NC BL 06/00/2005 Table: York, PA, Bulletin 3125-73, September 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $18.18 5.8 37.0 $17.61 7.0 37.2 $22.87 2.2 35.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.24 9.6 36.0 22.61 12.3 36.1 26.31 3.6 35.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.45 3.8 33.5 24.64 5.1 32.6 31.22 6.8 35.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.57 16.3 45.9 37.39 17.6 47.7 31.02 2.5 36.4 Sales............................................................. 19.05 25.7 35.4 19.11 25.8 35.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.04 8.1 36.5 13.32 9.7 36.9 11.82 3.8 34.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.47 2.9 39.4 15.46 2.9 39.5 15.70 9.9 36.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.76 5.4 40.3 19.83 5.5 40.3 16.80 1.3 39.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.62 5.5 39.5 14.62 5.5 39.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.59 7.6 38.3 14.32 8.7 39.0 16.13 14.4 34.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.51 2.7 38.6 12.49 2.8 38.6 13.34 11.2 38.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.92 6.1 33.2 8.96 6.2 33.1 14.49 6.0 33.6 Full time........................................................... 18.90 6.1 40.3 18.33 7.3 40.6 23.59 2.7 38.0 Part time........................................................... 8.81 7.8 17.9 8.61 8.6 18.1 10.92 6.0 16.2 Union............................................................... 20.11 3.8 39.0 17.83 4.5 40.0 24.39 1.3 37.2 Nonunion............................................................ 17.63 7.9 36.4 17.57 8.3 36.7 19.11 7.7 31.4 Time................................................................ 16.81 3.4 36.1 16.01 3.9 36.3 22.87 2.2 35.3 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.58 2.0 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.64 12.7 35.2 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.08 16.1 36.9 16.98 16.6 36.9 22.10 .2 36.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.01 12.9 37.6 17.68 14.2 37.8 23.60 5.5 35.4 500 workers or more................................................. 19.00 5.3 35.9 17.86 6.1 36.1 22.60 5.2 35.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.18 5.8 $17.61 7.0 $22.87 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.07 3.6 17.41 4.4 22.96 2.5 White collar........................................................ 23.24 9.6 22.61 12.3 26.31 3.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.58 7.5 24.05 10.0 26.47 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.45 3.8 24.64 5.1 31.22 6.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.53 4.1 26.88 5.6 31.68 5.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.00 3.5 33.00 3.5 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 32.68 10.5 32.68 10.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.69 2.9 33.69 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.47 17.6 24.47 17.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.34 18.5 24.34 18.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.85 3.2 – – 34.54 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.46 .3 – – 36.46 .3 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.43 1.0 – – 35.43 1.0 Teachers, special education................................. 30.55 8.1 – – 30.55 8.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.20 7.7 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 15.99 4.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.32 9.2 19.37 9.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.81 1.8 16.66 1.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.57 16.3 37.39 17.6 31.02 2.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.81 14.7 41.34 15.1 31.72 4.7 Management related............................................ 26.11 10.8 26.30 10.9 – – Sales............................................................. 19.05 25.7 19.11 25.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.38 2.0 8.38 2.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.04 8.1 13.32 9.7 11.82 3.8 Secretaries................................................. 15.89 5.4 16.66 5.4 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.33 6.0 11.84 4.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.81 6.0 13.08 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.47 2.9 15.46 2.9 15.70 9.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.76 5.4 19.83 5.5 16.80 1.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.25 1.4 18.24 1.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.69 6.6 24.69 6.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $14.62 5.5 $14.62 5.5 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.15 3.4 15.15 3.4 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 15.28 2.7 15.28 2.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.19 2.0 14.19 2.0 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.43 4.2 19.43 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.21 8.7 16.21 8.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.42 3.8 14.42 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.59 7.6 14.32 8.7 $16.13 14.4 Truck drivers............................................... 12.26 17.1 12.14 18.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.40 5.2 14.40 5.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.67 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.51 2.7 12.49 2.8 13.34 11.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.66 9.7 13.66 9.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.11 4.4 12.14 4.4 – – Service............................................................. 9.92 6.1 8.96 6.2 14.49 6.0 Protective service............................................ 12.95 8.1 – – 20.37 7.5 Food service.................................................. 7.33 12.8 7.20 12.8 9.79 10.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.00 3.9 8.94 4.2 9.79 10.7 Health service................................................ 10.36 3.5 10.25 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.44 4.2 10.39 4.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.84 4.6 8.94 4.7 12.05 4.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.76 4.9 9.01 5.7 11.43 3.3 Personal service.............................................. 7.94 1.6 – – 8.10 6.6 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.90 6.1 $18.33 7.3 $23.59 2.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.56 4.0 17.87 4.8 23.69 3.0 White collar........................................................ 24.70 8.8 24.25 11.3 26.71 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.34 7.5 24.88 9.9 26.89 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.62 3.5 25.91 4.4 31.76 7.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.44 3.9 27.90 5.1 32.25 6.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.11 3.2 33.11 3.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.69 2.9 33.69 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.47 17.6 24.47 17.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.34 18.5 24.34 18.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.35 2.4 – – 35.35 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.46 .3 – – 36.46 .3 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.57 .6 – – 35.57 .6 Teachers, special education................................. 30.55 8.1 – – 30.55 8.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.45 5.6 20.57 5.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.95 2.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.59 16.3 37.42 17.6 30.99 2.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.81 14.7 41.34 15.1 31.69 4.6 Management related............................................ 26.14 10.8 26.34 10.9 – – Sales............................................................. 22.32 20.9 22.42 20.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.23 8.0 13.55 9.5 11.87 3.9 Secretaries................................................. 16.17 4.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.33 6.0 11.84 4.