NC BL 08/00/1999 Table: Atlanta, GA, Bulletin 3095-34, January 1999 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, Atlanta, GA, January 1999 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $16.67 2.8% $7.15 $9.26 $13.31 $20.00 $29.05 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.78 2.9 7.28 9.45 13.46 20.14 29.00 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.49 3.4 8.78 11.40 16.48 25.10 34.01 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.32 3.6 9.54 12.11 17.25 25.72 34.19 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 27.99 6.2 13.75 18.00 23.62 30.38 36.81 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 28.44 6.9 16.10 20.21 25.52 31.30 36.92 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.71 3.9 21.87 25.94 30.24 36.06 39.76 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.38 3.7 25.94 28.66 31.44 37.85 39.38 Industrial engineers........................................ 23.42 12.6 11.06 21.55 24.29 27.52 38.53 Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.89 10.2 19.14 22.18 27.81 34.40 37.96 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 32.95 5.8 23.98 28.80 31.52 36.88 48.59 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.96 4.0 18.86 22.16 25.72 29.37 34.23 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.07 4.6 18.55 21.69 26.16 29.47 34.66 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 25.06 6.9 18.86 22.16 25.05 27.41 32.85 Natural scientists............................................ 25.42 11.8 17.64 18.89 24.81 30.69 33.26 Health related occupations.................................... 32.93 28.3 15.11 17.19 20.45 25.10 31.68 Registered nurses........................................... 19.93 2.0 15.07 16.68 19.53 22.40 25.63 Pharmacists................................................. 27.33 2.4 23.41 25.71 27.12 28.76 31.23 Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.90 2.5 15.69 16.88 18.14 18.30 20.87 Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.42 20.3 15.74 17.94 28.85 40.84 53.37 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 32.93 25.1 15.51 17.31 30.53 43.27 56.37 Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.25 1.7 18.70 21.81 26.46 31.28 34.00 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.47 2.8 19.25 21.98 25.32 29.25 31.75 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.06 1.9 19.24 21.85 25.79 30.15 32.92 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.35 2.6 20.01 21.42 26.01 31.10 33.96 Teachers, special education................................. 28.49 3.5 21.88 24.62 28.71 33.65 33.81 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 25.72 3.4 17.63 20.19 26.13 31.20 33.16 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.92 3.9 24.76 28.74 32.47 34.53 34.75 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.83 8.0 18.23 19.70 20.44 24.38 34.66 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.55 8.2 10.78 11.80 15.40 19.31 22.93 Social workers.............................................. 16.93 8.2 10.98 12.18 16.10 19.46 23.11 Lawyers and judges............................................ 44.71 5.6 30.45 39.38 47.31 49.80 59.13 Lawyers..................................................... 44.71 5.6 30.45 39.38 47.31 49.80 59.13 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 21.30 5.7 15.94 16.99 19.50 22.76 29.38 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 27.46 2.4 19.58 23.19 28.13 30.14 35.48 Technical occupations........................................... 26.79 13.0 11.12 13.94 18.03 24.23 34.60 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.78 10.1 9.49 10.30 15.66 18.48 20.43 Radiological technicians.................................... 17.11 6.5 13.15 14.54 16.73 19.59 21.76 Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.15 1.5 10.14 10.80 12.20 13.50 14.10 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.45 6.9 7.42 10.62 14.13 15.30 18.93 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.37 7.4 13.12 15.50 18.54 22.16 27.16 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. $20.35 13.7% $11.74 $11.74 $21.76 $24.23 $31.20 Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 17.83 12.2 11.40 14.01 16.37 20.82 26.93 Computer programmers........................................ 25.69 10.4 17.23 20.65 24.25 30.06 35.86 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 19.74 11.3 14.42 15.78 18.09 19.50 31.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 26.67 4.4 13.80 16.48 24.04 31.25 41.71 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.60 4.0 15.47 22.07 28.08 38.46 45.94 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 21.26 6.9 14.57 16.35 22.07 22.07 24.32 Financial managers.......................................... 28.02 5.4 16.95 23.56 26.28 31.00 39.14 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 24.59 12.0 13.91 17.31 19.23 35.71 39.02 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 29.95 11.0 14.42 17.95 27.31 38.88 45.94 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.16 15.5 16.03 26.54 38.71 54.23 67.50 Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.05 3.3 22.57 25.01 26.22 28.69 39.66 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 16.58 12.2 12.27 13.33 14.36 16.27 30.00 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 25.89 7.9 17.31 20.76 26.50 31.02 32.91 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 35.54 4.4 23.65 26.01 32.88 40.91 51.55 Management related occupations................................ 22.29 6.1 12.69 14.84 19.00 25.89 30.96 Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.57 7.0 13.70 14.62 16.15 20.62 23.85 Underwriters................................................ 22.15 10.2 15.91 17.62 23.14 24.16 33.35 Other financial officers.................................... 19.49 9.4 12.69 12.69 18.75 21.68 26.44 Management analysts......................................... 18.11 12.9 14.15 14.15 14.62 21.15 26.90 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 16.87 11.4 10.00 10.84 14.90 21.20 27.45 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 19.53 7.4 13.91 16.37 18.11 23.20 23.20 Construction inspectors..................................... 15.69 3.7 12.32 14.28 15.97 17.27 18.62 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 25.23 9.0 13.40 16.66 23.65 28.25 38.51 Sales occupations................................................. 15.30 7.1 6.50 8.00 10.91 18.63 30.70 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 20.56 10.7 10.50 11.00 15.70 26.24 43.27 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 25.22 11.8 13.64 17.99 20.52 28.85 42.71 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 25.81 11.3 14.00 16.94 25.24 34.51 40.28 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 13.71 13.9 6.52 6.90 9.82 15.59 26.00 Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.27 3.5 5.85 6.90 7.60 8.79 10.90 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.21 15.7 6.50 7.00 8.23 10.00 13.16 Cashiers.................................................... 7.52 3.0 5.50 6.46 7.25 8.50 9.50 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 13.40 11.6 7.00 9.00 11.57 17.50 21.63 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.74 2.4 8.24 9.75 11.96 15.09 18.64 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.55 7.3 13.58 17.53 22.57 23.46 23.46 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 14.77 11.0 9.75 11.35 15.14 18.95 19.23 Secretaries................................................. 14.81 4.7 10.10 11.51 13.65 18.00 21.40 Receptionists............................................... 9.15 3.4 7.25 8.70 9.50 10.00 10.67 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.44 1.9 9.76 10.37 11.25 12.07 13.22 Order clerks................................................ 12.71 4.2 8.92 10.24 12.27 14.77 16.48 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 13.32 5.2 9.50 12.40 13.64 14.61 16.64 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.87 7.7 8.30 9.33 10.75 15.13 17.06 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.16 4.2 9.25 10.27 11.76 13.47 16.99 Billing clerks.............................................. 10.70 6.4 8.15 9.00 10.99 12.36 13.18 Dispatchers................................................. 12.49 8.2 9.71 10.75 11.14 14.54 16.38 Production coordinators..................................... $14.03 4.1% $11.50 $12.41 $14.65 $15.41 $16.90 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.96 6.7 8.43 9.21 11.55 12.88 15.25 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.60 7.3 9.11 11.21 12.50 15.40 19.00 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.18 4.3 10.92 12.15 13.26 15.96 18.13 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 12.96 6.2 7.92 10.21 12.98 15.88 18.13 Bill and account collectors................................. 