NC BL 03/00/1999 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3090-40, October 1997 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, October 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.26 2.2% $6.00 $8.47 $13.27 $20.69 $29.81 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.47 2.2 6.00 8.66 13.50 21.03 30.00 White-collar occupations............................................ 19.94 2.5 8.00 10.90 16.76 25.28 35.10 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 20.90 2.5 8.98 11.77 17.81 26.39 36.15 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.15 3.2 12.49 16.60 21.91 28.55 36.66 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.45 2.4 16.02 19.53 24.41 30.32 38.91 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 3.7 19.70 24.76 30.15 36.67 43.75 Petroleum engineers......................................... 39.23 11.2 22.12 30.00 40.06 47.02 55.77 Chemical engineers.......................................... 31.66 6.0 23.18 26.00 29.81 36.06 39.18 Civil engineers............................................. 32.60 9.8 19.70 24.96 31.25 40.00 44.23 Industrial engineers........................................ 24.88 4.5 18.55 21.29 25.67 28.46 29.22 Mechanical engineers........................................ 27.98 9.8 16.16 20.31 25.68 37.14 37.14 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 31.76 4.4 21.45 25.29 30.42 36.36 45.27 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.65 4.1 18.65 21.39 26.14 31.06 39.42 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.57 4.3 18.65 21.39 25.96 31.24 39.23 Natural scientists............................................ 22.82 9.2 12.67 14.40 19.23 29.99 37.82 Geologists and geodesists................................... 30.84 10.6 18.27 22.84 30.39 37.82 47.31 Health related occupations.................................... 22.17 3.3 16.20 18.40 20.73 24.00 28.15 Registered nurses........................................... 20.86 2.4 15.90 18.00 20.23 23.29 26.04 Pharmacists................................................. 26.11 3.4 21.83 23.61 26.78 27.50 29.93 Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.77 4.0 14.49 16.00 17.30 19.71 21.36 Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.51 11.7 20.42 26.44 34.65 57.87 73.95 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 31.16 16.8 8.00 21.52 30.10 37.26 51.23 Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.37 1.4 17.76 19.66 23.05 27.02 30.03 Elementary school teachers.................................. 23.31 1.3 17.92 19.73 22.87 26.53 29.56 Secondary school teachers................................... 23.53 1.0 17.92 19.66 23.05 26.97 29.58 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 23.98 4.3 14.50 19.15 24.25 28.55 32.33 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 22.86 10.2 13.34 15.22 23.97 29.70 31.11 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.51 16.4 11.72 13.20 18.05 25.59 31.28 Librarians.................................................. 19.51 16.4 11.72 13.20 18.05 25.59 31.28 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.33 13.3 15.12 16.25 20.57 22.69 35.09 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.08 7.3 9.55 11.31 13.06 16.68 19.72 Social workers.............................................. 14.05 8.0 10.34 11.50 13.03 16.55 18.28 Lawyers and judges............................................ 34.62 16.0 21.81 25.33 27.23 37.74 59.62 Lawyers..................................................... 34.33 17.4 21.81 25.38 27.23 36.06 60.58 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 22.77 7.9 13.00 15.99 20.46 27.18 32.31 Designers................................................... 20.60 31.9 6.50 7.25 22.31 30.95 37.21 Public relations specialists................................ 23.06 16.5 15.99 18.27 20.43 20.46 55.53 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 28.53 12.6 14.76 16.30 26.92 39.22 42.79 Technical occupations........................................... 18.02 7.2 10.00 12.13 15.00 20.30 27.02 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.88 8.9 7.75 11.12 15.25 17.95 21.59 Radiological technicians.................................... 17.09 12.5 10.90 11.57 16.00 20.00 25.12 Licensed practical nurses................................... $15.14 12.6% $10.86 $12.00 $13.31 $15.00 $27.02 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.70 5.6 8.25 9.85 14.30 16.50 18.00 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 21.64 14.1 14.30 14.75 19.58 28.85 33.00 Drafters.................................................... 21.48 9.3 11.00 15.75 20.74 30.00 33.00 Chemical technicians........................................ 19.63 5.7 13.75 19.87 21.11 21.62 21.80 Computer programmers........................................ 19.21 8.1 14.42 14.48 18.13 21.56 29.95 Legal assistants............................................ 16.96 11.6 12.00 12.00 18.75 20.21 22.07 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 14.52 8.3 10.24 10.67 13.70 16.82 19.71 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 29.95 3.0 15.68 19.35 26.44 36.42 48.08 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.28 4.0 16.30 22.00 30.32 40.63 53.29 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 25.33 13.3 13.77 20.12 24.97 31.20 37.09 Financial managers.......................................... 36.07 13.5 17.79 18.88 31.97 46.69 59.90 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 36.97 17.6 23.56 23.56 32.53 43.36 64.90 Purchasing managers......................................... 34.72 11.6 23.35 24.51 30.00 46.87 48.72 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 34.02 14.7 16.34 22.22 29.87 43.76 54.61 Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.10 8.1 19.40 26.55 31.53 42.09 42.61 Managers, medicine and health............................... 23.49 8.3 16.89 16.89 26.17 27.89 28.85 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.68 30.6 11.34 13.50 16.04 39.90 72.12 Managers, properties and real estate........................ 32.10 15.7 19.23 21.19 34.47 40.63 47.02 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 35.64 5.3 17.95 24.00 32.40 41.99 60.30 Management related occupations................................ 24.88 4.1 15.04 17.57 21.45 29.33 37.97 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.83 7.8 16.35 18.23 22.19 28.85 37.87 Other financial officers.................................... 29.21 11.4 16.88 19.81 24.13 31.25 49.33 Management analysts......................................... 25.82 7.2 19.60 21.08 26.83 30.24 34.13 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.46 7.3 13.94 17.48 20.24 25.72 36.06 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 27.71 25.4 14.90 16.35 20.19 25.10 57.69 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 22.93 13.2 15.18 15.18 20.31 28.61 35.52 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 23.33 9.0 14.55 15.04 18.27 30.00 41.54 Sales occupations................................................. 13.96 5.8 5.35 6.68 10.56 17.31 25.64 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 20.95 9.5 10.00 13.13 18.75 21.82 38.12 Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 13.24 8.7 8.80 10.92 13.02 15.31 17.40 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 20.82 16.5 12.50 14.66 17.15 24.21 33.88 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 15.78 14.7 5.50 8.30 15.86 20.60 33.90 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 17.73 21.2 6.34 8.00 17.31 26.30 28.79 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 15.29 12.6 5.17 7.91 10.96 20.59 29.60 Sales workers, parts........................................ 17.95 5.6 11.43 16.84 18.57 20.67 21.19 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.86 8.3 5.35 6.11 8.81 13.34 19.91 Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.43 9.0 5.00 6.50 8.50 10.82 11.00 Cashiers.................................................... 6.76 5.1 5.00 5.25 6.00 7.50 9.00 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 11.63 9.2 5.31 9.61 11.04 14.42 17.63 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 11.47 1.7 7.40 8.80 10.80 13.38 16.26 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.05 5.5 9.75 11.20 12.63 14.66 16.71 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 17.27 7.8 14.27 14.65 15.62 17.00 27.48 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 16.15 6.7 12.89 12.94 14.42 17.22 25.29 Computer operators.......................................... 13.50 8.2 8.50 11.26 13.45 16.88 16.88 Secretaries................................................. $13.48 2.9% $9.59 $11.25 $13.00 $15.31 $18.00 Interviewers................................................ 10.92 14.8 7.61 8.44 9.18 13.36 16.07 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.28 19.8 6.40 7.45 10.23 18.68 19.77 Receptionists............................................... 8.61 4.9 5.75 7.00 8.44 10.50 11.17 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.23 9.3 8.50 10.00 10.00 13.46 15.93 Order clerks................................................ 