Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA
National Compensation Survey
December 2008
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Hilda L. Solis, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
October 2009
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics ..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups ......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note ...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System ................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy
(excluding the Federal Government and private households). Data are not shown for any occupations if they
would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey
respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable
estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Data were collected between May 2008
and July 2009; the average reference month is December
2008. Tabulations provide information on earnings of
workers in a variety of occupations and at different work
levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on
the program, a technical note describing survey procedures,
and an appendix with detailed information on occupational
classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings,
compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed
plan provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The NCS is in its third year of a six-year transition from a
sample of areas based on the U.S. Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) December 1993 area definitions to a
new sample of areas based on the December 2003 area definitions. The NCS is phasing in new metropolitan and micropolitan areas as defined by OMB and county clusters
defined specifically by BLS; at the same time, some areas
under the December 1993 OMB definitions are being
phased out of the sample.
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government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers
represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State
and local government. Appendix table 2 provides the
number of establishments in the sampling frame and the
number of responding and nonresponding establishments.
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with 100
workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$25.11
3.2
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
36.65
40.37
34.37
13.85
18.59
19.74
17.99
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.5
$24.55
3.8
2.9
3.0
4.2
5.1
4.1
10.0
1.9
37.6
40.0
36.3
31.2
35.0
33.0
36.1
37.15
41.52
34.41
12.37
18.45
19.74
17.64
23.75
23.47
24.55
2.8
2.1
5.7
39.0
38.9
39.4
19.94
20.31
19.65
5.0
5.7
8.0
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
26.73
14.55
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.4
$28.58
3.4
35.8
3.5
3.4
5.3
3.2
4.6
10.0
1.9
38.2
40.0
37.2
30.3
34.9
33.0
36.3
34.69
35.51
34.22
21.41
19.61
–
19.61
3.0
3.9
2.8
10.4
5.2
–
5.2
35.4
39.7
33.4
36.5
35.3
–
35.3
23.27
23.22
23.39
2.7
2.0
6.2
39.0
38.8
39.3
28.85
27.19
32.40
5.4
3.6
1.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.1
35.9
34.5
19.81
20.31
19.41
5.2
5.7
8.6
35.1
35.9
34.5
24.19
–
24.19
5.4
–
5.4
35.2
–
35.2
3.3
4.1
39.9
20.7
26.35
13.23
3.9
3.9
39.9
20.8
28.97
25.23
3.4
10.7
39.7
19.6
25.91
24.87
2.4
4.2
36.6
35.2
25.06
24.45
3.1
4.5
36.4
35.3
27.05
32.50
3.9
5.9
36.9
33.4
25.08
25.66
3.2
7.6
35.3
39.1
24.47
25.66
3.8
7.6
35.2
39.1
28.58
–
3.4
–
35.8
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
27.22
–
3.3
–
38.8
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
19.29
25.75
32.81
3.6
4.5
2.7
33.8
35.9
37.8
19.14
25.65
34.34
3.8
4.9
3.1
33.7
35.6
39.4
22.56
27.19
29.88
5.2
7.0
3.5
36.7
40.1
35.1
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5
Establishment characteristics
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for
private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$25.11
3.2
$26.73
3.3
$14.55
4.1
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
44.38
25.10
32.07
40.33
46.93
50.89
62.96
49.07
29.62
49.45
47.63
48.85
49.71
50.10
59.43
39.31
38.27
50.76
41.31
48.38
39.06
36.75
3.2
7.8
6.8
6.3
8.2
14.5
3.8
4.2
11.2
6.4
3.1
4.9
1.1
13.4
2.0
6.3
14.5
17.5
15.7
16.9
11.9
8.7
44.50
26.37
32.07
40.33
46.93
50.89
62.96
49.07
29.62
49.45
47.63
48.85
49.71
50.10
59.43
39.31
38.27
50.76
41.31
48.38
39.06
36.75
3.2
8.7
6.8
6.3
8.2
14.5
3.8
4.2
11.2
6.4
3.1
4.9
1.1
13.4
2.0
6.3
14.5
17.5
15.7
16.9
11.9
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
55.09
55.46
8.3
7.3
55.09
55.46
8.3
7.3
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products ......
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,
health and safety, and transportation .........................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
34.85
19.96
26.39
36.26
32.63
51.52
41.98
43.36
42.47
5.0
8.3
1.8
9.6
3.0
6.0
5.1
7.7
7.8
34.70
19.93
26.39
34.87
32.63
51.52
41.98
43.36
42.47
5.1
8.4
1.8
10.4
3.0
6.0
5.1
7.7
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.62
9.1
43.62
9.1
–
–
37.46
13.0
38.91
12.9
–
–
34.91
37.27
30.05
21.22
12.0
7.1
12.0
5.8
34.91
35.24
30.06
21.22
12.0
6.6
12.1
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
38.28
26.49
36.90
36.81
43.92
49.43
38.60
42.37
34.71
43.89
43.04
39.44
41.65
47.25
51.46
28.39
36.71
38.35
2.1
5.1
3.8
4.2
5.3
1.3
1.8
5.3
7.9
4.0
6.8
2.9
3.3
6.8
4.6
11.8
3.8
6.5
38.30
25.94
36.90
36.81
43.92
49.43
38.60
42.37
34.71
43.89
43.04
39.44
41.65
47.25
51.46
28.39
36.71
38.81
2.2
5.0
3.8
4.2
5.3
1.3
1.8
5.3
7.9
4.0
6.8
2.9
3.3
6.8
4.6
11.8
3.8
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
42.78
13.9
43.27
13.5
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
$27.65
28.28
29.54
35.38
41.13
51.52
47.87
40.83
36.03
35.40
31.22
7.5
6.2
4.5
4.1
2.3
6.5
12.2
1.8
15.9
16.5
2.6
$27.65
26.71
29.54
–
41.13
51.52
47.87
40.83
36.03
35.40
31.17
7.5
5.7
4.5
–
2.3
6.5
12.2
1.8
15.9
16.5
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
25.80
22.06
25.46
21.97
7.3
3.9
4.6
5.1
26.18
–
–
22.88
6.1
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
21.95
20.61
25.79
23.46
24.77
26.10
15.71
11.6
8.0
14.2
14.9
14.9
7.6
17.5
22.50
–
25.33
23.27
24.56
25.68
17.17
10.0
–
14.8
15.2
15.4
8.7
14.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
31.24
12.64
14.18
39.40
31.54
26.43
4.3
2.7
7.5
5.5
17.1
5.1
31.25
–
13.92
38.57
28.15
24.72
5.2
–
9.8
5.8
9.5
8.4
$31.20
12.80
14.40
50.18
–
–
14.4
4.2
8.4
12.1
–
–
34.24
39.64
17.60
39.07
40.14
7.0
7.4
4.5
6.5
7.1
34.39
39.53
–
39.37
40.16
6.6
7.4
–
6.9
7.3
30.45
–
–
–
–
25.1
–
–
–
–
37.64
38.88
5.6
6.4
37.97
38.87
6.0
6.6
–
–
–
–
44.51
44.51
38.45
38.75
8.0
8.0
11.3
11.1
44.51
44.51
38.66
38.66
8.0
8.0
11.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.85
38.16
56.11
14.40
12.65
14.18
10.8
10.7
13.8
3.1
2.8
7.5
38.06
38.06
–
14.74
–
13.92
10.5
10.5
–
7.9
–
9.8
–
–
–
14.05
–
14.40
–
–
–
6.5
–
8.4
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
23.67
25.08
18.81
9.4
5.5
1.7
23.69
–
18.81
10.0
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
33.44
17.28
19.37
22.25
31.57
33.73
36.46
4.0
3.8
9.8
4.5
2.3
10.7
.6
33.18
17.28
19.40
21.99
31.56
32.88
36.27
5.1
3.8
12.7
4.8
2.6
12.8
.7
34.59
–
–
–
–
–
36.93
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$43.59
44.53
36.49
31.46
36.05
37.37
39.62
35.85
25.90
4.4
4.0
2.0
15.9
.8
1.7
8.3
3.1
5.0
$43.73
45.98
36.47
–
35.99
–
40.00
–
25.90
4.4
6.0
2.6
–
1.1
–
9.2
–
5.0
–
–
$36.53
–
36.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.9
–
.7
–
–
–
–
20.09
23.60
23.17
4.1
3.3
3.0
20.31
23.53
–
3.8
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
16.00
12.72
15.58
15.58
14.24
15.82
14.01
14.80
15.82
15.24
17.81
17.27
6.0
2.9
3.3
5.0
5.7
3.9
6.1
4.6
3.9
3.1
4.0
3.7
15.93
–
15.58
15.14
14.52
15.82
14.30
14.96
15.82
15.24
17.72
–
5.2
–
3.3
3.3
5.3
3.9
5.2
4.2
3.9
3.1
3.9
–
16.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
23.08
23.64
27.69
31.09
24.57
23.46
33.70
33.70
13.73
13.73
10.9
9.2
2.2
2.1
7.5
7.1
3.9
3.9
11.1
11.1
23.54
23.64
27.69
31.09
24.57
23.46
33.70
33.70
13.78
13.78
11.8
9.2
2.2
2.1
7.5
7.1
3.9
3.9
11.9
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
10.29
8.63
9.15
10.23
12.93
1.8
3.8
1.5
1.7
1.5
11.48
–
9.71
10.09
13.22
1.5
–
2.1
5.4
2.2
9.21
8.43
8.83
10.42
–
1.3
1.7
2.7
9.3
–
15.83
6.8
15.80
7.1
–
–
14.96
11.51
11.50
9.83
8.73
8.53
8.42
9.67
9.33
8.28
8.68
8.10
10.61
11.12
4.0
6.7
10.5
9.8
.7
3.2
1.5
1.4
.7
2.4
3.3
.4
3.3
9.0
14.89
11.74
–
–
8.97
–
–
–
–
8.75
–
–
11.90
–
4.2
4.2
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
9.83
8.58
8.25
8.23
–
–
8.15
–
8.11
9.49
10.32
–
–
–
10.5
2.7
.3
.4
–
–
.2
–
.4
3.3
3.1
10.53
11.97
8.97
3.9
8.7
8.0
11.68
–
–
9.7
–
–
9.44
–
–
3.6
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service
workers .......................................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.24
10.03
13.12
14.04
15.15
13.32
10.03
13.22
12.96
14.23
4.3
6.7
12.3
3.2
6.3
5.6
6.7
12.7
6.7
4.8
$15.14
10.92
14.22
14.51
15.74
14.29
10.92
14.22
13.73
–
3.7
4.3
8.8
4.5
4.4
5.2
4.3
8.8
6.9
–
$10.07
–
–
–
–
9.56
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
15.32
15.08
14.69
14.98
9.84
14.96
4.1
7.3
5.7
2.7
6.7
3.3
15.35
15.15
14.69
–
10.40
–
4.1
7.5
5.7
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.29
9.01
9.77
10.54
14.88
4.6
4.4
3.0
7.3
7.9
14.03
–
–
10.48
14.81
6.5
–
–
8.9
7.4
10.96
–
9.41
10.75
–
8.5
–
3.3
8.9
–
15.99
11.01
9.31
10.74
15.17
16.03
16.9
4.4
4.5
4.1
13.6
13.1
–
11.33
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
10.17
–
–
11.17
–
–
7.6
–
–
14.0
–
19.74
9.16
10.07
13.65
16.31
20.77
22.56
33.07
31.14
29.97
28.59
27.96
10.0
1.9
1.5
3.4
5.5
2.9
6.2
16.8
18.4
19.3
7.0
7.3
22.73
–
10.62
13.75
16.34
20.87
22.56
33.07
–
31.63
28.59
27.96
12.1
–
3.3
2.4
7.0
3.3
6.2
16.8
–
21.0
7.0
7.3
11.31
9.16
9.45
–
16.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
1.9
5.7
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.35
13.21
9.16
10.07
13.68
15.95
22.43
11.83
9.16
9.94
11.83
9.16
9.94
18.77
13.43
10.24
14.71
32.93
13.0
10.4
1.9
1.5
3.6
8.4
6.7
4.2
1.9
2.5
4.2
1.9
2.5
21.4
20.7
2.5
15.3
13.4
29.35
14.82
–
10.62
13.75
15.78
22.43
11.96
–
10.10
11.96
–
10.10
–
15.33
–
–
33.79
13.0
16.3
–
3.3
2.4
10.9
6.7
11.9
–
5.7
11.9
–
5.7
–
22.8
–
–
10.9
–
10.84
9.16
9.45
–
–
–
11.71
9.16
9.57
11.71
9.16
9.57
–
9.72
9.39
–
–
–
5.7
1.9
5.7
–
–
–
3.2
1.9
.0
3.2
1.9
.0
–
11.8
8.6
–
–
30.18
16.87
28.5
6.1
30.99
–
26.6
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
$17.99
11.27
13.60
16.32
19.06
23.11
23.72
18.70
1.9
3.6
2.4
2.5
1.8
3.0
6.6
4.4
$18.60
12.38
13.89
16.48
19.08
23.09
23.72
19.49
1.6
6.0
2.9
2.2
1.8
3.1
6.6
4.3
$12.59
9.93
12.07
14.66
–
–
–
–
3.7
2.3
3.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
26.37
17.55
15.90
19.53
21.79
19.45
19.46
18.32
17.47
13.48
16.09
12.66
15.46
13.49
12.43
22.39
13.86
14.20
20.18
18.05
17.80
23.82
21.06
16.53
23.65
18.53
18.89
18.76
15.49
12.38
14.95
19.02
4.5
3.8
7.4
2.5
5.6
3.2
3.6
2.9
5.0
1.9
2.8
5.9
4.3
7.0
5.5
13.6
8.3
4.4
3.2
4.1
3.4
3.6
5.2
4.0
7.5
3.5
2.9
3.4
4.7
3.9
4.7
3.7
26.37
17.62
16.06
19.53
21.47
19.50
19.46
18.25
17.31
–
16.52
–
15.66
14.21
–
22.39
13.86
16.28
20.33
18.37
17.68
23.82
21.31
16.53
23.65
18.45
18.73
18.76
16.77
12.66
14.89
19.02
4.5
3.5
6.8
2.5
5.9
3.3
3.6
3.0
5.0
–
2.9
–
4.4
6.0
–
13.6
8.3
1.8
3.3
4.4
3.7
3.6
5.0
4.0
7.5
3.5
3.0
3.4
4.7
3.7
4.9
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ...........
Electricians .......................................................................
23.47
15.06
17.69
24.65
25.45
27.74
2.1
4.2
3.7
7.1
1.0
8.5
23.72
15.06
17.69
24.98
25.56
27.74
2.0
4.2
3.7
7.5
1.0
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.96
24.61
20.90
27.67
18.24
30.25
31.31
6.7
4.4
2.1
13.2
15.3
5.9
4.5
31.96
24.61
20.90
27.67
19.39
30.25
31.31
6.7
4.4
2.1
13.2
14.8
5.9
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.74
29.71
24.53
5.8
10.5
5.0
30.74
–
24.64
5.8
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.55
17.61
26.46
27.76
37.13
5.7
6.5
10.4
3.6
4.0
24.66
17.74
26.46
27.76
37.13
5.6
6.7
10.4
3.6
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$27.36
8.3
$27.36
8.3
–
–
23.55
19.93
24.51
9.6
8.1
12.2
23.55
19.93
25.00
9.6
8.1
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Bakers ..............................................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
20.31
12.38
15.39
19.39
21.56
24.92
28.50
24.00
5.7
2.1
4.5
3.0
6.9
5.2
5.6
7.3
20.98
12.42
15.51
19.28
21.56
24.92
28.50
24.22
4.0
1.9
4.9
3.1
6.9
5.2
5.6
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.73
15.69
15.16
24.25
24.69
14.09
11.6
8.9
11.5
10.6
6.4
5.9
26.73
15.69
–
24.25
24.69
13.51
11.6
8.9
–
10.6
6.4
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
19.65
10.83
13.71
15.74
23.09
21.33
25.00
21.75
20.34
21.59
16.68
22.10
22.63
23.58
18.43
15.65
19.04
20.58
13.53
10.85
13.08
15.61
8.0
5.1
7.6
8.4
5.0
5.3
16.1
7.2
15.9
5.6
8.6
5.6
4.4
5.1
12.1
6.7
10.2
13.4
6.8
5.7
6.7
6.2
21.26
11.69
12.66
17.16
23.23
22.02
25.00
22.46
–
21.76
16.64
22.62
22.65
23.58
18.67
–
19.66
20.58
15.07
11.91
13.53
16.03
7.6
8.1
7.7
5.0
5.3
5.9
16.1
5.1
–
5.4
9.5
5.0
4.4
5.1
12.9
–
11.8
13.4
7.8
9.1
9.5
7.0
$12.68
9.60
15.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.18
9.59
–
–
3.6
7.1
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
7.3
–
–
14.21
11.16
14.00
17.31
7.4
5.7
7.9
2.5
16.04
12.40
–
–
7.6
8.9
–
–
10.40
9.76
–
–
6.3
8.5
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
9
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$24.55
3.8
$26.35
3.9
$13.23
3.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
45.66
25.19
32.41
39.55
48.57
46.68
62.54
52.51
49.45
47.63
48.85
49.71
50.10
60.34
39.39
38.40
41.31
48.72
28.62
3.6
8.9
8.1
6.7
10.4
18.4
4.2
5.1
6.4
3.1
4.9
1.1
13.4
1.3
6.5
16.1
15.7
18.0
13.7
45.82
26.67
32.41
39.55
48.57
46.68
62.54
52.51
49.45
47.63
48.85
49.71
50.10
60.34
39.39
38.40
41.31
48.72
28.62
3.6
10.0
8.1
6.7
10.4
18.4
4.2
5.1
6.4
3.1
4.9
1.1
13.4
1.3
6.5
16.1
15.7
18.0
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products ......
