National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
United States, July 2004
Supplementary Tables
______________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
August 2005
Table of Contents
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Supplementary tables:
Table 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 …………………………………………………….
1
Table 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ….………………………………………….
10
Table 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ….………………………………………….
19
Table 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ……………………..………………………….….
24
Table 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ….………………………………………….
33
Table 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ….………………………………………….
42
Table 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 …....……………………………………………….
46
Table 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 …..………………………………………….
52
Table 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,
part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ….………………………………………….
57
Table 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings and hours, full-time workers,
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ….....………
60
Table 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings and hours, full-time workers,
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ….…………
73
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$18.09
18.38
0.9
1.1
$7.40
7.50
$10.00
10.05
$14.48
14.90
$22.44
22.91
$32.45
32.73
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
22.34
23.87
.6
.7
8.89
10.25
12.00
13.46
18.08
19.82
28.13
29.65
40.28
41.81
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 .......................................
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 ...........................................
29.40
31.65
34.86
32.54
41.15
30.13
43.26
37.97
37.13
31.60
37.32
31.53
31.70
36.59
32.36
35.07
35.12
35.35
33.09
25.31
29.16
38.63
30.64
33.16
30.99
29.40
27.95
20.89
25.14
30.62
57.90
42.91
57.44
34.70
26.87
41.27
21.12
21.57
26.06
28.97
27.91
20.75
33.78
41.43
52.84
41.32
37.52
53.77
38.47
37.15
63.98
38.31
34.91
44.52
42.13
56.55
39.64
41.82
1.3
1.1
1.4
4.2
7.8
4.3
8.3
4.6
5.1
3.7
2.7
2.1
2.5
3.0
9.5
2.2
2.2
4.4
10.1
11.1
4.8
10.3
6.0
6.9
7.9
6.6
14.5
10.1
4.1
3.0
11.4
14.2
14.4
9.3
1.2
2.0
3.8
2.9
4.1
1.8
6.1
13.7
5.3
2.7
12.4
10.4
9.3
11.8
10.8
8.9
18.7
10.8
8.2
15.0
5.3
10.8
11.7
14.7
14.20
16.59
22.84
20.00
23.43
25.00
32.34
28.23
25.39
20.76
25.00
23.08
23.10
22.84
24.04
21.24
21.25
21.40
22.94
16.45
16.88
19.04
19.45
21.25
20.31
15.82
15.70
13.82
14.84
18.25
15.03
26.72
37.50
22.22
18.90
34.98
15.88
16.23
17.00
22.93
15.20
12.51
27.21
22.61
32.11
23.33
26.11
37.53
21.12
25.10
39.39
25.75
24.58
27.61
27.89
31.72
24.86
23.43
19.38
22.13
27.50
24.21
31.21
25.87
32.34
29.81
33.06
24.00
29.42
26.30
26.75
28.75
27.58
26.44
26.44
26.95
25.49
16.45
20.67
25.74
22.66
23.50
23.64
20.51
18.31
16.51
18.17
21.67
21.83
38.47
42.60
31.25
21.74
39.55
17.32
18.43
22.54
25.86
21.64
14.21
31.42
28.93
40.96
31.23
26.83
41.52
30.32
26.16
45.69
27.63
28.69
29.36
34.31
38.65
30.21
35.15
26.37
28.90
33.37
31.80
42.15
28.44
39.62
37.42
37.74
29.81
35.93
30.77
30.42
35.62
31.07
33.99
33.97
35.58
29.71
27.75
26.44
41.70
28.58
31.93
29.09
30.94
23.46
19.44
23.17
26.37
61.93
40.87
61.67
31.25
25.64
42.39
20.58
21.09
26.00
28.61
26.37
17.31
33.12
37.66
49.23
37.10
32.98
46.68
39.41
33.92
66.45
32.35
30.55
37.04
40.39
49.10
41.11
40.00
35.58
38.21
40.86
38.44
50.54
32.90
51.11
44.33
41.32
37.02
43.29
35.17
36.65
43.54
39.60
42.03
42.03
42.31
41.28
31.40
34.69
45.10
34.16
41.03
37.02
34.63
33.52
25.82
27.47
33.37
86.53
55.00
75.00
45.58
30.57
44.57
23.54
25.13
29.65
31.23
32.26
21.75
37.73
49.07
62.96
41.99
43.76
67.92
43.64
47.09
85.45
45.90
38.01
57.90
48.73
74.44
47.39
52.95
46.63
48.88
49.04
45.67
57.74
39.45
62.79
49.02
46.09
45.72
51.00
42.04
42.26
51.75
39.60
50.54
50.80
48.72
51.92
33.12
45.19
64.91
45.67
48.08
44.48
39.43
46.88
31.65
43.36
44.89
108.92
55.00
80.00
45.58
36.79
47.15
29.66
26.64
34.18
35.01
39.28
35.30
46.15
65.00
78.78
56.62
53.33
77.40
59.94
59.09
102.05
56.96
52.55
73.30
55.81
87.66
53.66
57.48
See footnotes at end of table.
1
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$53.00
40.42
42.57
39.86
34.19
32.70
38.21
44.13
33.14
57.05
30.77
41.66
30.41
40.25
30.91
19.45
32.46
32.53
33.62
31.27
13.54
28.52
27.89
28.25
25.50
29.25
33.02
28.49
25.00
26.33
18.38
18.51
16.47
17.58
18.58
48.89
48.60
56.14
9.6
6.3
12.7
27.8
7.6
8.4
8.4
11.6
18.9
11.4
19.3
7.8
10.0
3.0
1.3
7.9
1.2
1.7
3.4
2.3
3.9
4.7
4.5
4.6
11.1
5.8
8.0
7.9
13.4
4.9
2.4
2.6
7.1
11.8
13.8
4.7
4.8
12.8
$23.10
24.30
22.93
17.36
21.88
14.06
19.92
25.00
17.60
26.76
18.45
25.98
17.76
21.32
17.14
8.37
20.94
21.54
21.36
15.41
8.13
13.62
16.30
16.72
14.50
16.16
19.52
15.06
13.00
18.42
11.73
11.96
8.85
10.27
10.97
25.00
24.46
32.09
$31.44
26.15
30.91
20.09
26.04
22.78
29.45
31.91
17.60
30.82
22.95
31.25
20.00
28.01
23.18
10.80
24.67
25.07
24.84
22.43
10.00
18.42
19.90
20.04
16.93
19.46
22.74
18.30
18.30
21.12
13.91
14.00
12.00
12.17
16.35
32.31
32.31
46.06
$46.70
35.41
36.77
28.73
32.19
35.15
37.68
39.44
26.79
60.65
27.81
37.79
29.48
37.05
29.33
14.20
30.32
30.35
31.22
30.09
11.25
27.57
26.32
26.49
25.85
26.96
29.51
25.95
24.03
26.07
16.95
16.99
16.00
15.86
16.83
43.27
42.25
53.04
$68.39
44.23
51.64
55.24
38.75
42.81
43.50
62.22
41.16
72.61
32.67
48.99
39.03
48.71
37.54
26.73
38.47
38.05
40.26
38.10
16.95
35.13
33.14
33.63
32.03
33.65
37.50
34.24
31.25
30.54
21.64
21.76
21.15
19.29
20.17
64.42
64.36
76.73
$94.53
66.64
68.35
78.41
53.33
46.90
53.33
62.34
59.53
96.12
58.44
53.05
46.73
63.12
47.29
35.55
48.04
46.88
50.31
48.70
23.50
44.95
43.47
45.48
33.90
46.88
49.58
49.61
35.90
32.69
26.82
27.10
23.65
28.77
21.40
78.13
76.26
82.12
24.70
32.11
21.41
33.89
27.96
21.57
16.46
14.31
26.52
27.86
36.79
23.34
32.62
21.53
17.90
30.86
16.77
23.45
16.87
4.2
11.0
7.3
12.8
14.8
11.2
13.0
8.0
13.3
5.3
31.3
13.9
6.2
2.5
2.5
3.7
7.1
2.8
1.1
10.00
13.13
9.75
20.67
8.50
9.98
8.13
8.65
11.70
16.55
7.78
8.50
17.75
12.00
10.84
21.00
10.44
15.00
12.66
14.42
19.60
13.73
25.15
15.58
14.50
11.00
11.25
16.00
20.62
10.00
11.38
21.87
14.50
13.46
26.25
12.78
18.92
14.45
21.10
33.53
19.38
31.59
25.63
19.95
14.42
13.75
21.53
24.52
12.00
18.00
29.18
18.38
16.64
32.00
15.00
23.18
16.52
30.45
45.56
27.00
34.10
37.27
24.92
20.14
16.88
31.74
30.77
37.86
30.19
43.48
24.00
21.42
37.00
20.29
27.22
18.96
43.75
49.52
36.06
52.92
49.52
32.04
30.46
21.31
45.55
43.65
117.79
50.48
51.44
30.67
26.11
40.00
25.44
31.52
21.50
Mean
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 ...............................................................
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 ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.29
22.97
23.02
23.23
23.65
21.38
16.07
17.56
21.02
20.35
113.82
15.94
28.98
20.50
20.40
19.85
2.1
14.2
5.0
3.9
4.1
3.8
7.0
4.1
6.0
10.3
7.1
9.1
6.6
6.6
4.3
6.9
$10.25
12.16
18.88
15.86
14.09
12.50
10.25
11.33
13.94
14.00
29.60
8.00
17.19
17.00
12.90
10.00
$12.35
13.85
20.47
18.27
17.89
16.00
12.50
14.00
16.50
15.50
62.50
10.30
20.84
17.56
15.23
12.53
$15.13
20.31
21.15
23.08
22.00
20.23
15.00
17.16
20.23
19.00
115.29
14.83
26.67
18.00
20.19
19.08
$18.63
25.96
26.73
26.45
28.51
26.12
18.50
21.13
24.33
23.04
157.71
20.97
33.84
21.85
23.48
24.68
$23.37
31.20
29.53
31.97
35.13
30.00
23.75
24.50
28.94
28.98
189.11
24.20
42.07
28.15
29.17
29.84
32.43
36.22
15.91
2.1
2.7
20.0
16.11
16.75
3.46
20.69
23.08
5.29
27.89
31.32
9.33
38.18
43.68
27.38
52.66
58.58
33.33
48.81
32.21
37.19
33.91
31.53
48.65
35.77
34.13
20.34
20.45
22.69
30.66
37.76
26.31
24.56
25.43
34.60
29.08
23.78
25.15
12.6
2.7
4.6
8.9
6.9
10.6
3.9
3.3
6.6
5.7
18.5
11.4
3.5
1.4
1.9
7.7
6.1
4.7
2.5
15.8
34.62
19.31
19.23
19.09
18.00
23.50
17.62
18.35
12.50
10.00
15.00
15.39
16.67
15.94
16.16
16.49
16.35
18.46
15.85
15.68
40.42
25.13
23.87
24.10
21.63
30.00
24.80
25.08
13.90
14.26
15.00
19.69
24.03
19.10
18.75
18.88
21.38
20.72
18.75
16.44
43.19
32.01
31.00
26.38
32.61
42.23
35.30
31.49
17.88
20.11
19.50
26.77
33.64
23.95
23.48
22.50
28.00
27.36
22.12
23.67
56.72
36.02
44.09
43.27
40.87
58.72
44.23
40.00
22.22
26.94
30.19
32.19
45.41
30.00
28.85
28.53
39.13
34.20
27.05
33.82
83.41
45.44
64.09
54.36
44.75
79.39
53.90
52.89
33.32
30.63
36.83
49.76
58.70
37.50
34.01
36.16
64.10
42.96
33.69
33.82
26.61
24.94
23.28
22.94
4.4
6.3
7.5
4.9
16.16
15.87
16.31
15.23
19.00
18.27
17.86
18.11
24.52
23.87
22.52
22.46
32.97
31.42
27.83
27.39
40.00
33.65
30.50
30.48
22.44
25.20
3.4
2.1
16.05
14.51
19.10
18.79
20.90
24.09
25.90
29.00
30.70
36.98
15.20
19.56
23.47
30.69
45.36
22.02
23.44
35.78
2.1
3.7
8.0
28.0
9.7
13.0
7.0
8.1
6.50
10.16
11.00
9.04
13.60
8.89
8.25
21.84
7.80
12.00
12.95
12.26
15.87
11.42
12.02
29.09
10.75
16.13
18.63
18.75
28.85
17.83
19.39
34.03
17.34
22.36
28.85
25.00
48.08
26.99
27.78
43.17
28.64
35.68
42.86
43.04
84.81
36.85
38.46
51.06
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
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. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$26.54
20.75
9.33
8.80
12.77
9.66
13.37
13.76
11.68
9.39
8.68
10.15
12.04
13.85
3.7
5.4
5.5
9.5
10.2
5.8
5.0
5.7
3.7
4.3
1.4
6.5
4.2
6.1
$12.51
6.75
6.15
5.70
6.75
6.77
8.68
7.05
6.40
6.00
6.00
7.18
8.00
7.21
$16.66
10.26
6.85
6.07
8.00
8.00
9.93
9.25
7.25
7.00
6.75
9.38
9.00
9.25
$23.08
15.96
8.00
7.99
10.00
8.93
11.55
13.00
9.00
8.75
7.95
10.00
12.44
12.50
$32.50
26.21
9.50
10.30
14.45
9.89
15.00
16.83
12.69
10.30
9.75
11.04
14.40
18.07
$43.94
41.97
13.00
12.62
25.68
14.00
18.90
23.50
20.14
13.50
12.14
11.22
16.92
21.20
14.21
19.38
18.58
21.25
20.50
.6
3.8
13.6
2.9
4.7
8.90
12.50
10.75
13.46
15.63
10.53
14.42
14.00
16.39
18.11
13.19
18.10
17.94
21.00
19.85
16.82
22.75
22.61
24.59
21.48
20.74
28.85
24.23
29.81
22.68
21.53
15.76
14.09
16.11
18.31
14.81
11.80
8.95
14.78
11.19
13.23
12.53
14.08
14.30
15.85
12.45
10.87
13.75
14.64
15.81
13.17
12.28
13.01
12.19
12.47
10.05
13.11
11.27
12.44
9.81
16.53
18.00
13.48
12.60
17.45
15.76
15.95
4.5
3.2
7.8
1.0
6.6
2.4
4.8
1.8
5.6
1.8
2.3
6.9
3.7
3.4
2.8
2.8
3.1
1.7
2.6
3.1
2.6
12.2
3.5
8.8
7.5
6.4
7.9
13.1
6.2
8.1
6.1
3.5
2.5
2.2
3.9
6.9
4.6
12.28
11.79
9.00
10.42
10.88
10.38
8.00
7.00
7.65
8.00
9.54
10.80
10.71
8.75
10.82
8.28
7.85
9.50
9.85
10.82
9.36
6.82
9.53
8.25
8.50
6.55
7.35
5.50
8.25
6.88
9.27
12.00
9.00
8.16
11.25
10.08
10.40
14.47
12.77
10.00
12.50
12.65
11.61
9.33
7.75
9.93
9.00
10.58
10.80
12.01
10.94
12.75
9.34
8.60
10.77
11.38
12.50
11.00
6.82
10.12
9.50
10.00
8.24
9.00
8.00
9.50
7.75
11.54
13.87
10.50
9.75
12.50
12.25
12.40
20.48
15.45
14.47
15.39
15.59
14.48
11.07
8.50
14.86
10.67
12.55
12.49
13.26
13.15
15.60
12.04
10.31
13.21
14.00
15.16
12.50
11.50
11.45
11.05
11.54
10.46
11.44
11.00
11.25
9.56
15.00
17.34
12.83
11.54
15.53
13.73
15.86
24.68
18.20
17.17
19.23
21.00
17.05
14.13
9.75
20.30
12.50
15.39
13.56
15.39
17.00
18.70
14.75
12.06
15.81
16.79
18.37
15.00
15.47
14.41
15.50
14.74
11.58
17.81
12.96
14.49
11.50
19.96
21.26
15.30
14.84
22.05
17.86
19.60
33.32
20.18
19.73
22.67
25.00
19.23
16.82
11.25
21.64
15.18
17.79
13.56
18.88
21.25
21.43
17.43
14.66
19.21
20.00
21.11
17.50
19.50
17.02
16.70
17.24
12.75
20.41
16.37
17.58
13.00
24.20
25.46
19.51
18.25
24.88
26.32
22.32
Mean
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 .........................................................................
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
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. ........................................
$11.72
18.61
15.56
15.01
13.94
13.25
10.65
15.31
12.44
14.68
11.76
14.20
4.4
4.4
2.3
2.6
5.3
1.1
1.4
17.0
2.4
4.5
1.3
1.7
$7.50
11.73
9.95
10.90
8.62
8.75
8.14
8.40
9.00
8.82
8.28
9.00
$8.50
13.54
11.94
12.88
10.50
10.21
9.00
10.05
10.01
10.31
9.25
10.82
$10.32
16.83
14.45
14.75
13.30
12.50
10.20
14.50
11.77
13.62
10.79
13.64
$13.50
21.74
18.77
17.34
16.72
15.46
12.11
23.12
14.01
18.46
13.37
16.59
$18.62
28.41
24.00
19.08
20.24
18.85
13.78
24.88
16.89
20.75
17.00
19.88
Blue collar ....................................................................................
15.46
.9
8.00
10.20
14.00
19.25
25.48
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 ..
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve 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 ...................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ........................
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Plasterers .......................................................................
19.46
23.77
18.37
13.64
17.87
26.68
15.01
16.09
25.63
18.88
14.50
20.72
15.92
1.0
3.6
3.1
12.0
2.5
6.9
8.3
3.5
6.9
3.3
3.9
2.5
4.7
10.89
14.38
10.00
8.75
11.50
18.05
10.50
11.80
14.00
12.70
11.00
14.30
10.50
14.00
17.78
14.00
10.00
14.35
21.71
12.00
13.00
19.85
15.00
12.69
17.10
12.03
18.35
22.00
18.75
12.00
17.33
25.57
15.00
15.03
25.93
18.40
14.50
19.83
14.50
24.35
29.51
21.50
15.63
20.91
31.07
18.00
17.50
30.92
22.17
16.00
24.88
19.12
29.43
34.23
24.96
17.00
23.78
35.85
18.50
22.87
34.79
25.44
18.00
27.59
22.60
21.90
20.41
16.05
25.23
23.83
17.37
15.09
16.47
22.35
22.63
16.59
5.4
10.4
5.8
4.2
2.9
3.3
10.4
11.6
3.8
5.9
2.2
13.00
12.50
10.50
16.00
18.04
12.00
11.00
11.30
15.70
15.15
10.50
15.22
15.30
12.00
25.09
22.03
14.25
13.30
11.50
18.48
17.50
12.91
22.79
18.99
15.30
26.39
24.59
16.00
14.00
16.28
21.34
24.90
16.04
27.63
23.65
17.60
27.71
26.39
20.00
17.39
18.56
26.40
26.45
19.74
31.18
27.59
26.02
28.05
28.50
24.03
19.47
22.50
30.32
29.93
24.02
21.75
26.19
14.3
6.0
14.22
17.75
16.50
22.50
19.75
25.74
27.12
31.00
29.71
36.06
29.45
21.31
28.68
21.56
27.50
19.70
20.47
19.28
15.58
16.32
25.15
15.14
26.63
14.54
14.84
4.2
5.3
4.2
4.7
6.5
20.4
18.3
4.1
7.4
4.8
2.3
3.8
2.6
4.7
8.4
21.00
15.50
19.50
15.09
19.00
14.00
10.00
11.75
12.00
11.50
15.35
10.00
19.00
9.25
11.00
23.32
19.00
26.25
16.95
25.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
13.00
14.00
18.73
11.50
23.06
11.00
13.00
28.65
20.50
32.25
20.00
26.44
15.00
19.14
18.75
15.34
15.50
22.90
13.50
26.51
13.00
15.00
35.97
23.46
32.75
25.00
32.55
22.47
29.75
23.00
18.09
18.00
30.67
17.49
30.59
17.00
15.00
40.83
27.50
33.73
30.82
40.00
33.92
34.05
28.78
18.46
22.25
38.80
23.32
34.32
22.00
18.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$22.96
14.52
18.53
17.98
17.65
15.89
17.71
24.19
20.23
17.56
25.91
25.59
20.31
26.30
21.22
23.21
18.49
20.20
19.59
13.96
17.16
17.63
20.98
18.98
14.38
18.86
18.00
12.85
13.04
13.94
14.65
15.52
18.63
15.53
14.03
12.98
15.31
11.76
11.12
12.19
19.05
3.1
4.5
9.6
7.1
11.1
16.5
8.4
12.5
6.2
5.4
16.6
26.9
11.2
1.5
2.3
3.5
9.5
6.6
2.5
10.5
7.8
7.5
9.6
17.2
14.9
6.9
14.6
6.7
6.9
12.9
16.2
13.1
7.0
3.7
10.8
3.8
8.3
4.1
5.2
8.2
3.5
$15.00
9.72
10.75
13.00
11.00
9.00
9.50
14.00
14.00
10.40
12.00
9.00
15.55
25.00
13.42
17.18
12.60
13.82
12.83
10.00
14.06
8.85
13.33
11.17
8.13
12.00
11.50
9.00
10.50
8.50
8.00
12.50
13.65
9.50
8.00
8.30
10.30
7.30
6.00
8.13
10.05
$17.50
11.50
12.50
15.00
11.64
10.50
12.50
16.50
16.00
12.52
15.00
11.29
16.70
26.40
16.00
20.00
15.90
16.00
15.80
13.00
15.00
13.61
17.04
12.50
8.98
13.28
15.00
11.00
10.50
10.10
9.48
12.50
15.00
13.50
10.10
9.75
12.50
8.70
8.50
9.43
14.25
$24.00
13.50
16.00
17.00
16.29
13.15
18.00
21.75
19.00
16.26
28.84
28.49
19.22
26.40
20.67
22.05
16.99
18.65
19.75
13.00
16.00
16.67
19.85
16.94
15.35
17.50
20.50
12.50
12.70
12.20
14.00
12.50
18.25
15.80
13.00
12.14
14.95
10.65
10.88
12.00
17.87
$28.38
16.00
24.90
20.50
22.77
21.20
22.00
33.67
25.05
21.12
34.16
40.62
25.20
28.84
25.36
28.00
22.50
25.00
23.00
14.60
18.06
20.64
24.92
22.72
17.00
24.00
23.63
14.00
13.25
16.10
18.63
18.09
19.64
17.50
18.00
15.75
15.63
14.30
13.84
14.55
24.81
$30.27
20.86
28.52
25.00
29.00
26.72
26.00
34.67
27.91
25.57
39.81
40.62
31.02
28.84
30.00
30.56
24.00
29.20
26.25
20.19
22.20
26.76
31.20
32.00
23.17
27.91
23.63
16.30
20.29
22.00
22.53
22.46
24.97
20.57
20.56
18.80
22.50
18.19
15.84
16.86
26.94
22.20
18.79
19.38
27.15
22.20
21.47
10.0
10.6
2.8
3.4
4.6
6.2
13.97
10.50
12.23
21.02
14.31
13.30
16.35
12.53
15.69
25.13
17.58
17.62
25.86
17.85
19.52
26.39
21.32
22.58
25.90
26.20
22.79
29.50
28.01
25.70
25.90
27.08
27.08
32.76
32.27
27.87
13.70
16.40
16.52
14.23
13.38
14.22
13.00
1.2
4.9
4.9
5.1
8.3
10.4
11.2
8.00
11.40
10.50
9.98
8.50
9.11
6.50
9.75
13.35
13.08
12.00
9.40
10.25
8.00
12.52
15.00
16.55
14.47
11.67
13.26
12.88
16.55
19.50
19.50
16.00
16.51
16.03
16.55
21.67
22.47
23.30
17.56
21.30
21.36
19.75
13.43
13.75
15.81
2.6
9.3
3.8
8.75
9.00
10.57
11.00
10.80
12.25
13.13
11.95
16.00
15.10
16.45
18.15
18.00
19.04
21.62
Mean
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 ..........................................................................
Sheet metal 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 ....................................................
Boilermakers ..................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
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. ........................
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 ...........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ......................................................................
Forging machine operators ............................................
Numerical control machine operators ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.61
12.71
13.65
16.37
11.78
11.77
12.88
16.20
17.61
14.57
13.34
4.6
3.7
6.4
6.5
7.3
4.8
2.9
2.3
4.9
5.2
8.8
$9.50
8.00
8.00
11.93
8.00
8.00
10.92
10.21
11.25
9.28
8.70
$11.25
9.70
10.50
12.51
10.00
9.50
12.00
12.73
15.40
11.31
10.04
$14.50
11.69
13.11
15.16
12.25
11.25
13.00
15.77
17.85
14.57
12.33
$18.35
14.70
16.50
18.66
13.00
13.30
13.96
19.44
20.00
17.15
16.50
$25.88
19.00
19.14
21.65
14.50
15.92
14.50
22.00
24.91
19.26
16.50
11.50
10.40
9.02
9.16
9.34
12.00
13.15
13.82
15.80
19.63
11.86
14.59
13.03
13.84
14.18
15.20
14.02
13.79
13.14
10.90
14.35
16.30
11.15
14.17
9.66
10.63
10.49
17.45
12.53
13.79
13.01
13.02
10.53
10.99
1.9
5.1
5.1
4.6
6.3
9.8
4.4
4.8
5.0
5.2
4.3
3.3
9.3
10.7
10.1
6.9
7.6
3.6
31.2
6.3
2.7
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
12.1
10.9
23.6
6.4
4.3
8.0
14.8
6.0
7.5
8.75
7.50
6.25
6.75
6.75
7.36
7.90
9.51
10.25
12.08
9.05
9.10
10.21
8.97
9.40
10.50
10.00
9.58
7.75
7.00
8.61
11.00
8.03
7.25
6.95
7.50
7.50
10.50
7.25
8.50
8.50
10.10
7.10
7.00
10.67
8.50
7.29
8.00
7.84
9.25
9.74
10.79
12.00
16.40
10.00
11.33
10.64
10.00
11.13
11.60
11.30
11.46
7.75
8.25
10.38
13.00
8.53
9.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
10.94
8.75
10.00
10.50
10.64
7.34
8.78
11.66
10.75
8.50
9.00
8.75
11.00
12.00
13.99
15.22
19.15
11.29
13.50
12.44
13.40
12.77
12.80
13.02
13.94
7.95
9.04
13.67
15.61
11.12
12.10
8.00
9.25
9.15
13.05
10.90
12.01
11.25
11.03
9.65
10.71
12.34
10.75
10.00
10.00
10.00
14.50
15.99
16.42
18.00
23.71
12.95
16.54
15.28
16.47
15.75
17.50
15.95
16.50
15.26
13.25
17.51
19.23
12.66
17.50
10.78
12.52
12.00
28.13
14.95
16.29
15.23
12.55
14.36
12.50
14.07
13.76
11.91
11.45
13.50
17.25
21.20
17.70
22.59
26.11
15.25
22.49
17.08
21.15
20.56
24.53
18.71
17.38
31.04
17.00
21.38
22.64
15.38
26.13
15.25
14.81
14.58
28.71
19.82
22.84
19.88
24.79
15.18
15.50
15.01
18.07
14.85
12.83
14.89
9.66
8.68
10.61
26.14
27.09
21.65
17.63
1.7
6.1
2.4
7.0
2.6
5.5
12.1
6.6
19.1
14.1
3.3
9.7
9.00
12.50
9.45
5.65
9.50
7.00
5.25
5.50
13.04
14.05
17.25
11.25
10.75
13.74
10.63
8.00
11.26
7.40
6.33
7.00
13.04
15.80
19.56
12.92
13.75
15.33
13.50
12.00
14.16
9.75
8.16
8.73
24.96
25.09
22.30
17.50
18.32
22.33
18.18
15.37
18.13
11.95
11.25
12.02
36.30
34.54
23.69
20.00
23.55
27.19
22.77
22.50
21.88
12.50
12.40
20.36
42.10
41.59
24.52
23.50
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
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 joining 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 .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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 ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
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 ..............
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.95
18.12
21.97
20.59
27.98
16.71
16.83
16.28
14.28
8.1
13.4
4.1
6.5
10.9
7.9
4.5
5.2
2.6
$8.17
13.75
16.00
11.05
21.35
10.90
10.25
10.25
9.13
$8.75
13.75
17.35
13.59
22.65
13.34
13.00
12.46
11.10
$10.42
16.92
21.82
19.15
29.87
15.88
16.00
14.41
13.43
$14.31
23.17
26.80
26.07
32.85
20.23
19.11
19.92
16.81
$18.88
23.17
27.18
30.09
33.98
25.00
25.28
25.76
20.77
15.83
4.0
9.00
11.50
14.76
19.81
25.46
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Longshore equipment operators ....................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper 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 .........................................................
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. .............................
11.61
9.87
23.75
11.66
11.32
10.29
1.3
11.6
18.1
3.7
8.8
17.3
6.80
6.90
10.30
7.50
7.22
6.80
8.00
7.35
14.42
8.36
9.06
7.00
10.25
8.95
20.10
10.50
10.30
8.70
13.74
12.93
24.99
14.22
14.00
14.20
18.69
13.50
60.00
17.46
16.52
14.20
19.15
11.91
12.35
10.28
14.34
11.40
14.39
9.63
10.67
12.47
9.45
9.70
9.83
11.22
5.1
6.5
4.0
16.2
3.4
3.4
12.2
1.4
3.7
2.6
6.1
3.9
3.9
2.8
11.75
7.00
8.50
7.00
8.05
8.00
8.00
6.00
7.50
7.47
7.00
6.75
6.00
6.60
14.76
9.00
10.00
7.50
10.00
8.96
10.50
7.00
8.25
9.25
7.43
7.50
7.50
8.00
18.51
11.00
11.25
8.75
13.00
10.50
13.75
8.60
9.89
11.50
8.05
8.75
9.00
10.00
21.64
15.92
14.09
15.00
18.06
13.65
18.13
11.50
12.20
14.32
10.00
10.51
11.54
13.27
26.75
16.03
18.00
15.00
22.65
16.54
23.56
14.85
14.65
20.13
15.00
14.20
13.65
17.60
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 .....................................
Other food service ...........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ....................
Cooks .............................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .................................................
Health service ....................................................................
Dental assistants ...........................................................
10.65
17.20
27.11
30.90
20.07
18.74
18.76
24.10
19.31
17.10
10.16
10.10
12.36
7.67
5.03
6.71
4.44
6.00
8.73
13.04
9.56
8.17
7.76
10.91
15.23
1.5
2.8
5.0
2.9
8.0
14.3
2.8
1.0
2.4
6.4
5.1
2.3
7.9
1.0
2.6
4.1
3.3
4.5
.9
2.8
1.5
1.9
1.1
1.6
5.1
5.50
8.00
17.66
18.30
11.00
8.00
11.21
15.56
12.26
11.35
6.67
6.75
7.00
3.30
2.13
4.00
2.13
3.30
5.98
8.00
6.50
5.65
5.75
7.45
10.50
7.00
10.00
21.14
24.53
13.20
12.20
13.86
18.99
14.38
11.92
8.50
8.00
8.00
5.81
2.65
5.00
2.35
4.30
6.75
9.50
7.25
6.50
6.50
8.71
12.50
9.00
14.91
25.21
30.33
16.19
20.17
17.68
23.90
18.47
15.20
9.95
9.50
11.00
7.15
5.02
6.75
3.50
6.00
7.87
11.95
9.10
7.60
7.25
10.20
14.78
12.30
23.10
31.84
37.25
25.93
25.22
23.41
28.02
23.50
21.90
12.16
11.00
14.24
9.13
6.75
8.00
6.00
7.00
10.00
15.87
11.00
9.33
8.50
12.50
17.00
18.00
29.32
40.90
43.54
36.45
29.23
27.84
32.71
28.22
25.99
13.35
14.00
20.01
12.00
8.00
9.99
7.16
8.25
12.64
19.93
13.42
11.25
10.40
15.26
21.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
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 .....................................................
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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$11.65
10.20
10.75
16.92
8.34
10.89
10.25
15.61
12.59
7.23
12.96
7.96
29.85
7.69
9.74
8.79
9.19
10.98
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
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.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
3.3
1.1
1.9
4.9
1.6
2.1
4.9
7.5
8.8
4.6
10.9
7.1
7.3
4.4
4.8
3.4
4.3
5.0
$8.00
7.18
6.70
10.00
6.50
6.75
5.75
8.85
6.36
5.15
7.50
5.75
8.50
4.75
6.05
6.00
6.25
7.00
$9.02
8.40
7.65
12.70
7.00
8.00
6.72
12.02
8.24
5.61
8.97
6.68
20.27
5.75
7.25
7.00
7.00
8.00
$10.82
9.75
9.50
16.54
7.83
10.00
8.50
16.25
10.33
6.55
13.81
7.15
31.35
7.25
9.37
8.31
8.30
9.80
$13.14
11.42
12.87
19.54
9.00
13.00
11.35
19.34
14.48
7.80
15.24
9.75
36.18
8.75
11.50
10.13
10.53
13.00
$16.11
13.91
16.82
23.95
11.06
16.71
16.58
21.25
21.18
10.75
17.28
10.00
47.67
10.89
13.85
11.74
13.00
17.44
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$19.14
19.26
1.0
1.1
$8.25
8.40
$10.81
11.00
$15.50
15.74
$23.65
23.91
$33.65
33.65
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
23.40
24.36
.7
.8
9.93
10.61
13.00
13.88
19.19
20.23
29.00
30.10
41.35
42.40
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 .......................................
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 ...........................................