12.19 10.8 9.00 9.00 11.15 13.73 17.31 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 11.85 11.8 7.28 7.90 12.20 14.78 15.20 Library clerks.............................................. 8.04 6.2 5.88 7.07 8.41 8.79 10.37 File clerks................................................. 8.82 5.9 7.38 7.94 8.08 10.02 11.10 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.16 4.3 8.02 9.92 10.99 13.05 13.94 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.35 2.9 8.13 9.75 11.21 12.50 13.95 Billing clerks.............................................. 13.18 11.8 9.49 10.00 10.85 16.48 19.23 Telephone operators......................................... 11.10 22.1 5.50 8.45 9.00 15.72 15.72 Production coordinators..................................... 13.69 6.6 10.07 11.50 13.13 15.29 16.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.21 5.5 6.75 7.50 8.25 11.00 12.00 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.13 6.3 6.93 7.69 9.33 12.45 13.38 Expeditors.................................................. 14.74 9.8 6.25 11.66 16.06 16.83 17.77 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 13.33 7.7 7.00 10.83 13.20 15.51 17.31 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 12.85 8.0 8.49 9.81 11.01 14.25 19.47 General office clerks....................................... 10.40 3.4 6.99 8.00 10.00 12.15 14.63 Bank tellers................................................ 9.13 3.2 8.13 8.25 8.75 10.00 10.50 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.08 2.3 7.50 8.31 9.00 10.00 10.85 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.06 2.0 7.38 7.60 8.67 10.25 11.89 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.10 5.1 8.41 9.64 11.39 13.59 15.63 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.41 2.9 5.80 7.50 11.00 16.15 21.03 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 15.93 2.7 8.55 11.45 15.63 21.03 22.35 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.00 6.3 16.73 18.98 21.63 28.38 31.28 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.47 7.6 9.91 13.03 17.44 24.11 28.72 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.17 4.9 13.74 15.75 15.75 16.57 21.37 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.18 7.7 10.50 12.00 14.80 18.38 21.84 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.39 22.4 7.00 8.25 17.50 22.33 23.45 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.82 5.0 10.00 11.64 14.64 16.32 21.84 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.20 3.8 14.75 15.00 17.50 18.13 19.33 Carpenters.................................................. 14.40 4.8 11.00 12.95 15.00 16.35 17.00 Electricians................................................ 17.38 3.2 13.66 15.23 16.90 19.15 21.37 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 11.33 3.2 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.75 13.00 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.55 6.1 11.75 15.00 16.00 18.20 21.03 Insulation workers.......................................... 11.74 5.8 9.00 9.60 11.50 13.25 15.50 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 9.81 13.9 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.75 15.00 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 21.36 8.6 11.69 15.25 19.95 28.89 31.54 Machinists.................................................. 17.63 4.2 13.52 15.63 16.74 21.03 21.09 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.75 7.3 9.10 12.89 16.19 18.55 19.87 Stationary engineers........................................ $15.58 10.7% $11.26 $11.26 $13.80 $18.91 $21.20 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 21.52 1.0 20.03 21.03 21.35 22.38 22.64 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.73 5.6 6.00 6.80 10.50 13.35 15.76 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 10.07 12.1 6.55 7.60 10.00 11.06 15.00 Numerical control machine operators......................... 15.13 6.1 11.32 14.90 15.28 16.50 18.80 Printing press operators.................................... 12.51 8.4 8.00 9.53 13.50 15.75 16.00 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 6.81 3.0 5.85 6.00 6.65 7.40 8.25 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.95 10.9 6.75 10.04 10.61 13.73 20.30 Welders and cutters......................................... 12.68 6.5 11.00 11.00 11.75 13.88 15.50 Assemblers.................................................. 8.64 11.6 5.00 6.00 7.00 10.00 14.55 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.21 23.0 6.00 8.00 9.44 16.74 35.63 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.73 6.3 6.75 8.00 11.55 17.35 20.19 Truck drivers............................................... 11.56 7.6 8.00 8.50 9.75 13.85 18.48 Bus drivers................................................. 12.77 5.7 7.80 10.85 14.09 14.80 15.99 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 7.91 4.8 6.50 6.75 7.32 8.21 9.80 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 15.49 13.2 9.67 11.38 14.85 20.30 20.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.12 3.7 5.00 5.60 7.50 9.50 12.40 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 8.17 7.5 6.00 6.75 7.98 9.04 11.74 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 12.55 9.3 7.85 10.15 12.98 16.15 16.15 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 9.61 5.9 6.03 7.75 9.25 11.00 13.36 Helpers, construction trades................................ 9.28 5.6 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.55 11.59 Construction laborers....................................... 8.06 5.8 5.75 6.50 7.87 9.00 11.21 Production helpers.......................................... 8.74 7.5 6.25 7.50 8.00 9.50 11.54 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.60 4.5 4.75 5.15 5.50 7.40 8.80 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 7.90 9.7 5.35 5.75 6.50 8.60 14.56 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.27 7.5 5.22 6.30 7.55 9.22 13.50 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 6.54 5.7 5.15 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.50 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.20 11.4 4.75 5.15 7.50 9.54 14.40 Service occupations................................................. 8.25 3.5 4.75 5.25 6.85 9.82 15.16 Protective service occupations................................ 12.52 6.7 6.00 8.07 12.49 15.91 18.37 Firefighting occupations.................................... 14.11 2.3 11.86 13.13 14.20 15.91 15.91 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.77 4.7 13.69 15.16 17.11 18.37 20.72 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 16.04 3.2 13.72 14.27 15.57 17.84 18.32 Correctional institution officers........................... 10.97 2.6 9.30 10.47 11.19 11.69 11.69 Guards and police except public service..................... 8.42 11.4 5.50 6.00 6.50 9.00 15.00 Food service occupations...................................... 5.99 4.4 2.13 4.85 5.75 7.36 9.50 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 10.18 4.7 7.50 9.50 10.00 11.54 12.98 Bartenders.................................................. 5.34 18.6 2.13 2.13 6.25 7.35 8.20 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.01 13.2 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.90 Cooks....................................................... 7.40 6.6 5.50 6.13 7.00 8.00 9.00 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 6.12 7.0 3.85 5.15 5.50 6.55 8.25 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.16 3.3 5.00 5.22 6.00 6.66 7.75 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.76 22.3 3.80 4.50 5.25 6.75 13.50 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... $6.55 4.5% $5.15 $5.25 $5.80 $7.36 $9.39 Health service occupations.................................... 7.81 3.5 5.15 6.18 7.87 8.86 10.15 Health aides, except nursing................................ 8.60 3.6 6.65 7.94 8.37 9.00 11.31 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.31 5.1 5.00 5.90 7.19 8.67 9.50 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 6.70 4.1 5.00 5.15 5.70 7.50 9.60 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.67 2.0 5.15 5.15 5.56 6.00 6.55 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.70 4.7 4.75 5.15 5.65 7.97 9.83 Personal service occupations.................................. 9.40 10.5 5.15 5.41 6.73 10.59 18.00 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 5.87 3.2 5.15 5.25 5.50 6.45 7.00 Welfare service aides....................................... 