12.54 2.4 11.06 11.54 12.26 13.46 14.42 General office clerks....................................... 11.18 3.7 7.38 8.99 10.93 13.10 14.86 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.97 6.6 8.65 9.45 9.96 12.00 15.89 Teachers' aides............................................. 8.89 7.1 6.00 7.00 8.63 10.53 11.96 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 15.04 10.5 9.50 12.00 14.00 15.63 18.51 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 13.09 2.1 7.28 9.00 12.10 16.46 20.90 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.30 3.0 9.13 12.43 16.00 19.19 24.50 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.24 6.9 17.50 18.75 21.15 26.63 30.63 Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.67 6.8 10.93 14.99 16.39 19.00 21.05 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.04 14.1 10.50 13.13 16.46 24.75 26.77 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.91 3.6 12.00 13.18 15.05 16.47 17.15 Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 13.28 5.5 9.35 11.55 12.90 13.75 17.46 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 18.90 11.1 10.75 16.33 20.90 22.58 22.58 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.26 4.6 11.31 12.07 13.25 16.22 18.84 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 16.91 7.0 12.00 13.56 16.83 20.00 22.41 Carpenters.................................................. 14.53 7.3 10.20 12.50 16.00 16.68 16.68 Electricians................................................ 17.11 7.6 12.51 14.34 15.65 18.25 24.50 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 20.25 5.9 13.33 18.52 21.15 23.15 24.24 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 18.85 4.7 12.65 15.97 18.25 20.98 25.54 Machinists.................................................. 16.04 5.0 13.17 14.54 15.11 17.84 19.56 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.03 14.6 6.15 6.15 6.25 9.45 12.25 Butchers and meat cutters................................... 8.72 9.6 6.75 7.15 7.55 8.94 10.85 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.38 15.4 9.63 11.04 12.49 15.98 24.57 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.59 3.6 7.63 9.22 11.55 15.24 20.93 Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.24 5.0 9.22 10.00 11.11 11.20 14.14 Printing press operators.................................... 16.45 4.9 11.71 14.02 16.47 18.39 22.09 Typesetters and compositors................................. 15.54 8.1 8.50 13.50 16.32 16.50 19.90 Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 10.19 7.5 7.77 9.55 10.03 11.42 12.38 Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.57 14.5 7.44 8.03 10.83 13.28 17.54 Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 11.59 6.5 9.25 9.75 11.40 12.88 14.55 Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 12.85 4.1 10.80 11.15 12.96 13.92 14.03 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.46 7.1 6.44 9.00 11.55 13.51 15.24 Welders and cutters......................................... 14.77 8.8 10.00 11.57 14.54 17.54 20.38 Assemblers.................................................. 13.44 8.6 7.64 9.22 11.46 20.93 21.23 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.07 4.9 8.25 9.22 10.33 12.68 12.78 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 13.19 4.3 8.00 10.00 12.69 15.61 18.26 Truck drivers............................................... 13.99 6.5 9.00 10.30 13.85 16.17 21.75 Bus drivers................................................. 11.84 7.2 7.12 8.24 11.99 15.11 16.79 Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... $24.42 2.2% $22.06 $23.93 $24.18 $24.18 $26.60 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.96 4.5 8.50 9.61 11.97 13.75 16.19 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 11.01 7.4 7.47 9.62 10.80 13.15 13.81 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.02 3.5 6.00 7.32 8.99 11.87 16.40 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 8.87 11.3 6.50 6.50 7.83 10.21 13.31 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 17.50 12.3 9.00 16.48 18.75 20.20 23.31 Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.85 6.3 8.00 9.36 11.50 12.02 13.37 Production helpers.......................................... 9.55 4.6 7.70 8.31 9.57 10.30 11.40 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.76 7.1 5.30 6.64 9.00 13.03 14.70 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.23 9.8 7.28 7.54 8.03 12.60 15.56 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 13.00 7.4 7.21 9.18 11.48 18.11 19.61 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.20 5.1 5.92 6.50 7.75 9.05 12.00 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.86 4.3 6.00 6.50 7.68 8.50 9.50 Service occupations................................................. 9.63 3.6 5.61 6.72 8.10 10.96 14.47 Protective service occupations................................ 10.70 6.5 6.50 7.74 9.00 12.88 16.56 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations... 21.31 11.7 14.80 17.83 19.94 28.06 30.06 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 23.24 11.7 15.58 17.83 23.58 29.68 32.98 Supervisors, guards......................................... 10.19 9.8 8.00 8.00 10.88 11.44 12.30 Firefighting occupations.................................... 12.82 5.4 9.29 10.87 12.88 14.26 15.99 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.13 5.6 9.93 11.66 13.53 16.56 18.31 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.34 5.2 10.96 10.96 11.68 13.50 15.51 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.31 4.7 9.75 11.17 12.89 13.13 13.86 Guards and police except public service..................... 8.07 3.0 6.02 6.88 7.83 8.75 9.50 Food service occupations...................................... 6.62 5.8 2.13 4.25 6.50 8.50 10.65 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 10.92 7.2 8.50 9.62 10.60 13.25 14.16 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.81 15.6 2.13 2.13 2.50 5.15 8.00 Cooks....................................................... 9.04 6.4 6.25 7.00 8.83 10.95 12.02 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 5.83 8.3 3.65 5.50 6.14 6.25 7.12 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.19 4.9 6.00 7.25 7.90 8.79 11.45 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.22 5.9 5.15 5.70 6.00 6.50 8.50 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.20 8.9 5.08 5.34 6.50 8.15 10.06 Health service occupations.................................... $8.35 3.1% $6.35 $6.97 $8.00 $9.36 $10.89 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.85 6.0 7.40 8.50 9.06 10.85 12.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.83 2.3 6.33 6.85 7.36 8.50 10.00 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 8.65 4.5 6.00 6.82 7.84 9.62 12.89 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 13.56 12.2 10.67 11.06 11.06 19.11 19.29 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.85 3.0 6.00 6.00 6.64 7.30 8.21 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.64 5.4 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.62 12.89 Personal service occupations.................................. 15.12 13.9 6.00 7.18 9.88 17.38 38.02 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.65 7.5 7.00 8.40 11.38 12.76 14.10 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 7.94 11.0 3.61 6.38 7.15 8.78 12.09 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." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, Atlanta, GA, January 1999 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....................................................... $16.42 3.4% $7.00 $9.00 $13.00 $19.42 $28.41 $17.82 2.9% $9.00 $11.24 $14.75 $22.23 $31.25 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.54 3.6 7.00 9.00 13.10 19.48 28.25 17.83 2.9 9.00 11.25 14.75 22.25 31.25 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.53 4.1 8.50 11.06 16.17 24.71 34.40 20.32 3.4 9.84 12.27 17.76 26.01 33.16 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.63 4.5 9.50 12.03 17.12 25.64 34.84 20.34 3.4 9.88 12.28 17.82 26.01 33.16 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 30.48 8.7 14.00 18.10 23.87 31.00 39.42 23.53 2.6 13.61 17.60 23.11 29.35 33.44 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 31.21 10.7 16.91 20.95 26.59 32.36 39.81 24.71 2.6 14.92 19.70 24.47 30.07 33.88 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.04 3.9 21.87 27.26 30.93 36.54 39.81 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.38 3.7 25.94 28.66 31.44 37.85 39.38 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 23.31 14.1 11.06 20.20 22.07 27.52 38.53 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.89 10.2 19.14 22.18 27.81 34.40 37.96 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 32.95 5.8 23.98 28.80 31.52 36.88 48.59 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.67 3.1 20.56 23.08 26.19 29.71 34.23 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.03 3.4 20.18 23.25 26.92 29.81 35.48 - - - - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 25.06 6.9 18.86 22.16 25.05 27.41 32.85 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 25.42 11.8 17.64 18.89 24.81 30.69 33.26 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 36.47 32.0 15.18 17.54 21.18 25.71 59.04 19.80 4.0 14.92 16.55 19.56 21.85 26.39 Registered nurses........................................... 