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
36.16
19.34
39.25
51.52
43.45
43.36
42.47
5.7
9.5
10.3
6.0
4.5
7.7
7.8
35.94
19.34
37.61
51.52
43.45
43.36
42.47
5.8
9.5
11.3
6.0
4.5
7.7
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.62
9.1
43.62
9.1
–
–
36.17
38.12
30.61
21.33
12.0
6.5
12.3
6.5
36.17
36.10
30.61
21.33
12.0
5.9
12.3
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
38.55
26.49
36.61
44.89
49.43
38.56
43.12
46.70
43.04
47.31
51.46
28.39
36.07
37.93
2.3
5.1
4.4
5.9
1.3
1.9
5.2
3.7
6.8
6.9
4.6
11.8
4.7
7.0
38.58
25.94
36.61
44.89
49.43
38.56
43.12
46.70
43.04
47.31
51.46
28.39
36.07
38.40
2.3
5.0
4.4
5.9
1.3
1.9
5.2
3.7
6.8
6.9
4.6
11.8
4.7
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
43.11
27.65
28.28
41.13
51.52
48.51
40.83
36.03
35.40
31.50
14.6
7.5
6.2
2.3
6.5
12.6
1.8
15.9
16.5
2.9
43.66
27.65
26.71
41.13
51.52
48.51
40.83
36.03
35.40
31.53
14.2
7.5
5.7
2.3
6.5
12.6
1.8
15.9
16.5
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 7 .............................................................
24.78
21.73
8.2
3.0
25.42
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
17.91
1.3
18.89
1.4
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.40
3.5
–
–
–
–
22.79
33.24
29.11
12.2
13.3
6.5
$23.71
33.24
28.43
13.0
13.3
4.1
$15.82
–
–
21.5
–
–
19.17
11.10
15.9
9.2
19.23
–
16.6
–
–
–
–
–
23.13
25.08
18.81
9.3
5.5
1.7
23.15
–
18.81
9.7
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
32.98
17.28
19.37
21.98
31.80
34.50
36.58
43.51
43.59
36.66
36.21
38.79
25.90
4.3
3.8
9.8
4.6
2.1
13.4
.6
5.9
3.1
2.2
.8
9.6
5.0
32.75
17.28
19.40
21.68
31.81
33.54
36.33
–
–
36.59
36.18
39.07
25.90
5.4
3.8
12.7
4.9
2.5
15.5
.6
–
–
2.7
.9
11.4
5.0
34.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.98
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.5
–
–
–
20.09
23.29
22.67
4.1
3.8
3.4
20.31
23.11
–
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
15.76
12.72
15.58
15.53
14.06
15.82
13.56
14.61
15.82
17.62
17.50
6.4
2.9
3.3
5.6
5.6
3.9
5.7
4.7
3.9
4.7
3.5
15.61
–
15.58
14.97
14.33
15.82
13.84
14.77
15.82
17.42
–
5.4
–
3.3
3.6
5.4
3.9
4.8
4.4
3.9
4.4
–
16.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
15.72
12.16
12.16
9.1
6.5
6.5
16.04
12.14
12.14
11.2
6.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
10.22
8.63
9.15
10.19
12.73
2.0
3.8
1.5
1.8
.2
11.41
–
9.71
10.09
13.02
1.6
–
2.1
5.4
1.4
9.15
8.43
8.83
10.32
–
1.4
1.7
2.7
10.1
–
15.80
7.1
15.80
7.1
–
–
14.89
11.51
11.50
9.62
8.73
8.53
8.42
9.67
4.2
6.7
10.5
9.5
.7
3.2
1.5
1.4
14.89
11.74
–
–
8.97
–
–
–
4.2
4.2
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.70
8.58
8.25
8.23
–
Community and social services occupations
–Continued
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
–
–
–
10.4
2.7
.3
.4
–
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.33
8.28
8.68
8.10
10.38
11.12
0.7
2.4
3.3
.4
2.4
9.0
–
$8.75
–
–
11.54
–
–
6.6
–
–
7.3
–
–
$8.15
–
8.11
9.49
10.32
–
0.2
–
.4
3.3
3.1
10.53
11.97
8.97
3.9
8.7
8.0
11.68
–
–
9.7
–
–
9.44
–
–
3.6
–
–
13.50
10.03
11.78
13.72
12.15
10.03
11.91
12.08
6.8
6.7
22.8
3.8
8.1
6.7
24.6
6.4
14.51
10.92
13.87
14.18
13.29
10.92
13.87
12.75
5.8
4.3
23.0
5.6
8.5
4.3
23.0
6.4
9.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.86
13.64
9.84
7.7
4.7
6.7
14.89
13.64
10.40
7.8
4.7
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
12.81
9.77
10.49
14.69
10.96
9.31
10.74
15.65
16.03
4.6
3.0
8.2
8.2
4.3
4.5
4.1
11.6
13.1
13.37
–
10.48
14.58
11.33
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
8.9
7.5
2.8
–
–
–
–
11.00
9.41
–
–
9.95
–
–
12.26
–
9.5
3.3
–
–
7.3
–
–
14.0
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
19.74
9.16
10.07
13.65
16.31
20.77
22.56
33.07
31.14
29.97
28.59
27.96
10.0
1.9
1.5
3.4
5.5
2.9
6.2
16.8
18.4
19.3
7.0
7.3
22.73
–
10.62
13.75
16.34
20.87
22.56
33.07
–
31.63
28.59
27.96
12.1
–
3.3
2.4
7.0
3.3
6.2
16.8
–
21.0
7.0
7.3
11.31
9.16
9.45
–
16.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
1.9
5.7
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.35
13.21
9.16
10.07
13.68
15.95
22.43
11.83
9.16
9.94
11.83
9.16
9.94
18.77
13.43
10.24
13.0
10.4
1.9
1.5
3.6
8.4
6.7
4.2
1.9
2.5
4.2
1.9
2.5
21.4
20.7
2.5
29.35
14.82
–
10.62
13.75
15.78
22.43
11.96
–
10.10
11.96
–
10.10
–
15.33
–
13.0
16.3
–
3.3
2.4
10.9
6.7
11.9
–
5.7
11.9
–
5.7
–
22.8
–
–
10.84
9.16
9.45
–
–
–
11.71
9.16
9.57
11.71
9.16
9.57
–
9.72
9.39
–
5.7
1.9
5.7
–
–
–
3.2
1.9
.0
3.2
1.9
.0
–
11.8
8.6
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Retail salespersons –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.71
32.93
15.3
13.4
–
$33.79
–
10.9
–
–
–
–
30.18
16.87
28.5
6.1
30.99
–
26.6
–
–
–
–
–
17.64
11.40
13.47
16.22
18.87
22.56
23.42
18.42
1.9
3.7
2.2
2.9
2.3
3.5
8.2
4.7
18.23
12.36
13.71
16.32
18.91
22.52
23.42
19.27
1.7
6.8
2.7
2.6
2.2
3.6
8.2
4.7
$12.48
10.10
12.01
15.19
–
–
–
–
3.7
2.1
3.7
8.1
–
–
–
–
26.38
17.14
15.49
19.40
21.67
19.45
19.46
17.94
16.96
13.48
16.09
12.66
15.46
13.49
12.43
13.86
14.20
20.98
18.58
16.73
24.13
21.03
23.65
19.16
15.56
12.37
14.94
19.03
5.1
4.1
7.3
2.6
5.9
3.2
3.6
3.4
5.7
1.9
2.8
5.9
4.3
7.0
5.5
8.3
4.4
3.3
6.5
5.2
3.7
5.7
7.5
7.3
6.4
4.7
6.5
4.2
26.38
17.19
15.59
19.40
21.30
19.50
19.46
17.85
16.74
–
16.52
–
15.66
14.21
–
13.86
16.28
21.17
–
16.73
24.13
21.31
23.65
19.16
16.63
–
14.86
19.03
5.1
3.9
6.8
2.6
6.3
3.3
3.6
3.5
5.7
–
2.9
–
4.4
6.0
–
8.3
1.8
3.2
–
5.2
3.7
5.5
7.5
7.3
5.7
–
7.0
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ...........
Electricians .......................................................................
23.22
15.06
17.69
24.39
25.34
27.74
2.0
4.2
3.7
8.0
.9
8.5
23.48
15.06
17.69
24.76
25.46
27.74
1.9
4.2
3.7
8.6
.9
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.96
24.66
27.67
18.24
29.71
24.09
6.7
4.4
13.2
15.3
10.5
5.2
31.96
24.66
27.67
19.39
–
–
6.7
4.4
13.2
14.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
23.39
17.61
22.49
27.19
26.81
6.2
6.5
11.7
3.2
9.3
23.51
17.74
22.49
27.19
26.81
6.2
6.7
11.7
3.2
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.04
22.61
11.4
9.4
$22.04
23.07
11.4
8.3
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Bakers ..............................................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
20.31
12.38
15.39
19.39
21.56
24.92
28.50
24.00
5.7
2.1
4.5
3.0
6.9
5.2
5.6
7.3
20.98
12.42
15.51
19.28
21.56
24.92
28.50
24.22
4.0
1.9
4.9
3.1
6.9
5.2
5.6
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.73
15.69
15.16
24.25
24.69
14.09
11.6
8.9
11.5
10.6
6.4
5.9
26.73
15.69
–
24.25
24.69
13.51
11.6
8.9
–
10.6
6.4
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
19.41
10.83
13.49
15.74
23.14
20.39
23.90
21.75
21.54
16.68
22.09
22.63
18.43
15.65
19.04
20.58
13.45
10.85
12.34
15.61
8.6
5.1
7.9
8.4
5.3
7.5
17.4
7.2
6.0
8.6
6.9
4.7
12.1
6.7
10.2
13.4
7.0
5.7
7.0
6.2
21.09
11.69
12.31
17.16
23.26
21.35
23.90
22.46
21.71
16.64
22.76
22.65
18.67
–
19.66
20.58
14.98
11.91
–
16.03
8.1
8.1
7.1
5.0
5.6
7.8
17.4
5.1
5.8
9.5
5.9
4.8
12.9
–
11.8
13.4
8.0
9.1
–
7.0
$12.13
9.60
15.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.18
9.59
–
–
2.2
7.1
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
7.3
–
–
14.12
11.16
13.16
17.31
7.6
5.7
8.1
2.5
15.96
12.40
–
–
7.9
8.9
–
–
10.40
9.76
–
–
6.3
8.5
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
14
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$28.58
3.4
$28.97
3.4
$25.23
10.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
39.62
43.00
38.93
47.04
5.1
6.2
7.6
12.9
39.62
43.00
38.93
47.04
5.1
6.2
7.6
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
55.09
8.3
55.09
8.3
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
27.87
22.30
28.63
7.0
5.1
8.5
28.03
22.41
28.62
7.4
5.5
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
35.27
35.39
34.53
4.9
4.8
3.3
35.27
35.39
34.53
4.9
4.8
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
29.79
5.9
29.38
6.7
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
27.88
32.56
28.22
6.3
9.1
9.1
27.78
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
35.00
15.43
40.75
33.39
4.2
3.2
5.8
30.3
34.91
15.79
39.85
–
6.4
1.1
6.5
–
35.37
15.18
50.18
–
17.5
6.5
12.1
–
40.46
40.65
40.85
41.26
7.5
7.6
7.5
7.8
40.55
40.55
41.30
41.30
7.6
7.6
8.1
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.60
40.12
6.7
7.2
40.15
40.15
7.5
7.5
–
–
–
–
44.51
44.51
40.22
40.22
8.0
8.0
11.0
11.0
44.51
44.51
40.13
40.13
8.0
8.0
10.9
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.71
39.71
15.84
15.43
10.8
10.8
2.9
3.2
39.62
39.62
16.64
15.79
10.7
10.7
6.1
1.1
–
–
15.04
15.18
–
–
5.3
6.5
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
37.43
35.64
3.4
3.7
38.54
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
28.30
27.46
31.27
23.46
23.46
33.70
33.70
5.8
2.2
1.8
7.1
7.1
3.9
3.9
28.57
27.46
31.27
23.46
23.46
33.70
33.70
6.3
2.2
1.8
7.1
7.1
3.9
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
16.24
16.04
15.78
6.8
5.7
4.8
16.71
–
15.79
6.7
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.78
4.8
15.79
5.0
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
17.44
2.5
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
19.61
5.2
20.38
4.3
13.09
13.6
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$16.75
19.64
24.88
21.40
18.56
18.90
18.16
18.64
15.31
3.1
3.0
3.9
4.1
3.4
3.2
1.8
2.6
2.5
$17.24
19.65
24.88
21.40
18.58
18.72
18.02
18.43
17.23
1.8
3.0
3.9
4.1
3.4
3.3
1.7
2.9
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 5 .............................................................
27.19
26.29
3.6
6.5
27.19
26.29
3.6
6.5
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
32.40
30.72
1.3
5.6
32.40
30.72
1.3
5.6
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
24.19
5.4
24.63
7.0
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
16
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$25.11
3.2
$26.73
3.3
$14.55
4.1
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
44.38
24.46
39.85
65.27
29.62
49.45
53.52
48.85
50.10
59.43
39.31
34.47
50.76
41.31
48.38
49.83
39.06
38.85
3.2
10.3
6.8
6.5
11.2
6.4
12.3
4.9
13.4
2.0
6.3
11.8
17.5
15.7
16.9
17.1
11.9
10.5
44.50
–
–
–
29.62
49.45
–
48.85
50.10
59.43
39.31
34.47
50.76
41.31
48.38
49.83
39.06
–
3.2
–
–
–
11.2
6.4
–
4.9
13.4
2.0
6.3
11.8
17.5
15.7
16.9
17.1
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
55.09
55.46
8.3
7.3
55.09
55.46
8.3
7.3
–
–
–
–
34.85
21.13
38.00
52.79
43.36
34.37
42.47
5.0
6.6
3.9
6.3
7.7
2.6
7.8
34.70
–
–
–
43.36
–
42.47
5.1
–
–
–
7.7
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.62
9.1
43.62
9.1
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Group III ............................................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products ......
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,
health and safety, and transportation .........................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
37.46
13.0
38.91
12.9
–
–
34.91
37.27
39.80
30.05
22.19
32.36
12.0
7.1
6.8
12.0
6.4
7.1
34.91
35.24
36.90
30.06
22.19
–
12.0
6.6
2.7
12.1
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
Group III ............................................................
38.28
27.55
40.52
42.37
41.01
39.44
39.71
47.25
42.58
28.39
36.71
37.28
38.35
40.42
2.1
5.4
3.2
5.3
3.5
2.9
3.9
6.8
6.4
11.8
3.8
3.7
6.5
8.7
38.30
–
–
42.37
–
39.44
39.71
47.25
42.58
28.39
36.71
37.28
38.81
40.42
2.2
–
–
5.3
–
2.9
3.9
6.8
6.4
11.8
3.8
3.7
7.1
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group III ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
42.78
27.75
39.82
47.87
25.18
40.82
36.03
37.99
35.40
13.9
3.7
2.8
12.2
6.5
3.3
15.9
8.7
16.5
43.27
–
–
47.87
–
–
36.03
–
35.40
13.5
–
–
12.2
–
–
15.9
–
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
$31.22
29.70
2.6
2.7
$31.17
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Group II .............................................................
25.80
22.27
28.53
21.97
21.53
7.3
2.6
5.5
5.1
2.5
26.18
–
–
22.88
–
6.1
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Group II .............................................................