8.25 9.6 6.50 7.03 7.66 9.61 10.95 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 6.89 7.7 5.25 5.50 6.25 7.83 9.11 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.64 12.9 5.15 5.70 7.98 11.78 11.78 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, October 1997 Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.04 2.6% $5.56 $8.00 $12.92 $20.43 $30.07 $17.18 3.3% $7.98 $10.09 $14.66 $21.53 $28.90 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.27 2.7 5.75 8.10 13.14 20.83 30.55 17.21 3.3 8.02 10.10 14.69 21.60 28.90 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.03 3.1 7.89 10.78 16.33 25.29 36.53 19.65 3.9 8.60 11.31 17.92 25.28 30.75 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.33 3.2 9.00 11.96 17.75 26.96 38.00 19.70 3.9 8.67 11.40 17.95 25.28 30.81 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.47 4.3 12.39 16.00 21.87 30.00 38.46 23.51 4.4 12.95 17.76 21.94 27.02 31.11 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 27.83 2.7 16.81 20.43 25.96 33.04 40.39 24.48 4.5 15.12 18.46 22.72 27.33 31.52 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 3.7 19.70 24.76 30.15 36.67 43.75 - - - - - - - Petroleum engineers......................................... 39.23 11.2 22.12 30.00 40.06 47.02 55.77 - - - - - - - Chemical engineers.......................................... 31.66 6.0 23.18 26.00 29.81 36.06 39.18 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 32.60 9.8 19.70 24.96 31.25 40.00 44.23 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 24.88 4.5 18.55 21.29 25.67 28.46 29.22 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 27.98 9.8 16.16 20.31 25.68 37.14 37.14 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 31.76 4.4 21.45 25.29 30.42 36.36 45.27 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.83 4.1 18.88 21.50 26.19 31.20 39.47 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.75 4.3 18.88 21.44 26.00 31.43 39.42 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 26.02 8.1 13.25 16.13 24.23 33.15 40.64 - - - - - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 30.84 10.6 18.27 22.84 30.39 37.82 47.31 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.19 4.5 16.00 18.11 20.55 23.71 27.81 22.11 4.2 16.73 18.60 21.05 25.59 28.64 Registered nurses........................................... 20.50 2.6 15.75 17.81 20.13 22.55 24.90 21.51 4.3 16.23 18.38 20.49 24.24 27.39 Pharmacists................................................. 25.90 3.1 22.04 23.61 25.95 26.90 29.52 - - - - - - - Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.77 4.0 14.49 16.00 17.30 19.71 21.36 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 36.68 42.7 15.14 16.41 21.63 60.90 66.99 42.75 11.9 21.11 26.44 34.82 56.96 73.95 Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.70 10.0 12.13 12.98 20.77 25.98 31.72 23.51 1.4 17.81 19.67 23.23 27.14 29.99 Elementary school teachers.................................. 23.34 13.8 12.77 16.80 22.57 29.56 33.11 23.31 1.3 17.92 19.73 22.87 26.53 29.40 Secondary school teachers................................... - - - - - - - 23.43 0.8 17.92 19.66 22.88 26.88 29.58 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 18.44 14.5 8.20 12.74 14.50 22.60 25.98 25.45 4.5 18.48 20.70 25.48 30.30 32.87 Vocational and educational counselors....................... - - - - - - - 23.34 10.2 13.34 15.22 24.16 29.70 31.11 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - 19.43 18.8 11.27 13.20 16.51 25.72 31.28 Librarians.................................................. - - - - - - - 19.43 18.8 11.27 13.20 16.51 25.72 31.28 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.52 14.2 7.57 9.12 10.34 16.00 19.72 14.54 7.7 10.93 12.09 13.78 16.68 18.45 Social workers.............................................. - - - - - - - 14.54 7.7 10.93 12.09 13.78 16.68 18.45 Lawyers and judges............................................ 37.46 21.3 21.81 22.50 32.93 45.90 64.90 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 37.46 21.3 21.81 22.50 32.93 45.90 64.90 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 23.04 8.4 13.00 15.86 20.55 27.40 32.31 - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 20.60 31.9 6.50 7.25 22.31 30.95 37.21 - - - - - - - Public relations specialists................................ 23.06 16.5 15.99 18.27 20.43 20.46 55.53 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 30.14 13.3 14.81 18.00 27.41 39.22 43.51 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 18.45 8.2 10.03 12.47 15.44 20.46 25.34 15.05 13.6 9.59 10.55 12.97 16.79 27.02 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.88 9.2 8.17 11.12 15.25 17.95 22.36 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 15.36 10.1 10.20 11.00 16.00 19.06 20.00 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.07 2.0 11.00 11.71 12.96 14.23 15.47 19.32 21.7 10.60 12.69 14.40 27.02 27.02 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. $13.93 5.9% $8.53 $10.62 $14.30 $16.54 $18.07 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 23.37 15.1 14.40 14.75 22.12 28.85 38.00 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 21.48 9.3 11.00 15.75 20.74 30.00 33.00 - - - - - - - Chemical technicians........................................ 19.63 5.7 13.75 19.87 21.11 21.62 21.80 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 20.11 8.9 14.42 14.90 18.13 23.46 30.00 - - - - - - - Legal assistants............................................ 16.96 11.6 12.00 12.00 18.75 20.21 22.07 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 30.66 3.2 16.01 19.53 26.92 37.80 49.33 $26.29 7.0% $15.06 $17.95 $23.84 $31.42 $40.17 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.02 4.6 16.83 23.34 32.04 43.46 60.10 27.66 7.2 14.54 20.12 27.79 32.44 42.61 Administrators and officials, public administration......... - - - - - - - 25.27 13.4 13.77 20.12 24.90 31.20 35.48 Financial managers.......................................... 36.40 13.7 17.79 18.78 32.50 46.69 62.50 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 36.97 17.6 23.56 23.56 32.53 43.36 64.90 - - - - - - - Purchasing managers......................................... 34.72 11.6 23.35 24.51 30.00 46.87 48.72 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 34.02 14.7 16.34 22.22 29.87 43.76 54.61 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.36 13.1 16.66 27.84 37.80 37.80 38.97 33.14 8.4 19.40 26.30 31.42 42.61 42.61 Managers, medicine and health............................... 23.97 8.6 16.89 19.59 26.17 28.85 28.85 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 30.65 30.3 11.54 15.07 16.56 39.90 72.12 - - - - - - - Managers, properties and real estate........................ 32.10 15.7 19.23 21.19 34.47 40.63 47.02 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 37.11 5.1 19.14 24.90 34.48 43.96 61.30 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 25.32 4.1 15.04 17.91 21.65 29.92 38.46 16.84 4.2 15.18 15.18 17.45 17.58 20.08 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.83 7.8 16.35 18.23 22.19 28.85 37.87 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 29.21 11.4 16.88 19.81 24.13 31.25 49.33 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 25.82 7.2 19.60 21.08 26.83 30.24 34.13 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.61 7.9 13.94 17.95 21.22 27.90 36.06 - - - - - - - Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 27.71 25.4 14.90 16.35 20.19 25.10 57.69 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 25.95 9.1 17.88 20.31 26.73 30.00 37.34 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 23.58 9.4 14.35 15.04 18.16 31.88 42.12 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 14.01 5.8 5.34 6.58 10.58 17.40 25.75 - - - - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 20.95 9.5 10.00 13.13 18.75 21.82 38.12 - - - - - - - Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 13.24 8.7 8.80 10.92 13.02 15.31 17.40 - - - - - - - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 20.82 16.5 12.50 14.66 17.15 24.21 33.88 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 15.78 14.7 5.50 8.30 15.86 20.60 33.90 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 17.73 21.2 6.34 8.00 17.31 26.30 28.79 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 15.29 12.6 5.17 7.91 10.96 20.59 29.60 - - - - - - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 17.95 5.6 11.43 16.84 18.57 20.67 21.19 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.86 8.3 5.35 6.11 8.81 13.34 19.91 - - - - - - - Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.43 9.0 5.00 6.50 8.50 10.82 11.00 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.71 5.3 5.00 5.25 6.00 7.35 9.00 - - - - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 11.63 9.2 5.31 9.61 11.04 14.42 17.63 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 11.79 2.1 7.50 9.00 11.07 13.75 16.92 10.43 2.7 7.38 8.33 10.03 12.15 14.07 Supervisors, general office................................. 12.50 6.0 9.75 10.89 12.00 12.77 15.71 - - - - - - - Supervisors, financial records processing................... 17.27 7.8 14.27 14.65 15.62 17.00 27.48 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 16.15 6.7 12.89 12.94 14.42 17.22 25.29 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... 