.7
5.0
22.4
8.7
12.0
7.4
9.8
7.8
16.2
10.2
3.9
3.0
9.7
2.4
2.4
8.4
8.5
3.2
5.5
4.2
5.6
15.3
7.7
10.7
9.8
7.3
8.5
5.3
3.0
5.4
4.5
8.8
3.9
6.2
3.6
8.4
39.5
38.1
39.1
39.1
39.5
39.9
40.0
36.7
39.9
40.0
38.8
39.7
40.0
39.8
39.9
37.1
40.0
39.9
37.5
39.4
31.9
39.2
36.6
34.1
40.0
39.2
35.0
34.0
38.1
32.6
38.1
39.8
39.4
39.7
39.0
41.3
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$21.39
–
–
–
–
–
23.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Furniture and wood finishers .............................
4 ...................................................................
Tailors ................................................................
Upholsterers ......................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .....
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ......
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .......................................................
Bookbinders .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Precision food production ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bakers ................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
65
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.24
22.31
8.4
8.1
40.0
39.6
$25.07
22.31
5.8
8.1
40.0
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.85
14.71
17.25
10.45
16.64
16.00
17.44
19.92
23.00
25.62
18.83
23.60
25.78
31.54
21.91
16.00
20.87
24.16
23.79
7.3
7.3
3.4
6.9
11.0
3.9
8.1
2.6
13.5
2.9
4.9
5.4
2.5
6.1
4.5
8.8
5.8
5.3
11.2
40.0
36.8
39.9
39.5
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
21.85
14.71
14.61
–
–
15.91
–
19.49
–
25.74
–
–
26.32
–
21.73
16.64
22.66
23.39
23.79
7.3
7.3
14.0
–
–
14.0
–
9.1
–
3.5
–
–
2.3
–
5.3
4.0
7.5
6.9
11.2
40.0
36.8
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
$17.95
10.91
16.58
16.01
17.39
19.99
–
24.86
–
–
22.98
–
22.22
14.61
19.37
25.57
–
–
–
2.8
12.3
12.2
4.1
8.6
3.6
–
8.5
–
–
9.0
–
9.1
17.9
5.3
8.0
–
–
–
39.9
37.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
39.7
–
–
40.0
–
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
22.39
13.51
15.05
18.97
24.56
23.51
24.95
3.2
14.6
12.2
6.7
1.9
3.2
1.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.5
39.9
40.0
22.52
–
15.05
19.10
24.88
23.72
24.95
3.2
–
12.2
7.3
1.9
3.2
1.5
39.5
–
40.0
39.2
38.4
39.9
40.0
16.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.94
8.43
9.91
13.82
14.32
15.28
17.33
19.01
22.20
23.38
12.54
16.07
16.21
16.02
18.02
15.00
9.48
11.44
15.49
16.58
17.87
13.04
11.22
11.60
13.37
12.77
10.14
11.17
1.4
2.0
1.9
2.7
1.7
1.2
2.2
3.3
1.4
9.3
4.5
5.4
10.3
2.3
3.3
5.9
8.9
9.3
9.7
3.1
6.5
5.2
1.7
15.8
4.8
7.8
9.0
4.9
39.2
37.8
39.0
39.5
39.8
39.8
39.8
39.6
39.9
39.3
38.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
12.93
8.42
9.90
13.81
14.32
15.28
17.34
18.87
22.20
23.38
12.54
16.07
16.21
16.02
18.02
15.00
9.48
11.44
15.49
16.58
17.87
13.04
11.22
11.60
13.37
12.77
10.14
11.17
1.4
2.1
1.9
2.7
1.7
1.2
2.3
3.5
1.4
9.3
4.5
5.4
10.3
2.3
3.3
5.9
8.9
9.3
9.7
3.1
6.5
5.2
1.7
15.8
4.8
7.8
9.0
4.9
39.2
37.8
39.0
39.5
39.8
39.8
39.8
39.6
39.9
39.3
38.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
16.14
9.64
11.63
–
14.44
16.38
–
22.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
9.8
6.7
–
9.5
3.2
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
38.9
40.0
–
36.5
39.8
–
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Inspectors, testers, and graders –Continued
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related
workers, n.e.c. .................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Power plant operators ........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .....
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Lathe and turning machine operators ................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Milling and planing machine operators ..............
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
66
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.83
16.62
14.50
15.95
15.38
10.64
13.98
11.82
10.08
11.56
16.51
14.83
7.5
11.1
4.4
1.3
11.8
12.9
9.4
11.1
8.0
5.8
6.1
9.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$13.83
16.62
14.50
15.95
15.38
10.64
13.98
11.82
10.08
11.56
16.51
14.83
7.5
11.1
4.4
1.3
11.8
12.9
9.4
11.1
8.0
5.8
6.1
9.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.08
9.41
9.81
14.02
12.75
14.54
15.14
14.60
13.75
12.08
14.09
14.63
10.53
11.30
13.75
13.63
16.72
18.97
14.38
9.98
10.26
13.76
16.24
14.62
16.41
14.96
17.32
12.32
8.58
9.71
12.13
13.17
15.78
15.91
19.84
9.90
13.68
10.36
10.96
13.57
14.61
15.71
12.99
14.44
3.6
3.8
3.4
5.9
4.4
4.1
13.9
6.2
7.4
6.4
7.4
4.5
6.5
10.8
6.8
4.4
3.2
3.8
4.3
4.5
6.9
8.5
8.2
3.1
3.4
15.2
13.1
3.5
5.8
2.9
4.0
4.5
6.6
2.0
2.4
13.0
7.0
9.3
3.5
5.9
3.5
7.5
13.0
7.0
38.9
39.8
33.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
39.9
36.7
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
25.6
39.6
39.9
39.4
39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.7
37.8
39.5
37.9
39.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
13.08
9.41
9.81
14.02
12.75
14.54
15.14
14.60
13.75
12.08
14.09
14.63
10.53
11.30
13.75
13.63
16.72
18.97
14.38
9.98
10.26
13.76
16.24
14.62
16.41
14.96
17.32
12.32
8.58
9.71
12.13
13.17
15.78
15.91
19.84
9.90
13.68
10.36
10.96
13.57
14.61
15.71
12.99
14.44
3.6
3.8
3.4
5.9
4.4
4.1
13.9
6.2
7.4
6.4
7.4
4.5
6.5
10.8
6.8
4.4
3.2
3.8
4.3
4.5
6.9
8.5
8.2
3.1
3.4
15.2
13.1
3.5
5.8
2.9
4.0
4.5
6.6
2.0
2.4
13.0
7.0
9.3
3.5
5.9
3.5
7.5
13.0
7.0
38.9
39.8
33.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
39.9
36.7
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
25.6
39.6
39.9
39.4
39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.7
37.8
39.5
37.9
39.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Punching and stamping press operators
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Rolling machine operators .................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Forging machine operators ................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Molding and casting machine operators ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Metal plating machine operators ........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Heat treating equipment operators ....................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
67
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.86
16.07
6.8
9.6
40.0
40.0
$18.86
16.07
6.8
9.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.78
12.70
11.98
9.81
10.06
12.52
12.68
10.61
11.21
10.86
10.97
15.85
9.56
9.78
10.84
14.74
16.11
16.88
20.26
14.53
16.83
14.85
19.58
18.13
14.05
11.56
14.35
20.01
12.94
7.65
9.62
11.65
6.2
4.9
4.3
15.4
8.2
5.0
5.3
6.7
9.7
6.3
6.8
3.4
7.4
7.5
3.5
8.4
5.0
4.5
3.7
15.1
4.4
6.7
5.6
3.8
10.3
9.0
7.0
12.8
9.9
8.3
2.8
3.9
38.2
31.3
39.8
40.0
38.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.2
38.0
39.2
37.1
40.0
40.0
39.4
38.6
39.6
38.9
38.9
39.4
39.6
38.7
39.8
32.9
32.9
38.3
38.2
39.8
39.7
39.3
39.8
11.78
12.70
11.98
9.81
10.06
12.52
12.68
10.61
11.21
10.86
10.97
15.87
9.56
9.67
10.84
14.77
16.10
16.88
20.26
14.53
16.83
14.85
19.58
18.13
13.38
11.56
14.42
16.75
12.94
7.65
9.62
11.65
6.2
4.9
4.3
15.4
8.2
5.0
5.3
6.7
9.7
6.3
6.8
3.5
7.4
7.4
3.5
8.6
5.1
4.5
3.7
15.1
4.4
6.7
5.6
3.8
10.0
9.0
7.0
8.4
9.9
8.3
2.8
3.9
38.2
31.3
39.8
40.0
38.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.2
38.0
39.3
37.1
40.0
40.0
39.5
38.5
39.6
38.9
38.9
39.4
39.6
38.7
39.8
32.7
32.9
38.3
39.3
39.8
39.7
39.3
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.20
–
–
–
13.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.0
–
–
–
35.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.36
9.99
11.40
9.98
9.69
10.26
8.93
8.75
8.00
11.34
13.29
8.00
9.08
7.93
8.87
9.72
8.49
7.68
9.15
11.91
7.84
11.91
8.7
5.9
3.5
6.8
5.8
5.4
6.3
6.7
6.4
8.1
12.8
4.3
4.0
6.2
5.8
7.7
4.1
2.8
2.3
8.2
2.4
8.3
39.9
39.9
39.8
39.2
40.0
40.0
38.9
35.7
39.4
39.7
38.0
39.0
39.3
39.5
39.6
40.0
38.0
37.5
39.3
39.9
33.8
40.0
12.36
9.99
11.40
9.98
9.69
10.26
8.93
8.75
8.00
11.34
13.29
8.00
9.08
7.93
8.87
9.72
8.40
7.55
9.04
11.91
7.84
11.91
8.7
5.9
3.5
6.8
5.8
5.4
6.3
6.7
6.4
8.1
12.8
4.3
4.0
6.2
5.8
7.7
4.4
2.9
2.1
8.2
2.4
8.3
39.9
39.9
39.8
39.2
40.0
40.0
38.9
35.7
39.4
39.7
38.0
39.0
39.3
39.5
39.6
40.0
37.9
37.4
39.3
39.9
33.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.30
9.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.6
38.9
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Heat treating equipment operators –Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ..........................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sawing machine operators ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators ...........
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Nailing and tacking machine operators ..............
2 ...................................................................
Printing press operators .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Winding and twisting machine operators ...........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ..........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ......................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Pressing machine operators ..............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Cementing and gluing machine operators .........
See footnotes at end of table.
68
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.21
13.04
12.40
8.81
10.78
13.27
13.60
18.47
19.44
18.58
12.78
10.30
13.45
14.71
14.90
15.75
19.55
14.87
9.42
11.97
12.36
14.39
17.30
19.72
24.71
14.51
15.8
6.6
4.2
6.8
2.8
4.8
4.8
7.0
4.6
9.1
6.1
9.2
8.0
2.9
2.9
5.2
6.4
4.6
18.2
9.0
3.3
2.6
5.4
4.4
5.6
11.7
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.4
39.4
39.4
39.7
39.8
40.0
39.6
39.4
39.7
39.4
39.1
38.8
37.4
39.1
39.8
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.7
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
$10.21
13.04
12.40
8.81
10.78
13.27
13.60
18.47
19.44
18.58
12.78
10.30
13.45
14.71
14.90
15.75
19.55
14.87
9.42
11.97
12.36
14.39
17.30
19.72
24.71
14.51
15.8
6.6
4.2
6.8
2.8
4.8
4.8
7.0
4.6
9.1
6.1
9.2
8.0
2.9
2.9
5.2
6.4
4.6
18.2
9.0
3.3
2.6
5.4
4.4
5.6
11.7
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.4
39.4
39.4
39.7
39.8
40.0
39.6
39.4
39.7
39.4
39.1
38.8
37.4
39.1
39.8
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.7
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.97
16.51
15.10
18.61
20.51
22.20
3.6
6.8
4.7
4.3
4.8
6.4
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.3
40.0
18.99
16.51
15.10
18.61
20.51
22.44
3.6
6.8
4.7
4.3
4.8
6.5
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.39
11.04
11.54
13.92
15.10
9.40
12.00
15.89
13.46
13.99
22.94
27.92
11.42
16.17
2.7
8.3
3.8
9.1
6.0
4.5
8.2
6.3
4.5
3.9
17.2
12.9
9.4
7.5
40.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.3
40.0
40.7
39.7
40.0
11.39
11.04
11.54
13.92
15.10
9.40
12.00
15.89
13.46
13.99
22.97
27.92
11.42
16.17
2.7
8.3
3.8
9.1
6.0
4.5
8.2
6.3
4.5
3.9
17.3
12.9
9.4
7.5
40.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.3
40.0
40.7
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.22
13.07
11.10
12.47
16.44
13.72
9.71
14.72
10.2
7.7
9.4
3.2
9.2
6.3
13.7
10.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.8
40.0
13.22
13.07
11.10
12.47
16.44
13.60
9.71
14.72
10.2
7.7
9.4
3.2
9.2
6.3
13.7
10.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
$17.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Cementing and gluing machine operators
–Continued
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Compressing and compacting machine
operators ..........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..
4 ...................................................................
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine
operators ..........................................................
Folding machine operators ................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.45
17.57
20.72
12.95
11.35
12.16
12.08
15.06
13.12
8.83
10.39
13.00
13.62
13.82
16.25
12.24
10.93
8.47
10.61
11.19
14.24
18.45
13.47
9.38
10.31
12.39
14.43
15.96
18.16
19.68
12.70
15.51
11.40
14.94
14.64
14.69
16.04
17.86
14.92
10.35
10.17
12.15
14.06
12.83
8.00
10.17
16.39
15.27
15.36
14.50
16.68
11.45
9.86
8.54
8.14
16.18
10.91
8.0
4.2
9.8
4.6
7.4
5.7
6.4
6.7
4.6
9.7
6.2
4.1
4.0
12.4
2.6
25.2
5.2
4.4
5.1
7.4
10.6
6.5
2.7
3.7
3.0
3.2
3.2
2.8
3.5
8.6
10.0
2.5
4.6
8.5
7.8
2.6
4.2
6.4
8.6
9.8
7.2
3.4
2.9
3.3
4.2
2.5
5.5
3.3
6.2
3.8
9.5
16.0
12.6
8.3
13.6
8.4
7.4
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.1
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
31.6
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
28.4
32.3
26.5
37.8
39.6
39.9
39.2
39.5
36.9
39.7
39.4
39.7
39.8
39.6
39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
37.8
38.9
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
38.3
33.7
39.6
36.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
$16.41
17.57
20.69
12.95
11.35
12.16
12.08
15.06
13.12
8.83
10.39
13.00
13.62
13.82
16.25
12.24
10.93
8.47
10.64
11.19
14.24
18.45
13.46
9.38
10.31
12.39
14.45
15.96
18.16
19.30
12.70
15.35
11.40
14.94
14.64
14.69
16.12
17.33
14.92
10.35
10.17
12.15
14.06
12.83
8.00
10.17
16.39
15.27
15.36
14.50
16.68
11.45
9.86
8.54
8.14
16.18
10.91
8.9
4.2
10.8
4.6
7.4
5.7
6.4
6.7
4.6
9.7
6.2
4.1
4.0
12.4
2.6
25.2
5.2
4.4
5.1
7.4
10.6
6.5
2.7
3.7
3.1
3.2
3.2
2.8
3.5
8.8
10.0
2.4
4.6
8.5
7.8
2.6
4.3
6.6
8.6
9.8
7.2
3.4
2.9
3.3
4.2
2.5
5.5
3.3
6.2
3.8
9.5
16.0
12.6
8.3
13.6
8.4
7.4
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.1
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
31.6
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
28.4
32.3
26.5
37.8
39.6
39.9
39.2
39.5
36.9
39.7
39.4
39.7
39.8
39.6
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
37.8
38.9
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
38.3
33.7
39.6
36.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$18.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.66
–
–
–
–
–
21.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
–Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Motion picture projectionists ..............................
Photographic process machine operators .........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Welders and cutters ...........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Assemblers ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Hand cutting and trimming .................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .............
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Hand engraving and printing ..............................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Production testers ..............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Production samplers and weighers ....................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ......................................
2 ...................................................................
$11.32
10.83
11.69
15.50
11.12
8.25
9.52
13.42
16.77
15.88
13.18
9.45
9.99
13.22
12.67
14.02
18.15
19.87
15.63
13.26
9.18
14.44
13.64
15.35
15.41
12.72
10.71
9.89
7.53
9.25
12.09
10.49
9.51
6.2
6.0
9.5
27.8
6.0
4.4
4.4
7.8
9.2
3.9
4.1
9.2
5.4
5.4
2.5
4.4
7.9
7.4
11.5
4.7
4.4
9.8
6.0
4.8
6.5
26.5
9.3
7.4
9.4
8.8
9.9
10.2
6.0
39.1
40.0
40.0
30.1
39.1
37.7
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.7
39.9
39.1
39.2
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.7
40.0
30.9
38.5
36.1
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.0
$11.34
10.93
11.69
15.50
11.12
8.25
9.52
13.42
16.77
15.88
13.18
9.45
9.99
13.22
12.67
14.02
18.14
20.00
15.63
13.26
9.18
14.44
13.64
15.35
15.41
12.72
10.71
9.89
7.53
9.25
12.09
10.49
9.51
6.3
6.4
9.5
27.8
6.0
4.4
4.4
7.8
9.2
3.9
4.1
9.2
5.4
5.4
2.5
4.4
8.0
7.4
11.5
4.7
4.4
9.8
6.0
4.8
6.5
26.5
9.3
7.4
9.4
8.8
9.9
10.2
6.0
39.1
40.0
40.0
30.1
39.1
37.7
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.7
39.9
39.1
39.2
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.7
40.0
30.9
38.5
36.1
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Truck drivers ......................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
14.25
7.96
10.61
12.14
14.74
17.28
19.35
22.58
26.46
31.45
14.47
18.48
13.59
15.18
21.04
27.32
14.20
8.67
10.90
12.23
14.61
17.71
20.31
20.69
14.56
1.5
4.4
2.7
3.7
2.6
1.9
4.0
2.7
8.8
9.0
7.3
5.0
5.1
7.7
3.0
5.7
2.1
5.5
4.2
5.5
3.9
2.8
3.5
6.5
10.6
37.5
30.1
34.1
37.4
38.9
40.3
42.5
40.7
40.8
40.6
38.0
42.3
43.7
43.2
42.2
40.6
40.2
33.1
38.6
38.9
41.4
42.1
45.9
42.1
40.3
14.10
7.93
10.33
11.88
14.70
17.48
20.00
23.24
26.04
32.09
14.47
18.68
13.74
16.97
20.94
24.88
14.13
8.66
10.80
11.89
14.60
17.78
20.40
21.08
14.56
1.7
4.4
3.2
3.2
2.8
2.1
3.9
2.9
10.9
9.9
7.3
4.5
3.1
3.1
3.4
10.4
2.2
5.6
4.4
4.5
4.0
2.8
3.6
5.9
10.6
37.9
30.1
34.5
38.4
39.5
41.3
43.3
41.0
41.0
40.7
38.0
43.3
44.9
47.1
42.5
41.9
40.3
33.1
38.6
38.9
41.5
42.3
46.2
42.4
40.3
$15.52
10.16
13.34
14.14
15.07
16.36
16.83
19.10
–
26.59
–
17.90
–
–
21.85
–
15.94
–
12.61
17.78
14.81
16.09
18.04
18.43
–
1.7
4.7
3.1
6.1
3.6
2.5
8.2
5.9
–
4.5
–
14.5
–
–
3.1
–
7.1
–
8.8
16.4
6.0
4.5
6.9
12.9
–
34.2
28.1
31.2
31.2
34.0
36.5
39.7
39.3
–
39.6
–
39.8
–
–
40.0
–
39.4
–
39.0
39.4
39.6
39.5
39.9
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
71
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.77
6.15
8.47
12.73
14.09
17.01
20.83
14.23
8.98
11.91
12.31
15.62
17.32
17.65
19.62
8.31
7.43
8.04
8.00
11.87
8.26
8.52
7.02
10.80
8.52
6.56
9.49
8.35
11.90
17.67
34.89
35.17
32.98
21.88
24.58
19.18
18.79
12.96
11.25
13.49
19.53
17.12
16.99
19.64
24.61
19.65
16.07
17.98
20.41
24.27
13.03
16.98
15.31
14.00
17.51
20.45
26.41
23.32
15.82
12.07
5.9
5.2
7.4
5.7
7.7
10.0
16.9
2.3
19.1
3.1
2.9
4.5
2.3
2.3
4.2
6.5
5.4
7.0
8.7
15.7
7.4
10.0
4.6
16.7
7.6
12.2
8.6
17.9
11.9
6.1
4.7
6.8
10.3
6.2
7.4
9.4
9.5
5.8
12.8
2.7
5.9
10.6
6.3
4.1
6.0
6.0
19.0
6.0
13.5
3.3
12.7
5.1
13.6
4.2
4.5
8.0
5.5
21.7
6.2
7.7
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
35.5
28.4
30.8
38.6
38.1
42.6
40.6
27.9
19.3
25.3
27.8
27.0
32.6
38.1
33.3
30.3
17.7
32.7
38.1
29.7
32.4
35.6
25.8
36.5
29.6
27.5
30.3
33.7
35.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
45.4
45.7
39.9
41.2
40.0
40.6
40.9
39.9
41.3
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$12.76
6.15
8.47
12.67
14.09
17.01
20.83
12.62
–
10.61
10.57
14.32
16.89
–
–
8.31
7.43
8.01
8.03
–
8.24
8.49
7.01
10.80
7.82
6.56
8.49
7.91
10.39
–
34.99
35.35
–
–
–
18.80
18.28
12.06
11.20
–
19.57
17.02
16.77
19.64
24.88
22.52
22.89
20.41
–
24.48
13.03
16.89
15.31
14.02
17.51
20.02
26.78
23.32
15.88
11.94
5.9
5.2
7.4
5.5
7.7
10.0
16.9
3.9
–
4.7
4.5
7.6
4.4
–
–
6.6
5.5
7.0
9.0
–
7.5
10.3
4.6
16.7
6.7
12.2
3.0
15.2
11.0
–
4.8
7.0
–
–
–
9.5
9.4
6.5
13.3
–
5.9
11.2
6.5
4.1
6.7
4.1
12.6
10.7
–
3.9
12.7
5.1
13.6
4.3
4.5
8.4
5.8
21.7
6.6
8.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
35.5
28.4
30.8
38.6
38.1
42.6
40.6
26.7
–
24.2
29.7
25.7
31.5
–
–
30.2
17.6
32.6
38.1
–
32.4
35.6
25.9
36.5
29.0
27.5
29.5
33.4
33.6
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
45.6
46.2
40.4
42.0
–
40.7
40.9
40.2
41.3
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
–
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$15.38
10.98
13.60
13.16
16.97
17.47
–
20.10
8.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.31
–
–
15.60
15.62
16.90
–
–
22.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.28
18.69
–
–
–
–
14.92
13.35
15.64
15.98
22.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.43
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...............
7 ...................................................................
Locomotive operating ........................................
5 ...................................................................
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .............................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..
7 ...................................................................
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
3 ...................................................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Hoist and winch operators .................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
8.8
2.9
3.1
2.9
2.7
–
3.9
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
11.3
14.2
4.4
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
8.2
–
–
–
–
8.8
15.1
4.0
11.3
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.9
22.6
27.0
27.0
28.4
33.0
–
35.1
36.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.1
–
–
38.2
39.5
40.0
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.27
13.92
17.07
19.81
14.89
10.80
11.78
14.20
14.06
13.81
19.35
13.56
10.77
11.25
12.54
15.40
17.26
17.27
19.23
13.98
6.0
4.3
6.5
4.7
4.4
9.1
6.6
6.1
6.9
7.8
12.6
2.5
10.9
3.0
2.9
2.8
4.3
8.5
14.8
13.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
38.9
39.8
39.4
40.2
40.0
39.8
39.1
$12.37
13.84
17.28
20.05
16.07
–
–
15.22
15.37
–
23.55
13.58
10.89
11.25
12.55
15.55
17.36
17.29
19.72
13.98
7.1
4.7
6.9
5.3
6.2
–
–
3.9
8.0
–
12.7
2.6
11.7
3.0
2.9
2.8
4.3
8.8
16.1
13.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.2
–
40.0
39.5
40.0
38.9
39.8
39.3
40.2
40.0
39.8
39.1
$11.57
14.44
15.76
–
13.21
–
10.10
11.03
12.94
13.48
15.36
12.41
–
–
–
12.29
–
–
–
–
6.8
11.3
13.3
–
4.2
–
7.2
10.3
8.4
8.4
13.0
3.7
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
39.7
39.6
40.0
–
39.9
–
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
15.61
10.73
11.33
15.04
16.41
16.37
–
21.03
17.61
4.2
9.3
3.4
6.6
7.1
3.5
–
5.3
17.7
37.3
31.9
32.3
39.6
39.1
39.1
–
40.0
37.8
15.61
10.73
11.30
15.25
17.47
16.71
–
20.14
17.61
4.9
9.3
3.5
6.9
7.9
4.5
–
5.6
17.7
37.0
31.9
32.1
39.6
39.0
39.7
–
39.9
37.8
15.60
–
–
10.52
12.28
15.93
16.44
21.80
–
5.3
–
–
7.5
4.1
5.2
7.3
8.3
–
39.0
–
–
38.8
39.5
38.3
39.9
40.0
–
10.98
8.59
10.41
12.66
14.37
15.89
17.41
19.94
20.44
35.71
11.20
8.23
7.35
18.17
14.24
18.23
18.75
23.00
11.16
8.97
9.74
11.43
14.37
15.73
17.91
20.63
1.3
2.1
1.5
2.5
2.4
2.7
3.7
3.9
6.8
14.3
4.4
9.2
10.8
6.7
8.1
8.4
14.5
12.9
2.9
4.5
3.7
3.4
6.9
4.1
5.1
10.8
35.6
32.8
36.5
37.9
38.5
38.9
39.9
39.9
42.4
51.0
37.5
37.6
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
37.2
35.6
37.1
38.4
38.3
39.3
40.0
42.5
10.82
8.52
10.38
12.66
14.16
15.72
17.63
19.79
20.60
–
11.20
8.26
7.35
17.76
–
–
17.49
–
10.25
8.87
9.42
11.24
11.91
14.79
–
–
1.3
2.1
1.6
2.7
3.0
3.5
4.5
5.2
8.9
–
4.5
9.5
10.8
8.5
–
–
21.4
–
3.4
5.6
4.6
4.3
3.9
4.0
–
–
35.4
32.7
36.4
37.8
38.4
38.7
39.9
39.8
43.3
–
37.5
37.5
39.3
40.1
–
–
39.7
–
36.6
35.5
36.5
37.8
38.4
40.0
–
–
13.76
10.90
11.04
12.69
16.03
16.60
16.60
20.53
–
–
–
–
–
19.45
15.01
–
21.63
–
13.03
9.33
10.75
11.74
16.55
16.66
17.92
22.01
2.4
5.5
4.4
3.3
5.3
3.6
5.6
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
6.8
–
5.4
–
4.6
3.8
7.6
5.3
8.1
5.6
5.1
14.6
38.7
36.8
38.7
39.2
39.1
39.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
40.0
–
40.0
–
38.5
36.1
38.9
39.6
38.2
38.7
40.0
40.0
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Excavating and loading machine operators
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Nursery workers .................................................
1 ...................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
73
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.07
10.48
6.79
8.76
17.36
9.55
8.1
9.3
6.3
9.9
5.1
16.9
31.0
32.6
19.1
33.6
37.5
38.6
$11.07
9.17
6.65
8.42
–
9.55
8.1
6.4
5.7
11.8
–
16.9
31.0
31.3
18.7
32.5
–
38.6
–
$15.20
–
10.36
–
–
–
15.3
–
18.3
–
–
–
38.5
–
40.0
–
–
18.31
10.62
16.14
16.22
16.50
20.34
19.02
20.08
11.61
9.29
10.62
12.03
13.61
16.93
11.84
11.26
8.84
10.48
12.89
12.08
16.92
11.27
11.11
13.00
9.23
11.55
14.73
17.11
18.90
19.54
22.67
13.06
10.01
7.77
10.73
12.06
13.92
12.97
11.76
14.54
12.77
17.58
12.61
20.16
16.95
9.56
7.49
9.52
12.05
13.20
5.9
14.0
8.6
5.5
7.0
5.0
7.8
7.7
4.5
8.5
5.2
6.5
3.8
11.4
22.9
3.1
4.7
5.5
4.5
7.5
8.4
6.0
18.2
4.2
4.2
7.1
7.7
7.6
4.7
7.5
11.8
18.4
3.5
5.2
4.8
4.4
4.0
8.3
6.6
8.7
9.1
15.5
9.6
4.3
19.8
1.9
1.5
2.3
4.2
3.0
39.3
40.2
34.5
39.4
39.9
40.0
42.4
39.7
38.6
37.3
39.6
39.2
38.4
38.7
37.2
39.4
38.8
39.6
39.3
39.9
38.9
39.9
40.0
38.8
38.9
39.6
37.2
39.5
38.2
40.0
40.0
37.7
39.1
39.4
38.6
39.2
39.8
34.0
39.0
40.6
40.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
36.2
29.5
25.3
31.5
35.6
38.3
18.32
10.62
16.12
15.73
16.92
20.30
18.18
20.08
11.12
9.14
10.59
11.23
13.13
16.58
12.67
11.19
8.84
10.47
12.86
12.02
16.96
11.27
11.11
13.05
9.22
11.69
14.91
17.47
19.55
19.93
–
13.06
10.00
7.77
10.73
12.07
13.90
12.97
11.76
13.42
–
–
–
–
16.91
9.55
7.49
9.52
12.04
13.19
6.9
14.0
9.1
5.3
7.9
5.9
13.3
7.7
4.4
8.8
5.4
6.3
4.6
19.3
27.9
3.2
4.7
5.6
4.6
8.1
14.6
6.0
18.2
4.6
4.6
7.8
8.6
9.0
5.3
8.0
–
18.4
3.5
5.2
4.8
4.5
4.0
8.3
6.6
9.3
–
–
–
–
20.3
1.9
1.5
2.3
4.3
3.0
39.2
40.2
34.2
39.3
39.9
40.0
44.3
39.7
38.6
37.3
39.6
40.0
38.4
37.8
36.3
39.4
38.8
39.6
39.3
39.9
38.3
39.9
40.0
38.8
38.9
39.8
36.9
39.5
37.8
40.0
–
37.7
39.1
39.6
38.6
39.6
39.8
34.0
39.0
41.2
–
–
–
–
36.1
29.5
25.3
31.5
35.5
38.4
18.30
–
–
19.12
13.80
20.58
–
–
14.86
–
11.23
15.95
15.55
–
–
13.45
–
10.78
13.79
12.87
–
–
–
12.60
9.40
10.26
13.44
14.84
16.29
–
–
–
11.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.40
13.16
12.58
14.06
20.16
–
12.79
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
11.6
17.0
4.0
–
–
7.1
–
8.7
8.7
8.7
–
–
6.4
–
12.1
9.4
9.0
–
–
–
5.0
7.2
9.7
5.4
4.9
6.0
–
–
–
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.4
7.5
13.0
7.6
4.3
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
38.5
–
40.0
35.7
38.1
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
39.0
38.5
37.6
39.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
22.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
39.1
39.5
40.0
40.0
–
36.8
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm
–Continued
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Helpers, extractive .............................................
Construction laborers .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Production helpers .............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Stevedores .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
74
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Stock handlers and baggers –Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Garage and service station related ....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$14.46
14.45
10.58
10.48
9.05
10.22
12.37
12.87
16.07
11.03
12.10
9.78
10.76
14.95
14.64
15.64
18.38
10.80
9.87
7.29
8.31
9.97
14.96
9.88
8.77
11.74
13.54
12.36
9.31
8.25
9.84
12.66
12.30
13.12
8.59
10.62
8.92
10.70
12.26
14.49
15.95
15.91
10.38
8.2
8.8
12.9
3.0
5.1
5.7
7.0
10.9
2.3
5.9
4.9
6.5
5.6
6.6
9.7
4.8
3.5
10.1
6.6
2.7
5.2
8.8
14.9
2.8
4.1
4.9
10.0
8.0
3.7
3.8
4.9
5.0
4.4
8.3
4.0
2.4
4.0
3.0
4.4
8.2
6.5
8.5
7.3
39.5
39.3
34.8
39.1
39.2
39.4
39.1
39.8
39.1
37.7
34.9
32.3
34.2
38.2
37.3
39.0
40.5
34.4
37.3
32.3
37.5
38.1
38.7
37.1
35.9
38.4
38.2
39.8
36.9
36.2
36.8
39.7
39.7
39.8
35.9
36.9
35.4
37.6
38.9
38.9
38.5
39.4
37.6
$14.46
14.45
10.58
10.49
9.05
10.27
12.37
12.87
16.07
11.03
12.09
9.78
10.77
14.98
14.67
15.54
18.38
10.80
9.80
7.29
8.23
9.97
14.97
9.85
8.77
11.73
13.39
12.36
9.31
8.25
9.84
12.66
12.30
13.12
8.59
10.39
8.73
10.61
12.13
14.48
15.45
15.97
10.38
8.3
8.8
12.9
3.0
5.1
5.9
7.0
10.9
2.3
5.9
4.9
6.6
5.6
6.6
9.8
5.0
3.5
10.1
6.8
2.7
5.3
9.0
15.6
2.9
4.1
5.0
11.2
8.0
3.7
3.8
4.9
5.0
4.4
8.3
4.0
2.6
4.2
3.2
5.0
10.0
8.9
10.1
7.3
39.5
39.3
34.8
39.1
39.2
39.4
39.1
39.8
39.1
37.7
34.8
32.3
34.1
38.2
37.3
39.0
40.5
34.4
37.2
32.3
37.5
38.1
38.7
37.1
35.9
38.4
38.0
39.8
36.9
36.2
36.8
39.7
39.7
39.8
35.9
36.7
35.2
37.5
38.8
38.8
38.0
39.3
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$12.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.59
–
–
–
–
13.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.96
11.52
11.69
13.21
14.56
17.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
9.3
6.7
6.5
4.7
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
36.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
36.9
38.6
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
Service ..............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service ..................................................
10.32
7.14
7.80
9.34
11.58
14.31
16.55
20.33
22.25
26.64
30.29
34.39
9.18
16.83
1.3
1.1
1.6
1.9
1.2
2.1
3.0
1.7
1.8
1.9
3.2
7.0
4.3
2.3
31.6
27.1
30.2
33.7
34.6
36.9
38.5
38.1
40.1
41.4
41.1
41.2
31.3
37.0
8.85
6.95
7.48
8.93
11.28
13.77
14.82
18.66
20.87
23.32
32.65
–
8.99
10.51
1.0
1.3
1.3
1.9
1.6
2.3
4.9
3.8
7.7
6.4
6.4
–
4.6
4.0
30.5
26.9
30.0
33.5
34.3
35.1
35.6
33.2
37.6
43.7
41.0
–
31.1
32.6
16.19
9.59
10.25
11.67
12.98
14.99
17.83
21.19
22.59
26.81
30.06
34.44
18.33
20.17
1.3
2.6
2.2
2.1
1.8
3.8
3.1
1.4
1.3
1.9
3.3
7.1
12.9
2.0
36.9
30.3
32.0
34.9
36.1
39.2
40.9
41.2
40.7
41.3
41.1
41.2
38.4
39.8
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
75
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .....................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Firefighting .........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.53
8.31
10.03
12.71
14.71
18.20
21.31
22.63
26.67
30.24
34.39
13.85
24.50
13.55
20.45
22.07
26.77
24.87
35.75
28.77
17.03
21.90
23.73
30.91
32.03
37.04
19.78
13.66
13.59
16.65
22.50
25.33
34.68
20.41
21.81
18.08
17.91
10.96
14.71
16.30
16.93
19.74
18.94
26.11
22.64
13.46
15.64
17.51
19.83
22.60
23.25
25.52
31.17
4.3
2.5
2.3
2.9
3.9
3.1
1.7
1.1
1.9
3.3
7.0
12.6
4.7
8.2
6.1
5.5
8.9
12.0
8.9
2.9
16.5
7.1
7.6
3.4
3.4
7.3
5.7
10.4
5.7
4.6
3.7
7.7
4.9
8.8
8.3
14.3
2.6
17.3
4.5
4.2
4.5
4.6
3.0
7.3
1.0
12.2
8.6
3.6
2.9
1.6
1.8
2.6
6.3
30.7
30.2
32.9
35.1
39.6
39.0
40.6
40.6
41.3
41.1
41.2
38.0
49.0
52.1
47.6
48.8
50.4
47.8
47.2
40.2
40.0
39.9
40.3
40.1
40.2
40.2
38.4
34.7
37.9
39.7
38.3
40.0
40.0
39.0
41.6
43.9
44.2
14.8
41.0
45.6
47.2
45.6
48.7
46.6
39.4
38.2
35.1
35.4
39.2
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.8
$8.46
8.19
9.67
11.43
13.06
18.86
19.29
25.62
–
33.13
–
12.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
14.16
13.46
16.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
2.7
2.7
4.5
4.9
3.5
7.8
11.5
–
9.5
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
10.7
6.4
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.6
30.2
33.7
34.0
37.2
25.3
32.0
25.6
–
40.0
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
38.0
37.6
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.25
9.72
12.47
13.69
15.04
18.13
21.46
22.59
26.77
30.08
34.44
19.62
24.50
13.55
20.45
22.07
26.77
24.87
35.75
28.83
17.20
21.90
23.73
30.91
32.03
37.04
23.87
–
–
16.01
24.44
24.13
–
20.37
–
18.06
18.05
10.96
14.71
16.53
16.90
20.12
18.94
26.11
22.66
13.46
15.64
17.70
19.82
22.60
23.25
25.52
31.17
5.3
6.6
4.4
2.9
4.9
3.2
1.7
1.2
1.9
3.3
7.1
15.8
4.7
8.2
6.1
5.5
8.9
12.0
8.9
2.9
16.1
7.1
7.6
3.4
3.4
7.3
9.1
–
–
3.7
8.0
3.8
–
9.4
–
15.4
2.5
17.3
4.5
4.0
4.6
4.1
3.0
7.3
1.0
12.2
8.6
3.6
2.9
1.6
1.8
2.6
6.3
18.8
29.7
28.6
35.9
40.1
41.4
41.4
40.9
41.4
41.1
41.2
39.7
49.0
52.1
47.6
48.8
50.4
47.8
47.2
40.2
40.0
39.9
40.3
40.1
40.2
40.2
38.2
–
–
40.1
38.3
40.1
–
38.9
–
44.1
44.4
14.8
41.0
45.3
47.0
46.5
48.7
46.6
39.5
38.2
35.1
35.2
39.5
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.8
18.58
8.73
14.77
15.30
14.86
17.30
20.25
1.9
13.7
10.7
5.6
9.1
5.4
3.8
38.2
34.8
33.3
32.9
39.7
39.5
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.66
8.73
16.61
15.30
14.86
17.30
20.26
1.9
13.7
6.7
5.6
9.1
5.4
3.8
38.2
34.8
32.1
32.9
39.7
39.5
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
76
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers –Continued
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Crossing guards .................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Food service ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Bartenders .........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.11
25.77
16.43
11.19
9.63
13.18
14.29
18.53
21.99
22.02
9.60
9.07
10.69
8.61
10.24
8.46
8.24
9.89
11.23
13.59
19.42
19.70
23.04
12.31
11.72
9.17
7.92
10.21
10.73
15.15
16.41
17.20
7.41
6.28
6.30
7.63
9.90
12.30
12.57
15.94
17.87
25.09
7.48
4.88
4.73
4.45
5.12
7.31
5.28
6.75
5.61
6.09
6.71
7.73
7.49
4.21
4.25
3.98
4.33
7.5
1.1
5.1
6.4
9.9
4.9
6.1
8.7
4.0
4.7
4.9
5.6
5.4
9.1
2.9
4.8
2.8
2.8
4.8
4.7
3.6
5.5
4.2
14.5
6.5
14.2
4.8
7.7
6.4
8.2
8.4
14.4
1.1
1.2
2.3
1.7
1.9
4.7
9.2
6.0
5.2
5.2
5.2
2.7
3.8
5.0
5.1
8.5
14.5
3.8
15.5
8.4
5.2
8.9
14.1
3.3
5.8
5.2
7.7
See footnotes at end of table.
77
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
38.8
40.0
39.7
40.2
40.4
39.1
39.8
39.5
39.9
40.0
17.9
17.4
20.0
16.1
33.3
32.8
30.9
35.2
35.9
36.9
20.8
24.4
20.9
37.4
25.8
20.4
23.3
19.6
25.9
37.3
39.7
40.6
28.4
25.4
27.1
31.7
35.5
38.7
42.8
42.9
40.4
45.6
28.1
26.5
25.9
25.9
29.3
26.9
20.8
27.3
29.7
25.0
29.4
26.7
19.9
26.5
26.0
26.0
29.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.04
8.47
8.23
9.73
11.33
13.25
20.45
19.65
–
12.19
8.26
–
7.74
8.30
8.29
9.24
–
–
7.26
6.21
6.12
7.46
9.78
12.05
12.51
15.96
18.02
25.18
7.45
4.86
4.73
4.43
5.12
7.30
5.28
6.75
5.61
6.09
6.71
7.72
7.49
4.20
4.25
3.98
4.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
4.8
2.9
2.8
4.8
6.2
3.4
6.7
–
15.4
4.3
–
5.5
7.1
7.5
9.2
–
–
1.2
1.3
2.3
1.8
2.1
5.0
9.7
6.3
5.5
5.2
5.1
2.7
3.8
5.0
5.1
8.5
14.5
3.8
15.5
8.4
5.2
9.0
14.1
3.3
5.8
5.2
7.7
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.2
32.9
31.1
35.1
36.1
36.7
18.5
23.7
–
37.3
20.5
–
23.2
15.3
17.5
29.0
–
–
28.3
25.3
27.2
31.7
35.5
39.0
43.1
43.1
40.9
45.7
28.1
26.5
25.9
25.9
29.3
26.9
20.8
27.3
29.7
25.0
29.4
26.7
19.9
26.5
26.0
26.0
29.3
$21.11
25.77
16.53
11.19
9.93
13.23
14.32
18.53
21.99
22.02
9.60
9.07
10.69
8.61
13.67
7.80
9.26
13.49
10.35
14.97
15.58
19.92
–
–
14.59
10.04
9.28
12.06
11.91
15.88
16.30
–
10.31
8.61
9.49
10.06
11.15
13.73
14.04
15.52
–
–
–
12.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
7.5
1.1
5.2
6.4
11.8
4.9
6.3
8.7
4.0
4.7
4.9
5.6
5.4
9.1
3.7
5.9
13.1
7.7
15.9
5.9
7.9
4.2
–
–
6.9
14.9
12.0
4.2
6.0
9.1
9.0
–
1.9
2.1
2.6
2.9
5.0
6.0
7.2
7.0
–
–
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
40.0
39.7
40.2
40.5
39.3
39.8
39.5
39.9
40.0
17.9
17.4
20.0
16.1
35.1
23.5
22.7
37.0
34.8
37.7
38.8
28.1
–
–
32.9
23.0
24.5
26.8
33.8
38.7
39.7
–
30.0
27.5
25.4
31.8
35.4
36.9
37.5
40.0
–
–
–
24.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued
Waiters and waitresses –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Other food service ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Cooks .................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Health service ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.08
9.82
4.27
6.01
5.87
6.15
9.33
6.36
8.45
6.95
7.64
8.87
10.23
12.75
12.75
15.94
17.87
25.09
7.86
12.61
7.63
7.95
8.49
10.51
13.18
12.45
16.13
17.75
25.18
14.51
9.10
6.78
7.63
9.20
10.00
12.19
13.55
12.31
9.22
6.96
6.63
7.05
7.81
11.23
7.75
6.92
7.91
9.07
9.86
7.12
7.48
7.10
7.65
8.65
11.41
11.31
7.22
10.54
7.68
18.7
37.9
18.9
3.2
4.1
9.5
5.2
6.8
1.2
.9
1.4
1.5
1.8
3.8
9.7
6.0
5.2
5.2
7.7
2.6
4.2
3.5
3.8
2.5
6.6
13.9
6.3
5.8
5.2
7.6
1.5
2.5
3.1
1.8
2.7
3.8
4.0
11.5
4.9
1.7
1.6
2.7
3.0
12.1
2.0
2.5
2.4
4.0
4.2
19.7
1.1
1.3
2.1
3.4
10.7
9.2
5.8
1.8
4.4
See footnotes at end of table.