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.84 6.1 13.08 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.57 2.8 15.56 2.9 16.11 8.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.76 5.4 19.83 5.5 16.80 1.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.25 1.4 18.24 1.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.69 6.6 24.69 6.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.67 5.2 14.67 5.2 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.15 3.4 15.15 3.4 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... $15.28 2.7 $15.28 2.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.19 2.0 14.19 2.0 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.43 4.2 19.43 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.21 8.7 16.21 8.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.42 3.8 14.42 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.66 7.7 14.32 8.7 $16.92 13.0 Truck drivers............................................... 12.26 17.1 12.14 18.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.40 5.2 14.40 5.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.67 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 2.9 12.69 3.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.11 4.4 12.14 4.4 – – Service............................................................. 10.49 4.6 9.43 4.2 15.27 5.8 Protective service............................................ 13.27 7.6 – – 20.60 7.5 Food service.................................................. 8.09 9.4 8.09 9.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.20 4.8 9.20 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 10.40 3.6 10.28 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.43 4.3 10.38 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.17 5.5 9.22 5.2 12.11 4.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.16 6.4 – – 11.45 3.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.81 7.8 $8.61 8.6 $10.92 6.0 All excluding sales............................................... 9.45 10.4 9.24 12.0 10.92 6.0 White collar........................................................ 9.71 8.4 9.56 8.9 12.61 3.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.39 9.5 12.36 10.9 12.61 3.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 13.27 10.8 13.30 12.2 13.05 1.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 12.58 19.8 12.47 24.7 13.05 1.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.91 11.9 – – 13.05 1.0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.51 2.2 7.51 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.79 10.5 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.32 5.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.22 12.9 6.84 14.1 9.63 6.4 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.70 21.8 4.91 17.1 9.79 10.7 Other food service........................................... 8.27 6.1 – – 9.79 10.7 Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.41 7.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.41 7.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.94 1.6 – – 8.10 6.6 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $762 7.5 40.3 $744 8.9 40.6 $896 2.6 38.0 All excluding sales............................................... 742 4.8 40.0 720 5.7 40.3 900 2.9 38.0 White collar........................................................ 1,014 12.3 41.1 1,017 15.3 41.9 1,002 3.9 37.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,024 10.0 40.4 1,029 13.2 41.4 1,008 4.1 37.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,076 3.6 39.0 1,025 4.5 39.5 1,196 7.3 37.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,143 4.0 38.8 1,102 5.3 39.5 1,215 6.1 37.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,327 3.0 40.1 1,327 3.0 40.1 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,357 3.5 40.3 1,357 3.5 40.3 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 980 17.6 40.0 980 17.6 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 974 18.5 40.0 974 18.5 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,332 2.5 37.7 – – – 1,332 2.5 37.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,375 1.0 37.7 – – – 1,375 1.0 37.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,340 1.2 37.7 – – – 1,340 1.2 37.7 Teachers, special education................................. 1,172 7.8 38.4 – – – 1,172 7.8 38.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 809 5.7 39.6 816 5.7 39.7 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 665 3.0 39.2 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,694 26.3 46.3 1,790 28.2 47.8 1,180 4.9 38.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,931 26.2 48.5 2,116 26.5 51.2 1,203 7.7 38.0 Management related............................................ 1,055 10.3 40.4 1,064 10.5 40.4 – – – Sales............................................................. 975 25.5 43.7 981 25.4 43.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 520 8.2 39.3 541 9.5 40.0 437 5.7 36.9 Secretaries................................................. 643 5.1 39.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 437 8.6 38.6 473 4.5 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 504 6.4 39.2 521 7.5 39.9 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 622 2.9 39.9 622 2.9 40.0 628 8.5 39.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 796 5.4 40.3 799 5.5 40.3 655 1.4 39.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 730 1.4 40.0 730 1.4 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... $1,005 5.5 40.7 $1,005 5.5 40.7 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 586 5.3 40.0 586 5.3 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 606 3.4 40.0 606 3.4 40.0 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 611 2.7 40.0 611 2.7 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 568 2.0 40.0 568 2.0 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 777 4.2 40.0 777 4.2 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 649 8.7 40.0 649 8.7 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 577 3.8 40.0 577 3.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 572 9.3 39.0 559 10.7 39.0 $660 12.9 39.0 Truck drivers............................................... 469 20.8 38.2 463 22.0 38.1 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 569 3.8 39.6 569 3.8 39.6 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 649 8.4 38.9 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 507 3.1 39.9 507 3.1 39.9 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 501 5.2 40.0 501 5.2 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 478 3.4 39.4 479 3.4 39.4 – – – Service............................................................. 408 4.4 38.9 366 3.9 38.8 602 6.0 39.4 Protective service............................................ 518 7.7 39.0 – – – 847 7.8 41.1 Food service.................................................. 325 10.7 40.2 325 10.7 40.2 – – – Other food service........................................... 372 6.2 40.5 372 6.2 40.5 – – – Health service................................................ 395 3.4 38.0 393 3.8 38.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 391 4.2 37.5 392 4.8 37.8 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 399 6.1 39.3 359 6.4 38.9 484 4.4 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 407 6.4 40.0 – – – 458 3.5 40.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $38,889 7.5 2,057 $38,667 8.9 2,110 $40,361 2.6 1,711 All excluding sales............................................... 37,839 4.8 2,038 37,402 5.7 2,093 40,489 2.9 1,709 White collar........................................................ 50,623 12.3 2,049 52,835 15.3 2,178 43,282 3.9 1,620 White collar excluding sales.................................... 50,605 10.0 1,997 53,415 13.2 2,147 43,481 4.1 1,617 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,355 3.6 1,859 53,126 4.5 2,050 48,174 7.3 1,517 Professional specialty.......................................... 