21.95
18.23
25.79
23.46
24.77
26.10
23.34
15.71
15.72
11.6
13.7
14.2
14.9
14.9
7.6
5.3
17.5
18.5
22.50
–
–
23.27
–
25.68
–
17.17
–
10.0
–
–
15.2
–
8.7
–
14.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
31.24
13.77
23.57
38.50
31.54
34.90
26.43
4.3
4.3
21.8
5.3
17.1
13.7
5.1
31.25
–
–
–
28.15
–
24.72
5.2
–
–
–
9.5
–
8.4
$31.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.24
15.84
39.64
17.60
39.07
40.14
7.0
9.0
7.4
4.5
6.5
7.1
34.39
–
–
–
39.37
–
6.6
–
–
–
6.9
–
30.45
–
–
–
–
–
25.1
–
–
–
–
–
37.64
38.88
5.6
6.4
37.97
38.87
6.0
6.6
–
–
–
–
44.51
44.51
38.45
38.75
8.0
8.0
11.3
11.1
44.51
44.51
38.66
–
8.0
8.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.85
38.16
56.11
14.40
13.78
10.8
10.7
13.8
3.1
4.4
38.06
38.06
–
14.74
13.51
10.5
10.5
–
7.9
4.1
–
–
–
14.05
14.01
–
–
–
6.5
6.4
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
23.67
20.20
18.81
9.4
8.9
1.7
23.69
–
18.81
10.0
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.44
16.86
26.20
39.69
36.49
31.26
37.05
39.62
41.70
25.90
4.0
3.4
4.3
2.0
2.0
15.1
1.5
8.3
8.9
5.0
33.18
–
–
–
36.47
–
37.20
40.00
–
25.90
5.1
–
–
–
2.6
–
2.0
9.2
–
5.0
34.59
–
–
–
36.53
–
36.60
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
.9
–
1.1
–
–
–
20.09
4.1
20.31
3.8
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
$20.91
23.60
23.60
3.0
3.3
3.3
–
$23.53
23.53
–
3.6
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
16.00
15.04
21.40
14.24
14.24
14.80
14.80
17.81
16.36
6.0
5.6
2.8
5.7
5.7
4.6
4.6
4.0
6.0
15.93
–
–
14.52
–
14.96
14.96
17.72
–
5.2
–
–
5.3
–
4.2
4.2
3.9
–
$16.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
23.08
12.70
28.17
31.09
31.09
24.57
25.21
23.46
24.20
33.70
32.32
33.70
32.32
13.73
12.57
13.73
12.57
10.9
8.7
5.0
2.1
2.1
7.5
6.0
7.1
5.6
3.9
1.1
3.9
1.1
11.1
10.6
11.1
10.6
23.54
–
–
31.09
31.09
24.57
–
23.46
24.20
33.70
–
33.70
32.32
13.78
–
13.78
12.56
11.8
–
–
2.1
2.1
7.5
–
7.1
5.6
3.9
–
3.9
1.1
11.9
–
11.9
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
10.29
9.74
1.8
1.0
11.48
–
1.5
–
9.21
–
1.3
–
15.83
6.8
15.80
7.1
–
–
14.96
11.51
11.51
11.50
11.50
9.83
9.26
8.73
8.73
9.33
9.33
8.28
8.28
10.61
10.75
4.0
6.7
6.7
10.5
10.5
9.8
3.0
.7
.7
.7
.7
2.4
2.4
3.3
3.4
14.89
11.74
–
–
–
–
–
8.97
–
–
–
8.75
8.75
11.90
–
4.2
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
6.6
6.6
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.83
9.13
8.58
–
–
–
8.15
8.15
9.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
3.1
2.7
–
–
–
.2
.2
3.3
–
10.53
10.69
8.97
8.97
3.9
3.8
8.0
8.0
11.68
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
9.44
9.30
–
–
3.6
5.8
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
14.24
13.48
19.32
4.3
5.0
13.7
15.14
–
–
3.7
–
–
10.07
–
–
7.8
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations –Continued
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service
workers .......................................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.32
12.73
5.6
5.1
$14.29
–
5.2
–
$9.56
–
10.3
–
15.32
14.61
9.84
9.84
14.96
15.32
4.1
3.8
6.7
6.7
3.3
3.4
15.35
14.62
10.40
10.40
–
–
4.1
3.9
9.6
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.29
11.54
19.49
4.6
5.5
8.9
14.03
–
–
6.5
–
–
10.96
–
–
8.5
–
–
15.99
11.01
11.07
10.74
10.74
15.17
13.17
16.03
16.9
4.4
4.5
4.1
4.1
13.6
21.4
13.1
–
11.33
11.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.17
10.30
–
–
11.17
–
–
–
7.6
8.5
–
–
14.0
–
–
19.74
12.04
25.15
52.29
28.59
28.35
27.96
30.32
10.0
4.7
5.1
10.4
7.0
4.2
7.3
1.3
22.73
–
–
–
28.59
–
27.96
30.32
12.1
–
–
–
7.0
–
7.3
1.3
11.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.35
13.21
11.61
22.43
11.83
11.74
11.83
11.74
18.77
13.43
11.63
32.93
20.93
13.0
10.4
3.1
6.7
4.2
5.1
4.2
5.1
21.4
20.7
1.2
13.4
9.7
29.35
14.82
–
–
11.96
–
11.96
11.96
–
15.33
12.91
33.79
–
13.0
16.3
–
–
11.9
–
11.9
11.9
–
22.8
2.4
10.9
–
–
10.84
–
–
11.71
–
11.71
11.53
–
9.72
9.72
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
3.2
–
3.2
1.8
–
11.8
11.8
–
–
30.18
20.19
16.87
28.5
8.7
6.1
30.99
–
–
26.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.99
14.74
21.17
1.9
2.1
1.9
18.60
–
–
1.6
–
–
12.59
–
–
3.7
–
–
26.37
26.72
17.55
15.35
20.33
19.45
19.59
18.32
17.47
19.65
4.5
5.2
3.8
3.7
3.7
3.2
3.3
2.9
5.0
4.5
26.37
26.72
17.62
–
–
19.50
19.59
18.25
17.31
19.65
4.5
5.2
3.5
–
–
3.3
3.3
3.0
5.0
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group II .............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ...........
Group II .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Group II .............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Bakers ..............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.48
13.48
16.09
13.85
13.49
13.49
22.39
13.86
14.20
12.75
20.18
18.05
21.13
21.06
21.49
18.53
18.87
18.76
15.49
12.77
19.02
1.9
1.9
2.8
2.4
7.0
7.0
13.6
8.3
4.4
9.8
3.2
4.1
3.0
5.2
5.2
3.5
2.8
3.4
4.7
4.5
3.7
–
–
$16.52
14.19
14.21
14.21
22.39
13.86
16.28
–
20.33
–
–
21.31
21.49
18.45
18.72
18.76
16.77
13.85
19.02
–
–
2.9
2.8
6.0
6.0
13.6
8.3
1.8
–
3.3
–
–
5.0
5.2
3.5
2.8
3.4
4.7
3.9
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.38
9.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.48
10.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
6.6
–
23.47
15.88
26.11
2.1
4.0
1.7
23.72
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.96
24.61
24.76
18.24
16.71
30.25
30.32
6.7
4.4
3.3
15.3
11.5
5.9
5.8
31.96
24.61
24.76
19.39
17.78
30.25
–
6.7
4.4
3.3
14.8
11.4
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.74
30.82
29.71
29.71
24.53
26.02
5.8
5.7
10.5
10.5
5.0
2.0
30.74
30.82
–
–
24.64
26.56
5.8
5.7
–
–
6.1
1.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.55
13.35
25.34
27.36
27.04
5.7
12.1
6.3
8.3
12.6
24.66
–
–
27.36
27.04
5.6
–
–
8.3
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.55
24.26
19.93
20.53
24.51
24.51
9.6
10.3
8.1
9.3
12.2
12.2
23.55
–
19.93
20.53
25.00
–
9.6
–
8.1
9.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.31
15.16
24.71
5.7
3.8
4.5
20.98
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.73
15.69
15.16
14.06
24.25
26.75
11.6
8.9
11.5
10.3
10.6
3.7
26.73
15.69
–
–
24.25
26.75
11.6
8.9
–
–
10.6
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.69
27.45
14.09
13.96
6.4
7.3
5.9
7.1
$24.69
27.45
13.51
–
6.4
7.3
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.65
16.21
22.68
20.34
21.59
20.90
21.44
22.63
21.92
18.43
18.18
19.04
17.51
13.53
13.52
8.0
6.2
5.7
15.9
5.6
8.6
5.1
4.4
5.4
12.1
13.4
10.2
11.4
6.8
7.9
21.26
–
–
–
21.76
–
–
22.65
21.92
18.67
18.44
19.66
18.21
15.07
–
7.6
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
4.4
5.4
12.9
14.5
11.8
13.1
7.8
–
$12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.18
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
14.21
14.24
7.4
8.4
16.04
16.00
7.6
8.4
10.40
10.53
6.3
6.0
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.00
$14.10
$21.10
$32.29
$45.91
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
25.48
16.59
38.46
38.46
34.62
55.46
18.51
27.20
29.59
33.50
23.41
32.27
23.00
41.24
48.08
41.24
58.73
29.95
33.38
29.59
36.06
26.68
41.51
27.93
49.40
49.40
44.12
58.73
36.39
59.80
33.37
45.43
36.10
58.73
33.78
56.46
49.40
66.46
58.73
46.15
59.80
55.69
52.47
49.68
64.90
49.54
66.46
56.46
66.46
64.90
65.39
67.93
59.89
62.50
54.37
44.76
41.51
49.76
46.77
50.69
57.31
54.37
63.27
79.49
70.53
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products ......
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,
health and safety, and transportation .........................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
16.83
27.20
33.65
23.56
31.17
45.42
32.23
45.42
45.42
45.42
59.29
45.42
55.29
59.29
45.42
27.20
29.81
38.17
59.29
59.29
21.95
28.16
33.91
46.88
58.65
21.56
21.63
16.83
23.74
31.25
22.03
32.28
36.88
26.01
44.59
46.15
30.82
55.29
50.00
53.85
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
24.19
33.54
33.61
31.25
18.40
27.05
31.06
32.86
34.38
33.61
40.39
19.25
29.17
33.33
38.27
40.45
38.27
46.02
24.62
37.93
33.33
45.07
47.79
40.45
58.52
36.00
42.27
44.68
52.68
58.52
51.13
61.94
36.00
47.72
49.59
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
25.09
27.72
21.16
21.04
25.48
30.02
38.58
25.34
24.35
27.53
40.96
46.59
33.00
33.00
31.41
58.00
60.58
45.34
43.71
33.92
65.00
66.00
46.98
46.79
38.94
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
19.89
17.43
21.20
21.18
23.01
21.50
27.59
23.01
36.54
24.63
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
11.96
17.37
15.75
9.46
16.40
17.37
23.82
11.96
19.26
19.26
25.94
15.44
26.34
26.83
26.34
16.40
31.85
34.28
36.69
24.94
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
13.67
16.89
16.89
16.89
25.71
16.89
29.91
29.33
27.96
41.83
38.39
30.58
49.43
39.43
37.90
13.80
13.17
26.50
23.64
13.75
34.47
37.13
13.80
38.67
43.87
16.00
44.86
49.92
32.60
51.95
25.85
33.52
37.33
43.87
49.07
30.57
18.96
37.13
30.92
43.98
39.46
52.31
47.54
59.26
52.39
17.25
32.26
10.52
29.78
41.83
11.83
38.73
52.28
14.38
46.36
72.91
16.09
52.18
72.91
18.81
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
13.41
19.13
21.29
28.34
34.38
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.41
$18.22
$20.77
$20.90
$21.64
Occupation2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations –Continued
Designers .........................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
18.32
27.88
29.30
14.35
23.94
32.66
30.97
18.78
33.35
37.08
39.08
27.06
40.60
40.60
49.45
32.97
49.45
44.89
49.45
33.79
17.69
18.96
18.87
22.21
19.00
23.55
22.00
25.38
24.17
29.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
11.87
11.60
12.26
13.25
13.31
12.55
13.24
15.10
15.00
13.73
13.97
18.00
18.11
14.88
15.99
20.25
21.00
18.65
19.15
21.37
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
11.81
28.22
19.24
18.32
28.86
28.86
9.00
9.00
12.00
28.22
21.77
21.77
30.98
30.98
11.81
11.81
25.88
31.05
25.88
23.46
33.28
33.28
11.81
11.81
30.22
33.73
28.48
25.88
36.50
36.50
12.11
12.11
33.73
33.73
29.26
29.26
39.95
39.95
22.29
22.29
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
8.07
8.25
9.00
11.50
13.92
11.50
12.88
16.63
19.85
22.12
11.50
8.55
8.50
8.55
8.07
8.25
8.07
8.07
12.88
9.27
11.50
8.80
8.07
8.25
8.07
8.55
13.09
11.92
12.00
8.80
8.21
9.00
8.07
9.55
19.85
12.50
12.50
9.50
9.00
9.50
8.18
12.36
19.85
13.00
12.50
13.45
10.25
12.00
8.55
15.72
8.07
8.07
8.55
8.75
9.55
8.75
12.36
9.00
15.14
10.44
8.75
8.10
11.04
10.17
13.25
12.60
16.12
15.28
20.00
18.43
11.11
7.96
12.00
12.39
8.10
12.00
14.93
9.11
15.25
17.16
11.12
16.75
21.43
12.60
20.00
8.50
9.36
10.75
15.38
20.69
10.60
9.00
10.10
8.75
9.02
10.71
9.55
10.10
9.13
9.92
15.09
11.50
10.30
14.30
15.00
18.98
11.64
10.75
20.06
23.33
18.98
12.76
11.72
25.00
25.00
8.65
13.65
12.75
10.55
18.60
14.78
15.25
24.80
21.53
24.01
35.21
43.69
43.27
52.04
57.22
24.01
8.50
8.25
8.25
8.55
8.50
17.32
24.80
9.50
9.00
9.00
9.98
10.56
19.47
24.80
11.01
10.00
10.00
16.31
11.01
20.95
29.57
16.31
13.27
13.27
26.48
15.00
57.43
52.04
19.75
18.60
18.60
28.83
24.51
64.33
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service
workers .......................................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$17.32
12.95
$19.47
14.00
$20.00
15.97
$38.87
18.45
$64.33
19.67
12.00
14.00
17.77
21.41
25.00
23.40
13.00
16.97
13.16
12.25
10.52
9.00
12.00
10.80
8.85
15.38
15.37
15.38
16.69
9.92
24.09
14.00
18.25
16.95
12.33
13.00
11.00
19.75
11.69
10.00
17.36
17.35
17.36
16.69
12.00
25.50
17.50
18.83
18.66
13.89
15.35
14.00
23.96
12.24
13.84
19.38
21.59
18.48
17.95
15.87
29.71
19.75
20.00
19.75
14.00
18.56
15.69
27.53
14.00
17.31
22.35
26.00
19.91
19.88
19.00
32.75
23.00
22.24
21.62
14.00
23.08
17.33
27.53
22.00
21.81
26.00
26.00
21.41
22.82
19.67
15.00
17.00
22.82
29.66
34.59
25.95
17.00
10.66
25.19
25.95
20.10
13.00
26.58
30.00
23.50
15.71
30.40
35.00
29.21
20.51
33.05
39.67
38.05
28.55
35.08
25.19
18.39
15.49
29.80
30.61
16.00
30.40
32.53
26.72
33.05
32.53
29.55
35.08
34.85
31.84
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
14.57
18.00
19.00
26.00
25.00
27.85
28.96
31.31
35.73
33.63
14.89
12.36
15.75
16.00
15.50
19.77
22.40
18.22
24.50
28.89
26.03
27.45
34.90
27.51
35.73
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Bakers ..............................................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
11.55
13.59
19.75
25.16
31.86
22.77
12.66
8.75
16.50
15.20
10.10
22.77
12.66
10.75
21.00
18.88
12.00
24.62
12.66
16.50
24.19
25.04
12.75
26.47
18.67
19.10
26.75
31.86
16.67
49.11
26.25
19.75
31.88
32.67
17.60
9.50
12.01
15.00
18.04
12.00
12.81
8.27
12.88
12.01
18.53
19.77
14.58
15.01
9.50
18.06
19.39
22.10
23.00
17.37
17.06
12.45
22.93
27.37
25.42
25.42
20.48
22.93
16.62
26.69
27.37
26.04
25.67
29.08
28.88
18.69
8.08
10.00
13.00
17.95
18.73
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ...........
Electricians .......................................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
25
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2008
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.50
$13.27
$20.00
$31.28
$46.15
Management occupations .................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
25.36
38.46
38.46
34.62
55.46
18.51
29.59
33.50
17.39
32.27
41.24
48.08
41.24
58.73
25.70
29.59
36.06
23.41
45.53
49.40
49.40
44.12
58.73
33.96
33.37
50.96
26.68
58.73
56.46
49.40
66.46
59.42
46.15
55.69
52.47
27.45
65.39
66.46
56.46
66.46
64.90
65.39
59.89
62.50
39.42
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products ......