20.07 2.3 15.07 16.82 19.63 22.69 25.63 19.49 4.3 14.97 16.47 18.97 21.54 25.23 Pharmacists................................................. 27.33 2.4 23.41 25.71 27.12 28.76 31.23 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 26.24 7.5 17.71 19.78 23.49 30.77 40.84 - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.23 5.4 13.54 15.18 19.17 24.22 28.82 26.66 1.7 19.67 22.38 26.86 31.55 34.17 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ - - - - - - - 25.68 2.7 19.56 22.26 25.32 29.25 31.75 Elementary school teachers.................................. 21.81 7.9 12.16 16.70 22.51 26.38 28.31 26.24 2.0 19.67 21.99 25.97 30.36 33.00 Secondary school teachers................................... 23.56 9.3 13.00 17.03 23.74 28.82 34.73 26.52 2.7 20.24 21.76 26.03 31.30 33.94 Teachers, special education................................. - - - - - - - 28.42 3.6 21.77 24.52 28.30 33.65 33.73 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 17.28 6.5 13.54 13.54 18.66 20.19 20.19 - - - - - - - Vocational and educational counselors....................... - - - - - - - 31.83 3.2 27.26 28.74 33.10 34.71 34.75 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - 16.73 8.1 11.08 11.97 15.69 19.46 23.11 Social workers.............................................. - - - - - - - 16.93 8.2 10.98 12.18 16.10 19.46 23.11 Lawyers and judges............................................ 45.26 5.7 30.45 39.49 47.31 49.80 59.13 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 45.26 5.7 30.45 39.49 47.31 49.80 59.13 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 21.51 5.8 15.94 16.35 20.34 22.76 29.57 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 27.46 2.4 19.58 23.19 28.13 30.14 35.48 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 29.12 14.4 11.34 14.42 18.75 25.88 37.92 15.92 9.4 10.27 13.12 14.70 18.59 24.05 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.78 10.7 9.33 10.25 16.00 18.46 20.27 - - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 17.04 8.1 12.67 14.50 16.72 19.65 21.06 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.02 1.8 10.13 10.80 12.10 13.28 13.90 12.66 1.6 10.60 11.17 12.79 14.05 14.75 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.21 11.1 8.16 10.57 14.22 17.71 20.21 12.64 10.0 7.11 11.02 14.13 14.95 15.06 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.37 6.3 13.74 16.18 20.32 23.28 28.13 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 20.35 13.7 11.74 11.74 21.76 24.23 31.20 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 28.20 12.2 18.94 21.63 27.40 34.02 38.84 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 19.74 11.3 14.42 15.78 18.09 19.50 31.47 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. $26.90 4.7% $14.15 $17.31 $24.97 $31.07 $41.42 $25.70 11.4% $12.41 $15.52 $20.54 $33.06 $45.11 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.87 3.7 15.38 22.22 27.91 37.59 43.57 33.80 13.0 16.03 22.07 29.80 39.87 54.23 Administrators and officials, public administration......... - - - - - - - 21.26 6.9 14.57 16.35 22.07 22.07 24.32 Financial managers.......................................... 26.82 5.5 16.49 23.56 26.28 28.66 38.65 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 24.59 12.0 13.91 17.31 19.23 35.71 39.02 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 29.95 11.0 14.42 17.95 27.31 38.88 45.94 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 28.27 17.2 9.50 14.78 26.54 32.05 54.49 44.30 17.6 16.03 32.43 42.60 54.23 73.80 Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.70 3.2 22.57 25.01 26.14 31.04 39.66 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 16.58 12.2 12.27 13.33 14.36 16.27 30.00 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 35.66 4.4 23.65 26.50 33.35 40.91 51.55 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 23.57 7.2 13.70 15.38 20.98 27.45 31.25 16.81 8.9 10.84 12.84 15.62 17.80 23.84 Underwriters................................................ 22.15 10.2 15.91 17.62 23.14 24.16 33.35 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 19.49 9.4 12.69 12.69 18.75 21.68 26.44 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 18.11 12.9 14.15 14.15 14.62 21.15 26.90 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.41 10.0 10.00 13.77 21.20 24.26 30.20 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 20.41 7.2 16.37 16.65 18.48 23.20 28.41 - - - - - - - Construction inspectors..................................... - - - - - - - 15.69 3.7 12.32 14.28 15.97 17.27 18.62 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 26.59 9.7 14.27 19.64 24.42 28.46 43.27 20.55 16.7 12.95 15.35 17.18 18.76 38.51 Sales occupations................................................. 15.30 7.1 6.50 8.00 10.93 18.63 30.74 - - - - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 20.56 10.7 10.50 11.00 15.70 26.24 43.27 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 25.22 11.8 13.64 17.99 20.52 28.85 42.71 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 25.81 11.3 14.00 16.94 25.24 34.51 40.28 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 13.71 13.9 6.52 6.90 9.82 15.59 26.00 - - - - - - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.27 3.5 5.85 6.90 7.60 8.79 10.90 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.21 15.7 6.50 7.00 8.23 10.00 13.16 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.50 3.1 5.50 6.46 7.21 8.50 9.50 - - - - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 13.40 11.6 7.00 9.00 11.57 17.50 21.63 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.98 2.8 8.24 9.81 12.06 15.45 19.01 11.60 2.6 8.25 9.59 11.29 12.90 15.28 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.74 7.2 12.21 18.50 22.57 23.46 23.46 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 14.77 11.0 9.75 11.35 15.14 18.95 19.23 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 15.42 5.4 10.23 11.93 15.16 19.10 21.40 13.51 7.7 9.34 10.98 12.51 15.48 19.74 Receptionists............................................... 9.05 3.4 7.25 8.51 9.23 10.00 10.67 - - - - - - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.48 2.2 9.76 10.36 11.24 11.99 13.93 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 12.71 4.2 8.92 10.24 12.27 14.77 16.48 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 12.85 9.0 8.78 9.57 11.70 16.90 17.06 9.81 6.7 8.00 8.18 9.74 10.77 11.64 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.41 5.9 9.36 10.10 12.02 14.00 16.99 11.68 3.6 9.17 10.27 11.60 12.67 14.88 Billing clerks.............................................. 10.60 7.0 8.15 9.00 10.69 12.45 13.18 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 14.03 4.1 11.50 12.41 14.65 15.41 16.90 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.17 6.6 8.50 9.55 11.63 12.88 15.25 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.68 8.0 8.64 11.50 12.50 15.40 20.51 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.43 5.1 11.03 12.37 13.28 16.38 18.54 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 12.96 6.2 7.92 10.21 12.98 15.88 18.13 - - - - - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 12.63 2.3 11.04 11.90 12.33 13.46 14.47 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 11.17 4.3 7.18 8.90 10.98 13.12 14.80 11.21 5.9 8.02 9.28 10.86 12.99 14.89 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.02 7.0 9.00 9.50 9.96 12.00 15.89 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. - - - - - - - 9.45 5.3 6.11 7.81 9.50 11.06 12.49 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... $15.04 10.5% $9.50 $12.00 $14.00 $15.63 $18.51 - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 13.10 2.3 7.17 8.96 12.00 16.47 20.93 $13.05 3.7% $8.01 $10.20 $12.68 $15.67 $17.34 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.38 3.2 9.00 12.21 16.07 19.56 24.57 15.31 5.1 11.46 12.50 14.44 17.13 20.25 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.22 8.0 17.50 18.75 20.83 29.06 30.63 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.28 