13.50 8.2 8.50 11.26 13.45 16.88 16.88 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 13.97 3.1 10.00 11.88 13.52 15.90 18.55 11.28 4.8 8.91 9.61 11.29 12.67 13.91 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.28 19.8 6.40 7.45 10.23 18.68 19.77 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... $8.48 5.1% $5.75 $7.00 $8.32 $10.42 $11.17 - - - - - - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.28 10.5 8.50 9.10 10.00 13.46 15.93 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 12.19 10.8 9.00 9.00 11.15 13.73 17.31 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 13.47 5.0 8.50 12.20 14.42 14.78 15.90 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. - - - - - - - $7.99 6.8% $5.88 $7.07 $8.29 $8.66 $10.65 File clerks................................................. 8.88 6.3 7.13 7.68 8.08 10.06 11.40 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 10.79 7.9 7.40 8.44 10.00 12.69 15.60 11.44 4.5 9.92 10.30 11.35 13.15 13.79 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.37 3.0 8.13 9.90 11.21 12.50 14.19 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 13.82 13.2 9.74 10.00 11.54 18.07 22.50 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 13.99 7.0 10.97 11.50 14.90 15.29 16.35 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 8.98 5.4 6.75 7.50 8.25 11.00 12.00 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.56 5.8 7.00 7.94 11.53 12.45 13.38 - - - - - - - Expeditors.................................................. 14.74 9.8 6.25 11.66 16.06 16.83 17.77 - - - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 12.87 8.8 7.00 10.83 12.92 13.75 16.90 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 12.95 8.2 8.49 9.86 11.01 14.33 19.47 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.75 4.7 6.15 8.00 10.00 12.50 16.32 9.95 5.0 7.28 8.24 9.74 11.17 13.50 Bank tellers................................................ 9.13 3.2 8.13 8.25 8.75 10.00 10.50 - - - - - - - Data entry keyers........................................... 9.08 2.3 7.50 8.31 9.00 10.00 10.85 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. - - - - - - - 9.06 2.0 7.38 7.60 8.67 10.25 11.89 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.39 6.2 8.56 10.11 11.44 13.50 15.46 11.73 8.7 8.40 9.23 11.23 14.10 15.63 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.43 3.1 5.75 7.49 11.00 16.34 21.09 12.18 4.3 7.98 9.90 11.19 14.80 18.20 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.09 2.9 8.45 11.50 15.75 21.03 22.38 14.09 6.0 9.92 10.62 13.00 17.94 18.98 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.69 6.6 16.73 20.67 21.70 28.85 31.28 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.74 7.6 9.91 13.26 17.44 24.11 28.72 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.27 7.8 10.50 12.00 14.80 18.38 21.84 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.39 22.4 7.00 8.25 17.50 22.33 23.45 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 15.13 5.6 10.00 11.75 14.85 18.00 21.84 - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.18 4.0 14.75 15.00 17.50 18.13 19.33 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 14.40 4.8 11.00 12.95 15.00 16.35 17.00 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 17.58 3.8 14.20 15.25 16.90 19.40 21.42 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.20 7.6 10.50 15.00 15.50 20.71 21.80 - - - - - - - Insulation workers.......................................... 11.74 5.8 9.00 9.60 11.50 13.25 15.50 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 9.62 15.0 6.50 7.00 8.10 9.90 15.00 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 23.19 6.0 14.40 16.83 21.90 29.47 31.88 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 17.63 4.2 13.52 15.63 16.74 21.03 21.09 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.75 7.3 9.10 12.89 16.19 18.55 19.87 - - - - - - - Stationary engineers........................................ 15.58 10.7 11.26 11.26 13.80 18.91 21.20 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 21.52 1.0 20.03 21.03 21.35 22.38 22.64 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.73 5.6 6.00 6.80 10.50 13.35 15.81 - - - - - - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 10.07 12.1 6.55 7.60 10.00 11.06 15.00 - - - - - - - Numerical control machine operators......................... 15.13 6.1 11.32 14.90 15.28 16.50 18.80 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 12.51 8.4 8.00 9.53 13.50 15.75 16.00 - - - - - - - Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... $6.81 3.0% $5.85 $6.00 $6.65 $7.40 $8.25 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.95 10.9 6.75 10.04 10.61 13.73 20.30 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.68 6.5 11.00 11.00 11.75 13.88 15.50 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 8.64 11.6 5.00 6.00 7.00 10.00 14.55 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.28 23.6 6.00 8.00 9.29 16.74 35.63 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.85 7.0 6.75 8.00 11.54 18.46 20.30 $11.74 4.6% $7.02 $9.05 $12.31 $14.80 $14.80 Truck drivers............................................... 11.66 7.8 8.00 8.50 10.00 14.10 18.48 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. - - - - - - - 12.34 4.8 7.54 10.85 13.17 14.80 14.80 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 7.91 4.8 6.50 6.75 7.32 8.21 9.80 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 15.75 13.1 9.67 11.38 14.97 20.30 20.30 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.02 4.0 5.00 5.50 7.25 9.15 12.76 9.44 4.6 7.50 8.12 9.68 10.55 11.59 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 6.70 7.4 5.15 6.00 6.75 7.65 8.40 9.29 8.7 6.81 7.51 9.04 11.74 12.11 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 12.55 9.3 7.85 10.15 12.98 16.15 16.15 - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 9.81 6.9 6.00 7.75 9.50 12.88 13.36 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 8.99 6.0 7.00 7.50 8.70 9.25 12.00 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.00 5.9 5.75 6.50 7.50 9.00 11.20 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 8.74 7.5 6.25 7.50 8.00 9.50 11.54 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.60 4.5 4.75 5.15 5.50 7.40 8.80 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 7.90 9.7 5.35 5.75 6.50 8.60 14.56 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.09 7.7 5.22 6.10 7.20 8.50 13.50 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 6.54 5.7 5.15 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.50 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.10 12.3 4.75 5.00 7.25 9.50 15.10 9.59 5.6 6.91 8.17 9.88 10.60 11.24 Service occupations................................................. 6.61 3.3 4.10 5.15 5.75 7.15 9.70 11.70 4.0 7.03 8.36 10.95 15.16 17.84 Protective service occupations................................ 7.30 7.4 5.15 5.75 6.30 7.00 12.43 14.72 3.5 10.59 11.69 15.16 17.11 18.69 Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 14.11 2.3 11.86 13.13 14.20 15.91 15.91 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - 16.77 4.7 13.69 15.16 17.11 18.37 20.72 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... - - - - - - - 16.04 3.2 13.72 14.27 15.57 17.84 18.32 Correctional institution officers........................... - - - - - - - 10.97 2.6 9.30 10.47 11.19 11.69 11.69 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.77 9.9 5.50 6.00 6.30 8.05 14.42 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 5.76 4.8 2.13 4.25 5.50 7.00 9.50 7.96 3.9 6.10 6.75 7.47 9.05 10.24 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 10.07 4.7 7.50 9.50 10.00 11.46 12.98 - - - - - - - Bartenders.................................................. 5.34 18.6 2.13 2.13 6.25 7.35 8.20 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.01 13.2 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.90 - - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 7.46 6.9 5.50 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.00 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 6.12 7.0 3.85 5.15 5.50 6.55 8.25 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.14 3.5 5.00 5.15 6.00 6.57 7.78 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.76 22.3 3.80 4.50 5.25 6.75 13.50 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 5.73 3.7 5.15 5.15 5.40 5.80 7.00 8.14 4.0 6.42 6.92 7.69 9.39 10.24 Health service occupations.................................... 7.32 4.9 5.00 5.53 7.08 8.78 9.50 8.59 2.9 6.84 7.71 8.37 9.11 10.59 Health aides, except nursing................................ 8.14 6.3 6.00 7.00 8.14 9.00 11.42 8.91 4.2 7.71 8.28 8.37 9.02 11.08 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.93 5.9 4.75 5.20 6.55 8.23 9.17 8.25 5.0 6.36 7.06 8.01 9.23 10.38 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 6.14 3.7 4.75 5.15 5.30 6.25 8.25 8.89 3.9 6.49 7.66 8.57 9.73 11.46 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.66 2.0 5.15 5.15 5.56 5.97 6.55 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... $5.95 3.3% $4.75 $5.15 $5.15 $6.25 $8.25 $8.92 3.9% $6.51 $7.67 $8.62 $9.78 $11.59 Personal service occupations.................................. 