78
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
27.5
35.5
20.2
25.9
25.5
27.1
27.5
27.6
29.2
25.2
28.0
33.1
37.0
39.3
42.9
43.0
40.4
45.6
30.0
38.9
20.5
28.7
33.3
37.3
40.6
44.2
43.6
40.5
45.7
37.6
33.6
28.7
30.8
34.8
36.8
37.6
39.8
35.0
31.7
26.3
24.7
23.6
30.0
37.9
28.6
27.1
27.8
31.3
37.2
34.1
25.6
24.4
27.6
32.5
37.1
36.4
20.3
34.1
29.2
$6.08
–
4.27
5.98
5.87
5.90
9.33
6.36
8.31
6.87
7.45
8.74
10.13
12.58
12.69
15.96
18.02
25.18
7.82
12.55
7.63
7.93
8.45
10.42
13.06
12.37
16.17
17.91
25.18
14.51
9.00
6.61
7.54
9.08
9.91
12.12
13.53
12.02
9.14
6.94
6.62
7.01
7.76
11.23
7.63
6.84
7.79
9.08
10.00
7.12
7.27
7.02
7.23
8.30
10.94
–
7.16
10.24
7.63
18.7
–
18.9
3.3
4.2
8.9
5.2
6.8
1.2
1.0
1.3
1.7
2.1
3.9
10.1
6.3
5.5
5.2
7.6
2.6
4.2
3.7
3.8
2.6
7.1
14.8
6.7
6.2
5.2
7.6
1.6
2.3
3.1
2.0
2.8
4.1
4.0
12.3
4.9
1.7
1.7
2.8
2.9
12.1
2.0
2.7
2.4
4.3
5.0
19.7
1.2
1.4
1.8
3.3
12.3
–
5.7
2.0
5.1
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
27.5
–
20.2
25.9
25.5
27.2
27.5
27.6
29.1
25.1
28.3
33.2
37.1
39.7
43.2
43.1
40.9
45.7
29.9
39.1
20.5
28.6
33.2
37.5
41.3
44.7
43.8
41.0
45.7
37.6
33.6
28.4
31.0
34.8
36.9
38.1
39.8
34.7
31.6
26.4
24.7
23.6
30.3
37.9
28.6
26.8
28.4
31.3
37.3
34.1
25.5
24.4
28.0
33.1
37.7
–
20.2
33.8
28.8
–
–
–
$11.50
–
–
–
–
10.29
8.60
9.45
10.06
11.16
13.65
14.04
15.52
–
–
–
13.17
–
–
–
11.20
13.67
13.79
–
–
–
–
10.47
9.19
8.95
10.36
11.62
13.17
–
–
–
8.80
8.29
9.47
8.79
–
8.94
8.34
8.86
8.97
9.67
–
9.82
8.63
10.15
10.20
13.61
–
–
12.52
8.17
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
–
–
–
13.6
–
–
–
–
1.9
2.1
2.3
2.9
5.0
6.2
7.2
7.0
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
7.3
8.4
8.0
–
–
–
–
2.8
6.5
5.6
5.1
5.3
7.7
–
–
–
6.0
4.5
8.4
12.1
–
2.8
3.2
4.8
5.4
6.8
–
2.5
2.4
2.1
3.8
9.8
–
–
2.3
8.8
–
–
–
21.3
–
–
–
–
30.1
27.6
25.5
31.8
35.5
36.9
37.5
40.0
–
–
–
37.4
–
–
–
35.5
38.0
37.5
–
–
–
–
33.1
32.5
29.0
34.9
34.6
31.9
–
–
–
23.7
22.6
24.4
23.9
–
29.4
34.1
23.7
30.8
37.2
–
27.0
25.5
25.1
29.9
34.5
–
–
36.7
33.6
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.99
10.14
11.57
13.40
16.66
17.49
9.67
14.47
12.07
14.24
14.57
11.49
7.26
9.36
10.12
11.98
13.40
14.16
16.75
13.42
9.80
7.86
8.89
9.95
10.86
13.28
15.63
16.34
8.65
10.23
8.44
9.90
11.47
12.81
15.24
14.64
18.76
22.38
10.31
1.4
1.6
1.2
3.3
8.8
3.2
7.4
7.0
5.4
3.1
14.8
3.7
13.3
3.6
3.6
2.9
4.5
3.8
5.5
13.5
1.3
3.1
1.5
1.5
1.2
4.0
9.0
7.9
5.3
2.0
1.8
2.0
1.4
2.3
3.9
5.1
7.0
9.4
7.5
34.0
34.3
34.3
36.3
34.2
39.2
35.3
35.5
37.1
33.1
34.6
34.2
26.0
35.6
33.3
34.6
36.4
35.9
39.9
38.3
34.0
30.8
33.6
34.2
34.2
36.3
33.6
39.3
34.7
34.7
32.0
35.6
38.0
39.4
39.1
40.1
39.9
40.5
34.9
$8.77
9.88
11.43
12.73
16.62
–
9.65
14.49
12.09
14.37
13.51
11.17
7.35
9.06
9.52
11.84
13.26
13.64
15.87
13.43
9.43
7.75
8.67
9.69
10.63
11.75
11.65
11.99
8.63
9.69
8.18
9.67
10.78
12.42
14.88
14.65
17.24
23.24
10.31
1.4
1.8
1.3
4.9
11.8
–
7.4
7.1
5.5
3.2
9.3
4.7
15.1
3.6
2.6
3.3
5.4
5.3
12.3
13.6
1.4
3.3
1.4
1.7
1.2
5.6
3.6
13.9
5.2
2.0
2.3
2.3
2.5
3.1
5.3
6.0
2.6
11.6
7.5
33.6
34.0
33.9
35.9
33.1
–
35.3
35.4
37.1
32.7
36.8
33.7
25.4
35.9
32.8
34.2
36.6
34.4
39.8
38.3
33.6
30.6
33.2
33.9
33.9
34.7
30.8
40.0
34.7
33.8
31.4
34.9
37.5
39.4
39.0
40.2
39.9
41.1
34.9
$10.73
12.01
12.41
14.97
16.80
17.78
–
13.44
–
–
–
13.26
–
11.85
13.06
12.94
13.80
15.23
–
–
12.20
8.94
10.51
11.75
12.13
15.87
19.58
18.24
–
12.26
10.22
10.59
12.70
13.82
16.14
14.64
20.83
19.75
–
4.4
2.3
3.1
4.7
7.1
3.6
–
16.6
–
–
–
4.0
–
12.7
4.9
4.8
7.5
6.0
–
–
2.3
9.8
4.5
2.4
4.1
3.9
15.8
3.0
–
2.7
3.0
2.4
3.0
2.2
2.9
10.0
6.1
6.8
–
36.5
36.0
37.1
37.2
38.4
39.4
–
36.3
–
–
–
36.7
–
33.0
35.9
38.4
36.0
39.3
–
–
36.7
33.1
37.2
36.0
36.3
39.2
36.9
39.0
–
38.3
37.1
38.0
39.0
39.4
39.3
39.9
40.0
38.9
–
14.73
9.83
12.61
13.48
14.21
18.83
22.71
13.15
8.21
7.88
8.38
9.67
14.52
8.13
10.38
8.72
10.25
11.83
12.68
16.12
15.50
4.0
4.3
6.0
7.9
9.2
8.6
10.2
11.7
1.6
1.7
2.3
3.5
7.1
7.0
2.1
2.3
2.1
1.5
3.7
4.4
6.9
39.6
37.6
39.9
39.0
40.4
40.1
43.9
40.0
34.6
34.3
36.4
37.7
38.2
31.0
34.2
31.0
35.4
38.1
39.2
39.1
39.9
13.77
9.42
12.43
12.86
14.68
–
23.83
13.15
8.20
7.87
8.38
9.61
14.52
8.13
9.81
8.37
10.07
11.13
12.04
15.96
14.96
5.0
4.9
6.7
10.2
11.5
–
12.9
11.7
1.7
1.7
2.4
3.7
7.1
7.0
3.1
3.2
2.7
2.7
6.1
5.6
7.4
39.6
37.0
39.9
38.8
40.6
–
46.2
40.0
34.6
34.2
36.3
37.8
38.2
31.0
32.9
29.9
34.4
37.4
39.1
39.1
39.9
17.64
11.36
14.14
15.33
–
21.80
19.75
–
8.53
8.16
8.42
–
–
–
11.91
10.37
10.66
12.74
13.73
16.51
–
9.3
5.3
6.6
6.7
–
6.4
6.8
–
7.7
8.0
3.8
–
–
–
1.8
3.0
2.3
3.1
2.0
3.7
–
39.8
39.8
39.5
39.6
–
40.0
38.9
–
36.4
35.7
39.1
–
–
–
38.3
37.2
37.9
39.0
39.3
39.1
–
See footnotes at end of table.
79
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners –Continued
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Pest control ........................................................
3 ...................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Guides ...............................................................
2 ...................................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Welfare service aides ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.93
10.87
12.70
9.69
10.28
7.14
7.49
8.69
12.51
16.68
14.71
23.10
19.49
24.40
9.30
15.16
8.63
9.92
12.86
14.15
15.98
19.50
24.40
21.10
13.12
9.79
12.53
12.30
15.64
18.55
3.3
7.8
6.2
10.7
3.7
2.1
6.3
8.0
5.4
6.3
3.4
10.0
6.4
11.0
7.1
4.1
6.4
14.6
6.4
3.1
5.0
2.9
11.0
12.7
7.3
12.2
21.7
6.8
5.2
8.9
40.0
36.4
39.0
38.7
29.2
22.4
29.9
33.2
32.1
28.1
34.4
23.2
39.8
40.9
29.2
39.4
39.1
36.2
37.9
39.4
41.3
39.9
40.9
41.0
26.1
34.6
25.1
32.9
30.8
30.4
$19.73
10.87
12.60
9.69
10.17
6.91
7.12
8.53
12.45
17.08
14.79
23.61
18.23
–
9.25
14.93
–
9.75
12.86
14.20
16.04
19.17
–
20.87
13.12
9.80
12.53
12.30
15.64
18.55
7.6
7.8
6.4
10.7
3.8
1.7
5.6
8.6
6.5
6.9
3.7
10.4
5.8
–
7.2
4.8
–
14.3
6.5
3.4
5.3
2.7
–
14.3
7.3
12.3
21.7
6.8
5.2
8.9
40.0
36.4
39.0
38.7
29.3
22.8
30.4
33.5
32.0
27.1
34.9
22.5
40.4
–
29.2
39.5
–
36.0
37.9
40.0
41.4
40.2
–
41.1
26.1
34.7
25.1
32.9
30.8
30.4
$17.40
–
–
–
11.06
8.97
9.97
9.50
13.00
14.43
13.88
16.52
–
–
–
17.43
–
–
–
13.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
4.1
7.5
7.9
5.7
4.2
5.2
5.8
8.2
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
28.5
19.3
27.0
31.8
32.4
35.1
30.2
40.0
–
–
–
37.8
–
–
–
34.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.06
7.06
6.28
7.09
8.64
10.45
7.89
12.05
8.63
8.33
7.48
7.05
9.41
30.95
9.82
7.71
12.69
23.34
7.21
6.25
7.55
7.06
12.84
9.10
6.44
7.68
9.02
10.90
13.36
4.6
3.6
3.9
9.5
6.7
21.8
8.9
12.7
4.9
3.5
7.2
12.2
10.4
2.5
10.6
7.0
8.1
9.3
6.1
5.0
7.7
5.7
7.7
5.3
2.7
5.4
4.3
5.6
5.5
31.8
20.6
34.3
36.1
33.4
32.7
33.6
31.5
28.4
23.2
19.7
18.2
19.9
19.5
26.6
21.5
34.1
25.7
36.8
37.2
34.1
38.2
35.9
28.4
23.8
23.4
30.1
34.4
36.7
6.93
6.89
6.17
7.05
8.08
10.41
7.89
12.23
8.63
8.33
7.48
7.05
9.41
32.87
9.04
–
–
23.34
7.21
6.25
7.55
7.06
12.84
8.78
6.35
7.56
8.64
10.69
11.74
4.1
3.2
2.8
9.6
7.2
23.1
8.9
12.5
4.9
3.5
7.4
12.2
10.4
3.0
15.0
–
–
9.3
6.1
5.0
7.7
5.7
7.7
5.3
3.0
5.7
4.0
6.3
3.4
32.6
20.8
34.9
36.8
33.5
33.4
33.6
32.5
28.4
23.7
20.4
18.2
19.9
18.6
22.9
–
–
25.7
36.8
37.2
34.1
38.2
35.9
27.5
22.7
22.6
29.4
34.0
36.1
8.91
8.26
8.35
8.11
10.50
–
–
7.85
–
–
–
–
–
14.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.31
–
8.92
11.19
12.72
15.10
4.9
11.9
3.1
5.8
6.6
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
4.5
9.3
6.2
12.1
24.2
18.7
25.8
24.3
32.9
–
–
18.1
–
–
–
–
–
31.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.4
–
35.5
35.3
37.5
37.4
See footnotes at end of table.
80
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Welfare service aides –Continued
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.84
7.82
8.32
6.84
7.53
9.34
9.65
11.00
10.15
9.27
7.63
8.24
8.45
10.95
12.56
15.63
15.24
10.36
7.57
8.59
11.29
12.49
11.72
13.18
10.55
10.65
7.1
9.4
3.8
5.0
5.6
4.7
6.3
8.1
14.1
4.1
4.7
10.7
5.0
5.4
6.0
7.4
10.0
3.0
5.5
8.4
5.6
6.6
5.4
12.1
14.4
8.0
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based
on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, and so forth. Points are
assigned based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
State and local
government
Private industry
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
38.5
27.3
30.4
24.7
30.3
33.2
34.2
33.1
39.3
28.7
17.8
27.1
34.8
34.3
37.5
26.2
40.0
29.7
26.2
26.8
31.9
33.0
32.0
30.2
36.1
30.7
$13.13
7.82
7.63
6.57
7.00
8.75
8.76
9.97
–
8.61
7.48
6.92
8.63
10.31
11.39
15.13
–
10.22
7.14
8.63
11.27
12.54
11.12
13.19
–
10.67
7.5
9.4
5.7
5.3
5.0
9.7
4.8
5.0
–
3.1
5.7
5.2
5.1
5.4
5.9
9.7
–
3.3
2.7
8.9
6.3
7.3
5.3
12.3
–
8.0
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
38.3
27.3
30.3
26.3
29.7
33.1
34.6
33.7
–
29.8
19.1
28.5
36.0
36.0
37.5
31.4
–
29.9
26.4
27.7
32.1
32.9
31.9
30.0
–
30.9
–
–
$10.21
8.54
9.47
9.94
12.42
–
–
11.39
8.43
11.94
7.98
14.16
13.96
–
–
11.69
11.92
8.08
11.42
12.13
14.06
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
–
–
3.5
4.1
6.1
5.0
5.1
–
–
13.4
6.4
13.5
12.9
7.4
4.4
–
–
4.8
13.6
8.2
5.2
5.8
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
30.8
18.0
32.8
33.3
32.9
–
–
25.5
13.2
23.6
31.8
27.5
37.4
–
–
27.7
25.1
18.7
29.8
34.1
32.3
–
–
–
weighted by hours.
4 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December 2001 and
January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 2-5. Collective bargaining status:1 Mean hourly earnings 2 by occupational group,3 National
Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Private industry
Occupational group
Union
Nonunion
Union
Nonunion
State and local
government
Union
Nonunion
Mean
All .........................................................................
$20.65
$16.42
$18.76
$16.06
$23.35
$19.82
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
24.93
25.71
20.53
21.95
22.26
24.35
20.23
21.80
26.22
26.26
22.73
22.79
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
32.23
32.55
30.26
26.73
12.78
15.84
25.92
28.43
18.44
31.48
14.58
13.03
33.24
30.12
38.40
24.70
12.64
17.15
25.97
28.87
18.64
31.67
14.60
13.06
31.95
33.02
18.70
27.26
16.36
14.96
25.74
27.00
16.64
30.18
11.19
12.76
Blue collar .......................................................
18.88
12.95
18.91
12.92
18.66
14.01
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
23.05
16.33
23.39
16.33
20.97
16.35
16.54
18.69
11.69
12.44
16.51
18.97
11.69
12.41
18.99
17.60
11.41
12.82
14.42
10.00
14.22
9.94
15.69
11.51
Service .............................................................
16.22
8.98
12.37
8.48
18.94
12.93
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
22.29
10.30
12.18
12.71
16.18
12.83
7.23
10.16
9.37
9.33
15.32
9.56
11.05
11.93
18.01
10.09
7.16
10.11
9.17
9.30
22.78
11.74
14.19
13.79
13.05
16.19
9.43
10.69
10.64
9.70
Relative error5 (percent)
All .........................................................................
0.8
1.0
0.9
1.0
1.4
1.6
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
1.3
1.4
1.0
1.0
1.6
1.6
1.2
1.1
2.0
2.0
1.4
1.3
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
1.0
1.1
3.8
3.4
5.2
1.2
1.5
1.9
1.4
2.6
2.3
.6
2.8
2.8
6.4
13.9
5.4
1.3
2.0
2.5
1.7
3.0
2.3
.7
1.2
1.3
2.5
5.1
6.5
1.6
1.5
1.6
3.6
2.3
5.2
2.2
Blue collar .......................................................
1.1
1.0
1.3
1.0
1.2
1.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
.9
1.1
1.1
1.2
2.3
2.8
2.1
1.8
1.5
1.9
2.2
2.2
1.5
2.1
8.2
1.1
8.9
2.0
1.5
1.7
1.9
1.7
2.8
4.1
Service .............................................................
1.0
1.3
2.1
1.1
1.2
1.9
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
1.4
2.4
3.4
2.2
5.4
2.5
1.2
1.9
2.7
3.2
7.7
3.5
4.7
4.6
9.7
3.7
1.2
2.1
2.0
3.3
1.2
2.9
2.1
2.4
4.5
3.0
1.7
3.3
6.5
3.3
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, and
holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
4 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between
December 2001 and January 2003. The average reference period was
July 2002.
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.
82
TABLE 2-6. Time and incentive pay:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by occupational
group3 in private industry, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Time
Incentive
Hourly earnings
Occupational group
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .........................................................................
$16.00
1.0
35.5
$22.52
6.5
38.3
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
19.79
21.51
1.2
1.2
35.9
37.1
27.47
37.45
8.1
17.6
38.1
37.3
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
26.38
28.89
20.28
30.11
11.81
13.32
1.8
2.3
1.8
1.6
1.6
.6
36.3
36.4
35.9
40.2
31.2
36.4
30.22
31.50
21.67
52.94
23.35
14.35
8.1
7.3
18.6
23.3
3.9
7.0
35.2
38.9
21.5
41.9
38.5
32.2
Blue collar .......................................................
14.27
.9
38.1
16.14
3.2
40.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
18.10
1.2
39.6
19.13
4.4
40.5
12.92
13.56
1.4
1.6
39.2
37.2
13.13
17.52
4.3
3.5
39.4
43.0
10.75
1.2
35.4
12.89
7.7
35.7
Service .............................................................
8.74
1.0
30.5
13.37
5.8
31.0
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
4 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected
between December 2001 and January 2003. The average
reference period was July 2002.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
83
Chapter 3. Establishment characteristics
I
was from $17.39 to $22.56 per hour. (See table 3-3.)
n chapter 3, data on earnings by establishment size are
presented. (See tables 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3.)
Average hourly earnings tended to increase with establishment size. In establishments with 1 to 99 workers, average hourly earnings were $14.43, compared with $16.73
in establishments with 100 to 499 workers, and $18.80 in
establishments with 500 to 999 workers. Average hourly
earnings were $20.75 in establishments with 1,000 to 2,499
workers and $23.30 in establishments with 2,500 or more
workers.
Occupational groups
Among occupational groups, average hourly earnings for
employees were higher in large establishments—that is, establishments with 2,500 or more workers—than in the
smallest establishment-size category studied (1 to 99 employees). In private industry, for example, white-collar
workers in establishments with 1 to 99 workers had average
hourly earnings of $17.43, while those in establishments
with 2,500 or more workers had average hourly earnings of
$28.05. Blue-collar workers in establishments with 1 to 99
workers averaged $13.57 an hour, compared with $21.32
for those in establishments with 2,500 or more workers.
Comparable earnings for service workers in private establishments were $8.23 and $11.27 per hour, respectively.
Private industry vs. State and local government
In private industry, average hourly earnings ranged from
$14.39 in establishments with 1 to 99 workers to $24.17 in
establishments with 2,500 workers or more. (See table 32.) In State and local governments, the comparable range
84
TABLE 3-1. United States, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by
occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Occupational group
1 to 99
workers4
100 to 499
workers
500 to 999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 or
more
workers
Mean
All .........................................................................
$14.43
$16.73
$18.80
$20.75
$23.30
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
17.48
19.10
20.96
22.08
23.01
23.71
24.84
25.26
26.19
26.29
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
23.77
26.37
18.14
28.02
13.56
12.67
25.65
28.08
18.56
31.85
16.41
13.25
28.12
30.38
19.08
32.36
13.45
14.12
27.97
30.01
19.45
38.68
16.22
14.15
30.34
31.48
24.78
32.35
19.77
14.88
Blue collar .......................................................
13.57
13.83
15.40
17.77
20.04
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
16.99
18.69
18.88
20.41
22.25
11.17
12.83
12.25
14.65
13.49
17.39
17.90
17.59
20.79
17.53
10.40
10.60
12.49
12.90
14.99
Service .............................................................
8.31
10.10
11.77
11.87
15.34
Relative error5 (percent)
All .........................................................................
1.2
1.4
2.3
3.5
2.0
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
2.0
2.3
2.0
2.0
2.4
2.2
4.1
4.3
1.4
1.3
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
3.4
4.3
3.8
4.6
2.3
1.1
3.3
4.2
1.9
4.0
4.3
1.1
2.0
1.8
2.2
2.4
6.7
1.4
1.4
1.4
2.2
15.8
8.4
1.8
1.1
1.0
2.8
3.2
10.8
1.7
Blue collar .......................................................
1.4
1.1
2.4
2.7
2.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
1.4
1.1
3.3
3.5
2.4
2.7
2.4
1.3
2.3
2.6
5.4
3.6
4.7
3.0
2.9
2.5
1.4
4.3
5.9
4.6
Service .............................................................
1.4
1.0
3.8
4.3
5.2
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected
between December 2001 and January 2003. The average
reference period was July 2002.
4 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99
workers and State and local government establishments
employing 50 to 99 workers.
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.
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TABLE 3-2. Private Industry, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by
occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Occupational group
1 to 99
workers
100 to 499
workers
500 to 999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 or
more
workers
Mean
All .........................................................................
$14.39
$16.35
$17.86
$20.66
$24.17
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
17.43
19.05
20.64
21.87
22.17
23.05
25.07
25.66
28.05
28.29
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
23.66
26.31
18.16
28.08
13.56
12.69
25.10
27.78
18.74
32.21
16.42
13.32
26.95
30.03
19.37
32.61
13.48
14.26
27.95
30.67
19.84
40.67
16.24
14.43
31.74
32.69
28.85
36.26
20.73
15.56
Blue collar .......................................................
13.57
13.75
15.35
17.93
21.32
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
17.00
18.73
19.12
20.53
23.71
11.17
12.84
12.25
14.62
13.49
17.75
17.91
18.46
20.91
19.27
10.40
10.46
12.40
12.86
15.19
Service .............................................................
8.23
9.13
9.44
9.96
11.27
Relative error4 (percent)
All .........................................................................
1.2
1.6
2.9
4.9
3.9
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
2.0
2.4
2.3
2.4
2.9
2.8
5.9
6.2
2.1
1.9
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
3.5
4.5
3.8
4.6
2.3
1.1
4.1
5.6
2.1
4.4
4.3
1.2
2.3
2.0
2.3
3.4
7.0
1.7
1.6
1.7
2.4
19.6
8.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
4.6
2.3
12.8
3.3
Blue collar .......................................................
1.4
1.1
2.7
3.0
3.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
1.4
1.2
3.6
4.0
3.9
2.7
2.5
1.3
2.3
2.7
6.3
3.7
6.1
3.2
5.8
2.5
1.4
4.7
6.5
8.0
Service .............................................................
1.4
1.1
2.7
3.3
11.4
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid
to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected
between December 2001 and January 2003. The average
reference period was July 2002.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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TABLE 3-3. State and local government, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1
by occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Occupational group
50 to 99
workers
100 to 499
workers
500 to 999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 or
more
workers
Mean
All .........................................................................
$17.39
$19.89
$21.93
$20.98
$22.56
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
21.30
21.31
23.09
23.15
25.08
25.20
24.32
24.36
24.69
24.73
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
26.63
27.45
15.46
23.57
12.69
11.57
27.54
28.89
16.89
28.96
11.70
12.75
30.01
30.80
16.60
31.50
12.77
13.69
28.01
29.06
17.60
31.71
15.36
13.41
29.26
30.69
17.69
28.70
12.81
14.41
Blue collar .......................................................
13.50
15.62
15.98
16.69
17.75
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
16.54
18.13
17.25
19.77
19.74
–
12.39
12.03
14.94
12.94
15.67
14.56
15.15
18.07
16.67
11.02
13.48
13.59
13.12
14.78
Service .............................................................
13.04
14.67
16.02
14.89
17.82
Relative error4 (percent)
All .........................................................................
5.3
1.6
2.1
1.8
1.3
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
6.0
6.1
1.5
1.5
2.3
2.3
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.6
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
8.8
9.4
5.7
7.8
9.6
4.6
1.7
1.6
3.4
2.8
5.5
1.9
2.5
2.6
4.6
3.9
11.2
2.1
1.9
1.9
5.0
3.4
10.3
2.5
1.5
1.4
3.4
4.3
10.0
2.0
Blue collar .......................................................
4.6
2.4
2.8
3.1
1.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
6.0
3.3
4.1
4.0
3.0
–
5.0
22.1
5.8
14.7
3.2
10.0
5.0
10.5
3.4
7.4
4.3
3.7
4.9
4.1
Service .............................................................
9.6
3.6
2.4
3.5
1.9
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid
to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected
between December 2001 and January 2003. The average
reference period was July 2002.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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Chapter 4. Geographic areas
C
Ten largest metropolitan areas
Earnings data for the 10 largest metropolitan areas by employment size are shown in table 4-3. Average hourly earnings for all workers ranged from $18.73 in Dallas-Fort
Worth to $24.55 in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose. Survey timing accounts for part of the earnings differences
among the 10 areas. For example, the average payroll reference month for Boston-Worcester-Lawrence and Chicago-Gary-Kenosha was October 2001, while it was April
2002 for five of the areas. The average payroll reference
month for national estimates was July 2002.
hapter 4 presents occupational earnings data for the
following geographic designations:
•
•
•
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
(tables 4-1 and 4-2)
Ten largest metropolitan areas (table 4-3)
Census divisions (tables 4-4 to 4-13)
1
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
Workers in metropolitan areas had average hourly earnings
of $17.56, higher that the average of $14.20 for their nonmetropolitan counterparts. The same pattern was found for
private industry workers and State and local government
workers. (See table 4-1.)
Professional specialty and technical workers in metropolitan areas earned an average of $27.71 per hour, compared with $22.73 in nonmetropolitan areas. In metropolitan areas, average hourly earnings were $13.60 for administrative support, including clerical, workers and $14.75 for
sales occupations; in nonmetropolitan areas these averages
were $11.61 and $11.38, respectively. Earnings for precision production, craft, and repair workers were $18.46 in
metropolitan areas, higher than that for workers in nonmetropolitan areas, $16.25. Among service occupations,
hourly earnings were $10.49 in metropolitan areas compared with $9.31 in nonmetropolitan areas. (See table 4-2.)
The pattern of higher wages for most workers in metropolitan areas holds when the data are viewed by establishment characteristics and census division.
2
Census divisions
Pay varied across the nine census divisions. Average
hourly earnings ranged from $14.19 in the East South Central census division to $19.79 in the Middle Atlantic census
division. State and local government workers in all regions
had higher average hourly earnings than private industry
workers. In most census divisions, workers in metropolitan
areas had higher average hourly earnings than their nonmetropolitan counterparts. (See tables 4-4 to 4-13.)
White-collar earnings ranged from $17.74 in the East
South Central division to $24.42 in the Middle Atlantic division. Blue-collar earnings ranged from $12.86 in the
West South Central division to $15.71 in the Middle Atlantic division. Earnings for service occupations ranged from
$8.58 in the West South Central division to $12.38 in the
Middle Atlantic division.
1
The NCS uses the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) definition of areas. For more information, see appendix A.
2
The nine census divisions consist of New England, Middle Atlantic,
East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. For a list of the States in
each division, see appendix E.
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TABLE 4-1. Summary, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics
and geographic areas
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Nonmetropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$17.18
16.40
21.54
0.8
.9
.9
35.8
35.6
36.7
$17.56
16.79
22.37
0.8
.8
.8
35.7
35.6
36.7
$14.20
12.91
18.02
2.7
3.1
1.9
36.4
36.3
36.8
21.09
27.18
.9
1.3
36.1
36.1
21.43
27.71
.9
1.3
36.1
36.2
17.75
22.73
1.6
2.0
36.4
36.0
31.16
14.50
13.41
14.51
18.20
2.6
2.1
.5
.9
1.1
40.0
32.6
36.4
38.2
39.6
31.56
14.75
13.60
14.71
18.46
2.8
2.3
.6
.8
1.2
40.0
32.6
36.3
38.1
39.6
25.94
11.38
11.61
13.25
16.25
2.8
6.1
2.2
3.0
3.5
40.0
33.5
36.9
38.5
40.0
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
12.94
14.25
1.4
1.5
39.2
37.5
13.07
14.22
1.3
1.6
39.1
37.5
12.38
14.53
4.4
5.0
39.6
37.7
10.98
10.32
1.3
1.3
35.6
31.6
11.14
10.49
1.4
1.2
35.6
31.3
10.02
9.31
3.0
3.1
35.9
33.4
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
18.14
9.66
.9
1.0
39.6
20.5
18.59
9.76
.8
1.0
39.6
20.5
14.78
8.80
3.0
2.6
39.6
20.7
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
20.65
16.42
.8
1.0
36.9
35.6
21.01
16.80
.7
1.0
36.8
35.5
17.59
13.52
3.0
2.9
37.8
36.1
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
16.89
22.52
1.0
6.5
35.7
38.3
17.25
23.41
1.0
7.1
35.6
37.9
14.11
15.79
2.6
8.5
36.2
41.1
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
17.74
15.88
1.2
1.1
39.5
34.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
14.43
16.73
18.80
20.75
23.30
1.2
1.4
2.3
3.5
2.0
34.6
36.3
37.2
36.5
37.4
14.59
17.24
19.55
21.55
23.66
1.3
1.6
2.4
3.5
1.2
34.7
36.2
37.1
36.2
37.3
12.60
14.21
15.77
16.27
14.33
3.1
2.6
3.9
10.6
31.7
34.3
36.7
37.9
38.0
39.5
Establishment characteristics:
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 4-1. Summary, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics
and geographic areas
Metropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$18.61
19.79
17.42
16.11
15.97
14.19
15.39
15.67
19.08
2.9
1.8
1.2
4.1
1.9
5.0
1.5
3.6
1.8
Nonmetropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
34.4
34.8
35.7
35.3
36.4
37.1
36.6
35.5
35.8
$18.99
19.97
17.73
16.82
16.26
15.06
15.49
15.67
19.22
2.9
1.8
1.3
4.7
2.1
4.0
1.7
4.2
1.9
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
34.4
34.8
35.6
35.3
36.3
36.5
36.7
35.5
35.9
$14.66
15.83
15.11
13.38
13.83
12.37
14.45
15.70
16.10
9.4
3.8
3.4
6.2
3.4
11.5
6.5
1.3
1.6
Mean
weekly
hours
Geographic areas:9
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
1 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget, 1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit
the definitions above. For more information, see appendix E.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December
2001 and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 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
34.5
34.9
36.3
35.3
37.1
38.5
36.3
35.7
34.8
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.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
8 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
9 Data are presented for nine census divisions. See appendix E for a list of
survey areas and States comprising the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$17.18
17.45
0.8
.9
35.8
36.1
$17.56
17.86
0.8
.8
35.7
36.1
$14.20
14.38
2.7
2.8
36.4
36.6
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
21.09
22.50
.9
.8
36.1
36.9
21.43
22.88
.9
.9
36.1
37.0
17.75
18.81
1.6
1.6
36.4
36.9
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Architects .................................................................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers .....................
Petroleum engineers ................................................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists ...........................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Actuaries ..................................................................
Statisticians ..............................................................
Natural scientists .........................................................
Physicists and astronomers .....................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Atmospheric and space scientists ...........................
Geologists and geodesists .......................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Agricultural and food scientists ................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .......................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Dentists ....................................................................
Optometrists ............................................................
Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. .....................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
Physics teachers ......................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ..............................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Economics teachers ................................................
History teachers .......................................................
Political science teachers ........................................
Sociology teachers ..................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
27.18
29.34
32.73
26.64
36.85
29.41
38.30
37.59
36.16
29.45
34.97
29.23
29.76
34.60
30.16
32.62
32.86
30.98
33.13
25.64
28.42
32.17
30.68
24.06
31.52
29.93
23.58
28.07
20.59
25.44
28.15
51.66
35.51
46.54
21.56
24.57
37.01
19.59
20.28
24.53
27.05
28.51
19.57
31.50
39.97
44.54
41.14
38.82
49.88
35.32
36.77
61.72
36.43
35.94
32.41
39.97
54.11
39.06
36.10
1.3
1.5
1.5
7.6
6.3
6.7
6.2
3.0
3.2
3.0
2.7
1.8
3.2
3.1
7.6
2.8
2.8
5.4
7.6
7.1
4.4
11.5
4.0
19.2
10.4
6.5
5.7
15.4
8.7
4.6
2.8
10.2
18.6
9.1
11.3
1.1
1.4
3.2
1.9
3.5
2.6
3.3
13.1
5.1
2.7
10.8
9.9
9.1
9.7
14.0
11.5
18.7
11.8
10.6
10.2
7.6
8.3
6.8
13.5
36.1
36.2
40.4
40.2
39.7
40.6
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.3
40.9
40.7
40.3
40.1
41.0
39.7
39.7
39.8
40.4
40.1
39.8
40.0
39.4
40.9
40.3
40.5
40.0
39.0
40.3
39.9
34.4
39.5
30.4
32.0
30.6
33.6
33.6
36.9
35.8
33.5
32.9
34.1
36.8
39.5
34.9
37.4
38.1
40.6
39.0
36.7
35.4
43.1
38.9
38.1
39.2
37.0
35.8
35.3
31.6
27.71
29.80
32.91
26.60
36.85
29.41
38.30
37.59
36.27
29.42
35.19
29.41
29.90
34.88
30.16
32.78
33.02
31.02
33.13
26.49
28.81
32.17
30.72
25.86
31.56
30.40
23.52
28.33
21.29
25.65
28.53
49.97
36.61
–
21.56
25.08
37.47
19.59
20.51
24.45
26.94
28.22
19.91
31.47
41.09
44.92
41.33
40.86
52.29
35.25
37.09
72.35
36.43
37.46
31.59
39.64
57.83
40.84
37.25
1.3
1.6
1.5
7.7
6.3
6.7
6.2
3.0
3.7
3.1
2.7
1.8
3.3
3.2
7.6
2.8
2.8
5.4
7.6
7.4
4.7
11.5
4.1
19.7
10.5
6.4
6.0
16.2
13.0
4.7
3.1
11.0
20.5
–
11.3
1.1
1.3
3.3
2.0
3.7
2.8
3.5
14.9
5.9
2.8
10.9
13.0
11.3
9.3
14.8
11.8
5.4
11.8
11.6
11.0
8.7
7.3
6.7
16.0
36.2
36.2
40.4
40.3
39.7
40.6
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.3
40.9
40.7
40.3
40.1
41.0
39.7
39.7
39.8
40.4
40.2
39.8
40.0
39.4
41.1
40.3
40.5
40.0
39.0
40.8
39.9
34.4
39.6
29.4
–
30.6
33.6
33.1
36.8
35.2
33.1
33.3
33.9
36.7
39.4
34.3
37.4
35.7
38.4
38.9
36.5
35.4
39.1
38.9
37.8
40.2
36.5
32.0
35.4
30.4
22.73
25.34
27.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.80
25.99
26.20
26.64
27.16
–
24.89
25.08
–
–
–
22.22
–
–
–
–
23.97
–
–
19.96
–
25.43
77.14
–
–
–
21.44
32.04
–
19.22
–
28.33
30.36
17.12
31.68
32.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.47
31.91
2.0
2.0
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
12.3
6.7
4.9
7.1
–
5.6
6.4
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
11.8
–
6.1
14.0
–
–
–
4.1
4.5
–
5.2
–
7.8
10.0
5.2
5.8
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
7.8
36.0
36.1
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.3
40.3
–
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
39.9
–
34.4
38.1
–
–
–
33.6
39.9
–
38.9
–
28.7
35.2
37.4
40.0
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.1
36.9
See footnotes at end of table.
91
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$48.27
40.95
42.51
39.78
32.85
37.92
39.33
42.88
31.90
50.92
24.10
41.30
29.61
38.44
28.94
17.33
30.75
31.01
31.63
27.94
12.06
27.01
25.08
26.17
19.88
27.41
27.83
28.38
22.34
25.85
17.12
17.21
14.85
17.37
19.25
44.30
44.02
50.44
7.4
8.3
11.1
20.0
6.2
13.5
10.5
8.7
20.7
10.8
10.2
13.9
7.3
4.5
1.2
7.1
1.4
1.9
3.6
3.7
4.5
5.4
2.3
3.6
11.1
4.2
3.4
5.6
15.9
5.3
5.5
6.0
9.0
11.4
6.6
4.8
5.1
7.9
39.8
36.9
36.0
36.6
34.1
25.3
36.1
33.9
35.9
28.7
27.2
38.3
35.4
32.2
34.3
34.8
35.9
36.7
35.3
29.5
15.0
36.6
37.1
37.0
37.7
36.7
40.9
34.5
36.8
35.6
37.6
37.8
32.4
42.6
37.8
39.6
39.7
36.3
$48.27
41.75
42.89
–
32.40
41.56
40.54
44.96
40.74
50.92
26.73
42.78
27.57
39.42
29.73
16.71
31.95
32.55
32.35
28.06
12.62
28.38
25.55
26.72
20.18
27.42
27.83
28.45
20.97
26.75
17.26
17.26
16.82
17.34
19.25
44.79
44.72
49.16
7.4
9.0
12.0
–
6.8
15.3
12.0
8.4
14.4
10.8
7.4
15.6
12.7
4.8
1.3
6.5
1.5
2.1
4.1
4.3
4.7
5.7
2.4
3.8
12.5
4.4
3.4
6.1
15.4
4.4
6.1
6.5
5.0
11.5
6.6
4.9
5.0
6.7
39.8
37.0
35.8
–
34.0
23.5
35.5
34.2
31.7
28.7
22.8
38.2
33.3
31.9
34.0
34.6
35.5
36.4
35.1
28.8
16.4
36.1
37.1
36.9
37.7
36.6
40.9
34.1
36.6
35.2
37.4
37.7
30.2
42.9
37.8
39.9
40.0
34.8
–
$32.26
37.24
42.07
35.62
27.02
32.82
30.18
–
–
–
–
31.76
29.75
25.51
23.75
25.55
25.95
27.68
27.34
9.55
22.51
21.47
22.19
–
27.08
–
27.59
–
–
15.65
16.74
–
–
–
36.81
25.21
51.12
–
7.4
9.8
28.1
9.8
15.0
6.5
6.1
–
–
–
–
4.5
5.7
2.4
10.3
2.8
2.5
4.2
5.9
15.5
11.8
10.1
10.7
–
6.3
–
2.8
–
–
5.3
3.0
–
–
–
18.0
8.2
11.1
–
35.9
38.8
36.0
34.4
32.8
40.0
32.1
–
–
–
–
38.0
35.4
35.8
37.3
37.4
37.5
36.4
33.6
10.9
38.3
37.7
37.7
–
38.8
–
38.5
–
–
38.8
38.7
–
–
–
34.5
32.7
37.1
23.47
26.13
22.02
31.65
25.45
3.6
8.2
6.0
30.4
9.7
34.3
39.6
36.9
14.5
33.3
23.76
27.24
22.20
31.85
25.45
3.6
7.4
6.2
30.8
9.7
34.3
39.6
37.1
14.4
33.3
14.88
–
15.26
–
–
6.0
–
8.3
–
–
33.8
–
30.4
–
–
19.41
16.59
6.28
14.74
22.38
25.53
22.49
26.00
30.06
19.89
17.35
28.65
13.17
22.29
8.2
12.6
33.8
8.0
5.6
9.7
38.5
28.9
6.3
1.5
2.6
4.8
14.5
3.4
38.7
36.8
18.2
33.3
39.1
39.0
23.8
23.3
37.7
35.9
36.6
23.0
37.4
35.1
19.62
17.10
6.28
14.79
22.73
25.75
23.18
26.33
30.07
20.54
17.38
28.64
13.32
22.59
8.3
14.0
33.8
8.1
5.7
10.2
40.4
29.0
6.3
1.5
2.9
4.5
16.8
3.2
38.7
36.5
18.2
33.6
39.1
39.0
23.4
23.4
37.7
35.9
36.6
23.1
37.4
34.9
–
–
–
–
12.85
–
–
17.53
–
15.08
17.00
–
–
19.75
–
–
–
–
16.4
–
–
22.4
–
2.5
7.6
–
–
12.9
–
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
22.7
–
35.8
37.1
–
–
36.5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Agriculture and forestry teachers .............................
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Physical education teachers ....................................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Foreign language teachers ......................................
Law teachers ...........................................................
Social work teachers ................................................
Theology teachers ...................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ..................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Archivists and curators ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ............................................
Urban planners ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Clergy ......................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ..........................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Judges .....................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Musicians and composers .......................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Dancers ...................................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .......
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Announcers ..............................................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Dental hygienists .....................................................