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
16.83
27.20
33.65
25.45
31.17
45.42
34.28
45.42
45.42
47.01
59.29
45.42
59.29
59.29
45.42
27.20
29.81
38.17
59.29
59.29
21.56
24.13
16.83
28.00
32.21
22.60
32.28
37.42
26.65
43.22
46.15
31.25
55.29
50.00
53.85
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
24.19
33.61
31.25
18.40
27.05
31.06
32.74
35.68
39.95
19.25
28.68
32.97
38.27
40.45
46.02
24.62
36.49
33.33
46.02
49.75
58.52
36.00
43.27
44.68
53.89
61.69
61.94
36.00
47.72
49.59
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
24.62
27.40
21.16
21.04
26.78
29.71
38.58
25.34
24.35
27.53
41.00
47.84
33.00
33.00
31.41
58.00
62.00
45.34
43.71
33.92
65.38
66.00
46.98
46.79
39.13
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
19.89
21.20
23.01
25.49
32.21
Community and social services occupations ..................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
11.00
8.55
14.00
11.00
17.37
11.96
19.26
15.44
28.46
15.44
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
11.75
23.07
13.75
26.43
18.85
28.85
30.06
30.58
41.83
37.90
13.22
9.50
13.80
9.50
14.25
11.75
20.95
11.83
33.33
12.00
13.41
13.41
19.05
18.22
20.90
20.77
27.81
20.90
34.96
21.64
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
18.12
27.24
29.30
14.35
22.77
32.76
30.64
18.78
32.95
38.15
39.08
27.06
40.47
41.04
49.45
32.97
49.45
45.06
49.45
33.79
17.69
18.96
18.87
22.21
19.00
23.35
22.00
25.18
24.17
26.88
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
11.80
11.60
12.16
12.04
13.16
12.36
13.06
15.00
14.85
13.71
13.74
18.00
18.00
14.56
15.19
20.05
21.00
18.83
19.15
21.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
9.00
9.00
9.00
11.81
11.81
11.81
11.81
11.81
11.81
18.21
12.00
12.00
28.48
12.50
12.50
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
8.07
8.25
9.00
11.40
13.50
11.50
12.88
16.83
19.85
22.12
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2008 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.50
8.55
8.50
8.39
8.07
8.25
8.07
8.07
$11.50
9.27
11.50
8.80
8.07
8.25
8.07
8.55
$13.08
11.92
12.00
8.80
8.21
9.00
8.07
9.55
$19.85
12.50
12.50
9.25
9.00
9.50
8.18
10.58
$19.85
13.00
12.50
10.58
10.25
12.00
8.55
14.29
8.07
8.07
8.55
8.75
9.55
8.75
12.36
9.00
15.14
10.44
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
8.10
8.06
10.26
8.75
12.39
11.11
16.00
13.17
20.00
17.46
10.98
7.96
11.63
8.10
13.01
9.11
16.40
11.12
22.87
12.60
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ......................
8.48
9.00
10.10
9.02
9.02
9.36
9.55
10.10
9.72
9.92
10.60
11.50
10.30
15.00
15.00
13.80
11.64
10.75
21.00
23.33
20.69
12.76
11.72
25.00
25.00
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
8.65
13.65
12.75
10.55
18.60
14.78
15.25
24.80
21.53
24.01
35.21
43.69
43.27
52.04
57.22
24.01
8.50
8.25
8.25
8.55
8.50
17.32
24.80
9.50
9.00
9.00
9.98
10.56
19.47
24.80
11.01
10.00
10.00
16.31
11.01
20.95
29.57
16.31
13.27
13.27
26.48
15.00
57.43
52.04
19.75
18.60
18.60
28.83
24.51
64.33
17.32
12.95
19.47
14.00
20.00
15.97
38.87
18.45
64.33
19.67
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
12.00
13.89
17.30
20.69
24.60
21.72
13.00
16.97
13.00
12.25
10.52
9.00
10.80
8.85
15.01
15.01
13.21
9.92
23.40
13.89
18.25
16.67
12.33
13.00
11.00
11.69
10.00
17.75
16.15
17.78
12.00
25.00
16.97
18.83
18.02
13.89
15.35
14.00
12.24
13.84
20.69
20.95
20.69
15.95
29.71
19.53
20.00
19.61
14.00
18.56
15.69
14.00
17.31
26.00
26.00
20.88
19.00
33.28
23.00
22.24
21.00
14.00
23.08
17.33
22.00
21.81
26.00
26.00
22.35
19.61
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ...........
Electricians .......................................................................
15.00
16.00
21.50
29.66
34.59
25.95
17.00
10.66
18.39
15.49
25.95
20.10
13.00
30.61
16.00
30.00
23.50
15.71
32.53
26.72
35.00
29.21
20.51
32.53
31.84
39.67
38.05
28.55
34.85
31.84
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
14.50
18.00
18.00
20.00
24.37
27.85
27.85
29.15
33.63
33.63
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2008 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.36
15.63
$15.50
19.75
$18.22
21.00
$22.40
27.45
$38.89
27.45
11.55
13.59
19.75
25.16
31.86
22.77
12.66
8.75
16.50
15.20
10.10
22.77
12.66
10.75
21.00
18.88
12.00
24.62
12.66
16.50
24.19
25.04
12.75
26.47
18.67
19.10
26.75
31.86
16.67
49.11
26.25
19.75
31.88
32.67
17.60
9.50
15.00
18.00
12.00
12.81
8.27
12.77
18.40
19.65
14.58
15.01
9.50
18.00
22.10
23.00
17.37
17.06
12.45
22.87
25.42
25.42
20.48
22.93
16.62
26.42
26.33
25.67
29.08
28.88
18.69
8.08
10.00
12.88
17.95
18.73
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Bakers ..............................................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
28
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA,
December 2008
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$15.08
$18.98
$27.09
$35.00
$44.20
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
27.93
36.10
32.31
36.10
35.00
44.76
45.88
51.92
55.28
59.33
44.76
49.76
50.69
54.37
79.49
Business and financial operations occupations .............
17.63
21.50
26.85
32.18
38.89
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
25.80
31.13
31.13
34.24
34.36
34.36
35.42
34.38
34.38
37.94
36.33
35.42
42.27
37.94
37.94
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
21.50
22.45
29.82
32.70
40.46
Community and social services occupations ..................
Social workers ..................................................................
20.95
23.82
24.94
25.24
26.34
26.34
29.39
26.34
38.27
42.12
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
15.31
16.89
23.22
16.89
34.65
34.14
43.76
38.91
52.28
64.81
28.86
31.27
34.47
34.47
39.38
38.70
47.23
45.83
52.18
52.88
32.09
34.47
38.67
44.44
49.43
30.57
27.02
37.13
33.93
43.98
41.92
52.31
48.10
59.26
52.52
27.02
12.81
33.51
13.96
41.21
15.31
47.54
17.53
52.52
20.11
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
28.15
30.12
30.31
31.34
35.03
35.03
42.30
39.14
50.23
42.79
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
20.95
28.22
18.32
18.32
28.86
28.86
24.04
28.22
21.77
21.77
30.98
30.98
28.22
28.99
23.46
23.46
33.28
33.28
33.23
33.73
25.88
25.88
36.50
36.50
34.91
33.73
29.26
29.26
39.95
39.95
12.21
12.21
14.19
14.88
14.93
14.93
17.98
17.16
21.57
20.24
12.21
14.88
14.93
17.16
20.24
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
8.75
13.45
18.98
18.98
22.98
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
13.67
18.54
16.04
17.36
9.06
17.36
19.23
17.36
17.36
12.47
18.58
20.27
18.48
18.48
15.08
22.57
23.52
19.38
18.48
18.56
26.32
25.39
21.64
19.38
22.57
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
21.76
25.10
26.58
29.80
31.30
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
26.03
28.62
31.31
35.73
40.20
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
18.75
20.21
24.46
27.37
31.88
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
29
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2008
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$12.00
$15.87
$22.92
$33.61
$47.53
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
25.58
16.59
38.46
38.46
34.62
55.46
18.51
27.20
29.59
33.50
23.41
32.27
23.00
41.24
48.08
41.24
58.73
29.95
33.38
29.59
36.06
26.68
41.73
27.93
49.40
49.40
44.12
58.73
36.39
59.80
33.37
45.43
36.10
58.73
33.78
56.46
49.40
66.46
58.73
46.15
59.80
55.69
52.47
49.68
64.90
49.54
66.46
56.46
66.46
64.90
65.39
67.93
59.89
62.50
54.37
44.76
41.51
49.76
46.77
50.69
57.31
54.37
63.27
79.49
70.53
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products ......
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products ..................................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,
health and safety, and transportation .........................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
16.83
27.20
33.65
23.37
31.17
45.42
32.18
45.42
45.42
45.42
59.29
45.42
56.32
59.29
45.42
27.20
29.81
38.17
59.29
59.29
27.68
30.55
36.80
46.88
58.65
21.56
21.59
16.83
23.74
28.37
22.03
32.28
34.28
26.01
44.59
39.82
30.82
55.29
46.15
53.85
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network systems and data communications analysts ......
24.19
33.54
33.61
31.25
18.40
27.05
31.06
32.74
34.38
33.61
40.39
19.25
29.17
33.33
38.27
40.45
38.27
46.02
24.62
37.93
33.33
45.23
47.79
40.45
58.52
36.00
42.27
44.68
52.76
58.52
51.13
61.94
36.00
47.72
49.59
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
24.62
27.72
21.16
21.04
25.09
29.09
38.58
25.34
24.35
27.53
41.29
46.59
33.00
33.00
28.85
58.00
60.58
45.34
43.71
34.66
65.00
66.00
46.98
46.79
40.09
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
20.19
21.20
21.50
21.20
23.01
23.01
27.37
23.01
38.40
24.63
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
15.44
17.37
15.75
11.00
17.10
17.37
25.24
14.00
19.26
19.26
25.24
15.60
26.83
26.83
26.34
24.88
31.85
32.48
42.12
24.94
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
13.80
16.89
16.89
20.11
23.07
16.89
30.58
29.33
26.92
41.83
30.58
29.33
48.61
38.91
30.58
13.80
26.70
24.07
34.47
37.22
38.67
43.87
45.32
50.69
52.11
26.25
34.47
37.33
43.87
49.43
30.57
20.95
37.13
31.50
43.98
39.51
52.31
47.54
59.26
52.39
20.05
9.50
30.11
11.75
38.73
13.96
46.03
18.19
52.18
20.11
13.41
19.13
20.91
28.34
34.96
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2008 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations –Continued
Designers .........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.41
$18.22
$20.77
$20.90
$21.64
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
17.69
26.86
29.30
14.35
22.67
32.19
30.45
18.78
32.33
37.72
39.32
27.06
41.16
41.33
49.45
32.97
49.45
45.00
49.45
33.79
14.21
18.96
19.00
22.21
19.49
23.33
22.00
24.78
24.17
29.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
11.87
11.80
12.36
12.00
13.30
12.61
13.16
15.10
15.10
13.89
14.24
17.34
18.15
15.53
16.46
20.14
20.36
19.15
19.15
21.37
Protective service occupations .........................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
11.81
28.22
19.24
18.32
28.86
28.86
9.00
9.00
12.00
28.22
21.77
21.77
30.98
30.98
11.81
11.81
26.35
31.05
25.88
23.46
33.28
33.28
11.81
11.81
30.23
33.73
28.48
25.88
36.50
36.50
12.50
12.50
33.73
33.73
29.26
29.26
39.95
39.95
22.29
22.29
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
8.25
9.00
10.25
12.88
16.83
11.50
12.88
16.83
19.85
22.12
11.50
8.55
8.07
8.07
9.14
11.50
9.27
8.25
8.07
9.55
13.08
11.50
9.00
8.07
10.58
19.85
12.53
9.00
8.55
14.58
19.85
13.92
10.25
11.40
16.18
9.00
9.55
10.58
13.50
16.18
10.61
9.60
12.21
11.58
14.93
13.92
16.75
16.08
21.43
19.00
11.11
8.06
12.39
8.75
14.93
10.01
17.16
12.30
21.43
13.26
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
9.00
9.15
10.10
10.50
11.72
11.50
15.81
11.95
22.98
12.76
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
10.25
13.65
12.75
11.99
18.60
14.78
18.60
24.80
21.53
26.48
35.21
43.69
45.31
52.04
57.22
24.01
9.50
8.25
8.25
10.89
17.32
24.80
10.56
9.50
9.50
11.01
19.58
24.80
12.00
10.25
10.25
13.00
21.10
29.57
18.57
13.25
13.25
18.57
57.43
52.04
24.91
18.60
18.60
24.91
64.33
17.32
19.47
20.00
50.97
64.33
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
12.55
15.15
18.25
21.60
25.39
23.40
13.00
16.97
13.16
24.09
14.00
18.25
16.67
25.50
17.91
18.83
18.44
29.71
19.75
20.05
19.75
32.75
23.00
22.24
21.62
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December
2008 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.63
11.00
12.00
10.80
10.00
15.38
15.38
15.38
16.69
12.00
$13.50
11.90
19.75
11.69
13.84
17.36
18.30
17.36
16.69
13.42
$15.93
14.74
23.96
12.24
16.15
19.62
21.63
18.48
17.95
16.15
$19.15
17.00
27.53
14.00
18.00
22.35
26.00
19.91
19.88
19.00
$23.08
17.33
27.53
22.00
21.81
26.00
26.00
21.29
22.82
22.57
15.00
17.00
23.00
30.00
34.59
25.95
17.00
13.00
25.19
25.95
20.10
14.50
26.58
30.00
23.50
20.51
30.40
35.00
29.21
20.51
33.05
39.67
38.05
29.66
35.08
25.19
15.49
29.80
15.49
30.40
26.72
33.05
31.84
35.08
31.84
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Line installers and repairers .............................................
14.89
18.00
19.00
26.00
25.00
27.85
28.96
31.31
35.73
33.63
14.89
12.36
15.75
16.00
15.50
19.77
22.40
18.22
25.00
28.89
26.03
27.45
34.90
27.51
35.73
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
12.66
14.52
20.90
25.36
31.88
22.77
12.66
16.50
15.20
10.00
22.77
12.66
21.00
18.88
10.60
24.62
12.66
24.19
25.04
12.75
26.47
18.67
26.75
31.86
16.67
49.11
26.25
31.88
32.67
17.60
11.00
15.83
18.04
11.86
12.81
9.50
14.74
19.00
19.77
14.58
13.10
11.00
19.47
22.36
23.00
17.37
20.41
13.99
25.42
25.42
25.42
20.48
22.93
18.00
28.62
26.21
25.67
29.08
28.88
18.73
10.00
11.00
16.14
18.00
18.75
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Customer service representatives ....................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
32
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA,
December 2008
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.07
$8.55
$10.48
$15.83
$27.37
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
11.83
14.85
17.82
44.46
72.91
17.75
10.52
18.00
12.16
20.97
14.98
47.69
15.77
47.69
16.63
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
18.87
29.14
28.02
34.04
35.03
35.03
39.25
38.75
44.44
44.44
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
11.60
13.31
15.00
18.00
21.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
8.07
8.39
8.07
8.07
8.07
8.07
8.80
8.07
8.07
8.35
8.55
8.80
8.07
8.07
8.55
9.42
9.34
8.55
8.10
10.00
12.00
14.23
9.50
8.50
12.50
8.07
8.07
8.55
9.50
13.70
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
7.96
7.96
8.10
8.10
9.26
8.44
11.13
10.98
13.85
12.93
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
8.50
8.50
8.75
8.75
8.55
8.75
9.47
9.50
9.14
10.75
11.50
10.00
13.46
12.00
13.25
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
8.50
9.50
9.29
9.50
9.50
8.50
11.85
11.13
17.95
17.95
10.76
18.35
18.35
18.35
18.35
11.48
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
8.65
8.65
8.57
9.92
8.75
9.06
11.62
9.50
9.92
13.41
12.00
11.00
18.53
13.00
15.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
8.07
8.07
8.95
8.08
11.00
9.25
15.38
11.25
20.00
13.50
8.07
8.07
9.50
11.40
13.77
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
33
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$903
39.9
$54,666
$46,384
2,045
1,809
1,173
2,001
1,954
2,053
1,669
1,117
1,976
1,976
1,669
40.6
39.6
40.5
40.0
41.0
93,660
61,018
104,045
101,603
106,743
86,790
58,090
102,760
102,760
86,790
2,105
2,060
2,104
2,080
2,131
58.73
36.39
59.80
33.37
45.43
36.10
2,697
1,580
2,013
1,652
1,935
1,601
2,936
1,408
2,392
1,335
1,817
1,577
45.4
40.2
39.7
40.0
40.0
41.0
140,219
82,170
104,692
85,925
100,627
78,235
152,688
73,216
124,390
69,408
94,494
82,000
2,360
2,090
2,063
2,080
2,080
2,003
55.09
55.46
50.69
57.31
2,204
2,308
2,028
2,183
40.0
41.6
111,376
120,038
103,501
113,506
2,022
2,164
34.70
43.36
32.18
45.42
1,423
1,864
1,287
1,712
41.0
43.0
73,965
96,910
66,932
89,003
2,131
2,235
42.47
45.42
1,699
1,817
40.0
88,332
94,478
2,080
43.62
38.17
1,918
1,456
44.0
99,714
75,722
2,286
38.91
36.80
1,593
1,392
41.0
82,856
72,365
2,130
34.91
35.24
30.06
32.28
34.28
26.01
1,396
1,409
1,273
1,291
1,371
1,126
40.0
40.0
42.3
72,611
73,293
66,177
67,140
71,302
58,573
2,080
2,080
2,201
38.30
42.37
38.27
40.45
1,609
1,827
1,680
1,860
42.0
43.1
83,686
95,002
87,383
96,705
2,185
2,242
39.44
38.27
1,776
1,913
45.0
92,343
99,494
2,341
47.25
28.39
36.71
46.02
24.62
37.93
1,903
1,206
1,549
1,841
985
1,517
40.3
42.5
42.2
98,961
62,736
80,525
95,726
51,203
78,901
2,094
2,209
2,193
38.81
33.33
1,515
1,250
39.0
78,795
64,999
2,030
43.27
47.87
36.03
41.29
46.59
33.00
1,742
1,919
1,441
1,652
1,880
1,320
40.3
40.1
40.0
90,594
99,793
74,950
85,883
97,760
68,640
2,094
2,085
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$26.73
$22.92
$1,066
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ..............