5.6 15.00 15.00 18.33 19.35 24.02 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.28 15.3 10.50 12.96 17.35 25.45 26.83 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.99 3.7 12.10 13.18 15.14 16.47 17.15 - - - - - - - Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 13.19 6.6 9.00 11.32 12.50 15.30 17.46 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 19.13 12.2 10.35 16.07 20.90 22.58 22.58 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.40 5.0 11.26 12.00 13.26 16.22 18.84 - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.13 7.8 12.00 13.70 16.83 20.00 22.79 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 14.53 7.3 10.20 12.50 16.00 16.68 16.68 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 20.25 5.9 13.33 18.52 21.15 23.15 24.24 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 18.85 4.7 12.65 15.97 18.25 20.98 25.54 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 16.04 5.0 13.17 14.54 15.11 17.84 19.56 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.03 14.6 6.15 6.15 6.25 9.45 12.25 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 8.72 9.6 6.75 7.15 7.55 8.94 10.85 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.77 17.2 9.08 11.04 11.62 17.04 29.00 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.62 3.6 7.63 9.22 11.55 15.29 20.93 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.24 5.0 9.22 10.00 11.11 11.20 14.14 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 16.59 4.9 11.44 14.40 16.47 18.39 22.09 - - - - - - - Typesetters and compositors................................. 15.54 8.1 8.50 13.50 16.32 16.50 19.90 - - - - - - - Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 10.19 7.5 7.77 9.55 10.03 11.42 12.38 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.57 14.5 7.44 8.03 10.83 13.28 17.54 - - - - - - - Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 11.59 6.5 9.25 9.75 11.40 12.88 14.55 - - - - - - - Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 12.85 4.1 10.80 11.15 12.96 13.92 14.03 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.46 7.1 6.44 9.00 11.55 13.51 15.24 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 14.77 8.8 10.00 11.57 14.54 17.54 20.38 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 13.44 8.6 7.64 9.22 11.46 20.93 21.23 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.07 4.9 8.25 9.22 10.33 12.68 12.78 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 13.28 4.8 8.00 9.94 12.69 15.75 19.05 12.55 4.3 8.41 10.20 12.30 15.33 16.79 Truck drivers............................................... 14.06 6.6 8.97 10.30 13.95 16.17 22.13 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. - - - - - - - 12.75 5.1 7.92 10.15 12.93 15.61 16.79 Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 24.42 2.2 22.06 23.93 24.18 24.18 26.60 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.96 4.5 8.50 9.61 11.97 13.75 16.19 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 11.01 7.4 7.47 9.62 10.80 13.15 13.81 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.02 3.6 6.00 7.32 8.99 11.89 16.40 9.96 7.0 7.25 7.93 8.84 11.37 13.31 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 7.18 7.0 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.25 9.81 - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 17.60 13.4 9.00 17.28 19.62 20.51 24.06 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.85 6.3 8.00 9.36 11.50 12.02 13.37 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 9.55 4.6 7.70 8.31 9.57 10.30 11.40 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.76 7.1 5.30 6.64 9.00 13.03 14.70 - - - - - - - Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.23 9.8 7.28 7.54 8.03 12.60 15.56 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ $13.00 7.4% $7.21 $9.18 $11.48 $18.11 $19.61 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.20 5.1 5.92 6.50 7.75 9.05 12.00 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.73 4.5 6.00 6.50 7.50 8.50 9.50 - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. 8.53 4.3 5.13 6.25 7.50 9.00 11.60 $12.64 3.5% $7.81 $9.46 $12.10 $14.10 $17.90 Protective service occupations................................ 8.14 2.4 6.02 6.88 8.00 8.75 9.75 14.44 4.3 9.75 11.66 13.13 16.30 19.59 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations... - - - - - - - 21.31 11.7 14.80 17.83 19.94 28.06 30.06 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... - - - - - - - 23.24 11.7 15.58 17.83 23.58 29.68 32.98 Supervisors, guards......................................... 10.19 9.8 8.00 8.00 10.88 11.44 12.30 - - - - - - - Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 12.82 5.4 9.29 10.87 12.88 14.26 15.99 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - 14.13 5.6 9.93 11.66 13.53 16.56 18.31 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... - - - - - - - 12.34 5.2 10.96 10.96 11.68 13.50 15.51 Correctional institution officers........................... - - - - - - - 12.31 4.7 9.75 11.17 12.89 13.13 13.86 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.95 2.5 6.02 6.88 7.75 8.60 9.25 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 6.33 6.6 2.13 3.74 6.25 8.35 10.25 9.41 7.1 6.60 7.28 8.84 10.72 14.02 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 11.01 8.1 8.50 9.62 10.60 13.25 14.16 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.81 15.6 2.13 2.13 2.50 5.15 8.00 - - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 9.05 6.5 6.25 7.00 8.83 10.95 12.02 - - - - - - - Food counter, fountain, and related occupations............. 5.56 9.3 3.65 5.25 6.00 6.25 6.50 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.07 6.0 6.00 7.25 7.50 8.75 10.75 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.22 5.9 5.15 5.70 6.00 6.50 8.50 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.17 5.7 4.87 5.13 6.15 6.91 8.15 10.51 11.1 6.84 7.97 9.81 12.36 15.65 Health service occupations.................................... 8.13 3.2 6.25 6.86 7.76 9.00 10.38 9.78 3.1 7.36 8.59 9.44 10.94 12.50 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.63 8.9 5.41 7.80 9.00 10.64 11.85 10.28 2.7 8.53 8.80 10.22 11.25 12.57 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 2.3 6.25 6.85 7.30 8.47 9.94 8.88 5.3 7.26 7.44 8.54 9.35 11.25 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 8.24 5.0 6.00 6.50 7.62 8.72 11.14 9.98 6.1 7.13 7.91 9.29 11.71 13.08 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.85 3.0 6.00 6.00 6.64 7.30 8.21 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.22 6.5 5.80 6.71 7.62 8.50 11.60 9.69 5.7 7.08 7.81 9.29 11.25 13.08 Personal service occupations.................................. 17.30 17.6 5.00 6.90 9.79 23.60 44.57 10.36 7.7 7.36 7.91 9.88 12.35 14.10 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ - - - - - - - 11.68 4.8 8.89 10.31 11.74 13.29 14.10 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 7.95 11.1 3.37 6.38 7.15 8.78 12.09 - - - - - - - 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), all industries, Atlanta, GA, January 1999 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....................................................... $17.22 2.8% $7.62 $9.75 $13.87 $20.76 $29.52 $8.29 3.8% $5.15 $5.75 $7.00 $9.69 $12.67 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.26 3.0 7.64 9.81 13.92 20.76 29.41 8.56 4.5 5.15 5.75 7.00 10.06 14.02 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.05 3.4 9.34 11.97 17.00 25.58 34.37 9.62 4.6 5.50 6.41 8.05 10.70 16.88 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.65 3.6 9.75 12.41 17.37 25.97 34.40 11.52 7.1 6.25 7.35 9.90 12.00 21.96 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 28.38 6.3 14.00 18.23 23.87 30.67 36.89 16.16 7.0 7.42 10.54 15.00 22.36 25.49 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 28.69 7.0 16.22 20.29 25.71 31.55 37.31 19.12 8.9 6.53 14.60 21.63 25.10 27.30 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.74 3.8 21.87 26.01 30.27 36.11 39.81 - - - - - - - Architects.................................................. 24.34 6.3 13.95 19.96 24.03 29.10 34.69 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.38 3.7 25.94 28.66 31.44 37.85 39.38 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 23.42 12.6 11.06 21.55 24.29 27.52 38.53 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.89 10.2 19.14 22.18 27.81 34.40 37.96 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 32.95 5.8 23.98 28.80 31.52 36.88 48.59 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.96 4.0 18.86 22.16 25.72 29.37 34.23 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.07 4.6 18.55 21.69 26.16 29.47 34.66 - - - - - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 25.06 6.9 18.86 22.16 25.05 27.41 32.85 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 25.42 11.8 17.64 18.89 24.81 30.69 33.26 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 33.96 30.0 15.07 17.03 20.27 24.82 32.72 22.44 3.4 17.49 19.68 22.36 25.10 27.30 Registered nurses........................................... 