29.77
32.02
34.87
32.54
41.08
30.13
43.26
37.97
37.13
31.59
37.42
31.56
31.68
36.59
32.36
35.12
35.17
35.35
33.09
25.31
29.19
38.63
30.64
33.16
30.99
29.16
28.09
20.89
25.11
30.86
57.38
38.48
58.93
34.77
26.61
42.69
21.08
21.95
25.30
28.47
27.94
19.25
34.22
41.96
53.02
41.76
37.57
53.77
40.03
37.39
64.02
38.14
34.84
44.54
41.54
57.10
40.09
42.68
1.3
1.2
1.4
4.2
7.9
4.3
8.3
4.6
5.1
3.7
2.7
2.2
2.5
3.0
9.5
2.2
2.2
4.4
10.1
11.1
4.8
10.3
6.0
6.9
7.9
7.1
14.8
10.1
4.1
3.5
11.9
10.8
15.2
9.3
1.4
.8
4.2
2.6
5.1
1.7
6.9
12.7
5.0
2.6
12.6
10.6
9.4
11.8
10.1
9.1
18.7
11.2
8.2
15.0
5.5
11.8
11.4
16.3
14.50
17.00
22.85
20.00
23.37
25.00
32.34
28.23
25.39
20.76
25.02
23.08
23.18
22.84
24.04
21.36
21.49
21.40
22.94
16.45
16.90
19.04
19.45
21.25
20.31
15.82
15.70
13.82
14.74
18.12
15.03
16.12
37.50
22.22
18.60
36.59
15.88
17.48
15.87
22.80
13.75
12.51
28.72
23.11
32.11
24.96
26.11
37.53
21.97
25.10
39.39
25.75
24.58
27.61
27.89
35.03
25.19
22.00
19.69
22.40
27.51
24.21
31.20
25.87
32.34
29.81
33.06
24.00
29.57
26.39
26.75
28.75
27.58
26.44
26.44
26.95
25.49
16.45
20.67
25.74
22.66
23.50
23.64
20.51
18.31
16.51
18.17
21.44
21.64
35.02
40.86
31.25
21.42
40.50
17.32
18.92
20.89
25.63
21.64
14.14
31.42
29.23
40.96
31.94
26.83
41.52
34.60
26.91
45.69
27.63
28.69
29.36
33.94
38.65
30.21
29.48
26.70
29.24
33.37
31.80
42.09
28.44
39.62
37.42
37.74
29.81
36.06
30.77
30.42
35.62
31.07
33.94
33.89
35.58
29.71
27.75
26.49
41.70
28.58
31.93
29.09
30.94
23.49
19.44
23.17
26.30
60.91
38.47
61.67
31.25
25.44
42.85
20.16
21.46
24.45
28.27
26.30
16.98
33.12
37.77
49.76
37.10
32.98
46.68
39.58
34.28
66.45
32.35
30.55
37.04
40.39
51.28
41.67
43.15
35.99
38.46
40.86
38.44
50.54
32.90
51.11
44.33
41.32
37.02
43.38
35.20
36.65
43.54
39.60
42.08
42.07
42.31
41.28
31.40
34.79
45.10
34.16
41.03
37.02
34.63
33.56
25.82
27.47
33.57
87.41
40.87
75.00
45.58
30.45
45.00
23.54
25.57
29.13
30.44
32.26
21.18
37.69
49.85
63.27
42.50
43.76
67.92
44.56
47.12
85.45
45.20
38.01
57.90
48.73
74.68
48.56
56.92
47.05
49.28
49.03
45.67
57.70
39.45
62.79
49.02
46.09
45.72
51.00
42.06
41.93
51.75
39.60
50.61
50.86
48.72
51.92
33.12
45.26
64.91
45.67
48.08
44.48
39.43
46.88
31.65
43.36
45.43
108.92
50.00
93.75
45.58
36.30
48.83
29.66
26.65
33.00
33.65
39.01
31.50
46.15
65.88
79.00
56.67
53.33
77.40
59.94
59.09
102.05
56.55
52.55
73.30
55.15
90.11
54.28
58.47
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$53.26
40.77
42.64
39.86
35.06
35.36
38.34
44.60
34.19
58.95
41.78
30.49
40.98
31.36
20.03
32.53
32.52
33.67
32.10
12.00
28.56
28.08
28.47
25.57
29.56
33.02
29.00
25.00
26.41
18.44
18.48
17.95
17.53
18.78
48.95
48.63
57.41
9.8
6.6
12.7
27.8
8.3
6.2
8.4
11.6
19.9
11.6
7.9
10.7
3.1
1.2
7.8
1.2
1.7
3.7
2.6
10.1
4.8
4.5
4.6
11.1
5.9
8.0
7.8
13.4
5.0
2.6
2.7
6.6
12.3
15.3
4.7
4.9
12.6
$23.02
24.70
23.31
17.36
22.61
21.90
19.92
25.06
17.60
25.43
27.59
17.52
22.25
18.43
8.45
20.99
21.55
21.72
17.39
8.25
13.73
16.62
17.04
14.50
16.70
19.52
15.50
13.00
18.42
11.83
11.96
9.75
10.27
10.97
25.00
24.46
35.08
$31.25
26.15
30.91
20.09
26.27
28.11
29.46
32.30
17.60
32.69
31.25
20.00
28.78
23.60
10.76
24.73
25.07
25.09
23.40
10.27
18.42
20.11
20.24
16.93
19.85
22.74
18.54
18.30
21.57
13.95
13.99
13.91
12.17
10.97
32.31
32.31
46.06
$47.25
35.83
36.77
28.73
32.94
36.86
37.68
39.50
27.50
62.78
37.79
29.15
37.76
29.67
14.80
30.37
30.34
31.24
30.70
10.27
27.94
26.77
26.91
26.04
26.98
29.51
25.97
24.03
26.24
16.95
16.95
18.38
15.86
16.98
43.27
42.31
56.96
$69.36
44.23
51.64
55.24
39.82
46.29
43.50
62.22
42.90
72.61
48.99
39.21
49.36
37.77
27.65
38.52
38.07
40.08
38.85
15.00
35.14
33.33
33.84
32.03
33.65
37.50
34.80
31.25
30.83
21.63
21.69
21.15
19.40
20.17
64.52
64.42
76.73
$94.53
67.31
68.35
78.41
53.33
46.90
53.33
62.34
60.43
96.45
53.05
46.98
63.90
47.58
36.46
48.13
46.88
50.39
49.38
18.24
44.30
43.47
45.75
33.90
48.08
49.58
50.37
35.90
32.69
27.05
27.21
25.43
28.77
24.46
78.13
76.26
82.12
25.67
32.61
22.19
35.45
28.71
22.52
16.60
14.24
26.62
28.04
48.04
27.65
32.58
21.77
17.82
32.10
16.93
23.27
16.74
16.57
4.6
11.0
6.8
17.9
15.6
11.0
11.7
7.1
13.4
5.3
32.8
13.9
6.5
2.7
2.6
4.0
7.5
3.0
1.2
2.1
11.42
13.27
11.00
20.67
8.50
14.39
8.75
8.65
11.70
16.83
8.96
11.38
17.61
12.00
10.79
24.60
10.60
15.00
12.52
10.60
15.27
20.81
14.00
29.21
16.64
14.65
11.26
11.88
16.09
21.23
10.54
15.45
21.64
14.56
13.34
28.00
12.86
19.06
14.29
12.73
22.22
33.65
19.96
31.59
25.63
20.00
14.42
13.75
21.64
24.52
23.97
23.81
29.10
18.51
16.64
32.00
15.19
23.32
16.50
15.33
30.84
45.56
27.92
35.81
37.27
26.44
20.17
16.25
31.98
30.77
96.15
31.22
44.09
24.10
21.41
37.00
21.47
27.09
18.87
19.00
45.00
49.52
37.91
52.92
49.52
33.61
30.46
18.67
45.91
43.65
121.15
50.48
51.44
30.84
26.01
39.50
25.50
31.25
21.20
23.63
Mean
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 .................................................................
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 ...............................................................
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. ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$23.03
23.02
23.25
23.26
21.52
16.07
17.85
21.03
20.78
118.58
16.93
29.05
20.50
20.38
20.38
14.2
5.0
3.9
3.5
3.9
7.0
3.8
6.0
10.1
5.7
9.1
6.7
6.6
4.3
6.6
$12.16
18.88
15.86
14.18
12.50
10.25
12.02
13.94
14.40
35.34
8.76
17.19
17.00
13.00
10.00
$13.86
20.47
18.27
17.89
16.00
12.50
14.11
16.50
15.50
72.15
12.20
20.98
17.56
15.28
13.40
$20.31
21.15
23.08
21.75
20.27
15.00
17.25
20.23
19.31
118.73
15.09
26.78
18.00
20.19
19.29
$25.96
26.73
26.45
27.91
26.16
18.50
21.13
24.33
23.88
159.92
21.96
33.84
21.85
23.48
25.39
$31.20
29.53
31.97
33.75
30.00
23.75
24.58
28.94
28.98
189.78
24.36
42.07
28.15
29.05
30.77
32.54
36.31
15.40
2.1
2.6
32.0
16.31
16.83
3.46
20.72
23.08
3.46
27.98
31.47
9.33
38.34
43.85
31.22
52.87
58.72
38.42
49.78
32.20
37.24
33.91
31.53
48.67
35.96
34.11
20.35
21.37
22.69
30.84
37.76
26.38
24.49
25.43
34.68
29.10
23.89
25.15
12.7
2.7
4.6
8.9
6.9
10.6
3.9
3.4
6.6
4.3
18.5
11.5
3.5
1.5
1.9
7.7
6.2
4.8
2.5
15.8
34.62
19.31
19.23
19.09
18.00
23.50
18.22
18.35
12.50
11.00
15.00
15.39
16.67
16.00
16.30
16.49
16.35
18.43
15.86
15.68
40.42
25.13
23.87
24.10
21.63
30.00
24.81
25.00
13.90
15.75
15.00
19.81
24.03
19.18
18.74
18.88
21.39
20.72
18.92
16.44
43.19
32.01
31.00
26.38
32.61
42.28
35.51
31.49
18.03
21.15
19.50
26.92
33.64
23.95
23.30
22.50
28.04
27.27
22.14
23.67
56.72
36.02
44.18
43.27
40.87
58.72
44.53
39.85
22.22
26.94
30.19
32.19
45.41
30.01
28.75
28.53
39.41
34.20
27.39
33.82
83.41
45.44
64.09
54.36
44.75
79.39
53.90
52.89
33.32
31.54
36.83
49.76
58.71
37.50
33.86
36.16
65.17
42.96
33.90
33.82
26.61
24.94
23.28
23.03
4.4
6.3
7.5
4.8
16.16
15.87
16.31
15.46
19.00
18.27
17.86
18.30
24.52
23.87
22.52
22.55
32.97
31.42
27.83
27.39
40.00
33.65
30.50
30.48
22.46
25.31
3.4
2.1
16.11
14.54
19.10
19.02
20.90
24.28
25.90
29.09
30.70
37.10
17.74
19.67
23.57
31.51
45.46
22.10
24.98
35.78
2.1
3.7
8.0
28.6
9.6
13.1
5.9
8.1
7.50
10.16
11.25
10.25
13.72
9.00
9.65
21.84
9.40
12.24
13.10
13.60
15.87
11.50
13.75
29.09
13.13
16.15
18.63
19.32
28.85
17.95
21.41
34.03
20.39
22.52
28.85
25.00
48.08
27.04
28.74
43.17
32.40
35.68
42.86
43.04
84.86
36.85
39.62
51.06
26.73
3.7
12.69
16.97
23.13
32.52
44.06
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
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. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
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 .....................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.40
11.13
10.97
16.63
10.24
14.27
14.70
13.78
10.46
9.49
15.20
5.3
8.8
9.5
10.0
9.5
5.4
5.4
4.6
4.4
1.7
6.5
$6.75
7.25
6.07
8.05
6.15
9.04
8.00
7.01
6.50
6.50
9.25
$10.26
8.00
8.00
10.00
7.75
10.22
10.25
8.01
8.25
7.30
10.80
$15.65
9.00
9.98
13.25
8.93
12.50
13.40
10.85
9.50
8.75
13.85
$25.82
11.70
12.03
20.96
11.88
15.58
17.62
15.14
12.08
11.00
18.44
$39.36
16.66
16.43
29.38
15.30
19.80
24.04
25.75
15.00
13.10
22.63
14.51
19.47
18.58
21.25
20.50
.7
3.8
13.6
2.9
4.7
9.09
12.50
10.75
13.46
15.63
10.95
14.42
14.00
16.50
18.11
13.51
18.27
17.94
21.00
19.85
17.02
22.75
22.61
24.59
21.48
21.09
28.85
24.23
29.81
22.68
21.55
15.86
14.30
16.22
17.72
15.02
12.31
9.03
14.62
11.52
13.60
12.82
14.16
14.65
15.91
13.17
11.35
13.86
14.88
16.07
13.20
12.28
14.04
12.30
12.55
10.08
14.07
12.20
12.80
10.07
16.70
17.98
13.53
12.92
17.61
15.79
16.73
4.5
3.3
8.1
1.0
6.2
2.5
4.2
2.0
6.1
2.0
2.1
6.7
3.6
3.1
2.8
3.5
2.7
1.8
2.6
3.0
2.7
12.2
5.7
9.2
7.4
6.6
7.2
12.7
7.0
11.4
6.1
3.5
2.6
2.5
4.1
6.9
4.1
12.21
11.80
9.00
10.52
10.95
10.50
8.78
7.00
7.65
8.25
10.00
10.80
10.83
9.00
10.87
8.90
7.98
9.50
9.92
11.00
9.36
6.82
10.11
8.50
9.00
6.54
7.75
8.00
8.53
7.03
9.85
12.00
9.00
8.30
11.25
10.08
11.54
14.47
12.88
11.00
12.54
12.65
12.02
9.75
7.83
9.70
9.50
11.06
10.98
12.01
11.01
12.97
10.66
9.08
10.90
11.78
12.85
11.00
6.82
10.64
9.66
10.13
8.49
10.00
9.70
9.87
7.75
11.82
13.75
10.50
10.00
12.65
12.25
14.35
20.48
15.50
14.68
15.50
15.27
14.73
11.66
8.71
14.03
11.00
13.05
13.00
13.32
13.75
15.62
12.84
11.00
13.35
14.25
15.75
12.50
11.50
13.59
11.06
11.54
10.46
13.30
12.00
11.40
9.56
15.04
17.34
12.87
11.90
16.21
13.73
16.99
24.76
18.20
17.17
19.23
21.00
17.14
14.66
9.87
20.30
13.00
15.99
13.56
15.39
17.00
18.85
15.09
12.65
15.95
16.83
18.85
15.00
15.47
15.56
15.50
14.74
11.62
19.36
12.96
14.88
11.62
20.00
21.26
15.50
15.15
22.05
17.86
19.60
33.32
20.18
19.73
22.67
25.00
19.32
16.82
11.25
21.64
15.45
17.88
13.56
19.06
21.91
21.43
17.81
15.63
19.38
20.19
21.15
17.58
19.50
24.86
18.19
17.24
12.92
20.65
16.82
18.24
13.70
24.51
25.46
20.00
18.43
24.88
26.32
22.36
11.92
18.71
15.76
15.08
4.5
4.4
2.3
2.6
7.50
11.78
10.00
10.90
8.61
13.57
12.01
12.88
10.50
16.88
14.67
14.75
13.75
21.75
18.77
17.34
19.02
28.72
24.00
19.08
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
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 .........................................................................
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 ........
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Bill and account collectors .............................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Bank tellers ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$14.23
13.56
10.89
17.64
12.50
14.99
11.11
14.57
6.1
1.1
1.7
18.2
2.4
4.7
1.5
1.8
$8.87
9.10
8.25
10.05
9.25
9.00
8.25
9.32
$10.80
10.58
9.15
12.69
10.27
10.50
9.03
11.29
$13.38
12.84
10.41
20.00
11.89
14.00
10.39
13.75
$16.98
15.77
12.42
23.12
14.11
19.00
12.49
16.98
$20.24
19.22
14.04
25.32
16.81
20.75
15.09
20.17
Blue collar ....................................................................................
15.86
.9
8.50
10.65
14.40
19.74
25.75
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 ..
Locksmiths and safe repairers .......................................
Office machine repairers ................................................
Mechanical controls and valve 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 ...................................................
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 ..........................................................
19.54
23.79
18.58
13.80
18.00
26.68
15.05
16.00
25.64
18.89
14.54
20.72
15.92
1.0
3.6
3.2
12.4
2.3
6.9
8.3
3.6
6.9
3.3
3.9
2.5
4.7
11.00
14.42
10.50
8.75
12.00
18.05
10.50
11.50
14.00
12.70
11.00
14.30
10.50
14.00
17.78
14.36
10.00
14.50
21.71
12.00
13.00
19.85
15.00
12.69
17.10
12.03
18.48
22.00
18.82
12.80
17.50
25.57
15.00
15.00
25.93
18.40
14.50
19.84
14.50
24.38
29.51
21.63
15.63
20.91
31.07
18.00
17.50
30.92
22.19
16.50
24.88
19.09
29.50
34.23
25.00
17.00
23.90
35.85
18.50
22.35
34.79
25.44
18.00
27.59
22.60
21.89
20.41
16.01
25.23
23.83
17.37
15.09
16.47
22.53
22.63
16.66
5.4
10.4
5.8
4.2
2.9
3.3
10.4
11.6
3.7
5.9
2.3
13.00
12.50
10.50
16.00
18.04
12.00
11.00
11.30
15.91
15.15
10.50
15.22
15.30
12.00
25.09
22.03
14.25
13.30
11.50
18.48
17.50
13.00
22.62
18.99
15.30
26.39
24.59
16.00
14.00
16.28
21.92
24.90
16.07
27.63
23.65
17.60
27.71
26.39
20.00
17.39
18.56
26.40
26.45
19.75
31.18
27.59
26.02
28.05
28.50
24.03
19.47
22.50
30.32
29.93
24.07
21.75
26.19
14.3
6.0
14.22
17.75
16.50
22.50
19.75
25.74
27.12
31.00
29.71
36.06
29.45
21.31
28.68
21.56
27.44
19.70
20.47
19.27
15.64
16.32
25.15
15.14
26.62
14.55
14.84
22.96
14.52
18.53
17.83
17.65
4.2
5.3
4.2
4.7
6.7
20.4
18.3
4.1
7.9
4.8
2.3
3.8
2.6
4.7
8.4
3.1
4.5
9.6
6.9
11.1
21.00
15.50
19.50
15.09
19.00
14.00
10.00
11.75
12.00
11.50
15.40
10.00
19.00
9.25
11.00
15.00
9.72
10.75
13.00
11.00
23.32
19.00
26.25
16.95
23.71
14.00
14.00
14.00
12.00
14.00
18.73
11.50
23.06
11.00
13.00
17.50
11.50
12.50
15.00
11.64
28.65
20.50
32.25
20.00
26.44
15.00
19.14
18.70
15.34
15.50
22.90
13.50
26.51
13.00
15.00
24.00
13.50
16.00
17.00
16.29
35.97
23.46
32.75
25.00
32.55
22.47
29.75
23.00
18.09
18.00
30.65
17.49
30.59
17.00
15.00
28.38
16.00
24.90
20.00
22.77
40.83
27.50
33.73
30.82
40.00
33.92
34.05
28.78
18.46
22.25
38.80
23.32
34.32
22.00
18.00
30.27
20.86
28.52
23.00
29.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.89
17.72
24.19
20.23
17.54
25.91
25.59
20.31
26.30
21.25
23.21
18.49
20.20
19.60
17.16
17.63
20.98
18.98
14.38
18.86
18.00
13.05
13.18
14.55
14.65
15.52
18.63
15.53
14.03
13.00
15.31
11.82
11.69
12.08
19.22
16.5
8.4
12.5
6.2
5.5
16.6
26.9
11.2
1.5
2.3
3.5
9.5
6.6
2.5
7.8
7.5
9.6
17.2
14.9
6.9
14.6
6.1
7.0
13.6
16.2
13.1
7.0
3.7
10.8
4.0
8.3
4.3
5.4
9.5
3.3
$9.00
9.50
14.00
14.00
10.40
12.00
9.00
15.55
25.00
13.55
17.18
12.60
13.82
12.83
14.06
8.85
13.33
11.17
8.13
12.00
11.50
9.75
10.50
8.44
8.00
12.50
13.65
9.50
8.00
8.30
10.30
7.30
6.50
8.13
10.60
$10.50
12.50
16.50
16.00
12.52
15.00
11.29
16.70
26.40
16.01
20.00
15.90
16.00
16.00
15.00
13.61
17.04
12.50
8.98
13.28
15.00
11.00
11.00
10.10
9.48
12.50
15.00
13.50
10.10
9.91
12.50
8.80
9.30
8.75
14.46
$13.15
18.00
21.75
19.00
16.25
28.84
28.49
19.22
26.40
20.69
22.05
16.99
18.65
19.79
16.00
16.67
19.85
16.94
15.35
17.50
20.50
12.50
12.70
12.45
14.00
12.50
18.25
15.80
13.00
12.20
14.95
10.65
11.12
11.28
18.29
$21.20
22.00
33.67
25.05
21.12
34.16
40.62
25.20
28.84
25.37
28.00
22.50
25.00
23.00
18.06
20.64
24.92
22.72
17.00
24.00
23.63
14.15
13.25
16.65
18.63
18.09
19.64
17.50
18.00
15.84
15.63
14.40
15.28
14.63
24.81
$26.72
26.00
34.67
27.91
25.57
39.81
40.62
31.02
28.84
30.00
30.56
24.00
29.20
26.25
22.20
26.76
31.20
32.00
23.17
27.91
23.63
16.50
20.29
22.04
22.53
22.46
24.97
20.57
20.56
18.84
22.50
18.49
16.32
16.86
27.00
22.20
18.79
19.39
27.15
22.20
21.65
10.0
10.6
2.8
3.4
4.6
6.2
13.97
10.50
12.23
21.02
14.31
13.30
16.35
12.53
15.69
25.13
17.58
18.00
25.86
17.85
19.52
26.39
21.32
22.58
25.90
26.20
22.79
29.50
28.01
25.79
25.90
27.08
27.08
32.76
32.27
27.87
13.83
16.40
16.70
14.23
13.53
14.22
13.00
1.2
4.9
5.0
5.1
7.7
10.4
11.2
8.00
11.40
10.87
9.98
8.50
9.11
6.50
9.88
13.35
13.20
12.00
9.01
10.25
8.00
12.75
15.00
16.55
14.47
12.08
13.26
12.88
16.73
19.50
19.60
16.00
16.76
16.03
16.55
21.99
22.47
23.90
17.56
22.05
21.36
19.75
13.49
13.75
15.81
16.00
12.85
13.77
16.37
11.78
11.77
2.6
9.3
3.8
3.6
3.8
6.4
6.5
7.3
4.8
9.00
9.00
10.57
9.60
8.25
8.00
11.93
8.00
8.00
11.00
10.80
12.25
12.00
9.91
10.75
12.51
10.00
9.50
13.25
11.95
16.00
15.15
11.69
13.16
15.16
12.25
11.25
15.24
16.45
18.15
18.46
14.85
16.50
18.66
13.00
13.30
18.00
19.04
21.62
26.01
19.08
19.14
21.65
14.50
15.92
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheet metal 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 ......................................................................
Boilermakers ..................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
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. ........................
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 ...........................
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 ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.88
16.18
17.61
15.01
13.36
2.9
2.3
4.9
5.7
8.8
$10.92
10.21
11.25
9.62
8.70
$12.00
12.70
15.40
11.71
10.01
$13.00
15.83
17.85
14.90
12.33
$13.96
19.35
20.00
17.38
16.50
$14.50
22.00
24.91
19.87
16.50
11.50
10.40
9.03
9.23
9.48
12.00
13.39
13.82
15.84
19.63
11.91
14.59
12.88
13.84
14.18
15.20
14.02
14.01
12.29
14.43
16.33
11.15
14.32
9.68
10.63
10.86
17.45
12.69
13.82
13.01
13.02
10.53
11.43
1.9
5.1
5.6
4.9
6.4
9.8
3.9
4.8
5.0
5.2
4.4
3.3
9.8
10.7
10.1
6.9
7.6
3.3
5.3
2.7
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
12.1
12.4
23.6
6.4
4.3
8.0
14.8
6.0
7.7
8.75
7.50
6.25
6.75
7.24
7.36
8.25
9.51
10.25
12.08
9.05
9.10
10.00
8.97
9.40
10.50
10.00
10.02
8.10
8.75
11.00
8.03
7.38
7.00
7.50
7.50
10.50
7.50
8.50
8.50
10.10
7.10
7.00
10.67
8.50
7.25
8.00
8.00
9.25
9.86
10.79
12.04
16.40
10.15
11.33
10.64
10.00
11.13
11.60
11.30
11.64
9.00
10.50
13.00
8.53
9.25
8.00
7.50
8.90
10.94
8.95
10.00
10.50
10.64
7.34
10.40
11.66
10.75
8.50
9.00
8.75
11.00
12.58
13.99
15.22
19.15
11.29
13.50
12.44
13.40
12.77
12.80
13.02
14.02
11.17
13.84
15.61
11.12
12.28
8.00
9.25
10.32
13.05
11.00
12.07
11.25
11.03
9.65
11.37
12.34
10.75
10.01
10.00
10.05
14.50
16.12
16.42
18.00
23.71
13.00
16.54
14.51
16.47
15.75
17.50
15.95
16.70
16.17
17.51
19.23
12.66
17.81
10.78
12.52
12.59
28.13
15.00
16.29
15.23
12.55
14.36
12.50
14.07
13.76
12.11
11.59
13.50
17.25
21.20
17.70
22.59
26.11
15.85
22.49
17.08
21.15
20.56
24.53
18.71
17.44
17.56
21.39
22.64
15.38
26.19
15.25
14.81
14.80
28.71
19.95
22.84
19.83
24.79
15.18
15.50
15.47
18.15
14.99
14.86
16.21
9.76
9.92
12.84
26.14
27.10
21.65
17.81
11.85
18.12
21.97
20.59
27.98
16.71
16.83
1.8
6.2
2.5
6.4
2.7
5.8
10.7
6.1
19.1
14.1
3.3
10.2
7.0
13.4
4.1
6.5
10.9
7.9
4.5
9.50
12.78
9.58
10.00
9.25
6.75
6.33
7.85
13.04
14.05
17.25
11.25
8.34
13.75
16.00
11.05
21.35
10.90
10.25
11.10
13.74
10.96
11.50
12.68
7.50
7.75
8.73
13.04
15.80
19.56
13.33
8.75
13.75
17.35
13.59
22.65
13.34
13.00
14.00
15.33
13.76
13.10
16.13
9.95
10.32
10.54
24.96
25.09
22.30
17.50
10.42
16.92
21.82
19.15
29.87
15.88
16.00
18.75
22.33
18.33
17.65
19.78
11.83
12.40
16.31
36.30
34.54
23.69
20.00
14.00
23.17
26.80
26.07
32.85
20.23
19.11
23.79
27.19
23.07
23.75
23.01
12.50
12.40
20.64
42.10
41.59
24.52
23.50
18.13
23.17
27.18
30.09
33.98
25.00
25.28
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Shaping and joining 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 ...........................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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 ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
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 ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Longshore equipment operators ....................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$16.28
14.35
5.2
2.6
$10.25
9.44
$12.46
11.25
$14.41
13.45
$19.92
16.85
$25.76
20.77
16.01
4.2
9.30
11.51
14.95
20.35
25.67
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Grader, dozer, and scraper 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 .........................................................
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. .............................
12.15
11.19
23.77
12.08
11.83
10.29
1.4
9.5
18.1
3.9
8.9
17.5
7.11
7.79
10.30
7.58
7.99
6.80
8.60
8.95
14.42
8.71
9.35
7.00
10.93
10.00
20.10
10.88
10.45
8.70
14.29
13.00
24.99
14.75
14.06
14.20
19.25
16.00
60.00
17.63
17.49
14.20
19.26
11.85
12.37
10.28
14.17
11.53
14.40
11.21
10.68
12.79
9.44
10.18
10.02
11.65
5.2
6.0
4.1
16.2
3.4
3.1
12.2
2.0
3.8
2.7
6.4
3.6
4.2
3.0
11.71
7.50
8.50
7.00
8.24
8.00
8.00
6.80
7.50
7.50
7.00
7.00
6.35
6.75
15.00
9.00
10.00
7.50
10.00
9.00
10.50
8.45
8.25
9.36
7.43
8.00
7.50
8.19
18.75
10.50
11.12
8.75
12.90
10.88
13.75
10.78
9.97
11.75
8.05
9.00
9.15
10.50
21.64
15.68
14.09
15.00
18.00
13.81
18.13
13.25
12.31
15.25
10.44
10.75
11.65
13.80
26.75
16.60
18.74
15.00
22.47
16.80
23.56
16.00
14.65
20.49
15.00
15.56
14.05
18.82
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 .......................................
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 ........................................
11.72
17.75
27.11
30.90
20.30
18.74
18.95
24.15
19.40
17.17
10.04
13.84
8.56
5.29
6.83
4.61
6.32
9.65
13.52
10.01
8.80
8.32
11.18
15.27
11.94
10.40
11.16
16.99
8.34
11.42
10.89
15.82
2.1
2.9
5.0
2.9
8.2
14.3
2.4
1.0
2.5
6.4
2.3
11.3
1.4
2.9
5.6
4.3
6.6
1.1
2.8
1.4
2.5
1.2
1.6
5.3
2.9
1.1
1.8
4.9
1.6
1.9
7.8
7.5
6.25
8.50
17.66
18.30
11.00
8.00
11.59
15.64
12.30
11.35
7.00
8.00
4.17
2.13
4.17
2.13
3.30
6.25
8.75
7.00
6.00
6.05
7.75
10.50
8.29
7.52
7.00
10.24
6.50
7.25
5.75
8.85
7.66
10.50
21.14
24.53
13.20
12.20
13.99
19.07
14.38
12.00
8.00
9.32
6.44
3.00
5.00
2.57
4.35
7.25
10.00
8.00
7.00
6.75
9.00
12.60
9.50
8.60
8.00
12.76
7.00
8.48
6.81
12.02
10.00
15.64
25.21
30.33
16.46
20.17
17.83
23.91
18.63
15.25
9.50
12.00
8.00
5.15
6.75
4.00
6.25
8.85
12.49
9.57
8.25
7.69
10.40
14.78
11.00
9.88
10.00
16.81
7.80
10.54
9.00
16.45
13.66
23.77
31.84
37.25
26.51
25.22
23.54
28.03
23.65
21.99
11.06
17.18
10.25
7.00
8.00
5.97
7.16
11.00
16.16
11.50
10.00
9.19
12.71
17.00
13.29
11.54
13.40
19.54
9.01
13.62
12.02
19.38
19.87
29.54
40.90
43.54
37.00
29.23
27.91
32.71
28.22
25.99
13.88
22.48
13.27
8.50
9.50
7.50
9.10
14.13
20.67
13.98
12.00
11.29
15.60
21.00
16.39
13.97
17.32
23.95
11.12
17.19
17.44
21.25
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Hairdressers and cosmetologists ...................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ...........
Guides ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$13.85
7.24
14.57
32.29
7.51
11.07
8.90
9.42
12.07
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10.5
5.2
6.3
2.3
5.6
4.1
4.2
5.4
5.7
$8.00
5.24
10.58
17.88
4.70
7.72
6.08
6.25
7.80
$9.06
5.64
13.06
24.86
5.70
8.88
7.00
7.00
9.00
$11.25
6.55
15.24
32.88
6.85
10.39
8.60
8.40
11.10
$15.28
7.71
16.67
37.77
8.74
12.40
10.38
10.54
15.41
$22.75
10.84
18.09
47.67
10.25
15.37
11.78
13.93
17.44
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$10.01
10.54
1.0
1.2
$5.50
5.35
$6.50
6.55
$8.00
8.25
$10.66
11.50
$16.69
18.89
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
12.61
16.68
1.3
1.8
6.25
7.91
7.20
9.47
9.04
13.00
14.12
21.00
24.52
30.00
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Natural 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 ...........................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Engineering teachers .....................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Physical education 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 .................................
Psychologists .................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...........................
Social workers ...............................................................
Recreation workers ........................................................
Lawyers and judges ...........................................................
Lawyers .........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. ................................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Photographers ...............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Public relations specialists .............................................
Announcers ....................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
23.92
25.89
31.88
30.04
30.04
25.65
29.27
74.89
28.05
32.61
21.47
19.50
28.72
34.47
27.63
34.62
32.77
28.27
24.81
49.10
29.92
39.84
29.04
35.76
22.44
21.79
22.84
29.51
24.53
29.16
32.57
19.68
14.35
24.98
33.07
31.02
22.37
13.90
26.92
20.93
21.07
23.04
23.09
17.20
19.39
12.15
45.16
46.81
2.1
2.1
14.8
9.1
9.1
11.0
1.9
5.7
1.9
12.8
5.0
8.3
3.9
6.6
10.0
29.9
4.8
24.9
11.4
21.9
18.8
1.3
9.7
11.0
17.8
25.8
21.9
9.0
18.5
12.3
5.6
6.3
15.3
7.5
9.0
24.5
10.1
4.2
20.8
4.2
4.1
17.9
18.0
5.9
5.9
10.0
13.5
14.3
10.32
10.71
15.40
12.93
12.93
16.61
19.00
55.00
19.87
11.00
17.32
15.99
23.57
25.00
18.00
16.50
16.67
17.00
19.30
30.50
20.63
40.00
19.50
21.88
12.31
12.50
11.64
18.75
13.46
19.50
17.00
8.50
6.50
10.71
18.96
15.00
10.00
8.00
12.00
12.97
12.97
10.00
10.00
9.00
12.00
6.35
19.08
15.27
15.17
17.59
21.18
23.56
23.56
18.70
23.00
60.00
23.06
23.00
18.68
16.12
26.00
29.25
21.31
16.95
21.88
17.00
19.30
30.50
22.48
40.00
23.00
25.09
12.31
12.50
13.23
20.63
15.38
19.50
21.59
11.54
11.83
18.34
25.31
18.50
12.00
10.00
16.52
15.12
15.08
15.00
15.63
12.00
14.42
7.57
26.04
27.43
22.59
24.78
25.00
34.00
34.00
25.00
26.83
68.28
26.29
36.00
21.63
16.92
28.50
35.00
28.24
22.94
31.66
23.00
21.88
47.50
25.24
40.00
25.06
37.10
20.00
14.06
21.87
25.49
24.29
30.40
31.66
15.00
14.20
24.40
31.08
20.00
17.61
11.54
24.70
19.38
19.85
25.00
25.00
17.00
18.67
12.00
40.30
40.30
29.63
31.45
40.00
34.50
34.50
31.01
32.54
76.12
31.00
43.40
22.77
21.86
32.33
39.00
33.95
63.56
40.00
28.81
30.00
53.52
42.51
40.00
38.93
46.11
31.56
30.00
29.30
37.26
27.00
30.40
41.26
24.36
14.20
33.44
36.50
48.71
33.03
17.24
29.81
23.12
23.14
29.00
29.00
22.00
24.56
13.00
63.33
63.33
40.00
41.52
59.61
38.00
38.00
33.65
43.00
100.00
39.78
45.20
25.46
26.00
35.00
43.00
41.08
63.56
48.71
48.23
34.38
81.44
43.00
40.00
43.00
46.75
36.27
40.00
45.40
45.55
39.78
45.00
49.75
38.00
20.31
39.52
49.22
49.37
42.82
23.67
47.05
37.27
37.27
35.77
35.77
26.00
26.23
19.37
71.72
89.53
12.89
10.35
18.20
14.91
14.51
16.28
14.71
10.74
11.79
9.2
13.9
26.4
36.4
19.4
25.5
8.3
19.9
9.6
6.75
7.50
8.65
7.00
7.50
8.00
12.69
5.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
8.65
7.25
8.94
9.00
12.69
7.00
8.00
9.50
9.25
12.00
8.50
14.50
14.12
13.46
10.00
10.00
14.12
12.00
21.36
13.86
18.00
21.22
14.18
11.00
15.00
24.62
15.00
29.43
49.24
24.80
31.28
22.92
12.00
18.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
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 ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
$18.75
18.94
28.80
15.28
24.57
17.61
14.09
14.80
35.17
12.46
9.04
26.02
11.88
3.9
4.9
4.2
12.5
8.0
2.6
6.6
12.6
22.6
9.4
8.8
22.9
21.2
$10.00
11.36
21.00
10.05
14.99
13.50
8.75
10.00
13.14
8.50
7.00
13.35
7.75
$13.05
15.13
21.00
11.78
17.95
15.00
10.37
11.00
40.00
11.33
7.00
17.65
8.75
$16.56
16.75
28.00
13.00
23.02
16.64
12.75
13.50
40.00
11.33
10.00
18.00
10.00
$21.80
22.14
34.20
17.16
30.00
19.70
15.92
19.23
40.00
14.10
10.30
33.66
15.21
$28.15
28.08
40.63
25.44
37.68
23.35
21.63
20.00
40.00
17.53
10.30
50.96
19.65
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration .........