9.66 14.1 5.15 5.25 6.00 9.80 23.50 8.75 7.5 5.97 7.33 8.45 10.90 11.78 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. 5.87 3.3 5.15 5.25 5.25 6.50 7.00 - - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ - - - - - - - 7.74 5.8 5.97 6.75 7.38 8.75 9.46 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 6.99 10.9 5.15 5.15 6.65 7.98 13.07 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, October 1997 All industries Full-time Part-time Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.94 2.2% $6.60 $9.14 $14.00 $21.16 $30.32 $7.39 4.0% $4.75 $5.15 $5.50 $8.00 $12.88 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.08 2.3 6.75 9.25 14.14 21.29 30.53 7.59 4.7 4.75 5.15 5.50 8.09 14.11 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.45 2.6 8.50 11.29 17.31 25.90 35.82 9.93 4.6 5.00 5.60 7.70 12.00 19.00 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.19 2.6 9.04 12.00 18.02 26.68 36.52 12.41 6.3 6.00 7.50 10.00 16.00 22.25 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 24.35 3.3 12.66 16.83 22.07 28.75 36.78 17.76 5.9 8.00 12.50 17.30 22.05 28.00 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 26.73 2.5 16.38 19.68 24.73 30.58 39.00 18.46 7.1 8.00 12.22 18.05 22.25 30.90 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 3.7 19.70 24.74 30.09 36.76 43.94 - - - - - - - Petroleum engineers......................................... 39.23 11.2 22.12 30.00 40.06 47.02 55.77 - - - - - - - Chemical engineers.......................................... 31.66 6.0 23.18 26.00 29.81 36.06 39.18 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 32.60 9.8 19.70 24.96 31.25 40.00 44.23 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 24.88 4.5 18.55 21.29 25.67 28.46 29.22 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 27.98 9.8 16.16 20.31 25.68 37.14 37.14 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 31.76 4.4 21.45 25.29 30.42 36.36 45.27 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.61 4.2 18.65 21.39 26.01 30.90 39.42 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.52 4.4 18.65 21.34 25.96 31.17 39.32 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 22.82 9.2 12.67 14.40 19.23 29.99 37.82 - - - - - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 30.84 10.6 18.27 22.84 30.39 37.82 47.31 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.11 3.6 16.12 18.38 20.72 24.00 28.15 22.68 5.1 17.30 19.00 21.82 24.00 32.50 Registered nurses........................................... 20.87 2.6 15.82 17.89 20.19 23.37 26.30 20.72 2.7 16.78 19.08 20.47 22.25 24.00 Pharmacists................................................. 26.26 3.6 21.83 24.16 26.82 27.67 30.05 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.39 11.3 23.24 26.44 37.22 61.12 74.53 16.15 16.3 8.00 8.00 18.05 18.05 22.05 Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.63 1.5 17.84 19.72 23.24 27.15 30.10 11.09 9.9 6.88 7.50 10.00 13.00 14.50 Elementary school teachers.................................. 23.31 1.3 17.92 19.73 22.87 26.53 29.56 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 23.62 1.0 17.92 19.66 23.21 26.97 29.58 - - - - - - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 25.18 4.2 17.81 20.65 24.48 29.36 32.87 12.05 11.6 7.00 8.50 12.50 14.50 15.00 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 23.19 10.1 13.34 15.22 24.16 29.70 31.11 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.60 17.2 11.72 13.20 20.10 25.59 31.28 - - - - - - - Librarians.................................................. 19.60 17.2 11.72 13.20 20.10 25.59 31.28 - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.33 13.3 15.12 16.25 20.57 22.69 35.09 - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.19 7.7 10.34 11.69 13.33 16.68 19.72 - - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 14.04 8.1 10.34 11.69 13.03 16.55 18.28 - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ 34.62 16.0 21.81 25.33 27.23 37.74 59.62 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 34.33 17.4 21.81 25.38 27.23 36.06 60.58 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 23.96 7.7 14.76 18.27 21.74 27.41 33.09 - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 20.60 31.9 6.50 7.25 22.31 30.95 37.21 - - - - - - - Public relations specialists................................ 23.06 16.5 15.99 18.27 20.43 20.46 55.53 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 31.81 13.9 14.76 21.06 32.31 39.22 43.51 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 18.09 7.4 10.00 12.09 15.00 20.35 27.02 14.93 6.4 8.77 13.31 15.00 16.00 20.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.10 8.6 7.92 11.48 15.45 18.00 22.36 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 16.86 13.7 10.90 11.57 16.00 19.50 25.12 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... $15.18 13.8% $10.70 $11.77 $13.13 $14.69 $27.02 $14.74 3.9% $12.15 $15.00 $15.00 $16.00 $16.00 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.72 5.9 8.25 9.79 14.42 16.58 18.00 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 21.64 14.1 14.30 14.75 19.58 28.85 33.00 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 21.48 9.3 11.00 15.75 20.74 30.00 33.00 - - - - - - - Chemical technicians........................................ 19.63 5.7 13.75 19.87 21.11 21.62 21.80 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 19.21 8.1 14.42 14.48 18.13 21.56 29.95 - - - - - - - Legal assistants............................................ 16.96 11.6 12.00 12.00 18.75 20.21 22.07 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 14.52 8.3 10.24 10.67 13.70 16.82 19.71 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 29.96 3.0 15.67 19.39 26.44 36.42 48.08 - - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.28 4.0 16.30 22.00 30.32 40.63 53.29 - - - - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 25.33 13.3 13.77 20.12 24.97 31.20 37.09 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 36.07 13.5 17.79 18.88 31.97 46.69 59.90 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 36.97 17.6 23.56 23.56 32.53 43.36 64.90 - - - - - - - Purchasing managers......................................... 34.72 11.6 23.35 24.51 30.00 46.87 48.72 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 34.02 14.7 16.34 22.22 29.87 43.76 54.61 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.10 8.1 19.40 26.55 31.53 42.09 42.61 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 23.49 8.3 16.89 16.89 26.17 27.89 28.85 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.68 30.6 11.34 13.50 16.04 39.90 72.12 - - - - - - - Managers, properties and real estate........................ 32.10 15.7 19.23 21.19 34.47 40.63 47.02 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 35.64 5.3 17.95 24.00 32.40 41.99 60.30 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 24.90 4.1 15.04 17.58 21.45 29.33 37.97 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.83 7.8 16.35 18.23 22.19 28.85 37.87 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 29.21 11.4 16.88 19.81 24.13 31.25 49.33 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 25.82 7.2 19.60 21.08 26.83 30.24 34.13 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.55 7.4 13.94 17.58 21.12 25.72 36.06 - - - - - - - Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 27.71 25.4 14.90 16.35 20.19 25.10 57.69 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 22.93 13.2 15.18 15.18 20.31 28.61 35.52 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 23.32 9.0 14.55 15.04 18.27 30.00 41.54 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 15.23 6.1 6.00 7.69 11.70 19.13 27.38 6.38 3.3 5.00 5.15 5.60 7.00 8.50 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 20.95 9.5 10.00 13.13 18.75 21.82 38.12 - - - - - - - Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 13.66 8.0 9.70 11.50 13.24 15.82 17.40 - - - - - - - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 20.82 16.5 12.50 14.66 17.15 24.21 33.88 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 16.60 13.4 6.53 8.41 15.86 20.60 33.90 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 17.73 21.2 6.34 8.00 17.31 26.30 28.79 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 15.29 12.6 5.17 7.91 10.96 20.59 29.60 - - - - - - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 18.02 5.6 11.43 16.84 18.57 20.67 21.19 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.87 9.6 5.41 7.00 9.70 14.83 22.27 6.63 3.8 5.15 5.50 5.82 7.30 8.81 Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.96 8.7 6.30 7.00 8.75 10.82 12.79 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.43 7.6 5.15 6.00 6.97 8.12 10.05 - - - - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 11.67 9.7 5.25 9.62 11.04 16.25 18.12 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 11.64 1.8 7.60 9.00 11.00 13.50 16.43 8.52 3.8 5.50 6.40 8.14 10.00 12.00 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.05 5.5 9.75 11.20 12.63 14.66 16.71 - - - - - - - Supervisors, financial records processing................... 