19.65 2.2 15.00 16.39 19.08 22.18 25.28 22.10 3.5 17.51 19.62 22.01 25.10 27.16 Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.64 20.5 15.74 17.94 28.90 41.31 53.45 - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.64 1.4 19.38 22.20 26.66 31.35 34.08 8.70 12.5 6.41 6.41 7.13 9.07 11.00 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.47 2.8 19.25 21.98 25.32 29.25 31.75 - - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.16 1.9 19.63 21.85 25.86 30.18 32.92 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 26.34 2.6 19.99 21.42 26.01 31.09 33.94 - - - - - - - Teachers, special education................................. 28.49 3.5 21.88 24.62 28.71 33.65 33.81 - - - - - - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 25.79 3.3 17.63 20.19 26.30 31.20 33.16 - - - - - - - Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.99 3.9 24.93 28.74 32.47 34.53 34.75 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.83 8.0 18.23 19.70 20.44 24.38 34.66 - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.55 8.2 10.78 11.80 15.40 19.31 22.93 - - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 16.93 8.2 10.98 12.18 16.10 19.46 23.11 - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ 44.71 5.6 30.45 39.38 47.31 49.80 59.13 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 44.71 5.6 30.45 39.38 47.31 49.80 59.13 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 21.30 5.7 15.94 16.99 19.50 22.76 29.38 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 27.46 2.4 19.58 23.19 28.13 30.14 35.48 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 27.53 13.3 11.61 14.13 18.46 24.64 34.87 11.74 4.2 9.12 10.04 10.80 13.41 16.72 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.93 10.0 9.50 10.30 16.07 18.89 20.43 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.44 1.5 10.25 11.34 12.51 13.60 14.24 11.08 1.6 9.90 10.13 10.80 11.42 13.21 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 13.78 7.0 8.05 11.28 14.50 15.53 19.57 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.37 7.4 13.12 15.50 18.54 22.16 27.16 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 20.35 13.7 11.74 11.74 21.76 24.23 31.20 - - - - - - - Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. $17.83 12.2% $11.40 $14.01 $16.37 $20.82 $26.93 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 25.69 10.4 17.23 20.65 24.25 30.06 35.86 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 19.74 11.3 14.42 15.78 18.09 19.50 31.47 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 26.73 4.4 13.80 16.49 24.04 31.25 41.78 - - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.74 4.0 15.86 22.07 28.13 38.61 45.94 - - - - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 21.26 6.9 14.57 16.35 22.07 22.07 24.32 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 28.02 5.4 16.95 23.56 26.28 31.00 39.14 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 24.59 12.0 13.91 17.31 19.23 35.71 39.02 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 29.95 11.0 14.42 17.95 27.31 38.88 45.94 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.02 14.9 16.03 27.65 38.91 54.23 73.80 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.05 3.3 22.57 25.01 26.22 28.69 39.66 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 16.58 12.2 12.27 13.33 14.36 16.27 30.00 - - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 25.89 7.9 17.31 20.76 26.50 31.02 32.91 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 35.54 4.4 23.65 26.01 32.88 40.91 51.55 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 22.29 6.1 12.69 14.84 19.00 25.89 30.96 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.57 7.0 13.70 14.62 16.15 20.62 23.85 - - - - - - - Underwriters................................................ 22.15 10.2 15.91 17.62 23.14 24.16 33.35 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 19.49 9.4 12.69 12.69 18.75 21.68 26.44 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 18.11 12.9 14.15 14.15 14.62 21.15 26.90 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 16.87 11.4 10.00 10.84 14.90 21.20 27.45 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 19.53 7.4 13.91 16.37 18.11 23.20 23.20 - - - - - - - Construction inspectors..................................... 15.69 3.7 12.32 14.28 15.97 17.27 18.62 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 25.23 9.0 13.40 16.66 23.65 28.25 38.51 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 16.79 7.3 7.10 8.86 13.00 20.57 32.81 $7.14 3.6% $5.25 $5.67 $6.50 $8.35 $9.50 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 20.56 10.7 10.50 11.00 15.70 26.24 43.27 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 25.22 11.8 13.64 17.99 20.52 28.85 42.71 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 25.81 11.3 14.00 16.94 25.24 34.51 40.28 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 13.71 13.9 6.52 6.90 9.82 15.59 26.00 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.63 18.6 6.50 7.04 8.25 10.30 16.44 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.97 3.6 6.46 7.00 7.66 8.50 9.61 6.86 5.0 5.25 5.65 6.50 8.00 9.00 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 13.71 11.9 8.25 9.35 12.07 17.50 21.63 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.93 2.4 8.50 10.00 12.02 15.24 18.78 9.02 6.2 6.00 6.99 9.00 10.23 11.63 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.53 7.5 12.82 17.53 22.57 23.46 23.46 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 14.96 4.6 10.23 11.60 13.83 18.17 21.40 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 9.45 2.8 7.76 9.00 9.50 10.00 10.67 - - - - - - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.44 1.9 9.76 10.37 11.25 12.07 13.22 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 13.01 4.4 9.18 10.35 12.98 15.08 16.48 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 13.32 5.2 9.50 12.40 13.64 14.61 16.64 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.89 7.7 8.41 9.33 10.75 15.32 17.06 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.37 4.2 9.59 10.50 12.00 13.48 16.99 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 10.70 6.4 8.15 9.00 10.99 12.36 13.18 - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 12.49 8.2 9.71 10.75 11.14 14.54 16.38 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 14.03 4.1 11.50 12.41 14.65 15.41 16.90 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $11.96 6.7% $8.43 $9.21 $11.55 $12.88 $15.25 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.05 7.3 10.39 11.54 12.50 15.43 20.51 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.32 4.4 11.23 12.25 13.46 16.13 18.15 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 13.26 5.9 9.00 10.44 13.03 15.88 18.25 - - - - - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 12.54 2.4 11.06 11.54 12.26 13.46 14.42 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 11.18 3.8 7.38 8.97 10.85 13.12 14.86 - - - - - - - Data entry keyers........................................... 11.06 6.6 9.00 9.50 10.01 12.04 15.89 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.49 5.2 6.11 7.81 9.62 11.07 12.59 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 15.04 10.5 9.50 12.00 14.00 15.63 18.51 - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 13.39 2.2 7.63 9.18 12.46 16.62 21.00 $8.20 6.3% $5.18 $5.50 $7.00 $10.25 $13.03 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 16.43 2.9 9.50 12.50 16.00 19.35 24.50 - - - - - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.24 6.9 17.50 18.75 21.15 26.63 30.63 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.67 6.8 10.93 14.99 16.39 19.00 21.05 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.07 14.2 10.50 13.13 16.46 24.75 26.77 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.91 3.6 12.00 13.18 15.05 16.47 17.15 - - - - - - - Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 13.28 5.5 9.35 11.55 12.90 13.75 17.46 - - - - - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 18.90 11.1 10.75 16.33 20.90 22.58 22.58 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 14.26 4.6 11.31 12.07 13.25 16.22 18.84 - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 16.91 7.0 12.00 13.56 16.83 20.00 22.41 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 14.53 7.3 10.20 12.50 16.00 16.68 16.68 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 