Industrial production managers ..........
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Engineering managers .......................
44.50
29.62
49.45
48.85
50.10
41.73
27.93
49.40
49.40
44.12
59.43
39.31
50.76
41.31
48.38
39.06
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Wholesale and retail buyers, except
farm products ............................
Purchasing agents, except
wholesale, retail, and farm
products ....................................
Compliance officers, except
agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ......
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
35.40
33.00
1,416
1,320
40.0
73,634
68,640
2,080
31.17
28.85
1,247
1,154
40.0
64,834
60,008
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
26.18
22.88
23.01
23.01
1,040
895
917
865
39.7
39.1
53,140
46,565
47,674
44,981
2,029
2,035
22.50
23.27
25.68
19.26
19.26
25.24
914
960
1,019
771
771
1,010
40.6
41.3
39.7
46,425
48,593
50,141
40,069
40,069
53,947
2,064
2,088
1,952
17.17
15.60
687
624
40.0
35,704
32,446
2,080
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$31.25
28.15
$30.58
29.33
$1,164
1,054
$1,180
1,077
37.3
37.4
$48,087
47,313
$49,338
47,986
1,539
1,681
24.72
26.92
936
880
37.9
44,496
35,125
1,800
34.39
37.22
1,280
1,346
37.2
49,875
49,990
1,450
39.37
38.67
1,467
1,465
37.2
54,016
54,191
1,372
37.97
37.33
1,420
1,445
37.4
52,443
52,785
1,381
44.51
38.66
43.98
39.51
1,635
1,435
1,649
1,472
36.7
37.1
59,611
53,088
59,378
54,513
1,339
1,373
38.06
14.74
38.73
13.96
1,420
483
1,455
480
37.3
32.8
52,613
19,830
53,994
18,698
1,382
1,346
23.69
18.81
20.91
20.77
946
752
837
831
40.0
40.0
49,204
39,127
43,499
43,200
2,077
2,080
33.18
36.47
40.00
32.33
37.72
39.32
1,296
1,432
1,568
1,254
1,476
1,522
39.1
39.3
39.2
66,890
74,476
78,370
64,896
76,752
74,651
2,016
2,042
1,959
25.90
27.06
1,020
1,082
39.4
53,056
56,285
2,049
20.31
19.49
780
760
38.4
40,585
39,520
1,999
23.53
23.33
886
906
37.7
44,637
45,201
1,897
15.93
15.10
604
573
37.9
31,267
29,806
1,963
14.52
13.89
553
545
38.1
28,527
28,342
1,965
14.96
14.24
577
549
38.6
29,700
28,558
1,985
17.72
17.34
666
621
37.6
34,606
32,315
1,953
23.54
31.09
26.35
31.05
976
1,488
1,035
1,490
41.5
47.9
50,759
77,378
53,824
77,501
2,156
2,489
24.57
23.46
33.70
33.70
25.88
23.46
33.28
33.28
983
938
1,356
1,356
1,035
938
1,331
1,331
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.2
51,100
48,796
70,530
70,530
53,824
48,793
69,222
69,222
2,080
2,080
2,093
2,093
13.78
13.78
11.81
11.81
547
547
473
473
39.7
39.7
28,441
28,441
24,571
24,571
2,064
2,064
11.48
10.25
442
382
38.5
22,809
19,856
1,986
15.80
16.83
644
673
40.8
33,508
35,000
2,120
14.89
11.74
8.97
8.75
11.90
13.08
11.50
9.00
8.07
10.58
609
448
335
326
473
654
437
323
323
423
40.9
38.1
37.3
37.3
39.7
31,671
23,280
17,426
16,951
23,853
34,000
22,743
16,786
16,786
22,002
2,126
1,982
1,942
1,937
2,004
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related
occupations –Continued
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$423
40.0
$24,297
$22,002
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$11.68
$10.58
$467
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
15.14
14.29
14.93
13.92
585
565
540
540
38.7
39.6
30,371
29,298
28,059
28,059
2,006
2,050
15.35
10.40
14.93
10.01
614
397
597
386
40.0
38.1
31,765
20,619
31,063
20,057
2,069
1,983
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Child care workers ..............................
14.03
11.33
11.72
11.50
521
433
461
425
37.2
38.2
26,944
21,636
23,920
21,893
1,920
1,909
22.73
18.60
927
743
40.8
48,197
38,621
2,121
28.59
24.80
1,193
992
41.7
62,025
51,584
2,169
27.96
21.53
1,210
861
43.3
62,913
44,782
2,250
29.35
14.82
11.96
11.96
15.33
24.80
12.00
10.25
10.25
13.00
1,174
606
473
473
645
992
466
410
410
480
40.0
40.9
39.5
39.5
42.1
61,045
31,490
24,587
24,587
33,539
51,584
24,253
21,320
21,320
24,960
2,080
2,125
2,056
2,056
2,188
33.79
21.10
1,385
840
41.0
72,039
43,657
2,132
30.99
20.00
1,275
800
41.2
66,314
41,600
2,140
18.60
18.25
736
725
39.6
38,103
37,482
2,048
26.37
17.62
25.50
17.91
1,027
700
1,020
700
39.0
39.7
53,422
36,377
53,040
36,400
2,026
2,064
19.50
18.83
761
751
39.0
39,585
39,042
2,030
18.25
16.52
14.21
22.39
13.86
16.28
18.44
15.93
14.74
23.96
12.24
16.15
726
659
545
895
554
651
735
637
536
958
490
646
39.8
39.9
38.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
37,774
34,259
28,339
46,564
28,833
33,871
38,245
33,134
27,877
49,837
25,457
33,592
2,069
2,074
1,994
2,080
2,080
2,080
20.33
19.62
809
775
39.8
41,721
40,000
2,052
21.31
21.63
852
865
40.0
44,323
44,990
2,080
18.45
18.48
738
739
40.0
37,531
38,428
2,034
18.76
16.77
17.95
16.15
736
650
724
644
39.2
38.7
38,257
33,195
37,651
33,471
2,039
1,979
23.72
23.00
945
920
39.8
48,625
47,840
2,050
31.96
30.00
1,278
1,200
40.0
66,482
62,400
2,080
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations –Continued
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Electricians .........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$24.61
19.39
30.25
$23.50
20.51
30.40
$984
776
1,210
$940
820
1,216
40.0
40.0
40.0
$50,826
39,268
61,691
$48,880
42,661
63,144
2,065
2,025
2,040
30.74
24.64
30.40
26.72
1,230
986
1,216
1,069
40.0
40.0
62,557
51,273
63,232
55,586
2,035
2,081
24.66
25.00
987
1,000
40.0
51,081
51,896
2,071
27.36
27.85
1,094
1,114
40.0
56,908
57,928
2,080
23.55
22.40
942
896
40.0
48,975
46,592
2,080
19.93
25.00
18.22
25.00
797
1,000
729
1,000
40.0
40.0
41,457
52,008
37,906
52,000
2,080
2,080
20.98
20.90
838
836
39.9
43,069
42,432
2,053
26.73
24.62
1,069
985
40.0
55,590
51,210
2,080
15.69
24.25
12.66
24.19
628
970
506
968
40.0
40.0
32,633
50,449
26,322
50,315
2,080
2,080
24.69
13.51
25.04
12.75
988
541
1,002
510
40.0
40.0
44,373
28,110
51,002
26,520
1,797
2,080
21.26
21.76
19.47
22.36
843
875
779
905
39.7
40.2
43,756
45,391
40,489
47,083
2,058
2,086
22.65
23.00
912
922
40.3
47,296
47,944
2,088
18.67
19.66
15.07
17.37
20.41
13.99
747
786
598
695
816
560
40.0
40.0
39.7
38,838
40,891
31,114
36,130
42,453
29,101
2,080
2,080
2,065
16.04
16.14
636
646
39.6
33,059
33,569
2,061
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
37
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$864
39.9
$54,473
$44,928
2,067
1,866
2,001
1,954
2,053
1,723
1,976
1,976
1,669
40.7
40.5
40.0
41.0
96,557
104,045
101,603
106,743
88,090
102,760
102,760
86,790
2,107
2,104
2,080
2,131
58.73
33.96
33.37
50.96
26.68
2,761
1,584
1,652
1,949
1,120
2,936
1,323
1,335
2,038
1,067
45.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.1
143,551
82,352
85,925
101,345
51,946
152,688
68,815
69,408
106,001
55,494
2,379
2,091
2,080
2,080
1,815
35.94
43.36
33.82
45.42
1,483
1,864
1,329
1,712
41.2
43.0
77,090
96,910
69,098
89,003
2,145
2,235
42.47
45.42
1,699
1,817
40.0
88,332
94,478
2,080
43.62
38.17
1,918
1,456
44.0
99,714
75,722
2,286
36.17
36.10
30.61
32.28
35.99
26.65
1,447
1,444
1,300
1,291
1,440
1,130
40.0
40.0
42.5
75,240
75,089
67,595
67,140
74,859
58,750
2,080
2,080
2,208
38.58
43.12
38.27
40.45
1,629
1,875
1,737
1,913
42.2
43.5
84,696
97,484
90,322
99,494
2,195
2,261
47.31
28.39
36.07
46.02
24.62
36.49
1,906
1,206
1,541
1,841
985
1,543
40.3
42.5
42.7
99,100
62,736
80,139
95,726
51,203
80,261
2,095
2,209
2,222
38.40
33.33
1,495
1,250
38.9
77,740
64,999
2,024
43.66
48.51
36.03
41.35
47.84
33.00
1,759
1,945
1,441
1,654
1,981
1,320
40.3
40.1
40.0
91,449
101,143
74,950
86,000
103,002
68,640
2,095
2,085
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$26.35
$22.12
$1,052
Management occupations ...................
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Industrial production managers ..........
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
45.82
49.45
48.85
50.10
45.53
49.40
49.40
44.12
60.34
39.39
41.31
48.72
28.62
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Wholesale and retail buyers, except
farm products ............................
Purchasing agents, except
wholesale, retail, and farm
products ....................................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
35.40
33.00
1,416
1,320
40.0
73,634
68,640
2,080
31.53
28.69
1,261
1,148
40.0
65,592
59,675
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
25.42
23.01
1,007
917
39.6
52,379
47,674
2,061
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
18.89
17.37
756
695
40.0
39,288
36,125
2,080
23.71
28.43
22.21
28.04
903
1,137
884
1,121
38.1
40.0
43,320
53,144
36,920
53,810
1,827
1,869
19.23
14.00
732
552
38.1
33,686
28,698
1,752
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
23.15
18.81
20.90
20.77
925
752
836
831
39.9
40.0
48,096
39,127
43,470
43,200
2,077
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
32.75
36.59
39.07
32.29
37.72
35.89
1,280
1,434
1,547
1,243
1,476
1,436
39.1
39.2
39.6
66,586
74,575
80,437
64,621
76,752
74,651
2,033
2,038
2,059
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$25.90
$27.06
$1,020
$1,082
39.4
$53,056
$56,285
2,049
20.31
19.49
780
760
38.4
40,585
39,520
1,999
23.11
22.89
881
896
38.1
45,802
46,592
1,982
15.61
14.56
589
552
37.7
30,620
28,725
1,962
14.33
13.73
546
534
38.1
28,380
27,789
1,981
14.77
13.89
571
549
38.6
29,677
28,558
2,009
17.42
16.50
644
610
37.0
33,486
31,741
1,922
16.04
11.81
644
473
40.2
33,501
24,571
2,088
12.14
12.14
11.81
11.81
481
481
473
473
39.6
39.6
25,012
25,012
24,571
24,571
2,061
2,061
11.41
10.25
439
382
38.5
22,830
19,856
2,002
15.80
16.83
644
673
40.8
33,508
35,000
2,120
14.89
11.74
8.97
8.75
11.54
13.08
11.50
9.00
8.07
10.58
609
448
335
326
458
654
437
323
323
423
40.9
38.1
37.3
37.3
39.7
31,671
23,280
17,426
16,951
23,798
34,000
22,743
16,786
16,786
22,002
2,126
1,982
1,942
1,937
2,063
11.68
10.58
467
423
40.0
24,297
22,002
2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
14.51
13.29
12.95
12.32
554
522
504
492
38.2
39.3
28,786
27,160
26,229
25,584
1,985
2,044
14.89
10.40
12.97
10.01
596
397
519
386
40.0
38.1
30,978
20,619
26,978
20,057
2,080
1,983
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Child care workers ..............................
13.37
11.33
11.37
11.50
493
433
440
425
36.9
38.2
25,472
21,636
22,360
21,893
1,905
1,909
22.73
18.60
927
743
40.8
48,197
38,621
2,121
28.59
24.80
1,193
992
41.7
62,025
51,584
2,169
27.96
21.53
1,210
861
43.3
62,913
44,782
2,250
29.35
14.82
11.96
11.96
15.33
24.80
12.00
10.25
10.25
13.00
1,174
606
473
473
645
992
466
410
410
480
40.0
40.9
39.5
39.5
42.1
61,045
31,490
24,587
24,587
33,539
51,584
24,253
21,320
21,320
24,960
2,080
2,125
2,056
2,056
2,188
33.79
21.10
1,385
840
41.0
72,039
43,657
2,132
30.99
20.00
1,275
800
41.2
66,314
41,600
2,140
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ............
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Line installers and repairers ...............
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$711
39.5
$37,462
$36,982
2,056
1,024
682
963
679
38.8
39.7
53,232
35,456
50,101
35,300
2,018
2,063
18.83
761
751
39.0
39,585
39,042
2,030
17.85
16.52
14.21
13.86
16.28
18.02
15.93
14.74
12.24
16.15
710
659
545
554
651
721
637
536
490
646
39.8
39.9
38.4
40.0
40.0
36,905
34,259
28,339
28,833
33,871
37,482
33,134
27,877
25,457
33,592
2,068
2,074
1,994
2,080
2,080
21.17
20.88
840
835
39.7
43,701
43,439
2,064
21.31
21.81
852
872
40.0
44,321
45,365
2,080
19.16
16.63
20.69
16.80
767
650
828
646
40.0
39.1
39,863
33,733
43,031
33,592
2,080
2,028
23.48
21.58
935
878
39.8
48,088
45,760
2,048
31.96
24.66
19.39
30.00
23.50
20.51
1,278
986
776
1,200
940
820
40.0
40.0
40.0
66,482
50,919
39,268
62,400
48,880
42,661
2,080
2,065
2,025
23.51
24.50
940
980
40.0
48,654
47,189
2,070
26.81
27.85
1,072
1,114
40.0
55,756
57,928
2,080
22.04
23.07
18.22
22.69
882
923
729
907
40.0
40.0
45,850
47,986
37,906
47,189
2,080
2,080
20.98
20.90
838
836
39.9
43,069
42,432
2,053
26.73
24.62
1,069
985
40.0
55,590
51,210
2,080
15.69
24.25
12.66
24.19
628
970
506
968
40.0
40.0
32,633
50,449
26,322
50,315
2,080
2,080
24.69
13.51
25.04
12.75
988
541
1,002
510
40.0
40.0
44,373
28,110
51,002
26,520
1,797
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$18.23
$17.96
$721
26.38
17.19
25.00
16.97
19.50
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$773
905
39.6
40.2
$43,430
45,302
$40,186
47,083
2,059
2,086
912
922
40.3
47,293
47,944
2,088
17.37
20.41
13.64
747
786
595
695
816
546
40.0
40.0
39.7
38,838
40,891
30,936
36,130
42,453
28,367
2,080
2,080
2,065
16.14
632
646
39.6
32,889
33,569
2,060
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$21.09
21.71
$19.32
22.52
$836
873
22.65
23.00
18.67
19.66
14.98
15.96
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
All workers ................................................