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
92
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.65
15.01
19.42
22.04
22.40
21.10
19.05
16.29
16.23
20.34
20.42
104.72
17.08
24.84
20.78
17.86
19.51
1.4
2.8
5.8
4.0
4.1
3.0
3.2
6.1
5.0
6.8
8.2
8.5
9.7
4.8
5.7
5.3
4.1
34.6
33.0
39.3
40.2
40.2
39.0
40.1
40.6
33.1
39.8
39.3
21.6
35.0
39.1
40.0
37.5
38.6
$16.28
15.26
19.88
22.13
22.45
21.32
19.14
16.01
16.65
21.18
20.77
105.62
17.64
25.30
20.75
18.44
20.04
1.5
3.0
5.4
4.3
4.1
3.2
3.4
6.9
5.9
7.1
8.7
8.6
10.4
4.9
5.8
5.7
4.0
34.4
33.4
39.2
40.3
40.1
38.9
40.1
40.6
31.9
39.8
38.5
21.4
34.7
39.3
40.0
37.3
38.7
$13.93
13.20
–
–
–
18.28
17.73
18.65
14.40
–
–
–
–
16.17
–
13.55
14.30
2.0
5.2
–
–
–
4.1
5.2
7.4
6.9
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
7.6
14.9
35.0
30.5
–
–
–
39.8
40.0
39.8
39.7
–
–
–
–
36.0
–
39.1
37.3
31.16
34.75
14.68
2.6
3.2
19.2
40.0
40.4
14.3
31.56
35.36
17.07
2.8
3.4
21.1
40.0
40.5
15.7
25.94
27.82
9.82
2.8
2.7
37.3
40.0
40.1
12.2
44.88
30.41
36.34
32.35
32.13
7.5
3.2
8.8
10.4
4.4
42.2
39.5
40.4
41.2
40.5
45.89
31.70
37.08
34.82
32.68
8.6
3.5
9.3
11.0
4.4
43.6
39.4
40.4
41.1
40.6
–
25.49
26.92
23.52
26.30
–
7.6
6.3
12.6
12.2
–
39.6
40.3
41.5
40.0
42.70
35.21
33.79
10.0
4.3
4.3
40.9
39.1
39.7
42.92
35.32
35.15
10.2
5.1
4.5
41.0
39.2
39.6
35.77
34.68
24.34
12.7
4.5
9.1
39.4
38.8
40.2
18.66
20.94
22.95
28.08
36.60
24.90
23.35
23.97
31.50
28.06
23.15
25.84
3.9
9.8
14.5
8.6
5.1
1.8
2.6
7.0
6.1
4.8
3.4
20.4
42.0
37.6
47.1
40.0
41.1
39.2
38.8
37.7
39.6
39.8
38.8
39.6
18.89
21.10
–
28.19
36.99
25.12
23.62
23.90
31.71
28.14
23.29
28.58
4.3
10.0
–
8.9
5.3
1.9
2.6
7.2
6.3
4.9
3.5
22.1
41.9
37.6
–
40.0
41.0
39.2
38.7
37.7
39.6
39.9
38.9
39.5
15.91
–
–
25.20
29.14
20.81
17.98
–
27.55
24.22
20.53
–
16.1
–
–
15.6
6.1
4.7
10.1
–
12.7
10.3
13.3
–
43.3
–
–
40.4
42.4
39.6
39.9
–
39.8
38.9
37.8
–
23.27
23.93
23.25
8.8
6.0
4.1
39.3
39.7
39.2
23.16
24.61
23.64
8.8
6.1
4.0
39.3
39.8
39.1
–
17.00
–
–
4.0
–
–
39.7
–
21.98
23.88
2.8
1.8
39.4
39.2
22.68
23.93
2.7
1.9
39.2
39.2
17.70
22.63
4.1
6.8
40.9
39.4
14.50
19.16
21.46
19.13
43.42
20.90
20.99
37.71
2.1
4.7
8.6
8.8
11.8
8.7
9.9
19.9
32.6
40.9
39.9
38.2
39.6
36.7
36.8
42.8
14.75
19.25
21.85
19.14
43.80
21.38
21.18
37.95
2.3
4.7
8.7
8.9
11.8
9.2
9.8
20.3
32.6
40.8
39.9
38.2
39.6
36.5
36.7
42.9
11.38
18.18
14.65
–
–
–
16.28
–
6.1
16.5
17.7
–
–
–
22.3
–
33.5
42.2
39.9
–
–
–
39.5
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Industrial engineering technicians ...........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ........................
Biological technicians ..............................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ......................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Chief executives and general administrators, public
administration ........................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Funeral directors ......................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ........
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Real estate sales .....................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales engineers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
93
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.08
18.95
9.05
8.64
11.21
19.71
13.82
13.79
11.73
8.93
8.19
14.87
8.00
23.26
13.98
5.2
4.8
3.5
4.9
10.2
32.5
5.5
4.4
5.9
8.9
1.4
31.1
8.6
28.5
7.7
40.1
45.4
25.1
23.3
26.8
33.6
37.5
38.5
29.9
29.5
28.8
26.3
20.7
26.7
34.6
$24.54
19.25
9.07
8.90
11.27
20.36
13.89
13.92
11.83
8.93
8.21
14.87
8.00
23.32
14.16
5.3
4.9
3.6
4.7
11.1
32.0
5.7
4.8
6.2
9.1
1.3
31.1
8.6
28.6
8.1
40.1
45.5
25.2
23.5
26.5
33.1
37.4
38.2
29.8
29.5
28.7
26.3
20.7
26.7
34.2
$16.94
15.89
8.25
–
10.44
–
–
12.46
9.74
8.82
8.04
–
–
–
10.78
9.2
13.9
9.8
–
15.3
–
–
11.9
7.0
11.0
7.3
–
–
–
16.4
40.6
44.6
20.5
–
31.0
–
–
41.4
33.0
28.9
29.6
–
–
–
41.9
13.41
17.86
19.12
19.72
20.59
.5
3.1
9.5
2.4
6.5
36.4
38.9
40.0
38.9
40.0
13.60
17.95
18.52
19.92
21.11
.6
3.2
11.7
2.5
6.8
36.3
38.8
40.0
39.0
40.0
11.61
16.06
–
16.12
–
2.2
5.1
–
6.6
–
36.9
41.0
–
37.4
–
19.76
15.90
14.06
14.77
16.68
14.07
11.25
8.71
13.74
10.62
12.16
10.63
13.02
13.20
14.75
11.69
9.92
12.95
13.62
15.17
12.11
14.76
11.95
11.27
4.4
2.7
9.8
1.2
4.9
1.7
4.4
2.4
5.3
2.1
2.8
15.1
2.0
1.9
3.4
2.8
2.2
2.2
1.5
2.6
3.5
23.1
4.7
6.4
39.9
38.7
39.2
37.5
33.5
36.4
30.9
35.9
35.9
33.6
37.0
38.2
39.0
37.4
39.1
29.7
32.9
38.3
37.0
35.1
37.1
40.2
33.3
38.3
20.24
15.99
14.03
14.98
17.38
14.27
11.51
8.78
14.29
10.73
12.18
10.63
13.08
13.52
14.98
12.34
9.99
13.23
13.86
15.38
12.17
17.77
12.13
11.38
4.7
2.8
10.6
1.2
5.3
1.8
5.1
2.6
4.0
2.2
3.0
15.1
2.0
1.7
3.6
2.7
2.5
2.2
1.6
2.6
3.8
18.6
4.7
6.6
39.6
38.7
39.5
37.4
32.8
36.3
30.2
36.4
35.7
33.5
36.9
38.2
39.0
37.2
39.1
28.7
32.8
38.3
37.0
36.1
36.9
40.3
33.0
38.2
16.80
–
–
12.78
11.71
11.29
9.88
8.15
–
9.00
11.54
–
–
10.08
12.56
9.65
9.14
11.01
11.62
13.40
11.43
–
9.18
–
8.9
–
–
4.0
4.4
4.6
4.5
4.9
–
2.3
7.4
–
–
5.1
7.1
4.2
5.0
7.8
3.0
11.5
5.5
–
5.2
–
42.1
–
–
38.2
39.0
38.3
34.9
32.0
–
34.1
39.3
–
–
38.9
40.0
33.4
34.1
37.9
36.9
28.5
38.4
–
38.3
–
11.32
10.24
12.57
10.94
11.32
9.25
15.36
17.17
12.72
12.40
16.27
14.97
14.74
6.5
5.4
4.2
12.7
5.8
6.8
3.8
3.3
2.9
1.9
4.5
7.5
3.6
38.0
38.6
34.6
31.2
35.0
29.8
39.1
39.0
38.4
37.0
38.9
38.2
37.7
11.73
10.27
12.75
10.72
10.88
9.26
16.07
17.40
12.55
12.43
16.37
15.64
14.74
6.6
5.4
4.0
13.2
4.1
7.0
3.9
3.5
2.4
2.1
4.6
5.9
3.6
37.8
39.2
34.9
31.4
35.4
30.2
39.0
39.0
38.2
36.8
38.9
39.3
37.7
–
–
–
–
15.93
9.03
11.61
15.22
13.77
11.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.4
15.8
8.0
6.8
13.1
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.9
22.1
39.6
39.1
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, shoes ...............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances .........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ....................
News vendors ..........................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators ...........
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Chief communications operators .............................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ..............................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Classified ad clerks ..................................................
Correspondence clerks ............................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Cost and rate clerks .................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ................................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ..............................
Telephone operators ................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. .........
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Expeditors ................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
94
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Proofreaders ............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
$13.31
18.96
14.74
14.90
13.32
12.52
10.00
14.20
12.06
13.49
10.94
13.60
9.1
8.4
2.2
3.2
3.8
1.1
1.3
15.4
2.1
4.3
1.3
1.4
38.7
38.0
38.5
38.8
37.4
35.9
33.7
36.9
36.4
38.9
31.2
35.2
$12.05
19.04
14.78
14.97
13.34
12.64
10.10
15.86
12.16
13.69
11.44
13.84
6.8
8.5
2.3
3.4
4.0
1.2
1.3
12.6
2.3
4.6
1.1
1.4
38.5
38.0
38.5
38.8
37.3
36.0
33.6
36.6
36.2
39.1
30.1
35.0
$18.53
13.81
13.01
14.36
12.98
11.22
8.71
–
10.59
12.14
9.59
11.04
17.9
17.8
16.8
5.0
7.0
3.4
2.6
–
5.5
13.1
3.1
4.0
39.6
38.4
38.9
38.6
38.8
35.5
35.7
–
39.0
38.0
34.8
37.8
Blue collar ..............................................................................
14.51
.9
38.2
14.71
.8
38.1
13.25
3.0
38.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices ...........................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Small engine repairers .............................................
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Farm equipment mechanics ....................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ......................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .......
Telephone line installers and repairers ....................
Telephone installers and repairers ..........................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Camera, watch, and musical instrument repairers ..
Locksmiths and safe repairers .................................
Office machine repairers ..........................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Elevator installers and repairers ..............................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and
tilesetters ...............................................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and
plasterers ...............................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Brickmasons and stonemasons ...............................
Tile setters, hard and soft ........................................
Carpet installers .......................................................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Carpenter apprentices .............................................
Drywall installers ......................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
18.20
22.74
17.27
12.08
16.47
25.18
13.57
17.49
25.00
18.85
14.26
19.22
14.89
1.1
3.1
3.8
5.7
3.3
5.3
4.4
9.4
6.7
4.6
6.7
2.2
6.3
39.6
40.9
40.1
40.5
39.6
40.0
39.9
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.9
39.8
37.6
18.46
22.67
17.40
12.27
16.79
25.25
13.57
17.92
25.31
19.94
14.39
19.23
15.19
1.2
3.3
4.0
5.8
3.5
5.3
4.5
10.2
6.7
4.2
7.0
1.8
7.7
39.6
40.9
40.2
40.5
39.1
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
39.7
40.6
39.7
36.7
16.25
23.56
14.30
–
14.28
–
–
–
–
14.62
13.77
19.19
14.17
3.5
8.4
5.9
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
8.7
8.3
5.5
11.5
40.0
40.7
39.6
–
42.6
–
–
–
–
39.7
42.2
39.8
39.8
19.51
15.52
15.18
23.36
22.76
4.1
15.8
7.1
3.8
2.4
38.7
39.7
38.9
40.0
40.0
19.46
15.49
15.83
23.58
22.85
4.1
16.1
7.5
3.7
2.4
38.6
39.7
38.7
40.0
40.0
21.69
–
10.79
16.90
19.82
11.7
–
12.4
15.3
16.5
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
16.46
14.85
14.64
14.55
20.83
35.81
21.77
15.81
3.0
24.0
10.5
8.6
4.9
9.6
5.5
2.9
39.6
40.0
41.1
39.9
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.0
16.65
14.85
14.57
14.52
20.95
35.81
20.49
16.02
3.1
24.0
12.5
9.0
5.2
9.6
6.6
3.1
39.6
40.0
41.3
39.9
39.4
40.0
39.9
38.9
13.13
–
–
–
19.10
–
23.66
13.78
5.6
–
–
–
9.4
–
3.7
5.0
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
39.7
20.99
24.84
17.5
5.9
40.0
39.9
20.99
25.06
17.5
6.1
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.72
5.0
40.0
27.12
5.0
40.0
19.75
17.8
40.0
19.93
25.23
21.15
19.92
22.47
19.05
18.30
17.40
20.74
22.33
14.83
13.0
4.7
3.6
7.5
14.2
12.3
3.3
13.6
10.2
3.6
4.0
40.9
40.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.9
19.57
25.65
21.97
20.97
22.47
19.05
18.30
17.40
20.74
22.73
14.98
13.7
4.6
3.3
5.9
14.2
12.3
3.5
13.6
10.2
3.8
4.1
40.4
40.9
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.9
–
–
17.61
–
–
–
18.31
–
–
19.19
11.47
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
6.2
14.0
–
–
40.4
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
40.0
40.0
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
95
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.30
13.65
15.06
21.27
18.29
18.35
16.92
14.40
3.8
6.5
12.6
3.8
12.6
9.5
5.5
5.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.8
$25.21
13.64
15.06
21.46
18.27
18.62
16.72
14.88
3.5
6.6
12.6
3.9
12.7
9.8
5.4
5.5
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.5
39.3
40.0
39.7
$18.86
–
–
16.82
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
15.97
14.68
20.54
17.62
15.76
23.58
20.01
15.51
20.21
20.67
21.85
13.43
19.22
18.52
14.49
17.03
20.85
17.08
12.72
17.15
17.07
14.16
11.87
12.61
13.85
15.84
17.56
16.52
18.1
10.3
14.6
5.5
4.1
8.2
18.2
9.7
10.2
3.2
2.1
12.2
4.1
4.8
3.7
6.5
11.8
14.5
16.9
19.9
9.2
17.2
7.2
6.8
10.2
13.7
5.3
6.8
41.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
41.4
40.0
40.0
47.6
40.4
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.5
39.1
39.2
40.0
28.5
40.0
40.0
39.6
18.89
14.75
20.54
17.72
16.23
21.79
17.33
15.31
20.29
21.29
22.36
15.27
19.31
18.62
–
17.19
21.25
17.08
14.83
17.15
17.70
14.16
11.88
12.71
13.85
16.10
17.56
16.74
24.6
10.8
14.6
5.5
4.9
15.8
29.6
10.8
5.2
3.4
2.4
16.5
4.3
4.9
–
7.1
11.9
14.5
14.2
19.9
9.7
17.2
7.2
9.4
10.2
13.9
5.3
7.5
43.1
38.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
41.5
40.0
40.0
66.9
40.5
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.8
–
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
38.3
39.1
39.2
40.0
28.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
11.63
–
–
–
13.99
26.51
–
–
20.15
17.68
18.79
–
–
13.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
4.4
16.1
–
–
17.8
7.6
4.0
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.5
41.4
–
–
40.0
40.2
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.90
16.81
12.46
15.07
12.94
11.40
10.76
11.69
17.90
4.1
14.7
3.9
8.7
10.2
3.9
5.2
10.7
2.8
39.5
38.1
39.1
39.7
39.9
37.5
35.3
39.8
40.3
14.98
17.85
12.79
15.15
12.94
11.74
10.64
11.50
18.31
4.4
15.6
4.1
7.9
10.2
4.8
5.5
12.4
3.1
39.5
37.7
39.0
39.6
39.9
37.0
35.0
39.8
40.3
–
–
10.75
14.88
–
10.42
–
–
14.57
–
–
10.7
20.4
–
7.7
–
–
7.3
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
39.0
–
–
39.8
21.85
14.71
17.25
25.62
21.91
22.39
7.3
7.3
3.4
2.9
4.5
3.2
40.0
36.8
39.9
40.0
39.8
39.5
21.92
14.20
17.36
25.63
21.74
22.74
7.2
6.9
3.5
3.2
4.8
3.2
40.0
36.5
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.5
–
–
16.45
–
24.07
17.62
–
–
13.2
–
9.9
7.9
–
–
40.0
–
38.7
40.0
12.94
16.07
15.00
13.04
12.77
15.38
1.4
5.4
5.9
5.2
7.8
11.8
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
13.07
16.87
14.65
13.10
12.60
16.47
1.3
4.9
6.5
5.5
7.4
13.5
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
12.38
–
–
–
13.92
–
4.4
–
–
–
7.7
–
39.6
–
–
–
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plasterers .................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ......
Concrete and terrazzo finishers ...............................
Glaziers ....................................................................
Insulation workers ....................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ................................................................
Roofers ....................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ........................................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, extractive ............................................
Drillers, oil well .........................................................
Mining machine operators .......................................
Mining, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ..............................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Machinist apprentices ..............................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners .........
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .................
Layout workers ........................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .......................
Engravers, metal ......................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ..............................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ....................
Furniture and wood finishers ...................................
Tailors ......................................................................
Upholsterers ............................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ...........
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ............
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .............................................................
Bookbinders .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Precision food production ........................................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,
n.e.c. ......................................................................
Adjusters and calibrators .........................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Power plant operators ..............................................
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Milling and planing machine operators ....................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Rolling machine operators .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
96
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.82
11.1
40.0
$11.80
11.3
40.0
–
–
–
13.08
13.75
14.63
14.38
12.32
13.68
15.71
3.6
7.4
4.5
4.3
3.5
7.0
7.5
38.9
39.8
39.7
39.1
39.6
39.5
40.0
12.96
13.91
15.16
14.99
12.46
13.71
16.12
4.2
8.2
4.8
5.1
4.0
7.0
9.0
38.5
39.8
39.6
38.9
39.6
39.5
40.0
$13.39
–
12.73
11.28
11.78
–
–
6.5
–
3.7
6.5
5.1
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
39.8
–
–
11.78
11.98
12.68
10.86
15.85
16.83
14.05
12.94
6.2
4.3
5.3
6.3
3.4
4.4
10.3
9.9
38.2
39.8
40.0
38.2
39.2
39.4
32.9
39.8
11.84
12.51
12.79
–
16.14
17.14
14.30
11.11
7.1
4.1
5.2
–
3.7
4.2
10.8
2.7
39.4
39.7
40.0
–
39.2
39.5
32.4
39.7
11.32
10.95
–
–
13.68
–
–
–
9.6
7.0
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
30.8
40.0
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
12.36
9.98
8.93
9.08
8.49
11.91
12.40
12.78
14.87
8.7
6.8
6.3
4.0
4.1
8.3
4.2
6.1
4.6
39.9
39.2
38.9
39.3
38.0
40.0
39.2
39.4
39.8
10.87
10.81
8.99
9.00
8.56
12.72
12.18
12.94
14.41
5.0
3.5
7.3
3.7
4.7
5.8
3.6
6.4
4.3
39.9
38.9
38.8
39.2
38.8
40.0
39.0
39.3
39.8
–
–
8.55
–
7.91
–
12.96
12.28
17.49
–
–
3.4
–
4.4
–
11.7
14.5
12.2
–
–
39.5
–
32.7
–
39.9
39.6
40.0
18.97
11.39
15.10
11.42
13.22
13.07
13.72
12.95
13.12
12.24
10.93
13.47
15.51
10.35
12.83
9.86
10.91
11.32
15.50
11.12
13.18
13.26
10.71
9.89
10.49
3.6
2.7
6.0
9.4
10.2
7.7
6.3
4.6
4.6
25.2
5.2
2.7
2.5
9.8
3.3
12.6
7.4
6.2
27.8
6.0
4.1
4.7
9.3
7.4
10.2
39.8
40.4
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.1
39.5
28.4
32.3
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.6
40.0
39.1
30.1
39.1
39.6
39.9
30.9
38.5
39.8
19.16
11.60
15.19
–
13.26
13.07
14.33
12.47
12.95
12.24
10.93
13.69
15.59
11.74
13.14
9.90
10.26
11.28
15.50
10.95
13.00
13.66
10.68
9.75
10.49
3.2
3.2
6.5
–
10.6
7.7
8.8
4.3
3.4
25.2
5.2
1.7
2.4
4.4
3.3
12.8
13.1
6.3
27.8
6.2
4.3
4.7
10.4
9.9
10.2
39.8
39.9
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.1
39.9
28.4
32.3
39.4
39.9
40.0
38.9
40.0
40.0
39.1
30.1
39.0
39.6
39.9
30.0
39.6
39.8
17.42
–
13.93
–
–
–
13.00
–
13.70
–
–
13.00
14.70
–
10.03
–
–
–
–
12.36
14.00
10.07
–
10.16
–
17.0
–
8.5
–
–
–
7.7
–
13.0
–
–
7.9
8.1
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
15.0
11.0
8.5
–
8.0
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
38.2
–
–
39.6
40.0
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
36.4
–
14.25
18.48
14.20
12.77
14.23
1.5
5.0
2.1
5.9
2.3
37.5
42.3
40.2
35.5
27.9
14.22
19.42
14.04
12.79
14.40
1.6
4.6
2.2
6.0
2.4
37.5
42.6
39.9
35.7
29.1
14.53
16.16
15.80
12.07
12.77
5.0
11.3
6.8
9.8
6.5
37.7
41.6
43.5
30.2
20.7
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Drilling and boring machine operators .....................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Forging machine operators ......................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Metal plating machine operators ..............................
Heat treating equipment operators ..........................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ................................................................
Sawing machine operators ......................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .................
Nailing and tacking machine operators ....................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Typesetters and compositors ...................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ............................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Pressing machine operators ....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Cementing and gluing machine operators ...............
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
Compressing and compacting machine operators ..
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ........
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators
Folding machine operators ......................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Crushing and grinding machine operators ...............
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Motion picture projectionists ....................................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .......................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ........................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating ...................
Hand engraving and printing ....................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
Production samplers and weighers ..........................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ..................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ............................................
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
97
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.31
8.26
8.52
34.89
32.98
24.58
19.18
12.96
13.49
19.53
19.65
13.03
16.98
15.82
14.89
13.56
6.5
7.4
7.6
4.7
10.3
7.4
9.4
5.8
2.7
5.9
6.0
12.7
5.1
6.2
4.4
2.5
30.3
32.4
29.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
45.4
39.9
40.0
40.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
$8.34
8.18
8.57
35.93
33.21
24.74
19.23
12.47
–
18.60
21.38
14.41
17.15
16.53
16.03
13.65
6.6
8.1
7.9
4.2
10.5
7.7
11.1
5.8
–
5.9
3.5
15.6
4.9
7.1
5.4
2.5
30.7
32.0
30.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
45.4
40.7
–
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
–
–
$6.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.88
–
–
12.83
12.97
13.12
–
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.8
–
–
6.5
7.4
8.5
–
–
17.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
–
39.9
40.0
39.9
15.61
4.2
37.3
16.24
4.5
36.8
12.19
4.4
39.9
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Nursery workers .......................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Animal caretakers, except farm ...............................
Inspectors, agricultural products ..............................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Helpers, extractive ...................................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
Stevedores ...............................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
10.98
8.23
18.17
11.16
10.48
9.55
1.3
9.2
6.7
2.9
9.3
16.9
35.6
37.6
40.0
37.2
32.6
38.6
11.14
9.08
18.86
11.39
10.49
10.97
1.4
9.0
6.0
3.5
9.3
14.9
35.6
36.2
39.6
37.3
32.6
37.8
10.02
–
–
10.48
–
–
3.0
–
–
5.6
–
–
35.9
–
–
37.1
–
–
18.31
11.61
11.26
11.11
13.00
10.01
14.54
16.95
9.56
10.48
12.10
9.87
9.88
9.31
10.62
5.9
4.5
3.1
18.2
4.2
3.5
8.7
19.8
1.9
3.0
4.9
6.6
2.8
3.7
2.4
39.3
38.6
39.4
40.0
38.8
39.1
40.6
36.2
29.5
39.1
34.9
37.3
37.1
36.9
36.9
18.72
11.68
11.36
12.43
13.26
9.82
15.00
16.95
9.62
10.57
12.28
9.95
9.98
9.43
10.70
6.4
4.9
3.4
24.5
4.3
3.9
7.8
19.8
2.0
2.9
4.7
7.1
3.0
4.3
2.6
39.2
38.4
39.6
40.0
38.7
38.9
40.9
36.2
29.4
38.8
34.7
37.1
37.1
36.9
36.7
15.63
10.85
10.11
–
9.61
10.90
–
–
9.28
10.20
10.86
–
8.43
8.56
10.15
8.1
6.9
5.0
–
5.6
6.6
–
–
5.6
9.3
14.3
–
8.3
4.8
5.5
40.0
39.8
38.2
–
39.1
39.8
–
–
29.7
39.9
35.9
–
36.9
36.3
38.0
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention ...........................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Crossing guards .......................................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
10.32
16.83
24.50
28.77
19.78
20.41
17.91
22.64
18.58
16.43
9.60
10.24
11.72
7.41
4.88
6.75
4.21
6.01
1.3
2.3
4.7
2.9
5.7
8.8
2.6
1.0
1.9
5.1
4.9
2.9
6.5
1.1
2.7
3.8
3.3
3.2
31.6
37.0
49.0
40.2
38.4
39.0
44.2
39.4
38.2
39.7
17.9
33.3
25.8
28.4
26.5
27.3
26.5
25.9
10.49
17.23
25.06
30.10
19.78
20.43
18.24
23.02
20.64
17.71
9.68
10.26
11.72
7.41
4.80
6.62
4.08
6.09
1.2
2.1
4.7
2.5
5.9
10.0
2.7
1.0
1.4
4.2
4.9
3.0
6.8
1.2
3.0
4.0
3.6
3.3
31.3
36.7
48.9
40.2
38.4
38.9
44.2
39.5
37.6
39.8
18.4
33.2
25.7
28.2
26.2
27.6
26.0
25.8
9.31
14.26
16.91
17.88
19.77
–
13.21
17.85
14.01
14.49
–
9.89
11.78
7.37
5.32
7.66
4.91
5.19
3.1
5.8
10.0
12.2
18.4
–
6.0
2.8
3.5
9.6
–
6.4
19.5
2.4
5.3
8.5
5.2
8.8
33.4
38.6
50.2
40.1
38.9
–
44.1
38.9
39.6
39.4
–
34.9
27.3
29.5
28.3
25.2
29.1
26.7
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Parking lot attendants ..............................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters .....................
Locomotive operating ..............................................
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ...................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ........
Sailors and deckhands ............................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders .........................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Hoist and winch operators .......................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
98
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Dental assistants .....................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Pest control ..............................................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Guides .....................................................................
Ushers .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.45
12.61
9.10
7.75
7.48
10.54
14.47
11.49
9.80
10.23
14.73
8.21
10.38
12.70
10.28
15.16
13.12
7.06
12.05
8.33
30.95
7.21
9.10
8.32
9.27
10.36
1.2
2.6
1.5
2.0
1.1
1.8
7.0
3.7
1.3
2.0
4.0
1.6
2.1
6.2
3.7
4.1
7.3
4.6
12.7
3.5
2.5
6.1
5.3
3.8
4.1
3.0
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected between December 2001 and
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
29.2
38.9
33.6
28.6
25.6
34.1
35.5
34.2
34.0
34.7
39.6
34.6
34.2
39.0
29.2
39.4
26.1
31.8
31.5
23.2
19.5
36.8
28.4
30.4
28.7
29.7
$8.46
12.58
9.17
7.73
7.51
10.73
14.57
11.35
10.04
10.41
14.92
8.35
10.61
12.70
10.74
14.65
12.69
7.57
12.28
8.31
31.01
7.16
9.12
8.35
9.30
10.44
1.2
2.7
1.5
2.3
1.2
1.8
7.2
3.5
1.4
2.1
4.6
1.8
2.0
6.2
1.9
3.0
7.0
3.4
12.5
3.5
2.5
6.2
5.8
4.3
4.1
3.1
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
29.1
39.1
33.8
28.3
25.6
34.2
35.6
34.3
34.0
34.6
39.3
35.2
34.0
39.0
28.0
38.7
25.9
26.4
32.3
23.7
19.4
36.7
28.4
30.3
28.1
29.8
$8.38
12.80
8.68
7.90
7.19
9.54
–
12.46
8.80
9.10
14.22
7.51
8.79
–
8.46
16.25
20.44
6.67
–
–
–
–
8.80
8.12
9.08
9.59
Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)
3.9
9.3
4.1
2.1
3.7
5.5
–
15.5
2.6
2.5
11.3
2.1
2.8
–
10.3
9.3
31.2
1.7
–
–
–
–
6.0
6.8
14.6
8.9
30.1
37.5
32.5
31.1
26.3
33.7
–
33.5
33.7
35.2
40.7
32.1
35.8
–
35.2
40.9
32.2
37.7
–
–
–
–
28.2
31.1
33.8
28.6
January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
99
TABLE 4-3. Largest 10 metropolitan areas1 ranked by employment size: Mean hourly earnings2 by occupational group, National
Compensation Survey, 2001-2002
(1)
New YorkNorthern New
JerseyLong Island
(April 2002)
(2)
Los AngelesRiversideOrange County
(3)
ChicagoGaryKenosha
(4)
WashingtonBaltimore
(5)
San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose
(April 2002)
(October 2001)
(April 2002)
(April 2002)
All .................................................................................................
$22.92
$19.84
$19.26
$20.12
$24.55
White collar .............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
27.63
28.48
24.15
25.02
24.03
24.43
24.05
25.28
28.47
30.04
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty .......................................................
Technical ..........................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Sales .....................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..............................
33.80
35.52
26.19
38.57
17.60
16.37
32.20
34.52
22.79
31.99
17.51
14.99
29.28
29.90
26.68
32.01
20.20
15.39
30.59
31.73
24.00
30.18
16.25
14.75
34.49
36.59
26.32
39.58
16.32
17.68
Blue collar ...............................................................................
17.62
14.84
16.07
16.35
19.04
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..........
24.03
12.43
18.38
14.67
21.10
11.44
14.29
10.75
21.97
13.25
16.69
13.76
20.22
14.45
15.32
12.25
24.72
16.80
17.76
13.42
Service .....................................................................................
14.70
13.64
12.25
11.96
15.92
Protective service .................................................................
Food service .........................................................................
Health service .......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...............................................
Personal service ...................................................................
22.07
9.18
11.03
13.69
14.22
20.95
9.71
10.84
9.65
11.54
18.40
7.94
10.93
10.72
10.75
19.09
8.48
10.78
10.30
11.72
24.21
9.77
14.90
13.61
15.30
(6)
BostonWorcesterLawrence
(October 2001)
(7)
PhiladelphiaWilmingtonAtlantic City
(December 2001)
(8)
DetroitAnn ArborFlint
(April 2002)
(9)
DallasFort Worth
(March 2002)
(10)
HoustonGalvestonBrazoria
(December 2001)
All .................................................................................................
$20.61
$20.47
$20.99
$18.73
$18.94
White collar .............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
24.83
25.71
24.52
25.66
25.33
26.32
23.16
24.17
23.73
24.95
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty .......................................................
Technical ..........................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Sales .....................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..............................
29.47
32.24
19.86
34.08
17.98
15.44
30.78
33.54
21.84
31.60
16.24
14.95
30.64
33.23
21.80
36.81
17.17
14.55
28.51
28.90
27.15
30.35
16.05
14.21
29.01
30.46
23.56
34.45
15.46
13.51
Blue collar ...............................................................................
16.64
16.79
18.78
14.21
14.60
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..........
21.29
13.63
17.56
12.81
20.61
14.70
16.00
13.59
23.73
18.28
16.30
11.47
17.80
12.65
16.54
10.44
19.18
12.19
14.19
9.69
Service .....................................................................................
12.75
12.27
11.54
11.04
9.98
Protective service .................................................................
Food service .........................................................................
Health service .......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...............................................
Personal service ...................................................................
17.80
8.15
11.90
12.79
13.17
19.22
7.88
11.54
10.64
12.92
17.03
8.16
9.98
12.67
9.74
15.48
7.82
9.76
9.36
16.73
15.10
7.36
10.12
7.74
12.87
Occupational group3
1 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget, 1994. The largest 10 metropolitan areas are all CMSAs.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
100
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, National Compensation Survey,3 2002
United States
New England
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
Middle Atlantic
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
4
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$17.18
16.40
21.54
17.56
14.20
0.8
.9
.9
.8
2.7
35.8
35.6
36.7
35.7
36.4
$18.61
17.73
24.55
18.99
14.66
2.9
3.5
2.6
2.9
9.4
34.4
34.2
35.8
34.4
34.5
$19.79
18.93
24.69
19.97
15.83
1.8
1.5
1.9
1.8
3.8
34.8
34.7
35.4
34.8
34.9
21.09
27.18
.9
1.3
36.1
36.1
22.85
28.69
3.7
1.6
34.8
35.5
24.42
30.41
1.4
4.1
34.8
34.7
31.16
14.50
13.41
14.51
18.20
2.6
2.1
.5
.9
1.1
40.0
32.6
36.4
38.2
39.6
30.89
14.58
14.86
15.12
19.58
4.6
14.8
2.5
3.1
4.9
40.0
29.5
34.9
38.0
39.5
36.06
16.00
14.77
15.71
20.21
9.5
4.3
.9
2.4
3.4
38.8
30.4
35.1
38.2
39.4
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
12.94
14.25
1.4
1.5
39.2
37.5
12.58
12.94
5.5
8.2
38.5
37.7
13.21
15.39
3.5
2.2
39.3
36.5
10.98
10.32
1.3
1.3
35.6
31.6
11.77
11.19
2.4
2.6
34.2
29.2
12.41
12.38
6.0
1.6
36.9
31.0
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
18.14
9.66
.9
1.0
39.6
20.5
19.92
10.72
2.7
1.4
39.3
19.7
21.00
10.10
1.8
3.0
38.8
19.1
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
20.65
16.42
.8
1.0
36.9
35.6
22.41
17.73
.9
3.2
35.4
34.2
21.51
19.05
1.3
2.1
36.3
34.3
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
16.89
22.52
1.0
6.5
35.7
38.3
18.35
25.77
2.2
18.6
34.3
36.6
19.42
28.23
3.6
31.1
34.8
37.0
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
17.74
15.88
1.2
1.1
39.5
34.3
19.48
17.10
4.7
2.9
39.6
32.6
19.01
18.90
3.4
1.6
39.2
33.4
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
14.43
16.73
18.80
20.75
23.30
1.2
1.4
2.3
3.5
2.0
34.6
36.3
37.2
36.5
37.4
14.63
18.99
23.17
25.32
26.08
4.1
3.4
7.0
.6
3.5
33.3
34.5
36.2
36.2
36.7
16.28
18.79
22.26
26.68
25.51
4.2
2.5
9.1
13.4
3.7
33.8
35.1
36.2
35.7
36.1
Establishment characteristics:
See footnotes at end of table.
101
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, National Compensation Survey,3 2002–Continued
East North Central
West North Central
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
South Atlantic
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
4
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$17.42
16.64
22.47
17.73
15.11
1.2
1.3
2.3
1.3
3.4
35.7
35.6
35.9
35.6
36.3
$16.11
15.31
20.40
16.82
13.38
4.1
4.3
3.5
4.7
6.2
35.3
35.0
37.2
35.3
35.3
$15.97
15.38
18.84
16.26
13.83
1.9
2.4
1.2
2.1
3.4
36.4
36.1
38.0
36.3
37.1
21.12
26.72
1.7
1.7
36.0
35.6
19.43
24.26
5.1
3.1
36.1
36.4
19.64
25.67
2.5
1.9
36.9
36.9
30.73
15.28
13.64
15.43
19.48
2.3
5.0
1.3
1.5
1.9
39.4
33.2
36.3
38.0
39.7
30.16
12.83
12.26
14.48
18.11
12.5
8.3
4.8
2.6
2.7
41.2
31.5
36.5
38.1
40.2
29.57
12.99
12.51
13.31
16.75
5.7
4.0
1.5
2.0
2.0
40.4
33.2
37.4
38.3
39.7
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
14.07
15.65
2.2
1.9
39.5
37.3
12.77
14.34
5.2
5.2
38.7
37.1
12.31
13.15
2.8
4.4
39.5
37.4
12.07
10.20
2.7
2.3
33.7
30.5
11.06
9.81
4.3
5.7
35.6
29.4
10.00
9.56
1.6
1.4
36.1
32.5
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
18.41
9.83
1.2
2.1
39.6
20.3
17.25
8.87
3.9
3.4
39.9
20.3
16.80
8.83
2.0
1.5
39.8
21.1
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
20.03
16.64
1.2
2.0
37.5
35.2
18.98
15.53
2.9
5.6
37.6
34.9
18.26
15.73
3.1
2.1
38.0
36.3
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
17.20
21.76
1.3
11.2
35.5
39.1
15.63
25.48
3.5
27.2
35.1
40.3
15.59
21.41
1.1
17.1
36.3
38.2
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
18.35
15.67
1.8
1.6
39.4
33.8
16.12
14.98
4.3
5.4
39.2
33.5
16.10
15.12
2.7
3.0
39.7
35.0
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
14.48
16.96
18.93
20.57
24.77
1.8
1.8
2.1
3.0
2.2
34.5
36.1
37.1
36.1
37.6
14.07
15.63
17.17
17.73
22.22
8.2
3.9
4.3
6.1
2.1
33.6
35.8
37.2
36.8
38.1
13.30
15.65
16.99
18.90
21.27
1.6
6.8
3.7
2.3
1.9
35.1
37.2
38.0
36.7
38.1
Establishment characteristics:
See footnotes at end of table.
102
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and
weekly hours by selected characteristics, National Compensation Survey,3 2002–Continued
East South Central
West South Central
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
4
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$14.19
13.67
17.94
15.06
12.37
5.0
5.3
4.3
4.0
11.5
37.1
37.1
37.2
36.5
38.5
$15.39
14.81
18.24
15.49
14.45
1.5
1.6
1.4
1.7
6.5
36.6
36.3
38.2
36.7
36.3
17.74
22.33
5.1
3.2
37.0
37.1
19.05
25.70
2.5
3.9
37.0
37.4
26.15
15.01
11.95
12.96
15.46
3.0
17.6
2.2
4.1
4.1
40.7
34.7
37.1
38.7
39.3
28.96
12.60
12.32
12.86
15.31
1.1
6.5
.9
2.7
4.1
40.8
33.3
37.7
38.8
40.0
12.97
12.89
7.8
5.4
39.5
38.5
11.93
12.88
6.0
9.1
39.3
39.9
9.72
8.74
3.3
3.4
37.3
35.1
9.22
8.58
4.3
3.2
35.9
32.6
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
14.70
8.48
5.4
3.4
39.8
21.0
16.25
7.93
1.8
3.1
39.9
21.6
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.69
13.74
6.7
4.7
38.5
36.9
19.06
15.17
3.4
1.8
37.7
36.6
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
13.76
19.02
4.3
19.5
37.1
37.3
15.18
18.65
1.6
5.7
36.4
40.2
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
15.29
12.90
5.5
7.9
39.9
35.9
16.61
14.17
1.6
2.0
39.4
35.3
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
12.52
15.19
13.68
14.93
16.42
4.0
7.5
7.8
16.2
21.3
35.4
38.4
38.6
38.8
36.8
13.13
15.01
17.50
18.05
21.06
2.8
2.5
3.9
3.2
3.1
36.0
36.5
37.7
37.5
38.1
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
Establishment characteristics:
See footnotes at end of table.
103
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and
weekly hours by selected characteristics, National Compensation Survey,3 2002–Continued
Mountain
Pacific
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
4
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$15.67
14.67
21.50
15.67
15.70
3.6
2.6
3.2
4.2
1.3
35.5
35.2
37.1
35.5
35.7
$19.08
18.01
24.87
19.22
16.10
1.8
2.4
.8
1.9
1.6
35.8
35.9
35.6
35.9
34.8
18.98
25.41
1.3
6.1
36.0
36.1
23.18
30.07
2.2
4.3
36.2
36.4
28.43
14.15
12.22
14.18
17.33
3.5
2.9
2.2
2.4
2.4
40.6
34.8
35.1
37.5
39.7
32.32
16.89
14.85
15.60
20.30
8.3
2.6
.8
2.1
3.5
40.0
32.8
36.2
38.0
39.3
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
11.39
14.17
5.3
8.5
38.3
34.9
11.92
15.06
2.8
2.3
38.5
37.9
10.68
8.99
1.9
2.5
35.3
31.9
11.59
11.84
2.3
1.9
35.5
31.9
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
16.57
9.74
4.8
2.3
39.6
21.1
20.13
11.46
1.8
2.1
39.7
21.0
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
19.30
15.30
10.0
3.4
37.1
35.3
22.54
17.87
.9
2.7
36.4
35.6
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
15.41
21.26
4.1
1.9
35.4
36.7
18.84
24.94
1.8
8.9
35.8
37.7
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
17.86
13.69
3.0
2.3
39.3
34.1
20.18
17.32
4.7
4.1
39.6
34.8
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
13.49
16.12
16.67
18.46
23.34
2.2
3.0
10.6
11.5
8.8
34.4
36.3
37.0
37.6
36.7
16.14
17.64
21.47
24.34
26.00
2.7
2.7
2.1
3.8
1.6
34.9
36.7
36.9
35.1
37.3
Establishment characteristics:
1 Data are presented for nine census divisions. See
appendix E for a list of survey areas and States comprising
the nine census divisions.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by
hours.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected
between December 2001 and January 2003. The average
reference period was July 2002.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 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.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian
economy. See appendix B for more information.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing
and service-producing industries applies to private industry
only.