53,439 4.0 1,815 57,070 5.3 2,045 48,542 6.1 1,505 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,969 3.0 2,083 68,969 3.0 2,083 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 70,399 3.5 2,090 70,399 3.5 2,090 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 50,941 17.6 2,082 50,941 17.6 2,082 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 50,666 18.5 2,082 50,666 18.5 2,082 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,758 2.5 1,436 – – – 50,758 2.5 1,436 Elementary school teachers.................................. 52,028 1.0 1,427 – – – 52,028 1.0 1,427 Secondary school teachers................................... 50,805 1.2 1,428 – – – 50,805 1.2 1,428 Teachers, special education................................. 44,157 7.8 1,445 – – – 44,157 7.8 1,445 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 42,066 5.7 2,057 42,456 5.7 2,064 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,581 3.0 2,040 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 88,091 26.3 2,408 93,090 28.2 2,488 61,357 4.9 1,980 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 100,413 26.2 2,522 110,031 26.5 2,662 62,545 7.7 1,973 Management related............................................ 54,877 10.3 2,099 55,307 10.5 2,100 – – – Sales............................................................. 50,701 25.5 2,272 51,035 25.4 2,276 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,586 8.2 2,010 28,129 9.5 2,076 21,021 5.7 1,771 Secretaries................................................. 32,516 5.1 2,011 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 22,730 8.6 2,007 24,617 4.5 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,197 6.4 2,041 27,115 7.5 2,073 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 32,302 2.9 2,074 32,332 2.9 2,078 31,011 8.5 1,925 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,373 5.4 2,093 41,529 5.5 2,095 34,058 1.4 2,028 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 37,958 1.4 2,080 37,936 1.4 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... $52,240 5.5 2,116 $52,240 5.5 2,116 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,481 5.3 2,077 30,481 5.3 2,077 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 31,518 3.4 2,080 31,518 3.4 2,080 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 31,781 2.7 2,080 31,781 2.7 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,533 2.0 2,081 29,533 2.0 2,081 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 40,404 4.2 2,080 40,404 4.2 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 33,697 8.7 2,078 33,697 8.7 2,078 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 29,998 3.8 2,080 29,998 3.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,739 9.3 2,029 29,048 10.7 2,029 $34,341 12.9 2,029 Truck drivers............................................... 24,374 20.8 1,989 24,080 22.0 1,983 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,613 3.8 2,057 29,613 3.8 2,057 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 33,737 8.4 2,024 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,221 3.1 2,064 26,341 3.1 2,076 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,064 5.2 2,080 26,064 5.2 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 24,836 3.4 2,051 24,882 3.4 2,050 – – – Service............................................................. 21,203 4.4 2,021 19,039 3.9 2,018 31,082 6.0 2,036 Protective service............................................ 26,937 7.7 2,030 – – – 44,025 7.8 2,137 Food service.................................................. 16,908 10.7 2,090 16,908 10.7 2,090 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,367 6.2 2,105 19,367 6.2 2,105 – – – Health service................................................ 20,525 3.4 1,974 20,455 3.8 1,990 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,336 4.2 1,950 20,398 4.8 1,966 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,658 6.1 2,030 18,649 6.4 2,023 24,768 4.4 2,045 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,993 6.4 2,066 – – – 23,357 3.5 2,040 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.18 5.8 $17.61 7.0 $22.87 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.07 3.6 17.41 4.4 22.96 2.5 White collar........................................................ 23.24 9.6 22.61 12.3 26.31 3.6 2....................................................... 8.76 3.7 8.44 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.63 8.4 8.84 11.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.15 5.3 12.10 5.7 12.93 1.3 5....................................................... 15.97 6.7 16.09 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.06 5.4 20.61 5.8 17.96 8.8 7....................................................... 28.76 11.4 28.95 13.1 27.57 6.9 8....................................................... 26.61 5.6 23.35 5.4 35.93 .3 9....................................................... 32.43 3.3 28.70 6.4 36.89 .1 10........................................................ 45.87 9.6 46.17 9.3 – – 11........................................................ 34.45 6.6 34.44 6.8 – – 12........................................................ 33.90 6.2 37.32 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.81 30.6 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.58 7.5 24.05 10.0 26.47 3.9 2....................................................... 10.38 1.6 9.99 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 8.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.91 6.5 12.91 7.2 12.93 1.3 5....................................................... 15.97 6.7 16.09 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.86 9.2 20.97 12.1 17.96 8.8 7....................................................... 24.46 6.9 23.69 9.1 27.57 6.9 8....................................................... 28.47 6.2 25.07 6.4 35.93 .3 9....................................................... 32.43 3.3 28.70 6.4 36.89 .1 10........................................................ 45.87 9.6 46.17 9.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.38 4.6 36.42 4.7 – – 12........................................................ 33.90 6.2 37.32 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.68 27.6 16.57 27.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.45 3.8 24.64 5.1 31.22 6.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.53 4.1 26.88 5.6 31.68 5.7 6....................................................... 18.24 8.4 – – 18.24 8.4 7....................................................... 25.86 9.4 24.47 13.5 29.74 6.1 8....................................................... 30.42 4.3 26.84 4.8 35.93 .3 9....................................................... 32.07 3.7 26.45 6.1 36.97 .3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.00 3.5 33.00 3.5 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 32.68 10.5 32.68 10.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.69 2.9 33.69 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.47 17.6 24.47 17.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.34 18.5 24.34 18.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.85 3.2 – – 34.54 2.5 7....................................................... 29.74 6.1 – – 29.74 6.1 8....................................................... $35.93 0.3 – – $35.93 0.3 9....................................................... 36.98 .3 – – 36.98 .3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.46 .3 – – 36.46 .3 9....................................................... 37.37 1.8 – – 37.37 1.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.43 1.0 – – 35.43 1.0 9....................................................... 36.82 3.6 – – 36.82 3.6 Teachers, special education................................. 30.55 8.1 – – 30.55 8.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.20 7.7 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 15.99 4.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.32 9.2 $19.37 9.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.81 1.8 16.66 1.