$28.97
$27.53
$1,149
$1,103
39.7
$55,719
$54,086
1,923
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
39.62
47.04
35.00
44.76
1,602
2,001
1,400
1,805
40.4
42.5
83,063
102,309
72,800
93,860
2,096
2,175
55.09
50.69
2,204
2,028
40.0
111,376
103,501
2,022
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
28.03
27.67
1,115
1,091
39.8
57,768
56,706
2,061
35.27
35.39
35.42
34.38
1,411
1,416
1,417
1,375
40.0
40.0
73,358
73,617
73,674
71,502
2,080
2,080
34.53
34.38
1,381
1,375
40.0
71,812
71,502
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
29.38
27.82
1,175
1,113
40.0
56,076
51,230
1,908
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
27.78
26.34
1,154
1,054
41.5
56,673
54,783
2,040
34.91
35.90
1,287
1,336
36.9
49,897
52,953
1,429
40.55
39.29
1,496
1,493
36.9
54,971
54,355
1,356
41.30
38.70
1,526
1,493
37.0
56,062
54,355
1,357
40.15
38.67
1,487
1,450
37.0
54,760
53,853
1,364
44.51
40.13
43.98
41.57
1,635
1,481
1,649
1,510
36.7
36.9
59,611
54,603
59,378
55,713
1,339
1,360
39.62
16.64
40.55
16.23
1,470
531
1,510
513
37.1
31.9
54,243
20,076
55,495
19,159
1,369
1,207
38.54
39.14
1,490
1,378
38.7
70,325
65,187
1,825
28.57
31.27
28.22
28.99
1,211
1,496
1,212
1,441
42.4
47.8
62,984
77,789
63,026
74,917
2,204
2,488
23.46
23.46
33.70
33.70
23.46
23.46
33.28
33.28
938
938
1,356
1,356
938
938
1,331
1,331
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.2
48,796
48,796
70,530
70,530
48,793
48,793
69,222
69,222
2,080
2,080
2,093
2,093
16.71
15.79
14.99
14.93
668
631
600
597
39.9
39.9
34,423
32,511
31,177
31,063
2,060
2,059
15.79
14.93
631
597
39.9
32,511
31,063
2,059
20.38
21.40
19.31
20.27
808
856
769
811
39.6
40.0
41,061
44,514
39,859
42,162
2,015
2,080
18.58
18.48
743
739
40.0
37,640
38,428
2,026
18.02
17.23
18.48
16.09
720
649
739
644
40.0
37.7
36,169
31,629
36,113
33,471
2,007
1,836
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Protective service occupations ...........
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
$27.19
$26.58
$1,087
$1,063
40.0
$56,563
$55,286
2,081
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
32.40
31.31
1,296
1,252
40.0
67,384
65,125
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
24.63
24.46
985
978
40.0
50,000
50,877
2,030
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$24.55
$19.14
$25.65
$34.34
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
37.15
41.52
34.41
12.37
18.45
19.74
17.64
23.27
23.22
23.39
19.81
20.31
19.41
31.23
35.85
27.44
11.90
16.54
15.59
17.12
21.37
22.07
19.19
16.35
17.14
15.65
37.83
40.67
36.59
11.49
20.58
22.26
18.43
25.49
–
26.05
19.46
21.03
18.58
40.96
46.66
37.26
17.30
22.08
50.94
18.36
29.84
–
31.11
27.71
–
31.07
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.8
3.8
4.9
3.1
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.5
3.4
5.3
3.2
4.6
10.0
1.9
2.7
2.0
6.2
5.2
5.7
8.6
5.9
9.1
6.4
3.8
3.3
7.0
2.8
1.9
1.4
6.4
5.4
9.1
3.4
7.1
4.3
11.5
3.5
7.7
10.7
6.2
5.0
–
7.2
7.7
6.5
13.0
1.2
2.0
1.6
6.5
12.7
14.1
4.3
6.4
–
6.3
12.6
–
23.6
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
44
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$720
39.4
$42,586
$37,294
2,040
1,515
1,253
2,028
1,385
1,019
2,038
39.7
39.4
40.0
77,943
65,145
105,439
72,010
52,998
106,001
2,045
2,050
2,080
25.45
1,210
1,018
40.6
62,920
52,940
2,112
35.43
34.62
1,417
1,385
40.0
73,695
71,999
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
34.52
30.29
1,432
1,212
41.5
74,461
62,999
2,157
Education, training, and library occupations ........
17.76
14.00
669
552
37.7
33,927
28,698
1,910
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
32.47
32.29
1,246
1,171
38.4
64,799
60,877
1,996
Healthcare support occupations .............................
17.25
16.50
623
549
36.1
32,386
28,558
1,878
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$20.88
$18.07
$822
Management occupations .......................................
Financial managers ................................................
Construction managers ..........................................
38.11
31.78
50.69
34.66
25.48
50.96
Business and financial operations occupations ...
29.79
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
Cooks .....................................................................
11.49
9.55
440
382
38.3
22,880
19,856
1,991
16.30
11.45
16.83
11.14
666
431
673
418
40.8
37.7
34,608
22,424
35,000
21,736
2,124
1,959
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
13.71
9.93
12.75
9.60
515
397
500
384
37.6
40.0
26,786
20,651
26,000
19,972
1,954
2,080
Personal care and service occupations .................
Child care workers ..................................................
14.41
11.39
12.76
11.50
551
433
469
426
38.2
38.0
28,344
21,529
24,000
21,893
1,967
1,890
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
17.72
22.21
13.15
12.13
16.69
21.53
11.01
11.01
704
898
520
477
639
861
440
440
39.7
40.5
39.5
39.3
36,618
46,722
27,024
24,819
33,218
44,782
22,901
22,901
2,066
2,103
2,055
2,046
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
17.68
16.06
16.83
14.20
21.34
17.33
15.15
17.50
14.74
20.88
696
636
668
552
849
692
592
700
563
835
39.4
39.6
39.7
38.9
39.8
36,161
33,050
34,741
28,688
44,147
35,984
30,784
36,400
29,296
43,439
2,045
2,058
2,064
2,021
2,069
22.17
16.76
22.30
16.83
887
652
892
673
40.0
38.9
46,123
33,813
46,384
35,000
2,080
2,017
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Carpenters ..............................................................
22.07
24.13
20.10
23.00
883
965
804
920
40.0
40.0
45,915
50,188
41,804
47,840
2,080
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
19.31
19.06
772
762
40.0
39,772
39,645
2,060
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
18.09
13.47
16.56
12.75
721
539
662
510
39.8
40.0
36,431
28,025
34,320
26,520
2,014
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$633
722
722
646
40.1
40.9
41.5
39.5
$34,083
37,724
42,380
33,394
$32,922
37,527
37,527
33,569
2,083
2,127
2,157
2,054
646
39.4
35,490
33,569
2,049
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.36
17.73
19.65
16.26
$15.83
18.04
19.65
16.14
$655
725
815
642
17.32
16.14
683
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
Annual earnings5
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
All workers ....................................................................
$30.76
$27.34
$1,240
$1,080
40.3
$64,279
$55,453
2,090
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Marketing managers ...........................................
Financial managers ................................................
51.82
51.92
48.59
44.44
54.63
49.40
49.40
33.96
2,151
2,125
1,943
1,811
2,149
1,976
1,976
1,323
41.5
40.9
40.0
40.7
111,827
110,490
101,059
94,151
111,733
102,760
102,760
68,815
2,158
2,128
2,080
2,119
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm
products ........................................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail,
and farm products .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
37.72
44.93
35.64
45.42
1,563
1,942
1,404
1,817
41.4
43.2
81,270
100,984
73,008
94,478
2,154
2,247
42.47
45.42
1,699
1,817
40.0
88,332
94,478
2,080
45.74
41.97
2,030
1,523
44.4
105,569
79,206
2,308
36.17
36.10
31.46
32.28
35.99
28.16
1,447
1,444
1,345
1,291
1,440
1,138
40.0
40.0
42.8
75,240
75,089
69,942
67,140
74,859
59,197
2,080
2,080
2,223
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems software
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Network systems and data communications
analysts ............................................................
38.95
43.53
49.77
29.27
36.07
38.27
40.45
46.02
29.22
36.49
1,655
1,910
2,009
1,259
1,541
1,769
1,913
1,888
985
1,543
42.5
43.9
40.4
43.0
42.7
86,062
99,307
104,467
65,484
80,139
91,998
99,494
98,178
51,203
80,261
2,209
2,282
2,099
2,237
2,222
37.40
33.33
1,452
1,250
38.8
75,518
64,999
2,019
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electronics engineers, except computer .........
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
45.88
49.74
36.31
35.64
31.53
45.56
51.63
40.63
31.75
28.69
1,835
1,990
1,452
1,425
1,261
1,822
2,065
1,625
1,270
1,148
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
95,420
103,457
75,529
74,122
65,592
94,765
107,390
84,510
66,030
59,675
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
Community and social services occupations ........
20.83
17.68
833
707
40.0
43,317
36,783
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
34.84
41.83
1,355
1,569
38.9
58,840
63,168
1,689
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
24.77
22.97
988
919
39.9
51,387
47,778
2,075
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
32.86
37.07
32.12
25.54
23.11
32.33
38.46
30.69
27.06
22.89
1,294
1,460
1,263
1,022
881
1,288
1,534
1,228
1,082
896
39.4
39.4
39.3
40.0
38.1
67,313
75,903
65,678
53,132
45,802
66,955
79,789
63,835
56,285
46,592
2,048
2,048
2,045
2,080
1,982
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
14.95
14.47
15.04
15.93
14.33
13.89
14.35
15.54
574
548
578
637
570
524
548
621
38.4
37.9
38.4
40.0
29,868
28,488
30,034
33,132
29,661
27,269
28,517
32,315
1,998
1,969
1,997
2,080
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
11.10
9.41
11.19
8.55
435
362
448
342
39.2
38.5
22,641
18,829
23,275
17,784
2,039
2,001
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
15.67
14.87
12.95
12.95
612
580
518
518
39.1
39.0
31,816
30,159
26,930
26,930
2,031
2,028
15.44
13.71
618
548
40.0
32,122
28,517
2,080
Personal care and service occupations .................
11.55
10.12
401
404
34.7
20,857
21,008
1,806
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
28.61
38.76
20.93
43.69
1,204
1,702
837
1,408
42.1
43.9
62,610
88,494
43,528
73,199
2,188
2,283
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$652
498
498
741
42.9
39.5
39.5
45.2
$38,169
29,773
29,773
43,571
$33,929
25,917
25,917
38,542
2,229
2,053
2,053
2,352
756
730
39.8
39,310
37,960
2,070
29.71
19.21
19.25
16.12
20.67
1,116
777
760
667
828
1,188
760
770
645
827
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.6
58,011
40,397
39,523
34,664
43,038
61,801
39,520
40,040
33,528
42,994
2,080
2,071
2,072
2,080
2,058
20.04
16.26
19.62
16.00
802
644
785
640
40.0
39.6
41,683
33,503
40,810
33,280
2,080
2,061
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Carpenters ..............................................................
Construction laborers .............................................
26.23
28.10
20.44
27.88
27.88
20.51
1,037
1,124
818
1,116
1,115
820
39.5
40.0
40.0
52,164
55,405
41,134
57,970
60,320
42,661
1,989
1,972
2,012
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
27.74
27.45
1,110
1,098
40.0
57,695
57,086
2,080
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
22.97
22.18
919
887
40.0
47,779
46,124
2,080
30.47
15.69
26.10
12.66
1,219
628
1,044
506
40.0
40.0
63,370
32,633
54,288
26,322
2,080
2,080
25.97
25.04
1,039
1,002
40.0
54,015
52,092
2,080
24.17
22.90
23.34
21.65
13.29
22.69
25.12
25.42
22.87
12.45
952
916
934
866
532
913
1,005
1,017
915
498
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
49,409
47,501
48,386
45,029
27,651
47,570
52,416
52,874
47,570
25,890
2,044
2,074
2,073
2,080
2,080
13.59
12.78
544
511
40.0
28,269
26,582
2,080
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.12
14.50
14.50
18.53
$16.31
12.46
12.46
18.57
$734
573
573
838
18.99
18.27
27.89
19.50
19.08
16.67
20.91
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
48
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$25.91
$25.06
$27.05
$24.87
$24.45
$32.50
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
33.69
26.95
34.61
20.10
18.73
16.61
19.34
28.82
28.75
29.39
22.60
–
21.27
34.99
–
35.36
16.43
16.98
16.61
17.35
28.85
29.08
28.43
22.57
–
21.08
32.86
26.77
34.07
22.57
20.17
–
20.17
28.72
27.19
32.55
22.99
–
22.99
37.38
41.26
34.28
12.16
18.55
20.18
17.60
20.38
20.54
19.90
18.44
18.57
18.30
37.37
41.69
34.24
11.91
18.61
20.18
17.66
20.30
20.54
19.56
18.37
18.57
18.14
37.45
38.82
34.77
17.32
14.77
–
14.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.4
3.1
3.9
4.2
4.5
5.9
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.0
10.4
2.6
9.4
3.5
6.0
4.0
3.1
3.9
4.4
4.4
–
6.7
3.4
–
3.8
12.9
5.4
6.0
8.6
3.7
4.7
5.0
4.7
–
7.6
4.5
12.1
3.6
9.3
5.1
–
5.1
5.5
3.6
1.7
2.6
–
2.6
3.4
3.0
5.8
3.6
4.7
10.8
1.9
3.3
3.5
7.6
6.4
8.5
9.0
3.8
3.5
6.1
3.6
4.7
10.8
1.9
3.3
3.5
7.7
6.4
8.5
9.2
2.0
3.8
2.9
9.6
15.4
–
15.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$25.08
$24.47
$25.66
$25.66
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
36.45
40.04
34.35
13.86
17.67
16.64
18.08
23.66
–
24.62
19.69
20.31
19.15
36.90
41.17
34.38
12.25
17.39
16.64
17.74
23.17
23.07
23.42
19.55
20.31
18.85
46.70
46.97
–
13.69
26.16
28.28
14.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
46.70
46.97
–
13.69
26.16
28.28
14.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.2
3.8
7.6
7.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.0
3.2
4.2
5.4
3.7
11.4
1.7
2.8
–
6.0
5.3
5.7
8.7
3.7
3.7
5.3
3.1
4.2
11.4
1.7
2.7
1.9
6.6
5.5
5.7
9.4
9.7
10.5
–
13.6
10.1
10.8
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
10.5
–
13.6
10.1
10.8
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
Goods producing
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
All workers ................................................
–
$28.31
–
–
–
–
$22.48
–
$17.66
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Construction and extraction ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.23
37.75
–
–
18.51
–
17.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.60
30.38
28.38
14.04
18.39
–
18.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.96
39.96
–
11.02
13.63
–
–
–
–
–
23.57
–
29.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.46
20.70
18.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
12.1
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Construction and extraction ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
2.7
–
–
7.7
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
8.6
8.0
1.6
1.9
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.9
14.9
–
9.6
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
17.3
–
18.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
6.9
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the private industry sample is reselected each
year. The sampling frame for State and local government
establishments is revised every 10 years.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the
scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private
industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a
single physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
agency within the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA,
Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes:
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
• Bremerton–Silverdale, WA, Metropolitan Statistical
Area: Kitsap County, WA
• Oak Harbor, WA, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Island
County, WA
• Olympia, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area: Thurston
County, WA
• Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area: King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties, WA
• Shelton, WA, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Mason
County, WA
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
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2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
Exceptions include State and local government units,
for which up to 20 jobs may be selected, and the aircraft
manufacturing industry units (those matching NAICS code
336411) for which up to 32 jobs may be selected.
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
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depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 14-month period for the
larger metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For the
smaller metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 5month period. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the
time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in
the tables reflects the average date of this information for
all sample units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
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day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
The earnings estimates for aircraft pilots and flight engineers (SOC code 53-2010) and detailed occupations
within this group, and the earnings estimates for flight attendants (SOC code 39-6031), included flight pay and
flight hours only; these estimates may not reflect the total
earnings and hours worked.
Union workers
The NCS defines a union worker as any employee in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are
met: a labor organization is recognized as the bargaining
agent for all workers in the occupation; wage and salary
rates are determined through collection bargaining or negotiations; and settlement terms, which must include earnings
provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining
agreement.