8 Estimates include private establishments employing 1
to 99 workers and State and local government establishments
employing 50 to 99 workers.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
104
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$18.61
19.03
2.9
1.8
34.4
35.0
$18.99
19.46
2.9
1.5
34.4
35.0
$14.66
14.61
9.4
6.1
34.5
34.7
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
22.85
24.59
3.7
1.2
34.8
36.2
23.24
25.09
4.0
1.1
34.8
36.2
18.64
19.28
8.0
4.1
35.8
36.7
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
28.69
30.57
34.17
35.75
30.79
40.63
28.34
30.06
33.60
32.97
34.22
23.61
31.12
30.82
29.61
27.53
34.73
27.01
35.00
24.31
21.44
27.72
33.23
46.60
46.57
49.83
57.49
40.80
56.60
57.28
41.01
29.87
14.78
37.12
34.09
30.65
32.91
9.87
30.41
26.75
26.26
28.61
27.78
32.60
18.18
20.08
–
40.26
39.86
1.6
1.6
3.6
1.8
7.2
5.1
5.7
2.1
6.2
3.8
2.1
10.6
3.8
13.1
7.4
1.9
15.7
1.0
.8
6.4
8.3
8.4
11.7
3.8
11.3
20.8
20.8
6.1
13.7
7.3
8.1
10.2
6.9
2.4
7.8
6.5
6.6
5.9
9.0
10.4
14.9
7.6
9.3
15.1
11.1
5.1
–
16.7
17.6
35.5
35.4
40.2
42.6
37.9
40.8
40.6
40.6
39.5
39.3
39.3
39.3
39.4
36.2
38.6
32.3
40.6
31.3
26.3
32.7
33.7
35.3
38.8
34.2
26.0
27.6
36.2
33.8
34.5
34.9
33.4
32.9
32.1
34.2
35.0
36.3
29.2
8.2
36.9
35.5
36.3
37.6
40.5
30.1
35.8
36.8
–
41.4
41.5
29.42
31.20
34.30
35.75
30.79
40.63
28.60
30.29
33.60
32.88
34.15
23.61
31.12
30.82
29.61
28.01
35.68
27.73
34.94
24.31
21.44
27.72
–
48.71
–
49.83
73.61
40.13
–
57.28
41.42
30.65
15.14
37.86
37.06
30.25
32.91
9.87
32.87
28.50
28.25
28.61
27.78
32.60
20.08
20.03
20.55
42.50
42.11
.6
1.1
3.6
1.8
7.2
5.1
5.8
2.1
6.2
4.3
2.0
10.6
3.8
13.1
7.4
2.2
16.5
.9
.8
6.4
8.3
8.4
–
4.0
–
20.8
11.3
6.4
–
7.3
8.5
10.6
6.9
1.3
2.3
8.0
6.6
5.9
5.4
9.9
14.6
7.6
9.3
15.1
4.7
5.2
1.2
16.1
16.9
35.5
35.3
40.2
42.6
37.9
40.8
40.6
40.7
39.5
39.3
39.3
39.3
39.4
36.2
38.6
32.2
40.6
31.2
26.2
32.7
33.7
35.3
–
33.6
–
27.6
33.0
33.0
–
34.9
33.0
32.3
31.6
34.0
34.3
35.9
29.2
8.2
36.5
35.1
36.0
37.6
40.5
30.1
33.4
36.8
18.5
41.6
41.7
22.07
24.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.40
36.40
–
–
–
–
24.56
–
23.40
–
–
–
–
–
36.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.0
20.0
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.2
36.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
38.8
–
–
–
–
32.6
–
31.9
–
–
–
–
–
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.05
20.36
28.10
20.55
20.13
18.63
18.12
24.01
18.99
11.4
5.5
7.4
17.3
4.1
5.2
14.7
7.7
4.4
37.0
38.4
38.1
24.5
35.9
35.4
38.5
28.0
30.6
24.39
20.36
29.22
25.75
21.01
18.93
18.12
24.12
19.75
11.9
5.5
7.4
9.0
3.7
5.0
14.7
7.7
3.5
37.8
38.4
38.3
33.6
36.7
35.3
38.5
27.9
32.1
–
–
–
–
13.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.4
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
105
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$15.50
22.14
21.83
23.18
20.77
18.13
26.98
19.31
20.12
8.4
5.1
11.9
3.8
9.2
11.8
4.7
22.1
13.0
37.1
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.9
37.3
37.9
36.5
39.5
$16.72
22.58
21.83
23.18
21.27
19.01
27.48
25.12
20.20
6.3
5.4
11.9
3.8
8.0
12.5
4.0
10.7
13.1
37.7
39.9
39.9
39.5
39.8
37.2
41.2
37.5
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.89
34.13
27.45
33.71
34.94
30.67
26.35
4.6
4.9
5.4
14.5
6.4
33.2
17.0
40.0
40.8
19.1
38.2
41.2
44.7
42.7
31.47
34.94
27.45
37.10
35.36
38.95
–
5.1
5.8
5.4
3.9
6.7
30.6
–
39.7
40.5
19.1
37.9
41.3
41.4
–
$23.72
25.43
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
43.0
44.4
–
–
–
–
–
33.32
38.64
35.70
20.12
39.32
25.56
21.71
40.83
25.47
22.15
24.54
19.57
17.3
6.8
12.1
20.9
5.2
8.1
1.7
15.4
9.9
14.8
4.5
21.7
40.8
37.7
39.6
40.3
42.6
38.6
37.8
39.6
39.5
39.3
39.9
41.0
33.32
38.55
36.29
20.13
40.08
25.92
21.83
41.01
25.51
22.22
24.54
–
17.3
5.5
13.1
21.0
6.0
8.2
1.9
15.3
10.9
15.4
4.5
–
40.8
37.6
39.8
40.3
42.4
38.6
37.7
39.6
39.7
39.3
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
29.02
19.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.6
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.02
24.99
2.7
6.1
38.6
37.3
23.02
25.74
2.7
5.5
38.6
37.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.58
19.44
33.32
25.67
14.8
12.1
29.7
14.7
29.5
40.1
37.7
41.2
14.53
17.72
33.32
25.67
15.2
6.0
29.7
14.7
29.4
40.0
37.7
41.2
15.24
23.94
–
–
35.9
14.9
–
–
31.6
40.2
–
–
28.10
8.90
10.11
7.69
8.57
20.20
12.1
6.7
5.2
2.2
1.9
49.0
43.1
24.7
25.2
19.0
25.6
37.2
28.10
8.90
9.50
7.69
8.67
20.30
12.1
6.7
3.8
2.2
2.6
49.4
43.1
24.7
24.5
19.0
25.6
37.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.86
18.24
26.34
2.5
5.2
7.3
34.9
37.4
39.6
15.12
18.22
26.34
2.7
5.3
7.3
34.9
37.4
39.6
11.72
–
–
1.0
–
–
35.8
–
–
19.49
14.81
16.34
14.71
12.04
14.16
11.45
12.87
14.20
17.57
24.6
8.4
4.0
7.4
.6
8.1
3.5
6.6
5.3
4.3
34.9
35.9
35.6
35.2
30.6
37.3
35.4
37.4
37.4
37.8
19.47
14.81
16.51
14.71
12.10
14.16
12.04
12.93
14.78
17.57
25.2
8.4
4.4
7.4
.5
8.1
2.0
7.0
4.5
4.3
34.8
35.9
35.4
35.2
30.1
37.3
34.7
38.4
37.0
37.8
–
–
14.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
See footnotes at end of table.
106
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$13.88
9.23
14.84
14.72
14.06
13.92
12.05
11.09
14.74
19.43
15.37
14.41
12.8
4.1
4.7
4.9
7.7
3.2
6.6
5.0
1.7
11.2
6.6
3.7
32.2
37.9
34.6
34.6
33.3
35.4
25.6
36.9
38.1
39.6
39.4
37.8
$13.88
9.62
14.70
14.85
14.11
13.53
12.05
11.03
14.85
19.62
15.56
14.79
12.8
4.2
4.9
5.4
7.8
2.7
6.6
6.1
1.7
11.1
5.5
3.0
32.2
36.7
34.5
35.1
33.2
35.4
25.6
37.0
39.2
39.6
39.4
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.67
17.43
16.33
16.12
14.15
11.11
13.69
10.91
16.68
8.1
3.9
12.0
4.4
3.1
7.4
4.5
7.9
7.8
40.0
37.8
36.2
36.0
31.7
30.3
35.5
32.9
36.5
–
17.37
16.33
16.48
14.20
11.30
13.99
12.11
16.92
–
4.2
12.1
4.0
3.2
8.5
3.5
1.5
7.9
–
37.9
36.2
39.5
31.6
30.4
35.4
30.4
36.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ..............................................................................
15.12
3.1
38.0
15.61
3.0
37.9
$10.65
6.0
38.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
19.58
17.65
22.18
20.48
15.67
15.00
4.9
17.6
7.2
4.8
3.5
9.2
39.5
41.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
19.80
17.65
22.26
20.90
15.67
15.66
5.1
17.6
7.1
6.2
3.7
12.1
39.5
41.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
14.37
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
18.13
6.1
35.5
18.13
6.1
35.5
–
–
–
20.37
13.16
20.49
20.01
22.37
14.97
27.85
22.22
15.17
20.30
16.72
18.70
16.26
14.59
16.05
19.30
10.2
15.7
12.6
12.9
6.2
9.1
3.3
4.2
7.6
4.2
2.6
7.6
9.5
9.2
13.9
5.2
40.0
33.3
40.8
40.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
41.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.8
40.0
21.93
–
20.73
20.01
22.37
14.97
27.85
22.71
15.76
20.50
16.72
18.70
16.26
–
16.38
19.30
6.0
–
13.9
12.9
6.2
9.1
3.3
1.6
7.6
3.7
2.6
7.6
9.5
–
14.7
5.2
40.0
–
40.9
40.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
41.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
12.58
17.86
11.58
5.5
2.9
6.2
38.5
40.0
40.0
13.07
17.86
11.74
5.4
2.9
6.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
9.78
–
–
13.6
–
–
37.5
–
–
13.51
12.82
11.94
18.07
11.26
16.4
2.9
14.1
7.6
.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
13.53
12.82
11.94
18.07
11.26
17.8
2.9
14.2
7.6
.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
107
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$11.49
9.69
12.66
11.21
12.66
13.42
15.95
11.18
18.05
10.74
11.02
9.74
15.82
2.0
15.7
2.1
18.7
9.9
18.2
7.0
10.3
4.0
14.0
6.2
7.0
12.2
39.1
40.0
39.9
39.2
39.7
40.0
31.9
38.2
40.0
40.0
35.2
40.0
39.5
$11.31
9.69
–
11.20
12.66
–
–
12.82
18.05
10.74
11.20
9.74
16.06
1.0
15.7
–
18.8
9.9
–
–
8.6
4.0
14.0
6.6
7.0
12.7
38.9
40.0
–
39.2
39.7
–
–
39.3
40.0
40.0
34.7
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.94
–
–
9.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.7
–
–
40.0
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Operating engineers ................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
12.94
11.99
8.78
15.72
10.20
22.70
20.32
14.00
8.2
11.2
31.7
5.2
4.8
.1
3.4
3.9
37.7
39.0
27.6
31.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
12.96
11.94
8.78
15.83
10.20
22.70
20.32
14.68
8.6
11.6
31.7
5.1
4.8
.1
3.4
4.1
37.6
38.9
27.6
32.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
12.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.12
11.5
40.0
15.12
11.5
40.0
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
11.77
–
19.06
8.85
10.04
10.38
13.40
9.14
11.60
2.4
–
6.1
22.2
4.4
14.1
8.4
5.5
12.2
34.2
–
40.0
35.1
28.0
38.1
36.4
31.1
37.0
12.32
12.77
19.06
–
10.28
12.43
13.40
9.33
11.64
3.3
5.5
6.1
–
3.5
7.2
8.4
4.2
12.6
33.4
33.7
40.0
–
27.8
36.5
36.4
31.5
37.3
9.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Crossing guards .......................................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
11.19
17.80
24.59
29.04
21.04
20.42
9.89
10.60
9.60
7.66
4.19
5.78
3.67
5.26
9.75
14.30
11.35
9.03
7.99
11.51
13.75
11.02
11.21
2.6
6.4
1.4
11.2
.5
3.5
4.7
5.5
16.6
8.2
11.9
7.2
18.1
16.5
4.4
15.4
6.8
9.5
2.5
6.2
12.7
4.3
3.6
29.2
34.5
41.9
39.7
41.6
38.5
17.9
29.7
19.2
24.1
22.4
25.9
22.0
18.2
25.1
35.7
31.6
25.0
20.6
33.3
28.8
34.2
32.4
11.33
17.77
24.93
28.96
21.04
20.69
9.89
10.60
9.60
7.51
4.23
5.71
3.65
5.51
9.44
13.87
11.64
8.96
7.99
11.51
13.75
11.03
11.45
2.2
6.5
.6
12.0
.5
3.3
4.7
5.5
16.6
7.6
8.6
6.9
13.7
15.2
3.5
8.5
5.3
12.4
2.5
6.5
13.2
4.6
3.5
29.5
34.5
41.9
39.7
41.6
39.1
17.9
29.7
19.2
24.0
23.2
27.2
22.4
19.8
24.6
33.2
34.8
23.0
20.7
33.5
28.8
34.4
32.1
9.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.57
–
–
–
–
11.66
–
9.93
–
–
11.30
13.87
10.73
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.6
–
–
–
–
19.7
–
.0
–
–
3.9
8.5
5.9
–
27.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.1
–
–
–
–
29.3
–
21.7
–
–
27.0
28.6
26.7
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
See footnotes at end of table.
108
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$20.75
8.39
12.20
11.57
14.90
27.26
10.20
8.32
10.62
11.68
26.0
5.1
6.2
6.9
5.3
21.7
13.8
2.1
13.1
12.2
1 The New England census division consists of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
39.4
32.9
32.0
28.4
39.5
17.9
28.6
34.2
19.1
28.1
$20.76
8.31
12.37
11.50
15.67
27.26
10.36
–
10.56
12.12
26.5
6.3
6.6
7.6
6.3
21.7
15.2
–
13.6
11.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.4
32.4
31.7
28.4
39.2
17.9
31.7
–
18.7
27.4
–
–
$9.79
12.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
–
–
3.6
17.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
28.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was June 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$19.79
20.11
1.8
1.7
34.8
35.3
$19.97
20.30
1.8
1.8
34.8
35.3
$15.83
15.99
3.8
4.1
34.9
35.0
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
24.42
25.83
1.4
1.4
34.8
35.7
24.59
26.04
1.5
1.4
34.8
35.7
19.91
20.61
2.5
2.3
34.9
35.3
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Architects .................................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers .....................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
Psychology teachers ................................................
History teachers .......................................................
Sociology teachers ..................................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
English teachers ......................................................
Theology teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Archivists and curators ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
30.41
33.15
33.44
33.82
25.62
40.39
28.00
33.68
30.30
29.64
36.27
38.84
38.70
32.82
41.07
28.65
31.18
31.75
30.80
55.23
26.24
35.85
18.90
22.50
29.67
28.39
29.41
17.80
48.68
40.24
57.17
50.52
30.83
36.08
46.71
35.23
60.84
50.01
53.84
39.61
45.80
78.69
–
34.28
23.44
35.52
38.49
39.42
31.34
11.82
28.22
28.12
29.64
22.44
29.70
26.74
31.37
20.16
20.64
4.1
4.5
2.8
9.3
8.1
4.3
1.3
7.3
4.2
5.7
2.3
7.5
7.3
4.8
4.9
7.3
11.5
11.1
8.7
19.6
3.2
3.7
7.3
2.2
7.2
5.6
8.5
24.9
7.6
12.7
20.5
11.1
23.8
23.0
12.0
11.5
20.7
5.4
31.1
11.2
12.0
12.7
–
1.9
13.1
5.1
3.9
6.0
6.5
5.9
12.2
7.6
9.4
10.8
10.1
4.1
10.6
4.8
5.1
34.7
35.1
39.6
39.8
40.8
40.0
40.1
39.9
38.6
37.5
39.6
38.9
38.9
38.6
39.1
39.1
37.6
37.4
34.8
38.3
33.7
34.4
35.4
34.4
27.9
33.9
30.7
39.6
34.3
39.2
38.1
35.3
40.3
39.7
31.7
27.9
17.4
35.8
32.8
34.8
35.5
37.3
–
32.7
33.4
34.4
34.6
33.2
30.0
21.3
34.0
35.8
35.2
38.3
34.8
38.8
32.8
34.6
34.5
30.67
33.37
33.47
33.82
25.62
40.39
28.00
33.75
30.30
29.67
36.27
38.99
38.87
32.82
41.07
28.65
31.18
31.75
30.87
52.65
26.87
35.85
18.90
–
29.67
27.92
29.41
17.87
49.45
41.74
57.17
50.52
30.83
–
48.61
35.23
60.84
50.01
54.79
37.85
50.78
78.69
–
34.48
23.44
35.56
38.72
39.52
31.46
12.02
28.79
28.12
29.64
22.44
29.58
26.74
31.37
20.37
20.77
4.3
4.6
2.8
9.3
8.1
4.3
1.3
7.3
4.2
5.8
2.3
7.3
7.2
4.8
4.9
7.3
11.5
11.1
9.3
22.3
3.5
3.7
7.3
–
7.2
6.2
8.5
25.9
8.1
16.9
20.5
11.1
23.8
–
11.2
11.5
20.7
5.4
31.2
16.4
10.3
12.7
–
2.0
13.1
5.3
4.0
6.2
6.9
6.7
14.7
7.6
9.4
10.8
10.2
4.1
10.6
5.4
5.8
34.8
35.1
39.6
39.8
40.8
40.0
40.1
39.9
38.6
37.5
39.6
38.9
38.9
38.6
39.1
39.1
37.6
37.4
34.9
38.4
33.9
34.4
35.4
–
27.9
33.8
30.7
39.6
34.1
39.7
38.1
35.3
40.3
–
32.8
27.9
17.4
35.8
32.9
33.4
34.7
37.3
–
32.6
33.4
34.3
34.5
33.2
29.6
23.1
33.4
35.8
35.2
38.3
34.7
38.8
32.8
34.4
34.2
25.26
28.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.06
–
20.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.49
19.55
6.7
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.9
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
4.9
33.6
34.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.3
–
32.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.7
36.6
See footnotes at end of table.
110
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$16.05
49.81
49.80
11.9
8.8
8.8
33.1
37.6
37.8
$17.76
49.81
49.80
5.6
8.8
8.8
34.2
37.6
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.35
29.41
23.81
47.05
25.09
6.1
8.5
8.3
43.5
9.2
32.1
39.2
38.4
8.2
38.6
26.39
29.41
23.81
47.05
25.09
6.1
8.5
8.3
43.5
9.2
32.1
39.2
38.4
8.2
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.29
31.59
32.29
16.39
34.60
21.61
18.29
24.55
13.89
23.77
16.70
14.14
19.47
25.36
21.94
22.20
20.48
23.49
127.65
–
28.41
24.70
8.4
20.2
12.5
20.9
12.7
3.8
5.7
6.8
13.8
3.9
2.3
9.2
8.3
5.1
5.8
7.8
10.2
14.7
8.6
–
5.2
7.3
38.7
37.2
37.8
23.8
39.3
33.7
34.6
29.7
30.4
35.5
32.2
26.8
40.0
40.1
39.7
40.1
38.8
39.7
18.5
–
38.1
38.2
20.29
31.68
32.29
16.44
34.60
21.99
18.35
–
13.89
23.93
17.21
14.31
19.47
25.36
21.94
22.20
20.48
23.49
128.26
–
29.96
24.70
8.4
20.2
12.5
20.8
12.7
3.6
5.8
–
13.8
3.5
2.5
9.2
8.3
5.1
5.8
7.8
10.2
14.7
8.8
–
2.0
7.3
38.7
37.2
37.8
23.7
39.3
33.8
34.6
–
30.4
35.5
31.6
26.9
40.0
40.1
39.7
40.1
38.8
39.7
18.5
–
37.9
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
$14.46
–
–
–
–
14.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.9
–
–
–
–
35.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.06
41.56
33.77
39.85
34.86
33.77
9.5
10.2
10.3
5.2
4.0
9.7
38.8
39.4
36.8
38.4
39.2
39.9
36.33
42.16
36.41
39.93
35.39
33.77
9.7
10.5
9.5
5.2
3.0
9.7
38.8
39.4
36.8
38.4
39.1
39.9
–
24.81
25.59
–
–
–
–
5.0
9.2
–
–
–
–
39.1
36.8
–
–
–
42.29
42.76
40.11
3.0
8.5
8.8
39.0
37.5
38.2
42.37
43.52
40.15
3.0
8.5
8.8
39.1
37.5
38.2
–
31.55
–
–
4.6
–
–
38.8
–
22.81
23.74
28.62
47.70
28.28
25.75
37.59
45.64
30.91
21.44
11.6
34.0
8.7
18.1
7.1
4.3
8.4
19.9
11.2
5.1
41.3
37.6
40.8
40.1
38.0
37.8
36.4
37.3
38.4
38.1
26.19
23.74
29.16
48.10
28.33
25.81
37.59
45.69
30.91
21.44
9.2
34.0
8.5
18.3
7.1
4.3
8.4
19.9
11.2
5.1
41.7
37.6
40.9
40.1
38.0
37.8
36.4
37.3
38.4
38.1
–
–
–
29.55
19.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
22.41
25.65
24.31
11.0
4.3
8.6
38.0
38.9
37.2
22.41
25.65
24.31
11.0
4.3
8.6
38.0
38.9
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious workers –Continued
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Musicians and composers .......................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Dental hygienists .....................................................
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Biological technicians ..............................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
111
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$21.36
27.49
2.6
4.1
37.8
38.3
$21.36
27.55
2.6
4.1
37.8
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.00
19.36
30.99
42.28
22.62
21.88
4.3
6.8
10.2
9.5
11.6
7.0
30.4
39.1
43.0
37.9
39.4
33.6
16.08
19.58
30.99
43.04
22.62
21.88
4.3
7.1
10.2
9.1
11.6
7.0
30.3
38.9
43.0
38.0
39.4
33.6
$11.77
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
30.57
20.97
8.89
8.43
22.06
15.82
14.88
10.43
7.43
8.25
11.94
17.75
7.7
10.7
7.7
6.5
34.7
6.9
6.8
9.4
20.0
4.2
9.3
16.6
39.4
43.0
21.1
28.7
39.5
33.8
37.3
26.9
23.8
27.1
27.0
34.5
31.40
20.97
8.89
8.43
22.06
15.82
14.88
10.45
7.43
8.25
11.34
17.75
8.5
10.7
7.7
6.5
34.7
6.9
6.8
9.6
20.4
4.3
9.2
16.6
39.2
43.0
21.1
28.7
39.5
33.8
37.3
26.8
23.8
27.1
26.2
34.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.7
–
–
14.77
18.37
21.89
.9
5.1
2.8
35.1
34.7
38.0
14.86
18.44
22.17
.9
5.2
3.0
35.1
34.7
38.2
12.42
–
–
1.5
–
–
36.6
–
–
25.36
17.28
15.84
20.06
14.22
13.96
9.69
18.44
11.92
14.52
14.93
16.97
11.70
11.05
14.65
14.90
15.69
12.66
12.99
10.63
14.93
11.59
12.29
17.53
15.93
13.51
13.63
18.83
15.32
8.9
2.2
3.1
12.6
2.7
7.4
2.5
4.4
4.7
5.2
3.1
3.9
8.0
3.9
3.2
2.9
5.1
3.5
9.9
9.8
4.8
9.6
19.1
11.2
12.1
5.7
4.3
23.7
2.5
39.0
36.4
36.3
36.0
33.4
27.9
39.1
33.9
32.5
38.0
38.1
38.7
25.4
28.6
38.3
36.4
33.4
34.2
35.5
37.5
37.3
35.9
37.1
38.8
37.3
39.3
34.5
38.6
38.2
25.43
17.28
16.07
20.12
14.31
14.56
9.69
18.44
11.98
14.80
15.07
17.35
11.70
11.28
14.59
15.03
16.31
12.71
12.99
11.35
14.94
11.58
12.34
17.72
15.94
13.50
13.61
18.83
15.32
8.8
2.2
3.1
12.7
3.0
7.1
2.5
4.4
4.8
5.2
3.3
2.6
8.0
3.6
3.3
2.9
4.6
3.7
9.9
8.6
4.8
9.6
19.3
11.2
12.3
5.8
4.5
23.7
2.5
39.0
36.4
36.2
36.0
33.3
28.1
39.1
33.9
32.5
37.8
38.1
38.6
25.4
28.4
38.3
36.2
32.9
34.0
35.5
36.9
37.3
35.9
37.1
38.8
37.2
39.3
34.2
38.6
38.2
–
–
12.55
–
12.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.08
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
38.2
–
35.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
15.05
20.77
10.3
13.0
36.8
38.5
15.07
20.77
10.3
13.0
36.7
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, shoes ...............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
See footnotes at end of table.
112
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Proofreaders ............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
$15.51
16.38
14.55
14.21
10.03
13.98
13.33
15.81
12.79
14.82
3.8
5.6
10.5
.7
4.5
5.4
3.5
5.7
3.3
4.6
37.5
36.2
39.5
34.2
34.7
35.1
36.1
37.8
28.9
30.9
$15.53
16.59
14.55
14.20
10.02
13.98
13.48
15.81
12.84
14.88
3.9
5.9
10.5
.8
4.6
5.4
3.7
5.7
3.4
4.7
37.5
36.4
39.5
34.3
34.7
35.1
35.7
37.8
28.9
31.1
–
–
–
$14.39
–
–
11.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.4
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
Blue collar ..............................................................................
15.71
2.4
38.2
15.85
2.5
38.2
12.86
3.4
38.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Telephone line installers and repairers ....................
Telephone installers and repairers ..........................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Machinists ................................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Power plant operators ..............................................
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
20.21
23.42
17.07
16.07
15.21
19.29
17.90
16.34
3.4
7.5
14.9
4.7
8.4
8.4
5.0
7.5
39.4
40.7
39.4
40.0
38.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
20.35
23.14
17.07
16.07
15.21
19.29
18.28
16.65
3.4
7.6
14.9
4.7
8.4
8.4
4.7
9.0
39.3
40.7
39.4
40.0
38.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
16.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.72
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
22.13
24.53
24.18
7.7
5.8
6.2
39.5
40.0
40.0
22.13
24.53
24.21
7.7
5.8
6.8
39.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.24
22.49
19.43
4.8
15.8
4.0
39.9
40.0
39.2
18.24
22.49
19.69
4.8
15.8
4.1
39.9
40.0
39.2
–
–
16.04
–
–
5.0
–
–
40.0
32.06
23.29
23.74
18.92
28.41
19.10
28.92
25.06
23.48
18.72
21.68
21.27
16.90
23.55
13.36
18.75
15.90
13.56
19.14
18.06
27.81
22.15
17.34
18.2
14.3
4.4
7.3
6.4
18.5
8.4
7.6
9.5
9.2
6.0
2.6
3.9
7.5
3.0
2.3
7.5
7.5
6.0
5.6
19.9
6.0
5.9
39.1
40.0
39.0
39.8
38.3
39.9
40.0
38.8
40.0
39.7
40.2
40.0
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
32.04
23.29
23.83
18.93
28.41
19.10
28.89
25.15
–
18.98
21.94
21.27
16.90
23.55
13.54
18.75
16.02
12.38
19.15
18.06
27.81
22.55
16.84
18.6
14.3
4.6
7.3
6.4
18.5
8.6
7.6
–
9.8
6.2
2.6
3.9
7.5
2.7
2.3
9.7
7.8
6.0
5.6
19.9
6.8
9.5
39.1
40.0
39.0
39.8
38.3
39.9
40.0
38.8
–
39.7
40.2
40.0
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.3
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.21
14.84
13.37
13.90
3.5
9.0
15.8
9.0
39.3
40.0
39.7
40.0
13.34
14.61
13.34
13.81
3.5
9.0
16.0
10.8
39.3
40.0
39.7
40.0
11.35
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
13.51
13.58
5.9
9.1
39.9
40.0
13.59
13.58
6.9
9.1
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Drilling and boring machine operators .....................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
113
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$15.83
14.86
14.74
14.50
18.92
19.88
10.03
7.93
10.13
11.89
11.91
15.67
19.2
5.2
11.7
23.8
9.6
14.0
1.8
8.3
4.1
7.3
9.9
13.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
38.8
35.8
37.1
37.4
32.7
40.0
39.9
40.0
$16.09
14.84
14.74
14.50
18.92
–
10.03
7.93
10.08
11.92
11.85
15.59
20.1
5.3
11.7
23.8
9.6
–
1.8
8.3
3.7
7.7
9.9
14.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
38.8
–
37.1
37.4
33.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.34
14.52
15.25
16.29
13.41
13.77
16.37
10.97
11.56
14.73
14.50
14.00
8.1
4.8
3.6
6.3
3.0
1.9
3.3
4.0
6.8
28.7
5.7
11.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
19.34
14.59
14.94
15.64
13.46
13.88
16.64
10.97
11.83
15.05
14.86
14.00
8.1
5.0
3.1
4.4
3.2
1.5
3.5
4.0
6.6
29.9
5.8
11.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.0
39.8
39.9
–
–
$17.08
–
–
–
–
–
8.70
–
–
–
–
–
0.0
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Parking lot attendants ..............................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Operating engineers ................................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
15.39
15.29
18.73
16.45
9.33
7.73
8.82
23.17
18.00
16.56
16.20
15.85
2.2
3.8
5.6
8.1
17.6
3.8
29.2
2.5
4.5
6.2
10.7
6.5
36.5
37.9
41.3
30.1
37.9
27.4
31.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
15.39
15.35
18.73
16.33
9.33
7.73
8.77
23.17
18.00
16.63
16.20
15.88
2.2
3.9
5.6
8.4
17.6
3.8
29.4
2.5
4.5
6.2
10.7
6.6
36.6
37.6
41.3
31.3
37.9
27.4
31.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
15.54
14.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.6
44.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.29
6.2
38.7
17.50
6.5
38.7
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
12.41
12.15
6.0
7.2
36.9
36.9
12.50
12.07
6.3
7.3
36.8
36.7
10.83
–
5.5
–
38.1
–
22.20
12.58
13.41
13.26
8.93
15.50
9.68
12.05
15.20
10.64
9.90
12.63
19.4
7.1
4.5
15.7
10.2
9.2
2.2
6.4
11.3
8.0
16.0
7.4
37.7
37.9
39.7
39.7
39.8
41.7
31.0
39.9
36.2
39.0
38.8
36.8
22.20
12.48
13.41
13.34
8.80
15.50
9.62
12.05
15.42
10.67
9.92
13.02
19.4
7.5
4.5
16.3
10.5
9.2
2.1
6.4
11.1
7.9
16.3
8.8
37.7
37.8
39.7
39.9
39.8
41.7
30.8
39.9
36.1
39.0
38.8
36.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.0
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
12.38
19.57
1.6
6.7
31.0
35.7
12.42
19.49
1.6
7.2
31.0
35.6
–
20.74
–
4.1
–
36.5
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Metal plating machine operators ..............................
Sawing machine operators ......................................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Typesetters and compositors ...................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Crushing and grinding machine operators ...............
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
114
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Crossing guards .......................................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Dental assistants .....................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Ushers .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$30.24
32.96
23.45
23.19
25.35
21.46
21.67
10.80
10.84
11.58
7.92
5.30
7.30
4.51
6.08
8.99
13.54
9.89
9.00
8.20
10.96
13.15
12.66
10.44
12.26
17.25
11.12
12.11
12.60
15.44
15.06
8.42
10.12
29.25
11.65
8.31
10.67
11.74
7.3
3.5
8.0
3.0
.9
4.1
2.8
9.9
10.8
17.9
2.3
7.8
8.1
10.4
3.4
3.1
8.3
4.2
6.3
3.0
4.0
6.4
2.9
3.9
1.4
3.7
2.1
2.2
2.8
2.3
7.9
1.2
7.0
2.6
7.4
14.1
5.6
1.2
1 The Middle Atlantic census division consists of New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania. It also includes the New York, NY Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
(which is comprised of parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania),
and Philadelphia, PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (which is comprised of
parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
44.4
40.0
38.5
43.3
39.6
31.2
39.9
21.1
32.6
24.2
27.3
25.8
28.7
25.0
26.1
27.9
35.9
33.5
27.8
25.1
33.9
30.2
33.8
34.1
33.6
37.7
35.8
32.5
27.2
38.1
23.0
21.6
17.0
20.0
37.3
31.4
28.7
31.1
$30.24
32.96
23.45
23.19
25.34
22.43
21.60
10.80
10.88
11.05
7.97
5.32
7.43
4.54
5.96
9.04
13.72
10.01
8.96
8.23
10.98
14.09
12.58
10.51
12.36
17.25
11.21
12.21
12.66
15.37
15.06
8.42
10.12
29.25
11.76
8.31
10.71
11.74
7.3
3.5
8.0
3.0
.9
2.9
3.8
9.9
10.9
17.4
2.0
8.1
8.4
10.9
3.2
3.3
8.4
3.7
7.2
3.1
4.3
4.7
3.0
4.1
1.4
3.7
2.2
2.2
2.8
2.4
7.9
1.2
7.0
2.6
7.7
14.1
6.1
1.2
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
44.4
40.0
38.5
43.3
39.6
31.3
39.8
21.1
32.9
23.7
27.5
26.0
31.1
24.9
25.5
28.2
36.3
34.5
27.6
25.3
33.9
29.3
34.0
34.0
33.5
37.7
35.9
32.3
27.0
38.0
23.0
21.6
17.0
20.0
37.2
31.4
28.1
31.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.17
5.04
–
–
–
8.22
–
8.39
9.33
6.90
10.64
–
13.51
9.23
9.96
–
–
10.09
10.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.2
18.1
–
–
–
5.0
–
12.5
4.0
1.4
7.6
–
11.9
5.1
3.0
–
–
4.5
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.4
24.2
–
–
–
24.5
–
24.8
28.7
20.2
33.4
–
32.1
34.5
37.0
–
–
37.8
34.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$17.42
17.61
1.2
1.3
35.7
35.9
$17.73
17.94
1.3
1.3
35.6
35.8
$15.11
15.26
3.4
3.6
36.3
36.4
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
21.12
22.28
1.7
1.5
36.0
36.6
21.44
22.68
1.8
1.6
35.9
36.6
18.05
18.75
4.4
4.7
36.3
36.6
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers .....................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Physical education teachers ....................................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Theology teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Archivists and curators ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Urban planners ........................................................
26.72
28.97
31.15
41.77
33.81
28.12
33.61
28.22
28.51
34.78
29.55
29.31
33.15
29.76
32.12
30.32
39.10
24.54
27.12
50.44
23.61
36.73
20.53
18.89
24.60
27.92
33.00
18.48
27.65
40.24
50.02
34.32
33.72
59.25
44.37
44.23
51.61
39.23
39.56
28.99
27.14
40.14
50.90
30.10
35.22
29.56
15.51
32.16
33.19
31.96
28.47
12.77
22.89
22.89
24.01
16.60
26.81
29.91
21.23
1.7
2.3
4.5
8.0
10.3
3.5
10.3
4.7
6.7
3.4
3.4
4.1
6.5
10.5
5.5
16.5
27.5
9.4
3.4
11.6
2.3
3.9
3.0
2.1
5.3
3.0
6.6
6.5
3.5
4.6
25.1
10.7
16.5
20.0
3.4
17.7
20.8
15.3
10.4
9.7
12.0
8.1
14.3
13.4
7.4
3.6
16.8
3.2
2.8
6.0
8.7
8.4
8.3
5.2
5.6
11.5
17.4
18.0
10.3
35.6
35.5
40.7
36.9
40.0
40.6
41.9
40.4
40.8
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.7
40.4
40.0
39.2
39.0
42.2
32.4
38.6
31.5
34.0
31.2
36.2
31.4
33.3
30.8
37.0
37.0
34.3
38.3
33.9
33.7
35.6
37.1
31.0
50.3
39.4
28.9
34.9
37.0
36.3
36.3
39.4
27.8
33.1
33.7
35.0
35.9
36.0
28.4
14.6
36.6
36.5
36.7
35.4
34.1
37.4
16.2
27.10
29.31
31.27
41.77
33.81
27.97
33.64
28.34
28.65
34.78
29.61
29.37
33.22
30.85
32.61
29.77
43.53
24.54
27.54
49.82
23.85
38.26
20.53
18.89
24.62
27.99
32.17
19.18
–
40.50
50.02
34.32
37.75
59.25
44.46
44.23
51.61
39.23
39.56
28.75
28.61
40.26
51.19
–
35.20
29.96
14.58
33.65
34.86
33.40
26.80
12.33
22.32
23.60
24.27
16.27
26.81
29.91
21.23
1.9
2.6
4.7
8.0
10.3
3.4
10.3
5.2
7.1
3.4
3.4
4.2
6.5
11.5
5.9
18.0
27.8
9.4
4.0
12.2
2.5
2.6
3.0
2.1
5.5
3.0
7.2
9.0
–
4.7
25.1
10.7
17.4
20.0
3.4
17.7
20.8
15.3
10.4
10.4
16.0
8.0
14.1
–
8.0
4.4
16.2
3.0
2.9
8.3
10.7
10.1
9.6
4.9
5.0
16.0
17.4
18.0
10.3
35.6
35.5
40.7
36.9
40.0
40.6
41.9
40.4
40.9
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.7
40.4
40.0
39.1
38.8
42.2
32.4
38.9
31.6
32.9
31.2
36.2
31.1
33.1
30.4
37.5
–
34.6
38.3
33.9
31.8
35.6
37.0
31.0
50.3
39.4
28.9
34.3
35.8
36.3
36.4
–
29.1
32.4
33.3
34.3
35.5
35.5
26.9
15.1
36.5
36.5
36.9
32.2
34.1
37.4
16.2
23.51
26.14
27.52
–
–
–
–
27.19
26.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.01
–
21.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.12
–
26.94
27.35
29.57
34.58
–
25.16
21.27
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
4.2
4.2
–
–
–
–
13.0
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
6.3
4.4
5.7
9.4
–
10.3
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
35.6
35.4
40.2
–
–
–
–
40.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.6
–
30.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.1
–
37.9
37.5
36.7
35.9
–
37.0
36.5
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
116
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$17.79
17.87
16.61
19.06
50.45
50.58
4.3
4.6
9.6
9.2
12.8
13.0
36.6
37.0
30.6
36.8
38.8
38.8
$17.79
17.85
16.36
19.06
51.31
51.46
4.8
5.1
13.1
9.2
13.3
13.5
36.3
36.7
27.2
36.8
39.2
39.2
$17.82
18.01
–
–
–
–
4.0
4.0
–
–
–
–
39.2
39.4
–
–
–
–
24.63
22.76
25.15
45.04
29.08
12.1
10.9
12.9
30.6
26.5
35.8
39.0
39.7
14.0
37.9
24.73
22.76
25.15
46.92
29.08
12.1
10.9
12.9
30.4
26.5
35.9
39.0
39.7
13.6
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.53
21.12
21.77
13.68
42.31
26.94
19.52
17.67
23.71
15.07
22.92
15.68
15.37
22.69
21.83
21.59
21.21
18.54
17.47
15.73
20.34
19.96
67.67
15.63
22.71
21.99
24.49
18.21
15.7
9.5
10.1
25.0
12.0
13.6
1.9
2.8
5.5
3.5
6.2
1.2
6.2
1.6
9.0
6.7
9.6
5.3
8.2
4.7
6.5
4.7
29.5
8.6
10.5
13.4
12.5
5.8
38.4
36.9
39.2
27.1
35.5
37.8
36.1
35.5
21.4
32.7
32.9
35.4
32.9
39.2
40.7
40.4
39.4
40.0
39.6
39.5
39.7
39.9
19.9
31.7
39.7
40.0
37.7
39.5
18.53
21.12
21.77
14.35
43.27
26.94
20.04
17.88
23.71
15.07
21.54
16.32
15.60
22.69
21.99
21.59
21.36
18.42
17.23
16.48
20.34
20.69
67.67
15.63
22.71
21.96
24.91
19.15
15.7
9.5
10.1
27.8
10.3
13.6
1.6
3.2
5.5
3.5
3.9
1.7
6.5
1.6
10.9
6.7
10.3
5.2
9.8
6.4
6.5
2.8
29.5
8.6
10.7
14.1
12.2
4.4
38.4
36.9
39.2
27.3
35.5
37.8
36.1
35.0
21.4
32.7
32.3
34.8
34.2
39.2
40.9
40.4
39.3
40.0
39.6
39.1
39.7
39.9
19.9
31.7
39.7
40.0
37.6
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.14
15.99
–
–
–
14.38
11.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
10.3
–
–
–
4.3
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.1
40.0
–
–
–
36.8
20.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.73
34.10
20.15
31.30
31.96
49.77
32.14
2.3
2.8
31.8
4.5
3.2
7.9
7.0
39.4
39.9
6.9
38.9
41.1
44.3
39.9
30.97
34.45
28.77
31.83
32.30
51.27
32.14
2.4
2.9
15.3
3.6
3.4
7.7
7.0
39.4
39.9
6.1
38.9
41.2
44.6
39.9
27.22
29.41
–
29.84
–
–
–
9.6
9.2
–
15.5
–
–
–
39.0
39.6
–
39.1
–
–
–
37.97
38.16
36.40
2.6
3.9
13.4
41.4
39.2
39.3
38.01
38.27
37.28
2.7
4.3
14.7
41.4
38.9
39.2
–
37.39
29.15
–
7.5
13.9
–
41.0
39.9
17.70
36.57
26.51
35.55
24.06
22.51
19.1
20.6
5.2
3.4
1.2
2.2
45.7
40.0
37.8
39.7
38.5
37.5
17.99
36.57
26.36
35.91
24.22
22.64
20.0
20.6
5.2
3.4
1.2
2.2
45.4
40.0
37.8
39.7
38.6
37.4
–
–
–
27.95
20.76
20.26
–
–
–
29.2
8.1
10.6
–
–
–
41.1
37.4
40.4
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Clergy ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Musicians and composers .......................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Announcers ..............................................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Dental hygienists .....................................................
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Industrial engineering technicians ...........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ........................
Biological technicians ..............................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ......................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
117
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$26.03
25.22
29.81
23.74
9.0
8.6
6.2
6.6
38.2
39.1
39.6
37.4
$26.07
25.61
29.76
23.84
9.7
9.4
6.6
6.6
38.3
39.2
39.7
37.9
–
$21.48
–
–
–
17.7
–
–
–
38.2
–
–
22.63
25.81
23.63
8.8
6.4
10.6
41.8
39.4
39.5
22.63
25.97
23.34
8.8
6.4
11.3
41.8
39.4
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.60
24.01
2.4
3.5
39.3
38.7
20.63
24.17
2.6
3.6
39.3
38.7
20.27
–
5.7
–
39.5
–
15.28
18.78
20.10
20.42
35.49
21.90
19.87
28.91
5.0
8.4
21.0
20.3
10.0
5.7
5.5
17.1
33.2
41.0
38.6
39.5
39.7
39.8
40.8
41.5
15.50
18.89
20.13
20.42
36.02
21.82
20.31
28.91
5.1
8.5
21.4
20.3
10.2
6.5
5.6
17.1
33.2
41.0
38.6
39.5
39.7
39.7
40.7
41.5
11.57
15.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.9
41.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.37
14.95
9.32
12.00
14.26
11.01
13.05
8.57
7.81
13.58
4.7
9.9
8.5
10.7
18.9
7.1
19.6
6.3
2.4
7.7
39.3
44.2
25.7
27.7
35.4
32.6
30.3
30.7
28.5
35.9
25.96
15.30
9.25
12.01
15.12
11.28
13.15
8.65
7.86
13.63
4.0
11.0
8.6
12.0
23.3
7.6
20.0
6.6
2.5
7.8
39.2
44.1
25.6
26.9
33.8
32.0
30.1
31.1
28.7
36.0
16.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.22
–
16.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.6
–
13.64
19.12
18.66
1.3
5.2
5.2
36.3
39.4
39.6
13.81
19.27
18.65
1.2
5.6
5.7
36.2
39.3
39.9
12.44
–
–
6.5
–
–
36.9
–
–
18.62
12.06
14.76
17.69
12.53
9.33
8.16
13.45
10.66
13.89
13.15
14.47
10.63
9.52
12.68
13.04
15.94
14.16
–
13.06
8.0
6.6
2.3
21.6
4.8
5.8
2.3
10.0
5.8
7.2
3.2
10.9
5.9
3.5
4.0
2.7
6.2
4.3
–
9.2
39.5
39.2
37.2
34.9
36.4
28.7
35.0
36.0
35.7
37.7
34.6
38.6
27.5
31.0
38.3
36.2
38.1
37.1
–
39.3
18.59
–
14.89
18.81
12.82
9.27
8.17
13.45
10.77
13.91
13.15
14.47
11.14
9.54
12.75
13.27
16.54
14.81
11.24
13.06
8.3
–
2.3
23.1
5.7
6.0
2.8
10.0
6.4
7.2
3.2
10.9
4.3
3.6
4.3
2.9
6.1
3.6
3.6
9.2
39.4
–
37.0
35.4
36.0
28.3
37.6
36.0
35.4
37.7
34.5
38.6
25.1
30.8
38.2
35.9
37.8
37.3
34.5
39.3
–
–
13.98
–
–
–
8.12
–
9.62
–
12.77
–
–
–
12.13
11.91
11.39
10.70
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
.7
–
3.6
–
7.7
–
–
–
8.7
6.9
6.8
1.1
–
–
–
–
38.4
–
–
–
26.7
–
38.1
–
37.2
–
–
–
38.6
37.5
40.0
36.0
–
–
10.62
12.85
12.45
7.7
11.6
13.2
39.8
34.2
33.4
10.62
12.85
10.82
7.7
11.6
7.6
39.8
34.2
34.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Real estate sales .....................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales engineers .......................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ..............................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ................................................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
118
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$14.44
17.21
12.66
13.17
15.32
16.68
13.84
5.5
5.7
8.3
3.8
7.3
9.5
17.3
38.4
39.8
39.5
36.9
39.8
40.0
30.3
$15.26
18.10
12.44
13.18
15.41
16.68
13.69
4.9
5.8
6.7
3.8
8.1
9.5
18.0
38.1
40.3
39.3
36.8
39.8
40.0
30.1
–
–
$13.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
18.38
23.48
13.85
13.50
12.51
12.24
9.71
12.21
14.59
11.19
13.57
8.7
20.8
8.5
6.6
9.5
1.5
2.3
11.6
8.0
5.2
3.0
38.9
37.1
38.2
39.6
37.7
35.0
34.6
36.9
36.8
32.9
35.4
16.76
23.67
13.46
12.92
12.48
12.52
9.78
12.51
14.99
11.44
13.87
6.8
20.8
8.2
6.9
9.6
1.7
2.4
11.6
7.3
5.7
2.8
37.7
37.0
38.1
39.6
37.7
35.3
34.3
36.8
38.6
31.7
34.7
–
–
–
–
–
10.15
9.05
–
–
10.75
12.24
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
1.3
–
–
10.4
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
32.3
37.9
–
–
35.4
38.9
Blue collar ..............................................................................