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.57 16.3 37.39 17.6 31.02 2.5 9....................................................... 33.05 7.9 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.81 14.7 41.34 15.1 31.72 4.7 Management related............................................ 26.11 10.8 26.30 10.9 – – Sales............................................................. 19.05 25.7 19.11 25.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.42 8.4 10.42 8.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.38 2.0 8.38 2.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.04 8.1 13.32 9.7 11.82 3.8 2....................................................... 10.38 1.6 9.99 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.03 8.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.65 7.2 12.61 8.2 12.93 1.3 5....................................................... 14.30 3.7 14.26 4.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.89 5.4 16.66 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.84 9.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.33 6.0 11.84 4.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.81 6.0 13.08 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.47 2.9 15.46 2.9 15.70 9.9 1....................................................... 10.11 13.7 10.12 13.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.98 9.0 10.98 9.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.76 4.7 12.72 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.72 4.6 14.74 4.8 14.07 7.2 5....................................................... 15.92 4.4 15.88 4.6 16.57 2.2 6....................................................... 17.89 3.7 17.89 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.90 2.1 20.03 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.26 3.5 31.19 3.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.76 5.4 19.83 5.5 16.80 1.3 5....................................................... $14.15 5.0 $13.79 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.44 4.0 17.44 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.11 2.7 20.11 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.19 3.7 31.19 3.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.25 1.4 18.24 1.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.69 6.6 24.69 6.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 5.5 14.62 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.26 3.0 10.26 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.42 5.1 12.42 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.55 2.0 15.55 2.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.20 5.8 16.20 5.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.34 6.8 18.34 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.77 1.4 19.77 1.4 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.15 3.4 15.15 3.4 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 15.28 2.7 15.28 2.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.19 2.0 14.19 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.64 14.0 15.64 14.0 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.43 4.2 19.43 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.21 8.7 16.21 8.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.42 3.8 14.42 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.59 7.6 14.32 8.7 $16.13 14.4 4....................................................... 15.15 4.7 15.47 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.91 6.4 15.77 7.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.26 17.1 12.14 18.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.40 5.2 14.40 5.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.67 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.51 2.7 12.49 2.8 13.34 11.2 1....................................................... 10.97 5.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.95 1.2 11.95 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.84 6.3 12.81 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.00 11.0 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.66 9.7 13.66 9.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.11 4.4 12.14 4.4 – – Service............................................................. 9.92 6.1 8.96 6.2 14.49 6.0 1....................................................... 6.52 22.2 5.66 24.5 10.80 4.1 2....................................................... 9.97 5.6 9.97 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.51 3.5 9.17 4.3 11.01 1.2 4....................................................... 10.06 5.1 10.06 5.1 – – Protective service............................................ 12.95 8.1 – – 20.37 7.5 Food service.................................................. 7.33 12.8 7.20 12.8 9.79 10.7 1....................................................... 3.48 14.2 3.33 9.5 – – 3....................................................... $8.48 3.9 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.00 3.9 $8.94 4.2 $9.79 10.7 3....................................................... 8.48 3.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.36 3.5 10.25 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.07 5.3 10.07 5.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.44 4.2 10.39 4.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.84 4.6 8.94 4.7 12.05 4.1 1....................................................... 8.89 7.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.33 8.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.76 4.9 9.01 5.7 11.43 3.3 1....................................................... 9.20 8.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.33 8.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.94 1.6 – – 8.10 6.6 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.90 6.1 $18.33 7.3 $23.59 2.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.56 4.0 17.87 4.8 23.69 3.0 White collar........................................................ 24.70 8.8 24.25 11.3 26.71 3.7 2....................................................... 10.44 2.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.86 8.2 10.83 13.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.37 5.9 12.32 6.3 12.99 1.5 5....................................................... 15.95 7.8 16.06 8.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.06 5.4 20.61 5.8 17.96 9.0 7....................................................... 29.31 11.0 29.39 12.6 28.79 7.7 8....................................................... 26.76 5.6 23.38 5.4 36.59 .4 9....................................................... 32.68 3.4 28.99 6.6 36.88 .1 10........................................................ 45.87 9.6 46.17 9.3 – – 11........................................................ 34.45 6.6 34.44 6.8 – – 12........................................................ 33.90 6.2 37.32 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.99 28.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.34 7.5 24.88 9.9 26.89 4.0 2....................................................... 10.44 2.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.03 8.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.12 7.0 13.14 7.8 12.99 1.5 5....................................................... 15.95 7.8 16.06 8.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.87 9.3 20.97 12.1 17.96 9.0 7....................................................... 25.05 6.1 24.16 8.2 28.79 7.7 8....................................................... 28.68 6.1 25.14 6.3 36.59 .4 9....................................................... 32.68 3.4 28.99 6.6 36.88 .1 10........................................................ 45.87 9.6 46.17 9.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.38 4.6 36.42 4.7 – – 12........................................................ 33.90 6.2 37.32 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.69 23.1 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.62 3.5 25.91 4.4 31.76 7.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.44 3.9 27.90 5.1 32.25 6.0 7....................................................... 