Administrators, education and related fields ..................
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
22.91
22.51
16.51
38.61
27.94
36.87
17.15
23.14
26.26
22.54
19.62
18.49
7.2
14.0
25.6
20.7
21.1
15.8
11.9
6.0
9.3
15.3
12.0
8.0
9.50
7.00
5.29
29.08
12.01
22.44
9.50
13.34
14.58
13.34
13.37
9.23
14.58
10.50
5.29
29.08
15.50
25.83
13.75
16.00
20.00
17.00
13.37
16.00
21.35
17.30
12.00
29.08
30.00
42.31
17.30
21.72
25.12
20.81
17.29
17.00
29.00
30.00
26.92
53.32
30.00
46.49
21.87
28.50
30.00
25.00
26.10
21.56
38.15
44.31
27.89
53.32
55.76
46.49
22.69
37.26
38.15
34.00
28.24
27.24
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
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 support, n.e.c. ......................................................
7.96
8.94
8.26
1.2
10.6
3.3
5.75
6.50
6.25
6.50
6.89
7.10
7.29
8.25
8.25
8.70
10.65
8.60
10.25
11.05
10.00
10.26
7.49
7.24
8.42
8.97
10.02
7.96
7.86
7.08
7.74
8.53
9.94
8.33
8.9
2.9
6.0
5.5
4.4
3.1
7.2
1.8
3.8
1.4
14.0
6.0
4.3
8.00
6.00
5.50
6.25
7.50
7.50
5.50
6.00
5.50
5.75
5.50
7.18
6.00
9.00
6.25
5.87
7.00
8.00
8.75
7.05
6.50
6.00
6.25
5.50
9.36
7.00
9.00
7.00
6.52
8.24
9.00
9.93
8.00
7.25
7.00
7.10
9.00
10.00
7.80
10.50
8.00
8.11
9.00
9.50
11.17
8.75
8.50
8.00
8.30
10.26
11.04
9.25
15.26
9.50
10.30
10.00
10.00
13.00
10.24
10.00
9.00
10.00
12.13
11.04
10.50
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
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. ....................................................
11.15
10.49
13.73
25.11
11.77
9.62
8.39
15.52
9.34
10.31
9.73
12.60
10.58
9.05
11.74
1.3
8.4
4.5
35.4
5.8
9.7
3.9
6.5
3.3
6.8
7.2
12.8
3.3
5.5
6.0
7.33
8.50
8.82
10.00
8.35
7.50
7.00
9.00
6.75
7.50
6.55
8.62
6.80
6.50
8.13
8.50
10.00
10.25
12.94
10.00
7.75
7.65
11.56
7.74
8.75
7.50
10.06
8.00
8.00
9.80
10.17
10.00
12.93
18.00
11.00
8.50
8.25
16.85
8.50
10.15
9.20
11.20
9.67
8.50
11.00
12.95
10.65
16.07
21.69
14.00
10.80
8.72
20.30
10.32
11.29
12.10
17.15
12.50
9.90
13.59
16.39
14.90
20.00
22.81
15.77
13.91
10.00
21.56
12.50
12.42
13.09
17.15
15.33
12.23
15.66
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.48
11.07
12.51
10.44
9.55
8.84
10.37
9.19
11.00
9.53
13.36
9.83
2.7
4.8
3.8
2.6
4.5
7.1
7.6
7.1
11.4
3.2
8.7
10.3
$9.00
8.00
10.00
8.57
8.25
6.25
6.87
6.00
6.50
7.35
10.00
6.65
$10.00
10.00
11.00
9.90
9.00
7.25
8.21
7.50
7.78
8.00
10.61
7.47
$11.00
11.26
12.08
10.08
9.00
9.00
10.00
9.25
9.45
8.75
14.76
10.25
$13.00
11.90
13.50
11.45
11.00
9.51
12.00
11.03
12.49
11.00
15.21
11.60
$14.25
14.06
14.49
12.51
11.00
11.17
14.00
11.50
20.07
12.75
15.21
12.40
8.60
15.08
12.48
10.40
10.61
9.69
10.94
11.95
10.42
13.68
11.26
2.7
13.3
6.4
8.4
4.0
1.5
18.2
8.1
15.1
2.0
5.7
7.50
11.19
7.50
8.00
7.00
7.75
6.25
8.00
8.54
8.70
6.85
7.80
12.00
9.41
8.16
8.00
8.50
8.40
10.00
8.58
9.96
8.50
8.45
15.44
12.15
9.00
10.00
9.32
9.00
11.35
8.82
12.79
10.10
9.35
18.30
14.76
13.17
12.40
10.50
14.50
12.00
11.14
17.00
14.03
10.25
20.40
16.13
14.66
16.00
12.00
14.50
20.00
12.22
19.45
16.39
Blue collar ....................................................................................
9.40
1.7
5.85
6.90
8.25
10.73
14.14
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Carpenters .....................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
12.60
8.1
6.00
9.00
10.50
14.08
24.35
23.03
11.34
21.47
20.23
12.39
10.67
9.6
26.7
23.4
21.8
5.9
20.2
16.00
5.38
12.00
12.00
7.25
6.00
16.00
5.55
12.00
12.00
9.30
6.00
24.35
9.00
23.00
17.49
10.25
10.90
24.35
17.91
31.04
31.04
15.00
13.75
31.04
17.91
34.65
31.04
17.25
17.64
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Assemblers ....................................................................
8.98
7.56
17.99
7.27
8.07
7.98
9.61
9.22
2.5
6.7
11.9
5.8
6.6
3.7
5.4
6.4
6.50
6.75
14.65
6.00
7.50
6.93
7.25
7.00
7.50
7.00
15.00
6.04
7.50
7.75
8.00
7.16
8.50
7.00
15.42
6.50
7.50
8.25
9.00
8.25
10.00
8.00
20.02
8.00
7.50
8.25
10.50
10.00
11.00
8.50
25.80
9.17
8.75
8.37
12.00
12.50
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
10.35
10.98
7.75
13.16
9.28
6.85
6.99
11.27
2.8
6.0
8.5
3.2
8.0
10.6
5.9
13.5
5.50
7.00
5.15
9.74
7.00
5.25
5.25
6.90
7.00
8.00
5.50
10.76
7.00
5.25
5.50
7.50
9.75
9.75
6.75
12.50
8.50
6.50
6.75
9.25
12.53
13.12
8.00
14.83
12.00
8.00
7.50
14.34
15.96
17.50
12.50
17.50
12.00
9.00
8.50
17.12
12.68
5.8
8.50
11.32
12.08
13.52
15.05
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
8.69
8.70
8.27
12.24
2.2
4.1
9.5
23.3
5.82
6.68
6.00
5.40
6.55
7.75
6.75
6.75
7.80
8.00
7.50
16.00
9.72
9.69
10.00
16.00
12.24
11.00
10.87
16.00
Mean
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
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 ....................................................................
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 ...............
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
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. .............................
$11.47
20.17
8.54
7.57
10.37
10.98
9.53
7.00
7.90
8.43
7.7
11.7
5.0
1.4
11.9
3.6
23.2
2.4
3.4
3.1
$9.00
5.15
7.00
5.50
7.00
6.50
6.50
5.50
5.92
6.00
$10.00
10.00
7.50
6.20
9.10
9.00
6.50
6.25
7.00
7.00
$12.00
25.00
8.00
7.16
9.10
10.67
7.50
6.75
7.50
8.00
$12.00
25.43
9.38
8.40
11.26
12.40
9.10
7.50
9.00
9.50
$16.50
29.50
10.50
9.73
15.74
15.10
25.00
8.50
10.00
11.25
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement 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 .....................................................
7.41
10.45
8.40
17.40
16.03
9.64
10.44
9.31
6.38
4.75
6.54
4.27
5.57
7.23
9.07
7.76
7.36
7.19
9.54
14.55
9.88
9.30
8.11
10.39
8.39
7.99
1.0
5.6
11.1
14.9
11.2
4.4
7.6
7.9
1.1
3.1
5.8
3.5
3.6
.9
5.7
2.4
3.1
1.2
3.5
7.7
8.2
2.8
2.7
8.4
4.7
2.6
3.65
6.40
6.95
9.78
7.20
6.50
6.40
6.12
2.63
2.13
3.03
2.13
2.83
5.50
7.25
5.73
5.40
5.50
6.01
8.60
5.15
6.08
5.50
6.25
6.20
5.40
5.86
7.75
6.95
11.77
13.75
8.25
8.00
7.25
5.30
2.50
5.15
2.20
4.30
6.00
7.75
6.50
6.00
6.00
7.40
11.15
7.50
7.25
6.50
7.00
7.00
6.50
7.00
9.25
7.41
13.70
15.50
9.19
9.33
8.65
6.50
4.30
6.50
3.30
5.75
6.95
8.30
7.25
7.00
6.92
9.00
14.50
9.20
8.77
7.50
10.90
8.00
7.50
8.50
11.05
8.00
25.00
17.96
10.86
10.50
11.44
7.50
6.75
7.50
6.00
6.75
8.00
9.11
8.84
8.19
7.80
11.00
17.55
11.78
10.60
9.00
12.00
9.00
8.89
10.75
16.47
10.68
29.00
17.96
12.80
18.00
13.50
9.00
7.50
10.00
7.16
7.50
9.48
12.00
10.25
9.89
9.20
14.00
20.60
14.49
13.03
10.65
14.17
10.49
10.50
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National
Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$8.61
10.41
11.06
7.16
9.55
7.91
12.69
8.72
7.65
8.36
8.67
9.05
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
2.6
13.7
11.9
5.0
8.7
7.9
35.3
6.8
6.3
4.4
3.7
5.7
$5.68
7.01
5.91
5.15
7.00
6.00
8.50
5.25
5.98
5.75
6.00
6.00
$6.50
7.50
7.05
5.50
7.00
6.55
8.50
7.50
6.05
6.50
6.56
7.00
$7.50
9.00
10.00
6.92
8.75
7.25
8.50
8.00
6.85
7.60
8.00
8.00
$9.75
13.00
13.31
8.00
11.25
9.75
10.23
10.00
8.50
9.04
10.50
9.65
$12.14
14.00
20.08
9.50
15.00
10.00
19.35
10.89
10.80
11.34
11.65
12.80
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$17.25
17.50
1.0
1.1
$7.05
7.25
$9.50
9.75
$13.63
14.00
$20.99
21.31
$30.63
30.84
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
21.53
23.29
.8
.9
8.50
10.00
11.48
12.98
16.98
18.87
26.54
28.57
39.10
41.03
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 .......................................
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 .............................................................
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 ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
28.87
31.56
35.20
32.54
41.15
30.60
43.26
37.97
37.56
31.40
37.47
31.57
31.73
37.22
32.66
35.52
35.60
35.42
33.09
26.04
32.23
43.66
30.72
34.73
33.95
33.29
33.67
26.68
31.24
66.92
45.24
57.44
34.70
27.00
41.46
21.47
21.60
25.77
28.81
24.34
20.39
34.23
42.28
48.18
53.66
59.17
41.59
52.18
34.39
40.96
44.28
60.99
40.89
31.39
55.10
49.02
46.95
35.23
1.6
1.6
1.6
4.8
7.8
5.2
8.3
4.6
4.5
5.7
2.8
2.2
2.6
3.2
9.5
2.4
2.3
4.4
10.1
14.7
3.2
9.3
6.4
8.2
7.4
7.7
8.6
7.3
3.6
9.0
8.0
14.4
9.3
1.6
2.2
5.3
3.1
4.4
1.9
3.3
16.7
6.1
3.0
15.0
12.8
11.7
6.9
17.4
11.2
19.3
8.2
8.7
13.2
5.5
11.1
7.4
9.9
5.9
13.46
15.44
22.96
19.80
23.43
24.04
32.34
28.23
27.90
20.00
25.00
23.08
23.10
23.08
24.04
21.63
21.63
21.45
22.94
14.80
18.60
27.45
19.23
23.50
22.10
22.07
15.64
14.63
18.54
20.07
35.02
37.50
22.22
18.89
35.25
16.97
16.27
17.00
23.04
20.19
12.51
28.00
20.94
27.64
40.32
41.52
26.16
30.94
25.42
28.89
27.89
26.65
30.21
19.78
30.50
23.28
20.51
20.00
18.25
21.40
27.64
24.21
31.21
25.48
32.34
29.81
33.33
22.60
29.57
26.30
26.75
29.17
31.07
26.80
26.81
26.99
25.49
16.45
23.23
39.45
22.58
23.50
26.68
30.94
22.99
17.79
22.00
26.84
38.47
42.60
31.25
21.95
40.00
17.51
18.45
22.17
25.87
20.69
13.94
31.42
27.94
34.01
43.98
45.79
33.57
33.41
26.25
29.36
34.31
47.72
30.21
20.94
38.46
25.89
30.95
27.00
25.37
28.65
33.65
32.28
42.15
30.29
39.62
37.42
37.77
29.49
36.13
30.78
30.49
36.47
31.07
34.52
34.52
35.58
29.71
28.09
30.24
43.05
28.58
36.97
32.43
33.65
29.75
21.86
26.72
64.90
40.87
61.67
31.25
25.80
42.50
20.58
21.09
25.89
28.61
23.16
16.95
33.12
37.68
38.96
45.98
49.09
41.36
54.39
30.15
32.42
42.61
59.72
36.88
28.63
46.70
37.14
51.64
34.26
34.88
38.46
41.35
38.44
50.54
33.87
51.11
44.33
41.24
37.40
43.53
35.20
36.65
44.39
39.60
42.66
42.81
42.31
41.28
31.40
39.19
46.63
34.78
42.31
38.76
34.62
41.04
33.65
33.98
98.08
55.00
75.00
45.58
30.68
44.57
23.87
25.27
29.13
30.90
26.00
21.18
37.89
51.64
50.35
63.59
70.46
47.36
65.88
41.46
38.50
55.15
76.91
48.56
38.27
69.71
65.03
51.64
38.07
46.03
49.05
49.66
48.08
57.74
40.54
62.79
49.02
46.48
47.25
51.27
42.07
41.83
52.45
39.60
51.37
51.81
48.77
51.92
33.33
48.04
64.91
45.67
48.08
46.80
39.43
62.81
45.43
45.25
109.06
55.00
80.00
45.58
36.99
47.15
30.16
26.60
33.00
34.94
30.43
35.72
46.15
69.67
110.81
82.50
77.40
59.09
70.36
48.92
67.96
62.53
83.72
65.85
46.49
88.05
92.45
72.47
51.52
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$29.66
38.47
38.03
40.20
63.10
43.11
19.82
40.40
20.05
12.32
23.34
30.69
26.37
21.27
8.83
18.43
29.28
29.03
30.24
28.16
33.79
21.95
28.03
16.94
16.92
15.88
17.59
18.58
52.65
52.65
11.1
11.3
6.0
9.1
11.1
11.9
5.4
5.0
4.7
5.9
3.5
4.3
10.5
5.0
10.5
7.1
10.2
11.8
2.9
8.2
8.2
9.3
11.1
4.0
4.4
10.2
11.8
13.8
5.1
5.1
$14.06
24.27
20.21
24.09
30.00
23.21
14.42
19.95
9.56
7.28
14.38
18.23
17.23
10.79
6.08
11.46
18.57
17.55
22.47
14.95
19.50
12.24
18.30
10.74
10.83
7.25
10.27
10.97
26.36
26.36
$20.76
29.45
27.86
28.00
42.01
28.13
17.52
25.69
12.50
9.23
17.45
22.73
21.00
15.00
6.50
13.00
21.86
19.90
24.73
18.30
22.74
16.10
18.30
13.23
13.33
12.00
12.17
16.35
33.33
33.33
$28.11
37.68
35.64
39.29
63.10
39.60
18.75
36.06
17.90
11.73
22.04
28.62
24.00
19.98
8.13
15.58
27.11
25.13
32.03
24.52
29.86
18.44
29.91
16.24
16.16
15.95
15.86
16.83
48.63
48.63
$37.97
41.60
44.01
46.51
80.00
49.95
21.06
50.76
26.20
14.20
28.30
36.23
30.71
27.86
10.56
20.61
33.41
35.60
32.03
32.94
37.50
23.37
31.25
19.84
19.65
21.15
19.29
20.17
66.67
66.67
$47.11
62.69
57.53
60.43
101.22
66.31
24.46
66.33
32.18
17.61
32.54
45.61
36.84
31.97
10.56
31.83
46.98
46.98
37.26
44.86
50.61
33.65
41.28
24.48
24.46
23.56
28.77
21.40
81.73
81.73
24.58
32.12
21.42
34.10
27.96
21.64
16.46
12.98
26.68
28.44
36.79
20.08
34.35
22.04
17.86
31.23
16.68
23.43
17.09
16.25
23.29
23.02
23.24
24.42
21.34
14.93
18.58
4.4
11.0
7.4
13.0
14.8
11.4
13.4
6.1
13.5
6.3
31.3
13.3
6.4
2.9
3.1
3.7
7.6
3.1
1.3
2.7
14.4
5.0
3.9
4.3
4.0
9.1
5.0
9.90
13.13
9.75
20.67
8.50
9.98
8.00
8.65
11.70
16.83
7.78
8.50
18.27
12.00
10.71
21.00
10.60
14.66
13.00
10.31
12.16
18.88
15.86
14.95
12.50
10.25
12.00
14.42
19.60
13.73
25.15
15.58
14.50
10.86
8.94
16.00
20.62
10.00
10.58
23.53
14.51
13.28
27.25
12.78
18.83
14.65
12.39
13.85
20.47
18.27
18.39
16.00
12.35
14.52
20.79
33.65
19.38
31.59
25.63
20.00
14.42
12.55
21.64
25.00
12.00
17.44
31.25
18.61
16.64
32.00
15.00
23.63
16.71
14.88
20.40
21.15
23.12
23.20
20.00
14.00
18.74
30.46
45.56
27.00
34.10
37.27
24.92
20.14
15.00
32.45
31.11
37.86
24.11
45.87
24.41
21.46
37.00
20.19
27.46
19.10
18.44
26.23
26.73
26.45
29.06
26.50
17.50
22.10
43.35
49.52
36.64
52.92
49.52
32.04
30.84
17.50
46.03
43.65
117.79
31.22
52.54
31.46
26.13
40.00
24.52
31.47
21.82
23.48
31.20
29.53
32.04
35.02
30.00
23.09
24.58
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Law 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 ...............................................................
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 ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.94
20.96
113.82
13.10
29.77
20.50
20.42
20.08
6.4
10.7
7.1
6.9
7.0
6.6
4.8
8.7
$13.75
15.00
29.60
7.00
17.31
17.00
12.90
9.29
$16.50
15.50
62.50
9.20
21.05
17.56
15.20
12.30
$20.23
19.31
115.29
13.35
27.60
18.00
20.33
19.08
$24.33
25.50
157.71
15.85
34.80
21.85
23.48
25.00
$28.26
28.98
189.11
17.33
44.23
28.15
28.58
32.72
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
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 ........
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
32.84
36.33
36.61
33.18
31.16
48.73
26.29
34.75
20.14
19.77
22.69
30.86
38.05
27.08
24.91
25.43
35.28
30.48
23.86
2.5
3.2
3.5
9.5
6.8
10.6
5.5
3.6
6.9
5.6
18.5
12.0
3.7
1.7
2.2
7.7
6.4
4.3
2.7
16.00
16.00
19.04
19.09
18.00
23.50
12.04
18.65
12.00
9.38
15.00
15.38
16.61
16.00
16.11
16.49
16.00
19.04
15.93
20.69
22.50
23.34
22.63
21.63
30.00
16.11
25.75
13.90
14.18
15.00
19.62
24.03
19.40
19.23
18.88
21.21
22.13
18.99
27.89
30.56
30.63
26.38
32.61
42.32
22.50
32.14
17.30
19.53
19.50
26.77
33.65
24.63
24.00
22.50
28.04
29.28
21.82
38.46
43.97
43.56
38.63
39.90
58.72
32.95
40.69
22.14
25.00
30.19
31.32
45.71
30.68
28.85
28.53
40.87
35.33
27.02
53.85
59.11
64.42
55.29
44.23
79.42
41.82
52.89
32.50
30.52
36.83
49.76
59.42
39.11
34.86
36.16
65.55
44.66
34.54
26.65
26.14
23.41
20.81
4.4
5.0
7.8
12.5
16.16
16.75
16.22
13.25
19.00
20.19
17.86
15.85
24.52
25.58
23.74
20.35
32.97
33.65
27.83
27.39
40.00
33.65
30.53
27.39
24.99
25.33
7.3
2.5
17.65
14.42
19.10
18.99
24.39
24.28
27.83
29.00
32.66
37.50
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 ..............
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 ................................................................
15.21
19.58
23.47
30.97
45.36
22.02
23.44
35.78
2.1
3.7
8.0
29.0
9.7
13.0
7.0
8.1
6.50
10.16
11.00
9.04
13.60
8.89
8.25
21.84
7.78
12.00
12.95
12.26
15.87
11.42
12.02
29.09
10.70
16.13
18.63
18.49
28.85
17.83
19.39
34.03
17.34
22.36
28.85
24.57
48.08
26.99
27.78
43.17
28.73
35.68
42.86
47.98
84.81
36.85
38.46
51.06
26.54
20.75
9.33
8.80
12.77
9.66
13.37
13.76
11.68
9.38
8.61
18.31
10.15
3.7
5.4
5.5
9.5
10.2
5.8
5.0
5.7
3.7
4.3
1.5
21.6
6.5
12.51
6.75
6.15
5.70
6.75
6.77
8.68
7.05
6.40
6.00
6.00
7.44
7.18
16.66
10.26
6.85
6.07
8.00
8.00
9.93
9.25
7.25
7.00
6.75
9.00
9.38
23.08
15.96
8.00
7.99
10.00
8.93
11.55
13.00
9.00
8.75
7.89
14.42
10.00
32.50
26.21
9.50
10.30
14.45
9.89
15.00
16.83
12.69
10.30
9.71
34.43
11.04
43.94
41.97
13.00
12.62
25.68
14.00
18.90
23.50
20.14
13.50
12.00
35.58
11.22
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
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. ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.05
13.84
4.3
6.1
$8.00
7.21
$9.00
9.25
$12.44
12.50
$14.40
18.07
$16.92
21.20
14.13
19.58
16.06
21.27
.7
4.4
13.0
3.1
8.75
12.50
10.75
13.27
10.50
14.35
11.50
16.00
13.00
18.27
14.00
21.04
16.70
23.13
17.94
25.00
20.78
28.87
23.06
30.06
Mean
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
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 .....................
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 ........
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. ........................................
21.93
16.15
13.97
16.33
16.78
15.20
11.78
8.95
14.61
11.18
13.16
12.53
14.18
14.29
15.95
12.52
10.82
13.76
14.59
15.58
13.13
12.28
13.02
12.10
12.47
9.95
13.09
10.71
12.69
9.62
16.24
17.99
13.44
12.46
17.75
15.76
15.85
5.3
2.5
8.6
1.4
10.0
4.1
5.1
1.8
5.8
1.9
2.4
6.9
4.0
3.4
3.1
7.1
3.3
1.8
2.9
3.6
2.7
12.2
3.5
6.9
7.5
6.7
8.3
18.2
6.3
8.1
6.6
3.5
2.5
2.4
5.3
7.0
4.7
12.00
11.72
8.74
10.42
10.74
10.50
8.00
7.00
7.65
8.00
9.50
10.80
10.96
8.75
10.82
8.75
7.85
9.39
9.75
10.37
9.46
6.82
9.53
7.50
8.50
6.54
7.28
5.50
8.72
6.88
8.32
12.00
9.00
8.10
11.25
10.08
10.40
14.24
13.70
10.00
12.52
12.25
11.41
9.39
7.75
9.70
9.00
10.55
10.80
12.01
10.95
12.91
10.00
8.52
10.75
11.32
12.02
11.00
6.82
10.12
10.00
10.00
8.24
9.00
8.00
10.00
7.75
10.78
13.75
10.50
9.62
12.50
12.25
12.40
21.54
16.51
14.34
15.64
13.79
14.63
11.09
8.50
14.28
10.62
12.50
12.49
13.32
13.14
15.80
12.50
10.08
13.12
14.00
14.90
12.50
11.50
11.45
11.65
11.54
10.27
11.44
10.00
11.43
9.50
14.64
17.34
12.78
11.50
15.69
13.63
15.86
27.60
18.29
17.17
19.23
18.00
17.14
14.00
9.75
20.29
12.50
15.18
13.56
15.39
16.95
19.23
14.50
12.00
15.81
16.59
18.20
15.00
15.47
14.44
15.50
14.74
11.55
17.81
12.00
14.60
11.33
19.10
21.26
15.21
14.50
22.05
18.46
19.22
33.44
20.10
19.73
22.86
25.00
20.74
16.38
11.25
21.58
15.20
17.79
13.56
19.06
21.00
21.43
16.47
14.42
19.54
20.00
21.15
17.38
19.50
17.02
15.50
17.24
12.31
20.41
16.82
18.24
12.46
23.45
25.46
19.56
17.86
24.88
26.32
22.31
11.70
18.66
15.49
12.99
13.80
13.06
10.65
12.11
12.22
15.04
10.60
13.98
4.4
4.4
2.3
3.1
5.7
1.3
1.4
9.8
2.6
4.7
5.3
2.2
7.50
11.76
9.88
9.99
8.58
8.56
8.14
8.25
9.00
8.73
6.82
9.00
8.50
13.57
11.90
10.99
10.50
10.00
9.00
9.65
10.00
10.00
8.50
10.55
10.30
16.87
14.42
12.98
13.23
12.02
10.19
12.69
11.50
14.05
10.10
13.39
13.40
21.75
18.48
14.25
16.70
15.24
12.11
14.50
13.49
19.23
12.00
16.39
18.38
28.52
24.00
16.18
20.24
18.84
13.78
16.23
18.00
22.18
15.90
19.50
Blue collar ....................................................................................
15.34
1.0
8.00
10.00
13.85
19.07
25.47
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$19.41
23.66
18.05
13.51
17.61
26.69
15.00
16.07
25.63
18.79
14.52
20.68
15.92
1.1
3.9
3.1
12.6
2.8
7.0
8.5
3.5
6.9
4.1
3.9
2.5
4.9
$10.76
14.38
10.00
8.75
11.50
18.00
10.50
11.80
14.00
12.70
11.00
14.30
10.46
$14.00
17.25
13.87
10.00
14.06
21.71
12.00
13.00
19.85
14.95
12.69
17.10
12.00
$18.25
22.00
18.50
12.00
17.20
25.57
15.00
15.00
25.93
18.02
14.50
19.83
14.50
$24.36
29.54
21.00
15.63
20.80
31.07
18.00
17.50
30.92
22.00
16.50
24.88
19.31
$29.50
34.25
23.86
15.70
23.61
35.85
18.50
22.64
34.79
25.89
18.00
27.59
22.60
21.93
20.80
16.05
25.35
23.74
17.24
16.36
22.89
22.64
16.49
26.45
5.6
11.6
5.8
4.2
3.0
3.6
11.8
5.0
5.9
2.4
5.7
13.00
12.50
10.50
16.50
18.17
12.00
11.30
16.04
15.15
10.25
19.00
15.00
15.00
12.00
25.09
22.06
14.10
11.50
19.01
17.50
12.65
22.50
23.49
19.89
15.30
26.39
24.59
16.00
16.28
23.28
25.25
16.06
25.74
27.63
24.86
17.60
27.73
26.39
20.00
18.44
26.40
26.45
19.72
31.00
31.18
35.28
26.02
28.05
28.50
23.78
22.21
30.32
29.93
24.02
36.06
29.80
21.28
28.74
21.81
27.57
19.70
20.47
19.20
15.58
16.32
25.52
15.02
26.64
14.17
14.10
23.23
14.25
18.55
16.94
17.64
16.16
17.71
24.19
19.98
18.16
25.91
25.59
20.31
26.30
21.17
23.21
18.49
20.20
19.53
13.96
4.4
5.4
5.2
6.1
6.5
20.4
18.3
4.5
7.4
4.8
2.4
3.8
3.1
5.2
8.3
3.3
5.0
9.7
8.9
11.1
18.5
8.4
12.5
6.4
6.9
16.6
26.9
11.2
1.5
2.3
3.5
9.5
6.6
2.5
10.5
21.15
15.50
20.00
15.09
19.00
14.00
10.00
11.50
12.00
11.50
15.40
10.00
19.04
9.00
11.00
15.00
9.00
10.75
13.00
11.00
9.00
9.50
14.00
14.00
10.40
12.00
9.00
15.55
25.00
13.50
17.18
12.60
13.82
12.83
10.00
23.57
19.00
27.94
16.75
25.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
13.00
14.00
18.75
11.50
23.06
10.25
13.00
17.75
11.44
12.50
15.00
11.64
10.50
12.50
16.50
15.50
13.00
15.00
11.29
16.70
26.40
16.01
20.00
15.90
16.00
15.68
13.00
29.30
20.50
32.25
20.00
26.44
15.00
19.14
18.60
15.34
15.50
24.00
13.50
26.46
12.50
14.50
24.48
13.50
16.00
16.00
16.29
12.50
18.00
21.75
18.90
16.75
28.84
28.49
19.22
26.40
20.65
22.05
16.99
18.65
19.75
13.00
36.44
23.46
32.64
25.70
32.55
22.47
29.75
23.00
18.09
18.00
31.00
17.49
30.58
17.00
15.00
28.38
15.58
24.90
18.50
22.77
26.72
22.00
33.67
24.71
22.50
34.16
40.62
25.20
28.84
25.25
28.00
22.50
25.00
23.00
14.60
41.11
27.50
32.75
30.82
40.00
33.92
34.05
28.78
18.46
22.25
39.38
23.32
34.32
21.59
17.41
30.32
20.62
28.52
22.25
29.00
26.72
26.00
34.67
27.91
26.41
39.81
40.62
31.02
28.84
30.00
30.56
24.00
29.20
26.09
20.19
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
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 ..
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, 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 ........................