17.27 7.8 14.27 14.65 15.62 17.00 27.48 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. $16.15 6.7% $12.89 $12.94 $14.42 $17.22 $25.29 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... 13.55 8.2 8.50 11.26 13.45 16.88 16.88 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 13.51 2.9 9.61 11.29 13.00 15.38 18.10 - - - - - - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 13.10 21.0 6.50 7.85 11.55 19.77 19.79 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 8.82 5.5 6.97 7.00 8.78 10.50 11.17 $7.57 6.6% $5.50 $6.00 $8.00 $8.50 $9.00 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 12.35 10.6 8.50 9.10 12.02 15.93 15.93 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 12.19 10.8 9.00 9.00 11.15 13.73 17.31 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 11.84 12.1 7.28 7.90 12.20 14.78 15.20 - - - - - - - File clerks................................................. 8.82 5.9 7.38 7.94 8.08 10.02 11.10 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.18 4.3 8.02 9.92 10.99 13.00 13.91 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.34 2.9 8.13 9.75 11.21 12.50 13.95 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 13.18 11.8 9.49 10.00 10.85 16.48 19.23 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 13.69 6.6 10.07 11.50 13.13 15.29 16.35 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.30 5.9 6.75 7.56 8.47 11.00 12.00 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.22 6.4 7.00 7.71 9.40 12.45 13.38 - - - - - - - Expeditors.................................................. 14.74 9.8 6.25 11.66 16.06 16.83 17.77 - - - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 13.33 7.7 7.00 10.83 13.20 15.51 17.31 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 13.06 8.4 8.54 9.86 11.01 14.33 19.47 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 10.65 3.5 7.18 8.29 10.02 12.20 14.74 7.21 12.4 5.00 5.25 6.06 7.00 10.40 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.10 2.5 7.50 8.31 9.00 10.00 10.85 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.10 2.0 7.38 7.60 8.67 10.34 12.02 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.14 5.3 8.44 9.65 11.40 13.67 15.67 11.14 6.8 7.50 9.09 11.00 13.20 14.00 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.70 2.9 6.00 8.00 11.45 16.50 21.09 6.39 5.4 4.75 5.00 5.35 7.00 9.00 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.06 2.7 9.00 11.55 15.75 21.03 22.36 - - - - - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.00 6.3 16.73 18.98 21.63 28.38 31.28 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.47 7.6 9.91 13.03 17.44 24.11 28.72 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.17 4.9 13.74 15.75 15.75 16.57 21.37 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.18 7.7 10.50 12.00 14.80 18.38 21.84 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 19.66 8.5 9.23 18.00 21.16 22.33 23.45 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.82 5.0 10.00 11.64 14.64 16.32 21.84 - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.20 3.8 14.75 15.00 17.50 18.13 19.33 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 14.40 4.8 11.00 12.95 15.00 16.35 17.00 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 17.38 3.2 13.66 15.23 16.90 19.15 21.37 - - - - - - - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 11.33 3.2 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.75 13.00 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.55 6.1 11.75 15.00 16.00 18.20 21.03 - - - - - - - Insulation workers.......................................... 11.74 5.8 9.00 9.60 11.50 13.25 15.50 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 9.81 13.9 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.75 15.00 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 21.25 8.8 11.69 15.25 19.95 28.85 31.40 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 17.59 4.2 13.52 15.63 16.74 21.03 21.09 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.75 7.3 9.10 12.89 16.19 18.55 19.87 - - - - - - - Stationary engineers........................................ $15.58 10.7% $11.26 $11.26 $13.80 $18.91 $21.20 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 21.52 1.0 20.03 21.03 21.35 22.38 22.64 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.75 5.6 6.00 6.81 10.61 13.36 15.81 - - - - - - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 10.07 12.1 6.55 7.60 10.00 11.06 15.00 - - - - - - - Numerical control machine operators......................... 15.13 6.1 11.32 14.90 15.28 16.50 18.80 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 12.51 8.4 8.00 9.53 13.50 15.75 16.00 - - - - - - - Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 6.81 3.0 5.85 6.00 6.65 7.40 8.25 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.99 11.0 6.75 10.14 10.61 13.73 20.30 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.68 6.5 11.00 11.00 11.75 13.88 15.50 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 8.73 11.6 5.15 6.00 7.00 10.07 14.55 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.21 23.0 6.00 8.00 9.44 16.74 35.63 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 13.19 5.9 7.15 8.50 12.49 17.89 20.30 $6.78 17.7% $4.75 $4.75 $5.15 $8.45 $10.85 Truck drivers............................................... 11.60 7.7 8.00 8.50 10.00 13.85 18.48 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. 13.67 5.0 8.85 12.49 14.80 15.19 15.99 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 7.91 4.8 6.50 6.75 7.32 8.21 9.80 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 15.62 13.2 9.67 11.38 14.97 20.30 20.30 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.39 4.1 5.15 6.00 7.75 9.68 12.76 5.82 4.4 4.75 5.00 5.15 6.00 7.24 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 8.17 7.5 6.00 6.75 7.98 9.04 11.74 - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 12.55 9.3 7.85 10.15 12.98 16.15 16.15 - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 9.86 5.7 6.76 7.75 9.50 11.95 13.36 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 9.28 5.6 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.55 11.59 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.06 5.8 5.75 6.50 7.87 9.00 11.21 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 8.74 7.5 6.25 7.50 8.00 9.50 11.54 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.50 6.8 5.25 5.50 6.95 8.10 10.87 5.23 1.6 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.50 6.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 7.99 11.6 5.35 5.75 6.50 8.70 14.60 7.44 10.6 5.15 5.35 6.68 7.78 12.00 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.44 7.9 5.22 6.30 8.00 9.25 13.50 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 6.99 6.5 5.15 5.50 6.25 7.57 8.60 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.31 11.8 4.75 5.15 7.50 9.88 14.68 5.79 6.6 5.00 5.15 5.25 6.50 7.00 Service occupations................................................. 9.06 3.6 5.15 5.90 7.70 11.42 15.91 5.43 3.1 2.38 4.75 5.15 6.00 7.47 Protective service occupations................................ 13.33 6.8 6.50 10.59 13.81 16.51 18.37 7.04 10.7 4.75 5.15 5.75 7.00 15.00 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.77 4.7 13.69 15.16 17.11 18.37 20.72 - - - - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 16.04 3.2 13.72 14.27 15.57 17.84 18.32 - - - - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 10.97 2.6 9.30 10.47 11.19 11.69 11.69 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 8.57 15.6 6.00 6.30 6.50 9.09 14.42 8.10 14.2 5.25 5.75 6.25 8.67 15.00 Food service occupations...................................... 6.54 4.8 2.13 5.15 6.25 8.00 10.40 4.56 4.6 2.13 2.13 5.15 5.50 7.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 10.54 4.3 8.15 9.50 10.50 11.54 13.00 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.29 17.5 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 6.40 2.56 10.2 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.26 2.38 Cooks....................................................... 7.78 7.9 5.98 6.75 7.00 8.00 9.00 6.53 7.7 5.15 5.50 6.25 7.50 8.25 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 7.00 8.5 5.15 5.65 6.50 7.25 10.63 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.42 3.1 5.15 5.25 6.10 7.27 8.03 5.50 5.1 4.75 5.00 5.25 6.00 6.50 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.21 24.2 4.25 4.55 5.55 13.50 13.50 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... $6.89 4.7% $5.15 $5.45 $6.25 $7.77 $9.69 $5.36 3.3% $5.00 $5.15 $5.15 $5.40 $5.75 Health service occupations.................................... $8.03 2.6% $5.53 $6.80 $8.01 $8.87 $10.38 $6.56 14.1% $4.75 $4.75 $6.18 $8.75 $9.00 Health aides, except nursing................................ 