17.11 7.6 12.51 14.34 15.65 18.25 24.50 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 20.25 5.9 13.33 18.52 21.15 23.15 24.24 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 18.85 4.7 12.65 15.97 18.25 20.98 25.54 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 16.04 5.0 13.17 14.54 15.11 17.84 19.56 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 8.03 14.6 6.15 6.15 6.25 9.45 12.25 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 8.72 9.6 6.75 7.15 7.55 8.94 10.85 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.38 15.4 9.63 11.04 12.49 15.98 24.57 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.61 3.6 7.63 9.22 11.55 15.24 20.93 - - - - - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.25 5.2 9.22 10.00 11.11 11.20 14.14 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 16.45 4.9 11.71 14.02 16.47 18.39 22.09 - - - - - - - Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 10.19 7.5 7.77 9.55 10.03 11.42 12.38 - - - - - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.57 14.5 7.44 8.03 10.83 13.28 17.54 - - - - - - - Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 11.59 6.5 9.25 9.75 11.40 12.88 14.55 - - - - - - - Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 12.85 4.1 10.80 11.15 12.96 13.92 14.03 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 11.47 7.1 6.44 9.00 11.55 13.51 15.24 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 14.77 8.8 10.00 11.57 14.54 17.54 20.38 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 13.44 8.6 7.64 9.22 11.46 20.93 21.23 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.07 4.9 8.25 9.22 10.33 12.68 12.78 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 13.29 4.4 8.16 10.00 12.69 15.75 18.35 11.81 8.7 7.11 10.13 11.96 13.76 15.35 Truck drivers............................................... 14.15 6.3 9.33 10.30 13.96 16.17 22.47 11.24 19.3 7.11 7.11 11.41 13.37 17.90 Bus drivers................................................. 11.69 9.9 7.12 7.66 10.92 15.80 16.79 12.20 4.3 10.15 11.13 12.28 13.94 14.78 Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... $24.42 2.2% $22.06 $23.93 $24.18 $24.18 $26.60 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.96 4.5 8.50 9.61 11.97 13.75 16.19 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 11.06 8.2 7.47 9.25 10.80 13.15 13.81 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.52 3.7 6.50 7.75 9.14 12.65 16.71 $7.07 5.9% $5.15 $5.30 $6.03 $7.70 $10.25 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 9.15 12.0 6.50 6.50 8.51 10.21 13.31 - - - - - - - Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 17.50 12.3 9.00 16.48 18.75 20.20 23.31 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.85 6.3 8.00 9.36 11.50 12.02 13.37 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 9.77 4.7 8.25 8.64 9.57 10.30 11.40 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.13 6.2 7.50 8.25 10.51 13.35 15.40 5.91 3.8 5.15 5.25 5.60 6.25 7.45 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.23 9.8 7.28 7.54 8.03 12.60 15.56 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 13.50 7.9 7.13 9.00 12.32 19.11 20.69 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.71 6.2 6.23 7.32 8.00 9.91 13.01 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.92 4.5 6.00 6.50 7.80 8.50 9.54 - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. 10.07 3.9 6.00 7.00 8.50 11.56 15.24 6.38 8.3 2.13 5.15 6.14 7.07 8.90 Protective service occupations................................ 10.74 6.6 6.50 7.74 9.17 12.88 16.91 8.45 7.8 6.25 7.00 8.79 9.00 9.00 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations... 21.31 11.7 14.80 17.83 19.94 28.06 30.06 - - - - - - - Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 23.24 11.7 15.58 17.83 23.58 29.68 32.98 - - - - - - - Supervisors, guards......................................... 10.19 9.8 8.00 8.00 10.88 11.44 12.30 - - - - - - - Firefighting occupations.................................... 12.82 5.4 9.29 10.87 12.88 14.26 15.99 - - - - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.13 5.6 9.93 11.66 13.53 16.56 18.31 - - - - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 12.31 4.7 9.75 11.17 12.89 13.13 13.86 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 8.05 3.0 6.02 6.88 7.75 8.75 9.50 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 7.25 6.2 2.35 5.51 7.25 9.00 11.52 4.90 9.1 2.13 2.13 5.15 6.50 7.75 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 10.92 7.2 8.50 9.62 10.60 13.25 14.16 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.87 19.6 2.13 2.13 2.50 4.25 8.50 3.74 14.8 2.13 2.13 2.75 5.75 6.50 Cooks....................................................... 9.37 6.5 7.00 7.50 9.16 11.29 12.02 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.01 4.9 6.00 7.00 7.50 8.50 9.95 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.49 5.6 5.50 6.00 6.00 6.50 8.50 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.39 9.4 5.08 5.51 6.65 8.15 10.29 - - - - - - - Health service occupations.................................... 8.39 3.2 6.33 7.00 8.00 9.44 10.92 7.64 6.1 6.40 6.57 7.00 8.10 8.50 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.87 6.3 6.99 8.61 9.34 10.88 12.50 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.88 2.4 6.25 6.85 7.50 8.63 10.00 6.94 2.6 6.40 6.50 6.90 7.00 8.00 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 9.13 3.5 6.42 7.24 8.12 10.25 13.07 - - - - - - - Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 13.56 12.2 10.67 11.06 11.06 19.11 19.29 - - - - - - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.85 3.0 6.00 6.00 6.64 7.30 8.21 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.29 4.0 6.99 7.53 8.50 10.25 13.07 - - - - - - - Personal service occupations.................................. 15.71 14.9 6.25 7.53 10.65 17.57 39.55 11.08 31.6 5.50 6.00 7.00 7.28 30.59 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.68 4.8 8.89 10.31 11.74 13.29 14.10 - - - - - - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 7.59 12.2 3.15 6.72 8.00 8.78 12.09 8.83 23.5 5.00 5.37 7.00 10.00 17.86 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." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, Atlanta, GA, January 1999 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.8 $685 2.9% $556 1,984 $34,180 $28,303 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.7 685 3.1 558 1,976 34,099 28,413 White-collar occupations............................................ 40.1 845 3.3 682 2,009 42,284 34,292 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 40.1 867 3.5 700 1,996 43,205 35,296 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 39.4 1,119 6.2 961 1,895 53,778 44,528 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 40.2 1,154 7.3 1,025 1,877 53,847 46,093 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 40.4 1,243 3.7 1,229 2,103 64,633 63,898 Architects.................................................. 40.0 974 6.3 961 2,080 50,628 49,982 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.3 1,304 3.4 1,274 2,095 67,821 66,249 Industrial engineers........................................ 40.9 958 13.0 913 2,127 49,794 47,463 Mechanical engineers........................................ 41.7 1,247 8.5 1,376 2,169 64,820 71,552 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 40.5 1,334 5.9 1,280 2,105 69,363 66,571 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 40.7 1,055 3.8 1,040 2,114 54,881 54,097 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 40.9 1,065 4.4 1,055 2,124 55,379 54,882 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.0 1,002 6.9 1,002 2,080 52,125 52,104 Natural scientists............................................ 39.8 1,011 11.8 992 2,068 52,571 51,601 Health related occupations.................................... 40.5 1,377 31.6 804 2,098 71,260 41,789 Registered nurses........................................... 39.7 780 2.3 760 2,057 40,411 39,326 Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.1 1,237 20.6 1,154 1,801 56,973 51,701 Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.5 1,052 1.3 1,055 1,517 40,421 40,263 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 39.7 1,011 3.0 1,013 1,514 38,547 38,684 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.7 1,037 1.7 1,024 1,507 39,420 38,917 Secondary school teachers................................... 39.9 1,050 2.6 1,040 1,519 40,023 39,528 Teachers, special education................................. 