26.88 7.7 25.28 11.5 31.49 6.6 8....................................................... 30.74 4.1 26.97 4.6 36.59 .4 9....................................................... 32.39 3.8 26.72 6.5 36.97 .3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.11 3.2 33.11 3.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.69 2.9 33.69 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.47 17.6 24.47 17.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 24.34 18.5 24.34 18.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.35 2.4 – – 35.35 2.4 7....................................................... 31.49 6.6 – – 31.49 6.6 8....................................................... 36.59 .4 – – 36.59 .4 9....................................................... 36.98 .3 – – 36.98 .3 Elementary school teachers.................................. $36.46 0.3 – – $36.46 0.3 9....................................................... 37.37 1.8 – – 37.37 1.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.57 .6 – – 35.57 .6 9....................................................... 36.82 3.6 – – 36.82 3.6 Teachers, special education................................. 30.55 8.1 – – 30.55 8.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.45 5.6 $20.57 5.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.95 2.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.59 16.3 37.42 17.6 30.99 2.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.81 14.7 41.34 15.1 31.69 4.6 Management related............................................ 26.14 10.8 26.34 10.9 – – Sales............................................................. 22.32 20.9 22.42 20.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.70 7.7 10.70 7.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.23 8.0 13.55 9.5 11.87 3.9 2....................................................... 10.44 2.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.03 8.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.65 7.5 12.60 8.5 12.99 1.5 5....................................................... 14.30 3.7 14.26 4.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.17 4.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.29 7.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.33 6.0 11.84 4.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.84 6.1 13.08 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.57 2.8 15.56 2.9 16.11 8.5 1....................................................... 10.36 14.2 10.37 14.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.98 9.0 10.98 9.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.76 4.7 12.72 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.72 4.6 14.74 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.92 4.4 15.88 4.6 16.57 2.2 6....................................................... 17.89 3.7 17.89 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.98 2.0 20.03 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.26 3.5 31.19 3.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.76 5.4 19.83 5.5 16.80 1.3 5....................................................... 14.15 5.0 13.79 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.44 4.0 17.44 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.11 2.7 20.11 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.19 3.7 31.19 3.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.25 1.4 18.24 1.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... $24.69 6.6 $24.69 6.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.67 5.2 14.67 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.26 3.0 10.26 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.42 5.1 12.42 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.55 2.0 15.55 2.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.20 5.8 16.20 5.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.34 6.8 18.34 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.77 1.4 19.77 1.4 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.15 3.4 15.15 3.4 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 15.28 2.7 15.28 2.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.19 2.0 14.19 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.64 14.0 15.64 14.0 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.43 4.2 19.43 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.21 8.7 16.21 8.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.42 3.8 14.42 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.66 7.7 14.32 8.7 $16.92 13.0 4....................................................... 15.22 5.1 15.47 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.91 6.4 15.77 7.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.26 17.1 12.14 18.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.40 5.2 14.40 5.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.67 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 2.9 12.69 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.95 1.2 11.95 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.84 6.3 12.81 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.00 11.0 – – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.53 5.2 12.53 5.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.11 4.4 12.14 4.4 – – Service............................................................. 10.49 4.6 9.43 4.2 15.27 5.8 1....................................................... 7.40 16.0 6.52 18.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.93 3.0 9.64 4.1 11.03 1.5 4....................................................... 10.10 5.2 10.10 5.2 – – Protective service............................................ 13.27 7.6 – – 20.60 7.5 Food service.................................................. 8.09 9.4 8.09 9.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.20 4.8 9.20 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 10.40 3.6 10.28 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.43 4.3 10.38 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.17 5.5 9.22 5.2 12.11 4.4 1....................................................... 8.86 7.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.74 4.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.16 6.4 – – 11.45 3.5 1....................................................... 9.17 8.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.74 4.1 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.81 7.8 $8.61 8.6 $10.92 6.0 All excluding sales............................................... 9.45 10.4 9.24 12.0 10.92 6.0 White collar........................................................ 9.71 8.4 9.56 8.9 12.61 3.0 2....................................................... 7.78 2.0 7.67 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.27 10.9 10.25 11.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.39 9.5 12.36 10.9 12.61 3.0 4....................................................... 11.25 7.9 11.24 8.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 13.27 10.8 13.30 12.2 13.05 1.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 12.58 19.8 12.47 24.7 13.05 1.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.91 11.9 – – 13.05 1.0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.51 2.2 7.51 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.79 10.5 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.32 5.8 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.22 12.9 6.84 14.1 9.63 6.4 1....................................................... 4.50 23.8 – – 8.29 2.3 2....................................................... 9.36 4.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.14 4.0 7.86 3.7 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.70 21.8 4.91 17.1 9.79 10.7 1....................................................... 3.88 17.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.78 9.5 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.27 6.1 – – 9.79 10.7 3....................................................... 8.78 9.5 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.41 7.