8.62 3.6 6.85 7.94 8.37 9.00 11.41 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.55 4.1 5.25 6.08 7.31 8.59 9.82 6.50 14.5 4.75 4.75 6.18 8.75 9.00 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.21 3.7 5.15 5.30 6.25 8.47 10.42 5.32 2.2 4.75 5.00 5.15 5.15 6.00 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.71 2.1 5.15 5.25 5.66 6.00 6.55 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.38 4.0 5.15 5.35 6.85 8.83 10.50 5.33 2.4 4.75 5.00 5.15 5.15 6.00 Personal service occupations.................................. 10.74 11.5 5.30 5.97 7.94 11.78 22.50 5.70 2.7 5.15 5.15 5.25 6.00 6.67 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities............. - - - - - - - 5.76 3.0 5.15 5.25 5.25 6.00 7.00 Welfare service aides....................................... 8.53 10.0 7.03 7.03 8.04 9.61 10.95 - - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 6.92 7.9 5.25 5.50 6.25 7.94 9.11 - - - - - - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 9.18 12.2 5.50 6.73 9.60 11.78 11.78 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, October 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.9 $676 2.3% $553 2,017 $34,166 $28,253 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.8 680 2.3 560 2,008 34,299 28,517 White-collar occupations............................................ 40.0 819 2.6 692 1,999 40,873 33,571 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 39.9 845 2.6 717 1,982 41,989 34,694 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 39.5 961 3.3 882 1,895 46,144 40,232 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 39.7 1,063 2.6 980 1,855 49,594 42,905 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 41.1 1,291 3.8 1,240 2,135 67,152 64,459 Petroleum engineers......................................... 40.3 1,583 11.1 1,602 2,097 82,291 83,325 Chemical engineers.......................................... 40.6 1,284 5.8 1,192 2,109 66,777 62,005 Civil engineers............................................. 42.7 1,392 12.3 1,298 2,221 72,401 67,509 Industrial engineers........................................ 40.0 995 4.5 1,027 2,080 51,750 53,394 Mechanical engineers........................................ 40.7 1,139 9.3 1,027 2,117 59,241 53,414 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 41.2 1,309 4.3 1,253 2,143 68,080 65,162 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 40.5 1,119 3.9 1,048 2,106 58,164 54,475 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 40.5 1,116 4.1 1,046 2,108 58,021 54,392 Natural scientists............................................ 40.2 918 9.4 767 2,091 47,729 39,874 Geologists and geodesists................................... 40.5 1,250 11.4 1,200 2,108 65,010 62,400 Health related occupations.................................... 39.8 881 3.6 823 1,994 44,102 42,267 Registered nurses........................................... 39.8 830 2.6 805 2,013 41,999 41,184 Pharmacists................................................. 40.0 1,050 3.6 1,073 1,985 52,121 55,702 Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.7 1,542 18.0 1,288 1,660 73,664 54,995 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.9 919 1.8 912 1,470 34,751 33,848 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.8 904 1.0 882 1,441 33,590 32,649 Secondary school teachers................................... 39.6 936 0.8 915 1,470 34,734 33,848 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 36.5 919 9.8 970 1,405 35,383 37,914 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.8 924 10.1 958 1,735 40,234 41,386 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 39.5 775 17.9 804 1,703 33,382 31,824 Librarians.................................................. 39.5 775 17.9 804 1,703 33,382 31,824 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 40.0 893 13.3 823 2,080 46,446 42,786 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40.0 568 7.7 533 2,042 28,979 27,165 Social workers.............................................. 40.0 562 8.1 521 2,039 28,643 26,832 Lawyers and judges............................................ 42.0 1,453 14.2 1,151 2,182 75,540 59,852 Lawyers..................................................... 42.1 1,447 15.6 1,151 2,191 75,219 59,852 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 39.8 953 7.6 870 2,054 49,201 45,219 Designers................................................... 40.0 824 31.9 892 2,080 42,850 46,405 Public relations specialists................................ 40.0 922 16.5 817 2,080 47,968 42,494 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 38.6 1,228 12.0 1,292 1,940 61,729 67,205 Technical occupations........................................... 38.8 701 6.6 600 2,007 36,323 31,131 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 39.7 600 8.5 610 2,000 30,190 31,699 Radiological technicians.................................... 39.7 670 13.8 608 2,067 34,842 31,616 Licensed practical nurses................................... 39.6 601 14.0 518 2,018 30,646 26,957 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 39.8 547 5.9 568 2,071 28,425 29,536 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 40.7 880 15.4 766 2,114 45,750 39,832 Drafters.................................................... 40.6 $873 10.3% $825 2,113 $45,386 $42,890 Chemical technicians........................................ 41.0 804 6.2 872 2,129 41,795 45,344 Computer programmers........................................ 39.8 764 7.9 725 2,068 39,718 37,710 Legal assistants............................................ 40.0 678 11.6 750 2,080 35,274 39,000 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 40.7 592 9.0 548 2,118 30,768 28,496 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 40.8 1,224 3.0 1,100 2,113 63,299 56,410 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.2 1,370 4.1 1,231 2,123 70,656 63,066 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 40.0 1,013 13.3 999 1,994 50,513 51,397 Financial managers.......................................... 41.7 1,504 11.8 1,300 2,168 78,203 67,600 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 40.9 1,512 17.8 1,437 2,127 78,631 74,714 Purchasing managers......................................... 41.3 1,434 11.2 1,350 2,147 74,551 70,200 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 40.6 1,380 15.5 1,195 2,110 71,765 62,130 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.0 1,324 8.1 1,261 2,020 66,870 62,797 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.0 939 8.3 1,047 2,078 48,815 54,434 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 39.5 1,133 31.1 642 1,957 56,135 33,363 Managers, properties and real estate........................ 41.9 1,345 18.2 1,317 2,180 69,963 68,494 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 41.9 1,493 5.4 1,379 2,179 77,635 71,718 Management related occupations................................ 40.3 1,004 4.1 865 2,097 52,216 44,990 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40.1 995 7.7 888 2,083 51,721 46,155 Other financial officers.................................... 41.0 1,198 12.3 1,006 2,134 62,310 52,291 Management analysts......................................... 40.5 1,046 7.4 1,052 2,107 54,413 54,704 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40.2 907 7.5 849 2,091 47,146 44,138 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 40.0 1,108 25.4 808 2,080 57,637 41,995 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 40.4 925 13.2 812 2,099 48,123 42,245 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 40.5 944 8.9 729 2,104 49,072 37,912 Sales occupations................................................. 40.9 624 6.2 477 2,129 32,422 24,810 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 43.2 906 10.5 744 2,248 47,087 38,688 Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 40.0 546 8.0 530 2,080 28,410 27,539 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 40.0 833 16.5 686 2,080 43,298 35,672 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 40.3 669 13.5 634 2,096 34,782 32,989 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 39.9 707 21.1 719 2,075 36,788 37,398 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 50.3 768 10.7 550 2,614 39,955 28,574 Sales workers, parts........................................ 45.1 813 4.0 848 2,345 42,256 44,075 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 41.8 496 9.8 397 2,175 25,814 20,654 Sales counter clerks........................................ 39.4 353 9.3 350 2,051 18,369 18,200 Cashiers.................................................... 38.2 284 8.2 260 1,988 14,775 13,520 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 39.3 459 9.7 415 2,044 23,857 21,590 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.9 464 1.8 439 2,018 23,484 22,048 Supervisors, general office................................. 40.2 525 5.4 505 2,090 27,281 26,270 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 41.2 712 7.4 642 2,144 37,039 33,392 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 40.1 648 6.9 577 2,087 33,706 29,994 Computer operators.......................................... 