Plasterers .......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheet metal 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 ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$17.31
17.63
20.98
18.98
14.38
18.86
18.00
12.78
13.04
13.94
14.65
15.52
18.66
15.45
14.03
12.98
15.30
11.76
11.07
12.19
18.88
8.0
7.5
9.6
17.2
14.9
6.9
14.6
6.5
6.9
12.9
16.2
13.1
7.1
3.9
10.8
3.8
8.4
4.1
5.3
8.2
3.7
$14.51
8.85
13.33
11.17
8.13
12.00
11.50
9.00
10.50
8.50
8.00
12.50
13.65
9.50
8.00
8.30
10.30
7.30
6.00
8.13
10.00
$15.00
13.61
17.04
12.50
8.98
13.28
15.00
11.00
10.50
10.10
9.48
12.50
15.00
13.50
10.10
9.75
12.50
8.70
8.25
9.43
14.00
$16.00
16.67
19.85
16.94
15.35
17.50
20.50
12.50
12.70
12.20
14.00
12.50
18.25
15.91
13.00
12.14
14.95
10.65
10.75
12.00
17.50
$18.14
20.64
24.92
22.72
17.00
24.00
23.63
14.00
13.25
16.10
18.63
18.09
19.64
17.50
18.00
15.75
15.63
14.30
13.05
14.55
24.71
$22.20
26.76
31.20
32.00
23.17
27.91
23.63
16.30
20.29
22.00
22.53
22.46
24.97
20.00
20.56
18.80
22.50
18.19
15.84
16.86
27.15
22.20
18.79
19.06
27.19
21.66
21.58
10.0
10.6
8.7
3.7
6.4
6.3
13.97
10.50
11.50
22.26
14.64
13.30
16.35
12.53
15.20
25.16
16.05
17.62
25.86
17.85
17.18
26.39
20.35
22.74
25.90
26.20
22.79
29.50
25.64
25.88
25.90
27.08
27.08
32.76
30.44
27.87
13.69
16.40
16.52
14.23
13.38
14.22
13.00
1.2
4.9
4.9
5.1
8.3
10.4
11.2
8.00
11.40
10.50
9.98
8.50
9.11
6.50
9.75
13.35
13.08
12.00
9.40
10.25
8.00
12.51
15.00
16.55
14.47
11.67
13.26
12.88
16.53
19.50
19.50
16.00
16.51
16.03
16.55
21.63
22.47
23.30
17.56
21.30
21.36
19.75
13.43
13.75
15.81
15.61
12.71
13.65
16.37
11.78
11.77
12.88
16.23
17.61
14.58
13.34
2.6
9.3
3.8
4.6
3.7
6.4
6.5
7.3
4.8
2.9
2.3
4.9
5.2
8.8
8.75
9.00
10.57
9.50
8.00
8.00
11.93
8.00
8.00
10.92
10.21
11.25
9.28
8.70
11.00
10.80
12.25
11.25
9.70
10.50
12.51
10.00
9.50
12.00
12.70
15.40
11.31
10.04
13.13
11.95
16.00
14.50
11.69
13.11
15.16
12.25
11.25
13.00
16.00
17.85
14.57
12.33
15.10
16.45
18.15
18.35
14.70
16.50
18.66
13.00
13.30
13.96
19.51
20.00
17.15
16.50
18.00
19.04
21.62
25.88
19.00
19.14
21.65
14.50
15.92
14.50
22.00
24.91
19.31
16.50
11.50
10.40
9.02
9.16
9.32
12.00
13.15
13.82
1.9
5.1
5.1
4.6
6.7
9.8
4.4
4.8
8.75
7.50
6.25
6.75
6.80
7.36
7.90
9.51
10.67
8.50
7.29
8.00
7.88
9.25
9.74
10.79
11.66
10.75
8.50
9.00
8.75
11.00
12.00
13.99
12.34
10.75
10.00
10.00
10.00
14.50
15.99
16.42
14.07
13.76
11.91
11.45
13.50
17.25
21.20
17.70
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Boilermakers ..................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
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. ........................
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 ...........................
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 joining 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 .....................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.80
19.64
11.88
14.59
13.03
13.84
14.18
15.11
14.02
13.79
13.14
10.90
14.32
16.13
11.15
14.17
9.66
10.63
10.49
17.45
12.53
13.79
13.01
13.02
10.53
10.99
5.0
5.2
4.4
3.3
9.3
10.7
10.1
7.1
7.6
3.6
31.2
6.3
2.7
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
12.1
11.0
23.6
6.4
4.3
8.0
14.8
6.0
7.5
$10.25
12.08
9.05
9.10
10.21
8.97
9.40
10.50
10.00
9.58
7.75
7.00
8.60
11.00
8.03
7.25
6.95
7.50
7.50
10.50
7.25
8.50
8.50
10.10
7.10
7.00
$12.00
16.40
10.04
11.33
10.64
10.00
11.13
11.60
11.30
11.46
7.75
8.25
10.38
13.00
8.53
9.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
10.94
8.75
10.00
10.50
10.64
7.34
8.78
$15.22
19.15
11.29
13.50
12.44
13.40
12.77
12.80
13.02
13.94
7.95
9.04
13.66
15.50
11.12
12.10
8.00
9.25
9.35
13.05
10.90
12.01
11.25
11.03
9.65
10.71
$18.00
23.71
13.00
16.45
15.28
16.47
15.75
17.44
15.95
16.50
15.26
13.25
17.50
19.00
12.66
17.50
10.78
12.52
12.00
28.13
14.95
16.29
15.23
12.55
14.36
12.50
$22.59
26.11
15.25
22.49
17.08
21.15
20.56
24.53
18.71
17.38
31.04
17.00
21.32
22.05
15.38
26.13
15.25
14.81
14.58
28.71
19.82
22.84
19.88
24.79
15.18
15.50
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Longshore equipment operators ....................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
14.83
17.70
14.80
12.81
12.24
9.65
8.66
9.74
26.00
27.92
17.29
11.23
17.87
22.02
23.18
27.98
16.60
16.89
16.90
14.29
1.9
7.9
2.5
7.0
6.1
5.7
12.3
6.7
19.5
17.7
9.3
6.3
13.7
4.1
7.8
10.9
7.9
4.4
6.4
2.6
8.67
12.50
9.31
5.65
8.25
6.95
5.25
5.50
13.04
14.05
11.25
8.17
13.75
16.18
13.25
21.35
10.80
10.25
11.00
9.13
10.50
13.74
10.50
8.00
10.00
7.40
6.25
7.00
13.04
14.05
12.92
8.50
13.75
17.35
18.00
22.65
13.34
13.15
13.00
11.10
13.50
14.94
13.50
12.00
11.70
9.75
8.16
8.50
24.96
29.06
17.50
10.42
16.92
21.82
26.00
29.87
15.88
16.00
14.75
13.40
18.00
20.87
18.13
15.31
13.83
11.95
11.25
10.63
36.64
36.55
20.00
12.33
18.00
26.80
26.69
32.85
20.23
19.11
20.00
16.90
23.23
26.53
22.56
22.47
16.36
12.50
12.40
16.89
42.10
42.96
23.50
16.97
23.17
27.18
32.63
33.98
24.82
25.50
24.74
20.77
15.89
4.5
9.00
11.50
14.76
20.37
25.88
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 .................................
11.42
9.90
24.63
10.75
10.69
10.29
1.3
11.9
21.6
4.8
6.3
17.3
6.75
6.90
9.96
7.00
7.02
6.80
8.00
6.90
14.42
8.00
8.75
7.00
10.00
9.00
20.81
10.00
10.00
8.70
13.40
12.93
28.00
13.00
13.01
14.20
18.00
13.50
60.00
16.08
14.24
14.20
19.14
11.46
6.1
6.8
11.75
6.75
14.76
8.76
18.51
10.13
21.16
15.92
26.75
16.00
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
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 .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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. ..................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
Helpers, extractive .........................................................
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. .............................
$12.28
10.28
14.48
11.40
12.96
9.62
10.69
12.45
9.38
9.66
9.83
10.91
4.2
16.2
3.6
3.4
13.3
1.4
3.7
2.6
6.1
4.0
3.9
3.0
$8.50
7.00
8.24
8.00
7.45
6.00
7.50
7.47
7.00
6.75
6.00
6.50
$10.00
7.50
10.00
8.96
9.41
6.99
8.25
9.25
7.43
7.50
7.50
8.00
$11.05
8.75
13.00
10.50
12.50
8.60
9.96
11.50
8.00
8.75
9.00
10.00
$14.09
15.00
18.38
13.65
16.25
11.50
12.25
14.29
10.00
10.50
11.54
13.00
$17.00
15.00
23.60
16.54
18.75
14.85
14.65
20.16
15.00
13.76
13.65
17.00
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, guards .......................................................
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 ...........................................................
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 ...........
9.12
10.32
16.55
17.43
9.99
9.17
7.51
5.01
6.71
4.43
5.96
8.59
12.99
9.45
8.06
7.55
10.68
15.26
11.34
9.91
10.19
16.23
8.32
10.30
10.05
15.40
12.59
7.11
1.1
2.2
7.3
9.6
2.3
4.2
1.1
2.6
4.1
3.3
5.0
.9
3.0
1.4
1.9
1.4
1.8
5.2
3.8
1.1
1.8
4.7
1.7
3.0
5.0
8.6
8.8
3.6
5.30
6.80
10.19
13.82
6.75
6.30
3.16
2.13
4.00
2.13
3.30
5.80
8.00
6.25
5.55
5.75
7.30
10.50
7.83
7.05
6.50
9.00
6.50
6.50
5.62
8.85
6.36
5.15
6.75
8.00
11.99
13.82
8.00
7.45
5.75
2.65
5.00
2.35
4.30
6.75
9.27
7.25
6.50
6.50
8.52
12.50
9.00
8.25
7.44
12.62
7.00
7.54
6.50
12.00
8.24
5.58
8.25
9.50
15.35
15.98
9.36
8.50
7.00
5.02
6.75
3.50
6.00
7.65
11.60
9.00
7.50
7.16
10.00
14.85
10.60
9.55
9.00
16.54
7.78
9.40
8.13
16.00
10.33
6.55
10.58
11.25
19.23
19.63
11.00
11.00
9.00
6.75
8.00
6.00
7.00
9.90
15.99
11.00
9.18
8.07
12.00
17.00
12.68
11.03
11.83
19.39
9.00
11.96
10.87
18.80
14.48
7.50
14.00
14.85
23.32
25.00
13.77
12.42
11.50
8.00
9.99
7.16
8.06
12.49
20.19
13.00
11.00
10.00
14.87
21.00
15.38
13.18
15.89
21.53
11.02
15.98
16.45
21.25
21.18
10.50
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Guides ...........................................................................
Ushers ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$13.10
7.96
31.31
7.69
9.24
8.19
8.41
10.83
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
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.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10.8
7.2
6.6
4.4
4.6
3.7
3.3
5.6
$7.50
5.75
8.50
4.75
6.05
6.00
6.25
6.80
$9.55
6.68
24.01
5.75
7.00
6.50
6.95
7.88
$13.81
7.15
32.88
7.25
8.88
8.00
7.69
9.60
$15.24
9.75
37.75
8.75
10.80
9.17
9.55
12.50
$17.33
10.00
47.90
10.89
12.41
11.00
11.53
17.44
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$18.36
18.42
1.0
1.2
$8.00
8.00
$10.32
10.50
$14.75
14.97
$22.15
22.30
$32.00
31.97
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
22.72
23.83
.8
.9
9.50
10.35
12.46
13.30
18.10
19.23
27.89
28.98
40.53
41.78
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 .......................................
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 .............................................................
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 ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
29.32
32.02
35.21
32.54
41.08
30.60
43.26
37.97
37.56
31.39
37.58
31.60
31.70
37.22
32.66
35.57
35.66
35.42
33.09
26.04
32.28
43.66
30.72
34.73
33.95
33.38
33.99
26.62
31.61
66.58
41.16
58.93
34.77
26.77
43.00
21.50
21.93
24.84
28.28
23.92
18.44
34.47
43.22
48.61
53.75
59.17
42.34
52.59
34.55
40.98
42.62
60.78
41.04
31.23
55.66
50.40
47.23
37.38
1.7
1.6
1.6
4.8
7.9
5.2
8.3
4.6
4.5
5.7
2.7
2.2
2.5
3.2
9.5
2.4
2.3
4.4
10.1
14.7
3.2
9.3
6.4
8.2
7.4
8.7
8.3
7.3
4.3
9.5
5.7
15.2
9.3
1.9
.8
6.0
2.7
5.5
1.7
3.1
15.1
5.9
3.1
15.1
12.8
11.7
7.3
17.4
11.3
19.3
8.9
10.5
13.2
5.8
10.8
7.2
9.9
6.2
13.76
15.87
23.00
19.80
23.37
24.04
32.34
28.23
27.90
20.00
25.00
23.08
23.10
23.08
24.04
21.63
21.64
21.45
22.94
14.80
18.64
27.45
19.23
23.50
22.10
22.07
15.63
14.63
18.40
20.07
35.02
37.50
22.22
18.54
38.00
16.87
17.42
14.42
22.85
20.19
12.25
28.72
22.09
27.64
40.32
41.52
26.98
30.94
25.42
28.89
27.89
26.41
30.21
19.78
30.50
24.01
20.51
23.44
18.54
21.64
27.66
24.21
31.20
25.48
32.34
29.81
33.33
22.60
29.63
26.41
26.75
29.17
31.07
26.86
26.88
26.99
25.49
16.45
23.23
39.45
22.58
23.50
26.68
30.94
23.21
17.79
21.84
26.00
38.47
40.86
31.25
21.62
40.53
17.51
18.87
20.75
25.63
20.69
13.71
31.42
28.93
35.02
43.98
45.79
33.92
33.41
26.25
29.36
34.31
45.53
30.21
20.94
38.46
26.19
30.95
30.14
25.70
29.00
33.65
32.06
42.09
30.29
39.62
37.42
37.77
29.46
36.26
30.87
30.49
36.47
31.07
34.62
34.62
35.58
29.71
28.09
30.25
43.05
28.58
36.97
32.43
30.94
29.89
21.86
26.70
64.90
40.87
61.67
31.25
25.61
43.00
20.09
21.35
24.13
28.27
23.08
15.85
33.12
37.86
38.96
45.98
49.09
41.36
54.39
30.15
32.42
40.17
61.84
36.88
27.73
47.25
38.22
51.64
35.71
35.36
38.59
41.35
38.44
50.54
33.87
51.11
44.33
41.24
37.40
43.67
35.24
36.65
44.39
39.60
42.72
42.81
42.31
41.28
31.40
39.43
46.63
34.78
42.31
38.76
34.62
41.04
33.58
34.41
98.08
40.87
75.00
45.58
30.59
45.00
24.46
25.57
28.64
30.10
25.00
21.18
37.89
51.64
52.15
63.59
70.46
47.36
65.88
41.46
38.50
55.15
75.31
48.56
38.27
70.69
66.64
51.64
40.87
46.73
49.73
49.63
48.08
57.70
40.54
62.79
49.02
46.48
47.25
51.35
42.07
41.77
52.45
39.60
51.41
51.82
48.77
51.92
33.33
48.05
64.91
45.67
48.08
46.80
39.43
63.74
45.43
45.79
109.73
50.00
93.75
45.58
36.59
47.48
30.16
26.65
33.00
33.28
30.07
25.76
46.15
70.09
110.81
82.50
77.40
59.09
70.36
48.92
67.96
55.15
84.10
65.85
46.49
88.05
96.15
72.47
55.31
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$32.96
38.77
38.58
41.86
66.55
43.35
18.87
42.40
20.36
12.32
23.52
30.34
26.10
21.69
18.54
29.53
29.32
30.35
28.63
33.79
21.90
28.03
16.92
16.79
17.55
17.53
18.78
52.64
52.64
8.6
11.3
6.3
9.4
9.9
11.7
4.7
5.3
4.4
5.3
3.6
4.1
8.4
6.5
7.0
10.3
12.0
2.9
8.9
8.2
9.5
11.2
4.3
4.6
9.3
12.3
15.3
5.2
5.2
$20.76
26.60
23.98
24.09
33.75
23.21
13.94
21.14
9.81
7.35
14.93
18.21
18.01
11.10
11.46
18.59
18.27
23.10
15.38
19.50
13.39
18.30
10.75
10.75
11.66
10.27
10.97
26.36
26.36
$28.11
29.45
29.04
31.93
46.12
28.85
17.52
27.81
13.00
9.15
17.74
22.57
21.85
16.35
13.00
21.96
20.00
24.82
18.30
22.74
16.34
18.30
13.31
13.26
13.91
12.17
10.97
33.33
33.33
$31.57
37.68
35.71
41.16
65.78
40.71
18.56
38.61
18.41
11.55
22.16
28.53
24.00
20.25
15.58
27.17
25.28
32.03
24.60
29.86
18.15
29.91
16.12
16.06
17.16
15.86
16.98
48.55
48.55
$39.73
41.60
44.70
46.88
83.28
49.95
20.40
53.00
26.75
14.20
28.74
35.47
30.56
27.91
20.61
33.82
37.06
32.03
33.34
37.50
23.10
31.25
19.73
19.39
21.15
19.40
20.17
67.21
67.21
$47.11
62.69
57.85
60.43
101.34
68.85
22.52
67.95
32.17
18.02
32.62
45.00
34.68
31.97
31.83
46.98
46.98
37.26
45.81
50.61
28.96
41.28
23.88
23.79
26.50
28.77
24.46
81.73
81.73
25.57
32.62
22.20
35.59
28.71
22.62
16.60
26.76
28.53
48.04
23.70
34.46
22.37
17.78
32.78
16.95
23.49
17.00
16.57
23.34
23.02
23.26
24.45
21.50
14.93
18.59
20.94
21.52
4.9
11.0
6.9
17.9
15.6
11.2
12.1
13.6
6.3
32.8
8.7
6.5
3.1
3.1
3.9
7.9
3.1
1.4
2.7
14.5
5.0
3.9
4.3
4.2
9.1
5.1
6.4
10.6
11.33
13.27
11.00
20.67
8.50
14.42
8.75
11.78
16.83
8.96
10.58
18.19
12.08
10.71
25.96
10.60
14.68
12.83
10.82
12.16
18.88
15.86
15.00
12.50
10.25
12.00
13.75
15.26
15.00
20.81
14.00
29.21
16.64
14.65
11.26
16.09
20.79
10.54
15.45
23.56
14.77
13.13
30.00
12.98
19.06
14.50
12.75
13.85
20.47
18.27
18.41
16.00
12.35
14.52
16.50
16.97
22.00
33.65
19.96
31.59
25.63
20.00
14.42
21.67
25.00
23.97
23.08
31.88
18.85
16.64
32.00
15.04
23.95
16.74
15.17
20.48
21.15
23.14
23.21
20.00
14.00
18.74
20.23
19.31
30.84
45.56
27.92
35.81
37.27
26.44
20.14
32.83
31.11
96.15
30.19
46.16
24.69
21.42
37.00
21.47
27.48
19.00
18.97
26.23
26.73
26.45
29.12
26.50
17.50
22.25
24.33
27.49
44.46
49.52
37.98
52.92
49.52
33.61
30.46
46.70
43.65
121.15
33.41
52.54
31.56
26.00
39.50
25.50
31.47
21.50
23.83
31.23
29.53
32.04
35.05
30.00
23.09
24.58
28.26
30.34
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Physical education teachers ..........................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Foreign language teachers ............................................
Law 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. .............................................................
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 ...............................................................
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 ..............................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Drafters ..........................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..............................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Chemical technicians .....................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$118.58
13.93
29.87
20.50
20.38
20.70
5.7
6.9
7.2
6.6
4.7
8.3
$35.34
8.00
17.31
17.00
12.90
10.00
$72.15
11.30
21.08
17.56
15.24
13.32
$118.73
14.83
27.73
18.00
20.33
19.38
$159.92
16.30
34.88
21.85
23.48
25.39
$189.78
20.99
44.23
28.15
28.58
35.10
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
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 ........
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...........................
Business and promotional agents ..................................
Construction inspectors .................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
32.96
36.41
36.67
33.18
31.16
48.74
26.45
34.72
20.15
20.72
22.69
31.02
38.04
27.16
24.84
25.43
35.37
30.49
24.00
2.5
3.1
3.6
9.5
6.8
10.6
5.6
3.7
6.9
4.4
18.5
12.1
3.7
1.7
2.2
7.7
6.4
4.3
2.8
16.02
16.16
19.15
19.09
18.00
23.50
12.04
18.65
12.50
10.82
15.00
15.39
16.61
16.00
16.16
16.49
16.00
19.04
16.00
20.76
22.52
23.56
22.63
21.63
30.00
16.83
25.72
13.90
15.75
15.00
19.78
24.03
19.48
19.23
18.88
21.38
22.13
19.01
27.93
30.58
30.63
26.38
32.61
42.32
22.41
32.00
17.30
20.11
19.50
26.90
33.65
24.74
23.79
22.50
28.04
29.30
22.05
38.49
43.99
43.40
38.63
39.90
58.72
32.98
40.17
22.14
25.00
30.19
32.19
45.70
30.77
28.85
28.53
40.87
35.33
27.69
54.03
59.33
64.42
55.29
44.23
79.42
41.99
52.89
32.50
30.63
36.83
49.76
59.42
39.42
34.56
36.16
65.55
44.70
34.65
26.65
26.14
23.41
21.24
4.4
5.0
7.8
11.6
16.16
16.75
16.22
13.33
19.00
20.04
17.86
17.00
24.52
25.58
23.74
20.80
32.97
33.65
27.83
27.39
40.00
33.65
30.53
27.39
24.99
25.45
7.3
2.5
17.65
14.48
19.10
19.23
24.39
24.36
27.83
29.00
32.66
37.50
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 ..............
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 ..........................
Sales support, n.e.c. ......................................................
17.75
19.69
23.57
31.84
45.46
22.10
24.99
35.78
2.1
3.7
8.0
29.6
9.6
13.1
5.9
8.1
7.46
10.16
11.25
10.00
13.72
9.00
9.65
21.84
9.38
12.24
13.10
13.50
15.87
11.50
13.75
29.09
13.13
16.21
18.63
19.23
28.85
17.95
21.41
34.03
20.40
22.56
28.85
24.90
48.08
27.04
28.74
43.17
32.49
35.68
42.86
43.04
84.86
36.85
39.62
51.06
26.73
20.40
11.13
10.97
16.63
10.24
14.27
14.70
13.78
10.45
9.40
21.92
15.20
3.7
5.3
8.8
9.5
10.0
9.5
5.4
5.4
4.6
4.4
1.8
21.6
6.5
12.69
6.75
7.25
6.07
8.05
6.15
9.04
8.00
7.01
6.50
6.50
8.24
9.25
16.97
10.26
8.00
8.00
10.00
7.75
10.22
10.25
8.02
8.25
7.25
14.42
10.80
23.13
15.65
9.00
9.98
13.25
8.93
12.50
13.40
10.85
9.50
8.70
21.64
13.85
32.52
25.82
11.70
12.03
20.96
11.88
15.58
17.62
15.14
12.08
11.00
35.58
18.44
44.06
39.36
16.66
16.43
29.38
15.30
19.80
24.04
25.75
15.03
12.90
35.58
22.63
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
14.47
.7
9.00
10.86
13.41
17.00
21.22
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ............................
Legal assistants .............................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$19.70
16.06
21.28
4.4
13.0
3.1
$12.50
10.75
13.27
$14.42
11.50
16.00
$18.27
14.00
21.04
$23.13
17.94
25.00
$28.87
23.06
30.25
21.96
16.24
14.20
16.46
15.59
15.59
12.34
9.03
14.40
11.52
13.55
12.82
14.26
14.64
15.99
13.36
11.33
13.88
14.85
15.86
13.16
12.28
14.07
12.30
12.55
9.98
14.10
13.14
9.81
16.44
17.97
13.49
12.81
17.95
15.76
16.63
5.3
2.5
9.1
1.5
7.0
4.7
4.3
2.0
6.3
2.1
2.2
6.7
4.0
3.1
3.1
5.2
2.9
1.9
2.9
3.4
2.8
12.2
5.8
7.2
7.4
6.8
7.5
7.2
11.2
6.6
3.6
2.7
2.7
5.5
7.0
4.1
12.00
12.05
8.74
10.54
10.74
10.50
9.01
7.00
7.50
8.25
10.00
10.80
11.03
9.00
10.82
9.50
8.00
9.50
9.88
10.82
9.36
6.82
10.11
7.50
9.00
6.50
7.86
9.14
7.03
8.75
12.00
9.00
8.23
11.25
10.08
11.54
14.24
13.94
10.00
12.62
12.25
11.61
9.90
7.81
9.50
9.50
11.05
10.98
12.02
11.02
13.00
11.15
9.09
10.86
11.75
12.64
11.00
6.82
10.64
10.02
10.13
8.24
10.00
10.26
7.75
11.54
13.75
10.50
10.00
12.50
12.25
14.00
21.54
16.61
14.68
15.82
13.68
15.48
11.75
8.70
13.77
11.00
13.00
13.00
13.34
13.74
15.80
13.68
11.00
13.34
14.13
15.00
12.50
11.50
13.65
11.65
11.54
10.30
13.30
11.83
9.56
14.85
17.34
12.83
11.78
16.45
13.63
16.99
27.69
18.29
17.17
19.30
18.04
17.14
14.66
9.87
20.29
13.00
15.87
13.56
15.39
17.00
19.23
14.50
12.65
15.98
16.83
18.37
15.00
15.47
15.56
15.50
14.74
11.55
19.51
14.94
11.35
19.23
21.26
15.30
15.14
22.05
18.46
19.60
33.44
20.10
19.73
23.00
25.00
21.20
16.82
11.25
21.59
15.50
17.79
13.56
19.08
21.91
21.50
16.83
15.32
19.82
20.19
21.15
17.45
19.50
24.86
15.50
17.24
12.31
20.65
19.93
13.24
23.47
25.46
20.00
18.27
25.40
26.32
22.33
11.89
18.75
15.69
13.06
14.09
13.40
10.89
13.17
12.26
15.44
10.22
14.40
4.5
4.4
2.4
3.1
6.6
1.4
1.7
10.9
2.7
4.4
4.4
2.3
7.50
11.78
10.00
10.33
8.87
9.00
8.25
9.65
9.00
9.00
6.82
9.10
8.61
13.60
12.00
11.21
10.58
10.44
9.15
10.05
10.00
10.42
8.41
11.11
10.50
16.92
14.61
12.98
13.35
12.50
10.41
12.69
11.50
14.93
9.84
13.68
13.75
21.75
18.77
14.25
16.88
15.52
12.42
13.00
13.60
19.23
11.40
16.68
18.75
28.85
24.00
16.18
20.24
19.23
14.04
20.00
16.98
23.92
13.74
19.91
Blue collar ....................................................................................
15.74
1.0
8.50
10.50
14.20
19.56
25.72
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .................................
19.50
23.68
18.28
13.67
1.1
3.9
3.0
13.0
10.89
14.38
10.00
8.75
14.00
17.25
14.00
10.00
18.38
22.00
18.75
12.00
24.42
29.54
21.00
15.63
29.54
34.25
24.00
15.70
Mean
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Supervisors, general office ............................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .................
Supervisors, financial records processing .....................
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 ......................................................
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$17.75
26.69
15.04
15.98
25.64
18.80
14.56
20.69
15.91
2.6
7.0
8.5
3.6
6.9
4.1
4.0
2.5
4.9
$11.50
18.00
10.50
11.35
14.00
12.70
11.00
14.30
10.46
$14.25
21.71
12.00
13.00
19.85
15.00
12.69
17.10
12.00
$17.29
25.57
15.00
15.00
25.93
18.02
14.50
19.83
14.50
$20.88
31.07
18.00
17.00
30.92
22.00
16.50
24.88
19.31
$23.62
35.85
18.50
22.00
34.79
25.89
18.00
27.59
22.60
21.91
20.80
16.01
25.35
23.74
17.24
16.36
22.89
22.64
16.57
26.45
5.7
11.6
5.8
4.2
3.0
3.6
11.8
5.0
5.9
2.5
5.7
12.82
12.50
10.50
16.50
18.17
12.00
11.30
16.04
15.15
10.50
19.00
15.00
15.00
12.00
25.09
22.06
14.10
11.50
19.01
17.50
12.99
22.50
23.24
19.89
15.30
26.39
24.59
16.00
16.28
23.28
25.25
16.15
25.74
27.63
24.86
17.60
27.73
26.39
20.00
18.44
26.40
26.45
19.78
31.00
31.18
35.28
26.02
28.05
28.50
23.78
22.21
30.32
29.93
24.07
36.06
29.80
21.28
28.74
21.81
27.50
19.70
20.47
19.18
15.64
16.32
25.53
15.02
26.63
14.18
14.10
23.23
14.25
18.55
16.74
17.64
16.16
17.72
24.19
19.98
18.14
25.91
25.59
20.31
26.30
21.21
23.21
18.49
20.20
19.55
17.31
17.63
20.98
18.98
4.4
5.4
5.2
6.1
6.7
20.4
18.3
4.5
7.9
4.8
2.4
3.8
3.1
5.2
8.3
3.3
5.0
9.7
8.7
11.1
18.5
8.4
12.5
6.4
6.9
16.6
26.9
11.2
1.5
2.3
3.5
9.5
6.6
2.5
8.0
7.5
9.6
17.2
21.15
15.50
20.00
15.09
19.00
14.00
10.00
11.50
12.00
11.50
15.50
10.00
19.04
9.00
11.00
15.00
9.00
10.75
13.00
11.00
9.00
9.50
14.00
14.00
10.40
12.00
9.00
15.55
25.00
13.60
17.18
12.60
13.82
12.83
14.51
8.85
13.33
11.17
23.57
19.00
27.94
16.75
25.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
12.00
14.00
18.75
11.50
23.06
10.50
13.00
17.75
11.44
12.50
15.00
11.64
10.50
12.50
16.50
15.50
13.00
15.00
11.29
16.70
26.40
16.05
20.00
15.90
16.00
15.85
15.00
13.61
17.04
12.50
29.30
20.50
32.25
20.00
26.44
15.00
19.14
18.50
15.34
15.50
23.95
13.50
26.46
12.50
14.50
24.48
13.50
16.00
16.00
16.29
12.50
18.00
21.75
18.90
16.75
28.84
28.49
19.22
26.40
20.68
22.05
16.99
18.65
19.75
16.00
16.67
19.85
16.94
36.44
23.46
32.64
25.70
32.55
22.47
29.75
23.00
18.09
18.00
31.00
17.49
30.58
17.00
15.00
28.38
15.58
24.90
18.50
22.77
26.72
22.00
33.67
24.71
22.50
34.16
40.62
25.20
28.84
25.25
28.00
22.50
25.00
23.00
18.14
20.64
24.92
22.72
41.11
27.50
32.75
30.82
40.00
33.92
34.05
28.78
18.46
22.25
39.38
23.32
34.32
21.59
17.41
30.32
20.62
28.52
20.00
29.00
26.72
26.00
34.67
27.91
26.30
39.81
40.62
31.02
28.84
30.00
30.56
24.00
29.20
26.09
22.20
26.76
31.20
32.00
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
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 ..
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, 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 ........................
Plasterers .......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .....................................
Glaziers ..........................................................................
Insulation workers ..........................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ...
Roofers ..........................................................................
Sheet metal 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 ......................................................................
Boilermakers ..................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...............
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .......................
Layout workers ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$14.38
18.86
18.00
12.99
13.18
14.55
14.65
15.52
18.66
15.45
14.03
13.00
15.30
11.82
11.64
12.08
19.05
14.9
6.9
14.6
5.8
7.0
13.6
16.2
13.1
7.1
3.9
10.8
4.0
8.4
4.3
5.5
9.5
3.5
$8.13
12.00
11.50
9.75
10.50
8.44
8.00
12.50
13.65
9.50
8.00
8.30
10.30
7.30
6.00
8.13
10.40
$8.98
13.28
15.00
11.00
11.00
10.10
9.48
12.50
15.00
13.50
10.10
9.91
12.50
8.80
9.25
8.75
14.25
$15.35
17.50
20.50
12.50
12.70
12.45
14.00
12.50
18.25
15.91
13.00
12.20
14.95
10.65
11.00
11.28
17.63
$17.00
24.00
23.63
14.00
13.25
16.65
18.63
18.09
19.64
17.50
18.00
15.84
15.63
14.40
15.28
14.63
24.81
$23.17
27.91
23.63
16.30
20.29
22.04
22.53
22.46
24.97
20.00
20.56
18.84
22.50
18.49
16.32
16.86
27.58
22.20
18.79
19.06
27.19
21.66
21.76
10.0
10.6
8.7
3.7
6.4
6.3
13.97
10.50
11.50
22.26
14.64
13.30
16.35
12.53
15.20
25.16
16.05
18.15
25.86
17.85
17.18
26.39
20.35
22.96
25.90
26.20
22.79
29.50
25.64
25.95
25.90
27.08
27.08
32.76
30.44
27.87
13.82
16.40
16.70
14.23
13.53
14.22
13.00
1.2
4.9
5.0
5.1
7.7
10.4
11.2
8.00
11.40
10.87
9.98
8.50
9.11
6.50
9.87
13.35
13.20
12.00
9.01
10.25
8.00
12.75
15.00
16.55
14.47
12.08
13.26
12.88
16.70
19.50
19.60
16.00
16.76
16.03
16.55
21.91
22.47
23.90
17.56
22.05
21.36
19.75
13.49
13.75
15.81
16.00
12.85
13.77
16.37
11.78
11.77
12.88
16.22
17.61
15.02
13.36
2.6
9.3
3.8
3.6
3.8
6.4
6.5
7.3
4.8
2.9
2.3
4.9
5.7
8.8
9.00
9.00
10.57
9.60
8.25
8.00
11.93
8.00
8.00
10.92
10.20
11.25
9.62
8.70
11.00
10.80
12.25
12.00
9.91
10.75
12.51
10.00
9.50
12.00
12.63
15.40
11.87
10.01
13.25
11.95
16.00
15.15
11.69
13.16
15.16
12.25
11.25
13.00
16.00
17.85
14.98
12.33
15.24
16.45
18.15
18.46
14.85
16.50
18.66
13.00
13.30
13.96
19.51
20.00
17.38
16.50
18.00
19.04
21.62
26.01
19.08
19.14
21.65
14.50
15.92
14.50
22.00
24.91
19.87
16.50
11.50
10.40
9.03
9.23
9.47
12.00
13.39
13.82
15.84
19.64
11.91
14.59
1.9
5.1
5.6
4.9
6.7
9.8
3.9
4.8
5.0
5.2
4.4
3.3
8.75
7.50
6.25
6.75
7.25
7.36
8.25
9.51
10.25
12.08
9.05
9.10
10.67
8.50
7.25
8.00
8.00
9.25
9.86
10.79
12.04
16.40
10.15
11.33
11.66
10.75
8.50
9.00
8.75
11.00
12.58
13.99
15.22
19.15
11.29
13.50
12.34
10.75
10.01
10.00
10.05
14.50
16.12
16.42
18.00
23.71
13.00
16.45
14.07
13.76
12.11
11.59
13.50
17.25
21.20
17.70
22.59
26.11
15.85
22.49
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Precious stones and metals workers .............................
Sheet metal workers ......................................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood .......................
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. ........................
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 ...........................
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 joining 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 .............
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.88
13.84
14.18
15.11
14.02
14.01
12.29
14.41
16.15
11.15
14.32
9.68
10.63
10.87
17.45
12.69
13.81
13.01
13.02
10.53
11.43
9.8
10.7
10.1
7.1
7.6
3.3
5.3
2.7
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
12.1
12.5
23.6
6.4
4.3
8.0
14.8
6.0
7.7
$10.00
8.97
9.40
10.50
10.00
10.02
8.10
8.75
11.00
8.03
7.38
7.00
7.50
7.50
10.50
7.50
8.50
8.50
10.10
7.10
7.00
$10.64
10.00
11.13
11.60
11.30
11.64
9.00
10.48
13.00
8.53
9.25
8.00
7.50
8.90
10.94
8.95
10.00
10.50
10.64
7.34
10.40
$12.44
13.40
12.77
12.80
13.02
14.02
11.17
13.84
15.50
11.12
12.28
8.00
9.25
10.48
13.05
11.00
12.05
11.25
11.03
9.65
11.37
$14.51
16.47
15.75
17.44
15.95
16.70
16.17
17.51
19.00
12.66
17.81
10.78
12.52
12.59
28.13
15.00
16.29
15.23
12.55
14.36
12.50
$17.08
21.15
20.56
24.53
18.71
17.44
17.56
21.38
22.05
15.38
26.19
15.25
14.81
14.80
28.71
19.95
22.84
19.83
24.79
15.18
15.50
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...........................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..............