15.43
1.5
38.0
15.62
1.4
38.0
14.32
4.0
38.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .......
Telephone installers and repairers ..........................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Office machine repairers ..........................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Brickmasons and stonemasons ...............................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Concrete and terrazzo finishers ...............................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ................................................................
Roofers ....................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ..............................
19.48
24.11
16.72
17.49
16.27
25.03
18.42
20.79
15.76
1.9
6.9
6.9
6.6
4.5
4.3
13.1
3.8
8.0
39.7
40.5
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.8
37.7
19.87
23.26
16.74
17.36
16.79
25.03
22.89
21.82
16.07
1.9
6.1
7.0
6.9
3.9
4.3
10.9
3.0
9.5
39.7
40.6
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
37.4
16.82
–
–
–
–
–
13.82
–
14.95
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
13.5
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
38.3
19.73
15.78
18.89
10.8
15.1
6.7
39.7
34.8
40.0
19.73
–
18.79
10.8
–
7.0
39.7
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.16
14.41
18.56
24.24
16.31
25.52
5.6
10.6
3.6
2.3
4.5
9.0
38.9
40.0
36.2
40.0
38.3
40.0
16.22
14.41
19.17
25.00
16.45
25.52
5.8
10.6
3.8
3.0
4.9
9.0
38.9
40.0
35.0
40.0
38.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
14.87
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
30.64
24.90
22.67
23.70
22.12
23.36
15.47
25.17
16.30
23.07
22.06
3.8
13.3
8.2
6.6
5.5
3.6
3.3
4.6
13.1
5.2
10.9
41.4
45.9
39.3
40.0
39.8
39.4
39.2
40.0
39.8
39.4
40.0
30.64
23.20
23.00
24.24
22.97
24.45
15.54
25.17
16.30
23.32
23.72
3.8
14.1
8.8
6.9
5.6
2.4
3.2
4.6
13.1
5.5
9.3
41.4
47.8
39.3
40.0
39.8
39.3
39.2
40.0
39.8
39.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.62
18.88
21.66
23.13
17.69
–
5.1
9.9
3.2
2.9
9.4
–
40.0
39.4
40.4
40.0
39.5
25.87
21.62
19.35
21.65
23.78
19.07
13.6
5.1
11.0
4.6
3.1
7.5
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.5
40.0
39.3
–
–
16.70
21.73
18.33
–
–
–
12.8
11.0
3.0
–
–
–
39.2
40.2
40.0
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
119
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$20.11
19.63
16.61
21.67
11.87
6.6
6.6
13.2
14.2
17.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
$20.35
19.79
16.61
22.57
11.87
6.8
6.6
13.2
15.2
17.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.78
13.43
10.56
11.47
11.83
15.44
18.85
18.37
24.76
18.27
1.4
13.9
11.0
13.4
7.3
10.7
7.4
3.8
6.7
10.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
37.7
36.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
–
–
10.92
11.30
11.51
15.28
19.11
18.30
24.15
18.27
–
–
16.5
14.6
7.9
11.9
7.5
4.1
8.2
10.0
–
–
40.0
39.6
36.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Milling and planing machine operators ....................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Rolling machine operators .......................................
Drilling and boring machine operators .....................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Forging machine operators ......................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Metal plating machine operators ..............................
Heat treating equipment operators ..........................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ................................................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Typesetters and compositors ...................................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Pressing machine operators ....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
Compressing and compacting machine operators ..
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Folding machine operators ......................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
14.07
17.66
16.03
12.81
13.27
14.45
12.22
2.2
6.3
7.7
12.1
13.4
5.2
16.3
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
14.11
17.86
15.67
12.81
12.96
14.45
12.25
1.9
6.1
10.0
12.1
12.9
5.2
16.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$13.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.44
15.29
14.85
16.46
12.27
13.20
15.38
5.7
9.8
6.5
4.1
3.2
8.4
4.3
37.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.7
38.7
40.0
13.06
15.29
16.22
16.66
12.02
13.41
15.59
6.3
9.8
5.8
4.3
3.4
8.4
8.8
34.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.7
38.7
40.0
13.85
–
12.80
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
12.80
12.82
15.34
17.43
12.40
13.54
9.14
8.39
14.59
13.74
17.35
5.2
4.7
6.0
11.0
20.6
15.7
2.9
4.5
7.5
6.1
9.5
39.5
40.0
39.3
38.5
30.6
39.5
38.6
36.9
39.2
39.2
39.6
12.80
12.82
15.83
17.87
12.68
14.40
9.14
8.56
13.29
12.58
15.93
5.2
4.7
7.1
11.5
25.1
16.0
2.9
5.6
3.7
5.4
5.8
39.5
40.0
39.3
38.8
27.9
39.4
38.6
38.2
39.0
39.7
39.5
–
–
13.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.85
11.88
13.60
13.85
14.45
14.26
11.64
14.20
16.30
13.86
12.11
15.03
14.07
2.6
5.4
4.6
7.1
12.7
8.0
13.0
5.0
3.7
5.4
8.8
6.4
5.4
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.6
39.9
39.5
38.7
40.0
39.8
19.71
11.88
13.68
13.83
16.71
13.33
11.63
15.13
16.44
13.87
12.25
14.20
13.95
3.4
5.4
4.6
7.3
6.8
10.4
13.1
2.7
4.0
5.6
9.6
4.9
5.7
39.9
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.1
39.5
39.9
39.5
38.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.81
14.51
13.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.8
7.2
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
15.65
20.01
1.9
10.4
37.3
44.0
15.63
20.21
2.6
10.7
37.3
44.0
15.84
–
13.3
–
37.6
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners .........
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ....................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .............................................................
Bookbinders .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
See footnotes at end of table.
120
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$15.90
11.01
14.96
8.49
8.52
20.19
23.11
15.00
17.92
18.00
14.85
2.7
15.7
2.9
11.3
8.8
4.7
3.3
5.4
19.1
21.1
3.0
40.2
30.7
27.7
28.3
21.9
41.4
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
$15.62
11.12
15.28
8.50
9.11
20.19
23.05
15.47
18.10
20.54
14.96
4.4
16.0
3.0
11.5
7.8
4.7
3.5
4.0
19.5
25.1
3.3
39.4
30.9
29.2
28.4
22.3
41.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
$18.08
–
13.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.64
14.4
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
47.4
–
21.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
15.43
3.1
36.1
15.58
3.6
35.7
14.36
8.0
40.0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Animal caretakers, except farm ...............................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
12.07
19.86
12.77
12.02
2.7
8.9
6.8
18.9
33.7
40.0
34.4
31.1
12.19
19.86
12.74
12.02
3.0
8.9
7.3
18.9
33.8
40.0
34.2
31.1
11.27
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
33.5
–
–
–
17.00
16.00
15.93
18.64
11.40
10.03
10.87
14.22
10.27
11.32
9.58
11.57
8.5
10.4
11.7
7.3
4.1
5.1
5.8
9.8
20.0
10.0
10.2
8.4
38.9
39.7
37.1
37.7
37.5
27.9
38.7
33.3
37.3
32.7
37.0
35.7
17.74
16.00
16.26
18.61
11.18
10.04
10.29
14.69
10.29
11.35
9.52
11.68
8.6
10.9
12.2
7.4
5.6
5.3
4.4
9.4
20.3
10.1
11.8
9.1
38.1
39.7
38.5
37.6
36.3
27.6
38.5
33.9
37.2
32.7
37.9
35.3
–
–
–
–
11.78
9.99
15.86
10.36
–
–
9.95
10.45
–
–
–
–
6.2
13.1
12.9
12.8
–
–
7.0
8.7
–
–
–
–
39.9
29.5
40.1
28.9
–
–
32.5
39.9
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Crossing guards .......................................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
10.20
17.24
20.75
28.07
17.04
18.89
23.09
16.95
17.02
7.87
10.05
10.24
7.04
4.14
6.62
3.14
6.08
8.34
11.42
9.12
7.64
7.31
10.35
11.18
9.79
10.53
14.66
7.94
2.3
2.8
7.5
10.1
19.3
2.8
1.1
4.1
4.9
9.8
3.5
14.4
1.7
2.8
2.6
2.6
13.7
1.9
4.2
3.0
3.9
2.7
1.8
2.9
2.7
4.2
4.8
4.0
30.5
36.6
50.4
40.1
37.3
46.2
38.8
39.6
38.4
13.3
32.1
25.6
26.9
24.8
23.2
24.8
27.0
28.0
38.2
32.2
26.0
25.3
35.3
34.0
35.1
33.5
39.9
32.3
10.22
17.31
21.23
30.60
14.30
18.97
23.56
19.05
16.74
7.80
9.95
10.45
7.05
4.12
6.48
3.14
6.36
8.36
11.57
9.24
7.68
7.35
10.39
11.44
9.66
10.74
15.05
8.05
2.5
3.0
8.4
6.4
11.1
2.9
.6
2.6
3.1
11.7
3.5
14.7
1.9
4.8
4.1
2.7
12.3
2.1
4.5
3.4
4.7
2.9
1.6
2.1
2.4
4.7
5.1
5.3
30.3
36.7
50.1
40.1
37.1
46.1
38.9
39.6
39.9
14.2
32.3
25.8
26.9
25.0
22.7
25.0
28.0
27.8
38.0
32.3
25.7
25.4
35.5
35.6
34.7
33.8
39.9
33.5
10.06
16.78
–
–
–
–
18.32
14.90
17.56
–
13.93
–
6.93
4.34
7.43
3.24
3.23
8.11
10.04
8.45
7.31
6.60
10.17
10.13
10.17
9.28
–
7.52
5.0
8.1
–
–
–
–
4.4
3.7
11.5
–
15.6
–
2.8
19.0
15.1
6.5
21.4
3.1
6.3
5.6
5.4
5.2
6.0
11.7
7.6
4.5
–
4.3
32.0
36.5
–
–
–
–
37.8
39.7
35.8
–
27.0
–
27.5
23.2
26.4
22.8
19.8
30.0
39.8
32.1
28.5
23.1
34.5
29.0
36.2
32.2
–
28.5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
121
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Guides .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$10.78
10.28
13.15
13.78
6.67
8.22
33.19
8.97
8.89
8.72
10.96
10.25
4.5
4.7
19.4
13.1
3.4
5.8
5.9
26.5
7.8
5.6
8.4
4.4
1 The East North Central census division consists of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
and Wisconsin. It also includes the Cincinnati, OH Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area, which is comprised of parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
33.4
25.5
39.7
26.6
22.1
24.8
17.3
36.2
28.0
25.8
25.3
25.5
$10.93
10.29
14.65
13.78
6.66
8.21
33.19
8.97
9.04
8.72
10.98
9.93
5.0
5.0
18.4
13.1
3.4
6.8
5.9
26.5
8.6
6.2
9.1
3.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
33.4
24.9
39.6
26.6
21.8
23.4
17.3
36.2
27.5
25.6
24.7
24.7
$9.74
10.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.75
–
12.79
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
4.3
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
11.7
33.4
34.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.3
–
34.4
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
122
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$16.11
16.43
4.1
4.3
35.3
35.7
$16.82
17.21
4.7
5.1
35.3
35.7
$13.38
13.40
6.2
5.4
35.3
35.6
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
19.43
20.85
5.1
5.4
36.1
37.3
20.10
21.62
5.7
6.1
36.3
37.5
16.24
17.01
4.0
3.5
35.2
36.2
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
Theology teachers ...................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ..................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
24.26
25.84
27.80
33.05
29.69
26.99
30.12
25.67
29.26
29.33
27.68
20.97
21.50
27.44
19.70
25.11
43.01
21.76
35.35
16.70
20.78
23.92
23.42
28.02
17.34
28.09
36.54
32.31
27.75
36.20
23.44
43.75
36.75
29.68
34.74
30.91
28.00
25.39
15.13
28.45
28.15
25.98
22.98
11.82
17.67
27.12
27.12
23.30
22.77
24.64
15.64
15.57
41.93
41.25
3.1
3.2
11.8
4.2
4.1
2.7
2.0
19.7
5.2
5.7
8.6
6.1
18.7
12.5
6.9
7.8
45.3
3.0
3.6
10.9
8.0
5.9
3.6
4.3
6.1
9.2
16.3
1.2
25.9
11.9
8.7
17.3
12.1
6.7
4.0
8.1
9.6
3.4
17.6
3.5
4.5
5.1
7.0
13.6
16.7
7.3
7.3
6.1
2.3
9.7
4.4
4.3
14.4
15.4
36.4
36.9
40.3
40.0
40.4
41.0
40.6
40.0
40.3
40.3
39.7
39.7
40.0
39.7
39.3
34.8
40.3
33.7
38.8
36.6
32.4
31.4
36.8
32.1
40.0
39.9
37.4
38.6
39.9
40.1
39.0
37.1
38.8
40.1
39.5
37.3
32.9
35.5
36.4
36.5
36.6
37.2
32.5
12.1
39.6
37.4
37.4
39.8
40.0
39.6
38.2
38.3
38.1
38.0
24.90
26.30
27.97
33.27
29.69
27.55
30.12
25.77
29.28
29.35
27.68
20.89
21.50
30.07
19.70
26.11
37.61
23.06
35.35
16.40
20.78
23.92
23.12
28.02
17.34
28.82
38.12
32.13
–
36.20
21.47
43.75
39.45
–
–
–
25.27
26.31
15.06
30.03
30.37
26.68
22.34
11.82
23.35
27.88
27.88
23.25
22.77
24.95
15.63
15.56
42.77
42.77
3.0
3.2
12.5
4.4
4.1
2.0
2.0
20.3
5.2
5.7
8.6
6.1
18.7
17.4
6.9
8.5
43.2
1.5
3.6
12.4
8.0
5.9
7.0
4.3
6.1
13.1
17.6
1.7
–
11.9
8.3
17.3
13.8
–
–
–
9.9
3.5
17.8
2.5
2.7
4.2
7.3
13.6
7.5
6.1
6.1
6.8
2.3
12.7
4.7
4.7
14.8
14.8
36.4
37.0
40.3
40.0
40.4
41.2
40.6
40.1
40.3
40.3
39.7
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.3
34.7
40.3
33.4
38.8
36.1
32.4
31.4
34.1
32.1
40.0
39.9
37.3
38.0
–
40.1
38.6
37.1
38.2
–
–
–
31.8
34.8
36.5
36.1
36.0
37.4
32.9
12.1
38.9
36.9
36.9
39.8
40.0
39.5
38.1
38.2
37.9
37.9
21.17
23.54
25.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.98
–
18.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.38
–
24.92
24.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.69
15.69
–
–
6.9
7.2
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.6
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
5.3
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
5.6
–
–
36.1
36.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.9
–
34.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.0
–
37.6
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
38.8
–
–
15.69
17.78
12.29
15.9
19.3
36.1
33.9
40.0
33.2
15.87
22.45
12.29
16.9
8.7
36.1
34.0
39.9
33.2
12.72
–
–
11.0
–
–
31.7
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
123
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$18.93
11.99
15.45
27.18
20.91
23.59
18.90
15.29
12.32
20.70
13.93
13.36
18.78
18.81
17.45
18.14
21.05
23.47
19.28
15.03
7.0
22.0
18.4
21.9
24.8
18.0
7.6
11.5
7.8
8.2
2.1
3.7
6.3
5.7
2.6
6.4
21.1
5.7
10.3
10.0
39.9
28.5
38.3
40.1
25.4
40.0
34.5
37.8
39.9
36.5
34.8
34.3
40.0
40.0
39.3
37.6
40.0
40.0
38.9
32.9
$18.93
12.25
15.60
27.18
23.43
23.44
19.98
15.29
13.24
21.26
14.06
13.53
18.82
19.03
18.33
18.53
–
23.57
19.28
16.07
7.0
23.1
18.2
21.9
18.7
19.1
8.1
11.5
10.3
8.4
3.4
1.2
6.4
8.1
3.2
6.6
–
6.0
10.3
6.1
39.9
30.1
38.3
40.1
29.8
40.0
34.4
37.8
39.8
36.6
36.0
34.9
40.0
39.9
38.8
40.0
–
40.0
38.9
32.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.56
–
–
17.68
13.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
8.8
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.1
–
–
36.1
33.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.16
33.34
12.35
27.58
65.34
32.08
26.48
12.5
14.5
30.6
4.7
40.4
17.8
9.5
41.2
41.4
21.5
40.8
41.5
40.1
41.0
31.08
34.59
–
28.97
74.89
32.08
26.48
13.8
15.9
–
3.3
40.5
17.8
9.5
41.3
41.5
–
40.6
41.9
40.1
41.0
23.68
25.33
–
23.22
23.65
–
–
5.9
4.4
–
15.2
12.3
–
–
40.5
40.7
–
41.3
39.7
–
–
33.51
31.58
30.06
14.3
22.0
6.0
40.1
40.2
40.3
35.26
30.98
31.66
17.3
23.0
8.0
40.7
40.2
40.6
–
–
26.62
–
–
9.0
–
–
39.9
15.50
16.11
18.17
27.91
23.33
23.88
19.74
29.74
28.87
18.98
23.21
20.56
10.3
16.4
18.3
6.5
6.7
8.9
7.3
23.8
4.5
8.7
6.8
6.7
36.1
30.6
42.1
43.4
40.9
40.0
40.1
43.5
40.7
39.8
40.6
39.8
15.69
17.20
16.76
28.08
23.82
24.12
19.69
29.69
30.03
21.22
24.80
20.56
10.9
19.8
17.0
7.2
7.1
8.7
9.5
24.9
3.9
4.7
3.0
6.7
35.5
29.2
42.4
43.3
41.0
39.9
39.6
43.7
40.8
39.8
41.1
39.8
–
–
–
26.51
18.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.7
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.41
18.79
7.8
4.3
40.1
40.7
22.41
18.34
7.8
3.6
40.1
40.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.83
18.34
28.14
34.60
15.38
24.22
8.3
18.7
24.9
19.3
15.5
14.0
31.5
40.9
40.4
45.4
35.5
40.0
12.73
15.94
28.35
35.29
15.45
24.22
8.0
6.3
25.8
18.3
16.3
14.0
31.5
40.2
40.5
45.7
35.4
40.0
13.22
28.76
–
–
–
–
17.6
35.4
–
–
–
–
31.8
44.1
–
–
–
–
16.95
20.3
40.9
17.44
21.4
40.8
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .......
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales engineers .......................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
124
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$17.29
6.97
10.96
15.00
13.57
12.56
9.13
7.70
11.17
14.55
20.3
6.4
22.0
23.5
10.5
6.8
7.0
2.9
16.0
8.4
44.1
23.5
25.2
29.6
41.5
27.5
29.4
27.5
26.8
38.3
$23.84
7.00
10.96
15.00
12.56
12.91
9.15
7.86
11.26
15.28
20.1
6.7
22.0
23.5
7.5
6.7
7.0
4.3
16.0
12.1
39.2
24.0
25.2
29.6
40.6
26.7
29.6
28.1
30.0
34.8
–
–
–
–
$14.69
10.55
–
7.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
25.7
–
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.6
33.0
–
25.7
–
–
12.26
17.05
19.06
4.8
2.4
5.3
36.5
40.9
41.0
12.68
17.07
19.23
5.3
2.2
5.2
36.9
40.0
41.0
10.45
–
–
5.2
–
–
35.1
–
–
15.90
13.91
13.72
13.87
12.50
–
7.99
10.66
10.70
12.04
13.14
13.60
10.17
10.17
10.47
11.49
14.68
12.13
14.01
9.69
8.96
14.43
17.13
12.03
11.05
11.66
9.1
2.3
8.3
2.4
6.5
–
3.7
23.6
2.1
1.9
8.5
7.0
8.4
6.5
8.2
3.6
13.1
7.6
8.6
7.6
9.6
5.1
5.4
8.9
5.6
17.1
39.9
39.1
38.3
37.5
38.8
–
30.4
35.5
29.3
36.6
38.7
39.5
25.2
38.5
38.8
37.0
40.0
37.7
36.7
29.2
27.5
38.4
39.3
39.5
37.0
32.5
16.25
13.91
14.09
14.23
12.87
11.23
7.99
–
11.00
11.90
13.44
12.66
10.63
10.18
11.80
11.98
12.92
12.60
14.01
9.69
8.99
16.31
16.61
12.13
10.98
14.84
13.8
2.5
7.6
2.8
5.7
3.3
3.7
–
2.4
1.5
10.1
3.0
3.3
7.0
1.3
4.2
9.9
6.4
8.6
7.6
9.8
5.9
4.2
10.5
8.5
2.7
39.9
39.0
38.3
37.0
38.6
37.3
30.5
–
30.7
36.3
38.5
39.4
26.4
38.6
38.5
38.0
40.0
37.3
36.7
29.2
27.9
37.5
39.2
39.4
35.9
40.0
–
–
11.49
–
–
–
–
–
7.80
–
–
–
–
–
7.76
9.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.22
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
20.1
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
33.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
10.29
14.40
12.55
13.91
14.64
11.72
9.17
12.86
10.77
15.10
9.93
12.27
3.7
5.0
3.5
5.9
4.4
6.7
3.5
9.0
2.6
4.1
5.1
4.4
36.8
39.1
38.8
39.3
38.6
36.2
31.9
36.7
39.0
39.5
29.5
35.6
11.12
14.57
12.59
13.14
14.28
12.02
9.36
–
10.73
15.10
10.79
12.75
6.6
5.0
3.5
6.7
4.8
7.9
3.8
–
2.6
4.1
5.7
4.3
36.9
39.0
39.2
39.1
38.4
37.1
32.2
–
39.0
39.5
33.3
35.2
–
–
–
–
–
10.53
8.17
–
–
–
8.37
9.18
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
1.8
–
–
–
5.0
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
33.1
30.3
–
–
–
24.5
38.4
Blue collar ..............................................................................
14.48
2.6
38.1
15.20
2.1
38.2
12.25
7.3
37.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
18.11
25.63
13.53
18.17
2.7
3.1
4.2
4.4
40.2
40.6
41.7
40.1
18.73
25.78
13.54
18.68
3.2
3.1
6.0
1.7
40.0
40.6
40.0
40.1
15.38
–
13.51
–
3.8
–
4.4
–
40.7
–
44.4
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Proofreaders ............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
125
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$14.19
17.75
15.69
11.7
3.8
12.3
42.1
39.4
39.8
–
$18.92
15.33
–
3.9
13.5
–
39.9
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.72
5.0
40.0
20.44
3.9
40.0
–
–
–
17.83
18.74
16.05
23.05
17.86
22.39
26.27
24.16
22.77
17.65
23.44
16.87
20.27
22.40
21.16
20.25
15.24
13.68
14.51
–
11.44
18.94
15.07
18.91
15.9
9.4
6.3
8.4
4.7
9.0
13.9
2.7
16.7
20.7
5.9
4.6
8.7
4.3
3.0
12.7
4.7
17.7
17.2
–
2.3
3.6
15.8
4.6
40.0
40.0
39.4
41.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
17.83
19.82
16.46
23.05
17.89
22.12
–
24.16
22.80
17.65
23.44
17.81
21.39
23.59
21.16
20.25
15.24
11.05
17.88
13.15
11.44
18.58
15.56
18.91
15.9
10.8
6.7
8.4
4.8
8.0
–
2.7
17.0
20.7
5.9
5.0
5.6
2.7
3.0
12.7
4.7
10.5
8.9
14.9
2.3
3.4
17.0
4.6
40.0
40.0
39.4
41.6
39.9
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.1
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
$23.16
–
–
–
–
–
13.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Metal plating machine operators ..............................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Cementing and gluing machine operators ...............
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
12.77
13.25
5.2
6.2
38.7
40.0
13.67
13.98
5.0
8.8
38.3
39.9
11.17
–
8.0
–
39.3
–
14.57
14.07
12.47
12.79
15.06
17.00
16.86
9.93
7.79
14.41
11.39
10.83
13.84
16.65
13.22
12.30
12.58
14.12
–
13.27
9.55
15.08
14.21
3.2
14.3
9.5
4.4
4.9
4.8
9.5
6.7
2.8
10.4
13.3
11.7
3.7
6.9
13.9
4.3
6.4
15.8
–
11.3
19.8
2.3
9.9
40.0
31.5
40.2
39.9
40.0
39.2
39.3
39.7
30.5
40.0
39.5
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.8
40.2
–
36.5
39.6
39.4
40.0
15.04
–
13.28
15.14
15.06
17.00
16.86
9.90
8.16
14.41
13.79
12.77
14.10
16.67
15.19
12.30
13.04
14.10
11.47
14.23
–
15.18
14.21
6.4
–
9.4
13.1
4.9
4.8
9.5
7.0
1.7
10.4
9.0
6.2
4.3
9.2
9.4
4.3
7.9
16.8
12.3
12.9
–
2.3
9.9
40.0
–
40.4
39.7
40.0
39.2
39.3
40.0
36.2
40.0
39.5
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
38.1
40.2
40.0
36.0
–
39.4
40.0
–
–
11.68
11.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.18
14.19
–
9.17
–
–
–
–
–
10.8
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
16.6
–
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
40.0
–
39.0
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
14.34
13.34
10.93
5.2
4.7
15.4
37.1
40.4
28.3
14.37
13.37
10.45
5.8
5.0
16.5
37.0
40.4
30.5
14.19
12.55
–
5.0
9.4
–
37.5
39.5
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Farm equipment mechanics ....................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ......
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Machinists ................................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Bookbinders .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
126
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$13.68
9.18
8.17
19.98
21.14
19.07
15.46
13.63
13.91
5.3
14.4
10.3
10.0
11.1
8.6
15.7
8.4
5.0
21.4
25.4
26.2
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
$13.51
9.36
8.17
20.79
–
19.07
20.63
–
14.10
5.2
16.3
10.3
11.7
–
8.6
13.2
–
7.3
21.5
24.6
26.2
40.7
–
40.0
40.0
–
39.6
$14.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.48
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
16.39
9.3
39.7
17.61
14.2
39.6
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
11.06
20.35
10.65
4.3
5.4
18.6
35.6
40.0
37.0
11.61
–
11.33
6.5
–
24.0
36.5
–
38.9
9.57
–
–
5.7
–
–
33.2
–
–
17.35
10.91
14.50
11.79
9.88
9.78
11.44
8.79
11.94
9.30
10.74
9.2
9.8
10.8
3.5
6.5
11.2
2.8
13.9
5.7
12.7
6.4
40.3
39.4
39.3
39.0
26.6
38.1
35.7
38.4
39.0
37.9
37.9
18.93
10.92
15.92
11.79
10.21
11.63
12.23
–
12.59
10.89
10.63
5.7
9.7
12.4
3.5
8.3
12.9
4.4
–
5.2
11.2
7.8
40.5
39.4
39.1
39.0
28.4
36.6
37.1
–
38.8
35.8
38.6
–
–
–
–
9.28
–
8.06
–
–
–
10.99
–
–
–
–
14.0
–
4.0
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
24.0
–
30.8
–
–
–
36.3
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
9.81
15.41
27.14
18.79
15.90
19.85
17.94
14.87
9.79
7.42
7.59
5.59
8.22
4.27
6.34
8.39
11.03
9.35
7.63
7.52
10.72
10.06
9.45
10.39
16.06
7.71
10.31
9.53
5.7
7.5
6.1
10.1
3.0
4.5
4.0
9.3
10.4
11.1
4.4
8.5
9.5
7.6
11.5
4.0
3.2
5.3
6.9
4.5
9.6
5.8
3.9
14.0
10.1
6.7
3.5
5.1
29.4
37.9
40.1
40.7
46.5
39.9
39.5
39.2
34.7
19.0
25.2
21.1
25.6
21.1
15.2
27.3
32.3
30.9
25.7
24.3
32.6
34.3
31.3
32.4
38.4
28.2
33.1
30.7
9.95
15.49
28.13
21.75
16.15
19.97
19.11
14.85
9.58
8.38
7.49
5.32
7.84
4.08
6.31
8.41
11.52
9.34
7.73
7.40
11.89
10.57
10.27
10.56
16.09
7.64
10.51
9.94
7.5
10.2
8.2
4.3
3.2
5.1
3.9
10.4
13.3
10.6
3.3
6.6
7.9
7.6
12.2
4.4
6.5
5.4
9.3
4.9
9.5
8.5
3.0
15.4
10.0
6.6
3.6
5.0
28.9
37.9
40.2
41.1
45.5
39.8
39.0
39.0
34.3
21.0
24.6
20.5
24.9
20.7
14.8
26.9
33.0
30.2
24.9
24.2
32.6
34.1
30.6
32.6
38.4
28.7
33.3
30.7
9.31
15.16
–
–
–
19.29
17.05
–
–
–
7.99
7.07
–
5.40
–
8.29
7.77
9.39
7.15
7.91
8.37
8.72
8.33
9.29
–
8.64
9.35
8.51
5.6
4.5
–
–
–
7.7
5.4
–
–
–
10.5
17.1
–
16.6
–
9.0
7.5
10.0
3.5
8.6
3.8
10.7
4.0
3.4
–
7.8
4.0
10.7
31.0
38.0
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
28.1
25.8
–
24.5
–
28.9
28.3
33.9
30.3
24.6
32.6
34.8
32.4
30.9
–
23.2
32.2
30.5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
127
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Ushers .....................................................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$9.95
6.94
7.16
9.49
8.49
10.92
9.48
9.4
6.4
2.1
10.5
5.2
12.2
4.5
1 The West North Central census division consists of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. It also includes the St. Louis, MO
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is comprised of parts of Missouri and
Illinois.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
33.7
35.0
15.3
30.4
30.7
26.3
30.1
$9.66
7.60
7.16
8.72
8.90
9.25
9.92
9.5
4.3
2.1
10.3
7.1
3.6
4.5
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
34.6
33.3
15.3
32.3
32.0
22.4
33.2
–
$6.24
–
–
7.08
–
7.92
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
–
4.5
–
–
5.8
–
4.1
–
37.1
–
–
26.7
–
22.7
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
128
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$15.97
16.29
1.9
1.9
36.4
36.8
$16.26
16.61
2.1
2.1
36.3
36.7
$13.83
14.07
3.4
3.7
37.1
37.4
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
19.64
21.13
2.5
2.4
36.9
37.8
19.88
21.44
2.7
2.5
36.8
37.8
17.34
18.44
3.8
4.3
37.2
37.9
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Architects .................................................................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Statisticians ..............................................................
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Economics teachers ................................................
History teachers .......................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Foreign language teachers ......................................
Law teachers ...........................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
25.67
27.57
31.36
24.08
35.52
29.05
36.84
27.95
29.44
34.52
31.16
31.48
24.87
24.27
27.54
26.46
21.18
26.51
27.17
54.97
22.42
36.16
18.96
18.87
24.91
31.52
29.05
17.39
31.14
37.63
40.89
31.29
36.58
40.38
32.73
35.96
36.76
30.49
43.17
57.35
51.67
24.44
35.84
30.23
18.80
59.47
37.54
25.94
20.84
26.47
27.67
27.31
23.90
7.38
26.64
22.73
22.73
23.44
23.79
1.9
2.2
2.8
9.5
8.7
7.0
3.0
4.3
3.4
10.4
.9
1.0
15.5
6.5
5.2
11.6
6.0
9.7
7.3
5.6
3.0
1.5
3.5
2.9
4.5
6.3
6.8
6.2
5.1
4.1
17.5
6.1
21.2
2.0
7.2
20.2
15.3
10.4
9.6
36.3
16.5
6.4
18.8
5.2
18.5
30.0
6.5
2.2
13.7
1.5
2.3
5.2
5.8
7.9
8.2
4.3
4.3
7.9
5.6
36.9
37.0
40.4
40.0
41.4
40.8
40.4
40.5
39.6
40.6
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.6
39.4
44.9
39.7
39.8
35.2
42.6
34.3
32.4
38.7
36.4
36.1
28.5
33.8
33.2
40.0
40.3
42.7
50.1
39.9
51.8
40.4
37.0
32.5
32.1
52.3
39.8
40.1
35.4
38.6
30.9
44.8
34.5
37.8
35.0
37.1
37.0
37.8
37.8
26.0
10.9
37.0
37.6
37.8
39.4
41.2
26.18
27.94
31.39
24.08
35.52
28.92
36.90
27.95
29.65
34.71
31.38
31.66
–
24.76
27.54
27.07
20.80
28.78
27.46
55.02
22.62
36.39
18.96
19.06
24.61
31.52
29.05
17.48
31.14
38.85
40.76
–
36.58
–
32.73
35.96
38.14
33.55
43.17
57.35
51.67
24.44
35.84
31.09
32.44
59.47
38.76
26.35
19.64
26.87
28.18
27.59
24.79
8.33
25.48
22.73
22.73
23.29
23.79
1.8
2.3
2.8
9.5
8.7
7.2
3.0
4.3
3.6
10.9
.8
1.0
–
6.5
5.2
10.9
5.4
5.8
8.0
4.9
3.3
1.4
3.5
2.9
5.7
6.3
6.8
7.6
5.1
5.1
30.7
–
21.2
–
7.2
20.2
19.0
12.7
9.6
36.3
16.5
6.4
18.8
7.2
7.3
30.0
6.3
2.3
15.3
1.0
2.3
5.4
8.4
4.2
8.0
4.5
4.5
8.6
5.6
36.9
37.0
40.4
40.0
41.4
40.8
40.4
40.5
39.5
40.6
39.9
39.9
–
40.7
39.4
45.2
39.7
39.7
34.9
42.7
34.0
32.2
38.7
35.9
35.3
28.5
33.8
32.0
40.0
38.7
37.6
–
39.9
–
40.4
37.0
30.2
29.6
52.3
39.8
40.1
35.4
38.6
29.3
31.0
34.5
38.0
35.0
36.5
37.0
37.6
37.9
23.0
11.8
36.6
37.5
37.7
39.5
41.2
21.82
24.55
29.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.67
26.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.65
–
20.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.17
24.12
–
24.45
24.82
–
22.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
5.4
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.3
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
6.1
–
7.0
6.5
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.6
37.7
41.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.2
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.6
–
37.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
47.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.4
34.9
–
37.0
38.6
–
33.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
129
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$27.15
22.24
16.11
16.17
14.66
14.53
36.46
35.91
45.92
7.2
9.9
2.8
2.9
7.4
14.1
9.6
10.3
15.7
36.7
39.9
38.6
38.7
36.9
36.8
42.8
43.5
33.3
$26.82
25.20
16.42
16.47
15.39
14.53
37.19
36.51
–
9.4
3.9
3.1
3.2
7.6
14.1
10.7
11.3
–
36.4
39.9
38.4
38.6
36.7
36.8
42.8
43.0
–
–
–
$14.04
14.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
21.96
21.81
16.83
19.87
6.8
6.7
10.3
20.0
34.5
37.9
33.9
28.3
22.26
21.32
17.02
19.87
7.0
7.8
10.8
20.0
34.3
37.7
33.8
28.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.70
17.78
25.16
27.31
21.44
19.15
16.26
25.69
11.89
20.27
14.72
14.43
21.25
18.01
18.57
16.57
17.68
17.88
129.78
10.59
27.65
16.76
15.19
11.8
15.7
5.8
11.8
16.9
2.5
6.0
13.5
10.9
4.7
2.6
3.7
1.5
6.9
5.5
6.1
8.4
12.9
16.6
21.0
10.5
4.2
9.4
39.4
39.7
39.6
39.2
21.5
36.5
36.4
26.6
39.9
37.0
35.0
36.2
39.7
40.2
36.3
40.4
40.0
39.9
21.7
33.0
38.7
34.7
36.3
19.70
19.51
25.16
27.92
21.44
19.90
15.95
25.69
13.31
20.33
15.33
14.77
21.42
18.07
18.21
16.56
19.18
20.27
129.78
10.59
27.65
16.90
15.30
11.8
16.6
5.8
12.4
16.9
2.7
7.0
13.5
6.2
5.2
2.3
4.3
1.5
7.3
5.5
6.3
12.1
6.1
16.6
21.0
10.5
4.6
10.5
39.4
39.6
39.6
39.1
21.5
36.4
36.3
26.7
39.8
37.8
33.2
36.5
39.7
40.0
36.0
40.5
39.9
39.8
21.7
33.0
38.7
34.6
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
14.67
19.95
–
–
–
13.62
12.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.62
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
6.1
–
–
–
5.1
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.1
–
–
–
–
–
37.3
37.2
–
–
–
38.9
34.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.8
29.57
32.89
5.65
5.7
6.7
38.0
40.4
40.9
19.0
29.68
33.01
–
6.1
7.2
–
40.5
41.0
–
28.14
31.40
–
3.3
4.8
–
39.9
39.9
–
40.95
29.28
28.12
29.25
7.2
6.6
6.4
12.0
38.6
39.6
40.3
40.3
43.26
30.04
28.23
33.33
7.1
8.2
6.9
9.6
38.1
39.6
40.2
40.5
–
23.65
26.22
–
–
9.6
6.1
–
–
39.9
41.8
–
38.75
35.53
31.61
7.6
5.0
11.1
40.8
39.8
40.7
38.34
34.87
31.61
8.6
5.5
11.1
40.9
40.1
40.7
–
37.77
–
–
8.9
–
–
38.9
–
18.77
19.49
32.41
35.75
23.29
21.90
17.69
5.2
13.6
9.5
12.1
3.9
2.8
11.0
41.1
40.9
40.1
41.7
39.7
39.4
39.0
19.03
19.54
31.72
36.04
23.48
22.11
17.69
5.4
14.0
10.2
12.4
4.2
2.9
11.0
41.2
40.9
40.2
41.7
39.6
39.4
39.0
–
–
–
29.84
20.54
18.40
–
–
–
–
16.7
3.7
3.7
–
–
–
–
41.8
39.9
40.0
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners –Continued
Psychologists ...........................................................
Urban planners ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Clergy ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Judges .....................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Dental hygienists .....................................................
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Chief executives and general administrators, public
administration ........................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
130
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$26.72
27.96
26.27
9.4
13.0
6.0
39.7
40.2
39.5
$26.53
28.00
26.50
10.2
13.0
6.2
39.6
40.2
39.4
$29.00
–
–
5.4
–
–
41.0
–
–
31.56
18.61
20.02
42.9
10.3
8.7
34.0
40.0
39.8
33.26
19.05
20.34
49.4
13.5
8.8
33.1
40.0
39.9
–
16.77
–
–
6.2
–
–
40.0
–
22.72
21.23
8.6
3.8
40.2
39.8
23.50
21.22
6.9
3.9
40.2
39.9
–
21.51
–
1.2
–
38.6
12.99
18.52
14.09
14.34
21.01
20.86
20.10
62.92
4.0
9.7
10.7
20.8
15.9
12.4
7.8
37.1
33.2
41.0
40.0
40.5
39.9
38.3
39.1
43.0
13.23
18.92
14.52
14.34
21.01
22.00
20.31
66.85
4.1
9.9
11.3
20.8
15.9
12.5
8.0
37.8
33.2
40.9
40.2
40.5
39.9
38.2
39.1
43.4
9.36
12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.7
42.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.32
19.66
9.57
13.83
9.55
14.06
13.85
10.15
7.70
7.38
9.30
13.42
16.01
10.3
10.0
11.1
6.8
16.0
11.8
11.4
4.5
9.6
2.0
37.2
16.7
8.2
39.3
44.7
28.0
35.5
38.6
38.2
38.0
31.5
31.8
28.4
32.9
33.3
34.7
25.29
19.63
9.57
13.83
–
14.18
14.03
10.26
7.71
7.44
9.30
13.42
16.01
10.6
10.3
11.1
6.8
–
11.8
12.0
4.8
9.8
2.0
37.2
16.7
8.2
39.3
44.9
28.0
35.5
–
38.2
37.9
31.3
32.0
28.5
32.9
33.3
34.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.41
–
6.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.7
–
28.0
–
–
–
12.51
17.24
19.43
19.58
21.76
1.5
3.2
14.3
4.1
7.5
37.4
40.1
40.3
39.8
40.0
12.66
17.39
17.92
20.21
21.76
1.6
3.5
24.9
4.4
7.5
37.4
40.1
40.4
40.1
40.0
11.18
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
21.42
14.30
13.77
14.17
11.96
14.06
11.87
8.99
14.81
9.79
11.58
12.52
13.27
13.21
10.63
9.12
12.34
12.45
14.40
10.57
7.4
5.6
15.4
2.2
5.6
4.9
4.8
4.9
6.7
2.4
4.9
1.1
3.6
4.3
3.8
2.3
3.5
3.5
5.8
4.2
40.4
40.0
40.0
38.7
34.0
38.2
38.2
37.4
34.9
33.9
37.7
39.7
38.4
39.0
32.3
36.1
37.3
34.9
37.9
39.8
22.03
14.19
13.77
14.38
12.46
14.06
12.71
9.30
14.86
9.88
11.59
12.52
13.34
13.70
10.85
9.21
12.27
12.67
14.46
10.50
7.9
5.6
15.4
2.2
8.2
4.9
3.3
4.7
6.7
2.4
4.9
1.1
3.9
5.4
3.3
2.8
3.7
3.8
6.0
4.1
40.5
40.0
40.0
38.7
31.8
38.2
37.6
37.3
34.9
33.8
37.7
39.7
38.4
38.5
30.7
36.5
38.0
35.0
37.9
39.8
–
–
–
11.98
10.88
–
9.30
–
–
8.80
–
–
9.91
–
10.27
–
13.08
10.52
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
3.1
–
6.2
–
–
5.7
–
–
13.1
–
8.4
–
6.4
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
38.6
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
35.2
–
–
40.0
–
35.3
–
30.9
34.5
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Real estate sales .....................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales engineers .......................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances .........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ....................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators ...........
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Chief communications operators .............................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ..............................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Correspondence clerks ............................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
131
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$10.99
9.54
11.78
12.84
11.05
9.46
14.07
15.12
11.55
11.97
13.06
14.32
13.80
2.7
3.3
7.7
5.8
5.9
6.1
6.7
9.3
4.7
1.2
6.5
8.5
9.8
36.1
39.9
34.8
35.2
35.1
31.5
41.1
39.8
39.1
39.0
39.9
40.0
37.7
$11.14
9.54
12.22
12.50
11.05
9.64
13.77
15.09
11.46
11.95
13.23
14.38
13.82
2.7
3.3
7.1
6.7
5.9
5.9
6.7
10.7
4.8
1.2
7.8
8.8
10.2
36.9
39.9
37.3
34.5
35.1
31.8
40.8
39.7
39.0
39.0
39.9
40.0
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
$15.59
–
–
12.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.3
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
10.39
16.62
13.69
13.82
13.03
11.80
10.08
13.84
11.23
13.16
9.82
12.85
7.0
7.9
5.9
6.1
2.8
1.7
.9
4.2
2.6
7.8
1.8
3.4
38.9
39.3
39.2
39.7
37.0
37.6
35.3
37.0
32.9
39.7
35.7
38.3
10.08
16.62
13.92
14.36
13.08
11.90
10.10
13.84
11.17
13.68
9.91
13.03
6.6
7.9
6.0
6.5
3.0
1.8
.8
4.2
2.5
7.6
2.1
3.6
38.7
39.3
39.2
39.6
36.8
37.5
35.3
37.0
32.5
39.6
34.2
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
11.03
8.86
–
–
–
9.70
11.01
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
5.5
–
–
–
3.3
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
37.0
–
–
–
37.8
37.6
Blue collar ..............................................................................
13.31
2.0
38.3
13.44
1.9
38.2
12.56
7.7
38.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ......................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .......
Telephone line installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Drywall installers ......................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ......
Insulation workers ....................................................