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... $8.41 7.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.94 1.6 – – $8.10 6.6 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.90 $8.81 $20.11 $17.63 $16.81 – All excluding sales............................................. 18.56 9.45 20.14 17.40 17.29 $36.28 White collar........................................................ 24.70 9.71 27.86 22.55 20.59 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.34 12.39 28.11 23.87 22.65 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.62 13.27 31.31 24.75 26.45 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.44 12.58 32.26 26.87 28.53 – Technical....................................................... 20.45 – – 19.23 19.32 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.59 – – 36.57 28.81 – Sales............................................................. 22.32 7.51 – 19.11 10.11 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.23 9.79 12.49 13.10 13.04 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.57 8.32 17.64 14.34 15.57 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.76 – 19.59 19.82 19.76 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.67 – 18.83 11.80 14.88 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.66 – 15.31 14.16 14.01 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 – 14.38 11.53 12.51 – Service............................................................. 10.49 7.22 15.40 9.11 9.92 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.1 7.8 3.8 7.9 3.4 – All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 10.4 3.8 5.2 3.3 30.9 White collar........................................................ 8.8 8.4 1.7 11.8 4.5 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.5 9.5 2.3 9.5 3.3 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.5 10.8 5.8 5.0 3.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.9 19.8 6.3 5.4 4.1 – Technical....................................................... 5.6 – – 9.9 9.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 16.3 – – 16.6 5.8 – Sales............................................................. 20.9 2.2 – 25.8 7.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.0 10.5 4.0 9.0 8.1 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 5.8 4.3 4.8 3.0 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.4 – 4.1 7.2 5.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 – 1.3 7.1 6.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.7 – 6.3 11.8 9.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.9 – 8.4 3.6 2.7 – Service............................................................. 4.6 12.9 6.4 6.0 6.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.61 $17.58 – – $17.22 $17.64 $14.49 - - $16.96 All excluding sales............................................. 17.41 17.60 – – 17.24 17.21 14.49 - - 16.96 White collar........................................................ 22.61 23.53 – – 22.36 22.33 15.66 - - 22.87 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.05 23.90 – – 22.70 24.11 15.66 - - 22.87 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.64 28.00 – – 28.00 23.26 – - - 23.21 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.88 30.43 – – 30.43 25.31 – - - 25.71 Technical....................................................... 19.37 21.01 – – 21.01 18.82 – - - 18.82 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.39 29.61 – – 25.70 41.48 – - - 30.00 Sales............................................................. 19.11 – – – – 19.24 – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.32 13.20 – – 13.20 13.37 – - - 14.10 Blue collar......................................................... 15.46 16.08 – – 15.91 13.55 14.00 - - 16.58 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.83 18.63 – – 19.02 24.84 – - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 15.46 – – 15.46 – – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.32 16.27 – – 16.27 – – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.49 13.34 – – 13.34 11.67 – - - – Service............................................................. 8.96 – – – – 8.89 – - - 9.58 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 7.0 2.0 – – 0.8 12.7 19.7 - - 9.7 All excluding sales............................................. 4.4 2.0 – – .8 9.0 19.7 - - 9.7 White collar........................................................ 12.3 5.0 – – 1.8 16.4 16.6 - - 7.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.0 5.2 – – 2.1 14.3 16.6 - - 7.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 5.7 – – 5.7 7.9 – - - 8.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 4.0 – – 4.0 8.6 – - - 8.9 Technical....................................................... 9.6 10.8 – – 10.8 12.4 – - - 12.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 17.6 9.6 – – 2.1 20.0 – - - 9.4 Sales............................................................. 25.8 – – – – 26.3 – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.7 5.0 – – 5.0 14.0 – - - 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 1.6 – – 1.5 12.6 24.0 - - 14.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.5 2.5 – – 2.6 15.0 – - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 2.5 – – 2.5 – – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 2.2 – – 2.2 – – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.8 3.2 – – 3.2 2.4 – - - – Service............................................................. 6.2 – – – – 6.4 – - - 2.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.61 $16.98 $17.74 $17.68 $17.86 All excluding sales............................................. 17.41 16.98 17.50 16.98 18.55 White collar........................................................ 22.61 25.74 22.26 23.55 19.79 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.05 27.90 23.56 24.96 21.64 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.64 – 23.86 22.40 25.33 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.88 – 26.05 23.67 28.63 Technical....................................................... 19.37 – 18.86 19.17 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.39 30.44 39.12 – 25.07 Sales............................................................. 19.11 – 19.25 21.30 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.32 – 13.34 13.87 12.49 Blue collar......................................................... 15.46 17.05 15.11 14.39 16.69 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.83 19.55 20.03 19.45 22.37 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 13.24 14.77 13.26 18.72 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.32 – 14.06 13.56 15.60 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.49 10.61 12.63 12.30 12.99 Service............................................................. 8.96 7.52 9.64 9.45 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 7.0 16.6 9.6 14.2 6.1 All excluding sales............................................. 4.4 16.4 6.1 10.0 4.4 White collar........................................................ 12.3 17.2 14.2 18.8 11.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.0 13.3 11.2 17.5 6.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 – 4.4 7.4 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 – 5.3 9.8 1.9 Technical....................................................... 9.6 – 10.6 8.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 17.6 16.2 17.3 – 5.7 Sales............................................................. 25.8 – 29.2 26.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.7 – 10.5 14.8 10.1 Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 10.2 3.0 5.6 6.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.5 13.0 2.3 3.0 6.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 8.2 6.5 8.2 1.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 – 11.4 15.6 5.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.8 9.3 3.2 5.8 5.3 Service............................................................. 6.2 14.1 3.1 3.8 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.20 $10.80 $15.41 $21.17 $34.00 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.00 15.38 21.00 32.39 White collar.................................... 8.70 12.09 20.32 32.00 40.87 White collar excluding sales................ 10.61 13.86 22.63 31.87 41.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.66 18.06 26.39 32.60 41.69 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 21.43 28.74 34.13 43.05 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.52 28.80 32.39 36.06 42.07 Industrial engineers.................... 21.34 27.16 32.60 39.62 42.07 Mechanical engineers.................... 27.86 31.34 33.50 35.83 38.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 15.00 15.00 27.70 29.98 33.66 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.00 15.00 28.85 29.98 33.66 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ – – – – – Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 21.34 26.77 33.47 43.14 46.11 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.85 27.87 36.52 43.82 47.36 Secondary school teachers............... 23.82 27.73 35.75 43.45 46.44 Teachers, special education............. 16.43 25.10 28.63 37.86 43.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.75 12.40 15.14 17.91 20.00 Social workers.......................... 11.50 13.00 15.38 17.91 20.42 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 12.43 15.76 18.06 20.21 31.01 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.15 15.56 17.06 18.06 18.72 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.66 26.99 36.33 41.12 61.64 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.63 27.59 39.00 42.54 61.64 Management related........................ 15.00 21.15 26.68 31.00 36.75 Sales......................................... 7.17 8.32 16.45 37.69 37.69 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.85 7.40 8.15 9.30 10.05 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.55 10.40 11.94 15.00 19.62 Secretaries............................. 12.71 13.32 16.26 17.92 19.62 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.04 10.40 10.81 13.38 13.46 General office clerks................... 10.35 11.32 12.09 13.30 16.35 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.50 15.12 18.71 20.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.97 17.00 18.71 21.17 28.83 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.89 17.57 18.51 19.36 19.39 Supervisors, production................. 17.08 21.55 24.01 28.44 30.60 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.20 10.83 15.01 18.42 20.34 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 11.56 12.11 13.46 17.98 20.62 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 12.15 12.15 15.81 17.38 18.01 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $7.83 $10.08 $14.48 $17.89 $19.10 Welders and cutters..................... 13.86 19.10 20.62 21.55 22.00 Assemblers.............................. 10.80 11.24 18.31 19.07 20.62 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.11 10.78 15.48 17.70 19.97 Transportation and material moving............ 6.80 13.18 14.25 17.07 18.39 Truck drivers........................... 6.75 6.80 14.10 14.25 16.97 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.22 13.20 13.85 16.90 17.14 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 12.12 14.53 18.31 18.31 18.84 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.60 11.00 11.84 12.76 17.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.55 8.09 12.81 18.07 19.97 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.76 11.00 12.00 12.76 14.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 9.75 11.40 11.87 12.65 17.70 Service......................................... 6.55 8.00 9.25 11.25 14.00 Protective service........................ 7.50 8.35 10.50 15.66 21.46 Food service.............................. 2.83 3.50 8.00 9.05 11.44 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 7.00 8.00 8.75 9.45 12.09 Health service............................ 8.50 9.16 10.06 11.25 12.61 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.50 10.16 11.36 12.57 Cleaning and building service............. 7.45 8.00 9.00 11.53 14.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.00 8.79 11.86 14.00 Personal service.......................... 6.63 6.71 6.75 9.00 12.00 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.04 $10.69 $15.01 $20.32 $32.98 All excluding sales........................... 8.35 10.80 15.01 20.18 30.66 White collar.................................... 8.30 11.90 20.32 31.25 38.44 White collar excluding sales................ 10.53 13.50 21.77 31.21 41.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.16 17.06 23.93 31.21 36.06 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 21.34 27.70 32.60 38.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.52 28.80 32.39 36.06 42.07 Industrial engineers.................... 21.34 27.16 32.60 39.62 42.07 Mechanical engineers.................... 27.86 31.34 33.50 35.83 38.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 15.00 15.00 27.70 29.98 33.66 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.00 15.00 28.85 29.98 33.66 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.25 15.63 18.06 20.21 31.01 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.00 15.56 17.06 18.06 18.60 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.64 25.79 36.75 41.12 61.64 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.63 28.15 41.12 61.64 61.64 Management related........................ 15.00 21.64 27.00 31.00 36.75 Sales......................................... 7.17 8.32 16.45 37.69 37.69 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.85 7.40 8.15 9.30 10.05 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.24 10.40 11.90 15.42 23.32 Secretaries............................. 12.70 15.33 16.26 19.62 19.62 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.40 10.53 12.03 13.38 13.46 General office clerks................... 10.00 10.90 13.14 15.00 16.73 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.50 15.15 18.71 20.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.78 17.10 18.71 21.55 28.83 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.89 17.57 18.51 19.36 19.39 Supervisors, production................. 17.08 21.55 24.01 28.44 30.60 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.20 10.83 15.01 18.42 20.34 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 11.56 12.11 13.46 17.98 20.62 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 12.15 12.15 15.81 17.38 18.01 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.83 10.08 14.48 17.89 19.10 Welders and cutters..................... 13.86 19.10 20.62 21.55 22.00 Assemblers.............................. $10.80 $11.24 $18.31 $19.07 $20.62 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.11 10.78 15.48 17.70 19.97 Transportation and material moving............ 6.75 13.20 14.25 17.07 18.31 Truck drivers........................... 6.75 6.80 14.10 14.25 16.97 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.22 13.20 13.85 16.90 17.14 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.60 11.00 11.76 12.76 17.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.55 8.09 12.81 18.07 19.97 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.76 11.00 12.00 12.76 14.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 9.75 11.40 11.87 12.65 17.70 Service......................................... 6.25 7.88 9.00 10.35 12.09 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 3.50 8.00 9.05 11.07 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.00 8.00 8.75 9.20 12.09 Health service............................ 8.40 9.13 10.01 11.16 12.52 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.26 10.06 11.32 12.57 Cleaning and building service............. 6.55 7.75 8.35 10.00 12.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 7.75 8.35 9.50 12.50 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.26 $12.62 $18.42 $31.06 $43.14 All excluding sales........................... 