A nonunion worker is an employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents
at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments
were classified into cells that were additionally defined by
major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2008
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,811,800
1,537,000
274,900
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
645,600
224,300
421,300
376,400
390,900
141,500
249,300
154,900
108,300
46,100
243,900
103,400
140,600
494,700
181,000
313,700
318,500
344,800
141,500
203,200
142,200
101,900
40,300
236,700
103,400
133,300
150,900
43,300
107,600
57,900
46,100
–
46,100
12,700
6,400
5,800
7,300
–
7,300
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA
CSA, December 2008
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
88,640
87,668
972
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
591
354
169
68
526
302
156
68
65
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13
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2007 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix B. Standard Occupational
Classification System
The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is used by all Federal statistical agencies. Workers are classified into one of approximately 800 detailed occupations. To facilitate classification, occupations are combined to form
major groups, minor groups, and broad occupations. Each item in the hierarchy is designated by a six-digit code. Major group codes end with 0000, minor groups end with 000, and broad occupations end with 0. The following list is
used by the National Compensation Survey (NCS) for publication.
11-0000
11-1011
11-1021
11-1031
11-2011
11-2020
11-2021
11-2022
11-2031
11-3011
11-3021
11-3031
11-3040
11-3041
11-3042
11-3051
11-3061
11-3071
11-9010
11-9011
11-9012
11-9021
11-9030
11-9031
11-9032
11-9033
11-9041
11-9051
11-9061
11-9071
11-9081
11-9111
11-9121
11-9141
Management Occupations
Chief Executives
General and Operations Managers
Legislators
Advertising and Promotions Managers
Marketing and Sales Managers
Marketing Managers
Sales Managers
Public Relations Managers
Administrative Services Managers
Computer and Information Systems
Managers
Financial Managers
Human Resources Managers
Compensation and Benefits Managers
Training and Development Managers
Industrial Production Managers
Purchasing Managers
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution
Managers
Agricultural Managers
Farm, Ranch, and Other Agricultural
Managers
Farmers and Ranchers
Construction Managers
Education Administrators
Education Administrators, Preschool and
Child Care Center/Program
Education Administrators, Elementary and
Secondary School
Education Administrators, Postsecondary
Engineering Managers
Food Service Managers
Funeral Directors
Gaming Managers
Lodging Managers
Medical and Health Services Managers
11-9151
13-0000
13-1011
13-1020
13-1021
13-1022
13-1023
13-1030
13-1031
13-1032
13-1041
13-1051
13-1061
13-1070
13-1071
13-1072
13-1073
13-1081
13-1111
13-1121
13-2011
B-1
Natural Sciences Managers
Property, Real Estate, and Community
Association Managers
Social and Community Service Managers
Business and Financial Operations
Occupations
Agents and Business Managers of Artists,
Performers, and Athletes
Buyers and Purchasing Agents
Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm
Products
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm
Products
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale,
Retail, and Farm Products
Claims Adjusters, Appraisers, Examiners,
and Investigators
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and
Investigators
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture,
Construction, Health and Safety, and
Transportation
Cost Estimators
Emergency Management Specialists
Human Resources, Training, and Labor
Relations Specialists
Employment, Recruitment, and Placement
Specialists
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis
Specialists
Training and Development Specialists
Logisticians
Management Analysts
Meeting and Convention Planners
Accountants and Auditors
13-2021
13-2031
13-2041
13-2050
13-2051
13-2052
13-2053
13-2061
13-2070
13-2071
13-2072
13-2080
13-2081
13-2082
15-0000
15-1011
15-1021
15-1030
15-1031
15-1032
15-1041
15-1051
15-1061
15-1071
15-1081
15-2011
15-2021
15-2031
15-2041
15-2090
15-2091
17-0000
17-1010
17-1011
17-1012
17-1020
17-1021
17-1022
17-2000
17-2011
17-2021
17-2031
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
Budget Analysts
Credit Analysts
Financial Analysts and Advisors
Financial Analysts
Personal Financial Advisors
Insurance Underwriters
Financial Examiners
Loan Counselors and Officers
Loan Counselors
Loan Officers
Tax Examiners, Collectors, Preparers, and
Revenue Agents
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue
Agents
Tax Preparers
17-2041
17-2051
17-2061
17-2070
17-2071
17-2072
17-2081
17-2110
Computer and Mathematical Science
Occupations
Computer and Information Scientists,
Research
Computer Programmers
Computer Software Engineers
Computer Software Engineers, Applications
Computer Software Engineers, Systems
Software
Computer Support Specialists
Computer Systems Analysts
Database Administrators
Network and Computer Systems
Administrators
Network Systems and Data Communications
Analysts
Actuaries
Mathematicians
Operations Research Analysts
Statisticians
Miscellaneous Mathematical Science
Occupations
Mathematical Technicians
17-2161
17-2171
17-3010
17-3011
17-3012
17-3013
17-3020
17-3021
17-2111
17-2112
17-2121
17-2131
17-2141
17-2151
17-3022
17-3023
17-3024
17-3025
17-3026
17-3027
17-3031
19-0000
19-1000
19-1010
19-1011
19-1012
19-1013
19-1020
19-1021
19-1022
19-1023
19-1030
19-1031
19-1032
19-1040
19-1041
19-1042
19-2000
19-2010
Architecture and Engineering
Occupations
Architects, Except Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Landscape Architects
Surveyors, Cartographers, and
Photogrammetrists
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
Surveyors
Engineers
Aerospace Engineers
Agricultural Engineers
Biomedical Engineers
B-2
Chemical Engineers
Civil Engineers
Computer Hardware Engineers
Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Environmental Engineers
Industrial Engineers, Including Health and
Safety
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining
Safety Engineers and Inspectors
Industrial Engineers
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Materials Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including
Mining Safety Engineers
Nuclear Engineers
Petroleum Engineers
Drafters
Architectural and Civil Drafters
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Mechanical Drafters
Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters
Aerospace Engineering and Operations
Technicians
Civil Engineering Technicians
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Technicians
Electro-Mechanical Technicians
Environmental Engineering Technicians
Industrial Engineering Technicians
Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Surveying and Mapping Technicians
Life, Physical, and Social Science
Occupations
Life Scientists
Agricultural and Food Scientists
Animal Scientists
Food Scientists and Technologists
Soil and Plant Scientists
Biological Scientists
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Microbiologists
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Conservation Scientists and Foresters
Conservation Scientists
Foresters
Medical Scientists
Epidemiologists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Physical Scientists
Astronomers and Physicists
19-2011
19-2012
19-2021
19-2030
19-2031
19-2032
19-2040
19-2041
19-2042
19-2043
19-3011
19-3020
19-3021
19-3022
19-3030
19-3031
19-3032
19-3041
19-3051
19-3090
19-3091
19-3092
19-3093
19-3094
19-4011
19-4021
19-4031
19-4041
19-4051
19-4061
19-4090
19-4091
19-4092
19-4093
21-0000
21-1010
21-1011
21-1012
21-1013
21-1014
21-1015
21-1020
21-1021
21-1022
Astronomers
Physicists
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Chemists and Materials Scientists
Chemists
Materials Scientists
Environmental Scientists and Geoscientists
Environmental Scientists and Specialists,
Including Health
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and
Geographers
Hydrologists
Economists
Market and Survey Researchers
Market Research Analysts
Survey Researchers
Psychologists
Clinical, Counseling, and School
Psychologists
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Sociologists
Urban and Regional Planners
Miscellaneous Social Scientists and Related
Workers
Anthropologists and Archeologists
Geographers
Historians
Political Scientists
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians
Biological Technicians
Chemical Technicians
Geological and Petroleum Technicians
Nuclear Technicians
Social Science Research Assistants
Miscellaneous Life, Physical, and Social
Science Technicians
Environmental Science and Protection
Technicians, Including Health
Forensic Science Technicians
Forest and Conservation Technicians
21-1023
Community and Social Services
Occupations
Counselors
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder
Counselors
Educational, Vocational, and School
Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Mental Health Counselors
Rehabilitation Counselors
Social Workers
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Medical and Public Health Social Workers
25-1042
25-1043
21-1090
21-1091
21-1092
21-1093
21-2011
21-2021
23-0000
23-1011
23-1020
23-1021
23-1022
23-1023
23-2011
23-2090
23-2091
23-2092
23-2093
25-0000
25-1000
25-1011
25-1020
25-1021
25-1022
25-1030
25-1031
25-1032
25-1040
25-1041
25-1050
25-1051
25-1052
25-1053
25-1054
25-1060
25-1061
B-3
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social
Workers
Miscellaneous Community and Social
Service Specialists
Health Educators
Probation Officers and Correctional
Treatment Specialists
Social and Human Service Assistants
Clergy
Directors, Religious Activities and Education
Legal Occupations
Lawyers
Judges, Magistrates, and Other Judicial
Workers
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators,
and Hearing Officers
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Miscellaneous Legal Support Workers
Court Reporters
Law Clerks
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
Education, Training and Library
Occupations
Postsecondary Teachers
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Math and Computer Teachers,
Postsecondary
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Mathematical Science Teachers,
Postsecondary
Engineering and Architecture Teachers,
Postsecondary
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Life Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Agricultural Sciences Teachers,
Postsecondary
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers,
Postsecondary
Physical Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space
Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
Environmental Science Teachers,
Postsecondary
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers,
Postsecondary
25-1062
25-1063
25-1064
25-1065
25-1066
25-1067
25-1070
25-1071
25-1072
25-1080
25-1081
25-1082
25-1110
25-1111
25-1112
25-1113
25-1120
25-1121
25-1122
25-1123
25-1124
25-1125
25-1126
25-1190
25-1191
25-1192
25-1193
25-1194
25-2000
25-2010
25-2011
25-2012
25-2020
25-2021
25-2022
25-2023
25-2030
25-2031
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers,
Postsecondary
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers,
Postsecondary
Education and Library Science Teachers,
Postsecondary
Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Law, Criminal Justice, and Social Work
Teachers, Postsecondary
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
Teachers, Postsecondary
Law Teachers, Postsecondary
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
Arts, Communications, and Humanities
Teachers, Postsecondary
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers,
Postsecondary
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
English Language and Literature Teachers,
Postsecondary
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers,
Postsecondary
History Teachers, Postsecondary
Philosophy and Religion Teachers,
Postsecondary
Miscellaneous Postsecondary Teachers
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers,
Postsecondary
Vocational Education Teachers,
Postsecondary
Primary, Secondary, and Special Education
School Teachers
Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers
Preschool Teachers, Except Special
Education
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special
Education
Elementary and Middle School Teachers
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special
Education
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and
Vocational Education
Vocational Education Teachers, Middle
School
25-2032
25-2040
25-2041
25-2042
25-2043
25-3000
25-3011
25-3021
25-4010
25-4011
25-4012
25-4013
25-4021
25-4031
25-9011
25-9021
25-9031
25-9041
27-0000
27-1010
27-1011
27-1012
27-1013
27-1014
27-1020
27-1021
27-1022
27-1023
27-1024
27-1025
27-1026
27-1027
27-2010
27-2011
27-2012
27-2020
27-2021
27-2022
27-2023
27-2030
B-4
Secondary School Teachers
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special
and Vocational Education
Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary
School
Special Education Teachers
Special Education Teachers, Preschool,
Kindergarten, and Elementary School
Special Education Teachers, Middle School
Special Education Teachers, Secondary
School
Other Teachers and Instructors
Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, and
GED Teachers and Instructors
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
Archivists, Curators, and Museum
Technicians
Archivists
Curators
Museum Technicians and Conservators
Librarians
Library Technicians
Audio-Visual Collections Specialists
Farm and Home Management Advisors
Instructional Coordinators
Teacher Assistants
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports,
and Media Occupations
Artists and Related Workers
Art Directors
Craft Artists
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors,
and Illustrators
Multi-Media Artists and Animators
Designers
Commercial and Industrial Designers
Fashion Designers
Floral Designers
Graphic Designers
Interior Designers
Merchandise Displayers and Window
Trimmers
Set and Exhibit Designers
Actors, Producers, and Directors
Actors
Producers and Directors
Athletes, Coaches, Umpires, and Related
Workers
Athletes and Sports Competitors
Coaches and Scouts
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports
Officials
Dancers and Choreographers
27-2031
27-2032
27-2040
27-2041
27-2042
27-3010
27-3011
27-3012
27-3020
27-3021
27-3022
27-3031
27-3040
27-3041
27-3042
27-3043
27-3090
27-3091
27-4010
27-4011
27-4012
27-4013
27-4014
27-4021
27-4030
27-4031
27-4032
29-0000
29-1011
29-1020
29-1021
29-1022
29-1023
29-1024
29-1031
29-1041
29-1051
29-1060
29-1061
29-1062
29-1063
29-1064
29-1065
29-1066
29-1067
29-1071
29-1081
29-1111
29-1120
29-1121
29-1122
29-1123
29-1124
29-1125
29-1126
29-1127
29-1131
29-2010
Dancers
Choreographers
Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers
Music Directors and Composers
Musicians and Singers
Announcers
Radio and Television Announcers
Public Address System and Other
Announcers
News Analysts, Reporters and
Correspondents
Broadcast News Analysts
Reporters and Correspondents
Public Relations Specialists
Writers and Editors
Editors
Technical Writers
Writers and Authors
Miscellaneous Media and Communication
Workers
Interpreters and Translators
Broadcast and Sound Engineering
Technicians and Radio Operators
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians
Broadcast Technicians
Radio Operators
Sound Engineering Technicians
Photographers
Television, Video, and Motion Picture
Camera Operators and Editors
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and
Motion Picture
Film and Video Editors
29-2011
29-2012
29-2021
29-2030
29-2031
29-2032
29-2033
29-2034
29-2041
29-2050
29-2051
29-2052
29-2053
29-2054
29-2055
29-2056
29-2061
Healthcare Practitioner and Technical
Occupations
Chiropractors
Dentists
Dentists, General
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Orthodontists
Prosthodontists
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Optometrists
Pharmacists
Physicians and Surgeons
Anesthesiologists
Family and General Practitioners
Internists, General
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Pediatricians, General
Psychiatrists
Surgeons
Physician Assistants
29-2071
29-2081
29-2090
29-2091
29-9010
29-9011
29-9012
29-9090
29-9091
31-0000
31-1010
31-1011
B-5
Podiatrists
Registered Nurses
Therapists
Audiologists
Occupational Therapists
Physical Therapists
Radiation Therapists
Recreational Therapists
Respiratory Therapists
Speech-Language Pathologists
Veterinarians
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and
Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory
Technologists
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Dental Hygienists
Diagnostic Related Technologists and
Technicians
Cardiovascular Technologists and
Technicians
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Emergency Medical Technicians and
Paramedics
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioner
Support Technicians
Dietetic Technicians
Pharmacy Technicians
Psychiatric Technicians
Respiratory Therapy Technicians
Surgical Technologists
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational
Nurses
Medical Records and Health Information
Technicians
Opticians, Dispensing
Miscellaneous Health Technologists and
Technicians
Orthotists and Prosthetists
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
and Technicians
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Miscellaneous Healthcare Practitioner and
Technical Workers
Athletic Trainers
Healthcare Support Occupations
Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health
Aides
Home Health Aides
31-1012
31-1013
31-2010
31-2011
31-2012
31-2020
31-2021
31-2022
31-9011
31-9090
31-9091
31-9092
31-9093
31-9094
31-9095
31-9096
33-0000
33-1010
33-1011
33-1012
33-1021
33-2011
33-2020
33-2021
33-2022
33-3010
33-3011
33-3012
33-3021
33-3031
33-3041
33-3050
33-3051
33-3052
33-9011
33-9021
33-9030
33-9031
33-9032
33-9090
33-9091
33-9092
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
Psychiatric Aides
Occupational Therapist Assistants and Aides
Occupational Therapist Assistants
Occupational Therapist Aides
Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
Physical Therapist Assistants
Physical Therapist Aides
Massage Therapists
Miscellaneous Healthcare Support
Occupations
Dental Assistants
Medical Assistants
Medical Equipment Preparers
Medical Transcriptionists
Pharmacy Aides
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal
Caretakers
35-0000
Food Preparation and Serving Related
Occupations
35-1010
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Food
Preparation and Serving Workers
35-1011
Chefs and Head Cooks
35-1012
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food
Preparation and Serving Workers
35-2010
Cooks
35-2011
Cooks, Fast Food
35-2012
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
35-2014
Cooks, Restaurant
35-2015
Cooks, Short Order
35-2021
Food Preparation Workers
35-3011
Bartenders
35-3020
Fast Food and Counter Workers
35-3021
Combined Food Preparation and Serving
Workers, Including Fast Food
35-3022
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food
35-3031
Waiters and Waitresses
35-3041
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
35-9011
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and
Bartender Helpers
35-9021
Dishwashers
35-9031
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge,
and Coffee Shop
Note: NCS tables may include the special group Food
Service, Tipped, combining Bartenders, Waiters and
Waitresses, and Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants
and Bartender Helpers.