16.75
23.62
17.22
15.99
25.49
18.57
14.82
18.89
16.94
2.0
7.8
4.6
2.5
6.1
22.0
3.5
4.7
7.6
39.7
40.8
40.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.6
39.8
39.9
16.98
23.63
17.68
16.23
25.49
18.79
15.34
17.75
15.78
2.1
8.2
5.2
2.7
6.1
22.6
3.4
2.9
7.7
39.7
40.9
40.8
39.8
40.0
40.5
38.3
39.6
39.8
15.40
–
12.75
–
–
–
–
21.08
–
6.7
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
39.9
–
38.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
17.88
20.71
12.06
22.60
9.1
9.2
7.2
2.4
33.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
17.80
20.71
12.70
23.31
9.2
9.2
6.4
1.6
33.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.34
17.22
19.21
15.80
24.82
4.5
8.4
14.2
3.9
9.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
38.6
37.3
15.40
16.74
19.03
16.32
24.82
4.5
8.4
14.7
2.5
9.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
38.5
37.3
–
–
–
12.86
–
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
23.77
20.12
15.46
14.65
16.39
15.46
19.57
11.91
17.26
11.50
13.70
7.7
4.1
3.6
3.3
9.2
13.8
4.9
4.8
4.1
4.7
8.7
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
23.77
20.52
15.34
14.65
16.33
15.55
20.44
11.83
17.35
11.50
13.70
7.7
4.1
3.4
3.3
11.0
13.9
6.4
5.0
4.3
4.7
8.7
40.0
41.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
15.93
–
16.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. .........
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Proofreaders ............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
132
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$12.03
14.93
13.05
18.86
18.74
18.81
18.16
12.89
11.95
16.57
10.76
11.93
16.12
9.98
9.82
12.57
16.41
4.7
6.7
5.6
5.6
5.0
6.3
5.0
3.9
3.5
19.1
17.4
5.8
4.4
8.4
4.2
10.7
8.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.4
39.9
39.5
34.0
42.1
39.8
$11.58
14.93
13.54
20.25
18.74
18.82
18.98
12.71
11.95
16.57
10.76
11.69
15.31
10.67
9.82
12.57
17.13
1.9
6.7
6.9
4.2
5.0
7.1
2.2
4.1
3.5
19.1
17.4
7.5
7.5
7.0
4.2
10.7
9.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.3
39.8
39.2
34.0
42.1
40.0
–
–
$12.05
15.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.42
15.42
24.36
19.47
18.04
6.8
4.6
9.8
6.2
11.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.3
22.42
15.64
22.15
19.47
18.04
6.8
4.6
9.1
6.2
11.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.31
11.16
11.82
–
11.24
2.8
8.9
10.1
–
7.4
39.5
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
12.40
11.14
11.89
12.58
11.22
2.4
9.1
10.9
11.0
7.8
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
11.92
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
10.46
13.07
13.13
13.30
5.6
8.6
3.8
16.1
40.0
39.9
38.9
39.9
10.64
13.07
13.37
14.58
6.0
8.6
3.9
13.1
40.0
39.9
38.8
39.9
–
–
11.53
–
–
–
19.7
–
–
–
40.0
–
12.10
12.15
11.74
17.30
14.84
14.23
13.32
2.9
4.1
2.2
3.9
8.7
11.1
10.4
40.0
39.1
39.9
38.8
39.9
39.4
39.8
12.10
12.11
11.74
17.50
16.02
14.23
11.08
2.9
4.2
2.2
3.8
6.8
11.1
2.7
40.0
39.1
39.9
38.8
39.8
39.4
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.56
10.35
9.85
8.54
8.02
12.08
14.21
13.71
5.5
7.5
11.6
6.4
5.2
7.4
3.2
6.7
40.0
39.9
39.3
38.5
38.9
39.5
39.0
39.7
11.59
10.48
10.02
8.86
8.00
13.10
13.70
13.81
6.7
7.4
11.3
6.0
5.6
6.8
2.3
7.1
40.0
39.9
39.3
38.3
39.3
39.1
38.8
39.6
11.47
–
–
–
–
10.68
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
18.3
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
17.45
11.04
17.27
11.00
16.44
13.94
13.01
9.22
4.1
8.8
19.4
3.1
12.0
13.2
5.2
11.6
39.7
39.9
40.3
39.9
39.9
39.8
39.5
30.4
17.79
11.04
17.47
11.00
16.64
12.22
13.15
9.22
4.6
8.8
20.0
3.1
14.3
12.9
5.1
11.6
39.6
39.9
40.3
39.9
39.8
39.7
40.0
30.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Furniture and wood finishers ...................................
Upholsterers ............................................................
Optical goods workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,
n.e.c. ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Power plant operators ..............................................
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Rolling machine operators .......................................
Drilling and boring machine operators .....................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ................................................................
Sawing machine operators ......................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Typesetters and compositors ...................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ............................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Pressing machine operators ....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
Compressing and compacting machine operators ..
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Folding machine operators ......................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Crushing and grinding machine operators ...............
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
133
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$13.62
15.08
11.35
13.50
12.26
10.65
12.58
8.70
9.53
5.8
5.0
5.4
6.2
6.2
5.3
18.3
13.1
9.2
39.4
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.9
39.6
39.9
$13.24
15.22
12.18
13.60
11.62
10.65
12.92
8.65
9.53
5.3
4.8
5.5
5.8
3.5
5.5
19.6
14.9
9.2
39.2
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.9
39.5
39.9
$15.32
14.23
–
–
–
10.74
–
–
–
16.8
20.9
–
–
–
20.8
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Parking lot attendants ..............................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
13.15
18.10
13.82
11.64
12.87
6.90
6.82
16.16
16.59
15.48
13.48
12.46
12.34
4.4
9.0
6.5
5.6
3.7
7.7
6.0
17.2
7.8
7.8
5.7
4.5
5.2
37.4
40.9
39.8
37.1
26.8
34.5
30.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
13.22
17.64
13.75
11.55
13.48
6.95
6.82
16.16
17.22
15.48
13.94
12.60
12.48
4.9
9.5
7.3
5.8
1.8
8.0
6.0
17.2
7.3
7.8
7.9
5.3
5.0
37.5
41.4
39.6
37.0
28.7
34.3
30.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.3
12.64
–
14.67
–
10.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.96
5.8
–
18.8
–
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.4
36.6
–
42.4
–
20.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
14.89
12.6
39.4
15.87
13.5
39.3
11.08
5.0
40.0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Animal caretakers, except farm ...............................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
10.00
17.23
10.10
11.46
1.6
13.0
5.6
7.0
36.1
41.6
38.5
39.3
10.08
19.33
10.38
–
.9
10.3
6.5
–
36.0
40.6
38.4
–
9.45
–
9.30
–
9.5
–
5.8
–
36.9
–
38.7
–
17.57
10.46
10.74
9.94
11.31
11.34
9.15
9.97
10.30
9.17
8.99
8.88
9.71
4.4
6.7
6.4
2.4
7.0
5.7
3.4
2.2
3.9
15.0
4.0
4.2
4.6
40.3
39.1
39.9
37.7
39.6
39.6
30.4
39.6
34.8
40.1
37.3
36.2
38.1
17.87
10.57
10.84
9.96
10.80
11.54
9.09
9.94
10.42
9.17
9.19
9.02
9.65
4.7
7.3
7.0
2.5
6.5
6.1
3.4
2.3
3.4
15.0
2.9
4.9
4.0
40.3
39.0
39.9
37.6
39.5
39.5
30.3
39.6
34.6
40.1
37.5
35.4
38.1
–
–
10.09
–
–
–
9.50
–
9.05
–
6.78
8.29
10.34
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
11.5
–
12.5
–
4.1
8.1
32.5
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
30.9
–
36.7
–
35.0
40.0
37.8
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention ...........................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Crossing guards .......................................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
9.56
14.15
23.44
23.98
14.23
15.79
14.60
19.14
15.16
13.51
9.38
9.58
12.58
7.00
1.4
2.1
6.7
5.1
8.4
10.8
3.9
1.5
2.6
4.1
7.9
3.6
10.4
2.6
32.5
37.1
48.8
40.4
36.3
47.3
47.7
40.2
39.9
40.0
19.1
31.2
32.6
29.5
9.60
14.51
23.44
25.13
14.06
15.79
14.66
19.38
16.26
14.84
9.60
9.55
12.53
6.94
1.4
2.6
6.7
5.2
8.4
10.8
4.0
1.3
2.9
2.9
8.2
3.7
11.2
2.8
32.2
36.5
48.8
40.3
36.3
47.3
47.9
40.2
39.7
40.0
20.5
31.2
32.2
29.4
9.33
12.80
–
–
–
–
–
15.47
11.64
12.73
–
10.63
–
7.38
7.4
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
1.0
1.2
–
12.9
–
3.3
34.6
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
40.6
40.0
–
29.8
–
30.9
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .......................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ..................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
134
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Dental assistants .....................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Guides .....................................................................
Ushers .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$3.83
4.74
3.17
5.84
8.20
11.59
8.80
7.42
7.47
9.70
14.95
10.15
9.05
9.01
14.18
7.99
8.95
10.38
13.95
12.39
7.98
10.54
8.90
34.96
5.72
9.90
7.89
8.21
10.26
3.4
6.1
5.6
4.9
1.8
5.1
3.1
5.2
2.0
2.4
11.1
3.4
2.2
2.2
10.4
3.3
2.1
4.1
5.4
12.1
3.9
7.5
2.4
9.5
6.5
7.1
6.4
3.1
12.5
1 The South Atlantic census division consists of Delaware, Maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
27.3
28.5
26.6
28.9
30.5
40.3
33.9
30.3
28.1
35.0
35.0
35.4
34.7
34.5
39.7
37.3
32.9
30.7
38.6
28.2
25.6
33.5
31.3
20.3
37.3
30.7
32.8
30.9
33.8
$3.81
4.70
3.16
5.97
8.27
11.66
8.97
7.35
7.46
9.99
14.95
10.26
9.34
9.11
14.11
8.11
9.02
10.49
13.96
12.41
8.10
10.54
8.90
34.96
5.72
9.99
7.65
8.21
10.39
3.6
6.4
5.9
5.3
2.0
5.8
3.3
6.0
2.0
2.4
11.2
3.7
1.6
2.4
11.3
4.0
2.3
4.3
5.4
12.5
3.8
7.5
2.4
9.5
6.5
8.2
5.9
3.1
12.9
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
27.0
28.7
26.5
27.7
30.5
40.6
33.8
30.0
28.3
34.8
35.0
34.9
34.7
34.3
39.7
37.8
32.4
30.7
38.6
28.0
27.4
33.5
31.3
20.3
37.3
30.6
32.2
30.9
34.4
$4.14
–
3.24
–
7.87
11.07
8.12
7.75
7.55
8.46
–
9.39
8.14
8.32
–
7.27
8.44
8.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.26
8.98
–
8.03
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
6.7
–
4.1
–
3.8
5.9
5.4
3.3
7.9
6.1
–
8.5
5.5
2.7
–
4.4
2.5
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
13.1
–
21.9
31.5
–
29.6
–
30.8
38.3
34.4
31.5
26.7
35.7
–
39.3
34.6
36.1
–
34.5
36.6
30.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.5
35.6
–
26.4
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$14.19
14.10
5.0
4.6
37.1
37.4
$15.06
14.92
4.0
2.1
36.5
36.8
$12.37
12.47
11.5
12.3
38.5
38.5
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
17.74
18.51
5.1
2.3
37.0
37.7
18.10
18.65
6.1
2.7
36.6
37.4
16.47
18.04
6.1
4.7
38.6
38.9
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Natural scientists .........................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Theology teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
22.33
24.66
30.02
36.07
23.40
32.30
29.89
26.40
32.08
30.17
30.27
22.34
22.19
27.16
21.36
34.66
19.42
25.66
15.23
31.64
–
–
31.27
27.60
25.43
25.08
25.81
25.29
27.21
32.37
24.68
24.69
–
13.18
13.04
38.71
38.71
3.2
2.6
4.2
11.7
8.9
6.3
3.6
11.5
5.8
9.9
10.1
7.4
1.1
23.1
2.2
5.6
7.1
1.5
3.8
4.8
–
–
14.0
4.6
9.4
4.8
7.2
5.9
13.9
15.5
11.2
11.2
–
9.1
9.1
14.2
14.2
37.1
37.1
40.8
35.9
40.8
41.0
41.4
42.1
40.7
40.2
40.3
39.8
35.7
26.9
35.8
39.7
40.0
25.7
39.5
36.9
–
–
38.7
38.1
36.8
37.4
36.3
36.5
37.1
39.0
35.3
35.3
–
39.7
39.7
34.0
34.0
23.20
25.52
29.94
36.07
23.40
32.30
29.89
26.06
32.05
31.64
31.90
25.00
22.87
27.16
22.24
38.03
17.38
25.53
15.03
32.53
26.73
29.92
35.57
28.50
27.39
27.53
28.60
27.49
28.44
39.48
24.68
24.69
–
13.06
12.89
39.64
39.64
3.6
3.3
4.5
11.7
8.9
6.3
3.6
12.3
6.4
9.7
9.7
3.7
1.0
23.1
2.2
1.9
1.0
1.4
3.3
6.6
17.4
13.4
13.9
3.6
15.8
6.6
9.3
3.6
14.9
9.9
11.2
11.2
–
10.1
10.1
15.2
15.2
36.8
37.0
40.8
35.9
40.8
41.0
41.4
42.3
40.8
40.3
40.4
39.7
34.8
26.9
35.1
39.4
40.0
25.7
39.5
38.1
34.1
38.2
37.7
38.1
36.5
36.2
35.9
35.4
36.6
39.4
35.3
35.3
–
39.7
39.7
42.4
42.4
19.94
22.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.31
–
18.66
–
–
–
–
25.87
–
–
–
22.42
23.20
23.29
23.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.37
14.37
–
–
6.6
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
–
–
6.1
5.7
5.7
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
7.9
–
–
37.9
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
38.1
–
–
–
–
31.0
–
–
–
37.6
37.2
38.4
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
39.5
–
–
22.11
21.58
16.89
16.17
16.92
16.00
13.18
11.88
–
19.13
19.25
–
10.54
20.75
13.29
16.24
7.1
10.0
2.6
5.4
8.9
7.0
4.1
10.2
–
3.3
12.0
–
.4
10.8
9.8
4.5
39.9
40.5
39.9
37.3
38.4
37.9
35.8
39.1
–
39.7
39.6
–
36.3
40.0
39.8
39.6
22.19
21.58
16.89
16.89
18.56
16.96
13.22
11.72
18.68
19.26
19.25
20.48
–
20.75
15.17
16.24
7.2
10.0
2.6
7.3
3.9
4.1
4.5
11.4
7.6
2.8
12.0
10.5
–
10.8
2.7
4.5
39.9
40.5
39.9
36.3
38.1
37.7
35.9
39.0
40.1
39.8
39.6
39.8
–
40.0
39.5
39.6
–
–
–
14.36
–
–
13.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
35.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
26.15
27.06
20.31
29.09
3.0
5.2
21.7
11.0
40.7
40.9
10.5
39.9
26.84
27.55
16.42
31.10
2.9
6.4
19.2
4.4
40.8
41.3
23.7
39.3
24.18
25.78
–
–
10.8
8.5
–
–
40.5
40.0
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
136
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$24.07
26.84
10.4
7.5
41.7
40.0
$25.49
24.69
10.1
2.0
42.3
40.0
$19.45
–
25.1
–
40.0
–
29.48
21.08
28.55
9.5
27.8
9.1
45.1
41.5
40.6
29.48
19.97
30.89
9.5
40.1
6.3
45.1
43.5
40.0
–
23.67
–
–
8.0
–
–
37.4
–
19.64
30.40
24.37
18.55
26.93
33.35
26.97
16.0
6.4
6.3
14.0
17.2
4.6
11.8
46.7
40.8
40.2
39.4
39.6
40.1
39.9
20.04
29.30
25.55
21.82
23.31
33.35
27.08
16.9
6.4
5.3
8.4
3.8
4.6
12.5
47.3
40.3
39.8
39.0
39.6
40.1
39.9
–
34.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.1
–
–
–
–
–
26.69
7.0
40.0
25.26
7.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
22.07
–
14.5
–
40.2
16.61
21.88
9.1
16.3
39.0
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.01
15.73
14.27
16.22
26.23
17.6
12.1
14.5
32.3
22.3
34.7
41.6
41.1
39.5
35.9
16.16
15.88
–
–
26.51
20.3
15.5
–
–
23.3
33.9
41.7
–
–
35.8
11.09
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
37.6
–
–
–
–
19.50
16.95
12.17
18.63
10.96
7.10
8.03
3.2
13.5
12.1
38.7
13.9
3.9
10.9
40.7
45.1
26.8
38.1
33.1
29.5
33.9
19.30
18.00
12.58
18.63
11.24
–
7.03
3.5
11.9
12.4
38.7
16.5
–
4.6
40.8
45.1
27.6
38.1
33.6
–
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.2
11.95
15.77
18.20
2.2
16.9
2.8
37.1
39.6
39.9
12.10
15.82
18.20
2.3
17.6
2.8
36.7
39.2
39.9
11.13
–
–
7.5
–
–
39.3
–
–
13.57
14.21
12.97
10.95
7.81
16.00
10.74
8.84
10.25
12.65
8.99
10.43
12.53
12.38
12.92
11.65
10.23
9.43
12.79
15.90
14.07
14.9
6.3
4.7
9.2
5.9
16.6
2.4
2.5
3.6
3.2
7.4
6.8
7.6
3.2
5.7
2.3
9.4
11.6
6.9
8.7
11.9
41.4
39.4
38.5
35.6
36.2
35.7
34.7
37.5
38.3
40.0
32.9
38.0
38.8
38.9
40.0
24.3
30.5
31.4
36.9
40.0
31.0
13.24
14.21
13.11
–
7.82
16.00
10.79
8.84
10.62
12.63
9.71
10.43
12.73
12.55
12.92
11.67
10.23
9.75
14.33
16.06
–
15.7
6.3
4.3
–
6.1
16.6
2.1
2.5
3.0
3.4
10.5
6.8
7.9
2.9
5.7
2.3
9.4
12.7
1.9
9.8
–
41.2
39.4
38.5
–
36.2
35.7
35.4
37.5
36.3
40.0
29.1
38.0
38.7
38.7
40.0
24.0
30.5
30.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
11.93
–
–
–
–
–
9.97
–
–
–
–
11.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Financial managers .................................................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
137
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
$11.66
14.45
15.17
10.91
10.68
9.81
10.64
9.16
11.20
6.1
7.8
6.7
4.2
5.2
6.4
3.8
5.3
5.0
37.9
40.0
39.8
39.5
37.5
37.2
39.7
36.4
35.9
$11.74
14.45
15.23
11.15
10.65
10.10
10.56
9.18
11.94
6.5
7.8
6.8
3.9
5.9
7.0
3.9
4.5
5.3
37.7
40.0
39.8
39.8
37.2
37.2
39.7
36.1
34.4
–
–
–
–
$10.90
8.12
–
–
9.38
–
–
–
–
8.7
13.8
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
39.8
37.2
–
–
40.0
Blue collar ..............................................................................
12.96
4.1
38.7
12.88
2.8
38.4
13.14
11.2
39.3
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Power plant operators ..............................................
15.46
17.82
11.89
14.67
17.44
19.58
–
4.1
14.8
9.3
11.2
5.8
8.2
–
39.3
40.2
40.2
40.2
40.0
39.9
–
15.11
18.16
12.02
14.99
16.99
20.57
–
3.4
15.7
10.0
11.0
6.8
5.5
–
39.0
40.2
40.2
40.2
40.0
39.8
–
16.39
–
–
–
–
18.72
12.49
8.9
–
–
–
–
14.7
2.2
40.1
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
19.09
13.64
14.0
7.1
40.0
39.9
15.30
14.33
4.5
10.0
40.0
39.8
–
12.73
–
2.9
–
40.0
26.49
18.93
14.30
17.35
11.54
21.66
18.00
13.40
18.04
19.95
10.78
11.82
10.77
14.29
14.03
22.92
6.7
8.1
9.4
12.5
4.2
9.7
11.6
3.8
4.7
6.9
8.0
8.2
8.7
13.0
8.4
5.8
40.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
38.5
40.0
38.5
40.7
40.0
40.0
26.97
22.30
13.45
17.34
–
20.96
18.00
13.63
18.73
19.95
10.75
–
11.37
16.77
15.75
21.82
7.9
5.5
1.3
13.4
–
11.9
11.6
3.3
6.3
6.9
11.8
–
9.0
13.6
1.8
9.0
40.1
42.5
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
37.9
–
37.8
41.3
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.03
–
–
11.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
12.97
17.36
11.43
7.8
9.4
5.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
13.25
17.44
10.99
7.1
13.7
3.1
39.3
40.0
40.0
12.68
–
–
13.5
–
–
39.7
–
–
12.70
11.26
10.06
9.68
16.22
11.58
8.80
7.79
–
10.88
17.94
26.5
7.8
5.7
9.4
10.5
6.1
2.7
4.0
–
8.0
5.7
40.0
37.1
39.7
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
37.8
–
38.8
39.9
12.86
11.58
9.82
–
16.22
11.58
9.16
7.77
14.19
–
18.96
32.3
3.6
5.1
–
10.5
6.1
6.0
4.7
11.0
–
5.9
40.0
36.3
39.6
–
39.4
40.0
40.0
37.9
39.8
–
39.8
–
–
–
9.66
–
–
8.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
20.09
10.11
15.50
12.27
9.64
19.5
7.0
17.8
17.4
10.0
38.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
31.9
–
–
17.51
14.14
10.78
–
–
22.3
18.9
1.8
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Sawing machine operators ......................................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
Compressing and compacting machine operators ..
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
See footnotes at end of table.
138
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$15.78
13.11
13.24
9.01
13.90
12.19
13.6
5.5
17.1
4.7
14.1
10.9
40.0
39.8
39.1
38.7
40.0
40.0
$15.96
13.05
14.39
9.00
15.66
14.63
5.5
5.7
17.4
7.2
10.3
3.0
39.9
39.7
38.9
38.2
40.0
40.0
$15.66
–
8.88
–
13.44
–
22.6
–
12.9
–
17.2
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
12.89
16.75
12.72
12.29
11.63
21.91
12.61
14.66
12.29
11.49
5.4
5.2
11.0
5.8
10.7
3.0
8.3
13.0
11.8
2.5
38.5
41.8
45.4
35.2
23.2
40.6
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
12.14
–
11.89
12.27
11.67
17.00
12.61
–
12.53
11.51
4.8
–
8.5
6.2
12.6
9.4
8.3
–
14.2
2.5
38.8
–
46.1
35.0
24.6
41.6
40.0
–
40.0
39.7
17.91
–
19.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.11
11.1
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
36.5
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
13.54
4.6
30.9
13.67
4.7
30.3
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
9.72
9.08
3.3
7.9
37.3
36.3
10.03
8.86
4.1
12.9
36.6
38.3
9.13
9.34
4.4
6.9
38.6
34.2
16.56
11.62
10.78
9.74
9.45
8.69
10.64
9.91
10.17
8.36
9.29
10.4
6.5
3.6
4.5
6.8
5.9
7.7
5.5
13.4
4.4
6.8
40.4
38.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
34.2
39.6
35.2
32.6
37.2
38.5
16.93
11.80
10.86
10.00
9.47
8.69
9.74
10.79
10.27
8.35
9.54
10.6
9.2
3.8
4.5
17.1
7.9
10.1
3.7
15.0
4.1
7.1
40.5
37.7
40.0
39.9
40.0
32.3
39.2
31.4
31.8
37.4
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
8.69
–
9.18
–
8.38
8.04
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
4.0
–
12.2
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
37.4
–
39.2
–
36.8
40.0
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
8.74
12.57
18.51
19.47
12.32
12.76
16.78
13.32
10.98
10.06
11.14
7.23
4.74
5.81
4.63
4.52
8.97
15.87
9.02
8.02
6.80
8.69
10.75
8.31
3.4
6.6
8.2
10.7
3.5
6.2
7.6
4.1
6.5
7.7
10.1
4.8
12.5
15.3
13.4
13.0
8.3
10.6
7.8
3.8
3.0
5.8
4.8
6.0
35.1
39.8
52.6
40.1
39.5
51.6
38.3
40.2
37.3
37.7
37.4
30.8
32.0
31.8
32.7
26.4
30.1
40.9
34.8
32.1
22.4
34.8
34.8
34.7
9.36
13.59
19.41
20.26
12.43
12.76
16.80
16.07
12.31
10.59
11.35
7.16
3.63
4.37
3.41
4.01
8.59
13.96
8.94
8.69
6.70
8.77
10.89
8.25
4.7
4.9
.6
11.9
3.9
7.4
8.3
4.4
5.6
8.4
11.4
7.5
9.8
15.1
14.0
15.5
8.6
11.3
9.9
3.4
2.7
6.3
5.2
6.6
32.4
39.7
52.5
40.1
39.3
52.0
38.1
40.0
39.9
36.3
37.0
28.3
28.1
26.5
29.2
24.9
28.4
42.2
34.3
32.8
21.0
33.9
35.0
33.6
8.21
10.89
–
–
–
–
–
12.31
–
9.32
–
7.31
5.40
–
5.22
–
9.63
–
9.14
7.34
–
8.51
–
8.44
.9
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
5.8
–
3.6
2.6
–
2.4
–
16.1
–
13.2
6.9
–
6.1
–
6.5
37.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
40.3
–
40.0
–
34.3
34.9
–
34.8
–
33.6
–
35.4
31.5
–
36.9
–
37.1
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
139
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$9.77
15.47
7.27
9.44
7.54
16.67
7.26
6.70
7.94
8.36
8.62
6.93
8.07
6.5
7.4
4.4
11.8
1.3
17.2
8.7
1.5
18.6
2.8
15.6
1.9
8.2
1 The East South Central census division consists of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
and Mississippi.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
38.5
40.8
38.6
37.9
35.5
40.1
21.5
38.2
34.4
37.7
33.1
35.2
28.4
$10.37
13.85
7.34
11.12
7.76
7.73
7.22
8.62
7.94
8.52
9.64
6.77
7.82
10.0
8.4
8.4
10.2
5.0
9.1
9.4
4.1
18.6
1.8
17.3
3.5
9.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
37.5
39.3
36.9
37.3
26.4
33.6
20.6
22.1
34.4
39.0
30.7
35.8
27.5
$9.24
–
7.22
7.57
7.49
–
–
6.65
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
7.0
–
.2
2.6
.2
–
–
.0
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
40.0
38.5
38.7
–
–
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was June 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
140
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$15.39
15.73
1.5
1.6
36.6
37.1
$15.49
15.86
1.7
1.7
36.7
37.2
$14.45
14.69
6.5
6.4
36.3
36.5
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
19.05
20.75
2.5
2.6
37.0
38.1
19.17
20.94
2.7
2.8
37.1
38.3
17.76
18.77
4.4
2.7
35.7
36.2
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Petroleum engineers ................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Geologists and geodesists .......................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ..................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Urban planners ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Judges .....................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Photographers .........................................................
25.70
27.80
32.47
37.81
28.83
33.76
27.62
29.50
35.15
29.97
30.26
26.55
28.77
42.12
19.35
28.71
18.43
29.37
22.88
34.94
20.62
18.72
18.19
25.47
26.69
34.78
31.84
44.49
43.71
31.92
39.04
29.39
22.83
34.82
26.31
23.69
26.44
26.95
27.94
24.88
7.97
28.40
20.61
20.11
24.71
24.60
24.90
26.05
14.54
14.69
11.16
38.74
38.36
43.98
3.9
4.2
3.3
6.2
14.8
7.7
7.2
9.7
2.3
4.9
4.5
11.0
12.8
8.5
9.1
24.6
14.5
14.3
1.5
3.3
10.4
3.7
5.4
11.2
2.6
3.6
6.6
17.7
33.0
13.7
10.4
12.9
13.9
3.8
1.7
11.1
1.7
2.0
3.8
8.9
4.2
4.0
6.5
10.5
8.2
5.4
13.6
12.9
4.2
4.3
15.6
9.5
9.9
9.2
37.4
37.3
41.1
40.0
41.0
42.5
42.0
41.3
40.8
37.6
37.3
41.5
40.2
40.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
35.8
35.6
27.8
40.0
34.8
37.4
24.0
35.5
36.0
37.3
36.5
38.1
37.3
39.3
39.9
36.4
34.8
36.9
35.9
38.1
38.3
37.3
31.2
17.8
38.1
39.0
38.8
38.1
40.0
36.7
40.0
39.0
39.0
37.5
37.3
37.4
36.1
26.19
28.32
32.76
37.81
28.57
34.94
27.64
29.50
35.70
29.99
30.28
26.55
29.15
42.12
–
28.71
18.43
30.25
23.32
34.60
20.62
18.51
18.19
22.44
26.94
35.61
33.01
44.49
43.71
31.92
39.04
29.39
20.44
35.14
26.59
23.17
26.78
27.55
27.78
25.31
8.30
28.31
21.42
21.07
24.39
24.60
24.30
26.05
14.81
14.89
–
38.34
38.36
–
4.2
4.6
3.5
6.2
15.7
6.6
7.4
9.7
1.9
4.9
4.5
11.0
13.2
8.5
–
24.6
14.5
15.2
1.7
3.4
10.4
4.2
5.4
6.7
2.4
3.4
6.5
17.7
33.0
13.7
10.4
12.9
18.0
4.1
1.2
12.3
1.2
.7
4.5
8.0
2.4
4.1
5.9
10.8
8.2
5.4
14.7
12.9
4.5
4.6
–
9.7
9.9
–
37.7
37.5
41.2
40.0
41.1
42.8
42.0
41.3
40.9
37.5
37.3
41.5
40.2
40.7
–
40.0
39.6
36.1
35.9
27.3
40.0
34.1
37.4
29.1
35.1
35.6
36.8
36.5
38.1
37.3
39.3
39.9
34.2
34.3
37.3
36.0
38.4
38.7
37.7
32.9
21.8
38.0
38.9
38.7
38.3
40.0
36.8
40.0
38.8
38.9
–
37.2
37.4
–
22.07
24.05
28.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.88
20.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.34
–
25.20
25.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.60
12.98
–
–
–
–
1.8
3.0
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
6.6
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
8.4
–
–
–
–
35.7
35.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.7
34.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.4
–
37.0
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
21.99
22.45
19.36
9.22
12.2
5.1
20.5
10.6
35.3
43.0
39.9
33.4
22.33
22.45
19.62
9.22
12.6
5.1
22.4
10.6
35.2
43.0
39.9
33.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
141
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$16.96
28.34
24.95
26.82
18.47
15.59
19.48
14.53
15.38
19.93
20.21
20.12
18.50
23.77
20.14
91.66
26.42
16.00
15.82
15.2
8.6
8.2
22.0
4.0
6.1
5.1
2.8
3.1
5.5
17.2
7.5
10.4
5.5
12.7
24.5
7.9
7.5
6.5
40.2
39.8
25.0
38.1
37.9
39.0
39.3
36.5
37.0
39.8
38.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.8
24.2
39.9
39.0
39.9
$16.96
28.34
24.95
26.82
18.94
15.44
21.09
15.20
15.12
20.04
20.21
20.31
18.50
23.77
20.83
96.10
26.42
16.00
15.82
15.2
8.6
8.2
22.0
4.3
6.8
6.1
3.2
2.4
5.8
17.2
7.6
10.4
5.5
12.6
25.2
7.9
7.5
6.5
40.2
39.8
25.0
38.1
38.2
38.9
39.2
37.9
36.5
39.8
38.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.9
23.4
39.9
39.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
$14.82
–
–
12.60
16.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
4.1
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.9
–
–
33.0
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.96
32.30
–
25.56
40.30
28.11
33.64
1.1
3.3
–
10.7
3.8
11.4
13.7
40.8
41.0
–
40.4
41.0
40.7
40.0
29.20
32.71
4.35
25.82
40.62
26.60
33.64
1.1
3.4
45.8
11.3
3.7
13.5
13.7
40.9
41.3
36.4
40.4
41.0
41.1
40.0
25.04
26.57
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
37.9
37.1
–
–
–
–
–
33.31
34.13
26.03
6.3
3.5
7.5
40.9
39.6
40.2
33.31
34.76
28.38
6.3
4.4
7.2
40.9
40.2
40.3
–
32.27
17.35
–
4.4
13.4
–
37.9
40.0
17.40
20.92
22.92
33.90
23.98
25.71
30.27
27.78
22.21
5.3
16.1
7.5
4.5
4.6
7.0
12.5
9.7
4.8
41.6
39.2
39.9
41.9
40.5
40.9
41.4
40.2
40.4
17.16
20.92
23.49
34.08
24.09
25.89
30.49
27.78
21.44
5.5
16.1
7.3
4.6
4.8
6.9
13.0
9.7
4.4
41.7
39.2
39.9
41.9
40.5
40.9
41.4
40.2
40.4
–
–
–
26.94
21.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.1
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
35.74
23.04
17.21
3.2
6.6
5.3
40.0
40.5
38.7
35.74
23.97
18.13
3.2
6.2
4.7
40.0
40.6
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.59
21.39
7.0
10.9
40.0
39.8
20.96
21.28
4.2
11.2
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.60
17.54
19.19
20.91
17.78
18.52
6.5
11.5
20.0
13.9
13.3
19.0
33.3
41.1
38.0
39.9
32.1
38.0
12.75
17.96
19.19
20.91
17.78
18.52
6.7
12.0
20.0
13.9
13.3
19.0
33.3
40.7
38.0
39.9
32.1
38.0
9.13
12.31
–
–
–
–
12.1
14.0
–
–
–
–
32.0
47.3
–
–
–
–
23.53
14.63
6.3
11.4
40.6
52.0
24.41
14.63
6.0
11.4
40.6
52.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
See footnotes at end of table.
142
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$8.47
9.37
11.20
12.51
11.47
12.54
10.94
7.40
10.61
11.45
3.1
16.7
18.5
15.4
22.0
25.8
17.4
2.5
6.4
8.0
27.2
24.5
29.4
43.5
41.1
32.1
32.9
28.5
26.9
37.7
$8.47
9.37
11.23
12.51
11.75
12.68
10.96
7.44
10.61
11.50
3.1
16.7
24.8
15.4
25.8
26.2
17.5
2.6
6.4
8.5
27.2
24.5
29.7
43.5
41.1
32.2
32.8
28.6
26.9
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
$8.24
–
6.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.3
–
26.9
–
–
12.32
16.66
16.88
.9
4.0
9.5
37.7
39.6
40.1
12.37
16.58
17.46
.9
3.9
10.5
37.8
39.6
40.2
11.78
–
–
8.7
–
–
36.3
–
–
21.68
14.01
13.30
21.34
11.02
11.54
8.40
12.63
9.74
12.04
13.05
12.04
12.69
9.62
9.65
11.60
12.94
12.66
12.42
9.50
9.38
9.60
8.45
8.58
13.90
16.85
11.88
12.24
11.22
15.49
9.3
3.6
3.2
15.0
5.5
7.0
11.6
7.7
3.6
6.1
2.5
8.5
3.2
4.4
6.7
3.1
3.7
7.4
2.6
10.5
7.7
13.3
9.2
8.8
7.2
4.8
4.3
7.4
11.8
11.7
40.5
39.9
38.5
40.0
35.6
39.6
34.6
39.3
37.1
39.3
40.0
35.9
39.7
34.4
38.8
38.9
39.1
27.1
40.0
31.9
36.2
33.0
31.0
28.0
39.9
40.0
39.4
39.7
39.7
40.0
21.68
14.01
13.40
–
11.08
11.92
8.61
12.63
9.89
12.13
13.05
12.05
12.75
10.34
9.65
11.95
12.97
12.81
12.50
10.10
9.38
9.60
8.45
8.58
14.51
17.01
11.95
12.23
11.22
15.49
9.3
3.6
3.6
–
6.0
7.0
11.5
7.7
3.3
6.4
2.5
8.7
3.1
5.3
6.7
3.1
3.8
7.8
2.7
10.3
7.7
13.3
9.2
8.8
7.3
5.2
4.2
7.7
11.8
11.7
40.5
39.9
38.5
–
35.2
39.5
34.2
39.3
37.5
39.3
40.0
35.8
39.7
33.9
38.8
38.7
39.3
40.0
40.0
28.8
36.2
33.0
31.0
28.0
39.8
40.0
39.4
39.7
39.7
40.0
–
–
12.59
–
–
–
–
–
7.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.01
12.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
13.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
32.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.21
16.15
14.86
11.11
15.22
11.02
9.80
10.56
11.85
9.48
12.54
28.0
3.1
7.0
7.3
6.1
1.6
5.2
2.0
11.6
2.4
1.8
39.9
38.6
38.3
40.0
38.5
37.2
34.7
34.6
39.6
38.3
36.6
9.40
16.15
14.86
11.11
15.44
11.07
9.94
10.60
11.33
9.51
12.69
7.1
3.1
7.0
7.3
6.4
1.5
5.5
2.1
13.9
2.6
1.5
39.8
38.6
38.3
40.0
38.5
37.3
34.3
34.5
39.4
38.4
36.4
–
–
–
–
–
10.28
8.81
–
–
9.34
10.02
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
4.1
–
–
5.2
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
36.0
37.8
–
–
37.4
39.3
Blue collar ..............................................................................
12.86
2.7
38.8
12.79
3.2
38.7
13.30
9.2
39.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
15.31
4.1
40.0
15.16
3.5
40.0
16.23
17.4
40.1
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, shoes ...............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Correspondence clerks ............................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
143
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$21.28
17.27
18.23
14.35
25.00
15.05
18.89
11.14
6.1
8.5
10.2
12.1
4.1
8.5
11.5
5.0
42.2
42.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
$21.64
17.27
18.23
14.35
25.00
15.53
16.43
12.42
6.4
8.5
10.2
12.1
4.1
10.5
4.4
7.9
42.2
42.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
16.95
21.08
7.0
7.9
38.9
40.0
16.95
21.08
7.0
7.9
38.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.89
13.50
9.8
11.5
38.9
40.0
15.89
13.48
9.8
11.6
38.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.59
18.55
16.91
12.57
11.49
18.58
11.01
19.16
11.53
14.98
12.84
13.18
15.03
13.42
21.59
20.64
20.16
19.54
18.88
17.72
8.15
14.79
9.77
17.78
9.49
10.06
16.91
14.73
15.54
24.22
5.1
10.4
3.6
12.6
7.4
3.3
5.2
13.9
3.7
8.4
4.9
5.9
10.9
3.8
2.6
18.7
10.9
4.1
4.6
9.0
2.5
10.8
6.4
21.9
4.6
9.5
7.6
9.9
10.2
2.6
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.8
40.0
48.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.2
36.4
39.4
41.7
39.5
40.0
39.8
21.77
18.55
17.30
12.53
11.49
18.54
11.22
22.78
11.53
15.33
12.73
13.99
15.03
13.58
–
–
–
20.02
18.88
17.72
–
16.89
10.32
10.45
9.62
10.06
16.82
13.94
15.54
24.48
3.4
10.4
3.0
13.9
7.4
3.0
5.4
3.2
3.7
8.2
5.8
4.4
10.9
3.4
–
–
–
3.6
4.6
9.0
–
8.6
6.1
13.9
4.4
9.5
7.9
10.1
10.2
2.5
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
39.0
38.3
36.0
39.4
42.4
39.5
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.15
16.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.8
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.93
8.37
6.0
5.8
39.3
40.0
12.12
8.29
6.8
5.3
39.2
40.0
10.86
–
3.8
–
39.7
–
11.44
15.85
11.53
–
13.09
9.91
8.34
6.91
10.68
11.15
14.8
10.7
14.5
–
7.5
4.4
4.4
3.8
8.5
10.6
40.0
39.6
40.0
–
40.0
39.5
39.9
39.8
39.8
40.0
10.14
16.00
13.38
10.24
13.71
9.99
8.34
–
10.68
11.15
21.1
10.9
15.6
21.5
7.1
4.0
4.4
–
8.5
10.6
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.9
–
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.51
4.2
40.0
19.51
4.2
40.0
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Telephone line installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Carpenter apprentices .............................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Concrete and terrazzo finishers ...............................
Insulation workers ....................................................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, extractive ............................................
Drillers, oil well .........................................................
Mining, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Boilermakers ............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .......................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Pressing machine operators ....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
144
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$13.20
11.38
11.76
8.26
11.32
14.38
14.24
9.11
11.97
11.99
19.8
15.1
6.5
10.6
4.5
4.0
13.6
11.4
4.4
6.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
26.3
39.6
40.0
39.7
33.2
39.7
40.0
$13.23
9.61
11.77
8.26
11.52
14.39
14.26
9.54
11.89
–
20.1
33.9
6.7
10.6
5.3
4.1
13.7
11.3
8.4
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
26.3
39.5
40.0
39.7
32.1
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
$10.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ........
Sailors and deckhands ............................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
12.88
13.53
12.90
11.73
11.47
8.00
8.26
21.73
10.81
17.30
12.98
15.39
12.17
11.84
12.42
9.1
4.2
5.1
10.9
7.5
4.1
11.8
5.7
11.3
11.8
9.0
5.1
6.9
4.7
7.7
39.9
40.3
42.1
38.2
31.0
32.4
32.8
54.5
50.3
41.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
13.08
14.97
13.11
11.73
11.53
8.00
8.26
21.73
10.81
17.45
14.40
15.39
12.17
12.88
12.57
10.4
5.1
5.4
10.9
8.2
4.1
11.8
5.7
11.3
14.6
14.6
5.1
6.9
5.1
8.8
39.4
41.3
41.3
38.2
31.5
32.4
32.8
54.5
50.3
41.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.6
11.71
–
11.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.28
–
5.4
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
42.7
–
47.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
13.16
7.8
38.6
13.67
8.6
38.3
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Animal caretakers, except farm ...............................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
9.22
16.96
9.18
9.37
4.3
21.9
7.0
6.3
35.9
39.6
37.1
38.8
9.03
16.96
8.95
9.37
2.7
21.9
8.0
6.3
35.8
39.6
37.3
38.8
10.83
–
–
–
17.5
–
–
–
36.8
–
–
–
14.09
9.46
8.23
8.40
8.78
9.95
7.74
9.67
10.44
10.33
9.73
8.97
9.21
17.5
6.4
6.1
2.9
3.8
4.9
3.9
10.9
22.3
11.9
4.5
10.4
7.0
38.5
40.0
39.8
39.6
39.8
36.4
28.3
40.0
34.1
37.1
39.1
34.0
36.6
14.09
9.43
8.16
8.44
8.80
9.95
7.86
9.13
8.78
10.33
9.75
8.99
9.28
17.5
7.1
6.8
3.0
3.8
4.9
4.2
14.2
8.2
11.9
4.5
11.0
7.5
38.5
40.0
39.8
39.6
39.8
36.4
28.2
40.0
33.4
37.1
39.5
34.8
36.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.59
–
–
–
–
–
8.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.8
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Crossing guards .......................................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
8.58
14.04
22.18
20.87
16.82
15.99
18.74
17.28
12.00
7.88
10.08
3.2
3.8
12.1
9.9
6.2
8.3
4.8
6.7
3.5
12.5
7.5
32.6
38.5
48.9
40.2
39.2
48.2
39.8
39.6
39.9
17.7
35.2
8.48
14.35
22.18
23.70
16.82
16.68
19.02
21.16
12.52
7.88
10.11
3.2
4.1
12.1
3.3
6.2
7.6
5.1
6.1
1.2
12.5
7.6
32.7
38.7
48.9
40.2
39.2
51.0
39.8
39.3
39.8
17.7
35.5
9.36
11.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.3
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
145
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 June 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Dental assistants .....................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Ushers .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$9.03
6.40
3.74
6.02
3.35
5.08
7.37
11.82
7.28
6.63
6.81
9.55
15.02
10.94
8.51
8.22
12.37
6.67
8.32
8.24
12.13
7.54
6.85
30.44
6.16
6.22
7.58
7.58
8.59
12.8
2.5
5.3
7.8
7.4
6.4
2.4
6.9
2.9
2.4
3.1
8.7
21.4
23.6
4.1
5.4
6.8
2.1
10.5
4.3
17.7
7.8
4.6
8.0
8.2
1.4
5.3
13.9
5.3
1 The West South Central census division consists of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
and Texas.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
32.4
31.2
30.3
33.6
30.3
28.8
31.5
38.3
36.1
30.6
29.1
32.9
35.7
32.7
33.0
34.5
39.8
33.4
34.5
27.9
40.0
28.3
16.4
17.7
40.0
23.2
32.5
34.1
32.0
$9.03
6.34
3.70
6.02
3.27
5.11
7.33
11.67
7.27
6.59
6.92
9.09
15.02
9.06
8.90
8.09
12.30
6.63
8.25
8.24
12.13
7.07
–
31.04
6.16
6.20
7.45
7.58
8.69
12.8
2.6
4.6
7.8
6.7
6.7
2.2
8.0
3.0
2.3
3.6
3.6
21.4
6.4
4.9
6.0
8.9
1.9
12.1
4.2
17.7
8.5
–
8.3
8.2
1.2
6.5
13.9
5.6
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
32.4
31.4
31.0
33.6
30.9
30.0
31.5
38.5
36.2
30.6
29.2
33.5
35.7
32.9
33.8
34.6
39.8
35.1
34.1
28.0
40.0
30.1
–
17.5
40.0
23.1
32.5
34.1
32.8
–
$7.14
4.39
–
4.34
–
7.85
12.52
7.46
7.23
6.27
11.65
–
–
7.14
9.25
–
–
8.87
8.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
–
10.8
18.4
–
21.9
–
11.2
8.4
9.0
11.9
6.1
35.0
–
–
4.6
7.9
–
–
9.3
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.3
23.1
–
23.8
–
31.4
37.6
35.0
30.6
28.6
30.7
–
–
30.3
34.1
–
–
37.9
26.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was June 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
146
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$15.67
15.85
3.6
4.4
35.5
35.6
$15.67
15.81
4.2
5.2
35.5
35.5
$15.70
16.08
1.3
1.1
35.7
35.9
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
18.98
20.20
1.3
2.3
36.0
36.4
18.95
20.15
1.4
2.6
36.0
36.3
19.19
20.50
4.4
4.1
36.2
36.7
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Geologists and geodesists .......................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Designers .................................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
25.41
27.60
31.49
32.36
31.66
28.36
36.31
29.34
29.72
30.83
23.83
28.25
39.70
30.06
23.51
27.28
50.96
24.74
39.99
19.75
18.22
24.15
27.17
24.56
38.63
58.63
30.46
51.05
33.65
33.06
25.10
13.36
27.68
28.87
19.56
18.30
12.10
25.36
22.67
22.70
30.12
31.94
16.70
16.60
18.82
39.83
34.06
6.1
3.1
3.9
9.6
5.6
5.6
6.5
6.0
5.4
5.4
8.4
10.8
15.8
12.4
4.0
5.6
14.7
5.2
4.0
8.6
3.3
2.0
3.3
10.1
3.6
33.4
10.4
15.5
6.2
11.0
10.6
35.3
8.6
6.3
14.8
14.8
5.9
34.3
33.6
35.2
16.4
17.3
12.3
13.5
13.5
20.3
16.9
36.1
36.1
40.8
39.9
40.5
41.1
42.6
40.3
40.6
40.6
40.7
39.8
40.0
38.0
39.7
34.6
37.6
33.7
37.6
34.5
39.1
35.7
35.6
37.8
30.9
30.8
34.4
31.1
38.5
27.5
35.3
36.9
36.0
37.1
37.9
29.4
15.1
33.2
37.1
38.7
38.5
37.6
37.9
38.1
35.6
47.1
49.7
25.24
27.36
32.09
32.50
31.96
–
36.31
31.73
29.94
31.11
23.83
29.72
–
33.40
23.51
25.54
46.09
23.29
39.99
19.75
18.22
24.15
27.04
–
40.04
58.63
–
57.40
33.28
35.57
24.81
10.25
28.37
30.70
17.86
18.47
12.83
29.28
29.44
30.03
30.64
33.62
16.66
16.55
18.82
34.07
34.06
7.5
3.7
4.3
12.4
5.3
–
6.5
5.7
5.1
4.7
8.4
12.8
–
7.2
4.0
2.9
14.0
1.4
4.0
8.6
3.3
2.0
2.8
–
2.5
33.4
–
15.1
4.3
8.4
14.7
25.1
10.4
5.6
17.7
14.8
8.2
29.5
30.0
30.8
20.0
22.6
13.2
14.7
13.5
16.9
16.9
36.3
36.1
41.0
39.8
40.5
–
42.6
40.5
40.6
40.6
40.7
39.7
–
37.3
39.7
35.2
36.8
34.6
37.6
34.5
39.1
35.7
35.4
–
30.0
30.8
–
29.0
38.6
25.2
34.9
36.8
35.7
36.4
38.8
29.8
14.0
32.5
35.6
38.0
38.2
36.6
37.7
37.9
35.6
49.3
49.7
26.24
28.75
28.55
–
29.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.65
–
33.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.83
–
–
–
–
–
25.71
–
26.53
26.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.10
17.10
–
–
–
3.7
5.0
4.1
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.9
–
18.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
9.4
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
8.6
–
–
–
35.2
36.2
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.6
–
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
36.2
–
36.4
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
20.96
19.97
18.87
32.16
26.97
19.01
16.85
20.79
16.20
13.64
15.04
3.1
17.7
5.7
12.7
2.5
12.2
3.5
8.4
2.5
14.8
27.6
31.8
41.0
39.1
39.4
32.4
36.1
37.7
35.0
37.4
30.1
37.4
21.95
20.34
21.30
32.16
26.97
19.13
16.38
20.48
16.24
13.74
15.09
3.6
19.4
3.2
12.7
2.5
15.0
2.3
9.3
3.4
16.5
29.5
31.4
42.0
39.6
39.4
32.4
36.9
39.0
35.3
37.4
35.4
37.3
11.90
–
10.53
–
–
18.36
–
–
16.09
–
–
7.9
–
7.6
–
–
5.1
–
–
5.1
–
–
36.4
–
37.8
–
–
32.4
–
–
37.3
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
147
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$20.69
18.03
20.81
29.52
16.02
19.95
9.3
11.1
9.0
8.1
2.5
7.2
38.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.5
$21.83
17.40
20.81
30.69
–
18.93
8.0
15.6
9.0
5.7
–
10.6
38.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.43
30.80
29.02
29.57
34.07
3.5
3.5
5.9
8.3
7.5
40.6
41.1
41.0
40.7
41.4
28.71
31.34
33.64
28.76
34.07
4.0
3.9
7.9
9.5
7.5
40.7
41.1
42.2
40.9
41.4
$26.77
27.93
24.88
32.25
–
7.3
8.9
14.9
11.3
–
40.3
41.1
40.0
40.0
–
37.80
35.05
28.48
5.0
6.9
16.2
44.6
34.9
39.9
37.98
33.84
33.50
5.2
9.7
5.8
44.6
33.1
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.33
26.28
22.69
33.17
22.67
20.58
31.02
21.99
20.44
22.30
22.66
5.6
20.9
4.2
6.9
4.0
9.7
17.7
14.3
6.1
14.5
3.4
43.8
40.0
41.0
41.7
39.5
40.8
40.1
40.0
40.8
39.9
40.0
17.23
26.28
23.03
33.92
22.70
20.57
31.66
21.99
20.75
22.30
22.66
8.9
20.9
3.9
7.4
4.6
9.8
18.9
14.3
6.5
14.5
3.4
43.3
40.0
41.1
41.5
39.7
40.8
40.1
40.0
40.9
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
23.94
22.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
44.3
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.41
21.30
13.4
8.0
36.0
40.0
25.80
20.74
11.9
10.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.15
17.53
26.26
32.15
12.99
17.82
2.9
8.6
23.3
30.5
15.9
6.3
34.8
42.8
43.7
39.8
39.5
38.4
14.52
17.77
27.19
32.15
13.56
17.71
3.2
9.6
22.6
30.5
27.1
6.4
35.0
43.2
44.0
39.8
39.4
38.3
10.31
15.20
–
–
–
–
5.8
5.7
–
–
–
–
33.1
39.5
–
–
–
–
21.46
21.43
7.83
12.11
13.23
12.04
9.15
9.04
10.75
28.1
18.2
3.6
7.5
5.0
9.0
9.8
3.3
17.2
40.4
48.1
20.7
40.9
40.5
29.5
35.7
31.6
26.0
21.49
21.20
7.82
12.11
13.23
12.35
9.66
9.10
10.88
28.4
20.7
4.1
7.5
5.0
8.4
12.1
3.9
17.7
40.4
48.5
21.6
40.9
40.5
29.5
37.6
31.1
25.7
–
–
–
–
–
6.92
–
8.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.8
–
35.1
–
12.22
15.80
16.56
2.2
9.8
21.7
35.1
39.6
40.0
12.39
15.85
16.56
2.3
10.2
21.7
34.8
39.6
40.0
11.16
–
–
5.3
–
–
37.0
–
–
16.33
18.47
13.47
13.76
11.97
9.00
9.59
10.2
5.4
1.6
4.1
3.6
3.1
6.6
43.2
40.0
36.1
40.0
38.4
32.7
28.8
–
18.47
13.67
–
11.97
9.17
9.60
–
5.4
1.9
–
3.6
3.8
7.2
–
40.0
36.1
–
38.4
33.6
28.0
–
–
11.74
–
–
–
9.52
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
36.1
–
–
–
38.0
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ........................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Receptionists ...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
148
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$10.13
10.87
14.46
12.29
9.51
12.63
12.79
15.45
10.61
13.19
12.20
13.43
14.43
13.09
11.64
12.14
3.6
5.9
1.3
6.4
3.7
9.4
2.7
6.5
5.5
19.9
13.9
14.3
24.8
18.3
6.0
10.6
33.3
36.1
40.0
31.9
34.1
37.1
37.7
24.5
38.7
35.3
37.6
38.7
31.2
40.0
35.3
40.0
$10.13
11.63
14.46
13.97
9.58
12.94
12.71
15.60
–
–
12.62
16.95
14.50
13.28
11.29
12.14
3.6
5.8
1.3
11.1
3.7
3.8
2.1
7.4
–
–
14.0
9.3
25.4
20.3
7.2
10.6
33.3
37.7
40.0
35.7
33.8
37.5
37.5
23.1
–
–
37.3
36.9
31.1
40.0
34.9
40.0
–
–
–
$10.77
–
12.01
13.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
30.6
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.1
–
36.4
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.30
16.94
12.46
15.34
10.39
12.17
8.97
10.50
9.23
11.59
21.4
21.1
4.1
15.7
8.4
6.3
1.8
5.3
7.6
6.6
38.4
39.2
38.3
40.0
32.8
34.7
34.5
38.3
25.8
30.0
11.40
16.94
12.58
15.34
10.38
12.02
9.13
10.87
9.86
11.46
23.0
21.1
4.5
15.7
9.8
7.3
1.4
7.1
6.1
6.8
38.3
39.2
38.2
40.0
32.0
34.2
34.3
38.5
22.2
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
12.99
8.34
–
8.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
.9
–
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
35.8
–
32.0
–
Blue collar ..............................................................................
14.18
2.4
37.5
14.03
2.6
37.4
15.23
8.2
38.3
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Machinists ................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
17.33
28.36
19.52
17.36
18.79
20.25
19.41
17.80
2.4
9.6
5.9
11.3
11.1
2.7
6.5
11.2
39.7
41.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
39.7
38.2
40.0
17.40
28.91
19.71
16.38
19.54
20.07
20.27
17.80
2.8
11.0
7.0
10.2
14.3
3.4
7.6
11.2
39.7
41.2
41.3
40.0
40.0
39.7
37.6
40.0
16.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.71
14.5
40.0
19.35
15.9
40.0
–
–
–
15.72
17.27
17.75
19.55
21.98
26.79
20.82
13.01
19.82
18.29
14.67
15.56
11.64
19.52
21.10
23.98
5.4
1.8
6.0
10.5
9.1
5.7
10.9
11.9
15.1
2.0
4.7
4.2
3.3
5.3
11.2
3.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.3
39.9
34.2
36.4
38.4
41.0
40.0
40.0
16.50
17.11
17.46
17.19
22.34
–
21.26
–
19.75
18.29
16.40
15.56
12.09
19.81
23.79
24.34
4.6
1.6
5.6
3.7
8.9
–
11.0
–
15.7
2.0
8.5
4.2
3.2
5.0
7.5
3.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
–
39.9
–
40.3
39.9
32.5
36.4
37.3
41.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Printing press operators ...........................................
11.39
12.20
16.57
5.3
7.6
6.3
38.3
40.0
39.9
11.29
12.20
16.57
5.5
7.6
6.3
38.2
40.0
39.9
13.50
–
–
16.3
–
–
40.0
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
149
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$10.16
11.99
16.52
11.22
12.52
13.23
7.5
10.5
7.7
5.5
7.9
4.9
39.8
39.7
40.0
39.3
37.1
39.4
$10.16
12.03
15.52
11.22
12.52
13.26
7.8
11.2
3.8
5.6
7.9
4.9
39.8
39.7
40.0
39.3
37.1
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Operating engineers ................................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
14.17
14.22
8.18
12.09
8.73
8.56
12.05
17.37
15.46
8.5
11.0
20.8
2.9
5.2
8.3
12.8
3.1
15.9
34.9
40.0
26.8
28.7
13.5
29.6
40.0
40.1
39.9
13.06
12.51
8.18
12.03
–
8.56
–
16.83
12.35
6.8
5.3
20.8
3.0
–
8.3
–
1.4
10.1
33.9
39.4
26.8
29.7
–
29.6
–
40.2
39.8
$17.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.48
8.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
10.68
9.90
1.9
5.7
35.3
34.1
10.83
10.26
2.8
3.4
35.4
32.6
9.67
9.61
5.5
8.8
34.9
35.5
18.38
14.04
10.08
10.69
10.14
8.96
14.48
10.71
9.93
11.18
9.98
9.6
4.7
1.6
3.6
3.8
8.7
6.2
6.3
6.3
14.1
7.9
40.0
38.6
40.0
38.3
39.9
28.7
39.6
36.7
33.4
37.7
35.0
18.40
14.03
10.08
10.73
10.60
9.06
14.48
10.75
9.69
11.29
9.95
10.3
7.0
1.6
3.7
4.8
10.0
6.2
6.6
6.4
14.0
9.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.2
39.8
28.8
39.6
36.9
32.4
38.3
35.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.2
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
8.99
17.15
25.28
27.05
16.60
15.41
22.85
20.03
14.35
9.58
13.08
6.96
5.08
7.17
4.39
5.54
7.83
11.32
9.40
7.94
6.80
10.32
9.62
10.19
9.38
2.5
5.6
3.4
10.9
14.7
10.5
4.5
2.7
11.8
4.6
13.1
3.4
18.1
10.0
16.8
16.5
3.0
5.0
4.8
3.8
4.2
4.4
3.8
3.6
3.3
31.9
34.7
50.6
41.1
36.7
42.9
39.4
40.2
40.0
31.8
11.7
30.2
29.0
31.7
28.3
29.2
30.8
40.1
33.3
28.4
29.3
33.9
36.7
33.1
36.2
9.01
17.32
25.28
28.50
16.60
15.69
25.04
20.58
–
9.63
–
7.04
5.14
7.21
4.31
5.57
7.89
11.71
9.60
7.76
6.87
10.79
9.59
10.79
9.48
3.0
7.3
3.4
10.6
14.7
13.4
2.6
3.1
–
4.9
–
3.7
21.6
10.0
22.7
17.9
3.6
5.1
4.7
6.5
4.7
2.2
6.2
2.2
3.8
31.7
33.5
50.6
41.4
36.7
42.5
39.2
40.2
–
31.7
–
30.2
28.6
32.5
27.5
28.8
31.0
41.2
33.6
27.1
29.6
34.3
35.2
34.0
36.6
8.89
16.52
–
–
–
–
17.33
–
–
–
–
6.45
4.78
–
4.67
–
7.42
–
7.43
8.55
6.41
9.36
–
9.06
8.98
2.7
9.2
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
3.9
10.1
–
11.8
–
4.5
–
7.5
5.3
2.8
6.6
–
6.1
6.6
32.7
39.6
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
30.2
31.4
–
31.9
–
29.6
–
31.1
34.2
27.4
33.0
–
31.5
34.2
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
See footnotes at end of table.
150
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$14.94
7.51
9.65
9.13
15.37
12.02
6.69
27.27
6.54
9.66
8.42
8.54
7.87
22.9
2.2
3.5
8.2
8.8
15.8
3.4
5.5
16.5
8.9
2.3
6.4
4.4
1 The Mountain census division consists of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
40.0
38.6
35.3
31.5
40.2
31.6
35.1
19.8
38.6
31.4
27.1
28.5
26.9
$14.98
7.61
9.68
9.36
15.62
12.24
6.81
27.27
6.54
10.32
8.54
8.55
7.89
23.1
2.7
3.2
9.1
13.5
15.8
5.5
5.5
16.5
4.7
2.2
6.7
10.6
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.0
39.1
35.7
31.2
40.3
31.2
34.3
19.8
38.6
39.0
27.5
28.9
24.0
–
$7.07
9.56
7.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
–
1.0
12.3
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.3
33.6
32.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
151
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$19.08
19.29
1.8
1.9
35.8
36.2
$19.22
19.43
1.9
2.0
35.9
36.2
$16.10
16.40
1.6
1.4
34.8
34.9
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
23.18
24.38
2.2
2.5
36.2
37.0
23.33
24.54
2.2
2.5
36.2
37.0
19.41
20.65
3.9
3.5
36.0
36.6
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Agricultural and food scientists ................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .......................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Health specialties teachers ......................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Foreign language teachers ......................................
Trade and industrial teachers ..................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
30.07
32.03
36.68
44.47
38.30
29.66
37.81
34.46
35.82
38.28
36.36
36.58
32.98
31.18
31.45
32.59
24.45
36.22
24.33
26.09
31.23
50.85
29.92
42.51
23.79
23.80
28.78
26.94
29.92
20.30
41.97
32.31
40.12
53.88
37.05
55.46
48.25
39.01
31.48
47.10
39.09
35.39
37.61
36.18
47.39
40.72
32.69
15.12
37.28
37.09
32.74
29.56
19.48
30.62
27.23
33.23
30.15
34.87
27.17
4.3
5.8
2.3
7.8
5.2
7.5
3.7
3.7
3.9
1.4
2.6
3.1
12.5
4.9
5.8
7.2
6.1
7.1
5.7
8.8
2.5
15.3
2.0
3.2
7.7
4.5
6.9
3.1
10.2
7.1
1.6
15.3
23.2
10.9
8.3
13.2
9.8
5.3
11.4
10.2
6.1
13.8
3.8
8.8
9.4
5.8
2.8
14.4
3.0
3.5
10.3
15.1
4.7
16.1
6.6
7.5
2.2
3.8
3.5
36.4
36.3
40.2
40.4
40.0
40.3
40.7
41.6
40.8
39.6
41.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.8
40.0
34.2
38.8
33.6
35.0
36.2
34.2
34.3
37.5
39.2
32.1
28.4
41.5
33.2
39.4
26.1
29.6
28.0
27.1
36.5
30.1
27.5
31.1
31.7
19.9
23.8
25.7
33.1
34.4
34.4
36.2
32.4
30.2
12.6
36.1
38.6
38.0
39.8
43.5
37.8
30.26
32.16
36.87
44.47
38.30
30.04
37.81
34.46
35.82
38.36
36.41
36.60
32.98
31.44
31.45
32.59
–
36.54
–
26.09
31.14
45.54
30.22
42.69
23.79
23.80
28.78
26.87
29.92
20.30
42.38
32.31
40.12
53.88
37.05
55.46
48.74
38.97
31.48
47.10
39.11
–
37.76
–
47.39
41.28
33.00
14.99
37.50
37.51
32.75
29.59
19.49
32.78
26.91
33.22
30.16
34.87
27.18
4.4
5.9
2.3
7.8
5.2
7.8
3.7
3.7
3.9
1.4
2.7
3.1
12.5
4.9
5.8
7.2
–
6.5
–
8.8
2.1
14.6
2.0
3.4
7.7
4.5
6.9
3.2
10.2
7.1
1.6
15.3
23.2
10.9
8.3
13.2
9.7
7.3
11.4
10.2
6.1
–
4.0
–
9.4
6.3
3.0
14.3
3.0
3.7
10.5
18.4
4.9
17.0
7.1
7.6
2.2
3.8
3.6
36.5
36.4
40.2
40.4
40.0
40.3
40.7
41.6
40.8
39.6
41.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.9
–
40.0
34.3
38.6
33.7
34.9
36.2
34.2
34.3
37.5
39.2
32.1
28.4
41.5
33.2
39.4
26.1
29.6
30.1
23.8
36.5
30.1
28.2
–
32.6
–
23.8
24.9
33.1
34.8
34.3
36.2
32.4
29.5
13.4
35.8
38.7
38.0
39.8
43.5
37.8
25.74
28.85
26.53
–
–
26.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.51
–
25.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.86
28.14
–
30.23
30.96
–
29.44
–
15.78
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
3.3
1.9
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
1.4
–
3.5
5.0
–
2.9
–
27.2
–
–
–
–
–
34.6
33.6
39.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.9
–
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.4
33.2
–
37.8
36.0
–
33.5
–
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
152
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$30.17
17.22
17.05
17.22
46.42
46.65
41.96
6.2
16.7
17.2
11.7
4.1
4.2
10.8
39.7
39.0
39.3
26.7
39.5
39.6
38.9
$30.17
17.15
16.97
17.46
47.36
47.30
–
6.2
16.8
17.3
11.6
3.9
4.0
–
39.7
39.2
39.3
30.3
39.6
39.6
–
–
$20.22
20.67
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
29.7
37.6
–
–
–
–
27.63
29.59
32.04
5.7
12.8
15.7
33.2
36.2
31.7
27.82
29.86
32.04
5.7
13.2
15.7
33.5
37.2
31.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.85
18.18
16.62
26.67
27.13
12.67
28.99
22.62
22.47
18.53
25.81
18.57
18.76
22.92
24.47
24.36
23.41
18.61
15.07
23.15
98.29
24.69
19.95
20.32
23.35
4.9
28.3
9.2
9.5
19.1
21.9
2.4
2.9
6.8
5.3
5.2
3.6
3.2
3.8
5.5
9.0
2.0
14.1
8.0
10.0
18.4
10.7
9.5
12.2
8.6
39.7
33.8
31.5
39.2
39.9
16.1
35.6
36.8
37.5
37.4
31.1
34.0
36.8
39.3
40.0
38.4
40.2
40.0
34.3
38.4
25.2
37.7
39.2
39.7
39.4
20.85
18.18
16.62
27.20
27.95
12.67
28.99
22.94
22.49
18.59
25.85
18.65
18.76
22.92
24.47
24.93
23.41
18.49
15.74
23.15
98.29
24.71
21.00
21.86
23.49
4.9
28.3
9.2
9.7
22.5
21.9
2.4
3.1
6.9
5.1
5.5
3.7
3.3
3.8
5.5
9.5
2.0
15.2
10.3
10.0
18.4
10.7
11.4
12.6
8.9
39.7
33.8
31.5
39.4
39.9
16.1
35.6
36.7
37.6
37.2
30.9
34.2
36.9
39.3
40.0
38.3
40.2
40.0
33.1
38.4
25.2
37.7
39.0
39.6
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.32
36.97
26.06
34.74
32.50
40.86
37.74
8.3
11.6
33.3
5.4
11.0
4.8
10.0
40.0
40.4
10.5
39.9
40.3
41.0
40.8
32.42
37.14
26.06
35.64
32.34
42.31
37.74
8.4
11.8
33.3
5.8
11.1
4.5
10.0
39.9
40.3
10.5
39.9
40.3
41.2
40.8
29.01
31.57
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
40.2
40.8
–
–
–
–
–
56.53
34.34
38.12
18.1
13.4
4.6
41.1
39.6
40.2
56.53
33.91
38.33
18.1
14.4
4.7
41.1
39.6
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.39
16.20
39.89
35.04
24.88
23.24
26.93
26.94
25.29
7.0
23.1
20.7
7.5
2.9
8.3
9.0
5.1
7.1
41.3
40.0
40.0
40.7
39.3
38.4
39.9
39.8
38.9
19.72
16.20
40.01
35.19
24.89
23.21
27.03
26.94
25.25
6.7
23.1
20.8
7.7
3.0
8.5
9.1
5.1
7.6
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.6
39.3
38.4
39.9
39.8
38.9
–
–
–
29.51
24.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners –Continued
Urban planners ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Judges .....................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Designers .................................................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .......
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ........................
Biological technicians ..............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Purchasing managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
See footnotes at end of table.
153
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$21.60
23.70
28.08
11.7
6.7
7.1
40.0
38.7
40.2
$21.70
24.22
28.08
12.0
6.5
7.1
40.0
38.7
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.56
24.57
9.8
2.2
40.4
39.9
26.66
24.47
10.5
2.1
40.5
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.89
26.45
22.87
44.53
31.87
2.6
18.7
15.2
25.3
20.2
32.8
41.2
38.4
39.6
36.0
17.06
26.67
23.33
44.53
33.62
2.6
19.1
16.3
25.3
18.3
32.8
41.3
38.5
39.6
35.7
$12.01
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
32.9
–
–
–
–
26.07
22.16
9.72
10.77
14.57
15.56
13.62
8.67
10.41
15.36
8.1
6.7
13.8
5.1
32.5
6.6
9.5
8.8
3.5
14.5
39.7
43.5
26.1
30.2
34.4
38.8
31.1
26.7
30.4
33.5
26.16
22.33
9.81
10.77
14.57
15.79
13.66
8.48
10.48
15.52
8.1
7.2
14.1
5.1
32.5
6.6
9.7
8.7
3.9
14.6
39.7
43.7
26.2
30.2
34.4
38.7
31.1
26.5
30.6
33.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.6
–
14.85
19.88
20.67
.8
2.8
4.2
36.2
39.9
36.6
14.94
20.08
20.72
.9
2.8
4.1
36.2
39.9
36.6
12.85
–
–
1.4
–
–
37.7
–
–
23.45
17.51
16.47
19.21
16.11
9.74
15.51
11.04
13.14
14.33
16.44
14.96
11.51
15.29
15.76
17.17
14.68
13.09
12.66
13.32
9.56
11.21
18.71
20.61
12.44
11.90
20.68
14.77
16.61
9.3
6.4
3.4
5.7
6.6
7.5
7.8
3.5
3.3
5.4
2.8
4.2
5.1
5.6
2.3
2.8
5.0
8.2
19.0
9.3
8.4
6.0
4.8
8.8
4.2
7.5
5.7
15.2
7.4
39.9
38.9
37.1
31.6
39.0
36.8
35.8
33.8
37.2
38.1
39.6
31.4
26.1
39.1
38.5
39.6
38.7
30.4
40.0
37.7
39.4
34.3
38.8
39.9
39.0
36.2
39.9
38.4
40.0
23.51
18.76
16.60
19.46
16.26
9.69
15.47
11.06
13.23
14.50
16.49
14.99
11.58
15.38
15.89
17.13
14.60
13.09
12.66
13.32
9.56
11.38
18.71
20.61
12.42
11.92
20.68
15.18
16.61
10.9
5.0
3.8
5.9
7.1
8.4
8.1
3.6
3.4
5.7
2.8
4.1
6.1
5.9
2.2
2.9
5.3
8.2
19.0
9.3
8.4
6.0
4.8
8.8
4.7
7.5
5.7
15.3
7.4
39.9
38.5
37.0
31.2
38.9
37.9
35.6
33.7
37.0
38.1
39.6
31.4
24.9
39.0
38.5
39.5
38.7
30.4
40.0
37.7
39.4
34.7
38.8
39.9
38.9
36.1
39.9
38.3
40.0
–
–
13.84
–
–
10.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.6
–
–
31.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
13.69
10.9
38.0
13.69
10.9
38.0
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances .........
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
154
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
$16.00
17.10
15.87
14.13
13.91
11.40
12.99
13.09
16.10
13.3
2.5
4.0
5.7
3.8
2.0
1.3
2.5
1.8
37.4
39.1
39.3
37.7
37.0
27.2
37.8
25.0
35.9
$16.03
17.11
15.91
14.02
13.93
11.41
13.03
13.38
16.17
13.4
2.5
4.0
5.8
3.9
2.0
1.3
1.9
1.8
37.4
39.1
39.3
37.7
37.0
27.1
37.8
24.5
35.9
–
–
–
–
$13.09
–
–
–
12.58
–
–
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
35.6
–
–
–
34.8
Blue collar ..............................................................................
15.60
2.1
38.0
15.66
2.2
38.0
14.52
7.6
37.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Farm equipment mechanics ....................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ......................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .......
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Drillers, oil well .........................................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Layout workers ........................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
20.30
25.05
18.64
17.07
24.47
29.57
24.15
14.14
20.37
18.80
3.5
6.2
10.2
9.4
5.5
4.8
5.8
6.5
3.4
11.3
39.3
40.4
39.9
35.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.0
20.32
25.41
18.82
17.14
24.47
29.57
24.15
14.14
20.44
18.85
3.6
7.1
10.6
9.7
5.5
4.8
5.8
6.5
3.8
12.1
39.3
40.3
39.9
35.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
38.9
19.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.68
14.31
22.71
6.4
22.7
9.7
39.4
39.7
37.9
18.68
14.31
22.71
6.4
22.7
10.3
39.4
39.7
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.75
21.76
18.54
17.20
30.44
9.5
6.5
3.9
4.1
6.7
39.1
40.0
39.5
39.8
40.0
17.73
21.76
19.03
17.18
30.44
9.5
6.6
3.3
4.1
6.7
39.1
40.0
39.4
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
17.83
–
–
–
–
10.8
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
27.05
30.47
28.30
22.16
25.85
16.44
30.38
13.42
23.90
16.20
21.64
23.86
24.37
23.00
21.30
17.37
18.19
13.02
18.26
13.03
11.26
18.43
23.32
24.96
25.37
11.3
5.6
13.4
2.1
6.3
10.5
4.0
12.5
5.2
5.1
4.6
17.5
6.9
7.9
2.0
16.3
36.0
5.9
7.6
10.8
7.7
7.5
3.5
6.4
1.2
40.0
40.0
39.9
37.9
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
33.8
39.4
39.1
32.5
33.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
26.57
30.47
28.80
22.00
26.71
16.24
30.28
13.39
24.12
16.57
21.64
23.89
24.37
23.00
21.30
17.37
18.19
13.02
18.29
12.69
11.26
18.43
23.56
24.96
25.37
11.4
5.6
14.4
1.7
5.6
10.7
4.2
12.4
5.3
6.9
4.6
17.8
6.9
7.9
2.0
16.3
36.0
5.9
7.6
10.8
7.7
7.5
4.6
6.4
1.2
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.4
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.2
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
33.8
39.4
39.1
32.0
33.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
11.92
16.42
2.8
15.3
38.5
40.0
11.93
16.42
3.0
15.3
38.5
40.0
11.66
–
4.0
–
39.6
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
155
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$12.53
12.1
40.0
$12.53
12.1
40.0
–
–
–
10.55
20.77
10.75
12.50
12.06
13.68
19.58
9.18
11.38
15.56
12.12
6.8
6.6
10.5
5.0
8.3
7.8
19.3
4.4
6.5
6.2
11.1
40.0
40.0
38.2
39.6
40.0
39.5
39.3
38.8
36.2
40.0
40.0
10.55
20.77
10.75
12.50
–
13.67
19.58
9.06
11.38
–
12.03
6.8
6.6
10.5
5.0
–
7.8
19.3
3.9
6.5
–
12.8
40.0
40.0
38.2
39.6
–
39.5
39.3
39.3
36.2
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.72
17.88
13.09
13.24
10.52
12.69
17.74
9.87
11.98
11.23
11.19
12.40
10.31
7.3
21.2
10.9
17.3
14.9
4.7
4.5
5.5
6.9
18.4
5.2
12.2
9.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.9
40.0
38.4
39.8
39.2
40.0
40.0
19.72
17.88
12.76
13.24
10.52
12.92
17.74
9.87
11.98
11.23
11.19
12.40
–
7.3
21.2
12.0
17.3
14.9
5.0
4.5
5.5
6.9
18.4
5.3
12.2
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.9
40.0
38.4
39.8
39.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Parking lot attendants ..............................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Locomotive operating ..............................................
Sailors and deckhands ............................................
Operating engineers ................................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
15.06
25.40
15.33
10.43
15.22
7.42
9.48
34.39
18.69
24.06
26.02
23.53
20.28
13.22
2.3
4.0
4.2
13.6
3.0
3.4
5.9
14.5
5.5
8.6
7.0
19.1
10.3
6.1
37.9
41.8
39.7
37.6
31.8
35.0
32.2
40.0
25.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
15.17
25.44
15.27
10.43
15.30
7.42
9.64
34.39
–
24.96
26.02
23.53
22.02
13.79
2.2
4.1
4.5
13.6
3.2
3.4
5.8
14.5
–
9.2
7.0
19.1
12.6
6.5
38.1
41.8
39.8
37.6
32.2
35.0
36.6
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.2
$13.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.70
15.3
37.8
20.37
12.1
37.4
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Nursery workers .......................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Animal caretakers, except farm ...............................
Inspectors, agricultural products ..............................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
11.59
9.12
15.81
13.60
9.37
9.06
2.3
19.9
11.2
7.9
16.3
15.1
35.5
34.7
40.0
39.3
28.6
39.8
11.61
9.12
15.81
13.46
9.37
9.03
2.3
19.9
11.2
8.5
16.3
16.0
35.5
34.7
40.0
39.2
28.6
40.0
11.18
–
–
14.49
–
–
4.4
–
–
17.3
–
–
36.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
17.40
11.96
12.48
18.39
9.66
10.74
9.89
13.8
13.9
10.6
7.0
3.6
5.3
12.3
40.4
36.2
38.3
38.7
39.0
30.4
38.7
17.43
11.98
12.43
18.61
9.66
10.80
9.90
14.1
14.5
10.5
6.9
3.6
5.4
13.0
40.4
36.1
38.3
39.0
39.0
30.7
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
9.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.7
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Metal plating machine operators ..............................
Sawing machine operators ......................................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Crushing and grinding machine operators ...............
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2002–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
6
error
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
$12.86
8.99
9.21
9.02
10.73
3.6
5.6
7.6
4.4
3.2
34.6
33.1
38.3
38.6
36.0
$12.75
8.97
9.24
9.02
10.83
3.5
5.7
7.8
4.4
3.2
34.4
33.0
38.3
38.6
35.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Dental assistants .....................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Guides .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
11.84
20.52
30.90
37.28
25.53
21.10
28.25
23.35
22.10
10.83
16.88
8.66
7.28
8.60
7.10
7.09
9.09
13.90
9.46
8.36
7.77
12.50
18.49
13.91
10.60
10.63
12.00
8.72
11.10
12.97
16.14
20.21
8.83
–
30.35
8.06
10.58
10.04
11.36
12.21
1.9
2.7
9.7
2.1
16.6
13.0
2.2
2.3
6.2
8.2
14.1
2.9
2.2
8.0
1.9
1.2
3.8
6.1
3.7
2.5
2.6
5.9
6.2
2.3
3.8
3.3
10.5
2.1
4.3
5.1
8.6
20.0
7.9
–
5.7
5.7
4.9
5.3
20.1
5.3
31.9
37.9
50.7
40.0
40.0
34.4
39.3
39.5
40.0
36.0
34.1
28.7
27.1
26.0
27.4
26.8
29.2
40.9
35.2
30.7
24.5
34.3
32.3
35.5
34.0
36.9
40.4
34.3
37.7
26.8
39.9
28.9
24.6
–
20.8
36.7
28.3
23.9
20.4
30.7
11.89
20.63
31.64
37.28
25.53
21.51
28.58
23.61
22.31
10.83
16.90
8.69
7.22
8.53
7.03
7.08
9.12
13.91
9.43
8.31
7.76
12.60
18.49
13.93
10.64
10.76
13.23
8.83
11.19
12.32
16.30
14.56
8.69
12.56
30.35
7.92
10.58
10.03
11.46
11.88
2.0
2.7
9.1
2.1
16.6
13.3
2.3
2.3
6.3
8.4
14.3
3.1
2.4
8.4
1.9
1.2
3.9
6.1
4.0
2.7
2.6
6.1
6.2
2.4
4.0
3.7
8.2
2.2
4.6
3.6
5.9
13.9
8.5
14.2
5.7
5.9
4.9
5.5
20.8
5.3
32.1
37.8
51.0
40.0
40.0
34.0
39.3
39.4
40.0
35.9
34.1
28.8
27.4
27.3
27.4
27.4
29.2
40.9
35.2
30.7
24.5
34.5
32.3
35.8
34.2
37.6
40.6
36.4
38.0
26.7
39.8
28.4
25.1
24.1
20.8
36.4
28.3
23.7
20.5
31.0
$11.08
17.29
–
–
–
–
21.75
–
–
–
–
8.19
7.94
–
7.69
–
8.36
–
10.05
–
8.28
10.88
–
13.36
10.21
8.71
9.99
7.69
8.68
19.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.84
9.1
11.3
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
3.6
8.7
–
6.6
–
4.9
–
7.2
–
11.8
9.2
–
3.2
8.2
9.4
25.2
2.9
5.6
20.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.6
29.2
40.6
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
27.1
24.5
–
27.7
–
29.1
–
36.4
–
27.1
31.1
–
28.8
31.7
28.7
40.0
21.6
31.3
28.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.2
Blue collar –Continued
1 The Pacific census division consists of Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and
Hawaii.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
3 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2001 and January
2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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Appendix A. Technical Note
T
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the Survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
The 2002 National Compensation Survey (NCS) included
22,445 establishments representing nearly 84 million workers within scope of the survey. Beginning with the 1999
NCS, private sector establishments with one or more workers are included in the survey. State and local governments
with 50 or more workers also are included. The number of
workers represented by the survey is shown in table A, and
the number of establishments in table B.
The survey covered goods-producing industries (mining, construction, and manufacturing); service-producing
industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas,
and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and
State and local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the
scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit
providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an
establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity.
The geographic scope of the NCS includes all 50 States
and the District of Columbia.
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. The reference month for
the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The reference
month for the private sector varied by area. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated. Approximately one-fifth
of the sample is reselected each year.
Sample design
The sample was selected using a three-stage design. The
first stage consisted of the selection of areas for study. The
NCS sample consists of 154 metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan statistical areas (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, 1994) and the remaining portions of
the 50 States. (See appendix E.) The NCS surveys two
types of metropolitan areas: Metropolitan Statistical Areas
(MSAs) and Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas
(CMSAs). MSAs are areas with a central city of 50,000 or
more inhabitants and a total area population of at least
100,000. An MSA usually consists of one or more counties
with close economic and social ties as defined by commuting patterns and population density. CMSAs are large, integrated areas of 1 million or more people consisting of two
or more contiguous Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas
(large areas that consist of 250,000 to 999,999 people).
Nonmetropolitan areas are areas that are not a part of an
MSA or CMSA. These areas are individual counties or
parishes.
In the second stage, the sample of establishments was
drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership
and industry. 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 third stage of sample selection, detailed below, was
a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
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accountant to wood lathe operator. For cases in which a
job’s duties overlapped two or more census classification
codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to
classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the
fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
Data Collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Collection was the responsibility of
field economists, working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Regional Offices, who visited each establishment surveyed. Collection was conducted between December 2001 and January 2003. The average payroll reference month was July 2002. For each establishment in the
survey, the data reflect the establishment’s practices on the
day of collection.
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time,
union vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
A complete list of all occupations, classified by the
MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix B.
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.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. Prior to 2002, the number of jobs selected
ranged from 8 to 20. Beginning in 2002, the number of
jobs selected followed this schedule:
Number of employees
1-49
50–249
250 and over
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support, including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using an “occupational leveling” process. Occupational leveling ranks
and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S.
Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for evaluation of
General Schedule Federal employees. The tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental. The 10
factors are:
Number of selected jobs
4*
6
8
* In establishments with 4 or fewer employees, the number of jobs
selected equaled establishment employment.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
NCS occupational classification system is based on the
1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into
any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from
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Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
•
•
•
•
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
•
•
•
•
Each factor contains a number of levels, and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
the written description that best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties were excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. The appendix also includes an example of a job with its associated leveling factors, and a
guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their firms.
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new occupational leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared with the 10
occupational leveling factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis showed that several of the occupational
leveling factors, most notably knowledge and supervision
received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is,
as the levels within a given factor increased, the wages also
increased. For additional information on occupational leveling, see Brooks Pierce, “Using the National Compensation Survey to Predict Wage Rates,” Compensation and
Working Conditions, Winter 1999, pp. 8–16.
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of
hours actually worked was collected. In this summary bulletin, only hourly earnings are presented. Information on
average weekly earnings and hours and average annual
earnings and hours for full-time workers is available at the
BLS Internet site (http:// www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm).
Earnings distribution tables also are not included in this
bulletin but are available at the BLS Internet site (http://
www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm). These supplemental tables
provide hourly earnings at the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and
90th percentile positions for selected occupations. At the
50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the
same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile,
one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the
same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic. Earnings data are made
available for all workers, private industry, and State and local government. Further detail for full- and part-time
workers also is provided.
The percentiles are computed using earnings reported
for individual workers in sampled establishment jobs. Establishments in the survey may report only individualworker 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.
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:
•
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas bonuses and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
On-call pay
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips,
bonuses given by manufacturers to department
store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
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
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
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.
•
•
•
•
•
•
Definition of terms
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
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note on occupational leveling through point factor analysis
for more details on the leveling process.)
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combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonreponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s
scheduled hours of work.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers in appendix table A
represent the total in all establishments within the scope of
the study, and not the number actually surveyed. Because
occupational structures differ among establishments, estimates of the number of workers obtained from the sample
of establishments serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.)
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through
collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective
bargaining agreement
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 one 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. RSEs are presented for most
of the tables in this bulletin.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
table 1-1 shows mean hourly earnings of $17.18 for all
workers, with a relative standard error of 0.8 percent for
this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for the estimate is $16.90 to $17.46 ($17.18 X 1.645 X
0.008 = $0.2828, round to $0.28; ($17.18 - $.28 = $16.90;
$17.18 + $0.28 = $17.46). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from
each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
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. If data
were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
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TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 United States,
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2002
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All, excluding sales ...............................................................
83,886,200
75,683,500
70,298,300
62,140,700
13,587,900
13,542,800
White collar .........................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
43,504,400
35,301,700
34,318,800
26,161,200
9,185,600
9,140,600
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
15,030,300
11,838,000
3,192,400
6,345,200
8,202,700
13,926,100
9,590,500
6,823,200
2,767,200
5,197,400
8,157,700
11,373,300
5,439,900
5,014,700
425,100
1,147,800
45,000
2,552,900
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
23,519,700
7,676,200
6,083,800
4,015,800
5,743,900
22,138,300
7,140,800
6,057,800
3,500,700
5,439,000
1,381,400
535,400
25,900
515,200
305,000
Service .................................................................................
16,862,100
13,841,200
3,020,900
1 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
with other statistical series to measure employment trends or
levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the
survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Data were collected
between December 2001 and January 2003. The average
reference period was July 2002.
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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, United States, National
Compensation Survey,1 July 2002
Number of establishments studied
Industry division
Total
All ......................................................................................................................
Private Industry ............................................................................................
Goods-producing industries .......................................................................
Mining ....................................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................................
Manufacturing ........................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Service-producing industries .....................................................................
Transportation and utilities .....................................................................
Wholesale trade .....................................................................................
Retail trade ............................................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................
Services .................................................................................................
State and local government ........................................................................
22,445
19,797
5,347
201
876
4,270
2,618
1,652
14,450
1,470
916
3,328
1,610
7,126
2,648
1 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2001
and January 2003. The average reference period was July 2002.
2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and
1 to 99
workers2
100 to
499
workers
500 to
999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 to
4,999
workers
5,000 or
more
workers
8,697
8,430
1,903
116
639
1,148
673
475
6,527
509
548
2,014
820
2,636
267
7,609
6,691
2,078
62
206
1,810
1,036
774
4,613
467
279
1,095
332
2,440
918
2,190
1,703
584
14
22
548
341
207
1,119
166
42
111
133
667
487
2,189
1,741
447
7
7
433
300
133
1,294
190
32
86
159
827
448
1,009
755
206
2
2
202
161
41
549
65
10
18
87
369
254
751
477
129
–
–
129
107
22
348
73
5
4
79
187
274
local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups
may include data for categories not shown separately.
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Appendix B. Occupational Classifications
NOTE: The four-digit code before each occupation title is used to classify it into one of three major groups. White-collar
workers include those classified in Major groups A through D. Blue-collar workers include those classified in Major
groups E through H. Service workers are classified in Major group K.
NATURAL SCIENTISTS
Major group A:
A069
A073
A074
A075
A076
A077
A078
A079
A083
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS
ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND SURVEYORS
A043
A044
A045
A046
A047
A048
A049
A053
A054
A055
A056
A057
A058
A059
A063
Architects
Aerospace Engineers
Metallurgical and Materials Engineers
Mining Engineers
Petroleum Engineers
Chemical Engineers
Nuclear Engineers
Civil Engineers
Agricultural Engineers
Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Industrial Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Engineers, n.e.c.1
Surveyors and Mapping Scientists
HEALTH RELATED OCCUPATIONS
A084
A085
A086
A087
A088
A089
A095
A096
A097
A098
A099
A103
A104
A105
A106
MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
A064 Computer Systems Analysts and Scientists
A065 Operations and Systems Researchers and
Analysts
A066 Actuaries
A067 Statisticians
A068 Mathematical Scientists, n.e.c.
1
Physicists and Astronomers
Chemists, Except Biochemists
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Geologists and Geodesists
Physical Scientists, n.e.c.
Agricultural and Food Scientists
Biological and Life Scientists
Forestry and Conservation Scientists
Medical Scientists
Physicians
Dentists
Veterinarians
Optometrists
Podiatrists
Health Diagnosing Practitioners, n.e.c.
Registered Nurses
Pharmacists
Dietitians
Respiratory Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Physical Therapists
Speech Therapists
Therapists, n.e.c.
Physicians’ Assistants
TEACHERS, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
A113 Earth, Environmental and Marine Science
Teachers
n.e.c. means ”not elsewhere classified.”
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A114 Biological Science Teachers
A115 Chemistry Teachers
A116 Physics Teachers
A117 Natural Science Teachers, n.e.c.
A118 Psychology Teachers
A119 Economics Teachers
A123 History Teachers
A124 Political Science Teachers
A125 Sociology Teachers
A126 Social Science Teachers, n.e.c.
A127 Engineering Teachers
A128 Mathematical Science Teachers
A129 Computer Science Teachers
A133 Medical Science Teachers
A134 Health Specialties Teachers
A135 Business, Commerce and Marketing Teachers
A136 Agriculture and Forestry Teachers
A137 Art, Drama, and Music Teachers
A138 Physical Education Teachers
A139 Education Teachers
A143 English Teachers
A144 Foreign Language Teachers
A145 Law Teachers
A146 Social Work Teachers
A147 Theology Teachers
A148 Trade and Industrial Teachers
A149 Home Economics Teachers
A153, A154 Other Post-Secondary Teachers
TEACHERS, EXCEPT COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY
A155
A156
A157
A158
A159
A160
A163
Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Teachers
Elementary School Teachers
Secondary School Teachers
Teachers, Special Education
Teachers, n.e.c.
Substitute Teachers
Vocational and Educational Counselors
A174
A175
A176
A177
Social Workers
Recreation Workers
Clergy
Religious Workers, n.e.c.
LAWYERS AND JUDGES
A178 Lawyers
A179 Judges
WRITERS, AUTHORS, ENTERTAINERS,
ATHLETES AND PROFESSIONALS, N.E.C.
A183
A184
A185
A186
A187
A188
A189
A193
A194
A195
A197
A198
A199
A999
Authors
Technical Writers
Designers
Musicians and Composers
Actors and Directors
Painters, Sculptors, Craft-Artists, and Artist
Print-Makers
Photographers
Dancers
Artists, Performers, and Related Workers,
n.e.c.
Editors and Reporters
Public Relations Specialists
Announcers
Athletes
Professional Occupations, n.e.c.
TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS
A203 Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
A204 Dental Hygienists
A205 Health Record Technologists and Technicians
A206 Radiologic Technicians
A207 Licensed Practical Nurses
A208 Health Technologists and Technicians, n.e.c.
LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS AND CURATORS
A164 Librarians
A165 Archivists and Curators
ENGINEERING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGISTS
AND TECHNICIANS
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND URBAN PLANNERS
A166
A167
A168
A169
A173
SOCIAL, RECREATION, AND RELIGIOUS
WORKERS
A213
A214
A215
A216
A217
A218
Economists
Psychologists
Sociologists
Social Scientists, n.e.c.
Urban Planners
165
Electrical and Electronic Technicians
Industrial Engineering Technicians
Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Engineering Technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters
Surveying and Mapping Technicians
B028 Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products
B029 Buyers, Wholesale and Retail Trade, Except
Farm Products
B033 Purchasing Agents and Buyers, n.e.c.
B034 Business and Promotion Agents
B035 Construction Inspectors
B036 Inspectors and Compliance Officers, Except
Construction
B037 Management Related Occupations, n.e.c.
SCIENCE TECHNICIANS
A223 Biological Technicians
A224 Chemical Technicians
A225 Science Technicians, n.e.c.
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICIANS
A226
A227
A228
A229
A233
A234
A235
Airplane Pilots and Navigators
Air Traffic Controllers
Broadcast Equipment Operators
Computer Programmers
Tool Programmers, Numerical Control
Legal Assistants
Technical and Related Occupations, n.e.c.
Major group C:
SALES OCCUPATIONS
C243 Supervisors: Sales Occupations
FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES, SALES
REPRESENTATIVES
Major group B:
EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND
MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS
EXECUTIVES, ADMINISTRATORS, AND
MANAGERS
B003 Legislators
B004 Chief Executives and General Administrators,
Public Administration
B005 Administrators and Officials, Public Administration
B007 Financial Managers
B008 Personnel and Labor Relations Managers
B009 Purchasing Managers
B013 Managers: Marketing, Advertising and Public
Relations
B014 Administrators, Education and Related Fields
B015 Managers, Medicine and Health
B016 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
B017 Managers, Food Serving and Lodging Establishments
B018 Managers, Properties and Real Estate
B019 Funeral Directors
B021 Managers, Service Organizations, n.e.c.
B022 Managers and Administrators, n.e.c.
C253 Insurance Sales Occupations
C254 Real Estate Sales Occupations
C255 Securities and Financial Services Sales Occupations
C256 Advertising and Related Sales Occupations
C257 Sales Occupations, Other Business Services
SALES REPRESENTATIVES, COMMODITIES
EXCEPT RETAIL
C258 Sales Engineers
C259 Sales Representatives: Mining, Manufacturing,
and Wholesale
RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICES SALES
WORKERS
C263
C264
C265
C266
C267
C268
MANAGEMENT RELATED OCCUPATIONS
B023
B024
B025
B026
B027
C269
C274
C275
C276
C277
C278
Accountants and Auditors
Underwriters
Other Financial Officers
Management Analysts
Personnel, Training, and Labor Relations
Specialists
166
Sales Workers, Motor Vehicles and Boats
Sales Workers, Apparel
Sales Workers, Shoes
Sales Workers, Furniture and Home Furnishings
Sales Workers, Radio, TV, Hi-Fi, and Appliances
Sales Workers, Hardware and Building Supplies
Sales Workers, Parts
Sales Workers, Other Commodities
Sales Counter Clerks
Cashiers
Street and Door-To-Door Sales Workers
News Vendors
SALES RELATED OCCUPATIONS
C283 Demonstrators, Promoters, and Models, Sales
C284 Auctioneers
C285 Sales Support Occupations, n.e.c.
D338
D339
D343
D344
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Billing Clerks
Cost and Rate Clerks
Billing, Posting, and Calculating Machine Operators
DUPLICATING, MAIL, AND OTHER OFFICE
MACHINE OPERATORS
Major group D:
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS,
INCLUDING CLERICAL
SUPERVISORS, CLERICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
D345 Duplicating Machine Operators
D346 Mail Preparing and Paper Handling Machine
Operators
D347 Office Machine Operators, n.e.c.
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
D303
D304
D305
D306
D307
Supervisors: General Office
Supervisors: Computer Equipment Operators
Supervisors: Financial Records Processing
Chief Communications Operators
Supervisors: Distribution, Scheduling, and
Adjusting Clerks
D348 Telephone Operators
D353 Communications Equipment Operators, n.e.c.
MAIL AND MESSAGE DISTRIBUTING
OCCUPATIONS
COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
D356 Mail Clerks, Except Postal Service
D357 Messengers
D308 Computer Operators
D309 Peripheral Equipment Operators
SECRETARIES, STENOGRAPHERS, AND TYPISTS
D313 Secretaries
D314 Stenographers
D315 Typists
INFORMATION CLERKS
D316
D317
D318
D319
D323
Interviewers
Hotel Clerks
Transportation Ticket and Reservation Agents
Receptionists
Information Clerks, n.e.c.
MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND
DISTRIBUTING CLERKS
D359
D363
D364
D365
D366
D368
D373
D374
Dispatchers
Production Coordinators
Traffic, Shipping, and Receiving Clerks
Stock and Inventory Clerks
Meter Readers
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers
Expeditors
Material Recording, Scheduling, and Distributing Clerks, n.e.c.
ADJUSTERS AND INVESTIGATORS
D375 Insurance Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
D376 Investigators and Adjusters, Except Insurance
D377 Eligibility Clerks, Social Welfare
D378 Bill and Account Collectors
RECORDS PROCESSING CLERKS, EXCEPT
FINANCIAL
D325
D326
D327
D328
Classified-Ad Clerks
Correspondence Clerks
Order Clerks
Personnel Clerks, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
D329 Library Clerks
D335 File Clerks
D336 Records Clerks, n.e.c.
MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
OCCUPATIONS
FINANCIAL RECORDS PROCESSING CLERKS
D337 Bookkeepers, Accounting and Auditing Clerks
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D379
D383
D384
D385
D386
D387
D389
General Office Clerks
Bank Tellers
Proofreaders
Data Entry Keyers
Statistical Clerks
Teachers’ Aides
Administrative Support Occupations, n.e.c.
Major group E:
PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, AND REPAIR
OCCUPATIONS
MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS
E503
E505
E506
E507
E508
E509
E514
E515
E516
E517
E518
E519
E523
E525
E526
E527
E529
E534
E535
E536
E538
E539
E543
E544
E547
Supervisors: Mechanics and Repairers
Automobile Mechanics
Automobile Mechanic Apprentices
Bus, Truck, and Stationary Engine Mechanics
Aircraft Engine Mechanics
Small Engine Repairers
Automobile Body and Related Repairers
Aircraft Mechanics, Except Engine
Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Farm Equipment Mechanics
Industrial Machinery Repairers
Machinery Maintenance Occupations
Electronic Repairers, Communications and Industrial Equipment
Data Processing Equipment Repairers
Household Appliance and Power Tool Repairers
Telephone Line Installers and Repairers
Telephone Installers and Repairers
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
Mechanics
Camera, Watch, and Musical Instrument Repairers
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
Office Machine Repairers
Mechanical Controls and Valve Repairers
Elevator Installers and Repairers
Millwrights
Mechanics and Repairers, n.e.c.
SUPERVISORS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES
E553 Supervisors: Brickmasons, Stonemasons, and
Tilesetters
E554 Supervisors: Carpenters and Related Workers
E555 Supervisors: Electricians and Power Transmission Installers
E556 Supervisors: Painters, Paperhangers, and Plasterers
E557 Supervisors: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and
Steamfitters
E558 Supervisors: Construction Trades, n.e.c.
E569
E573
E575
E576
E577
E579
E583
E584
E585
E587
E588
E589
E593
E594
E595
E596
E597
E598
E599
Carpenter Apprentices
Drywall Installers
Electricians
Electrician Apprentices
Electrical Power Installers and Repairers
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Paperhangers
Plasterers
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Plumber, Pipefitter, and Steamfitter Apprentices
Concrete and Terrazzo Finishers
Glaziers
Insulation Workers
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment
Operators
Roofers
Sheetmetal Duct Installers
Structural Metal Workers
Drillers, Earth
Construction Trades, n.e.c.
EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS
E613
E614
E615
E616
E617
Supervisors: Extractive Occupations
Drillers, Oil Well
Explosives Workers
Mining Machine Operators
Mining Occupations, n.e.c.
PRECISION PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS
E628 Supervisors: Production Occupations
PRECISION METAL WORKING OCCUPATIONS
E634
E635
E636
E637
E639
E643
E644
E645
E646
E647
E649
E653
E654
Tool and Die Makers
Tool and Die Maker Apprentices
Precision Assemblers, Metal
Machinists
Machinist Apprentices
Boilermakers
Precision Grinders, Filers, and Tool Sharpeners
Patternmakers and Modelmakers, Metal
Layout Workers
Precious Stones and Metals Workers
Engravers, Metal
Sheet Metal Workers
Sheet Metal Worker Apprentices
CONSTRUCTION TRADES OCCUPATIONS
PRECISION WOODWORKING OCCUPATIONS
E563
E564
E565
E566
E567
Brickmasons and Stonemasons
Brickmason and Stonemason Apprentices
Tile Setters, Hard and Soft
Carpet Installers
Carpenters
E656 Patternmakers and Modelmakers, Wood
E657 Cabinet Makers and Bench Carpenters
E658 Furniture and Wood Finishers
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F708 Drilling and Boring Machine Operators
F709 Grinding, Abrading, Buffing, and Polishing
Machine Operators
F713 Forging Machine Operators
F714 Numerical Control Machine Operators
F717 Fabricating Machine Operators, n.e.c.
F719 Molding and Casting Machine Operators
F723 Metal Plating Machine Operators
F724 Heat Treating Equipment Operators
PRECISION TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND
FURNISHINGS MACHINE WORKERS
E666
E667
E668
E669
Dressmakers
Tailors
Upholsterers
Shoe Repairers
PRECISION WORKERS, ASSORTED MATERIALS
WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS
E675
E676
E677
E678
Hand Molders and Shapers, Except Jewelers
Patternmakers, Layout Workers, and Cutters
Optical Goods Workers
Dental Laboratory and Medical Appliance
Technicians
E679 Bookbinders
E683 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
E684 Miscellaneous Precision Workers, n.e.c.
F726 Wood Lathe, Routing, and Planing Machine
Operators
F727 Sawing Machine Operators
F728 Shaping and Joining Machine Operators
F729 Nailing and Tacking Machine Operators
PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS
PRECISION FOOD PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS
E685
E686
E687
E688
Precision Food Production Occupations, n.e.c.
Butchers and Meat Cutters
Bakers
Food Batchmakers
TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND FURNISHINGS
MACHINE OPERATORS
F738 Winding and Twisting Machine Operators
F739 Knitting, Looping, Taping, and Weaving Machine Operators
F743 Textile Cutting Machine Operators
F744 Textile Sewing Machine Operators
F745 Shoe Machine Operators
F747 Pressing Machine Operators
F748 Laundering and Dry Cleaning Machine Operators
PRECISION INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND
RELATED WORKERS
E689 Inspectors, Testers, and Graders
E690 Precision Inspectors, Testers, and Related
Workers, n.e.c.
E693 Adjusters and Calibrators
PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS
E694
E695
E696
E699
F734 Printing Press Operators
F735 Photoengravers and Lithographers
F736 Typesetters and Compositors
Water and Sewage Treatment Plant Operators
Power Plant Operators
Stationary Engineers
Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators,
n.e.c.
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSORTED MATERIALS
F753
F754
F755
F756
F757
Major group F:
F758
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND
INSPECTORS
F759
F763
F764
METALWORKING AND PLASTIC WORKING
MACHINE OPERATORS
F703
F704
F705
F706
F707
Lathe and Turning-Machine Set-Up Operators
Lathe and Turning-Machine Operators
Milling and Planing Machine Operators
Punching and Stamping Press Operators
Rolling Machine Operators
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F765
F766
F768
F769
F773
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators
Extruding and Forming Machine Operators
Mixing and Blending Machine Operators
Separating, Filtering, and Clarifying Machine
Operators
Compressing and Compacting Machine Operators
Painting and Paint Spraying Machine Operators
Roasting and Baking Machine Operators, Food
Washing, Cleaning, and Pickling Machine Operators
Folding Machine Operators
Furnace, Kiln, and Oven Operators, Except
Food
Crushing and Grinding Machine Operators
Slicing and Cutting Machine Operators
Motion Picture Projectionists
MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
F774 Photographic Process Machine Operators
F777 Miscellaneous Machine Operators, n.e.c.
FABRICATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND HAND
WORKING OCCUPATIONS
F783
F784
F785
F786
F787
Welders and Cutters
Solderers and Braziers
Assemblers
Hand Cutting and Trimming Occupations
Hand Molding, Casting, and Forming Occupations
F789 Hand Painting, Coating, and Decorating Occupations
F793 Hand Engraving and Printing Occupations
F795 Miscellaneous Hand Working Occupations,
n.e.c.
F796 Production Inspectors, Checkers, and Examiners
F797 Production Testers
F798 Production Samplers and Weighers
F799 Graders and Sorters, Except Agricultural
F800 Hand Inspectors, n.e.c.
Major group G:
TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING
OCCUPATIONS
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS
Supervisors: Motor Vehicle Operators
Truck Drivers
Driver-Sales Workers
Bus Drivers
Taxicab Drivers and Chauffeurs
Parking Lot Attendants
Motor Transportation Occupations, n.e.c.
FARM, FISHING AND FORESTRY OCCUPATIONS NONFARM SECTOR
H483
H484
H485
H486
H487
H489
H494
H495
H496
H497
H498
Marine Life Cultivation Workers
Nursery Workers
Supervisors, Agriculture-Related Workers
Groundskeepers and Gardeners, Except Farm
Animal Caretakers, Except Farm
Inspectors, Agricultural Products
Supervisors, Forestry and Logging Workers
Forestry Workers, Except Logging
Timber Cutting and Logging Occupations
Captains and Other Officers, Fishing Vessels
Fishers, Hunters, and Trappers
HELPERS, HANDLERS, AND LABORERS
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS
G823
G824
G825
G826
Major group H:
HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT CLEANERS, HELPERS,
AND LABORERS
PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, TESTERS,
SAMPLERS, AND WEIGHERS
G803
G804
G806
G808
G809
G813
G814
G843 Supervisors: Material Moving Equipment Operators
G844 Operating Engineers
G845 Longshore Equipment Operators
G848 Hoist and Winch Operators
G849 Crane and Tower Operators
G853 Excavating and Loading Machine Operators
G855 Grader, Dozer, and Scraper Operators
G856 Industrial Truck and Tractor Equipment Operators
G859 Miscellaneous Material Moving Equipment
Operators, n.e.c.
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
Locomotive Operating Occupations
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators
Rail Vehicle Operators, n.e.c.
WATER TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS
G828 Ship Captains and Mates, Except Fishing
Boats
G829 Sailors and Deckhands
G833 Marine Engineers
G834 Bridge, Lock, and Lighthouse Tenders
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H864 Supervisors: Handlers, Equipment Cleaners,
and Laborers, n.e.c.
H865 Helpers, Mechanics and Repairers
H866 Helpers, Construction Trades
H867 Helpers, Surveyor
H868 Helpers, Extractive Occupations
H869 Construction Laborers
H874 Production Helpers
H875 Garbage Collectors
H876 Stevedores
H877 Stock Handlers and Baggers
H878 Machine Feeders and Offbearers
H883 Freight, Stock, and Material Handlers, n.e.c.
H885 Garage and Service Station Related Occupations
H887 Vehicle Washers and Equipment Cleaners
H888 Hand Packers and Packagers
H889 Laborers, Except Construction, n.e.c.
K438 Food Counter, Fountain, and Related Occupations
K439 Kitchen Workers, Food Preparation
K444 Food Preparation Occupations, n.e.c.
Major group K:
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, EXCEPT PRIVATE
HOUSEHOLD
HEALTH SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
PROTECTIVE SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
K413 Supervisors: Firefighting and Fire Prevention
Occupations
K414 Supervisors: Police and Detectives
K415 Supervisors: Guards
K416 Fire Inspection and Fire Prevention Occupations
K417 Firefighting Occupations
K418 Police and Detectives, Public Service
K423 Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and Other Law Enforcement
Officers
K424 Correctional Institution Officers
K425 Crossing Guards
K426 Guards and Police, Except Public Service
K427 Protective Service Occupations, n.e.c.
FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
K445 Dental Assistants
K446 Health Aides, Except Nursing
K447 Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
CLEANING AND BUILDING SERVICE
OCCUPATIONS
K448 Supervisors: Cleaning and Building Service
Workers
K449 Maids and Housemen
K453 Janitors and Cleaners
K454 Elevator Operators
K455 Pest Control Occupations
PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
K456
K457
K458
K459
WAITERS, WAITRESSES, AND BARTENDERS
K434 Bartenders
K435 Waiters and Waitresses
K443 Waiters’/Waitresses’ Assistants
K461
K462
K463
K464
K465
K467
K468
K469
OTHER FOOD SERVICE
K433 Supervisors: Food Preparation and Service
Occupations
K436 Cooks
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Supervisors: Personal Service Occupations
Barbers
Hairdressers and Cosmetologists
Attendants, Amusement and Recreation Facilities
Guides
Ushers
Public Transportation Attendants
Baggage Porters and Bellhops
Welfare Service Aides
Early Childhood Teacher’s Assistants
Child Care Workers, n.e.c.
Service Occupations, n.e.c
Appendix C. Occupational Leveling Criteria
B
elow are the 10 criteria for the occupational leveling
of occupations. The description of each level within a
factor is included. An example of using these criteria for
leveling a job follows in appendix D.
4. Knowledge of an extensive body of rules, procedures,
operations, products or services requiring extended training
and experience to perform a wide variety of interrelated or
nonstandard procedural assignments and resolve a wide
range of problems;
OR
Practical knowledge of standard procedures in a technical
field, requiring extended training or experience, to perform
such work as: adapting equipment when this requires considering the functioning characteristics of equipment; interpreting results of tests based on previous experience and
observations (rather than directly reading instruments or
other measures); or extracting information from various
sources when this requires considering the applicability of
information and the characteristics and quality of the
sources;
OR
Comprehensive knowledge of a blue-collar skill, usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
KNOWLEDGE measures the nature and extent of information or facts which the workers must understand to do
acceptable work (e.g., steps, procedures, practices, rules,
policies, theories, principles, and concepts) and the nature
and extent of the skills needed to apply those knowledges.
To be used as a basis for selecting a level under this factor,
a knowledge must be required and applied.
1. Knowledge of simple, routine, or repetitive tasks or operations that typically includes following step-by-step instructions and requires little or no previous training or experience;
OR
Skill to operate simple equipment or equipment that operates repetitively, requiring little or no previous training or
experience;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
5. Knowledge (such as would be acquired through a pertinent baccalaureate educational program or its equivalent in
experience, training, or independent study) of basic principles, concepts, and methodology of a professional or administrative occupation, and skill in applying this knowledge in carrying out elementary assignments, operations, or
procedures;
OR
In addition to the practical knowledge of standard procedures in Level 4, practical knowledge of technical methods
to perform assignments such as carrying out limited projects that involve use of specialized, complicated
techniques;
OR
Advanced knowledge of a blue-collar skill to solve unusually complex problems;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
2. Knowledge of basic or commonly-used rules, procedures, or operations that typically requires some previous
training or experience;
OR
Basic skill to operate equipment requiring some previous
training or experience, such as keyboard equipment;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
3. Knowledge of a body of standardized rules, procedures,
operations, goods, services, tools, or equipment requiring
considerable training and experience to perform the full
range of standard clerical assignments and resolve recurring problems;
OR
Skill, acquired through considerable training and experience, to operate and adjust varied equipment for purposes
such as performing numerous standardized tests or operations;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
6. Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methodology
of a professional or administrative occupation as described
at Level 5 that has been either: (a) supplemented by skill
gained through job experience to permit independent performance of recurring assignments or (b) supplemented
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detailed review of the finished assignment; spot-check of
finished work for accuracy; or review only for adherence to
policy.
by expanded professional or administrative knowledge
gained through relevant graduate study or experience, that
has provided skill in carrying out assignments, operations,
and procedures in the occupation that are significantly
more difficult and complex than those covered by Level 5;
OR
Practical knowledge of a wide range of technical methods,
principles, and practices similar to a narrow area of a professional field, and skill in applying this knowledge to such
assignments as the design and planning of difficult, but
well-precedented projects;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
1. For both one-of-a-kind and repetitive tasks the supervisor makes specific assignments that are accompanied by
clear, detailed, and specific instructions.
The employee works as instructed and consults with the
supervisor as needed on all matters not specifically covered
in the original instructions or guidelines.
For all positions, the work is closely controlled. For
some positions, the control is through the structured nature
of the work itself; for others, it may be controlled by the
circumstances in which it is performed. In some situations,
the supervisor maintains control through review of the
work, which may include checking progress or reviewing
completed work for accuracy, adequacy, and adherence to
instructions and established procedures.
7. Knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and
practices in a professional or administrative occupation,
such as would be gained through extended graduate study
or experience, and skill in applying this knowledge to difficult and complex work assignments;
OR
A comprehensive, intensive, practical knowledge of a technical field and skill in applying this knowledge to the development of new methods, approaches, or procedures;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
2. The supervisor provides continuing or individual assignments by indicating generally what is to be done, limitations, quality and quantity expected, deadlines, and priority of assignments. The supervisor provides additional,
specific instructions for new, difficult, or unusual assignments including suggested work methods or advice on
source material available.
The employee uses initiative in carrying out recurring
assignments independently without specific instruction, but
refers deviations, problems, and unfamiliar situations not
covered by instructions to the supervisor for decision or
help.
The supervisor assures that finished work and methods
used are technically accurate and in compliance with instructions or established procedures. Review of the work
increases with more difficult assignments if the employee
has not previously performed similar assignments.
8. Mastery of a professional or administrative field to:
Apply experimental theories and new developments to
problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods;
OR
Make decisions or recommendations significantly changing, interpreting, or developing important policies or
programs;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
3. The supervisor makes assignments by defining objectives, priorities, and deadlines; and assists employee with
unusual situations that do not have clear precedents.
The employee plans and carries out the successive steps
and handles problems and deviations in the work assignment in accordance with instructions, policies, previous
training, or accepted practices in the occupation.
Completed work is usually evaluated for technical
soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and
requirements. The methods used in arriving at the end results are not usually reviewed in detail.
9. Mastery of a professional field to generate and develop
new hypotheses and theories;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED covers the nature and extent
of direct or indirect controls exercised by the supervisor,
the employee’s responsibility and the review of completed
work. Controls are exercised by the supervisor in the way
assignments are made, instructions are given to the employee, priorities and deadlines are set, and objectives and
boundaries are defined. Responsibility of the employee
depends upon the extent to which the employee is expected
to develop the sequence and timing of various aspects of
the work, to modify or recommend modification of instructions, and to participate in establishing priorities and defining objectives. The degree of review of completed work
depends upon the nature and extent of the review, e.g.,
close and detailed review of each phase of the assignment;
4. The supervisor sets the overall objectives and resources
available. The employee and supervisor, in consultation,
develop the deadlines, projects, and work to be done.
At this level, the employee, having developed expertise
in the line of work, is responsible for planning and carrying
out the assignment; resolving most of the conflicts that
arise; coordinating the work with others as necessary; and
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interpreting policy on own initiative in terms of established
objectives. In some assignments, the employee also determines the approach to be taken and the methodology to be
used. The employee keeps the supervisor informed of progress, potentially controversial matters, or far-reaching
implications.
Completed work is reviewed only from an overall
standpoint in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other
work, or effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected
results.
1. Specific, detailed guidelines covering all important aspects of the assignment are provided to the employee. The
employee works in strict adherence to the guidelines; deviations must be authorized by the supervisor.
2. Procedures for doing the work have been established and
a number of specific guidelines are available.
The number and similarity of guidelines and work situations requires the employee to use judgment in locating and
selecting the most appropriate guidelines, references, and
procedures for application, and in making minor deviations
to adapt the guidelines in specific cases. At this level, the
employee may also determine which of several established
alternatives to use. Situations to which the existing guidelines cannot be applied or significant proposed deviations
from the guidelines are referred to the supervisor.
5. The supervisor provides administrative direction with assignments in terms of broadly defined missions or
functions.
The employee has responsibility for planning, designing, and carrying out programs, projects, studies, or other
work independently.
Results of the work are considered as technically authoritative and are normally accepted without significant
change. If the work should be reviewed, the review concerns such matters as fulfillment of program objectives, effect of advice and influence on the overall program, or the
contribution to the advancement of technology. Recommendations for new projects and alteration of objectives
are usually evaluated for such considerations as availability
of funds and other resources, broad program goals, or priorities.
3. Guidelines are available, but are not completely applicable to the work or have gaps in specificity.
The employee uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as policies, regulations, precedents, and
work directions for application to specific cases or problems. The employee analyzes results and recommends
changes.
4. Administrative policies and precedents are applicable
but are stated in general terms. Guidelines for performing
the work are scarce or of limited use.
The employee uses initiative and resourcefulness in deviating from traditional methods or researching trends and
patterns to develop new methods, criteria, or proposed new
policies.
GUIDELINES covers the nature of guidelines and the
judgment needed to apply them. Guides used include, for
example: desk manuals, established procedures and policies, traditional practices, and reference materials such as
dictionaries, style manuals, engineering handbooks, and the
pharmacopoeia.
Individual jobs in different occupations vary in the
specificity, applicability and availability of the guidelines
for performance of assignments. Consequently, the constraints and judgmental demands placed upon employees
also vary. For example, the existence of specific instructions, procedures, and policies may limit the opportunity of
the employee to make or recommend decisions or actions.
However, in the absence of procedures or under broadly
stated objectives, employees in some occupations may use
considerable judgment in researching literature and developing new methods.
Guidelines should not be confused with the knowledge’s described under Factor 1, Knowledge. Guidelines
either provide reference data or impose certain constraints
on the use of knowledge’s. For example, in the field of
medical technology, for a particular diagnosis there may be
three or four standardized tests set forth in a technical manual. A medical technologist is expected to know these diagnostic tests. However, in a given laboratory the policy
may be to use only one of the tests; or the policy may state
specifically under what conditions one or the other of these
tests may be used.
5. Guidelines are broadly stated and nonspecific, e.g.,
broad policy statements and basic legislation that require
extensive interpretation.
The employee must use judgment and ingenuity in interpreting the intent of the guides that do exist and in developing applications to specific areas of work. Frequently, the employee is recognized as a technical authority
in the development and interpretation of guidelines.
COMPLEXITY covers the nature, number, variety, and
intricacy of tasks, steps, processes, or methods in the work
performed; the difficulty in identifying what needs to be
done; and the difficulty and originality involved in performing the work.
1. The work consists of tasks that are clear-cut and directly
related. There is little or no choice to be made in deciding
what needs to be done. Actions to be taken or responses to
be made are readily discernible. The work is quickly
mastered.
2. The work consists of duties that involve related steps,
processes, or methods.
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The decision regarding what needs to be done involves
various choices requiring the employee to recognize the existence of and differences among a few easily recognizable
situations.
Actions to be taken or responses to be made differ in
such things as the source of information, the kind of transactions or entries, or other differences of a factual nature.
SCOPE AND EFFECT covers the relationship between
the nature of the work, i.e., the purpose, breadth, and depth
of the assignment, and the effect of work products or services both within and outside the organization.
Effect measures such things as whether the work output
facilitates the work of others, provides timely services of a
personal nature, or impacts on the adequacy of research
conclusions. The concept of effect alone does not provide
sufficient information to properly understand and evaluate
the impact of the position. The scope of the work completes the picture, allowing consistent evaluations. Only
the effect of properly performed work is to be considered.
3. The work includes various duties involving different and
unrelated processes and methods.
The decision regarding what needs to be done depends
upon the analysis of the subject, phase, or issues involved
in each assignment, and the chosen course of action may
have to be selected from many alternatives.
The work involves conditions and elements that must be
identified and analyzed to discern interrelationships.
1. The work involves the performance of specific, routine
operations that include a few separate tasks or procedures.
The work product or service is required to facilitate the
work of others; however, it has little impact beyond the
immediate organizational unit or beyond the timely provision of limited services to others.
4. The work typically includes varied duties requiring many
different and unrelated processes and methods such as
those relating to well-established aspects of an administrative or professional field.
Decisions regarding what needs to be done include the
assessment of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, and incomplete or conflicting data.
The work requires making many decisions concerning
such things as the interpreting of considerable data, planning of the work, or refining the methods and techniques to
be used.
2. The work involves the execution of specific rules, regulations, or procedures and typically comprises a complete
segment of an assignment or project of broader scope.
The work product or service affects the accuracy, reliability, or acceptability of further processes or services.
3. The work involves treating a variety of conventional
problems, questions, or situations in conformance with established criteria.
The work product or service affects the design or operation of systems, programs, or equipment; the adequacy of
such activities as field investigations, testing operations, or
research conclusions; or the social, physical, and economic
well-being of persons.
5. The work includes varied duties requiring many different
and unrelated processes and methods applied to a broad
range of activities or substantial depth of analysis, typically
for an administrative or professional field.
Decisions regarding what needs to be done include major
areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology, or interpretation and evaluation processes resulting from such elements as continuing changes in program, technological developments, unknown phenomena, or conflicting
requirements.
The work requires originating new techniques, establishing criteria, or developing new information.
4. The work involves establishing criteria; formulating projects; assessing program effectiveness; or investigating or
analyzing variety of unusual conditions, problems, or
questions.
The work product or service affects a wide range of establishment activities, major activities of industrial concerns, or the operation of other organizations.
6. The work consists of broad functions and processes of an
administrative or professional field. Assignments are characterized by breadth and intensity of effort and involve
several phases being pursued concurrently or sequentially
with the support of others within or outside of the
organization.
Decisions regarding what needs to be done include
largely undefined issues and elements, requiring extensive
probing and analysis to determine the nature and scope of
the problems.
The work requires continuing efforts to establish concepts, theories, or programs, or to resolve unyielding
problems.
5. The work involves isolating and defining unknown conditions, resolving critical problems, or developing new
theories.
The work product or service affects the work of other
experts, the development of major aspects of administrative
or scientific programs or missions, or the well-being of
substantial numbers of people.
6. The work involves planning, developing, and carrying
out vital administrative or scientific programs.
The programs are essential to the missions of the overall
organization or affect large numbers of people on a longterm or continuing basis.
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4. The personal contacts are with high-ranking officials
from outside the employing establishment at national or international levels in highly unstructured settings (e.g., contacts are characterized by problems such as: the officials
may be relatively inaccessible; arrangements may have to
be made for accompanying staff members; appointments
may have to be made well in advance; each party may be
very unclear as to the role and authority of the other; and
each contact may be conducted under different ground
rules). Typical of contacts at this level are those with
presidents of large national or international firms, nationally recognized representatives of the news media, presidents of national unions, members of Congress, leading
representatives of foreign governments, State governors, or
mayors of large cities.
PERSONAL CONTACTS includes face-to-face contacts
and telephone and radio dialogue with persons not in the
supervisory chain. (NOTE: Personal contacts with supervisors are covered under Factor 2, Supervision Received.)
Levels described under this factor are based on what is required to make the initial contact, the difficulty of communicating with those contacted, and the setting in which the
contact takes place (e.g., the degree to which the employee
and those contacted recognize their relative roles and
authorities).
Above the lowest level, points should be credited under
this factor only for contacts that are essential for successful
performance of the work, and that have a demonstrable impact on the difficulty and responsibility of the work
performed.
The relationship of Factors 6 (Personal Contacts) and 7
(Purpose of Contacts) presumes that the same contacts will
be evaluated for both factors. Therefore, use the personal
contacts that serve as the basis for the level selected for
Factor 7 as the basis for selecting a level for Factor 6.
PURPOSE OF CONTACTS ranges from factual exchanges of information to situations involving significant or
controversial issues and differing viewpoints, goals, or objectives. The personal contacts that serve as the basis for
the level selected for this factor must be the same as the
contacts that are the basis for the level selected for Factor 6.
1. The personal contacts are with employees within the
immediate organization, office, project, or work unit, and
in related or support units;
AND/OR
The contacts are with members of the general public in
very highly structured situations (e.g., the purpose of the
contact and the question of with whom to deal are relatively
clear). Typical of contacts at this level are purchases of
admission tickets at a ticket window.
1. The purpose is to obtain, clarify, or give facts or information regardless of the nature of those facts, i.e., the facts
or information may range from easily understood to highly
technical.
2. The purpose is to plan, coordinate, or advise on work efforts or to resolve operating problems by influencing or
motivating individuals or groups who are working toward
mutual goals and who have basically cooperative attitudes.
2. The personal contacts are with employees in the same
overall organization, but outside the immediate organization. People contacted generally are engaged in different
functions, missions, and kinds of work, e.g., representatives
from various levels within the overall organizations such as
headquarters, district offices, or local offices, plants, stores,
or other operating units in the immediate installation.
AND/OR
The contacts are with members of the general public, as individuals or groups, in a moderately structured setting (e.g.,
the contacts are generally established on a routine basis,
usually at the employee’s work place; the exact purpose of
the contact may be unclear at first to one or more of the
parties; and one or more of the parties may be uninformed
concerning the role and authority of other participants).
3. The purpose is to influence, motivate, convince, or question persons or groups. Those contacted may be hesitant or
skeptical, so the employee must be skillful in approaching
the individual or group in order to obtain the desired response.
OR
The purpose is to interrogate or control persons or groups
who may be fearful, uncooperative, or dangerous. Therefore, the employee must be skillful in approaching the individual or group in order to obtain the desired effect, such
as, gaining compliance with established policies and regulations by persuasion or negotiation, or gaining information
by establishing rapport with a suspicious informant.
3. The personal contacts are with individuals or groups
from outside the employing establishment in a moderately
unstructured setting (e.g., the contacts are not established
on a routine basis; the purpose and extent of each contact is
different and the role and authority of each party is identified and developed during the course of the contact). Typical of contacts at this level are those with persons in their
capacities as attorneys; contractors; or representatives of
professional organizations, the news media, or public action groups.
4. The purpose is to justify, defend, negotiate, or settle matters involving significant or controversial issues. Work at
this level usually involves active participation in conferences, meetings, hearings, or presentations involving problems or issues of considerable consequence or importance.
The persons contacted typically have diverse viewpoints,
goals, or objectives requiring the employee to achieve a
common understanding of the problem and a satisfactory
solution by convincing them, arriving at a compromise, or
developing suitable alternatives.
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ing parts, carts, or machines; with contagious diseases or irritant chemicals; etc. Employees may be required to use
protective clothing or gear such as masks, gowns, coats,
boots, goggles, gloves, or shields.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS covers the requirements and
physical demands placed on the employee by the work assignment. This includes physical characteristics and abilities (e.g., specific agility and dexterity requirements) and
the physical exertion involved in the work (e.g., climbing,
lifting, pushing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching,
crawling, or reaching). To some extent the frequency or intensity of physical exertion must also be considered, e.g., a
job requiring prolonged standing involves more physical
exertion than a job requiring intermittent standing.
3. The work environment involves high risks with exposure
to potentially dangerous situations or unusual environmental stress that require a range of safety and other precautions, e.g., working at great heights under extreme outdoor weather conditions, subject to possible physical attack
or mob conditions, or similar situations where conditions
cannot be controlled.
1. The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit
comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some
walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as
papers, books, or small parts; driving an automobile, etc.
No special physical demands are required to perform the
work.
SUPERVISORY DUTIES describes the level of supervisory responsibility for a position.
1. No supervisory responsibility.
2. A nonsupervisory position. Incumbent sets the pace of
work for the group and shows other workers in the group
how to perform assigned tasks. Commonly performs the
same work as the group, in addition to lead duties. Can
also be called group leader, team leader, or lead worker.
2. The work requires some physical exertion such as long
periods of standing; walking over rough, uneven, or rocky
surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities; recurring lifting of moderately heavy items such as personal computers and record
boxes. The work may require specific, but common, physical characteristics and abilities such as above-average agility and dexterity.
3. Directs staff through face to face meetings. Organizational structure is not complex and internal and administrative procedures are simple. Performing the same work as
subordinates is not the principal duty. Typically, this is the
first supervisory level.
3. The work requires considerable and strenuous physical
exertion such as frequent climbing of tall ladders, lifting
heavy objects over 50 pounds, crouching or crawling in restricted areas, and defending oneself or others against
physical attack.
4. Directs staff through intermediate supervisors. Internal
procedures and administrative controls are formal. Organizational structure is complex and is divided into subordinate groups that may differ from each other as to subject
matter and function
WORK ENVIRONMENT considers the risks and discomforts in the employee’s physical surroundings or the nature of the work assignment and the safety regulations required. Although the use of safety precautions can
practically eliminate a certain danger or discomfort, such
situations typically place additional demands upon the employee in carrying out safety regulations and techniques.
5. Directs staff through two or more subordinate supervisory levels with several subdivisions at each level. Programs are usually inter-locked on a direct and continuing
basis with other organizational segments, requiring constant attention to extensive formal coordination, clearances,
and procedural controls.
1. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of
such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe
work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips
and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals,
etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
6. Executives and technical authorities. Executives plan,
organize, direct, and control the major functions of an industrial, commercial, nonprofit, or governmental establishment through subordinates who are at the managerial or
supervisory level. Technical authorities perform work
above level 15,and are recognized by the specialized international community as outstanding individual researchers
and/or consultants in their respective broad discipline, e.g.,
sciences, engineering, or medicine.
2. The work involves moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions, e.g., working around mov-
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Scope and effect
In terms of process, the dentist’s work follows the hygienist’s. In terms of effect, the hygienist doing a thorough
cleaning in preparation for the dentist’s work allows the
dentist to do a complete exam and properly treat the
patient.
o compare data on their firm’s jobs with statistics contained in this bulletin, data users need to be able to determine their jobs’ work levels. Using the example of a
dental hygienist, this appendix will go through the procedure for determining the work level of a particular job.
To determine the work level of a job, it must be evaluated using the occupational leveling factors. With the information available, such as a written position description
and other knowledge of the job, each factor must be reviewed. Comparing that information to the descriptions of
each level within a factor as shown in Appendix C, the
level best matching the job should be chosen and recorded.
(Note that the number of levels varies by factor.)
Level 2.
Personal contacts
Patients come to the clinic or occasionally the hygienist
will travel to perform work or give a talk at a school.
Level 2.
Occupational leveling: an example
Purpose of contacts
Most of hygienist’s interaction is with patients; no planning
or coordination work is involved.
Knowledge
Hygienist must have a dental hygienist license, which requires 2 years of schooling and passage of a technical
exam. This is a mid-level hygienist job, which means a
worker must have at least 3 years of experience. The procedures are essentially the same every day, such as cleaning
teeth, checking gums, and taking x-rays.
Level 1.
Level 4.
Level 1.
Supervision received
Most of the tasks are performed without supervision. For
more complicated procedures, such as tooth filling, the
dental hygienist assists the dentist.
Work environment
Hygienist must take precautions not to be exposed to xrays, punctures, etc.
Physical demands
The work is sedentary.
Level 2.
Level 2.
Supervisory duties
A dental hygienist at this level does not supervise anyone.
Guidelines
A hygienist knows which procedure to use for different
dental problems. Unusual situations are handled after
checking with the supervisor.
Level 1.
Assigning points
Once the correct level has been identified within each factor, the points associated with each level are recorded.
Summing the points for all factors gives the total points for
the job. Using the factors above and the table at the end of
this section showing the points associated with each level
within a factor, a sample worksheet was filled out for the
dental hygienist position.
Level 2.
Complexity
Each procedure performed leads to the next, for example,
examining gums, scraping plaque, then cleaning teeth.
Level 2.
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Occupational leveling worksheet
Point ranges by work level
Company job title: Dental Hygienist
Factor
Range of Occupational Level Points
Level
Points
Knowledge
4
550
Supervision
Received
2
125
Guidelines
2
125
Complexity
2
75
Scope and effect
2
75
Personal contacts
2
25
Purpose of contacts
1
20
Physical demands
1
5
Work environment
2
20