39.5 1,125 3.6 1,117 1,501 42,766 42,317 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 38.5 992 2.7 1,010 1,539 39,673 41,838 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.5 1,224 4.5 1,299 1,551 48,076 52,227 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 41.6 951 6.7 869 2,094 47,810 45,192 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40.0 662 8.2 616 2,039 33,746 32,642 Social workers.............................................. 40.0 677 8.2 644 2,036 34,465 33,652 Lawyers and judges............................................ 43.5 1,944 8.8 2,000 2,261 101,092 103,994 Lawyers..................................................... 43.5 1,944 8.8 2,000 2,261 101,092 103,994 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 40.2 856 5.5 780 2,091 44,537 40,560 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 39.5 1,085 2.8 1,058 2,054 56,417 55,010 Technical occupations........................................... 37.4 1,030 10.9 754 1,947 53,582 39,187 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40.0 596 9.9 641 2,078 31,016 33,329 Licensed practical nurses................................... 39.7 495 1.6 500 2,067 25,716 26,000 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 42.8 590 4.8 588 2,226 30,678 30,575 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 40.1 776 7.4 741 2,084 40,369 38,556 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 40.0 814 13.7 870 2,080 42,322 45,261 Science technicians, N.E.C.................................. 40.9 730 14.0 655 2,128 37,942 34,039 Computer programmers........................................ 40.0 1,028 10.4 970 2,080 53,442 50,449 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 40.0 790 11.3 724 2,080 41,061 37,627 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 41.5 $1,109 4.3% $974 2,149 $57,454 $50,708 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.6 1,280 4.0 1,193 2,159 66,360 62,010 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 40.0 850 6.9 883 2,080 44,225 45,906 Financial managers.......................................... 42.3 1,186 6.1 1,125 2,200 61,656 58,510 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 43.0 1,056 14.0 769 2,233 54,920 39,998 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 41.9 1,254 9.7 1,269 2,178 65,226 65,988 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.2 1,691 14.9 1,568 2,043 85,833 77,002 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.9 1,148 5.2 1,049 2,128 59,690 54,530 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 41.8 693 11.6 600 2,175 36,056 31,200 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C...................... 41.5 1,075 9.5 1,193 2,159 55,906 62,010 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 41.9 1,489 4.7 1,369 2,179 77,445 71,188 Management related occupations................................ 41.3 921 5.8 750 2,139 47,677 39,520 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40.0 703 7.0 646 2,080 36,551 33,583 Underwriters................................................ 41.1 911 14.5 897 2,137 47,354 46,627 Other financial officers.................................... 45.1 880 7.8 742 2,347 45,739 38,584 Management analysts......................................... 45.3 820 7.5 731 2,355 42,650 38,012 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40.4 681 11.5 596 2,099 35,418 30,981 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 40.5 792 7.1 739 2,108 41,179 38,438 Construction inspectors..................................... 40.0 627 3.7 639 2,080 32,629 33,226 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 40.6 1,024 9.8 925 2,077 52,394 48,647 Sales occupations................................................. 40.7 684 7.4 519 2,105 35,343 26,618 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 41.4 851 11.7 624 2,152 44,236 32,448 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 41.0 1,033 13.1 848 2,130 53,736 44,084 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 41.0 1,058 10.4 1,023 2,131 55,010 53,218 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 45.3 621 14.3 481 2,354 32,279 25,021 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 39.2 417 18.4 320 2,040 21,690 16,640 Cashiers.................................................... 39.6 315 3.7 300 1,963 15,648 15,392 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 39.4 540 12.5 463 2,049 28,088 24,061 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.8 515 2.4 481 2,007 25,949 24,896 Supervisors, general office................................. 40.3 827 7.3 938 2,095 43,016 48,797 Secretaries................................................. 39.4 590 4.3 554 1,918 28,682 27,082 Receptionists............................................... 40.0 378 2.8 380 2,078 19,634 19,760 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 39.8 455 2.1 450 2,068 23,654 23,393 Order clerks................................................ 39.9 519 4.8 519 2,073 26,967 26,978 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 40.4 538 5.5 546 2,102 27,996 28,377 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.8 473 7.6 430 2,066 24,566 22,360 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 39.9 493 3.6 482 2,075 25,661 25,085 Billing clerks.............................................. 40.0 428 6.4 440 2,080 22,263 22,866 Dispatchers................................................. 42.8 534 7.3 559 2,197 27,440 29,068 Production coordinators..................................... 40.0 561 4.1 586 2,080 29,178 30,472 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 40.2 480 7.3 462 2,089 24,981 24,024 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 40.0 562 7.3 500 2,080 29,216 26,000 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 40.1 575 4.7 538 2,087 29,883 27,955 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 39.7 527 5.7 521 2,064 27,382 27,104 Bill and account collectors................................. 40.0 502 2.4 490 2,080 26,087 25,501 General office clerks....................................... 39.9 446 3.9 430 1,877 20,972 21,840 Data entry keyers........................................... 39.9 $441 6.6% $400 2,076 $22,956 $20,821 Teachers' aides............................................. 37.7 357 5.8 352 1,408 13,354 13,261 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 39.6 596 10.7 560 2,060 30,981 29,119 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 40.2 539 2.3 497 1,970 26,388 24,898 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 40.1 659 2.9 640 2,060 33,845 33,280 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 40.4 939 6.6 833 2,081 48,363 42,775 Automobile mechanics........................................ 40.0 667 6.8 655 2,080 34,666 34,083 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 39.7 718 14.4 658 2,022 36,543 33,229 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40.0 597 3.6 602 2,082 31,041 31,304 Machinery maintenance occupations........................... 40.0 531 5.5 516 2,080 27,615 26,832 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 40.0 756 11.1 836 2,080 39,302 43,472 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 40.7 580 4.2 538 2,114 30,141 27,976 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 40.0 676 7.0 673 2,080 35,173 35,006 Carpenters.................................................. 40.0 581 7.3 640 2,080 30,212 33,280 Electricians................................................ 40.0 684 7.6 626 2,080 35,585 32,552 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 40.0 810 5.9 846 2,080 42,127 43,992 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 40.6 766 4.7 762 2,114 39,849 39,603 Machinists.................................................. 40.8 655 3.9 632 2,124 34,064 32,856 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 40.2 323 14.9 250 1,516 12,165 12,792 Butchers and meat cutters................................... 40.0 349 9.6 302 2,080 18,132 15,704 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 40.0 615 15.4 500 2,080 31,998 25,988 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 40.0 504 3.6 462 2,044 25,772 23,816 Molding and casting machine operators....................... 40.0 450 5.2 444 2,080 23,394 23,105 Printing press operators.................................... 39.8 654 4.6 659 2,069 34,033 34,258 Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 40.0 408 7.5 401 2,080 21,205 20,862 Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 40.0 463 14.5 433 2,080 24,069 22,526 Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 40.0 463 6.5 456 2,080 24,098 23,712 Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 40.0 514 4.1 518 2,080 26,724 26,947 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 40.2 461 7.3 462 1,801 20,661 22,526 Welders and cutters......................................... 