Protective Service Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Law
Enforcement Workers
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Correctional Officers
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police
and Detectives
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Fire
Fighting and Prevention Workers
Fire Fighters
Fire Inspectors
Fire Inspectors and Investigators
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention
Specialists
Bailiffs, Correctional Officers, and Jailers
Bailiffs
Correctional Officers and Jailers
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
Fish and Game Wardens
Parking Enforcement Workers
Police Officers
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Transit and Railroad Police
Animal Control Workers
Private Detectives and Investigators
Security Guards and Gaming Surveillance
Officers
Gaming Surveillance Officers and Gaming
Investigators
Security Guards
Miscellaneous Protective Service Workers
Crossing Guards
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other
Recreational Protective Service Workers
37-0000
37-1010
37-1011
37-1012
37-2010
37-2011
37-2012
37-2021
37-3010
37-3011
37-3012
37-3013
39-0000
39-1010
B-6
Building and Grounds Cleaning and
Maintenance Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Building
and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
Workers
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and
Groundskeeping Workers
Building Cleaning Workers
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and
Housekeeping Cleaners
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Pest Control Workers
Grounds Maintenance Workers
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and
Applicators, Vegetation
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Personal Care and Service Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Gaming
Workers
39-1011
39-1012
39-1021
39-2011
39-2021
39-3010
39-3011
39-3012
39-3021
39-3031
39-3090
39-3091
39-3092
39-3093
39-4011
39-4021
39-5010
39-5011
39-5012
39-5090
39-5091
39-5092
39-5093
39-5094
39-6010
39-6011
39-6012
39-6020
39-6021
39-6022
39-6030
39-6031
39-6032
39-9011
39-9021
39-9030
39-9031
39-9032
39-9041
41-0000
41-1010
41-1011
41-1012
Gaming Supervisors
Slot Key Persons
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Personal
Service Workers
Animal Trainers
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers
Gaming Services Workers
Gaming Dealers
Gaming and Sports Book Writers and
Runners
Motion Picture Projectionists
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket
Takers
Miscellaneous Entertainment Attendants and
Related Workers
Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Costume Attendants
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing
Room Attendants
Embalmers
Funeral Attendants
Barbers and Cosmetologists
Barbers
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and
Cosmetologists
Miscellaneous Personal Appearance
Workers
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
Manicurists and Pedicurists
Shampooers
Skin Care Specialists
Baggage Porters, Bellhops, and Concierges
Baggage Porters and Bellhops
Concierges
Tour and Travel Guides
Tour Guides and Escorts
Travel Guides
Transportation Attendants
Flight Attendants
Transportation Attendants, Except Flight
Attendants and Baggage Porters
Child Care Workers
Personal and Home Care Aides
Recreation and Fitness Workers
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors
Recreation Workers
Residential Advisors
41-2000
41-2010
41-2011
41-2012
41-2020
41-2021
41-2022
41-2031
41-3011
41-3021
41-3031
41-3041
41-4010
41-4011
41-4012
41-9010
41-9011
41-9012
41-9020
41-9021
41-9022
41-9031
41-9041
41-9090
41-9091
43-0000
43-1011
43-2011
43-2021
43-3000
43-3011
43-3021
43-3031
Sales and Related Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Sales
Workers
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail
Sales Workers
43-3041
43-3051
43-3061
B-7
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Non-Retail Sales Workers
Retail Sales Workers
Cashiers, All Workers
Cashiers
Gaming Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Counter and Rental Clerks and Parts
Salespersons
Counter and Rental Clerks
Parts Salespersons
Retail Salespersons
Advertising Sales Agents
Insurance Sales Agents
Securities, Commodities, and Financial
Services Sales Agents
Travel Agents
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and
Manufacturing
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and
Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific
Products
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and
Manufacturing, Except Technical and
Scientific Products
Models, Demonstrators, and Product
Promoters
Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Models
Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents
Real Estate Brokers
Real Estate Sales Agents
Sales Engineers
Telemarketers
Miscellaneous Sales and Related Workers
Door-To-Door Sales Workers, News and
Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Office and Administrative Support
Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office
and Administrative Support Workers
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering
Service
Telephone Operators
Financial Clerks
Bill and Account Collectors
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine
Operators
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing
Clerks
Gaming Cage Workers
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Procurement Clerks
43-3071
43-4011
43-4021
43-4031
43-4041
43-4051
43-4061
43-4071
43-4081
43-4111
43-4121
43-4131
43-4141
43-4151
43-4161
43-4171
43-4181
43-5011
43-5021
43-5030
43-5031
43-5032
43-5041
43-5061
43-5071
43-5081
43-5111
43-6010
43-6011
43-6012
43-6013
43-6014
43-9011
43-9020
43-9021
43-9022
43-9031
43-9041
43-9051
43-9061
43-9071
43-9081
43-9111
Tellers
Brokerage Clerks
Correspondence Clerks
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Customer Service Representatives
Eligibility Interviewers, Government
Programs
File Clerks
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
Library Assistants, Clerical
Loan Interviewers and Clerks
New Accounts Clerks
Order Clerks
Human Resources Assistants, Except
Payroll and Timekeeping
Receptionists and Information Clerks
Reservation and Transportation Ticket
Agents and Travel Clerks
Cargo and Freight Agents
Couriers and Messengers
Dispatchers
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and
Ambulance
Meter Readers, Utilities
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and
Samplers, Recordkeeping
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Executive Secretaries and Administrative
Assistants
Legal Secretaries
Medical Secretaries
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and
Executive
Computer Operators
Data Entry and Information Processing
Workers
Data Entry Keyers
Word Processors and Typists
Desktop Publishers
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing
Clerks
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators,
Except Postal Service
Office Clerks, General
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Statistical Assistants
45-0000
45-1011
45-2011
45-2021
45-2041
45-2090
45-2091
45-2092
45-2093
45-3011
45-3021
45-4011
45-4020
45-4021
45-4022
45-4023
47-0000
47-1011
47-2011
47-2020
47-2021
47-2022
47-2031
47-2040
47-2041
47-2042
47-2043
47-2044
47-2050
47-2051
47-2053
47-2061
47-2070
47-2071
47-2072
47-2073
47-2080
47-2081
47-2082
47-2111
47-2121
B-8
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming,
Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Agricultural Inspectors
Animal Breeders
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
Miscellaneous Agricultural Workers
Agricultural Equipment Operators
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery,
and Greenhouse
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals
Fishers and Related Fishing Workers
Hunters and Trappers
Forest and Conservation Workers
Logging Workers
Fallers
Logging Equipment Operators
Log Graders and Scalers
Construction and Extraction Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Boilermakers
Brickmasons, Blockmasons, and
Stonemasons
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Stonemasons
Carpenters
Carpet, Floor, and Tile Installers and
Finishers
Carpet Installers
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and
Hard Tiles
Floor Sanders and Finishers
Tile and Marble Setters
Cement Masons, Concrete Finishers, and
Terrazzo Workers
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
Construction Laborers
Construction Equipment Operators
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment
Operators
Pile-Driver Operators
Operating Engineers and Other Construction
Equipment Operators
Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers,
and Tapers
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Tapers
Electricians
Glaziers
47-2130
47-2131
47-2132
47-2140
47-2141
47-2142
47-2150
47-2151
47-2152
47-2161
47-2171
47-2181
47-2211
47-2221
47-3010
47-3011
47-3012
47-3013
47-3014
47-3015
47-3016
47-4011
47-4021
47-4031
47-4041
47-4051
47-4061
47-4071
47-4090
47-4091
47-5010
47-5011
47-5012
47-5013
47-5021
47-5031
47-5040
47-5041
47-5042
47-5051
47-5061
47-5071
47-5081
Insulation Workers
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Insulation Workers, Mechanical
Painters and Paperhangers
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Paperhangers
Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and
Steamfitters
Pipelayers
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
Roofers
Sheet Metal Workers
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Helpers, Construction Trades
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons,
Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Helpers--Carpenters
Helpers--Electricians
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers,
and Stucco Masons
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters,
and Steamfitters
Helpers--Roofers
Construction and Building Inspectors
Elevator Installers and Repairers
Fence Erectors
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Highway Maintenance Workers
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance
Equipment Operators
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe
Cleaners
Miscellaneous Construction and Related
Workers
Segmental Pavers
Derrick, Rotary Drill, and Service Unit
Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and
Mining
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling
Experts, and Blasters
Mining Machine Operators
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine
Operators
Rock Splitters, Quarry
Roof Bolters, Mining
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Helpers--Extraction Workers
49-0000
49-1011
49-2011
49-2020
49-2021
49-2022
49-2090
49-2091
49-2092
49-2093
49-2094
49-2095
49-2096
49-2097
49-2098
49-3011
49-3020
49-3021
49-3022
49-3023
49-3031
49-3040
49-3041
49-3042
49-3043
49-3050
49-3051
49-3052
49-3053
49-3090
49-3091
49-3092
49-3093
49-9010
B-9
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office
Machine Repairers
Radio and Telecommunications Equipment
Installers and Repairers
Radio Mechanics
Telecommunications Equipment Installers
and Repairers, Except Line Installers
Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic
Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and
Repairers
Avionics Technicians
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related
Repairers
Electrical and Electronics Installers and
Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Electrical and Electronics Repairers,
Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Electrical and Electronics Repairers,
Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
Electronic Equipment Installers and
Repairers, Motor Vehicles
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment
Installers and Repairers
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
Automotive Technicians and Repairers
Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
Automotive Service Technicians and
Mechanics
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine
Specialists
Heavy Vehicle and Mobile Equipment
Service Technicians and Mechanics
Farm Equipment Mechanics
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics,
Except Engines
Rail Car Repairers
Small Engine Mechanics
Motorboat Mechanics
Motorcycle Mechanics
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small
Engine Mechanics
Miscellaneous Vehicle and Mobile
Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and
Repairers
Bicycle Repairers
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
Tire Repairers and Changers
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers
49-9011
49-9012
49-9021
49-9031
49-9040
49-9041
49-9042
49-9043
49-9044
49-9045
49-9050
49-9051
49-9052
49-9060
49-9061
49-9062
49-9063
49-9064
49-9090
49-9091
49-9092
49-9093
49-9094
49-9095
49-9096
49-9097
49-9098
51-0000
51-1011
51-2011
51-2020
51-2021
51-2022
51-2023
51-2031
51-2041
51-2090
Mechanical Door Repairers
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers,
Except Mechanical Door
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
Mechanics and Installers
Home Appliance Repairers
Industrial Machinery Installation, Repair,
and Maintenance Workers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Maintenance Workers, Machinery
Millwrights
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except
Brickmasons
Line Installers and Repairers
Electrical Power-Line Installers and
Repairers
Telecommunications Line Installers and
Repairers
Precision Instrument and Equipment
Repairers
Camera and Photographic Equipment
Repairers
Medical Equipment Repairers
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Watch Repairers
Miscellaneous Installation, Maintenance, and
Repair Workers
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine
Servicers and Repairers
Commercial Divers
Fabric Menders, Except Garment
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home
Installers
Riggers
Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and
Repair Workers
Production Occupations
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Production and Operating Workers
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and
Systems Assemblers
Electrical, Electronics, and
Electromechanical Assemblers
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Assemblers
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
51-2091
51-2092
51-2093
51-3011
51-3020
51-3021
51-3022
51-3023
51-3090
51-3091
51-3092
51-3093
51-4010
51-4011
51-4012
51-4020
51-4021
51-4022
51-4023
51-4030
51-4031
51-4032
51-4033
51-4034
51-4035
51-4041
51-4050
51-4051
51-4052
51-4060
51-4061
B-10
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Team Assemblers
Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters, and
Calibrators
Bakers
Butchers and Other Meat, Poultry, and Fish
Processing Workers
Butchers and Meat Cutters
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and
Trimmers
Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Miscellaneous Food Processing Workers
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and
Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Food Batchmakers
Food Cooking Machine Operators and
Tenders
Computer Control Programmers and
Operators
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool
Operators, Metal and Plastic
Numerical Tool and Process Control
Programmers
Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Machine Tool Cutting Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal
and Plastic
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing
Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Milling and Planing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Machinists
Metal Furnace and Kiln Operators and
Tenders
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and
Tenders
Pourers and Casters, Metal
Model Makers and Patternmakers, Metal and
Plastic
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
51-4062
51-4070
51-4071
51-4072
51-4081
51-4111
51-4120
51-4121
51-4122
51-4190
51-4191
51-4192
51-4193
51-4194
51-5010
51-5011
51-5012
51-5020
51-5021
51-5022
51-5023
51-6011
51-6021
51-6031
51-6040
51-6041
51-6042
51-6050
51-6051
51-6052
51-6060
51-6061
51-6062
51-6063
51-6064
51-6090
51-6091
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Molders and Molding Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and
Plastic
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tool and Die Makers
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Workers
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Miscellaneous Metalworkers and Plastic
Workers
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Lay-Out Workers, Metal and Plastic
Plating and Coating Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Bookbinders and Bindery Workers
Bindery Workers
Bookbinders
Printers
Job Printers
Prepress Technicians and Workers
Printing Machine Operators
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related
Materials
Sewing Machine Operators
Shoe and Leather Workers
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers
Sewers, Hand
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Textile Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine
Operators and Tenders
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out
Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Miscellaneous Textile, Apparel, and
Furnishings Workers
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass
Fibers
B-11
51-6092
51-6093
51-7011
51-7021
51-7030
51-7031
51-7032
51-7040
51-7041
51-7042
51-8010
51-8011
51-8012
51-8013
51-8021
51-8031
51-8090
51-8091
51-8092
51-8093
51-9010
51-9011
51-9012
51-9020
51-9021
51-9022
51-9023
51-9030
51-9031
51-9032
51-9041
51-9051
51-9061
51-9071
51-9080
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Upholsterers
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Furniture Finishers
Model Makers and Patternmakers, Wood
Model Makers, Wood
Patternmakers, Wood
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Wood
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Except Sawing
Power Plant Operators, Distributors, and
Dispatchers
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Power Plant Operators
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant
and System Operators
Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators
Chemical Plant and System Operators
Gas Plant Operators
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery
Operators, and Gaugers
Chemical Processing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying,
Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders
Crushing, Grinding, Polishing, Mixing, and
Blending Workers
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders
Cutting Workers
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and
Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle
Operators and Tenders
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and
Weighers
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal
Workers
Medical, Dental, and Ophthalmic Laboratory
Technicians
51-9081
51-9082
51-9083
51-9111
51-9120
51-9121
51-9122
51-9123
51-9130
51-9131
51-9132
51-9141
51-9190
51-9191
51-9192
51-9193
51-9194
51-9195
51-9196
51-9197
51-9198
53-0000
53-1011
53-1021
53-1031
53-2010
53-2011
53-2012
53-2020
53-2021
53-2022
53-3011
53-3020
53-3021
53-3022
Dental Laboratory Technicians
Medical Appliance Technicians
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators
and Tenders
Painting Workers
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Painters, Transportation Equipment
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Photographic Process Workers and
Processing Machine Operators
Photographic Process Workers
Photographic Processing Machine Operators
Semiconductor Processors
Miscellaneous Production Workers
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators
and Tenders
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling
Equipment Operators and Tenders
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators
and Tenders
Etchers and Engravers
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal
and Plastic
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders
Tire Builders
Helpers--Production Workers
Transportation and Material Moving
Occupations
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers,
Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of
Transportation and Material-Moving
Machine and Vehicle Operators
Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Commercial Pilots
Air Traffic Controllers and Airfield
Operations Specialists
Air Traffic Controllers
Airfield Operations Specialists
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except
Emergency Medical Technicians
Bus Drivers
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
Bus Drivers, School
B-12
53-3030
53-3031
53-3032
53-3033
53-3041
53-4010
53-4011
53-4012
53-4013
53-4021
53-4031
53-4041
53-5011
53-5020
53-5021
53-5022
53-5031
53-6011
53-6021
53-6031
53-6041
53-6051
53-7011
53-7021
53-7030
53-7031
53-7032
53-7033
53-7041
53-7051
53-7060
53-7061
53-7062
53-7063
53-7064
53-7070
53-7071
53-7072
53-7073
53-7081
53-7111
53-7121
Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers
Driver/Sales Workers
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs
Locomotive Engineers and Operators
Locomotive Engineers
Locomotive Firers
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators,
and Hostlers
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch
Operators
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
Subway and Streetcar Operators
Sailors and Marine Oilers
Ship and Boat Captains and Operators
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
Motorboat Operators
Ship Engineers
Bridge and Lock Tenders
Parking Lot Attendants
Service Station Attendants
Traffic Technicians
Transportation Inspectors
Conveyor Operators and Tenders
Crane and Tower Operators
Dredge, Excavating, and Loading Machine
Operators
Dredge Operators
Excavating and Loading Machine and
Dragline Operators
Loading Machine Operators, Underground
Mining
Hoist and Winch Operators
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Laborers and Material Movers, Hand
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material
Movers, Hand
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Packers and Packagers, Hand
Pumping Station Operators
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station
Operators
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
Wellhead Pumpers
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Shuttle Car Operators
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders