NC BL 05/00/00 Table: Atlanta, GA, Bulletin 3100-17, August 1999 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $16.80 2.5 37.6 $16.47 2.9 37.4 $18.38 3.6 38.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.70 2.8 38.4 20.64 3.4 38.2 20.94 4.3 39.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.24 4.2 38.3 29.01 5.9 37.9 23.90 3.1 39.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.34 5.0 41.6 27.14 4.9 42.0 28.17 15.3 40.0 Sales............................................................. 16.54 9.3 35.4 16.55 9.3 35.5 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.83 2.1 38.3 13.05 2.4 38.2 11.87 2.8 38.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.34 2.2 38.7 13.35 2.3 39.0 13.23 3.7 33.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.38 3.1 39.6 16.44 3.3 39.6 15.57 5.0 39.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.92 4.4 39.8 12.95 4.4 39.8 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.82 4.0 39.4 13.97 4.4 41.4 12.70 4.2 29.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.20 3.8 36.4 10.19 3.9 36.5 10.21 7.5 35.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.84 4.0 33.6 8.67 4.7 31.7 13.14 3.8 40.1 Full time........................................................... 17.41 2.5 39.8 17.13 3.0 39.8 18.65 3.6 39.8 Part time........................................................... 8.32 3.8 21.4 8.05 4.0 21.4 11.03 5.9 21.6 Union............................................................... 19.52 11.2 36.7 19.95 11.9 36.4 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 16.55 2.5 37.7 16.10 3.0 37.5 18.54 3.7 38.6 Time................................................................ 16.54 2.4 37.6 16.12 2.9 37.4 18.38 3.6 38.7 Incentive........................................................... 21.69 12.6 38.0 21.69 12.6 38.0 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.50 5.9 36.8 13.50 6.0 36.8 13.40 1.3 36.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.76 4.3 38.8 15.79 4.3 38.8 13.45 10.9 39.6 500 workers or more................................................. 18.59 3.6 37.1 18.57 5.1 36.3 18.64 3.8 38.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.80 2.5 $16.47 2.9 $18.38 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 16.82 2.5 16.46 3.0 18.39 3.6 White collar........................................................ 20.70 2.8 20.64 3.4 20.94 4.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.41 2.9 21.55 3.5 20.96 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.24 4.2 29.01 5.9 23.90 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.42 3.1 29.07 4.5 25.11 3.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.91 3.6 30.14 3.7 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.12 3.8 31.12 3.8 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 24.76 13.8 24.40 15.3 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.47 9.9 29.47 9.9 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.24 4.1 32.24 4.1 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.85 5.2 28.78 4.0 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.42 6.0 29.67 4.2 € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 25.28 7.8 25.28 7.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ 24.34 13.6 24.34 13.6 € € Health related................................................ 25.49 12.9 27.04 15.5 19.99 4.7 Registered nurses........................................... 20.18 2.2 20.30 2.5 19.75 4.6 Pharmacists................................................. 29.04 3.4 29.04 3.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.29 22.9 25.84 7.6 - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 38.31 27.3 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.73 1.8 20.99 4.8 27.08 1.8 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 26.68 3.7 € € 26.95 3.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.47 2.2 21.55 7.7 26.67 2.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.72 2.7 24.29 8.1 26.86 2.8 Teachers, special education................................. 28.91 3.8 € € 28.84 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.24 3.6 18.70 3.7 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.60 4.6 € € 32.55 3.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 23.85 4.6 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.27 9.1 - - 16.41 9.0 Social workers.............................................. 16.53 9.1 € € 16.53 9.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ 45.77 4.7 46.12 4.8 - - Lawyers..................................................... 45.77 4.7 46.12 4.8 € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.71 14.4 24.71 14.4 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 29.41 2.1 29.41 2.1 € € Technical....................................................... 26.74 13.2 28.90 14.5 15.96 9.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.35 8.9 15.39 9.4 € € Radiological technicians.................................... 18.03 6.0 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.50 1.8 12.40 2.2 12.91 1.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.24 8.4 13.86 13.1 12.50 11.1 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.08 7.4 19.78 7.4 € € Computer programmers........................................ 25.90 7.1 28.18 7.0 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.49 12.8 20.49 12.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $27.34 5.0 $27.14 4.9 $28.17 15.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.16 5.5 29.40 4.6 40.73 15.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 18.96 8.3 € € 18.96 8.3 Financial managers.......................................... 29.61 8.1 27.29 6.0 € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 23.99 15.3 23.99 15.3 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 29.58 13.2 29.58 13.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 47.00 15.8 28.59 15.3 55.28 14.2 Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.09 3.8 28.59 3.7 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.49 11.7 17.49 11.7 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.91 8.8 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.77 4.8 35.77 4.8 € € Management related............................................ 22.15 6.8 23.71 8.5 17.34 9.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.33 11.2 19.26 10.2 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.17 13.9 21.17 13.9 € € Management analysts......................................... 18.49 14.0 18.49 14.0 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.03 11.1 20.40 8.9 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 19.47 5.9 20.20 6.3 € € Construction inspectors..................................... 15.75 3.3 € € 15.75 3.3 Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.47 9.2 27.43 9.9 20.97 15.0 Sales............................................................. 16.54 9.3 16.55 9.3 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.27 10.9 22.27 10.9 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 23.15 12.0 23.15 12.0 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.14 12.4 27.14 12.4 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 25.98 5.4 25.98 5.4 € € Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.20 5.0 8.20 5.0 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.64 22.4 11.64 22.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.51 3.6 7.50 3.7 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 11.88 11.4 11.88 11.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.83 2.1 13.05 2.4 11.87 2.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.31 5.0 20.55 4.9 € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 14.64 11.6 14.64 11.6 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.34 5.5 16.04 6.4 13.69 7.5 Receptionists............................................... 9.18 3.8 9.05 3.8 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.58 2.7 11.65 3.2 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.76 5.0 12.76 5.0 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 13.55 8.1 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.09 7.3 11.82 9.4 9.77 7.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.11 2.8 12.22 3.7 11.94 4.0 Billing clerks.............................................. 10.81 6.5 10.73 7.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 13.49 10.2 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.28 4.5 14.28 4.5 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.45 4.3 11.65 4.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.51 7.0 13.56 7.7 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... $14.89 6.5 $15.08 7.9 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.60 6.4 13.60 6.4 € € Bill and account collectors................................. 12.36 4.3 12.49 4.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.24 3.1 11.26 3.6 $11.16 6.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.58 3.8 10.61 4.2 € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 17.00 4.3 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.08 7.2 € € 9.65 5.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.26 12.0 14.26 12.0 € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.34 2.2 13.35 2.3 13.23 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.38 3.1 16.44 3.3 15.57 5.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.34 6.4 22.15 7.6 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.78 9.3 € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.29 12.7 18.54 13.6 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.65 3.7 14.73 3.8 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.77 6.6 13.78 7.4 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 19.71 10.2 20.00 11.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.78 4.7 14.97 5.1 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 17.47 8.2 17.70 9.3 € € Carpenters.................................................. 14.94 6.9 14.94 6.9 € € Electricians................................................ 18.25 12.5 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.65 11.2 19.65 11.2 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 18.18 4.3 18.18 4.3 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 8.63 8.0 8.63 8.0 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 13.23 9.0 12.65 8.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.92 4.4 12.95 4.4 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.35 4.5 11.35 4.5 € € Printing press operators.................................... 16.48 4.4 16.64 4.5 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.06 14.4 11.06 14.4 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.14 7.0 12.14 7.0 € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.06 3.9 13.06 3.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.04 5.2 12.04 5.2 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 13.48 3.0 13.48 3.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 15.00 9.3 15.00 9.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.94 5.2 10.94 5.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.82 4.0 13.97 4.4 12.70 4.2 Truck drivers............................................... 15.04 5.3 15.13 5.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.00 7.7 € € 12.90 5.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.28 5.2 12.28 5.2 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.45 12.4 12.45 12.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.20 3.8 10.19 3.9 10.21 7.5 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... $8.88 11.2 $7.14 6.6 € € Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 16.45 15.8 € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.81 6.7 10.81 6.7 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.16 4.7 10.16 4.7 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.07 7.3 10.07 7.3 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.31 12.2 10.31 12.2 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.54 7.1 13.54 7.1 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.21 5.1 8.21 5.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.20 4.7 8.08 4.9 € € Service............................................................. 9.84 4.0 8.67 4.7 $13.14 3.8 Protective service............................................ 11.11 7.8 8.45 4.0 15.15 4.6 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 23.11 9.5 € € 23.11 9.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 23.74 11.4 € € 23.74 11.4 Supervisors, guards......................................... 10.16 11.4 10.16 11.4 € € Firefighting................................................ 14.03 7.2 € € 14.03 7.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.62 5.0 € € 14.62 5.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.48 5.0 € € 12.48 5.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.81 4.2 € € 12.81 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.41 4.9 8.28 4.6 € € Food service.................................................. 6.49 6.3 6.19 7.0 9.64 7.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.35 10.0 4.35 10.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.57 14.6 3.57 14.6 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.22 6.2 6.22 6.2 € € Other food service........................................... 8.15 5.3 7.88 6.2 9.64 7.6 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 10.45 7.0 10.47 8.0 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.19 6.4 9.20 6.5 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 5.87 8.6 5.63 9.7 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.21 3.9 7.97 3.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.18 9.0 6.28 6.0 11.14 11.9 Health service................................................ 8.52 2.4 8.33 2.5 10.10 2.6 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.96 5.1 9.79 7.6 10.28 2.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.03 1.9 7.99 1.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. $8.89 4.7 $8.51 5.4 $10.20 5.9 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 13.12 12.5 12.46 14.4 € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.16 2.6 7.16 2.6 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.88 5.7 8.50 6.9 9.92 5.4 Personal service.............................................. 15.74 15.1 18.64 19.6 10.45 7.4 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.93 7.3 € € 11.97 4.1 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.51 9.3 8.54 9.4 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.41 2.5 $17.13 3.0 $18.65 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 17.31 2.5 16.99 3.1 18.65 3.6 White collar........................................................ 21.37 2.8 21.43 3.4 21.18 4.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.74 2.9 21.93 3.6 21.18 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.52 4.3 29.31 6.0 24.18 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.65 3.2 29.27 4.6 25.38 3.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.94 3.6 30.18 3.7 - - Architects.................................................. 24.66 6.7 € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.12 3.8 31.12 3.8 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 24.76 13.8 24.40 15.3 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.47 9.9 29.47 9.9 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.24 4.1 32.24 4.1 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.85 5.2 28.78 4.0 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.42 6.0 29.67 4.2 € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 25.28 7.8 25.28 7.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ 24.34 13.6 24.34 13.6 € € Health related................................................ 25.85 14.1 27.56 16.9 19.82 5.1 Registered nurses........................................... 19.99 2.4 20.08 2.7 19.70 5.2 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.58 23.1 26.27 7.8 - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 38.41 27.4 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.13 1.5 21.07 4.9 27.50 1.5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 26.68 3.7 € € 26.95 3.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.56 2.1 21.77 7.9 26.76 2.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.71 2.7 23.88 8.6 26.86 2.8 Teachers, special education................................. 28.91 3.8 € € 28.84 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.29 3.6 18.84 3.6 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.67 4.5 € € 32.55 3.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 23.85 4.6 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.27 9.1 - - 16.41 9.0 Social workers.............................................. 16.53 9.1 € € 16.53 9.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ 45.77 4.7 46.12 4.8 - - Lawyers..................................................... 45.77 4.7 46.12 4.8 € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.71 14.4 24.71 14.4 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 29.41 2.1 29.41 2.1 € € Technical....................................................... 27.19 13.3 29.38 14.7 16.12 9.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.20 9.2 15.24 9.8 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.66 2.0 12.62 2.5 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.48 8.7 14.11 14.0 12.75 10.9 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.08 7.4 19.78 7.4 € € Computer programmers........................................ 25.90 7.1 28.18 7.0 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.49 12.8 20.49 12.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $27.40 5.0 $27.22 4.9 $28.17 15.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.29 5.5 29.55 4.6 40.73 15.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 18.96 8.3 € € 18.96 8.3 Financial managers.......................................... 29.61 8.1 27.29 6.0 € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 23.99 15.3 23.99 15.3 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 29.58 13.2 29.58 13.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 49.34 14.4 33.06 10.7 55.28 14.2 Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.09 3.8 28.59 3.7 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 17.49 11.7 17.49 11.7 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.91 8.8 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.77 4.8 35.77 4.8 € € Management related............................................ 22.15 6.8 23.71 8.5 17.34 9.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.33 11.2 19.26 10.2 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.17 13.9 21.17 13.9 € € Management analysts......................................... 18.49 14.0 18.49 14.0 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.03 11.1 20.40 8.9 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 19.47 5.9 20.20 6.3 € € Construction inspectors..................................... 15.75 3.3 € € 15.75 3.3 Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.47 9.2 27.43 9.9 20.97 15.0 Sales............................................................. 18.78 9.0 18.77 9.0 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.27 10.9 22.27 10.9 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 23.15 12.0 23.15 12.0 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.14 12.4 27.14 12.4 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 25.98 5.4 25.98 5.4 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.34 26.4 12.34 26.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.03 3.7 8.03 3.7 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.95 10.7 12.95 10.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.05 2.0 13.29 2.4 11.99 2.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.25 5.2 20.50 5.1 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.49 5.5 16.07 6.4 14.06 7.5 Receptionists............................................... 9.55 2.9 9.42 2.7 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.58 2.7 11.65 3.2 € € Order clerks................................................ 13.26 5.2 13.26 5.2 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 13.55 8.1 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.11 7.3 11.86 9.4 9.77 7.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.30 2.7 12.39 3.6 12.14 3.9 Billing clerks.............................................. 10.81 6.5 10.73 7.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 13.49 10.2 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.28 4.5 14.28 4.5 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.45 4.3 11.65 4.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.06 6.9 14.20 7.5 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.01 6.6 15.26 8.0 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.05 5.6 14.05 5.6 € € Bill and account collectors................................. $12.36 4.3 $12.49 4.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.27 3.2 11.29 3.6 $11.16 6.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.68 3.7 10.72 4.0 € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 17.00 4.3 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.67 5.3 € € 9.65 5.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.26 12.0 14.26 12.0 € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.63 2.2 13.64 2.4 13.36 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.48 3.0 16.55 3.2 15.57 5.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.34 6.4 22.15 7.6 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 16.78 9.3 € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.33 12.8 18.58 13.7 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.65 3.7 14.73 3.8 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.77 6.6 13.78 7.4 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 19.71 10.2 20.00 11.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.78 4.7 14.97 5.1 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 17.47 8.2 17.70 9.3 € € Carpenters.................................................. 14.94 6.9 14.94 6.9 € € Electricians................................................ 18.25 12.5 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.65 11.2 19.65 11.2 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 18.18 4.3 18.18 4.3 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 8.63 8.0 8.63 8.0 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 13.23 9.0 12.65 8.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.94 4.4 12.97 4.4 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.36 4.6 11.36 4.6 € € Printing press operators.................................... 16.48 4.4 16.64 4.5 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.06 14.4 11.06 14.4 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.14 7.0 12.14 7.0 € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.06 3.9 13.06 3.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.06 5.3 12.06 5.3 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 13.48 3.0 13.48 3.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 15.00 9.3 15.00 9.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.94 5.2 10.94 5.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.83 4.2 13.95 4.5 12.61 5.7 Truck drivers............................................... 15.06 5.4 15.16 5.5 € € Bus drivers................................................. 11.65 10.3 € € 12.88 7.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.28 5.2 12.28 5.2 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.45 12.4 12.45 12.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.73 4.0 10.74 4.1 10.40 8.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 8.97 12.4 € € € € Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... $16.45 15.8 € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.81 6.7 $10.81 6.7 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.39 4.6 10.39 4.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.47 6.3 11.47 6.3 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.31 12.2 10.31 12.2 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.00 7.5 14.00 7.5 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.69 6.3 8.69 6.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.26 4.8 8.15 4.9 € € Service............................................................. 10.32 4.3 9.12 5.2 $13.27 3.8 Protective service............................................ 11.15 7.9 8.44 4.2 15.19 4.6 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 23.11 9.5 € € 23.11 9.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 23.74 11.4 € € 23.74 11.4 Supervisors, guards......................................... 10.16 11.4 10.16 11.4 € € Firefighting................................................ 14.03 7.2 € € 14.03 7.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.62 5.0 € € 14.62 5.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.81 4.2 € € 12.81 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.40 5.0 8.27 4.7 € € Food service.................................................. 7.10 6.8 6.84 7.6 9.47 8.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.65 10.6 4.65 10.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.41 18.4 3.41 18.4 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.69 5.0 6.69 5.0 € € Other food service........................................... 8.37 5.9 8.17 6.8 9.47 8.9 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 10.45 7.0 10.47 8.0 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.50 6.5 9.51 6.6 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.97 2.5 8.00 3.4 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.32 9.5 6.47 6.3 € € Health service................................................ 8.56 2.5 8.36 2.6 10.11 2.6 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.96 5.3 9.77 8.2 10.28 2.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.08 1.9 8.04 2.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. $9.36 3.7 $9.03 4.6 $10.25 6.0 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 13.12 12.5 12.46 14.4 € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.16 2.6 7.16 2.6 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.52 4.4 9.28 6.1 9.96 5.5 Personal service.............................................. 16.37 16.0 19.94 20.8 10.65 7.8 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.97 4.1 € € 11.97 4.1 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.40 6.5 8.43 6.6 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.32 3.8 $8.05 4.0 $11.03 5.9 All excluding sales............................................... 8.65 4.5 8.34 4.9 11.09 6.0 White collar........................................................ 9.39 4.9 9.24 5.2 10.90 10.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.57 7.2 11.68 8.4 11.02 11.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.05 6.9 18.94 5.7 12.93 15.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.03 8.4 22.35 3.7 13.14 19.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.17 3.6 22.30 4.0 21.65 7.2 Registered nurses........................................... 21.48 3.0 21.78 3.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 8.78 12.8 18.90 18.7 7.69 8.6 Technical....................................................... 12.71 7.2 12.87 7.7 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 11.72 3.3 11.48 2.9 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - € € Management related............................................ - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 7.19 3.5 7.18 3.6 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.88 5.3 6.83 5.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.97 6.1 9.06 6.8 8.22 7.9 Blue collar......................................................... 8.55 6.0 8.01 6.6 12.35 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.61 4.2 - - 12.94 2.7 Bus drivers................................................. 12.94 2.7 € € 12.94 2.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.06 5.1 7.03 5.2 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.94 4.4 5.94 4.4 € € Service............................................................. 6.45 8.4 6.29 9.0 9.00 9.1 Protective service............................................ 8.60 6.9 - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.97 9.2 4.64 9.1 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.99 13.6 3.99 13.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.72 14.9 3.72 14.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.04 9.1 6.32 6.7 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.23 4.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 7.82 7.3 7.81 7.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.08 3.0 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. $11.47 33.7 $12.24 36.9 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $693 2.6 39.8 $682 3.1 39.8 $743 3.6 39.8 All excluding sales............................................... 688 2.6 39.7 675 3.2 39.7 743 3.6 39.8 White collar........................................................ 859 2.7 40.2 863 3.2 40.3 843 4.3 39.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 872 2.7 40.1 881 3.3 40.2 844 4.3 39.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,087 3.8 39.5 1,152 5.2 39.3 963 3.0 39.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,110 3.3 40.1 1,185 4.9 40.5 1,006 3.0 39.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,212 3.5 40.5 1,223 3.6 40.5 - - - Architects.................................................. 987 6.6 40.0 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,257 3.7 40.4 1,257 3.7 40.4 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 1,016 14.1 41.0 1,011 15.8 41.4 € € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,227 8.3 41.6 1,227 8.3 41.6 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,300 4.3 40.3 1,300 4.3 40.3 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,123 5.1 40.3 1,162 3.8 40.4 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,149 5.8 40.4 1,200 3.8 40.5 € € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,011 7.8 40.0 1,011 7.8 40.0 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 969 13.6 39.8 969 13.6 39.8 € € € Health related................................................ 1,033 14.6 40.0 1,102 17.5 40.0 793 5.1 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 793 2.5 39.7 795 2.8 39.6 788 5.2 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,389 23.2 39.0 958 8.8 36.5 - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,534 27.4 39.9 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,070 1.4 39.4 811 4.9 38.5 1,086 1.4 39.5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,059 3.9 39.7 € € € 1,078 3.6 40.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,053 1.9 39.7 836 8.6 38.4 1,063 1.9 39.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,065 2.7 39.9 912 8.3 38.2 1,073 2.8 40.0 Teachers, special education................................. 1,141 3.9 39.5 € € € 1,141 4.0 39.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,007 3.3 38.3 738 4.0 39.2 € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,251 5.1 39.5 € € € 1,284 4.7 39.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,003 4.9 42.0 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 651 9.1 40.0 - - - 657 9.0 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 661 9.1 40.0 € € € 661 9.1 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,002 9.1 43.8 2,034 9.3 44.1 - - - Lawyers..................................................... 2,002 9.1 43.8 2,034 9.3 44.1 € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,002 15.6 40.5 1,002 15.6 40.5 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,170 2.3 39.8 1,170 2.3 39.8 € € € Technical....................................................... 1,031 10.9 37.9 1,097 11.8 37.3 663 9.0 41.1 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 607 9.2 40.0 609 9.8 40.0 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 505 2.0 39.9 503 2.5 39.8 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 587 5.7 43.5 612 9.2 43.3 558 5.7 43.7 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... $763 7.5 40.0 $791 7.4 40.0 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 1,036 7.1 40.0 1,127 7.0 40.0 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 819 12.8 40.0 819 12.8 40.0 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,145 4.6 41.8 1,149 4.3 42.2 $1,127 15.3 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,308 5.4 41.8 1,245 4.8 42.2 1,629 15.0 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 758 8.3 40.0 € € € 758 8.3 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,266 8.0 42.7 1,185 8.1 43.4 € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 1,051 18.6 43.8 1,051 18.6 43.8 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,246 11.5 42.1 1,246 11.5 42.1 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,986 14.3 40.3 1,356 11.7 41.0 2,211 14.2 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,154 6.0 41.1 1,180 6.2 41.3 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 749 12.7 42.8 749 12.7 42.8 € € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,113 10.4 41.4 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,495 5.1 41.8 1,495 5.1 41.8 € € € Management related............................................ 924 6.0 41.7 1,003 7.1 42.3 694 9.0 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 733 11.2 40.0 771 10.2 40.0 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 951 11.5 44.9 951 11.5 44.9 € € € Management analysts......................................... 833 8.4 45.1 833 8.4 45.1 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 684 10.9 40.2 823 7.7 40.3 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 779 5.9 40.0 808 6.3 40.0 € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 630 3.3 40.0 € € € 630 3.3 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,031 9.7 40.5 1,116 10.8 40.7 839 15.0 40.0 Sales............................................................. 764 8.9 40.7 764 9.0 40.7 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 930 11.6 41.8 930 11.6 41.8 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 944 14.5 40.8 944 14.5 40.8 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,109 11.4 40.9 1,109 11.4 40.9 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 1,115 7.8 42.9 1,115 7.8 42.9 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 486 26.3 39.4 486 26.3 39.4 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 317 3.9 39.4 317 3.9 39.4 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 512 10.9 39.6 512 10.9 39.6 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 520 2.0 39.8 530 2.3 39.9 476 2.9 39.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 818 5.3 40.4 828 5.3 40.4 € € € Secretaries................................................. 609 5.0 39.3 627 5.7 39.0 561 7.5 39.9 Receptionists............................................... 382 2.9 40.0 376 2.7 40.0 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 460 3.0 39.7 462 3.5 39.6 € € € Order clerks................................................ 529 5.7 39.9 529 5.7 39.9 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 548 8.3 40.4 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 441 7.1 39.7 470 9.2 39.6 391 7.0 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 490 2.5 39.8 493 3.3 39.8 484 3.9 39.9 Billing clerks.............................................. $432 6.5 40.0 $429 7.0 40.0 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 579 8.0 42.9 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 571 4.5 40.0 571 4.5 40.0 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 457 4.3 39.9 465 4.1 39.9 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 562 6.9 40.0 568 7.5 40.0 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 610 7.2 40.6 624 9.2 40.9 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 556 5.4 39.6 556 5.4 39.6 € € € Bill and account collectors................................. 495 4.3 40.0 499 4.6 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 450 3.3 39.9 451 3.8 40.0 $443 5.8 39.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 427 3.7 40.0 429 4.0 40.0 € € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 662 5.7 38.9 € € € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 364 5.7 37.7 € € € 364 5.8 37.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 567 12.0 39.8 567 12.0 39.8 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 549 2.4 40.3 552 2.5 40.5 489 4.7 36.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 661 3.0 40.1 664 3.2 40.2 618 5.0 39.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 915 6.0 41.0 914 7.0 41.3 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 671 9.3 40.0 € € € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 728 13.0 39.7 743 13.7 40.0 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 586 3.7 40.0 589 3.8 40.0 € € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 551 6.6 40.0 551 7.4 40.0 € € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 789 10.2 40.0 800 11.0 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 598 4.4 40.5 606 4.8 40.5 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 699 8.2 40.0 708 9.3 40.0 € € € Carpenters.................................................. 598 6.9 40.0 598 6.9 40.0 € € € Electricians................................................ 730 12.5 40.0 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 786 11.2 40.0 786 11.2 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 738 4.4 40.6 738 4.4 40.6 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 345 8.0 40.0 345 8.0 40.0 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 529 9.0 40.0 506 8.9 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 517 4.4 40.0 518 4.4 40.0 - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 454 4.6 40.0 454 4.6 40.0 € € € Printing press operators.................................... 657 4.4 39.9 663 4.4 39.9 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 443 14.4 40.0 443 14.4 40.0 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 486 7.0 40.0 486 7.0 40.0 € € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 522 3.9 40.0 522 3.9 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 482 5.3 40.0 482 5.3 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 539 3.0 40.0 539 3.0 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 600 9.3 40.0 600 9.3 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... $437 5.2 40.0 $437 5.2 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 570 5.9 41.2 592 6.4 42.4 $404 6.4 32.0 Truck drivers............................................... 679 7.7 45.1 685 7.9 45.2 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 354 9.9 30.4 € € € 386 7.9 29.9 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 491 5.2 40.0 491 5.2 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 498 12.4 40.0 498 12.4 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 430 4.1 40.1 430 4.2 40.1 416 8.0 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 356 12.4 39.8 € € € € € € Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 658 15.8 40.0 € € € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 432 6.7 40.0 432 6.7 40.0 € € € Production helpers.......................................... 415 4.7 40.0 415 4.7 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 459 6.3 40.0 459 6.3 40.0 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 413 12.2 40.0 413 12.2 40.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 567 8.2 40.5 567 8.2 40.5 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 347 6.3 40.0 347 6.3 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 329 4.9 39.9 325 5.0 39.9 € € € Service............................................................. 388 4.8 37.6 331 5.1 36.3 545 4.4 41.1 Protective service............................................ 430 11.1 38.5 302 7.8 35.8 660 5.5 43.4 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,156 12.1 50.0 € € € 1,156 12.1 50.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 950 11.4 40.0 € € € 950 11.4 40.0 Supervisors, guards......................................... 376 6.3 37.0 376 6.3 37.0 € € € Firefighting................................................ 728 7.7 51.9 € € € 728 7.7 51.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 598 5.6 40.9 € € € 598 5.6 40.9 Correctional institution officers........................... 519 4.4 40.5 € € € 519 4.4 40.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 301 9.0 35.8 295 8.8 35.7 € € € Food service.................................................. 268 7.5 37.7 262 8.4 38.3 317 9.1 33.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 173 12.1 37.1 173 12.1 37.1 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 123 20.1 36.1 123 20.1 36.1 € € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 267 5.0 39.9 267 5.0 39.9 € € € Other food service........................................... 318 6.3 38.0 319 7.4 39.0 317 9.1 33.5 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 459 6.9 43.9 466 7.5 44.5 € € € Cooks....................................................... 359 8.7 37.7 359 8.7 37.7 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 292 6.0 36.6 286 8.0 35.7 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 271 7.8 37.0 255 6.1 39.5 € € € Health service................................................ 339 2.5 39.6 330 2.5 39.5 404 2.6 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 398 5.3 39.9 390 8.2 39.9 411 2.7 40.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 319 2.0 39.5 317 2.1 39.4 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 367 3.9 39.2 355 5.2 39.3 397 5.1 38.8 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... $558 14.5 42.5 $536 17.4 43.0 € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 284 2.9 39.6 284 2.9 39.6 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 369 4.7 38.8 360 6.9 38.8 $386 4.3 38.7 Personal service.............................................. 494 8.7 30.2 530 10.7 26.6 411 7.8 38.6 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 465 4.8 38.9 € € € 465 4.8 38.9 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 316 10.0 37.6 316 10.2 37.5 € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, August 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $34,727 2.6 1,995 $34,807 3.1 2,031 $34,393 3.6 1,844 All excluding sales............................................... 34,383 2.6 1,987 34,382 3.2 2,024 34,389 3.6 1,844 White collar........................................................ 42,999 2.7 2,012 44,526 3.2 2,078 38,307 4.3 1,808 White collar excluding sales.................................... 43,431 2.7 1,998 45,404 3.3 2,071 38,305 4.3 1,808 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,398 3.8 1,904 59,620 5.2 2,034 41,097 3.0 1,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 51,964 3.3 1,879 61,123 4.9 2,088 41,863 3.0 1,649 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,011 3.5 2,104 63,613 3.6 2,108 - - - Architects.................................................. 51,300 6.6 2,080 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 65,381 3.7 2,101 65,381 3.7 2,101 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 52,827 14.1 2,134 52,596 15.8 2,155 € € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 63,820 8.3 2,165 63,820 8.3 2,165 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 67,575 4.3 2,096 67,575 4.3 2,096 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 58,413 5.1 2,097 60,404 3.8 2,099 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 59,728 5.8 2,102 62,420 3.8 2,104 € € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 52,576 7.8 2,080 52,576 7.8 2,080 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 50,384 13.6 2,070 50,384 13.6 2,070 € € € Health related................................................ 53,474 14.6 2,069 57,295 17.5 2,079 40,352 5.1 2,036 Registered nurses........................................... 41,103 2.5 2,056 41,346 2.8 2,059 40,291 5.2 2,046 Teachers, college and university.............................. 63,920 23.2 1,797 43,567 8.8 1,658 - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 71,063 27.4 1,850 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,120 1.4 1,516 34,860 4.9 1,654 41,471 1.4 1,508 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 40,381 3.9 1,514 € € € 41,056 3.6 1,524 Elementary school teachers.................................. 40,032 1.9 1,507 31,522 8.6 1,448 40,399 1.9 1,510 Secondary school teachers................................... 40,544 2.7 1,518 36,055 8.3 1,510 40,783 2.8 1,518 Teachers, special education................................. 43,389 3.9 1,501 € € € 43,381 4.0 1,504 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 40,285 3.3 1,532 37,400 4.0 1,986 € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 49,125 5.1 1,551 € € € 49,797 4.7 1,530 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 50,608 4.9 2,122 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,230 9.1 2,042 - - - 33,502 9.0 2,041 Social workers.............................................. 33,713 9.1 2,040 € € € 33,713 9.1 2,040 Lawyers and judges............................................ 104,118 9.1 2,275 105,753 9.3 2,293 - - - Lawyers..................................................... 104,118 9.1 2,275 105,753 9.3 2,293 € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 52,095 15.6 2,108 52,095 15.6 2,108 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 60,819 2.3 2,068 60,819 2.3 2,068 € € € Technical....................................................... 53,603 10.9 1,971 57,040 11.8 1,941 34,459 9.0 2,138 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 31,584 9.2 2,078 31,657 9.8 2,078 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 26,253 2.0 2,073 26,137 2.5 2,071 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 30,504 5.7 2,263 31,798 9.2 2,254 28,996 5.7 2,275 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... $39,669 7.5 2,080 $41,123 7.4 2,079 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 53,870 7.1 2,080 58,611 7.0 2,080 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 42,611 12.8 2,080 42,611 12.8 2,080 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 59,259 4.6 2,162 59,719 4.3 2,194 $57,472 15.3 2,040 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 67,809 5.4 2,167 64,719 4.8 2,190 83,469 15.0 2,050 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39,437 8.3 2,080 € € € 39,437 8.3 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 65,818 8.0 2,223 61,628 8.1 2,258 € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 54,668 18.6 2,279 54,668 18.6 2,279 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 64,796 11.5 2,190 64,796 11.5 2,190 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 100,393 14.3 2,035 69,052 11.7 2,088 111,437 14.2 2,016 Managers, medicine and health............................... 60,000 6.0 2,136 61,340 6.2 2,145 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 38,945 12.7 2,227 38,945 12.7 2,227 € € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 57,882 10.4 2,151 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 77,765 5.1 2,174 77,765 5.1 2,174 € € € Management related............................................ 47,766 6.0 2,156 52,146 7.1 2,200 35,232 9.0 2,032 Accountants and auditors.................................... 38,118 11.2 2,080 40,070 10.2 2,080 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 49,472 11.5 2,337 49,472 11.5 2,337 € € € Management analysts......................................... 43,327 8.4 2,343 43,327 8.4 2,343 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35,586 10.9 2,090 42,805 7.7 2,098 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 40,493 5.9 2,080 42,011 6.3 2,080 € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 32,761 3.3 2,080 € € € 32,761 3.3 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,536 9.7 2,063 57,959 10.8 2,113 41,058 15.0 1,958 Sales............................................................. 39,748 8.9 2,117 39,748 9.0 2,117 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 48,369 11.6 2,172 48,369 11.6 2,172 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 49,073 14.5 2,120 49,073 14.5 2,120 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 57,659 11.4 2,124 57,659 11.4 2,124 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 57,972 7.8 2,231 57,972 7.8 2,231 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 25,281 26.3 2,049 25,281 26.3 2,049 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 16,465 3.9 2,050 16,465 3.9 2,050 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 26,629 10.9 2,057 26,629 10.9 2,057 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,233 2.0 2,011 27,089 2.3 2,038 22,819 2.9 1,904 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,531 5.3 2,100 43,070 5.3 2,101 € € € Secretaries................................................. 30,093 5.0 1,942 31,172 5.7 1,940 27,410 7.5 1,949 Receptionists............................................... 19,852 2.9 2,078 19,574 2.7 2,078 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 23,894 3.0 2,064 24,005 3.5 2,061 € € € Order clerks................................................ 27,492 5.7 2,073 27,492 5.7 2,073 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 28,478 8.3 2,101 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 22,936 7.1 2,065 24,394 9.2 2,057 20,321 7.0 2,080 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,466 2.5 2,070 25,635 3.3 2,068 25,167 3.9 2,074 Billing clerks.............................................. $22,475 6.5 2,080 $22,325 7.0 2,080 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 29,731 8.0 2,204 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 29,692 4.5 2,080 29,692 4.5 2,080 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 23,768 4.3 2,075 24,182 4.1 2,075 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 29,241 6.9 2,080 29,545 7.5 2,080 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 31,696 7.2 2,112 32,449 9.2 2,126 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 28,932 5.4 2,059 28,932 5.4 2,059 € € € Bill and account collectors................................. 25,716 4.3 2,080 25,973 4.6 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 21,594 3.3 1,917 21,617 3.8 1,916 $21,471 5.8 1,924 Data entry keyers........................................... 22,212 3.7 2,080 22,290 4.0 2,080 € € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 34,422 5.7 2,025 € € € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 13,616 5.7 1,408 € € € 13,583 5.8 1,407 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,507 12.0 2,069 29,507 12.0 2,069 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 27,290 2.4 2,003 27,553 2.5 2,020 22,978 4.7 1,719 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 34,051 3.0 2,066 34,254 3.2 2,070 31,427 5.0 2,018 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 47,115 6.0 2,109 47,545 7.0 2,146 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 34,904 9.3 2,080 € € € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 37,137 13.0 2,027 38,648 13.7 2,080 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 30,469 3.7 2,080 30,633 3.8 2,080 € € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 28,637 6.6 2,080 28,653 7.4 2,080 € € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 41,003 10.2 2,080 41,602 11.0 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 31,099 4.4 2,105 31,538 4.8 2,107 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 36,343 8.2 2,080 36,817 9.3 2,080 € € € Carpenters.................................................. 31,074 6.9 2,080 31,074 6.9 2,080 € € € Electricians................................................ 37,958 12.5 2,080 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 40,873 11.2 2,080 40,873 11.2 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 38,387 4.4 2,112 38,387 4.4 2,112 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 17,960 8.0 2,080 17,960 8.0 2,080 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 27,509 9.0 2,080 26,308 8.9 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,561 4.4 2,053 26,621 4.4 2,053 - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 23,631 4.6 2,080 23,631 4.6 2,080 € € € Printing press operators.................................... 34,175 4.4 2,074 34,502 4.4 2,074 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 23,012 14.4 2,080 23,012 14.4 2,080 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 25,257 7.0 2,080 25,257 7.0 2,080 € € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 27,161 3.9 2,080 27,161 3.9 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 22,333 5.3 1,851 22,333 5.3 1,851 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 28,033 3.0 2,080 28,033 3.0 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 31,204 9.3 2,080 31,204 9.3 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... $22,748 5.2 2,080 $22,748 5.2 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 28,436 5.9 2,056 30,313 6.4 2,173 $16,909 6.4 1,341 Truck drivers............................................... 34,404 7.7 2,284 34,701 7.9 2,289 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 14,867 9.9 1,276 € € € 15,375 7.9 1,193 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 25,538 5.2 2,080 25,538 5.2 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 25,901 12.4 2,080 25,901 12.4 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 19,870 4.1 1,851 19,814 4.2 1,844 21,639 8.0 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 18,537 12.4 2,068 € € € € € € Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 34,210 15.8 2,080 € € € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 22,482 6.7 2,080 22,482 6.7 2,080 € € € Production helpers.......................................... 21,604 4.7 2,080 21,604 4.7 2,080 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,851 6.3 2,080 23,851 6.3 2,080 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 21,452 12.2 2,080 21,452 12.2 2,080 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 29,460 8.2 2,104 29,460 8.