10.23 12.68 18.42 31.23 43.14 White collar.................................... 11.38 14.66 26.50 36.80 44.25 White collar excluding sales................ 11.60 14.66 26.77 37.10 44.29 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.43 22.10 29.92 42.27 45.72 Professional specialty...................... 15.73 23.54 30.79 42.56 45.78 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 23.46 27.03 33.65 43.14 46.15 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.85 27.87 36.52 43.82 47.36 Secondary school teachers............... 23.82 27.73 35.75 43.45 46.44 Teachers, special education............. 16.43 25.10 28.63 37.86 43.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 27.59 27.59 29.21 35.22 40.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.59 27.59 30.20 37.93 40.37 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.04 10.22 12.09 12.71 14.22 Blue collar..................................... 11.66 12.87 15.00 18.15 19.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.97 15.41 15.55 19.31 19.59 Transportation and material moving............ 11.66 13.14 14.22 18.62 22.42 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.38 11.66 12.59 15.59 15.59 Service......................................... 8.58 10.32 12.79 15.75 23.60 Protective service........................ 14.72 15.66 18.42 24.58 32.26 Food service.............................. 7.00 7.79 10.32 11.44 12.63 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.79 10.32 11.44 12.63 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.56 9.99 12.17 13.43 14.88 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.42 9.70 11.86 12.79 14.56 Personal service.......................... 6.47 7.00 7.58 9.00 10.58 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.40 $16.36 $21.77 $35.61 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.40 16.03 21.64 32.98 White collar.................................... 10.50 14.00 22.37 33.75 41.12 White collar excluding sales................ 10.76 15.00 23.32 32.85 41.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.38 19.61 27.16 33.66 42.27 Professional specialty...................... 15.72 22.58 28.86 34.96 43.14 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.39 28.86 32.45 36.06 42.07 Mechanical engineers.................... 27.86 31.34 33.50 35.83 38.35 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 15.00 15.00 27.70 29.98 33.66 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.00 15.00 28.85 29.98 33.66 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.09 27.43 34.50 43.40 46.29 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.85 27.87 36.52 43.82 47.36 Secondary school teachers............... 23.97 27.93 35.92 43.51 46.44 Teachers, special education............. 16.43 25.10 28.63 37.86 43.82 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.00 16.80 18.27 21.59 31.01 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.97 15.76 17.06 18.06 18.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.66 26.99 36.33 41.12 61.64 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.63 27.59 39.00 42.54 61.64 Management related........................ 15.00 21.15 26.68 31.00 36.75 Sales......................................... 8.65 11.38 20.32 37.69 37.69 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.85 10.53 12.03 15.05 19.62 Secretaries............................. 12.71 14.20 16.26 17.92 19.62 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.04 10.40 10.81 13.38 13.46 General office clerks................... 10.35 11.32 12.09 13.62 16.35 Blue collar..................................... 9.04 11.55 15.22 18.71 20.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.97 17.00 18.71 21.17 28.83 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.89 17.57 18.51 19.36 19.39 Supervisors, production................. 17.08 21.55 24.01 28.44 30.60 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.25 10.90 15.22 18.52 20.34 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 11.56 12.11 13.46 17.98 20.62 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 12.15 12.15 15.81 17.38 18.01 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.83 10.08 14.48 17.89 19.10 Welders and cutters..................... 13.86 19.10 20.62 21.55 22.00 Assemblers.............................. 10.80 11.24 18.31 19.07 20.62 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ $10.11 $10.78 $15.48 $17.70 $19.97 Transportation and material moving............ 6.80 13.64 14.25 17.07 18.39 Truck drivers........................... 6.75 6.80 14.10 14.25 16.97 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.22 13.20 13.85 16.90 17.14 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 12.12 14.53 18.31 18.31 18.84 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.09 11.00 11.98 12.76 18.07 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.76 11.00 12.00 12.76 14.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 9.75 11.40 11.87 12.65 17.70 Service......................................... 7.50 8.50 9.66 11.88 14.31 Protective service........................ 7.60 8.50 10.87 15.66 21.46 Food service.............................. 2.83 7.50 8.75 9.20 12.09 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.50 12.09 Health service............................ 8.50 9.26 10.06 11.33 12.61 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.50 10.16 11.36 12.57 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.00 9.50 12.50 14.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 12.50 14.00 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.33 $6.95 $7.80 $9.89 $12.93 All excluding sales........................... 6.24 7.00 8.30 11.18 14.28 White collar.................................... 6.65 7.15 8.07 11.00 15.30 White collar excluding sales................ 7.50 8.30 11.38 14.28 19.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 7.25 9.89 12.19 16.46 19.50 Professional specialty...................... 7.00 7.25 11.60 13.91 21.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 6.60 8.34 11.60 13.16 13.16 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.55 6.86 7.25 8.05 8.55 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.75 7.90 8.30 11.38 12.70 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 7.50 7.98 8.56 10.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.83 6.49 7.50 8.98 10.51 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 2.83 6.49 7.60 9.29 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.55 7.00 7.60 9.01 11.44 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.24 6.55 7.80 9.53 10.82 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.24 6.55 7.80 9.53 10.82 Personal service.......................... 6.63 6.71 6.75 9.00 12.00 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, York, PA, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 80,300 69,900 10,400 All excluding sales............................................. 71,500 61,200 10,300 White collar........................................................ 37,100 29,800 7,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28,300 21,000 7,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16,500 11,500 5,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 13,000 8,100 4,900 Technical....................................................... 3,500 3,400 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4,100 3,400 700 Sales............................................................. 8,800 8,800 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7,700 6,100 1,600 Blue collar......................................................... 31,500 30,600 800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,900 7,700 200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13,600 13,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,800 2,300 500 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,200 7,000 200 Service............................................................. 11,700 9,500 2,200 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. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.