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Marine engineers ...........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Longshore equipment operators ....................................
Crane and tower operators ............................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
15.31
17.80
14.93
14.84
12.46
9.75
9.90
11.76
26.00
27.92
17.46
11.10
17.87
22.02
23.18
27.98
16.60
16.89
16.90
14.36
2.0
8.0
2.5
6.4
10.0
6.0
10.9
7.1
19.5
17.7
9.9
4.4
13.7
4.1
7.8
10.9
7.9
4.4
6.4
2.6
9.41
12.78
9.50
10.00
7.75
6.75
6.33
7.50
13.04
14.05
11.25
8.34
13.75
16.18
13.25
21.35
10.80
10.25
11.00
9.40
11.00
13.74
10.80
11.50
9.00
7.50
7.75
8.60
13.04
14.05
12.92
8.75
13.75
17.35
18.00
22.65
13.34
13.15
13.00
11.25
14.00
15.00
13.65
13.10
12.35
9.95
10.14
10.25
24.96
29.06
17.50
10.42
16.92
21.82
26.00
29.87
15.88
16.00
14.75
13.45
18.52
20.87
18.30
17.61
15.25
11.75
12.40
13.50
36.64
36.55
20.00
12.33
18.00
26.80
26.69
32.85
20.23
19.11
20.00
16.90
23.72
26.53
22.77
23.75
18.41
12.50
12.55
20.36
42.10
42.96
23.50
16.50
23.17
27.18
32.63
33.98
24.82
25.50
24.74
20.77
16.10
4.8
9.00
11.50
15.15
20.40
25.88
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 .........................................................
11.96
11.29
24.63
11.12
11.18
10.29
1.4
9.6
21.6
5.3
7.2
17.5
7.00
7.79
9.96
7.07
7.99
6.80
8.50
9.00
14.42
8.49
9.35
7.00
10.75
10.30
20.81
10.50
10.30
8.70
14.00
13.50
28.00
13.93
13.93
14.20
18.94
16.00
60.00
16.44
14.74
14.20
19.27
11.31
12.31
10.28
14.28
11.53
12.95
6.3
6.0
4.3
16.2
3.7
3.1
13.5
11.75
7.35
8.50
7.00
8.25
8.00
7.45
15.00
9.00
10.00
7.50
10.00
9.00
9.38
18.63
10.13
11.00
8.75
13.00
10.88
12.50
21.25
14.00
14.09
15.00
18.00
13.81
16.25
26.75
16.00
17.50
15.00
22.50
16.80
18.75
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
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 ...........................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
Solderers and brazers ...................................................
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. ..................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
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. .............................
$11.20
10.70
12.77
9.37
10.13
10.02
11.32
1.9
3.8
2.7
6.4
3.6
4.2
3.2
$6.80
7.50
7.50
7.00
7.00
6.35
6.60
$8.45
8.25
9.36
7.43
8.00
7.50
8.00
$10.78
9.98
11.75
8.05
9.00
9.15
10.23
$13.21
12.31
15.22
10.00
10.55
11.65
13.30
$16.00
14.65
20.51
15.00
15.00
14.05
17.29
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Supervisors, 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 ...........
Guides ...........................................................................
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops .......................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
9.89
10.36
16.63
9.92
9.98
8.39
5.27
6.83
4.59
6.27
9.52
13.53
9.91
8.73
8.11
10.95
15.30
11.65
10.08
10.61
16.33
8.33
10.92
10.70
15.56
13.85
7.18
14.57
33.78
7.51
10.53
1.5
2.1
7.4
2.2
5.9
1.4
3.0
5.6
4.3
7.5
1.1
3.0
1.4
2.8
1.3
1.7
5.4
3.4
1.1
1.7
4.7
1.7
2.9
7.9
8.7
10.5
4.3
6.3
1.3
5.6
3.7
5.93
7.00
10.25
6.80
7.06
4.00
2.13
4.17
2.13
3.30
6.25
8.31
6.80
6.00
6.00
7.65
10.50
8.12
7.50
6.75
9.25
6.50
7.00
5.65
8.85
8.00
5.23
10.58
20.00
4.70
7.72
7.20
8.25
11.99
8.00
8.00
6.25
3.00
5.00
2.57
4.25
7.18
9.93
7.75
6.98
6.75
8.85
12.60
9.27
8.50
7.61
12.76
7.00
8.05
6.58
12.02
9.06
5.61
13.06
27.84
5.70
8.40
9.00
9.50
15.35
9.38
9.75
7.85
5.15
6.75
4.00
6.25
8.70
12.49
9.50
8.25
7.50
10.25
14.85
10.79
9.73
9.50
16.65
7.76
10.00
8.64
16.45
11.25
6.55
15.24
32.88
6.85
10.15
11.38
11.50
19.23
11.00
11.05
10.00
7.00
8.00
5.97
7.16
10.75
16.70
11.28
10.00
9.00
12.30
17.00
12.97
11.15
12.50
19.39
9.00
12.93
11.59
18.80
15.28
7.55
16.67
40.56
8.74
12.02
15.00
14.52
23.32
13.46
13.32
13.00
8.35
9.50
7.40
8.95
14.00
20.67
13.70
12.00
10.75
15.00
21.00
15.74
13.24
16.75
21.80
11.12
17.01
17.44
21.25
22.75
10.75
18.09
47.90
10.25
13.57
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$8.38
8.73
11.89
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
4.5
3.7
6.5
$6.00
6.25
7.75
$6.76
7.00
9.00
$8.00
8.25
10.79
$9.50
10.00
15.08
$11.32
12.04
17.44
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$9.59
10.05
1.1
1.3
$5.50
5.25
$6.50
6.50
$7.77
8.00
$10.00
10.90
$15.50
17.14
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
11.98
16.16
1.2
1.6
6.10
7.80
7.00
9.15
9.00
12.35
13.00
20.22
23.08
29.42
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ...............................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ...................................................................
Dietitians ........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Occupational therapists .................................................
Physical therapists .........................................................
Speech therapists ..........................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Psychology teachers ......................................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..............
Art, drama, and music teachers .....................................
Education teachers ........................................................
English teachers ............................................................
Other post-secondary teachers .....................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
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 .......................................................................
Musicians and composers .............................................
Photographers ...............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .............
Editors and reporters .....................................................
Announcers ....................................................................
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. ..................
23.50
25.77
32.71
27.87
27.87
27.29
29.29
76.32
27.97
32.57
21.30
19.61
28.76
34.88
26.23
35.72
27.23
23.33
17.96
34.70
27.89
28.54
21.38
18.29
21.64
21.77
17.44
17.38
37.52
28.66
19.65
8.83
13.26
19.62
19.73
22.21
22.20
17.10
19.18
12.01
53.24
53.24
2.4
2.6
17.4
12.6
12.6
14.6
2.1
5.7
2.0
13.0
4.5
9.4
4.2
7.1
11.0
29.7
8.9
12.7
14.2
10.3
11.0
12.7
18.8
19.8
14.0
8.4
12.4
12.7
17.7
30.3
14.0
10.5
11.2
10.2
10.8
18.9
18.9
7.2
7.0
14.1
15.4
15.4
10.03
10.63
20.00
12.93
12.93
16.61
19.00
55.00
19.70
11.00
17.32
15.99
23.87
25.00
18.00
16.80
12.31
19.30
12.80
25.00
18.85
21.67
12.31
11.64
10.58
11.00
7.17
10.63
20.49
15.00
10.00
6.08
9.75
12.89
12.18
10.00
10.00
9.00
11.63
6.35
25.00
25.00
15.00
18.00
21.18
18.00
18.00
18.69
23.00
60.00
23.02
21.19
18.18
16.12
26.00
29.25
18.00
17.00
17.22
19.30
12.80
30.00
23.00
21.88
12.31
13.23
18.75
16.96
10.85
10.71
25.38
18.00
12.00
6.50
12.00
16.30
16.30
13.49
13.49
12.00
14.42
7.50
34.61
34.61
22.17
24.94
25.00
31.25
31.25
26.73
26.83
70.00
26.22
36.00
21.63
16.83
28.50
35.00
25.37
22.94
24.29
21.88
16.00
35.00
25.06
23.33
20.00
14.44
20.21
20.60
14.20
14.26
33.50
20.00
15.00
8.13
12.00
20.00
20.00
19.81
19.81
16.46
18.17
12.00
63.33
63.33
28.84
30.89
42.00
34.50
34.50
33.65
32.44
76.92
30.93
43.40
22.74
21.96
32.33
39.00
33.00
63.56
30.70
21.88
21.88
38.00
35.00
36.67
27.00
24.27
23.33
25.00
20.00
22.16
37.08
48.71
25.75
10.56
15.18
23.12
23.12
28.47
28.47
21.29
25.00
13.00
63.33
63.33
38.40
41.27
59.61
38.04
38.04
35.31
43.00
100.00
39.67
45.20
23.69
26.00
35.00
43.00
35.00
63.56
45.00
30.00
27.00
51.11
38.93
37.10
35.63
24.27
35.63
33.40
36.50
27.18
66.85
49.37
38.00
10.56
16.52
24.98
24.98
35.00
35.00
26.00
27.00
21.29
66.15
66.15
12.07
10.35
17.84
14.91
9.97
16.16
10.74
11.52
18.35
18.85
28.80
13.74
23.09
17.58
14.05
9.6
14.1
29.4
36.4
11.3
29.4
19.9
8.8
3.6
5.4
4.2
7.8
9.1
2.8
7.2
6.75
7.00
8.65
7.00
6.25
8.00
5.50
7.50
10.00
10.62
21.00
10.03
13.04
13.27
9.00
8.00
8.00
8.65
7.25
8.35
9.00
7.00
8.00
13.00
14.81
21.00
11.14
17.04
15.00
10.45
9.03
9.25
12.00
8.50
9.03
13.91
10.00
9.50
16.48
16.75
28.00
13.00
22.21
16.50
12.75
12.50
12.00
19.26
13.86
12.83
24.63
11.00
15.00
21.15
22.22
34.20
16.84
26.00
20.00
15.59
20.00
15.00
29.43
49.24
14.50
31.28
12.00
17.59
28.00
28.54
40.63
19.31
31.52
23.50
21.11
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Broadcast equipment operators .....................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
$9.01
26.02
11.45
8.9
22.9
26.1
$7.00
13.35
7.75
$7.00
17.65
8.75
$10.00
18.00
9.25
$10.30
33.66
10.25
$10.30
50.96
19.65
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Administrators, education and related fields ..................
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................
Management related ..........................................................
Accountants and auditors ..............................................
Other financial officers ...................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
22.64
21.50
23.56
36.87
17.47
23.19
26.42
22.02
18.92
18.44
9.0
18.3
25.2
15.8
13.1
6.8
9.4
17.2
12.2
9.2
10.00
7.00
12.01
22.44
9.50
13.34
14.58
17.00
13.37
9.23
14.58
10.00
12.01
25.83
13.75
15.39
20.00
17.00
13.37
16.00
21.12
17.30
30.00
42.31
17.30
23.75
25.12
20.59
16.12
16.51
29.02
30.00
30.00
46.49
21.87
29.00
30.00
24.82
26.10
20.00
38.15
44.00
30.00
46.49
22.69
38.14
38.15
43.07
26.92
27.24
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Sales, other business services ......................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale .....................................................................
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 support, n.e.c. ......................................................
7.95
8.91
8.26
1.3
10.6
3.3
5.75
6.50
6.25
6.50
6.89
7.10
7.28
8.25
8.25
8.65
10.65
8.60
10.20
11.05
10.00
10.26
7.49
7.24
8.42
8.97
10.02
7.96
7.86
7.08
7.72
8.53
9.94
8.33
8.9
2.9
6.0
5.5
4.4
3.1
7.2
1.8
3.8
1.4
14.0
6.0
4.3
8.00
6.00
5.50
6.25
7.50
7.50
5.50
6.00
5.50
5.75
5.50
7.18
6.00
9.00
6.25
5.87
7.00
8.00
8.75
7.05
6.50
6.00
6.25
5.50
9.36
7.00
9.00
7.00
6.52
8.24
9.00
9.93
8.00
7.25
7.00
7.09
9.00
10.00
7.80
10.50
8.00
8.11
9.00
9.50
11.17
8.75
8.50
8.00
8.25
10.26
11.04
9.25
15.26
9.50
10.30
10.00
10.00
13.00
10.24
10.00
9.00
9.94
12.13
11.04
10.50
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
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 ....................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Expeditors ......................................................................
10.89
13.93
26.04
10.87
9.59
8.39
15.52
9.33
10.11
9.73
13.52
9.96
9.01
11.66
11.42
11.07
12.43
10.44
9.55
8.78
10.37
9.21
9.10
9.45
9.83
1.5
5.0
40.4
7.3
9.7
3.9
6.5
3.3
4.0
7.2
14.9
9.8
5.5
7.1
2.7
4.8
3.8
2.6
4.5
7.2
7.6
7.2
4.9
3.1
10.3
7.25
8.84
10.00
8.00
7.50
7.00
9.00
6.75
7.50
6.55
8.62
7.45
6.50
8.13
9.00
8.00
10.00
8.57
8.25
6.25
6.87
6.00
6.50
7.34
6.65
8.50
10.44
11.53
9.48
7.75
7.65
11.61
7.65
8.75
7.50
9.00
8.30
8.00
9.80
10.00
10.00
11.00
9.90
9.00
7.25
8.21
7.50
6.50
8.00
7.47
10.00
13.20
17.00
11.00
8.50
8.25
16.85
8.50
10.15
9.20
14.00
9.83
8.50
11.00
11.00
11.26
11.13
10.08
9.00
9.00
10.00
9.25
9.45
8.75
10.25
12.42
16.60
18.00
11.82
10.75
8.72
20.30
10.27
11.25
12.10
17.15
12.50
9.60
13.50
13.00
11.90
13.50
11.45
11.00
9.25
12.00
11.03
9.45
10.85
11.60
15.82
20.00
24.26
14.00
13.91
10.00
21.56
12.50
12.42
13.09
17.15
12.50
12.00
15.30
14.25
14.06
14.49
12.51
11.00
11.22
14.00
11.50
11.00
12.50
12.40
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
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 ....................................................................
Proofreaders ..................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks .............................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$8.60
15.08
12.48
10.40
10.64
9.69
10.94
11.95
10.47
11.52
11.10
2.7
13.3
6.4
8.4
3.6
1.5
18.2
8.2
16.0
12.3
6.2
$7.50
11.19
7.50
8.00
7.33
7.75
6.25
8.00
8.54
7.00
6.75
$7.80
12.00
9.41
8.16
8.00
8.50
8.40
9.98
8.58
8.70
8.30
$8.45
15.44
12.15
9.00
10.00
9.32
9.00
11.35
9.35
10.18
10.00
$9.35
18.30
14.76
13.17
12.00
10.50
14.50
12.00
11.14
15.00
13.50
$10.25
20.40
16.13
14.66
15.75
12.00
14.50
20.00
12.22
17.00
16.39
Blue collar ....................................................................................
9.19
1.8
5.75
6.75
8.02
10.39
13.35
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ....................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .....................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Butchers and meat cutters .............................................
12.59
8.2
6.00
9.00
10.50
14.08
24.35
23.36
11.34
12.39
10.67
9.8
26.7
5.9
20.2
16.00
5.38
7.25
6.00
16.00
5.55
9.30
6.00
24.35
9.00
10.25
10.90
24.35
17.91
15.00
13.75
31.04
17.91
17.25
17.64
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Molding and casting machine operators ........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Packaging and filling machine operators .......................
Photographic process machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Assemblers ....................................................................
8.96
7.56
7.13
8.07
7.98
9.59
9.22
2.5
6.7
6.0
6.6
3.7
5.4
6.4
6.50
6.75
6.00
7.50
6.93
7.25
7.00
7.50
7.00
6.04
7.50
7.75
8.00
7.16
8.50
7.00
6.50
7.50
8.25
9.00
8.25
9.92
8.00
8.00
7.50
8.25
10.50
10.00
11.00
8.50
9.17
8.75
8.37
12.00
12.50
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ......................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Parking lot attendants ....................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
9.59
10.98
7.75
12.11
9.31
6.85
6.99
11.27
3.1
6.1
8.5
5.1
8.2
10.6
5.9
13.5
5.40
7.00
5.15
9.50
7.00
5.25
5.25
6.90
6.75
8.00
5.50
10.00
7.00
5.25
5.50
7.50
8.44
9.75
6.75
11.50
8.51
6.50
6.75
9.25
12.00
13.02
8.00
13.00
12.00
8.00
7.50
14.34
14.55
17.51
12.50
15.40
12.00
9.00
8.50
17.12
12.70
6.0
8.50
11.37
12.10
13.54
15.05
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Animal caretakers, except farm .....................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................
Helpers, construction trades ..........................................
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. .............................
8.69
8.53
8.27
12.24
11.47
7.57
10.37
10.98
9.53
7.00
7.90
8.44
2.2
4.3
9.7
23.3
7.7
1.4
11.9
3.6
23.2
2.4
3.4
3.2
5.80
6.95
6.00
5.40
9.00
5.50
7.00
6.50
6.50
5.50
5.92
6.00
6.55
7.75
6.75
6.75
10.00
6.20
9.10
9.00
6.50
6.25
7.00
7.00
7.75
8.00
7.50
16.00
12.00
7.16
9.10
10.67
7.50
6.75
7.50
8.00
9.65
8.75
10.00
16.00
12.00
8.40
11.26
12.40
9.10
7.50
9.00
9.50
12.25
11.00
10.87
16.00
16.50
9.73
15.74
15.10
25.00
8.50
10.00
11.25
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Guards and police, except public service ......................
Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................
Food service ......................................................................
7.21
10.12
10.39
7.69
6.27
1.1
7.4
7.8
3.6
1.1
3.40
6.15
6.34
6.00
2.63
5.75
7.50
8.00
6.40
5.25
6.92
9.00
9.25
7.57
6.50
8.25
10.00
10.25
8.50
7.35
10.20
16.00
17.65
10.00
8.71
See footnotes at end of table.
44
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,
National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
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 ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$4.75
6.54
4.27
5.56
7.10
8.93
7.66
7.26
6.98
9.42
14.55
9.66
9.20
7.99
10.01
8.31
7.84
8.33
10.53
11.06
6.81
9.70
7.92
12.92
8.72
7.58
7.49
7.46
8.98
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
3.1
5.8
3.5
3.7
.9
5.5
2.3
2.7
1.1
3.7
7.7
8.9
2.9
2.9
8.2
4.9
2.8
3.1
17.2
11.9
5.3
9.4
8.0
44.2
6.8
6.2
4.7
2.9
6.1
$2.13
3.03
2.13
2.83
5.50
7.05
5.65
5.38
5.50
6.00
8.60
5.15
6.08
5.50
6.25
6.00
5.40
5.50
7.00
5.91
5.15
7.00
6.00
8.50
5.25
5.98
5.75
5.75
6.00
$2.50
5.15
2.20
4.30
6.00
7.75
6.40
6.00
6.00
7.25
11.15
7.50
7.15
6.50
7.00
7.00
6.50
6.25
7.50
7.05
5.46
7.00
6.55
8.50
7.50
6.05
6.18
6.50
7.00
$4.30
6.50
3.30
5.75
6.80
8.30
7.15
7.00
6.75
8.87
14.50
9.00
8.76
7.50
10.50
8.00
7.50
7.30
8.93
10.00
6.75
8.75
7.25
8.50
8.00
6.85
7.19
7.00
8.00
$6.75
7.50
6.00
6.75
7.75
9.11
8.50
8.00
7.50
10.79
17.55
11.20
10.50
8.80
11.85
9.00
8.64
9.00
13.00
13.31
7.50
11.25
9.75
9.00
10.00
8.50
8.50
8.00
9.40
$7.50
10.00
7.16
7.32
9.00
11.33
10.14
9.50
8.50
13.74
20.60
14.04
13.00
10.40
14.17
10.20
10.33
11.50
16.00
20.08
8.75
15.00
10.00
19.35
10.89
10.80
9.18
9.84
12.73
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$22.77
22.79
1.1
1.1
$10.38
10.39
$13.67
13.70
$19.92
19.95
$28.78
28.80
$39.03
39.09
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
25.73
25.79
1.0
1.0
11.54
11.61
15.66
15.71
23.04
23.10
32.55
32.61
43.50
43.56
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
Civil engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronic 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 ...........................................
Teachers, special education ..........................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .............................................................
30.50
31.80
30.90
32.50
31.98
32.94
28.84
28.81
28.98
23.38
29.93
28.07
23.57
25.17
21.05
20.90
23.61
27.64
33.32
26.23
38.58
20.41
21.09
28.73
31.52
30.37
22.40
41.06
53.74
34.86
31.91
38.14
34.48
41.88
33.27
47.76
41.10
54.24
38.99
44.40
52.26
36.57
40.28
39.86
33.26
41.92
37.99
46.87
28.21
40.18
36.73
40.22
32.97
31.02
33.43
32.66
35.09
34.03
1.0
1.0
2.6
8.8
2.7
8.6
4.6
4.0
4.1
5.5
6.2
17.9
4.3
8.9
8.0
11.6
4.4
3.0
13.9
2.2
9.0
4.1
5.9
5.5
6.4
8.9
8.1
3.4
11.5
6.6
5.4
10.8
12.9
13.1
11.9
18.7
7.4
15.4
13.0
14.0
13.1
5.8
15.6
27.8
11.5
6.6
11.3
13.0
27.0
7.9
5.0
3.5
1.0
3.0
1.1
1.7
3.6
2.7
16.42
18.47
21.51
26.96
22.23
27.09
20.20
18.77
19.12
15.39
22.84
17.42
15.32
14.74
15.73
13.82
14.93
17.00
12.32
18.92
24.44
15.85
15.27
20.27
22.35
13.75
14.48
23.11
34.82
20.82
25.18
21.12
22.80
27.60
24.58
27.61
27.61
32.89
22.48
29.86
21.91
24.83
25.28
17.36
21.88
29.89
19.23
26.63
17.60
30.77
24.36
21.98
21.31
20.76
21.93
21.74
22.43
19.68
21.76
23.16
26.82
26.96
27.02
27.71
23.58
23.13
23.46
18.12
27.27
18.05
20.67
16.28
17.53
16.51
19.62
20.59
15.03
21.11
35.00
17.32
17.82
23.72
25.72
24.58
15.56
29.15
41.03
29.54
26.34
30.32
25.91
29.73
28.37
32.27
32.49
38.65
29.76
40.00
30.00
26.15
30.91
20.09
25.84
39.68
29.56
32.35
17.60
31.25
29.48
28.85
25.07
24.02
25.44
25.18
26.44
25.25
28.24
29.41
29.68
30.03
31.05
30.16
28.82
28.26
28.80
22.53
29.95
27.48
23.64
20.56
18.93
19.44
23.26
24.63
21.66
24.98
36.33
20.64
20.76
28.51
30.55
30.22
21.25
37.65
49.23
35.20
31.76
39.41
27.24
37.62
29.46
43.95
40.39
43.08
42.13
40.00
46.96
34.09
36.77
28.73
29.01
43.02
42.23
43.85
17.60
35.43
37.85
37.10
30.93
28.94
31.08
30.49
32.80
31.76
36.77
37.85
34.25
34.18
36.68
37.14
33.87
34.00
34.00
27.47
33.38
31.99
28.24
34.69
23.08
25.82
26.59
31.50
54.03
30.02
45.70
22.59
23.06
31.36
35.01
36.02
24.95
48.72
62.96
40.19
33.65
43.64
42.40
50.35
30.55
64.22
47.80
71.04
47.39
54.43
68.27
42.14
43.57
55.24
38.98
46.90
43.50
62.22
29.64
48.99
42.86
48.27
39.23
36.06
39.46
38.19
42.28
41.38
47.50
48.59
41.24
42.38
41.24
44.26
35.25
38.20
38.20
33.25
33.38
48.21
28.99
38.80
30.58
31.65
32.32
40.83
70.38
36.08
51.26
26.90
27.50
40.01
39.15
43.86
34.60
62.78
78.78
45.04
41.30
49.31
54.55
62.63
52.55
73.56
55.81
90.11
53.66
57.48
94.53
51.13
63.19
78.41
53.33
46.90
46.51
62.34
45.24
48.99
49.85
61.96
48.61
44.10
48.89
47.00
51.04
50.95
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.86
31.85
27.03
27.83
18.28
30.77
34.43
26.33
19.97
20.08
17.46
39.41
36.86
56.14
4.3
4.6
3.4
3.4
17.0
7.7
7.2
4.9
2.4
2.5
8.3
9.8
11.7
12.8
$8.25
18.12
15.43
15.92
12.92
17.86
21.31
18.42
12.72
12.97
9.75
21.28
20.78
32.09
$10.15
23.49
19.38
20.21
14.50
22.52
26.85
21.12
14.72
14.81
12.21
27.31
26.41
46.06
$11.54
30.46
25.98
26.95
16.80
28.78
31.03
26.07
18.31
18.33
17.89
35.55
34.44
53.04
$17.14
38.21
33.14
33.63
22.73
35.27
40.72
30.54
23.42
23.51
22.68
47.54
44.57
76.73
$23.67
47.05
40.37
41.07
28.85
49.61
54.43
32.69
29.67
29.90
23.74
66.27
61.27
82.12
26.53
20.60
19.65
19.42
26.29
35.42
26.33
18.42
18.18
18.28
23.62
15.76
16.45
17.83
21.41
21.87
19.53
15.09
23.14
16.81
23.72
23.53
20.31
19.18
10.4
9.1
8.2
12.5
9.2
25.6
6.6
1.6
3.7
13.3
7.8
2.2
3.2
17.9
9.6
4.9
7.2
7.6
9.0
5.5
9.6
5.7
5.7
6.8
13.73
13.59
14.75
9.88
15.27
10.55
16.03
11.49
11.49
9.41
16.35
10.93
9.57
12.65
13.04
13.26
13.01
11.33
16.39
13.47
14.13
16.35
13.69
11.45
17.75
16.83
17.45
15.81
20.51
18.00
18.81
14.10
14.84
11.88
18.95
13.39
12.11
13.86
15.01
19.44
15.37
12.16
19.93
13.88
20.01
18.50
15.33
13.20
23.72
21.97
18.00
20.33
23.85
39.42
25.20
17.27
17.41
17.21
21.22
15.78
15.94
14.51
19.70
22.62
16.66
14.74
23.02
14.77
24.20
21.95
19.31
18.59
29.87
24.51
24.80
23.42
28.97
50.48
30.69
21.64
20.90
25.44
25.74
17.99
19.85
21.03
25.03
25.68
24.27
17.69
28.02
18.54
26.62
28.00
23.69
24.06
50.48
24.68
24.80
27.11
37.54
55.41
35.45
26.80
25.99
25.44
37.68
20.03
23.35
26.99
40.00
28.45
27.81
19.81
29.25
23.08
35.07
32.09
29.55
27.66
30.48
35.71
15.91
2.4
1.9
20.0
16.79
19.98
3.46
20.68
26.12
5.29
28.00
34.11
9.33
36.78
42.84
27.38
48.07
53.65
33.33
44.50
32.21
44.86
42.44
36.40
26.37
40.41
31.23
22.63
29.22
27.42
32.60
22.94
22.71
6.0
2.7
17.3
7.2
18.9
3.7
4.2
9.0
9.3
6.0
6.0
7.1
2.4
3.7
34.62
19.31
23.82
23.65
20.60
23.12
24.25
12.94
15.06
23.93
15.50
19.07
15.45
16.59
40.42
25.13
29.55
30.11
24.24
23.94
30.94
22.32
17.83
26.39
19.99
21.95
17.72
17.08
43.19
32.01
39.95
46.28
40.41
24.57
39.38
29.29
18.78
28.61
27.06
30.29
21.44
21.64
48.40
36.02
63.78
52.66
49.49
29.90
47.53
36.38
27.61
32.73
34.93
39.90
27.36
26.53
56.72
45.44
63.78
54.36
49.49
32.31
55.90
45.38
36.39
36.48
40.65
48.91
31.89
31.73
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Substitute teachers ........................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Archivists and curators ..................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
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. ................................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
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
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$26.54
23.13
23.28
17.60
23.66
6.4
8.0
4.3
11.1
4.7
$18.77
16.85
13.78
11.93
16.35
$21.92
18.35
18.20
14.08
18.41
$27.46
20.81
23.54
16.74
23.00
$30.08
27.18
27.13
20.33
28.00
$32.80
32.77
31.75
23.98
32.31
20.50
24.66
2.6
4.4
14.72
14.95
17.19
18.25
20.25
23.76
21.55
29.35
27.73
34.35
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
14.22
16.11
24.28
13.23
5.4
7.5
7.2
5.9
8.46
11.43
15.87
8.46
9.94
13.63
21.07
9.69
12.06
15.08
25.69
11.36
18.14
17.14
28.37
16.33
23.55
23.04
29.11
20.80
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 ....................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
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. ........................................
14.57
18.41
20.86
20.84
1.2
3.4
5.5
4.7
9.32
13.18
16.02
17.42
11.10
14.63
17.12
18.75
13.94
18.00
19.79
19.99
17.22
20.70
21.56
21.48
20.52
24.98
28.53
23.85
20.00
14.86
15.45
20.34
14.44
12.02
11.27
14.97
16.00
15.40
12.43
11.46
13.70
15.09
17.67
14.37
12.30
13.32
12.78
10.24
12.29
16.93
16.40
14.00
16.50
14.56
18.24
16.51
16.91
13.76
13.76
13.10
11.89
15.22
8.7
7.5
2.7
9.3
2.6
13.5
4.4
4.7
17.0
6.3
3.2
7.3
3.7
2.3
4.6
9.6
16.5
8.8
4.8
13.6
16.6
7.3
9.1
4.4
8.7
7.6
5.9
1.9
6.6
1.5
2.8
10.2
1.3
2.4
12.70
11.79
10.43
11.31
10.30
7.68
8.41
10.39
8.56
11.00
8.08
6.50
9.71
10.15
12.88
8.11
9.09
7.37
9.82
7.65
7.00
10.00
10.91
9.22
10.03
11.22
11.74
12.46
13.00
9.21
10.50
9.04
8.39
10.21
16.33
12.29
12.17
14.32
12.04
8.85
9.20
12.43
10.26
11.80
9.12
8.94
10.87
12.10
15.01
10.81
9.48
9.83
12.96
7.65
8.45
11.84
15.75
10.73
12.83
12.45
14.51
14.45
13.36
10.97
11.94
11.40
9.28
12.02
19.77
13.63
14.75
19.29
14.43
10.59
11.16
14.91
15.04
14.73
11.89
10.77
13.30
15.03
17.86
14.62
10.11
13.20
12.96
8.74
10.77
15.40
18.28
13.75
14.20
13.37
19.05
16.59
16.96
13.43
13.95
12.35
10.91
15.00
24.54
16.85
18.12
22.59
16.81
16.21
12.75
17.79
21.44
18.20
14.83
13.53
15.91
17.24
19.23
17.83
12.77
16.38
12.96
11.81
16.63
20.47
18.81
16.21
18.87
15.31
20.53
17.78
18.89
15.90
15.81
17.26
13.51
17.64
28.37
20.83
21.36
32.76
18.45
17.84
14.41
19.97
27.53
21.20
17.81
16.33
18.28
20.06
20.98
18.65
21.00
19.50
13.52
15.72
17.55
27.00
18.81
20.56
22.90
21.15
22.60
20.24
20.76
18.88
16.81
17.26
17.18
21.21
Blue collar ....................................................................................
17.59
1.5
10.22
12.87
16.79
21.54
26.04
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
20.05
25.02
21.58
2.0
5.2
10.6
12.41
17.54
13.82
15.26
19.25
16.19
19.06
25.16
21.50
24.03
28.95
28.86
29.03
33.00
28.86
Mean
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
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.
48
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.08
19.36
23.25
16.06
2.6
6.4
8.9
9.5
$15.27
12.66
13.30
12.03
$17.22
15.25
17.47
12.03
$19.81
20.74
23.47
14.66
$23.01
23.23
28.12
17.59
$24.27
24.82
30.52
22.87
21.35
18.59
20.86
17.14
8.2
5.6
7.5
3.3
15.29
11.33
13.28
11.46
16.56
15.71
16.18
13.17
21.44
19.24
20.17
15.96
25.64
21.30
26.42
19.74
25.64
24.33
27.07
24.03
25.93
28.41
20.76
20.57
21.55
26.56
19.25
19.04
18.89
13.97
16.16
23.98
22.30
19.43
26.87
22.94
18.09
14.7
13.1
5.1
6.6
5.3
5.6
8.7
9.7
7.9
3.8
4.3
14.6
7.1
3.0
7.6
6.9
6.2
16.54
15.61
15.16
12.96
15.26
18.53
11.51
12.00
14.76
12.34
10.46
13.28
17.39
12.44
17.41
13.53
12.65
16.54
21.15
16.95
15.44
16.99
24.05
13.30
13.30
15.79
12.63
12.19
15.40
19.71
15.73
22.37
18.51
15.91
26.50
33.73
19.20
18.86
19.35
27.73
20.17
17.50
18.83
13.94
15.45
25.37
21.45
19.59
26.84
22.24
18.66
34.85
33.73
23.97
25.18
24.93
30.59
23.75
24.40
22.16
15.41
19.45
28.11
26.19
22.60
33.44
29.72
20.13
36.39
33.73
29.44
29.63
32.65
31.19
26.11
28.60
23.27
15.62
23.62
39.21
26.19
26.80
37.83
32.62
20.51
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Printing press operators .................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
16.70
14.70
9.75
20.90
21.01
9.8
4.5
11.2
15.6
7.7
8.52
12.62
5.45
9.48
16.06
11.76
13.99
7.43
11.23
18.78
17.23
14.58
9.91
21.81
19.58
21.31
14.58
11.89
28.03
23.75
23.75
18.44
13.17
33.77
24.96
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
16.64
19.18
16.57
16.38
9.95
18.35
24.06
19.13
19.95
16.35
16.43
15.42
13.85
2.0
11.2
5.4
2.0
8.6
7.5
3.9
2.2
10.5
9.8
12.1
10.1
2.3
10.59
12.41
10.20
10.87
7.25
11.77
20.97
18.23
13.27
10.71
10.12
9.67
10.24
12.46
15.33
12.17
12.90
8.14
15.04
22.54
18.88
15.15
11.05
11.88
12.02
11.45
15.67
15.33
15.35
15.96
8.88
17.71
25.09
18.88
21.40
15.48
16.12
13.73
14.60
20.15
23.76
20.23
19.64
11.83
24.05
25.09
20.42
22.34
18.68
19.04
16.50
15.17
23.91
28.58
25.90
23.01
14.31
24.75
27.86
20.49
25.11
25.07
25.28
27.15
16.69
15.44
4.8
10.60
11.66
14.53
19.42
22.10
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 .........................................................
14.45
20.33
13.80
14.43
2.6
6.6
3.8
14.3
8.31
14.00
8.35
7.90
10.21
18.24
9.67
10.00
13.67
19.48
13.43
14.00
18.16
24.34
17.06
18.34
21.85
24.65
20.44
19.29
19.23
15.79
14.42
12.98
10.62
7.4
4.5
8.4
5.6
12.7
11.53
10.26
8.97
8.05
8.74
14.71
12.86
11.52
10.15
9.00
19.51
15.44
13.17
11.85
9.38
21.85
19.98
18.26
16.35
10.10
29.22
20.31
22.25
18.16
16.57
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
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 ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
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. .........
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ..................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .....................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................
$17.18
12.66
14.35
13.20
13.79
12.1
9.7
13.7
10.7
4.7
$9.39
9.29
5.83
6.12
7.74
$12.71
9.75
9.71
11.33
9.32
$17.09
13.27
18.08
14.70
13.24
$23.56
14.24
18.08
15.62
17.48
$23.56
16.81
19.56
16.63
21.49
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 ....................................................................
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 ...........
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
17.06
21.42
27.11
30.97
27.45
21.99
18.79
24.13
19.47
17.33
10.16
13.21
15.64
10.81
13.47
12.86
10.78
13.48
11.42
9.16
10.39
12.55
13.51
12.19
12.80
18.67
9.14
12.39
11.79
18.18
9.48
15.79
13.04
10.58
1.8
2.7
5.0
3.0
8.9
9.9
2.8
1.0
2.3
6.7
5.1
6.7
7.8
2.0
11.2
12.4
2.0
5.3
3.1
4.1
2.5
2.1
3.3
2.5
2.5
10.2
7.1
1.8
4.5
7.9
6.7
14.2
5.3
3.9
8.65
11.83
17.66
18.35
15.06
14.29
11.24
15.63
12.30
11.35
6.67
7.13
8.95
7.37
7.22
7.69
7.37
9.61
8.25
6.95
7.25
8.40
9.25
8.14
8.00
10.85
6.81
8.00
7.00
11.81
6.04
9.52
8.48
7.00
11.20
14.80
21.14
24.53
17.41
15.58
13.89
19.03
14.38
12.13
8.50
10.02
11.04
8.50
10.65
10.02
8.49
10.76
9.43
7.54
8.37
9.71
10.69
9.52
9.30
13.10
8.00
9.25
8.75
14.87
7.33
10.62
10.12
8.31
14.88
20.64
25.21
30.45
28.92
22.31
17.68
23.91
18.58
15.36
9.95
13.29
13.79
10.31
14.90
14.90
10.29
12.98
11.22
8.65
10.00
11.95
13.25
11.64
12.05
17.04
8.05
11.90
11.20
16.46
8.79
15.08
12.55
10.03
21.89
26.26
31.84
37.45
36.76
26.00
23.41
28.03
23.67
22.11
12.16
15.49
19.07
12.47
15.02
14.90
12.37
15.87
13.37
10.05
11.93
14.81
15.76
13.97
15.10
23.95
9.86
14.80
13.63
21.08
11.64
21.89
15.48
11.73
28.22
31.65
40.90
43.54
38.24
30.80
27.91
32.71
28.22
25.99
13.35
19.28
25.41
14.96
16.69
14.90
14.92
17.03
14.68
12.17
14.16
17.15
17.82
17.14
18.71
25.55
12.69
17.68
17.37
28.07
12.68
21.89
17.50
13.74
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
All workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$12.40
12.53
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
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.
Percentiles
Relative
error5
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
12.1
4.8
$7.00
7.98
$8.88
9.41
$11.22
12.29
$14.41
15.28
$19.00
16.53
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$23.17
23.20
1.1
1.1
$10.75
10.77
$14.10
14.12
$20.36
20.39
$29.11
29.13
$39.42
39.45
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
26.03
26.08
1.0
1.0
11.87
11.92
15.99
16.02
23.33
23.38
32.79
32.85
43.81
43.86
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Architects .......................................................................
Civil engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronic 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 .....................................
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 .........................
30.69
32.01
30.93
32.52
31.98
32.94
28.84
28.54
28.71
23.39
29.93
28.07
23.57
25.17
21.10
20.90
23.58
27.50
32.81
25.91
38.66
20.30
22.45
28.84
31.70
30.27
22.61
41.41
53.97
35.16
31.93
39.79
34.51
41.40
33.15
47.76
41.07
55.31
39.56
46.92
52.43
36.65
40.26
39.86
33.23
37.98
47.30
28.83
37.36
40.65
33.27
31.33
33.46
32.67
35.06
34.52
12.00
31.90
1.1
1.1
2.6
8.9
2.7
8.6
4.6
4.0
4.1
5.6
6.2
17.9
4.3
8.9
8.2
11.6
4.5
3.1
14.0
1.8
9.3
4.3
5.0
6.2
7.4
9.2
8.3
3.4
11.8
7.0
5.4
10.0
13.0
14.2
12.0
18.7
7.4
16.3
12.5
12.8
13.3
5.9
15.8
27.8
11.6
11.3
13.0
29.7
5.0
3.7
1.0
3.1
1.1
1.7
3.6
2.9
10.1
4.7
16.73
18.84
21.58
26.96
22.23
27.09
20.20
18.58
18.60
15.39
22.84
17.42
15.32
14.74
15.79
13.82
14.90
16.89
12.32
18.82
24.44
15.73
17.82
20.27
22.13
13.75
14.66
23.60
34.82
21.76
26.11
23.27
22.80
27.60
24.58
27.61
26.13
37.11
22.97
27.17
21.81
24.83
25.28
17.36
21.88
19.23
27.56
17.60
26.15
22.76
21.63
21.32
21.97
21.76
22.42
21.00
8.25
18.12
21.91
23.28
26.87
26.96
27.02
27.71
23.58
22.99
23.13
18.12
27.27
18.05
20.67
16.28
17.56
16.51
19.51
20.45
15.03
20.92
35.00
17.32
19.58
23.63
25.39
24.58
15.83
29.38
40.96
31.23
26.34
36.68
25.91
29.73
27.82
32.27
32.49
38.65
30.77
37.65
29.21
26.15
30.85
20.09
25.84
29.56
32.51
17.60
30.22
29.23
25.34
24.46
25.46
25.18
26.43
25.89
10.27
23.50
28.39
29.56
29.68
30.03
31.05
30.16
28.82
28.22
28.23
22.49
29.95
27.48
23.64
20.56
18.95
19.44
23.26
24.44
21.64
24.64
36.33
20.34
22.15
28.51
31.00
30.22
21.56
37.72
50.26
35.20
31.76
39.58
27.24
37.09
29.46
43.95
40.39
43.08
42.21
52.95
47.06
34.09
36.77
28.73
29.01
42.23
45.47
17.60
38.38
37.56
31.10
29.20
31.10
30.49
32.72
31.94
10.27
30.87
36.85
37.97
34.29
34.18
36.68
37.14
33.87
33.69
33.69
27.47
33.38
31.99
28.24
34.69
23.17
25.82
26.59
31.31
54.01
29.68
45.70
22.43
24.24
31.36
35.01
35.56
25.50
48.99
63.27
40.19
33.65
44.03
42.40
50.25
30.55
64.22
47.80
72.44
48.91
57.24
68.96
42.14
43.54
55.24
38.87
43.50
62.22
29.64
42.87
48.97
39.40
36.40
39.47
38.22
42.12
41.63
15.00
38.12
47.80
48.85
41.24
42.38
41.24
44.26
35.25
38.20
38.20
33.25
33.38
48.21
28.99
38.80
30.58
31.65
32.32
40.83
69.68
35.05
51.26
26.90
27.50
40.01
43.46
43.86
34.60
63.72
79.00
45.04
41.30
51.78
55.87
59.33
52.55
73.56
55.81
90.63
53.66
58.47
94.53
51.13
63.98
78.41
53.33
46.51
62.34
44.64
49.85
62.45
48.85
44.10
48.94
47.01
51.18
51.24
18.24
47.48
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$27.19
28.01
30.77
34.47
26.41
20.02
20.08
18.51
39.47
36.78
57.41
3.5
3.5
7.8
7.3
5.0
2.4
2.5
9.1
10.0
12.2
12.6
$15.80
16.25
17.86
21.31
18.42
12.77
12.95
9.75
21.28
21.10
35.08
$19.51
20.28
22.51
26.85
21.57
14.75
14.80
12.61
27.95
26.76
46.06
$26.29
27.11
28.78
31.03
26.24
18.33
18.27
19.96
35.52
34.44
56.96
$33.14
33.63
35.27
40.75
30.83
23.47
23.51
23.16
47.96
44.57
76.73
$40.37
41.46
49.61
54.43
32.69
29.69
29.90
24.20
66.27
59.41
82.12
27.19
20.99
19.56
26.68
40.18
25.05
18.19
18.09
16.57
21.52
15.63
16.55
17.93
19.35
21.89
19.53
15.72
23.64
16.86
23.73
23.53
20.36
19.44
11.1
8.8
13.0
9.4
19.7
6.5
1.6
3.9
14.1
4.5
2.3
3.6
18.0
4.3
5.4
7.2
6.9
8.2
5.6
9.6
5.7
5.8
7.0
14.52
13.71
9.88
15.87
14.66
15.52
11.49
11.49
9.31
16.20
10.65
9.61
12.65
13.04
13.03
13.01
12.10
18.62
13.47
14.13
16.35
13.69
11.53
17.75
17.15
15.81
21.23
20.61
18.26
14.11
14.84
10.93
18.33
13.26
12.39
13.86
14.71
18.22
15.37
13.13
19.93
13.96
20.01
18.50
15.33
13.43
23.85
21.97
21.10
23.85
48.08
24.30
17.16
17.18
15.76
20.44
15.58
15.94
14.51
18.86
22.62
16.66
15.38
24.03
14.77
24.20
21.95
19.31
19.20
30.29
24.51
23.42
28.97
50.48
29.18
21.36
20.78
19.71
23.71
17.91
20.08
21.21
22.18
25.68
24.27
17.69
29.25
18.74
26.62
28.00
23.72
24.68
50.48
24.68
27.40
37.54
67.31
32.05
26.20
26.22
24.58
26.95
20.00
23.35
26.99
26.53
29.72
27.81
21.01
29.25
23.24
35.07
32.09
29.55
27.93
30.54
35.81
15.40
2.5
1.9
32.0
16.84
20.06
3.46
20.68
26.39
3.46
28.11
34.36
9.33
36.90
42.96
31.22
48.06
53.43
38.42
45.46
32.20
44.86
42.44
36.40
26.37
40.38
31.23
22.63
29.22
27.84
32.63
22.94
22.72
26.54
23.00
23.23
17.60
23.61
5.5
2.7
17.3
7.2
18.9
3.7
4.2
9.0
9.3
6.0
6.0
7.1
2.5
3.7
6.5
8.1
4.4
11.1
4.8
34.62
19.31
23.82
23.65
20.60
23.12
24.28
12.94
15.06
23.93
15.50
19.07
15.50
16.57
18.77
16.85
13.78
11.93
16.27
40.42
25.13
29.55
30.11
24.24
23.94
31.05
22.32
17.83
26.39
20.06
21.95
17.72
17.06
21.92
18.24
18.17
14.08
18.40
43.19
32.01
39.95
46.28
40.41
24.57
39.38
29.29
18.78
28.61
27.43
30.29
21.44
21.66
27.46
20.70
23.49
16.74
22.85
48.45
36.02
63.78
52.66
49.49
29.90
47.41
36.38
27.61
32.73
36.45
39.90
27.36
26.68
30.07
27.14
27.00
20.33
27.98
56.72
45.44
63.78
54.36
49.49
32.31
55.90
45.38
36.39
36.48
40.65
50.44
31.89
31.73
32.80
32.77
31.75
23.98
32.31
Mean
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Librarians, archivists, and curators ....................................
Librarians .......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .................................
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. ................................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
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
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 .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
$20.52
24.74
2.6
4.5
$14.82
15.01
$17.19
18.28
$20.43
23.76
$21.70
29.55
$27.92
34.35
Sales .........................................................................................
Supervisors, sales .........................................................
Real estate sales ...........................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
14.99
16.14
24.28
13.93
5.9
7.6
7.2
6.8
8.94
11.43
15.87
8.94
10.27
13.63
21.07
10.00
13.19
15.08
25.69
11.80
19.73
17.14
28.37
17.60
23.55
23.04
29.11
21.73
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 ......................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ..................................
Messengers ...................................................................
Dispatchers ....................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks .............................................
Meter readers ................................................................
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. ........................................
14.71
18.41
20.86
20.84
1.2
3.4
5.5
4.7
9.48
13.20
16.02
17.42
11.22
14.63
17.12
18.75
14.08
18.00
19.79
19.99
17.28
20.70
21.56
21.48
20.59
24.98
28.53
23.85
20.00
14.96
15.51
20.31
14.49
12.01
11.44
14.87
16.02
15.57
13.11
11.52
13.81
15.11
17.67
14.39
12.30
13.61
10.23
12.51
17.05
16.40
13.98
16.56
14.56
18.24
16.54
16.91
13.96
13.79
13.14
11.21
15.36
8.7
7.7
2.7
9.6
2.7
13.8
5.1
4.0
17.2
6.4
4.2
7.8
3.8
2.3
4.6
10.1
16.5
9.6
13.7
16.6
7.5
9.1
4.4
8.8
7.6
5.9
1.9
6.6
1.9
2.9
10.2
1.6
2.4
12.70
11.80
10.50
11.27
10.30
7.68
8.41
10.39
8.56
11.00
8.90
7.64
9.72
10.15
12.88
8.11
9.09
7.37
7.65
7.75
10.10
10.91
9.22
10.03
11.22
11.74
12.46
13.00
9.36
10.50
9.11
8.33
10.49
16.33
12.33
12.25
14.05
12.10
8.85
9.30
12.38
10.26
12.34
10.31
8.94
11.00
12.12
15.01
10.20
9.48
9.57
7.65
8.45
11.84
15.75
10.73
12.83
12.45
14.51
14.45
13.36
11.14
12.02
11.40
9.07
12.13
19.77
13.66
14.81
19.07
14.40
10.54
11.16
14.91
15.38
15.18
12.56
10.77
13.46
15.03
17.86
14.87
10.11
13.20
8.74
11.21
15.50
18.28
13.52
14.20
13.37
19.05
16.64
16.96
13.59
13.99
12.35
10.58
15.02
24.54
16.86
18.23
22.90
17.01
16.44
13.03
17.79
21.44
18.53
15.42
13.63
15.95
17.24
19.23
17.83
12.77
16.84
11.54
17.55
20.53
18.81
16.16
18.87
15.31
20.53
17.79
18.89
16.02
15.84
17.26
12.64
17.77
28.37
20.83
21.38
32.76
18.45
17.84
14.75
20.15
27.53
21.43
17.83
16.33
18.53
20.15
20.98
18.89
21.00
20.47
15.72
17.55
27.00
18.81
20.56
22.90
21.15
22.60
20.24
20.76
19.06
16.81
17.26
15.23
21.42
Blue collar ....................................................................................
17.86
1.6
10.46
13.17
17.08
21.80
26.26
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 ....................................................................
20.06
25.02
21.58
20.08
19.36
23.25
16.06
2.0
5.2
10.6
2.6
6.4
8.9
9.5
12.41
17.54
13.82
15.27
12.66
13.30
12.03
15.27
19.25
16.19
17.22
15.25
17.47
12.03
19.07
25.16
21.50
19.81
20.74
23.47
14.66
24.03
28.95
28.86
23.01
23.23
28.12
17.59
29.03
33.00
28.86
24.27
24.82
30.52
22.87
21.39
8.3
15.29
16.90
21.44
25.64
25.64
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$18.59
21.49
17.14
5.6
6.4
3.3
$11.33
14.99
11.46
$15.71
17.59
13.17
$19.24
21.17
15.96
$21.30
26.42
19.74
$24.33
27.07
24.03
25.93
28.41
20.76
20.59
21.55
26.56
19.25
19.04
18.89
13.97
16.16
23.98
22.32
19.45
26.87
22.94
18.09
14.7
13.1
5.1
6.6
5.3
5.6
8.7
9.7
7.9
3.8
4.3
14.6
7.1
3.0
7.6
6.9
6.2
16.54
15.61
15.16
12.96
15.26
18.53
11.51
12.00
14.76
12.34
10.46
13.28
17.39
12.53
17.41
13.53
12.65
16.54
21.15
16.95
15.44
16.99
24.05
13.30
13.30
15.79
12.63
12.19
15.40
19.71
15.73
22.37
18.51
15.91
26.50
33.73
19.20
18.86
19.35
27.73
20.17
17.50
18.83
13.94
15.44
25.37
21.45
19.59
26.84
22.24
18.66
34.85
33.73
23.97
25.51
24.93
30.59
23.75
24.40
22.16
15.41
19.52
28.11
26.19
22.60
33.44
29.72
20.13
36.39
33.73
29.44
29.63
32.65
31.19
26.11
28.60
23.27
15.62
23.62
39.21
26.19
26.80
37.83
32.62
20.51
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
Printing press operators .................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ......................
Welders and cutters .......................................................
16.84
14.66
9.61
20.95
21.01
10.0
4.7
11.8
15.7
7.7
8.57
11.76
5.45
9.48
16.06
11.76
13.99
7.43
11.23
18.78
17.28
14.58
9.18
21.81
19.58
21.31
14.58
11.89
28.03
23.75
23.75
18.44
13.04
33.77
24.96
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ......................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................
Locomotive operating ....................................................
Sailors and deckhands ..................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Operating engineers ......................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators ...................
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...........
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
n.e.c. ............................................................................
17.08
19.18
16.64
17.44
10.53
18.35
24.10
19.17
19.95
16.35
16.43
15.42
13.85
2.2
11.2
5.4
2.2
9.7
7.5
3.9
2.6
10.5
9.8
12.1
10.1
2.3
10.82
12.41
10.38
11.56
8.23
11.77
20.97
18.23
13.27
10.71
10.12
9.67
10.24
12.65
15.33
12.26
14.03
8.59
15.04
22.54
18.88
15.15
11.05
11.88
12.02
11.45
16.17
15.33
15.44
17.50
9.20
17.71
25.09
18.88
21.40
15.48
16.12
13.73
14.60
20.89
23.76
20.37
21.02
12.66
24.05
25.09
20.42
22.34
18.68
19.04
16.50
15.17
24.69
28.58
25.90
23.58
14.31
24.75
27.86
20.49
25.11
25.07
25.28
27.15
16.69
15.48
4.8
10.69
11.73
14.55
19.42
22.10
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 .....................................................
Garbage collectors .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..........................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ..................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .....................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................
14.70
20.40
14.15
14.53
2.6
6.6
4.0
14.1
8.49
14.00
8.50
7.83
10.50
18.24
10.07
10.34
13.98
19.48
13.67
14.00
18.34
24.34
17.45
18.34
21.85
24.97
20.59
19.29
19.23
15.79
14.42
13.11
17.22
12.84
14.35
14.50
14.11
7.4
4.5
8.4
5.8
12.1
10.4
13.7
6.1
4.8
11.53
10.26
8.97
8.05
9.40
9.29
5.83
11.33
7.85
14.71
12.86
11.52
10.41
12.71
9.75
9.71
12.68
9.64
19.51
15.44
13.17
12.12
17.09
13.27
18.08
14.91
13.45
21.85
19.98
18.26
16.55
23.56
14.24
18.08
15.88
17.89
29.22
20.31
22.25
18.16
23.56
16.81
19.56
17.20
21.59
Mean
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
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 ...........................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............
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. .........
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Full-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
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 .......................................
Guards and police, except public service ......................
Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................
Food service ......................................................................
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 ................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ........................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ...........
Public transportation attendants ....................................
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$17.60
21.65
27.11
30.97
28.41
21.99
18.98
24.18
19.56
17.35
13.21
17.49
11.22
11.17
13.46
11.70
9.24
10.65
12.60
13.57
12.23
12.88
18.68
8.74
12.47
12.46
19.07
10.31
16.80
13.22
10.45
14.19
13.78
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
1.9
2.8
5.0
3.0
8.5
9.9
2.5
1.0
2.4
6.7
7.1
7.0
2.5
2.5
5.5
3.0
3.8
4.1
2.3
3.5
2.7
2.5
10.2
4.6
1.8
6.4
8.0
7.8
14.6
5.5
4.4
22.9
4.0
$9.00
11.96
17.66
18.35
15.54
14.29
11.60
15.64
12.32
11.35
7.13
10.19
7.61
7.58
9.61
8.43
7.00
7.40
8.40
9.25
8.19
8.03
10.85
6.81
8.08
7.07
13.62
7.33
10.18
8.57
7.00
7.00
9.53
$11.54
15.14
21.14
24.53
20.09
15.58
14.13
19.13
14.38
12.13
10.02
12.49
8.68
8.66
10.75
9.63
7.70
8.38
9.71
10.48
9.52
9.37
12.98
7.92
9.33
9.25
15.74
7.42
11.94
10.18
8.47
7.00
11.81
$15.45
20.89
25.21
30.45
30.38
22.31
17.83
23.94
18.86
15.37
13.29
16.59
10.66
10.64
12.84
11.26
8.65
9.88
12.04
13.25
11.68
12.17
17.13
8.00
11.95
11.64
19.34
11.30
16.42
12.98
10.11
12.98
14.05
$22.63
26.42
31.84
37.45
37.19
26.00
23.54
28.03
23.78
22.11
15.44
21.56
13.24
13.14
15.87
13.67
9.93
12.38
14.88
16.02
14.08
15.20
23.95
9.37
14.90
14.96
21.08
11.64
21.89
15.91
11.65
18.06
15.66
$28.68
31.89
40.90
43.54
38.58
30.80
27.91
32.71
28.22
25.99
18.35
26.83
15.22
15.19
17.05
14.68
12.05
14.96
17.18
18.02
17.14
18.81
25.55
11.19
17.88
18.51
28.66
13.35
21.89
17.50
13.42
23.94
17.76
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All ......................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ....................................................................
$15.57
15.63
3.0
3.0
$7.54
7.54
$9.50
9.55
$12.31
12.38
$18.00
18.07
$28.00
28.00
White collar ..................................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .................................................
19.26
19.43
4.0
4.0
8.53
8.59
10.96
11.03
15.71
15.97
24.09
24.18
37.26
37.30
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty ............................................................
Health related ....................................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .......................................
Biological science teachers ...........................................
Mathematical science teachers .....................................
Computer science teachers ...........................................
Health specialties teachers ............................................
Business, commerce, and marketing 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, 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. ................................................................................
Athletes ..........................................................................
Technical ...............................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ..........
Radiological technicians ................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..............................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ..................
Biological technicians ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..........................................
25.67
26.29
29.11
66.14
28.73
18.92
35.24
28.10
30.55
40.00
31.08
42.63
33.27
23.16
27.24
35.49
21.43
24.53
28.80
29.90
25.26
14.32
30.12
21.68
21.79
30.42
31.72
17.57
20.08
12.55
37.70
39.56
4.9
3.7
6.2
7.3
6.6
11.5
4.8
32.9
19.8
.9
18.3
6.8
6.3
29.8
19.2
4.5
4.5
10.0
4.8
6.0
13.9
4.6
17.5
4.1
3.8
10.2
9.7
7.0
8.6
9.8
20.3
24.4
10.71
10.71
18.66
39.36
20.57
15.27
19.50
17.00
22.48
40.00
19.50
25.09
20.63
13.46
19.50
19.16
9.50
16.87
20.31
16.12
10.71
8.13
18.65
12.97
12.97
21.62
22.70
8.34
14.27
7.00
15.27
15.27
16.00
16.95
22.51
59.66
23.31
15.27
25.00
17.00
22.48
40.00
19.50
43.00
25.49
13.56
19.50
25.13
11.54
17.72
23.17
25.00
14.17
10.00
22.88
14.45
14.54
23.60
28.36
14.27
16.79
8.10
26.04
25.40
23.67
24.39
26.84
67.72
26.84
17.52
35.48
17.00
25.24
40.00
25.00
46.11
34.37
17.79
23.11
33.56
19.04
22.50
27.45
31.08
21.58
11.60
25.31
19.35
19.57
30.26
31.16
17.21
20.81
11.29
39.26
39.26
34.00
34.00
34.77
71.47
34.34
20.42
40.20
23.00
42.51
40.00
43.00
46.75
42.55
22.64
38.47
43.60
25.37
26.82
35.12
31.91
36.07
18.96
45.39
23.97
23.97
36.13
36.13
23.06
23.06
16.67
40.30
40.30
41.26
42.16
41.83
75.43
39.83
24.93
48.75
59.81
43.00
40.00
46.75
46.75
46.00
48.75
46.75
51.64
40.44
43.52
40.08
39.83
45.06
23.67
47.05
39.61
39.61
39.09
39.09
24.64
24.98
17.50
89.53
89.53
21.29
13.44
22.18
19.82
33.53
18.02
14.56
11.92
13.75
11.8
19.9
17.6
4.1
18.8
3.3
15.2
7.5
9.4
10.55
9.00
10.25
15.04
20.00
15.39
7.60
8.50
10.00
14.18
10.00
14.05
17.77
24.26
16.00
8.15
11.33
10.00
18.00
10.55
18.37
20.00
37.68
17.40
13.41
11.33
13.67
24.80
18.00
27.70
22.09
41.54
19.04
17.48
12.16
16.62
34.48
18.00
40.00
23.29
43.61
22.95
26.21
14.74
18.00
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Executives, administrators, and managers ........................
Legislators .....................................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration .........
Administrators, education and related fields ..................
Management related ..........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...........................................
24.32
25.54
16.51
38.61
43.50
22.80
18.72
7.0
12.7
25.6
20.7
16.2
7.1
14.2
6.20
5.29
5.29
29.08
23.03
13.39
6.20
14.42
11.45
5.29
29.08
25.97
19.24
14.42
21.72
23.03
12.00
29.08
48.52
21.15
19.24
28.00
28.85
26.92
53.32
59.35
28.00
24.25
48.15
56.36
27.89
53.32
68.78
28.24
27.35
Sales .........................................................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
10.84
10.90
6.6
6.8
7.00
7.25
7.93
8.08
10.00
10.03
11.83
11.83
16.35
16.35
Administrative support, including clerical ............................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Typists ...........................................................................
Receptionists .................................................................
12.77
11.79
13.40
10.06
2.6
4.0
3.7
8.3
7.74
7.68
9.60
7.75
9.55
9.70
11.52
8.75
12.07
11.68
14.62
9.75
15.20
14.02
15.77
12.01
19.22
15.44
15.77
12.01
See footnotes at end of table.
57
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................
Library clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ....................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...............
Dispatchers ....................................................................
General office clerks ......................................................
Teachers’ aides .............................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................
$15.85
10.74
11.99
13.68
13.30
10.47
13.98
12.96
14.9
4.4
11.9
7.7
18.2
12.4
1.8
9.0
$9.20
6.75
8.66
11.00
7.78
5.15
9.00
7.56
$12.55
7.81
9.86
11.00
7.80
5.25
10.24
9.00
$18.29
9.48
10.20
12.48
11.00
10.39
13.03
13.58
$19.64
13.14
14.15
16.79
15.27
13.33
17.48
16.75
$19.64
16.13
17.24
17.53
22.81
16.50
19.97
19.22
Blue collar ....................................................................................
13.17
2.4
8.34
10.05
12.84
15.44
18.52
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
13.12
13.2
9.95
9.95
12.01
17.49
17.49
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................
12.26
11.7
8.27
9.53
11.74
15.42
15.42
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Truckdrivers ...................................................................
Busdrivers ......................................................................
14.16
11.35
14.25
2.6
11.8
2.7
9.70
8.31
9.93
11.54
8.78
11.74
13.93
10.06
13.99
16.11
15.30
16.17
19.13
16.32
19.22
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...............
Construction laborers .....................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................
8.81
9.48
9.18
8.09
5.6
8.7
7.0
6.2
6.00
6.00
6.65
5.65
7.00
8.00
9.00
6.25
8.80
9.70
9.50
8.00
10.00
10.88
10.00
9.00
10.88
12.00
10.00
10.00
Service ..........................................................................................
Protective service ..............................................................
Firefighting .....................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers .....
Crossing guards .............................................................
Guards and police, except public service ......................
Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................
Food service ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...............................
Other food 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 ............................................
Maids and housemen ....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service ................................................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ...........
10.57
11.80
8.40
16.75
16.03
9.64
13.21
11.28
9.80
7.58
9.81
10.00
8.97
10.07
11.88
12.72
11.52
10.44
14.50
10.16
10.41
9.05
1.8
4.5
11.1
15.7
11.6
4.4
13.4
8.3
1.9
19.0
1.9
5.3
9.9
2.0
6.0
5.3
6.7
5.0
14.0
5.1
3.2
6.9
6.87
6.95
6.95
9.78
7.20
6.50
7.25
7.75
6.58
3.30
6.58
7.54
6.25
7.05
7.93
9.56
7.86
6.75
11.12
6.75
6.75
6.00
8.25
8.72
6.95
11.77
13.74
8.25
8.25
8.95
7.88
5.50
7.89
8.35
6.70
8.35
9.72
11.09
8.94
8.00
12.33
7.89
8.25
7.00
10.10
10.68
7.41
13.19
15.50
9.19
11.20
11.54
9.66
7.99
9.66
9.67
8.86
10.16
11.42
13.14
10.93
10.00
16.43
10.00
9.86
8.50
12.05
13.73
8.00
22.50
17.96
10.86
16.41
13.50
11.26
10.02
11.28
11.67
10.93
11.30
13.62
14.36
12.94
12.22
16.43
11.92
11.66
10.50
14.54
16.72
10.68
29.00
17.96
12.80
23.00
13.79
12.96
10.65
12.97
13.10
12.36
13.08
16.46
15.89
16.59
14.83
16.43
14.47
14.16
12.25
See footnotes at end of table.
58
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time
workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued
Part-time workers
Hourly earnings
Occupation3
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Welfare service aides ....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...............................................
Service, n.e.c. ................................................................
$10.54
11.07
10.93
9.87
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. 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 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.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003
and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
Percentiles
Relative
error4
(percent)
10
25
Median
50
75
90
7.3
10.9
4.0
5.0
$7.00
6.99
7.25
7.00
$8.80
8.00
9.00
8.00
$10.35
9.75
11.22
8.55
$11.99
12.30
11.58
11.43
$14.44
16.30
14.01
14.00
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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.
59
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
All ...............................................................
All, excluding sales .............................
$757
761
1.0
1.1
39.6
39.5
$729
731
1.0
1.2
39.7
39.7
$899
900
1.1
1.1
38.8
38.8
White collar ...........................................
White collar, excluding sales ..........
923
958
.7
.8
39.5
39.3
904
946
.8
.9
39.8
39.7
995
997
1.0
1.0
38.2
38.2
1,158
1,245
1.3
1.2
38.9
38.9
1,158
1,274
1.7
1.7
39.5
39.8
1,159
1,203
1.0
1.1
37.8
37.6
1,409
1,314
1,646
1.4
3.7
7.9
40.4
40.4
40.1
1,427
1,318
1,646
1.6
4.1
7.9
40.5
40.5
40.1
1,216
1,262
–
2.7
8.3
–
39.3
38.8
–
1,213
1,730
1,512
1,485
1,271
4.2
8.3
4.4
5.1
3.5
40.3
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.2
1,236
1,730
1,512
1,502
1,279
5.0
8.3
4.5
4.5
5.4
40.4
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.7
–
–
–
–
1,256
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
39.3
1,523
1,294
1,291
1,469
2.8
2.2
2.6
3.0
40.7
41.0
40.8
40.1
1,530
1,296
1,296
1,496
2.9
2.2
2.7
3.2
40.7
41.0
40.9
40.2
1,325
–
–
1,141
8.9
–
–
4.5
40.2
–
–
39.6
1,297
9.6
40.1
1,312
9.5
40.2
–
–
–
1,408
2.3
40.1
1,427
2.4
40.1
1,132
4.4
39.6
1,411
2.2
40.1
1,431
2.4
40.1
1,139
4.5
39.7
1,413
1,386
995
1,169
1,539
1,221
1,363
1,274
1,167
1,100
4.4
7.3
10.3
4.8
10.2
6.0
7.6
8.3
7.1
14.0
40.0
41.9
39.3
40.0
39.8
39.9
41.1
41.1
40.0
39.2
1,416
1,386
1,023
1,297
1,737
1,224
1,440
1,412
1,335
1,323
4.4
7.3
14.0
3.1
9.6
6.5
9.4
7.4
8.7
8.2
40.0
41.9
39.3
40.2
39.8
39.8
41.5
41.6
40.0
38.9
–
–
–
931
–
1,197
1,123
942
1,007
833
–
–
–
5.4
–
6.2
17.9
4.4
8.9
7.1
–
–
–
39.8
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
832
994
1,217
2,475
1,585
2,239
10.1
4.0
3.7
12.5
6.3
18.2
39.8
39.6
39.4
43.1
41.2
38.0
–
1,048
1,244
2,802
1,642
2,239
–
7.2
4.4
10.2
5.7
18.2
–
39.4
39.3
42.1
39.9
38.0
832
939
1,098
1,516
–
–
11.6
4.4
3.0
15.8
–
–
39.8
39.8
39.9
46.2
–
–
1,393
1,036
1,696
839
852
986
1,126
1,061
760
1,371
1,647
9.1
1.3
.9
4.5
2.7
4.9
1.6
7.8
12.2
5.0
2.4
40.1
38.9
39.7
39.8
38.8
39.0
39.6
38.0
39.5
40.1
39.3
1,393
1,041
1,708
858
852
975
1,120
953
729
1,381
1,682
9.1
1.8
.8
6.5
2.8
5.5
1.6
3.1
14.5
5.9
3.0
40.1
38.9
39.7
39.9
38.9
39.2
39.6
39.8
39.6
40.1
38.9
–
1,012
1,540
803
854
1,072
1,232
1,120
882
–
1,632
–
1.7
9.5
4.1
3.4
4.6
6.4
10.5
8.4
–
3.1
–
39.1
39.8
39.5
38.0
37.2
38.9
37.0
39.0
–
39.4
2,030
1,678
1,544
10.3
11.4
8.3
38.3
40.2
41.1
–
2,015
2,058
–
15.6
7.8
–
41.4
38.3
2,063
1,372
1,347
8.9
12.6
3.8
38.2
39.0
42.2
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
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 .................
See footnotes at end of table.
60
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$2,071
10.2
38.5
$2,279
10.1
38.5
–
–
–
1,586
1,477
2,756
1,572
1,358
1,757
1,643
2,379
9.3
8.8
12.1
9.1
7.0
14.1
5.7
6.3
39.6
39.5
43.0
41.2
39.0
39.4
39.5
41.7
–
1,667
1,843
1,438
–
1,631
1,667
2,361
–
7.1
15.9
8.2
–
15.3
8.8
10.3
–
39.4
35.0
41.6
–
39.8
39.1
38.9
$1,570
1,366
–
1,693
1,267
1,868
1,632
2,388
9.4
12.7
–
11.9
9.1
19.3
7.6
8.7
39.4
39.6
–
40.9
38.2
39.1
39.7
43.2
1,561
1,624
2,396
1,560
10.2
15.5
6.6
6.8
38.9
38.0
45.0
38.3
1,619
1,198
2,283
2,011
12.8
6.6
7.2
7.7
39.4
38.4
41.0
39.9
1,530
1,780
2,441
1,379
11.0
12.1
8.8
5.7
38.7
37.9
46.6
37.6
1,660
12.1
38.9
1,788
10.9
37.9
1,591
15.0
39.5
1,473
22.6
36.9
–
–
–
1,473
22.6
36.9
1,350
1,348
1,484
1,689
1,375
2,224
1,651
1,187
9.0
5.9
7.0
10.7
13.9
11.3
6.9
9.1
38.5
38.1
38.7
37.9
40.2
37.7
39.5
38.9
1,464
1,295
1,488
1,481
1,571
2,566
1,653
777
6.1
8.3
9.5
6.2
9.3
11.2
9.9
4.9
39.2
39.3
38.4
38.4
37.5
38.6
38.1
41.2
1,263
–
1,480
1,780
1,221
–
–
1,409
12.2
–
9.4
12.1
19.9
–
–
4.4
38.0
–
39.0
37.6
42.4
–
–
37.7
1,580
3.2
38.6
1,590
5.4
37.5
1,578
3.9
38.8
1,150
1.0
36.7
780
4.4
38.3
1,212
.8
36.4
761
1,186
1,202
1,200
1,169
408
7.6
1.0
1.4
2.8
2.4
15.2
38.0
36.5
37.0
35.6
36.4
34.0
477
890
1,161
978
833
–
5.0
4.0
3.2
6.5
7.6
–
38.7
37.8
38.3
37.5
38.4
–
1,159
1,215
1,205
1,238
1,242
408
3.0
.9
1.4
2.7
2.3
15.2
37.0
36.3
36.9
35.3
36.0
34.0
1,078
4.0
37.8
722
6.5
38.9
1,192
3.9
37.4
1,060
1,079
941
3.9
4.3
9.0
37.8
37.9
36.8
1,089
1,093
1,071
9.3
11.3
2.7
36.9
37.3
35.3
1,042
1,071
–
3.3
3.2
–
38.3
38.2
–
1,164
1,378
1,106
956
1,042
5.5
8.2
6.4
11.6
4.6
39.4
41.7
38.1
38.2
39.5
1,153
1,418
851
1,059
–
9.1
8.2
8.6
9.5
–
40.3
42.0
38.9
37.8
–
1,178
–
1,296
–
1,042
6.2
–
5.2
–
4.6
38.3
–
37.6
–
39.5
721
719
719
810
2.6
2.7
6.3
17.9
39.1
38.9
40.0
46.2
662
652
707
810
4.2
4.4
8.5
17.9
39.1
38.9
40.3
46.2
781
783
735
–
2.6
2.7
9.1
–
39.0
39.0
39.7
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university
–Continued
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 ....
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 ..........................
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 .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
61
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$707
2,042
2,033
2,272
17.2
5.0
5.2
12.9
37.6
41.7
41.8
39.6
$707
2,269
2,269
–
17.2
5.7
5.7
–
37.6
43.1
43.1
–
–
$1,520
1,411
2,272
–
10.4
12.4
12.9
–
38.5
38.4
39.6
1,012
1,319
880
1,318
1,160
4.3
10.9
6.6
13.0
15.9
39.4
40.5
39.7
37.2
40.4
1,008
1,320
881
1,322
1,160
4.6
10.9
6.7
13.0
15.9
39.4
40.5
39.7
37.2
40.4
1,075
–
835
–
–
11.3
–
9.0
–
–
39.5
–
39.8
–
–
881
655
10.2
11.4
39.1
39.4
885
654
10.3
11.9
39.1
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
566
1,039
1,110
1,791
1,098
1,306
846
6.3
12.3
5.2
35.1
13.9
6.5
2.6
39.8
39.0
39.6
37.3
39.7
40.1
38.9
–
1,045
1,131
1,791
939
1,386
867
–
12.5
6.2
35.1
8.6
6.5
3.0
–
39.0
39.7
37.3
39.6
40.2
38.8
–
763
1,050
–
1,607
990
721
–
12.6
9.4
–
19.7
6.7
1.7
–
39.0
39.4
–
40.0
39.5
39.6
694
1,084
3.8
4.1
38.9
33.8
690
1,097
4.4
4.1
38.8
33.5
719
–
3.6
–
39.7
–
669
916
656
7.6
2.9
1.4
39.5
39.4
39.2
669
923
665
7.9
3.1
1.6
39.5
39.3
39.1
660
859
620
14.2
4.5
2.3
39.8
39.9
39.7
659
2.1
39.8
657
2.7
39.7
664
3.6
40.1
926
14.8
40.2
939
15.1
40.2
716
18.0
39.9
926
5.4
40.2
926
5.4
40.2
–
–
–
935
926
862
3.8
3.5
3.9
40.2
39.8
40.0
935
978
861
3.8
4.3
4.2
40.2
40.0
40.1
–
760
872
–
4.3
5.6
–
39.3
39.8
639
709
838
829
2,474
6.9
3.7
6.1
10.3
7.7
39.7
39.7
39.8
39.9
20.9
597
738
834
869
2,474
9.1
4.8
6.4
10.4
7.7
40.0
39.7
39.8
40.4
20.9
762
625
946
635
–
7.7
7.1
8.2
7.7
–
39.0
39.8
40.0
37.7
–
666
1,158
9.0
6.8
39.3
39.9
549
1,192
6.1
7.2
39.4
39.9
928
931
9.0
5.6
39.1
39.6
820
779
814
6.6
4.9
6.7
40.0
38.2
40.0
820
776
829
6.6
5.4
8.4
40.0
38.1
40.1
–
801
771
–
5.5
7.1
–
39.3
39.7
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious
workers –Continued
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 ........................
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 ........................
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. ..
See footnotes at end of table.
62
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$1,314
2.1
40.4
$1,339
2.5
40.6
$1,199
2.4
39.3
1,477
590
2.6
30.7
40.7
38.3
1,491
–
3.1
–
40.9
–
1,409
590
1.9
30.7
39.3
38.3
1,969
11.9
39.6
–
–
–
1,796
5.4
39.5
1,273
1,510
2.6
4.6
39.5
40.5
–
1,491
–
3.5
–
40.7
1,273
1,750
2.6
18.7
39.5
39.0
1,356
1,276
8.7
6.9
40.0
40.5
1,330
1,263
9.3
6.8
40.1
40.5
1,662
1,443
7.2
19.1
39.2
39.7
1,994
9.8
41.0
1,998
9.8
41.0
1,034
5.0
39.2
1,413
3.7
39.3
1,048
5.4
39.6
1,580
4.2
39.1
1,364
3.4
40.0
1,394
3.7
40.1
1,226
9.2
39.3
885
6.8
43.5
885
7.0
43.9
885
9.6
39.1
846
1,005
4.8
13.2
39.6
44.3
821
1,005
4.8
13.2
39.6
44.3
1,143
–
4.4
–
39.1
–
1,232
12.4
40.0
1,240
13.0
40.0
1,096
5.8
39.4
1,556
1,054
976
991
1,391
1,166
3.5
1.5
1.8
7.0
6.6
4.7
41.2
39.9
39.9
39.0
40.1
40.1
1,571
1,090
993
991
1,424
1,225
3.6
1.7
2.2
7.0
6.8
4.1
41.3
40.1
40.0
39.0
40.3
40.2
1,299
898
893
–
1,015
908
7.2
2.3
3.6
–
5.0
7.5
39.8
39.2
39.3
–
38.3
39.5
966
2.8
40.4
977
2.9
40.7
904
4.4
38.9
990
15.9
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,066
4.3
40.1
1,068
4.3
40.1
–
–
–
1,000
6.3
40.1
1,048
4.9
40.1
703
10.9
39.9
925
913
8.9
4.9
39.7
39.7
930
858
9.4
10.5
39.7
40.4
–
931
–
5.2
–
39.4
897
1,006
3.0
2.1
40.0
39.7
1,031
1,015
5.5
2.6
41.3
39.9
801
967
2.8
4.6
39.0
39.1
712
820
949
1,256
2.1
3.9
7.7
28.9
40.1
41.7
40.3
39.9
713
821
949
1,272
2.1
3.9
7.7
29.9
40.1
41.7
40.3
39.9
587
639
–
927
6.6
7.5
–
5.7
39.1
39.6
–
38.2
1,808
868
1,010
1,494
9.5
13.1
5.8
7.2
39.8
39.3
40.4
41.7
1,808
868
1,011
1,494
9.5
13.1
5.8
7.2
39.8
39.3
40.4
41.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
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. ....................
Business and promotional
agents ...............................
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.
63
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$1,077
3.6
40.3
$1,077
3.6
40.3
–
–
–
900
414
413
5.4
9.7
11.5
44.1
37.2
37.6
900
414
413
5.4
9.7
11.5
44.1
37.2
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
698
12.2
41.9
698
12.2
41.9
–
–
–
405
9.5
39.6
405
9.5
39.6
–
–
–
579
597
5.4
5.9
40.6
40.6
579
597
5.4
5.9
40.6
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
542
407
372
4.6
4.9
1.8
39.3
38.9
39.2
542
407
368
4.6
5.0
1.9
39.3
38.9
39.2
–
–
8.0
–
–
39.1
875
607
21.5
6.5
39.9
39.9
875
607
21.5
6.5
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
570
768
.6
3.8
39.3
39.4
570
777
.7
4.5
39.4
39.4
568
725
1.3
3.2
38.6
39.3
739
13.4
39.8
642
13.0
40.0
–
–
–
832
3.4
39.2
836
3.7
39.3
788
6.6
37.8
820
4.7
40.0
–
–
–
834
4.7
40.0
864
632
4.4
3.2
40.1
39.9
881
648
5.3
2.5
40.1
39.9
797
596
8.7
7.5
39.9
39.8
565
631
685
578
489
354
8.2
1.0
6.0
2.3
4.1
2.4
39.5
38.9
38.7
38.5
39.7
39.2
564
640
615
603
490
354
9.3
1.6
7.2
4.2
4.3
2.4
39.7
38.9
39.4
38.7
39.7
39.2
–
604
767
556
479
–
–
2.8
9.7
3.1
13.8
–
–
38.9
37.8
38.3
39.9
–
578
455
538
497
567
583
6.0
2.0
2.2
7.4
3.6
3.1
39.5
39.5
39.6
38.8
40.0
39.8
569
455
536
497
570
582
6.2
2.0
2.2
7.4
4.0
3.1
39.5
39.5
39.6
38.8
40.0
39.8
–
451
582
–
–
641
–
5.0
4.1
–
–
17.2
–
39.4
39.2
–
–
40.0
635
505
443
548
2.8
3.2
2.9
1.9
39.9
38.3
39.1
39.5
639
510
442
549
3.0
5.6
3.1
2.0
40.0
38.2
39.1
39.6
618
503
452
542
6.3
4.0
7.7
3.6
39.7
38.4
39.3
39.3
587
637
524
495
2.7
3.1
2.6
12.6
39.4
39.7
39.7
40.3
586
630
522
495
2.9
3.6
2.7
12.6
39.5
39.7
39.7
40.3
592
691
575
–
2.2
4.5
10.1
–
39.2
39.1
40.0
–
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 .............................
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 ................
See footnotes at end of table.
64
–
–
$545
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
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 .....................
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.
Blue collar .............................................
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 ...............................
$548
490
5.5
9.1
39.0
39.9
$549
490
5.6
7.1
39.0
39.8
496
6.9
39.5
496
6.9
39.5
399
546
6.4
7.2
39.6
38.8
395
547
6.6
7.5
39.6
38.7
476
11.7
39.0
–
–
–
496
396
676
719
6.7
10.7
5.7
3.5
38.8
39.3
40.5
40.0
508
388
672
718
7.0
10.8
5.9
3.5
38.6
39.6
40.9
40.0
539
513
705
2.6
2.5
4.1
39.9
39.7
40.0
538
509
718
2.7
2.7
5.5
631
661
6.9
4.1
40.0
39.5
630
658
475
4.5
39.8
730
4.5
626
588
560
531
429
706
495
589
395
573
–
16.5
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
536
–
9.7
–
39.4
–
–
–
407
465
680
–
13.4
12.6
7.5
–
39.8
37.2
39.9
–
39.9
39.8
40.0
632
546
662
7.6
4.8
8.8
38.5
39.1
40.0
7.0
4.2
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
473
4.5
39.8
–
–
–
39.0
731
4.5
39.0
582
7.6
40.0
2.3
2.1
6.7
1.1
1.8
18.2
2.4
4.5
1.6
1.7
39.7
39.0
39.4
39.1
39.4
40.0
39.6
39.3
35.6
39.3
623
515
555
525
429
527
486
605
369
568
2.3
3.0
7.2
1.4
1.8
10.9
2.7
4.2
3.6
2.3
39.7
39.5
39.4
39.2
39.4
40.0
39.7
39.2
36.1
39.4
729
639
667
545
–
–
542
524
398
595
5.9
2.1
6.6
1.9
–
–
3.1
10.1
1.8
2.5
40.0
38.6
39.4
39.0
–
–
39.3
39.8
35.5
38.7
635
1.0
40.0
631
1.0
40.1
706
1.6
39.5
781
1.1
40.0
780
1.1
40.0
799
2.0
39.9
976
749
3.4
3.1
41.0
40.3
974
738
3.7
2.9
41.1
40.4
998
859
5.2
10.9
39.9
39.8
564
12.0
40.9
559
12.5
40.9
–
–
–
722
1,071
602
2.2
6.9
8.3
40.1
40.1
40.0
712
1,071
601
2.5
6.9
8.4
40.1
40.1
40.0
802
–
–
2.5
–
–
39.9
–
–
640
3.7
40.0
639
3.7
40.0
–
–
–
1,026
6.9
40.0
1,026
6.9
40.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
65
–
$491
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
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 ....
Locksmiths and safe repairers
Office machine repairers ........
Mechanical controls and valve
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 ...........
Electrical power installers and
repairers ...........................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .....................
Plasterers ...............................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Plumber, pipefitter, and
steamfitter apprentices .....
$755
602
826
634
3.3
5.3
2.5
4.6
40.0
41.4
39.9
39.8
$752
603
825
634
4.1
5.4
2.6
4.8
40.0
41.4
39.9
39.9
$774
–
930
621
6.4
–
8.9
11.1
40.0
–
40.0
38.7
874
5.4
39.9
875
5.7
39.9
856
8.3
40.0
808
9.5
39.6
822
10.6
39.5
–
–
–
644
5.8
40.2
644
5.8
40.2
–
–
–
1,006
4.2
39.9
1,010
4.2
39.9
–
–
–
953
2.9
40.0
950
3.0
40.0
–
–
–
695
624
658
3.3
8.8
11.6
40.0
41.3
39.9
690
–
653
3.6
–
11.8
40.0
–
39.9
742
–
–
5.6
–
–
39.9
–
–
901
905
3.7
5.9
40.0
40.0
916
905
5.0
5.9
40.0
40.0
860
–
6.4
–
40.0
–
658
2.9
39.5
654
3.2
39.4
683
3.3
39.9
870
14.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,063
5.8
40.6
1,074
5.6
40.6
–
–
–
1,184
4.4
40.2
1,199
4.5
40.2
1,036
14.7
40.0
861
5.6
40.4
860
5.7
40.4
–
–
–
1,147
4.2
40.0
1,150
5.2
40.0
1,137
13.1
40.0
866
4.9
40.2
878
6.4
40.3
829
5.1
39.9
1,097
788
819
770
626
653
999
602
6.8
20.4
18.3
4.1
7.9
4.8
2.2
3.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.8
1,099
788
819
767
626
653
1,013
597
6.8
20.4
18.3
4.5
7.9
4.8
2.3
3.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.8
–
–
–
815
–
–
859
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
39.8
–
1,065
2.6
40.0
1,065
3.1
40.0
1,062
5.6
40.0
574
585
4.6
8.7
39.4
39.4
559
556
5.2
8.7
39.4
39.4
762
–
8.4
–
39.6
–
917
3.1
39.9
928
3.3
39.9
754
9.1
39.6
581
4.5
40.0
570
5.0
40.0
756
7.9
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
66
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
14.6
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Concrete and terrazzo
finishers ............................
Glaziers ..................................
Insulation workers ...................
Paving, surfacing, and
tamping equipment
operators ..........................
Roofers ...................................
Sheet metal 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 ...............................
Boilermakers ...........................
Precision grinders, filers, and
tool sharpeners .................
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, metal .........
Layout workers .......................
Precious stones and metals
workers .............................
Sheet metal workers ...............
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, wood .........
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. ..................
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 ............
$730
713
706
10.1
6.9
11.1
39.4
40.0
40.0
$730
670
706
10.2
8.7
11.1
39.4
40.0
40.0
663
694
968
809
699
1,081
1,200
812
1,052
858
931
19.7
9.5
12.5
6.2
5.4
18.2
41.7
11.2
1.5
2.2
3.5
41.7
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.7
46.9
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.1
678
694
968
799
724
1,081
1,200
812
1,052
857
931
22.0
9.5
12.5
6.4
6.9
18.2
41.7
11.2
1.5
2.3
3.5
42.0
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.7
46.9
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.1
740
808
783
685
9.5
6.6
2.6
7.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
740
808
781
692
9.5
6.6
2.6
8.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
703
7.7
39.9
703
7.7
39.9
–
–
–
839
759
9.6
17.2
40.0
40.0
839
759
9.6
17.2
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
572
745
14.8
6.5
39.8
39.5
572
745
14.8
6.5
39.8
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
720
14.6
40.0
720
14.6
40.0
–
–
–
522
527
571
586
6.1
7.0
13.3
16.2
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.0
519
527
571
586
5.9
7.0
13.3
16.2
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
621
13.1
40.0
621
13.1
40.0
–
–
–
745
7.0
40.0
746
7.1
40.0
–
–
–
615
559
3.1
10.7
39.6
39.8
612
559
3.2
10.7
39.6
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
519
4.0
39.9
519
4.0
39.9
–
–
–
609
468
460
486
8.1
4.2
4.6
9.7
39.8
39.6
39.3
40.2
609
468
458
486
8.1
4.2
4.6
9.7
39.8
39.6
39.3
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
773
3.2
40.2
767
3.4
40.3
885
7.4
39.7
888
711
10.0
12.3
40.0
37.8
888
711
10.0
12.3
40.0
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
775
1,085
2.8
3.4
40.0
40.0
762
1,087
8.7
3.7
40.0
40.0
778
1,067
3.0
7.0
40.0
39.7
See footnotes at end of table.
67
$559
–
–
–
644
–
–
–
–
959
–
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
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 joining 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 ............
$882
4.5
39.7
$859
6.1
39.7
$912
6.7
39.7
864
6.2
39.9
868
6.3
39.9
724
6.2
40.0
551
1.3
39.8
550
1.3
39.8
667
10.0
39.6
656
4.9
40.0
656
4.9
40.0
–
–
–
667
5.0
40.0
667
5.0
40.0
–
–
–
569
5.1
40.0
569
5.1
40.0
–
–
–
541
569
7.7
10.4
40.0
40.0
541
569
7.7
10.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
519
11.1
39.9
519
11.1
39.9
–
–
–
539
546
2.6
9.5
39.9
39.7
539
546
2.6
9.5
39.9
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
632
3.8
40.0
632
3.8
40.0
–
–
–
639
3.6
39.9
639
3.6
39.9
–
–
–
512
3.8
39.8
512
3.8
39.8
–
–
–
549
6.3
39.9
549
6.3
39.9
–
–
–
654
6.5
40.0
654
6.5
40.0
–
–
–
471
470
7.3
4.8
40.0
40.0
471
470
7.3
4.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
515
640
2.9
2.2
40.0
39.6
515
642
2.9
2.3
40.0
39.6
–
574
–
5.0
–
39.2
691
583
4.4
6.5
39.2
38.9
691
584
4.4
6.5
39.2
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
531
8.9
39.8
531
8.9
39.8
–
–
–
459
1.9
39.9
459
1.9
39.9
–
–
–
404
5.0
38.8
404
5.0
38.8
–
–
–
354
366
6.1
5.0
39.2
39.7
354
366
6.1
5.0
39.2
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
375
6.6
39.6
375
6.9
39.6
382
11.4
39.7
480
9.8
40.0
480
9.8
40.0
–
–
–
534
3.9
39.9
534
3.9
39.9
–
–
–
546
4.5
39.5
546
4.5
39.5
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
68
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
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 ..........................
Photographic process
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Solderers and brazers ............
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 ..........................
Truckdrivers ............................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Busdrivers ...............................
Taxicab drivers and
chauffeurs .........................
Parking lot attendants .............
Motor transportation, n.e.c. .....
Railroad conductors and
yardmasters ......................
Locomotive operating .............
Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ..
$631
5.0
39.8
$631
5.0
39.8
–
–
–
782
5.2
39.8
782
5.2
39.8
–
–
–
475
4.4
39.9
475
4.4
39.9
–
–
–
584
3.4
40.0
584
3.4
40.0
–
–
–
515
9.8
40.0
515
9.8
40.0
–
–
–
554
567
10.7
10.1
40.0
40.0
554
567
10.7
10.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
605
6.8
39.8
601
7.0
39.8
–
–
–
560
7.6
39.9
560
7.6
39.9
–
–
–
559
3.3
39.9
559
3.3
39.9
–
–
–
488
5.4
39.7
488
5.4
39.7
–
–
–
573
652
446
572
387
2.8
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
572
645
446
572
387
2.8
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
15.1
7.7
–
–
–
39.1
40.0
–
–
–
425
12.1
40.0
425
12.1
40.0
–
–
–
433
665
12.2
20.2
39.8
38.1
433
665
12.3
20.2
39.8
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
507
6.4
39.9
507
6.4
39.9
–
–
–
550
520
4.4
8.0
39.8
39.9
550
520
4.4
8.0
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
521
14.8
40.0
521
14.8
40.0
–
–
–
413
456
5.7
7.7
39.2
39.9
413
456
5.7
7.7
39.2
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
633
1.8
40.9
630
2.0
41.2
662
2.2
38.7
765
627
603
608
6.1
2.2
6.4
2.8
42.2
41.8
40.6
37.5
766
626
602
496
7.5
2.2
6.4
10.0
43.1
41.9
40.6
39.8
763
664
–
642
11.0
5.4
–
2.7
39.8
39.9
–
36.8
378
397
504
6.8
10.7
5.9
38.8
40.0
39.3
377
396
463
7.0
10.9
7.2
38.7
40.0
39.3
421
–
713
9.7
–
7.1
40.0
–
38.9
1,114
1,130
866
14.4
11.1
3.3
42.6
41.7
40.0
1,109
1,178
–
14.7
13.6
–
42.7
42.2
–
–
964
–
–
3.9
–
–
40.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
69
$820
841
–
–
–
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material
moving –Continued
Ship captains and mates,
except fishing boats ..........
Sailors and deckhands ...........
Marine engineers ....................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Operating engineers ...............
Longshore equipment
operators ..........................
Crane and tower operators .....
Excavating and loading
machine operators ............
Grader, dozer, and scraper
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 .................
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 ...................
$834
550
753
9.3
4.6
16.5
46.8
46.4
41.5
$822
527
743
9.3
5.0
16.9
47.1
47.4
41.6
–
$736
–
–
5.0
–
–
38.4
–
896
814
4.1
6.4
40.8
39.5
899
910
4.1
7.6
40.8
39.3
771
653
10.1
9.8
38.7
40.0
1,097
668
11.4
7.9
39.2
40.0
1,097
664
11.4
7.9
39.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
672
4.5
39.9
674
4.4
39.9
654
12.1
39.8
650
5.2
39.9
674
6.4
39.9
616
10.2
40.0
572
2.6
39.9
573
2.6
39.9
554
2.3
40.0
638
4.2
39.9
643
4.8
39.9
610
4.9
39.4
483
447
1.4
9.5
39.7
39.9
475
451
1.5
9.6
39.7
39.9
585
–
2.6
–
39.8
–
965
18.1
40.6
1,003
21.5
40.7
816
6.6
40.0
480
4.0
39.7
442
5.4
39.7
562
4.1
39.7
468
8.0
39.5
445
7.0
39.8
560
12.4
38.6
411
17.5
40.0
411
17.5
40.0
–
–
–
758
8.1
39.3
756
9.6
39.3
769
7.4
40.0
470
495
411
561
459
602
444
6.1
4.1
16.2
3.4
3.2
8.2
1.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
41.8
39.6
449
492
411
566
459
554
443
6.1
4.3
16.2
3.7
3.2
7.0
1.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
42.8
39.6
622
577
–
521
–
688
512
5.0
8.4
–
5.8
–
12.1
10.3
39.4
40.0
–
39.7
–
39.9
39.9
425
3.8
39.8
425
3.8
39.8
–
–
–
509
2.7
39.8
508
2.7
39.8
574
13.7
40.0
376
6.7
39.8
373
6.7
39.8
–
–
–
407
396
3.7
4.5
40.0
39.5
405
396
3.7
4.5
40.0
39.5
574
–
5.7
–
39.6
–
462
2.9
39.6
448
3.0
39.6
564
4.8
39.9
456
722
2.0
3.0
39.0
40.7
382
410
1.3
2.1
38.6
39.6
707
895
1.9
3.0
40.2
41.3
1,321
5.5
48.7
–
–
–
1,321
5.5
48.7
See footnotes at end of table.
70
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
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
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 ....................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
7.4
–
39.6
$1,244
1,126
3.1
8.5
40.2
39.6
Mean
$1,241
803
3.1
8.2
40.2
39.6
783
911
15.9
3.0
41.8
48.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
931
912
11.9
3.0
42.3
48.1
966
1.0
40.0
–
–
–
967
1.0
40.0
773
685
2.5
6.4
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
780
692
2.4
6.7
39.9
39.9
397
541
328
2.2
10.6
1.4
39.6
39.1
38.3
393
394
323
2.1
5.2
1.4
39.6
39.5
38.4
515
677
410
7.6
6.9
2.5
39.0
38.7
36.5
196
256
169
3.5
6.2
5.3
37.1
37.4
36.7
195
256
169
3.4
6.2
5.3
37.1
37.4
36.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
241
374
6.3
1.2
38.0
38.7
239
371
7.2
1.2
38.1
38.9
–
408
–
2.6
–
36.5
553
388
2.9
1.5
40.9
38.8
558
386
3.1
1.5
41.3
38.9
513
425
5.2
3.9
38.1
36.3
339
318
433
555
471
2.6
1.4
1.5
3.9
2.8
38.5
38.2
38.8
36.3
39.5
338
312
424
555
460
2.9
1.8
1.6
4.0
3.3
38.7
38.5
38.7
36.3
39.5
343
376
496
–
534
3.9
5.0
2.3
–
3.4
37.2
35.3
39.4
–
39.3
404
439
1.1
1.9
38.9
39.3
391
416
1.1
1.9
38.8
39.2
482
511
2.8
2.5
39.4
39.7
676
323
451
407
642
5.1
1.8
2.0
6.2
8.2
39.8
38.7
39.5
37.4
40.6
649
322
430
400
635
4.9
1.8
3.1
6.1
9.5
39.8
38.7
39.4
37.4
40.8
744
349
494
467
731
10.3
4.6
1.8
6.2
8.3
39.8
39.9
39.6
37.5
38.3
526
11.4
37.9
526
11.4
37.9
–
–
–
289
568
4.6
8.3
39.9
39.0
286
568
3.8
8.3
39.9
39.0
412
–
7.8
–
40.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
71
Mean
–
$658
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
Relative
error5
(percent)
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Baggage porters and bellhops
Welfare service aides .............
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ........
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours6
$645
288
431
1.8
6.0
4.2
20.0
38.3
38.9
$645
288
409
1.5
6.0
3.8
19.1
38.3
38.8
$635
–
521
17.7
–
5.5
37.8
–
39.4
339
368
476
5.0
5.0
5.9
38.1
39.0
39.4
324
346
470
5.9
3.8
6.7
38.6
39.6
39.5
385
503
529
4.6
21.1
3.9
36.9
35.4
38.4
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between
December 2003 and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in
"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the
BLS Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS
Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
6 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$38,494
38,616
1.0
1.1
2,011
2,005
$37,715
37,785
1.0
1.2
2,054
2,051
$42,034
42,064
1.1
1.1
1,814
1,813
White Collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
46,313
47,814
.7
.8
1,979
1,963
46,744
48,876
.8
.9
2,057
2,051
44,904
44,957
1.0
1.0
1,725
1,724
55,344
58,214
1.3
1.2
1,859
1,818
59,291
64,864
1.7
1.7
2,023
2,026
49,093
50,040
1.0
1.1
1,600
1,563
73,271
68,315
85,574
1.4
3.7
7.9
2,101
2,100
2,083
74,181
68,533
85,574
1.6
4.1
7.9
2,107
2,106
2,083
63,170
65,639
–
2.7
8.3
–
2,042
2,019
–
63,099
89,981
78,645
77,225
66,085
4.2
8.3
4.4
5.1
3.5
2,094
2,080
2,071
2,080
2,092
64,285
89,981
78,640
78,124
66,485
5.0
8.3
4.5
4.5
5.4
2,101
2,080
2,071
2,080
2,118
–
–
–
–
65,338
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
2,043
79,211
67,280
67,143
76,307
2.8
2.2
2.6
3.0
2,117
2,132
2,119
2,085
79,568
67,370
67,376
77,721
2.9
2.2
2.7
3.2
2,118
2,132
2,126
2,088
68,883
–
–
59,156
8.9
–
–
4.5
2,091
–
–
2,051
67,437
9.6
2,084
68,225
9.5
2,089
–
–
–
73,201
2.3
2,085
74,221
2.4
2,087
58,525
4.4
2,050
73,327
2.2
2,085
74,427
2.4
2,087
58,896
4.5
2,051
73,460
72,088
51,716
60,657
80,039
63,507
70,665
66,241
58,890
57,076
4.4
7.3
10.3
4.8
10.2
6.0
7.6
8.3
7.1
14.0
2,078
2,179
2,044
2,078
2,072
2,073
2,131
2,138
2,019
2,032
73,617
72,088
53,177
67,344
90,346
63,658
74,878
73,424
67,710
68,471
4.4
7.3
14.0
3.1
9.6
6.5
9.4
7.4
8.7
8.2
2,079
2,179
2,042
2,086
2,069
2,072
2,156
2,162
2,028
2,014
–
–
–
48,244
–
62,255
57,661
48,982
50,621
43,312
–
–
–
5.4
–
6.2
17.9
4.4
8.9
7.1
–
–
–
2,063
–
2,080
2,054
2,078
2,011
2,053
43,282
51,615
62,510
128,689
82,437
116,403
10.1
4.0
3.7
12.5
6.3
18.2
2,072
2,056
2,026
2,243
2,142
1,975
–
54,512
64,418
145,688
85,401
116,403
–
7.2
4.4
10.2
5.7
18.2
–
2,048
2,038
2,188
2,075
1,975
43,281
48,664
54,244
78,815
–
–
11.6
4.4
3.0
15.8
–
–
2,071
2,064
1,973
2,402
–
–
72,453
53,289
88,168
43,603
44,326
50,169
58,201
45,197
39,385
71,297
67,361
9.1
1.3
.9
4.5
2.7
4.9
1.6
7.8
12.2
5.0
2.4
2,084
2,002
2,065
2,069
2,019
1,983
2,044
1,618
2,046
2,083
1,606
72,453
53,831
88,799
44,633
44,323
50,681
58,226
49,371
37,910
71,832
70,086
9.1
1.8
.8
6.5
2.8
5.5
1.6
3.1
14.5
5.9
3.0
2,084
2,011
2,065
2,076
2,021
2,041
2,059
2,064
2,056
2,084
1,622
–
50,861
80,104
41,731
44,393
47,046
57,830
43,508
45,320
–
66,202
–
1.7
9.5
4.1
3.4
4.6
6.4
10.5
8.4
–
3.1
–
1,963
2,072
2,055
1,978
1,631
1,824
1,437
2,005
–
1,599
76,353
71,935
58,798
10.3
11.4
8.3
1,440
1,722
1,565
–
85,243
80,624
–
15.6
7.8
–
1,754
1,500
77,262
59,549
50,740
8.9
12.6
3.8
1,432
1,693
1,589
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
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 .................
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
–
–
–
White Collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university
–Continued
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 ....
Medical science teachers .......
Health specialities 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 ..........................
Theology teachers ..................
Trade and industrial 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 ..................................
$77,509
10.2
1,442
$96,218
10.1
1,626
58,352
60,894
99,516
61,615
55,336
71,656
67,014
92,358
9.3
8.8
12.1
9.1
7.0
14.1
5.7
6.3
1,458
1,629
1,555
1,616
1,588
1,609
1,613
1,618
–
63,562
68,954
55,563
–
64,375
67,416
89,727
–
7.1
15.9
8.2
–
15.3
8.8
10.3
–
1,501
1,311
1,608
–
1,571
1,582
1,476
$57,919
59,123
–
67,161
48,039
78,563
66,833
93,833
9.4
12.7
–
11.9
9.1
19.3
7.6
8.7
1,455
1,713
–
1,622
1,449
1,645
1,627
1,697
61,873
66,340
121,230
70,120
10.2
15.5
6.6
6.8
1,543
1,555
2,276
1,720
60,073
54,216
115,786
94,585
12.8
6.6
7.2
7.7
1,464
1,736
2,080
1,877
62,947
70,220
123,348
60,882
11.0
12.1
8.8
5.7
1,591
1,496
2,353
1,661
66,743
12.1
1,565
75,606
10.9
1,601
62,304
15.0
1,548
62,401
52,521
54,660
58,825
68,694
53,763
89,947
61,088
52,059
22.6
9.0
5.9
7.0
10.7
13.9
11.3
6.9
9.1
1,566
1,498
1,546
1,534
1,540
1,573
1,526
1,462
1,707
–
57,734
54,350
58,026
59,619
62,668
103,283
66,849
40,386
–
6.1
8.3
9.5
6.2
9.3
11.2
9.9
4.9
–
1,544
1,649
1,497
1,545
1,497
1,552
1,542
2,141
62,401
48,639
–
59,515
72,747
46,994
–
–
56,970
22.6
12.2
–
9.4
12.1
19.9
–
–
4.4
1,566
1,464
–
1,567
1,538
1,630
–
–
1,525
45,081
1.0
1,438
34,361
4.4
1,688
46,629
.8
1,402
33,487
45,296
46,038
46,820
47,193
14,841
7.6
1.0
1.4
2.8
2.4
15.2
1,672
1,393
1,416
1,390
1,470
1,237
23,166
35,223
44,775
40,251
39,693
–
5.0
4.0
3.2
6.5
7.6
–
1,880
1,497
1,476
1,542
1,830
–
45,081
46,257
46,121
47,885
48,531
14,841
3.0
.9
1.4
2.7
2.3
15.2
1,439
1,383
1,412
1,366
1,406
1,237
47,124
4.0
1,650
36,766
6.5
1,983
49,843
3.9
1,562
50,387
50,596
48,913
3.9
4.3
9.0
1,794
1,777
1,913
55,650
55,633
55,713
9.3
11.3
2.7
1,884
1,898
1,836
47,369
48,148
–
3.3
3.2
–
1,742
1,719
–
56,999
71,672
51,508
49,708
54,196
5.5
8.2
6.4
11.6
4.6
1,928
2,171
1,776
1,989
2,052
59,762
73,720
43,891
55,073
–
9.1
8.2
8.6
9.5
–
2,087
2,181
2,004
1,965
–
53,963
–
56,287
–
54,196
6.2
–
5.2
–
4.6
1,754
–
1,633
–
2,052
37,068
37,090
34,998
41,976
36,584
106,193
105,716
2.6
2.7
6.3
17.9
17.2
5.0
5.2
2,010
2,007
1,950
2,395
1,948
2,169
2,174
34,082
33,761
32,939
41,976
36,584
118,004
118,004
4.2
4.4
8.5
17.9
17.2
5.7
5.7
2,014
2,011
1,876
2,395
1,948
2,242
2,242
40,177
40,249
38,237
–
–
79,037
73,360
2.6
2.7
9.1
–
–
10.4
12.4
2,006
2,004
2,066
–
–
2,003
1,995
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
–
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Lawyers and judges –Continued
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
print-Makers ......................
Photographers ........................
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 ........................
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 ..............................
$118,134
12.9
2,058
$118,134
12.9
2,058
52,190
68,601
45,756
58,337
60,006
4.3
10.9
6.6
13.0
15.9
2,033
2,103
2,062
1,646
2,090
$52,098
68,617
45,781
58,625
60,006
4.6
10.9
6.7
13.0
15.9
2,037
2,104
2,062
1,647
2,090
53,657
–
43,419
–
–
11.3
–
9.0
–
–
1,973
–
2,069
–
–
45,804
34,048
10.2
11.4
2,034
2,051
45,979
34,028
10.3
11.9
2,033
2,050
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,388
54,001
57,499
93,112
55,934
66,129
43,966
6.3
12.3
5.2
35.1
13.9
6.5
2.6
1,993
2,029
2,051
1,938
2,023
2,030
2,020
–
54,293
58,828
93,112
47,737
71,498
45,078
–
12.5
6.2
35.1
8.6
6.5
3.0
–
2,029
2,062
1,938
2,014
2,075
2,015
–
39,663
53,875
–
82,370
46,734
37,293
–
12.6
9.4
–
19.7
6.7
1.7
–
2,028
2,020
–
2,050
1,865
2,051
36,069
56,387
3.8
4.1
2,024
1,757
35,877
57,066
4.4
4.1
2,018
1,741
37,374
–
3.6
–
2,066
–
34,781
47,653
34,073
7.6
2.9
1.4
2,055
2,048
2,035
34,805
48,011
34,564
7.9
3.1
1.6
2,054
2,044
2,033
34,327
44,677
31,932
14.2
4.5
2.3
2,072
2,076
2,042
34,237
2.1
2,067
34,182
2.7
2,063
34,472
3.6
2,083
48,119
14.8
2,089
48,823
15.1
2,092
36,838
18.0
2,054
48,143
5.4
2,092
48,143
5.4
2,092
–
–
–
48,594
47,989
44,817
3.8
3.5
3.9
2,090
2,063
2,082
48,614
50,598
44,782
3.8
4.3
4.2
2,090
2,069
2,083
–
39,502
45,320
–
4.3
5.6
–
2,041
2,070
33,217
36,884
43,548
42,536
128,406
6.9
3.7
6.1
10.3
7.7
2,067
2,066
2,071
2,047
1,083
31,056
38,397
43,349
45,185
128,406
9.1
4.8
6.4
10.4
7.7
2,080
2,066
2,070
2,100
1,083
39,606
32,508
49,181
30,494
–
7.7
7.1
8.2
7.7
–
2,028
2,068
2,080
1,808
–
34,606
60,229
9.0
6.8
2,045
2,073
28,553
62,000
6.1
7.2
2,049
2,075
48,273
48,399
9.0
5.6
2,034
2,057
42,638
40,493
42,265
6.6
4.9
6.7
2,080
1,987
2,074
42,638
40,353
43,085
6.6
5.4
8.4
2,080
1,980
2,081
–
41,650
39,958
–
5.5
7.1
–
2,045
2,056
67,922
2.1
2,087
69,543
2.5
2,110
60,629
2.4
1,985
76,059
20,013
2.6
30.7
2,094
1,300
77,353
–
3.1
–
2,124
–
70,021
20,013
1.9
30.7
1,955
1,300
See footnotes at end of table.
75
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
–
$93,386
5.4
2,054
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers –Continued
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 & buyers,
farm products ....................
Buyers, wholesale and retail
trade, except farm
products ............................
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Business and promotional
agents ...............................
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 ......................
$102,405
11.9
2,057
65,828
78,410
2.6
4.6
2,045
2,105
–
$77,541
–
3.5
–
2,115
65,824
89,173
2.6
18.7
2,045
1,988
70,283
66,337
8.7
6.9
2,073
2,104
69,140
65,669
9.3
6.8
2,084
2,107
82,823
75,046
7.2
19.1
1,952
2,062
103,704
9.8
2,131
103,883
9.8
2,131
53,793
5.0
2,040
68,765
3.7
1,912
53,524
5.4
2,023
75,295
4.2
1,864
70,871
3.4
2,078
72,476
3.7
2,087
63,603
9.2
2,036
44,598
6.8
2,191
45,629
7.0
2,264
36,232
9.6
1,601
44,013
52,253
4.8
13.2
2,059
2,303
42,710
52,253
4.8
13.2
2,061
2,303
59,455
–
4.4
–
2,035
–
63,051
12.4
2,045
63,472
13.0
2,046
56,086
5.8
2,015
80,871
54,755
50,761
51,531
72,319
60,622
3.5
1.5
1.8
7.0
6.6
4.7
2,142
2,076
2,073
2,026
2,085
2,083
81,664
56,686
51,628
51,531
74,051
63,726
3.6
1.7
2.2
7.0
6.8
4.1
2,147
2,087
2,079
2,026
2,094
2,090
66,972
46,549
46,422
–
52,791
47,241
7.2
2.3
3.6
–
5.0
7.5
2,052
2,029
2,043
–
1,989
2,054
50,150
2.8
2,100
50,798
2.9
2,117
46,602
4.4
2,007
51,505
15.9
2,048
–
–
–
–
–
–
55,434
4.3
2,083
55,536
4.3
2,084
–
–
–
51,957
6.3
2,083
54,505
4.9
2,085
36,421
10.9
2,069
48,107
47,491
8.9
4.9
2,066
2,062
48,364
44,600
9.4
10.5
2,066
2,100
–
48,401
–
5.2
–
2,050
46,667
52,188
3.0
2.1
2,078
2,062
53,638
52,770
5.5
2.6
2,147
2,074
41,629
49,852
2.8
4.6
2,028
2,015
36,956
42,640
49,363
65,322
2.1
3.9
7.7
28.9
2,084
2,167
2,094
2,073
36,999
42,679
49,356
66,151
2.1
3.9
7.7
29.9
2,084
2,168
2,094
2,077
29,940
33,228
–
48,225
6.6
7.5
–
5.7
1,998
2,059
–
1,986
94,005
45,042
52,542
77,664
9.5
13.1
5.8
7.2
2,068
2,038
2,103
2,171
94,005
45,039
52,552
77,664
9.5
13.1
5.8
7.2
2,068
2,038
2,103
2,171
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
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 &
home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,
& 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 .............................
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 & 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 ................
$55,982
3.6
2,094
$55,982
3.6
2,094
–
–
–
46,679
21,510
21,466
5.4
9.7
11.5
2,288
1,933
1,957
46,679
21,510
21,466
5.4
9.7
11.5
2,288
1,933
1,957
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36,282
12.2
2,181
36,282
12.2
2,181
–
–
–
21,082
9.5
2,058
21,082
9.5
2,058
–
–
–
30,104
31,069
5.4
5.9
2,109
2,113
30,104
31,069
5.4
5.9
2,109
2,113
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,137
21,062
19,305
4.6
4.9
1.8
2,042
2,014
2,033
28,146
21,051
19,115
4.6
5.0
1.9
2,042
2,014
2,035
–
–
8.0
–
–
1,981
45,485
30,999
21.5
6.5
2,075
2,040
45,485
30,996
21.5
6.5
2,075
2,040
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,238
39,914
.6
3.8
2,015
2,050
29,595
40,406
.7
4.5
2,046
2,051
27,684
37,651
1.3
3.2
1,882
2,045
37,880
13.4
2,039
32,703
13.0
2,036
–
–
–
43,274
3.4
2,036
43,446
3.7
2,041
40,968
6.6
1,964
42,644
4.7
2,080
–
–
–
43,354
4.7
2,080
44,840
32,716
4.4
3.2
2,081
2,063
45,836
33,682
5.3
2.5
2,087
2,074
41,158
30,508
8.7
7.5
2,058
2,039
29,368
32,349
35,477
29,900
25,278
18,255
8.2
1.0
6.0
2.3
4.1
2.4
2,053
1,994
2,003
1,991
2,054
2,022
29,332
33,139
31,877
31,381
25,479
18,252
9.3
1.6
7.2
4.2
4.3
2.4
2,065
2,013
2,044
2,013
2,064
2,021
–
30,104
39,681
28,572
23,745
–
–
2.8
9.7
3.1
13.8
–
–
1,941
1,954
1,972
1,976
–
30,044
23,589
27,978
25,846
29,459
30,315
6.0
2.0
2.2
7.4
3.6
3.1
2,054
2,048
2,057
2,017
2,080
2,069
29,572
23,607
27,889
25,846
29,662
30,289
6.2
2.0
2.2
7.4
4.0
3.1
2,054
2,049
2,058
2,017
2,080
2,069
–
23,004
30,283
–
–
33,319
–
5.0
4.1
–
–
17.2
–
2,012
2,037
–
–
2,080
32,898
23,920
23,038
28,225
2.8
3.2
2.9
1.9
2,068
1,817
2,031
2,036
33,213
26,258
23,003
28,499
3.0
5.6
3.1
2.0
2,078
1,965
2,031
2,054
31,534
23,269
23,381
27,197
6.3
4.0
7.7
3.6
2,025
1,775
2,030
1,969
30,488
33,110
27,240
25,738
2.7
3.1
2.6
12.6
2,048
2,061
2,064
2,097
30,485
32,759
27,142
25,738
2.9
3.6
2.7
12.6
2,052
2,066
2,063
2,097
30,513
35,734
29,915
–
2.2
4.5
10.1
–
2,019
2,023
2,079
–
See footnotes at end of table.
77
–
–
$27,595
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
–
$25,322
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
White Collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Billing, posting, & calculating
machine operators ............
Duplicating machine operators
Mail preparing & 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, & 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.
Blue Collar .............................................
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 repairs ...............
Automobile body and related
repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics except
engine ...............................
Heavy equipment mechanics
Farm equipment mechanics ...
$28,494
25,128
5.5
9.1
2,029
2,043
$28,542
24,975
5.6
7.1
2,029
2,031
–
16.5
–
2,059
25,816
6.9
2,057
25,816
6.9
2,057
–
–
–
20,771
28,381
6.4
7.2
2,060
2,017
20,542
28,418
6.6
7.5
2,059
2,015
–
27,860
–
9.7
–
2,048
23,324
11.7
1,912
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,799
20,594
35,115
37,378
6.7
10.7
5.7
3.5
2,016
2,045
2,103
2,079
26,394
20,180
34,943
37,362
7.0
10.8
5.9
3.5
2,009
2,058
2,125
2,079
21,175
24,205
35,347
–
13.4
12.6
7.5
–
2,070
1,934
2,074
–
28,030
26,642
36,635
2.6
2.5
4.1
2,072
2,062
2,080
27,964
26,475
37,342
2.7
2.7
5.5
2,073
2,067
2,080
32,848
28,160
34,437
7.6
4.8
8.8
2,002
2,014
2,080
32,729
34,358
6.9
4.1
2,073
2,054
32,672
34,197
7.0
4.2
2,073
2,056
–
–
–
–
–
–
24,672
4.5
2,070
24,616
4.5
2,071
–
–
–
37,935
4.5
2,028
38,024
4.5
2,027
30,290
7.6
2,080
32,549
30,467
29,144
27,459
22,317
36,686
25,621
30,586
15,284
29,653
2.3
2.1
6.7
1.1
1.8
18.2
2.4
4.5
1.6
1.7
2,066
2,021
2,048
2,025
2,049
2,080
2,049
2,041
1,376
2,035
32,404
26,615
28,856
27,275
22,317
27,384
25,240
31,437
16,670
29,456
2.3
3.0
7.2
1.4
1.8
10.9
2.7
4.2
3.6
2.3
2,066
2,037
2,048
2,036
2,049
2,080
2,059
2,036
1,631
2,046
37,933
33,224
34,674
27,913
–
–
27,545
27,058
15,156
30,521
5.9
2.1
6.6
1.9
–
–
3.1
10.1
1.8
2.5
2,080
2,008
2,051
2,000
–
–
1,998
2,059
1,352
1,987
32,811
1.0
2,069
32,618
1.0
2,073
35,944
1.6
2,012
40,443
1.1
2,070
40,363
1.1
2,070
41,488
2.0
2,068
50,754
38,967
3.4
3.1
2,134
2,097
50,653
38,378
3.7
2.9
2,139
2,100
51,857
44,649
5.2
10.9
2,072
2,069
29,318
12.0
2,124
29,072
12.5
2,126
–
–
–
37,500
55,515
31,036
2.2
6.9
8.3
2,083
2,081
2,062
37,046
55,539
31,010
2.5
6.9
8.4
2,087
2,081
2,062
41,196
–
–
2.5
–
–
2,052
–
–
33,285
3.7
2,080
33,237
3.7
2,080
–
–
–
53,345
39,252
31,315
6.9
3.3
5.3
2,080
2,078
2,154
53,345
39,071
31,374
6.9
4.1
5.4
2,080
2,078
2,155
–
40,224
–
–
6.4
–
–
2,078
–
See footnotes at end of table.
78
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
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 ....
Locksmiths and safe repairers
Office machine repairers ........
Mechanical controls and valve
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 ...........
Electrical power installers and
repairers ...........................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .....................
Plasterers ...............................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters apprentices ...
Concrete and terrazzo
finishers ............................
Glaziers ..................................
$42,935
32,891
2.5
4.6
2,072
2,066
$42,865
32,915
2.6
4.8
2,072
2,068
$48,366
32,301
8.9
11.1
2,080
2,011
45,470
5.4
2,077
45,518
5.7
2,077
44,494
8.3
2,080
41,987
9.5
2,057
42,733
10.6
2,054
–
–
–
33,469
5.8
2,090
33,469
5.8
2,090
–
–
–
52,076
4.2
2,064
52,322
4.2
2,064
–
–
–
49,550
2.9
2,079
49,388
3.0
2,080
–
–
–
36,057
32,434
34,193
3.3
8.8
11.6
2,076
2,149
2,076
35,854
–
33,953
3.6
–
11.8
2,079
–
2,076
37,940
–
–
5.6
–
–
2,041
–
–
46,871
46,958
3.7
5.9
2,080
2,075
47,613
46,968
5.0
5.9
2,080
2,075
44,699
–
6.4
–
2,080
–
34,164
2.9
2,051
33,952
3.2
2,048
35,388
3.3
2,064
45,246
14.3
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
55,255
5.8
2,110
55,833
5.6
2,111
–
–
–
61,591
4.4
2,091
62,347
4.5
2,092
53,878
14.7
2,078
44,752
5.6
2,100
44,699
5.7
2,100
–
–
–
58,268
4.2
2,032
58,062
5.2
2,020
59,125
13.1
2,081
44,496
4.9
2,064
44,926
6.4
2,060
43,115
5.1
2,077
54,980
40,789
42,584
39,688
32,542
33,699
51,916
31,292
6.8
20.4
18.3
4.1
7.9
4.8
2.2
3.9
2,004
2,071
2,080
2,060
2,080
2,066
2,064
2,067
55,101
40,789
42,584
39,520
32,542
33,699
52,686
31,058
6.8
20.4
18.3
4.5
7.9
4.8
2.3
3.9
2,003
2,071
2,080
2,060
2,080
2,066
2,063
2,067
–
–
–
42,349
–
–
44,602
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
2,057
–
–
2,069
–
55,377
2.6
2,080
55,395
3.1
2,080
55,249
5.6
2,080
29,466
30,396
4.6
8.7
2,025
2,048
28,685
28,848
5.2
8.7
2,022
2,046
39,630
–
8.4
–
2,059
–
47,389
3.1
2,064
47,970
3.3
2,065
39,026
9.1
2,050
30,166
4.5
2,078
29,611
5.0
2,078
39,297
7.9
2,080
36,639
37,092
10.1
6.9
1,977
2,080
36,643
34,819
10.2
8.7
1,976
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
79
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
14.6
–
2,080
–
–
–
2,071
–
–
–
–
2,080
–
Blue Collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
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 ...............................
Boilermakers ...........................
Precision grinders, filers, and
tool sharpeners .................
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, metal .........
Layout workers .......................
Precious stones and metals
workers .............................
Sheet metal workers ...............
Patternmakers and
modelmakers, wood .........
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. ..................
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. ...
$36,542
11.1
2,071
$36,537
11.1
2,071
29,623
34,514
50,317
41,975
35,278
56,228
62,409
42,242
53,869
44,631
48,388
19.7
9.5
12.5
6.2
5.4
18.2
41.7
11.2
1.5
2.2
3.5
1,865
1,948
2,080
2,075
2,011
2,170
2,439
2,080
2,048
2,100
2,085
29,693
34,514
50,317
41,449
36,035
56,228
62,409
42,242
53,869
44,537
48,388
22.0
9.5
12.5
6.4
6.9
18.2
41.7
11.2
1.5
2.3
3.5
1,838
1,948
2,080
2,075
1,986
2,170
2,439
2,080
2,048
2,100
2,085
38,457
42,024
40,736
35,596
9.5
6.6
2.6
7.9
2,080
2,080
2,078
2,075
38,457
42,024
40,623
35,999
9.5
6.6
2.6
8.0
2,080
2,080
2,078
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36,538
7.7
2,073
36,538
7.7
2,073
–
–
–
43,616
39,476
9.6
17.2
2,079
2,080
43,616
39,476
9.6
17.2
2,079
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,727
38,680
14.8
6.5
2,067
2,051
29,727
38,680
14.8
6.5
2,067
2,051
–
–
–
–
–
–
37,445
14.6
2,080
37,445
14.6
2,080
–
–
–
27,141
27,412
29,674
30,474
6.1
7.0
13.3
16.2
2,079
2,080
2,040
2,080
27,003
27,412
29,674
30,474
5.9
7.0
13.3
16.2
2,079
2,080
2,040
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32,285
13.1
2,080
32,285
13.1
2,080
–
–
–
36,294
7.0
1,948
36,333
7.1
1,947
–
–
–
31,979
29,055
3.1
10.7
2,059
2,071
31,801
29,055
3.2
10.7
2,058
2,071
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,987
4.0
2,076
26,987
4.0
2,076
–
–
–
31,693
24,356
23,913
25,247
8.1
4.2
4.6
9.7
2,069
2,060
2,045
2,090
31,670
24,356
23,800
25,247
8.1
4.2
4.6
9.7
2,069
2,060
2,044
2,090
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40,214
3.2
2,092
39,898
3.4
2,094
46,022
7.4
2,062
46,175
36,963
10.0
12.3
2,080
1,967
46,175
36,963
10.0
12.3
2,080
1,967
–
–
–
–
–
–
40,323
56,437
45,843
2.8
3.4
4.5
2,080
2,079
2,065
39,642
56,545
44,686
8.7
3.7
6.1
2,080
2,080
2,063
40,445
55,509
47,422
3.0
7.0
6.7
2,080
2,066
2,067
44,525
6.2
2,057
44,739
6.3
2,056
37,622
6.2
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
80
$29,065
–
–
–
33,462
–
–
–
–
49,876
–
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
$33,552
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
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, & 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 ............
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 ............
$28,577
1.3
2,066
$28,554
1.3
2,066
10.0
1,993
34,107
4.9
2,080
34,107
4.9
2,080
–
–
–
34,696
5.0
2,078
34,696
5.0
2,078
–
–
–
29,593
5.1
2,080
29,593
5.1
2,080
–
–
–
28,132
29,568
7.7
10.4
2,080
2,080
28,132
29,568
7.7
10.4
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,970
11.1
2,075
26,970
11.1
2,075
–
–
–
28,008
28,405
2.6
9.5
2,076
2,065
28,008
28,405
2.6
9.5
2,076
2,065
–
–
–
–
–
–
32,849
3.8
2,078
32,849
3.8
2,078
–
–
–
33,184
3.6
2,074
33,184
3.6
2,074
–
–
–
26,516
3.8
2,064
26,516
3.8
2,064
–
–
–
28,562
6.3
2,074
28,562
6.3
2,074
–
–
–
33,817
6.5
2,066
33,817
6.5
2,066
–
–
–
24,498
24,379
7.3
4.8
2,080
2,072
24,498
24,379
7.3
4.8
2,080
2,072
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,775
33,251
2.9
2.2
2,079
2,055
26,775
33,357
2.9
2.3
2,079
2,057
–
28,421
–
5.0
–
1,938
35,918
30,179
4.4
6.5
2,040
2,011
35,918
30,216
4.4
6.5
2,040
2,011
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,619
8.9
2,068
27,619
8.9
2,068
–
–
–
23,886
1.9
2,077
23,886
1.9
2,077
–
–
–
20,896
5.0
2,010
20,896
5.0
2,010
–
–
–
18,385
19,056
6.1
5.0
2,035
2,065
18,384
19,056
6.1
5.0
2,035
2,065
–
–
–
–
–
–
19,417
6.6
2,048
19,483
6.9
2,056
17,978
11.4
1,870
24,965
9.8
2,080
24,965
9.8
2,080
–
–
–
27,668
3.9
2,067
27,668
3.9
2,067
–
–
–
28,398
4.5
2,055
28,398
4.5
2,055
–
–
–
32,358
5.0
2,043
32,358
5.0
2,043
–
–
–
40,659
5.2
2,071
40,680
5.2
2,071
–
–
–
24,713
4.4
2,075
24,713
4.4
2,075
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
81
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
Blue Collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
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 ..........................
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 ..............................
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 ...........
Marine engineers ....................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Operating engineers ...............
$30,374
3.4
2,081
$30,361
3.4
2,081
–
–
–
26,799
9.8
2,080
26,799
9.8
2,080
–
–
–
28,783
29,485
10.7
10.1
2,080
2,080
28,783
29,485
10.7
10.1
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,443
6.8
2,068
31,264
7.0
2,069
–
–
–
28,524
7.6
2,034
28,524
7.6
2,034
–
–
–
29,056
3.3
2,074
29,056
3.3
2,074
–
–
–
24,842
5.4
2,021
24,842
5.4
2,021
–
–
–
29,736
33,843
23,189
29,698
20,098
2.8
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
2,060
2,073
2,080
2,074
2,075
29,688
33,481
23,189
29,698
20,098
2.8
2.4
10.9
2.7
12.0
2,060
2,073
2,080
2,074
2,075
15.1
7.7
–
–
–
2,036
2,080
–
–
–
22,100
12.1
2,080
22,100
12.1
2,080
–
–
–
22,489
34,605
12.2
20.2
2,070
1,983
22,508
34,605
12.3
20.2
2,070
1,983
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,102
6.4
2,057
26,102
6.4
2,057
–
–
–
28,558
26,972
4.4
8.0
2,067
2,073
28,555
26,972
4.4
8.0
2,067
2,073
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,075
14.8
2,080
27,075
14.8
2,080
–
–
–
21,398
23,730
5.7
7.7
2,032
2,076
21,398
23,730
5.7
7.7
2,032
2,076
–
–
–
–
–
–
32,486
1.8
2,100
32,490
2.0
2,123
32,448
2.2
1,899
39,791
32,395
31,263
28,017
6.1
2.2
6.4
2.8
2,192
2,161
2,104
1,728
39,849
32,320
31,226
25,166
7.5
2.2
6.4
10.0
2,239
2,164
2,104
2,020
39,635
34,459
–
28,778
11.0
5.4
–
2.7
2,067
2,071
–
1,650
19,677
20,629
26,141
6.8
10.7
5.9
2,015
2,080
2,035
19,630
20,596
24,062
7.0
10.9
7.2
2,014
2,080
2,046
21,896
–
36,409
9.7
–
7.1
2,080
–
1,985
57,925
57,465
45,022
14.4
11.1
3.3
2,216
2,120
2,080
57,672
59,517
–
14.7
13.6
–
2,218
2,131
–
–
50,129
–
–
3.9
–
–
2,080
–
41,284
28,350
37,254
9.3
4.6
16.5
2,319
2,393
2,056
40,613
27,111
36,722
9.3
5.0
16.9
2,326
2,442
2,055
–
38,288
–
–
5.0
–
–
1,998
–
46,578
39,901
4.1
6.4
2,120
1,938
46,747
43,135
4.1
7.6
2,123
1,861
40,113
33,972
10.1
9.8
2,011
2,078
See footnotes at end of table.
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$42,653
43,707
–
–
–
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue Collar –Continued
Transportation and material
moving –Continued
Longshore equipment
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 .................
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 ...................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Fire inspection and fire
prevention .........................
Firefighting ..............................
$51,379
34,762
11.4
7.9
1,837
2,080
$51,379
34,528
11.4
7.9
1,837
2,080
34,184
4.5
2,031
34,205
4.4
2,026
$34,020
12.1
2,070
33,568
5.2
2,061
34,646
6.4
2,050
32,040
10.2
2,077
29,642
2.6
2,066
29,670
2.6
2,067
27,576
2.3
1,991
33,127
4.2
2,069
33,358
4.8
2,072
31,716
4.9
2,049
24,860
21,671
1.4
9.5
2,047
1,937
24,468
21,813
1.5
9.6
2,047
1,931
30,136
–
2.6
–
2,050
–
50,157
18.1
2,110
52,181
21.5
2,118
42,427
6.6
2,080
23,691
24,327
4.0
8.0
1,962
2,056
21,598
23,130
5.4
7.0
1,942
2,069
28,363
29,132
4.1
12.4
2,005
2,005
21,113
17.5
2,053
21,113
17.5
2,053
–
–
–
39,260
8.1
2,038
39,159
9.6
2,032
39,996
7.4
2,080
24,399
25,180
19,513
28,263
23,841
31,284
23,078
6.1
4.1
16.2
3.4
3.2
8.2
1.9
2,059
2,035
1,898
1,994
2,067
2,172
2,058
23,308
25,025
19,513
28,403
23,864
28,812
23,048
6.1
4.3
16.2
3.7
3.2
7.0
1.9
2,061
2,033
1,898
1,989
2,069
2,225
2,058
32,366
29,998
–
26,863
–
35,769
26,574
5.0
8.4
–
5.8
–
12.1
10.3
2,049
2,080
–
2,048
–
2,077
2,069
22,095
3.8
2,068
22,119
3.8
2,068
–
–
–
26,460
2.7
2,069
26,424
2.7
2,069
29,855
13.7
2,080
19,527
6.7
2,068
19,371
6.7
2,068
–
–
–
21,156
20,419
3.7
4.5
2,079
2,038
21,069
20,418
3.7
4.5
2,079
2,038
29,829
–
5.7
–
2,057
–
23,968
2.9
2,057
23,262
3.0
2,055
29,298
4.8
2,076
23,460
37,434
2.0
3.0
2,002
2,110
19,763
21,290
1.3
2.1
1,998
2,055
35,443
46,326
1.9
3.0
2,014
2,139
68,673
5.5
2,533
–
–
–
68,673
5.5
2,533
64,461
41,767
3.1
8.2
2,086
2,057
–
34,209
–
7.4
–
2,057
64,604
58,506
3.1
8.5
2,086
2,059
40,703
47,364
15.9
3.0
2,171
2,499
–
–
–
–
–
–
48,406
47,422
11.9
3.0
2,201
2,499
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
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 ....................................
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
$50,063
1.0
2,073
–
–
–
$50,129
1.0
2,073
40,219
35,618
2.5
6.4
2,073
2,075
–
–
–
–
–
–
40,550
35,990
2.4
6.7
2,073
2,075
20,612
26,413
16,740
2.2
10.6
1.4
2,052
1,908
1,957
$20,403
19,481
16,697
2.1
5.2
1.4
2,057
1,951
1,989
25,662
32,685
17,291
7.6
6.9
2.5
1,943
1,869
1,542
13,284
8,789
6.2
5.3
1,944
1,906
13,284
8,751
6.2
5.3
1,944
1,906
–
–
–
–
–
–
12,432
6.3
1,966
12,355
7.2
1,972
–
–
–
27,856
19,818
2.9
1.5
2,060
1,980
28,740
19,947
3.1
1.5
2,124
2,014
22,340
18,187
5.2
3.9
1,660
1,554
17,001
16,109
22,471
28,842
24,374
2.6
1.4
1.5
3.9
2.8
1,933
1,937
2,010
1,889
2,041
17,529
16,169
22,028
28,861
23,904
2.9
1.8
1.6
4.0
3.3
2,007
1,995
2,011
1,887
2,053
14,142
15,621
25,240
–
26,876
3.9
5.0
2.3
–
3.4
1,531
1,467
2,004
–
1,980
20,959
22,677
1.1
1.9
2,015
2,033
20,328
21,575
1.1
1.9
2,016
2,033
24,602
26,185
2.8
2.5
2,011
2,033
35,002
16,646
23,310
20,490
33,141
5.1
1.8
2.0
6.2
8.2
2,060
1,997
2,041
1,882
2,095
33,770
16,609
22,348
20,536
32,741
4.9
1.8
3.1
6.1
9.5
2,068
1,995
2,046
1,920
2,104
38,093
18,151
25,321
20,161
38,008
10.3
4.6
1.8
6.2
8.3
2,039
2,077
2,031
1,618
1,993
27,331
11.4
1,973
27,331
11.4
1,973
–
–
–
14,637
29,523
4.6
8.3
2,021
2,026
14,498
29,523
3.8
8.3
2,019
2,026
21,449
–
7.8
–
2,080
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2
private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation4
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Baggage porters and bellhops
Welfare service aides .............
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error5
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours6
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours6
$33,267
14,970
22,161
1.8
6.0
4.2
1,030
1,993
2,002
$33,562
14,970
21,241
1.5
6.0
3.8
993
1,993
2,017
$28,106
–
25,717
17.7
–
5.5
1,673
–
1,945
16,138
18,325
24,519
5.0
5.0
5.9
1,813
1,945
2,032
16,563
17,861
24,307
5.9
3.8
6.7
1,975
2,047
2,044
15,197
20,591
26,442
4.6
21.1
3.9
1,455
1,451
1,919
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between
December 2003 and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in
"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the
BLS Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
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 in "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS
Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.
6 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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