40.0 542 8.2 538 2,080 28,190 27,976 Secretaries................................................. 39.9 539 2.9 520 2,048 27,666 26,915 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 40.0 524 21.0 462 2,080 27,238 24,024 Receptionists............................................... 39.6 349 5.6 340 1,981 17,466 17,555 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 40.0 494 10.6 481 2,080 25,698 25,002 Order clerks................................................ 40.0 $487 10.8% $446 2,080 $25,347 $23,192 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 39.9 472 12.1 488 2,073 24,546 25,376 File clerks................................................. 39.8 351 5.4 323 2,067 18,232 16,806 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.9 446 4.4 440 2,013 22,502 21,882 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 39.6 449 3.0 443 2,047 23,223 23,026 Billing clerks.............................................. 40.0 527 11.8 434 2,080 27,411 22,568 Production coordinators..................................... 40.0 548 6.6 525 1,963 26,887 24,960 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 39.7 369 6.1 339 2,065 19,200 17,618 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 40.0 409 6.4 376 2,080 21,267 19,552 Expeditors.................................................. 40.0 590 9.8 642 2,080 30,664 33,405 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 40.0 533 7.7 528 2,080 27,727 27,456 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 40.0 522 8.4 440 2,080 27,163 22,901 General office clerks....................................... 39.9 425 3.5 400 2,011 21,427 20,259 Data entry keyers........................................... 40.0 364 2.5 360 2,080 18,935 18,720 Teachers' aides............................................. 39.4 358 2.2 327 1,465 13,325 12,395 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 40.0 485 5.3 456 2,065 25,067 23,483 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 40.2 511 3.1 453 2,085 26,483 23,421 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 39.9 641 2.9 625 2,074 33,307 32,552 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 40.0 920 6.3 865 2,080 47,838 44,990 Automobile mechanics........................................ 43.8 809 7.7 780 2,279 42,089 40,560 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 40.0 647 4.9 630 2,080 33,636 32,760 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40.0 607 7.7 592 2,080 31,573 30,784 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 40.0 787 8.5 846 2,080 40,901 44,013 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 39.8 590 5.1 576 2,071 30,698 29,973 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 40.0 688 3.8 700 2,080 35,771 36,400 Carpenters.................................................. 40.0 576 4.8 600 2,080 29,962 31,200 Electricians................................................ 40.0 695 3.2 676 2,080 36,150 35,152 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 40.0 453 3.2 440 2,080 23,574 22,880 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 40.0 662 6.1 640 2,065 34,178 33,280 Insulation workers.......................................... 30.9 363 21.2 400 1,609 18,898 20,800 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 392 13.9 340 2,080 20,405 17,680 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 40.3 856 8.9 865 2,095 44,507 44,990 Machinists.................................................. 40.0 704 4.2 670 2,080 36,588 34,819 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 45.3 714 7.3 700 2,358 37,136 36,400 Stationary engineers........................................ 39.9 621 10.8 552 2,072 32,270 28,704 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 40.2 866 1.3 854 2,093 45,036 44,408 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 40.0 430 5.6 424 2,080 22,366 22,069 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 40.0 403 12.1 400 2,080 20,942 20,800 Numerical control machine operators......................... 40.0 605 6.1 611 2,080 31,478 31,782 Printing press operators.................................... 40.0 500 8.4 540 2,080 26,022 28,080 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 39.9 272 3.1 266 2,077 14,148 13,832 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 40.0 480 11.0 424 2,080 24,938 22,069 Welders and cutters......................................... 40.0 507 6.5 470 2,080 26,367 24,440 Assemblers.................................................. 40.0 $349 11.6% $280 2,080 $18,155 $14,560 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 40.1 570 23.0 378 2,085 29,614 19,635 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 41.9 553 7.7 477 2,141 28,233 24,024 Truck drivers............................................... 41.0 476 8.5 383 2,133 24,736 19,906 Bus drivers................................................. 37.6 513 6.7 592 1,725 23,580 27,394 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 39.7 314 4.9 292 2,065 16,343 15,205 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 40.0 625 13.2 599 2,080 32,480 31,138 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 40.0 336 4.1 310 2,077 17,433 16,120 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 40.0 327 7.5 319 2,056 16,792 15,896 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 44.7 561 14.4 531 2,323 29,152 27,612 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 40.0 394 5.7 380 2,080 20,499 19,760 Helpers, construction trades................................ 40.0 371 5.6 360 2,080 19,306 18,720 Construction laborers....................................... 40.0 322 5.8 315 2,080 16,768 16,370 Production helpers.......................................... 40.0 350 7.5 320 2,080 18,185 16,640 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 39.2 294 7.0 271 2,038 15,289 14,102 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 39.5 316 11.4 250 2,055 16,427 13,000 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 40.0 338 7.9 320 2,080 17,564 16,640 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 40.0 279 6.5 250 2,080 14,531 13,000 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 40.0 332 11.8 300 2,073 17,219 15,600 Service occupations................................................. 38.5 349 3.7 300 1,944 17,604 14,560 Protective service occupations................................ 40.7 543 6.9 571 2,106 28,070 29,682 Police and detectives, public service....................... 40.0 671 4.7 684 2,073 34,765 35,589 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 40.1 644 3.1 623 2,086 33,474 32,386 Correctional institution officers........................... 40.0 439 2.6 448 2,080 22,818 23,275 Guards and police except public service..................... 39.9 342 15.4 260 2,027 17,372 14,560 Food service occupations...................................... 37.5 245 5.6 230 1,845 12,066 11,279 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 44.8 472 5.1 475 2,330 24,558 24,700 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 35.5 117 17.3 80 1,821 5,997 4,010 Cooks....................................................... 37.1 289 8.6 272 1,879 14,616 14,040 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 40.0 280 8.5 260 2,080 14,559 13,520 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 37.3 240 3.5 225 1,886 12,102 11,284 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 37.8 273 25.8 200 1,965 14,174 10,408 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 36.8 254 4.1 242 1,632 11,253 10,982 Health service occupations.................................... 39.4 316 2.7 319 2,020 16,227 16,515 Health aides, except nursing................................ 39.9 344 3.6 335 2,075 17,887 17,410 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 39.0 294 4.5 285 1,984 14,975 14,602 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 39.7 286 3.8 250 2,022 14,580 12,938 Maids and housemen.......................................... 39.4 225 2.7 214 2,005 11,442 11,128 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 39.8 293 4.0 274 2,024 14,937 13,745 Personal service occupations.................................. 32.7 351 6.9 319 1,594 17,114 14,622 Welfare service aides....................................... 40.0 341 10.0 322 2,080 17,749 16,723 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 38.3 265 10.5 239 1,665 11,530 10,981 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 367 12.2 384 2,003 18,382 16,598 1 Earnings 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 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. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, October 1997 All workers (4) All industries Occupational group(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $16.26 2.2% $16.04 2.6% $17.18 3.3% $16.94 2.2% $7.39 4.0% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.47 2.2 16.27 2.7