40.0 591 8.8 581 2,080 30,718 30,232 Assemblers.................................................. 40.0 538 8.6 458 2,080 27,965 23,836 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 40.0 443 4.9 413 2,080 23,035 21,486 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 41.0 545 6.0 506 2,033 27,023 25,350 Truck drivers............................................... 44.7 633 8.5 604 2,242 31,733 30,264 Bus drivers................................................. 30.4 355 9.7 310 1,270 14,847 11,853 Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 41.0 1,001 3.1 967 2,132 52,062 50,294 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 40.0 478 4.5 479 2,080 24,869 24,898 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 40.0 442 8.2 432 2,080 22,998 22,464 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 40.0 421 3.8 367 1,768 18,588 17,680 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 39.7 364 12.0 340 2,067 18,904 17,701 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C.................................................... 40.0 700 12.3 750 2,080 36,406 38,996 Helpers, construction trades................................ 40.0 434 6.3 460 2,080 22,565 23,920 Production helpers.......................................... 39.8 389 4.8 383 2,072 20,236 19,906 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 40.0 $445 6.2% $420 2,080 $23,145 $21,865 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 40.0 409 9.8 321 2,080 21,281 16,693 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 40.4 546 8.5 475 2,103 28,389 24,681 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 40.0 348 6.2 320 2,080 18,121 16,640 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 39.8 315 4.6 306 1,086 8,595 11,440 Service occupations................................................. 37.6 379 4.1 321 1,922 19,356 16,640 Protective service occupations................................ 38.7 416 9.1 350 2,014 21,637 18,200 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations... 48.5 1,034 14.7 1,019 2,523 53,773 52,978 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 40.0 930 11.7 943 2,080 48,349 49,043 Supervisors, guards......................................... 37.2 379 6.4 380 1,934 19,719 19,785 Firefighting occupations.................................... 51.9 666 5.6 676 2,701 34,631 35,172 Police and detectives, public service....................... 40.8 576 6.1 540 2,119 29,942 28,059 Correctional institution officers........................... 40.5 499 4.9 525 2,107 25,938 27,310 Guards and police except public service..................... 36.1 290 6.5 275 1,875 15,097 14,312 Food service occupations...................................... 37.9 275 7.0 260 1,895 13,744 13,000 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 43.7 477 8.1 481 2,271 24,791 25,012 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 36.5 141 21.7 85 1,898 7,343 4,430 Cooks....................................................... 38.0 356 8.0 353 1,976 18,522 18,351 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 37.2 298 5.8 279 1,774 14,211 12,480 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 39.8 258 5.6 240 2,072 13,438 12,480 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 36.9 273 7.9 257 1,753 12,956 12,661 Health service occupations.................................... 39.6 332 3.1 315 2,058 17,262 16,390 Health aides, except nursing................................ 39.9 394 6.4 373 2,076 20,497 19,405 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 39.4 311 2.4 294 2,051 16,165 15,288 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 39.3 359 3.5 324 2,010 18,347 16,640 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 43.2 586 12.7 498 2,222 30,143 25,880 Maids and housemen.......................................... 39.9 274 3.0 266 2,077 14,234 13,811 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 38.8 360 4.0 335 1,975 18,352 16,890 Personal service occupations.................................. 29.9 470 8.1 410 1,468 23,051 18,745 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 38.9 454 5.6 455 1,473 17,198 17,298 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 38.1 289 13.7 320 1,979 15,026 16,640 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." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data±at the quote level±with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 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, Atlanta, GA, January 1999 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....................................................... $16.67 2.8% $16.42 3.4% $17.82 2.9% $17.22 2.8% $8.29 3.8% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 16.78 2.9 16.54 3.6 17.83 2.9 17.26 3.0 8.56 4.5 White-collar occupations............................................ 20.49 3.4 20.53 4.1 20.32 3.4 21.05 3.4 9.62 4.6 Level 1................................................... 7.28 3.7 7.16 3.7 7.96 10.9 7.88 4.7 6.40 3.5 Level 2................................................... 8.29 2.6 8.31 2.6 - - 8.47 3.0 7.42 5.0 Level 3................................................... 9.43 1.9 9.29 2.0 10.24 3.1 9.72 1.9 8.29 5.1 Level 4................................................... 11.53 1.6 11.73 1.8 10.62 3.2 11.69 1.6 8.65 5.5 Level 5................................................... 14.18 2.4 14.35 2.7 13.30 3.3 14.27 2.4 10.51 3.6 Level 6................................................... 14.89 2.2 15.24 2.4 13.70 3.8 14.89 2.2 14.22 11.2 Level 7................................................... 17.88 2.9 18.18 3.6 17.15 4.2 17.93 2.9 15.16 5.8 Level 8................................................... 22.13 6.4 22.31 7.9 21.46 5.7 22.14 6.5 21.55 5.1 Level 9................................................... 26.20 3.1 26.29 4.8 26.05 1.7 26.25 3.1 21.25 2.1 Level 10.................................................. 30.02 3.0 30.27 3.2 28.07 6.5 30.07 3.0 - - Level 11.................................................. 38.38 11.2 39.36 12.7 32.15 5.8 38.53 11.3 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.64 3.8 36.98 4.0 - - 37.64 3.8 - - Level 13.................................................. 75.79 26.3 81.36 31.3 - - 75.79 26.3 - - Level 14.................................................. 51.99 6.8 51.99 6.8 - - 51.99 6.8 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.18 11.6 34.18 11.6 - - 34.18 11.6 - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 21.32 3.6 21.63 4.5 20.34 3.4 21.65 3.6 11.52 7.1 Level 1................................................... 8.21 5.6 - - - - 8.40 5.5 - - Level 2................................................... 8.35 3.2 8.37 3.3 - - 8.41 3.4 7.82 8.0 Level 3................................................... 9.95 2.0 9.86 2.3 10.24 3.1 10.12 1.6 9.04 7.9 Level 4................................................... 11.68 1.8 11.98 2.0 10.62 3.2 11.83 1.8 8.64 6.6 Level 5................................................... 13.84 2.5 13.96 2.9 13.30 3.3 13.93 2.5 10.51 3.6 Level 6................................................... 14.89 2.3 15.27 2.6 13.70 3.8 14.89 2.3 14.22 11.2 Level 7................................................... 17.09 2.0 17.06 2.2 17.15 4.3 17.13 2.1 15.16 5.8 Level 8................................................... 21.91 7.2 22.05 9.2 21.46 5.7 21.92 7.3 21.55 5.1 Level 9................................................... 26.21 3.2 26.32 5.2 26.05 1.7 26.26 3.3 21.25 2.1 Level 10.................................................. 29.82 3.1 30.07 3.4 28.07 6.5 29.88 3.1 - - Level 11.................................................. 39.59 12.4 40.96 14.2 32.15 5.8 39.77 12.5 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.41 3.9 36.68 4.1 - - 37.41 3.9 - - Level 13.................................................. 75.79 26.3 81.36 31.3 - - 75.79 26.3 - - Level 14.................................................. 51.99 6.8 51.99 6.8 - - 51.99 6.8 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.38 11.8 34.38 11.8 - - 34.38 11.8 - - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 27.99 6.2 30.48 8.7 23.53 2.6 28.38 6.3 16.16 7.0 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 28.44 6.9 31.21 10.7 24.71 2.6 28.69 7.0 19.12 8.9 Level 5................................................... 14.90 5.7 16.26 7.4 - - 15.63 5.2 - - Level 6................................................... 16.44 5.4 17.04 9.5 - - 16.56 5.5 12.98 13.3 Level 7................................................... 18.80 3.8 18.40 2.2 19.04 6.0 18.81 3.9 - - Level 8................................................... 23.96 7.4 24.62 10.8 22.99 5.7 24.05 7.6 - - Level 9................................................... 25.41 1.8 23.02 3.5