NC BL 9/00/2000 Table: Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Bulletin 3105-01, May 2000 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 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................................................................. $14.55 3.8 37.0 $12.84 4.4 36.2 $17.85 5.6 38.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.13 4.9 37.3 15.46 6.7 35.6 21.19 5.8 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 4.9 36.6 24.31 12.0 32.2 21.95 3.9 39.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.47 10.2 40.5 20.49 5.1 40.6 34.08 11.6 40.3 Sales............................................................. 11.27 12.9 33.6 11.27 12.9 33.6 € € € Administrative support............................................ 10.74 3.2 38.5 10.58 3.7 37.9 11.04 5.9 39.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.64 4.4 38.6 12.84 4.7 38.9 10.76 5.3 36.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.88 5.5 40.3 15.24 6.2 40.4 12.74 2.8 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.15 6.3 40.0 13.15 6.3 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.01 4.4 42.0 12.46 4.3 45.7 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.97 15.6 34.6 10.15 16.8 34.1 8.24 2.9 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.36 4.3 34.3 7.02 4.7 32.5 10.43 4.5 37.7 Full time........................................................... 15.43 4.0 40.3 13.74 4.7 40.4 18.27 5.7 40.1 Part time........................................................... 8.03 7.1 23.1 8.16 7.8 23.4 6.90 4.2 20.9 Union............................................................... 19.40 11.0 39.2 19.40 11.0 39.2 € € € Nonunion............................................................ 14.37 3.9 37.0 12.48 4.4 36.0 17.85 5.6 38.8 Time................................................................ 14.48 3.9 36.7 12.60 4.6 35.6 17.85 5.6 38.8 Incentive........................................................... 15.91 7.8 44.6 15.91 7.8 44.6 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.57 4.0 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.46 8.2 34.8 10.32 8.6 34.5 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.32 5.4 37.2 12.38 5.9 37.0 11.68 4.0 39.4 500 workers or more................................................. 17.67 5.3 38.0 16.29 9.5 36.8 18.50 6.1 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 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................................................................... $14.55 3.8 $12.84 4.4 $17.85 5.6 All excluding sales............................................... 14.76 3.9 13.00 4.6 17.85 5.6 White collar........................................................ 18.13 4.9 15.46 6.7 21.19 5.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.06 5.0 16.67 7.6 21.19 5.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 4.9 24.31 12.0 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.09 5.1 28.38 14.0 23.84 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 28.19 16.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.52 5.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.42 2.3 - - 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.61 3.4 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.61 3.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.04 6.7 16.18 5.9 11.89 12.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.29 9.7 12.90 4.0 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.47 10.2 20.49 5.1 34.08 11.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.19 9.8 22.58 6.5 39.72 8.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 11.27 12.9 11.27 12.9 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.13 10.3 9.13 10.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.09 2.6 6.09 2.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.74 3.2 10.58 3.7 11.04 5.9 Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.74 9.5 9.81 10.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.52 8.5 9.52 8.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.04 7.3 12.04 7.3 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.24 3.6 10.05 6.1 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € 14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 4.4 12.84 4.7 10.76 5.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $14.88 5.5 $15.24 6.2 $12.74 2.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 6.3 13.15 6.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.69 8.7 14.69 8.7 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.01 4.4 12.46 4.3 - - Truck drivers............................................... 12.35 3.2 12.41 3.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 15.6 10.15 16.8 8.24 2.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.27 5.6 7.27 5.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.48 13.0 8.48 13.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.67 6.3 7.55 7.1 € € Service............................................................. 8.36 4.3 7.02 4.7 10.43 4.5 Protective service............................................ 12.15 4.1 - - 12.10 4.3 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.41 6.9 6.41 7.6 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.35 12.5 4.35 12.5 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 7.9 2.77 7.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.32 7.7 7.44 8.7 - - Health service................................................ 8.17 4.8 8.25 6.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.77 3.9 7.66 6.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.40 4.9 7.16 6.0 7.92 8.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.37 3.9 6.37 3.9 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 5.2 7.76 8.2 € € Personal service.............................................. 7.54 4.5 7.37 4.3 7.97 10.6 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.47 5.0 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.04 4.4 7.86 4.5 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 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................................................................... $15.43 4.0 $13.74 4.7 $18.27 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 15.55 4.1 13.79 4.9 18.27 5.7 White collar........................................................ 18.75 5.1 16.23 7.4 21.24 5.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.31 5.1 16.91 8.3 21.24 5.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.78 5.2 24.84 13.9 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.21 5.3 29.70 16.2 23.84 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 29.15 19.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.01 6.6 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.52 2.3 € € 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.64 3.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.64 3.5 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.07 6.9 16.41 6.1 11.89 12.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.48 11.2 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.75 10.1 20.49 5.1 34.84 11.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.77 9.5 22.58 6.5 40.94 7.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 13.16 14.4 13.16 14.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.53 11.6 9.53 11.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.93 3.4 10.87 4.1 11.04 5.9 Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.41 10.1 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.70 9.5 9.70 9.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.68 6.8 12.68 6.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.25 3.6 10.06 6.1 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € 14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... 13.36 4.4 13.61 4.8 11.09 4.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $14.91 5.5 $15.27 6.2 $12.74 2.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.3 13.21 6.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.96 8.9 14.96 8.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.31 4.2 12.47 4.4 - - Truck drivers............................................... 12.37 3.3 12.42 3.4 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.72 17.2 12.29 18.4 8.24 2.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.31 7.1 9.31 7.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.73 12.3 8.73 12.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.34 6.3 9.64 8.3 € € Service............................................................. 8.97 5.2 7.34 6.6 10.96 4.5 Protective service............................................ 12.11 4.2 - - 12.13 4.3 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.85 11.4 6.85 11.5 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.04 19.1 5.04 19.1 € € Other food service........................................... 7.86 13.1 7.88 13.4 € € Health service................................................ 8.18 5.0 8.26 6.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 4.3 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.51 6.0 7.25 8.3 7.92 8.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.63 5.7 7.94 9.5 € € Personal service.............................................. 8.32 6.0 7.84 6.5 - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.11 4.5 € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 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................................................................... $8.03 7.1 $8.16 7.8 $6.90 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 8.23 8.2 8.42 9.1 6.90 4.2 White collar........................................................ 11.09 11.3 11.12 11.6 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.38 13.3 14.59 13.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.42 6.1 21.42 6.1 € € Professional specialty.......................................... 22.97 7.7 22.97 7.7 € € Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 6.93 7.3 6.93 7.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 5.81 2.2 5.81 2.2 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.13 7.0 8.13 7.0 € € Blue collar......................................................... 6.47 3.7 6.43 4.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.14 1.5 6.14 1.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.79 2.1 5.79 2.1 € € Service............................................................. 6.37 4.2 6.33 5.2 6.54 1.4 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.76 5.0 5.62 6.2 - - Other food service........................................... 6.66 3.8 6.74 4.9 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. 6.89 8.6 6.89 8.6 € € Personal service.............................................. 6.67 5.1 6.71 7.7 - - 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, 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 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................................................................... $622 4.1 40.3 $556 4.8 40.4 $733 5.9 40.1 All excluding sales............................................... 626 4.1 40.3 557 5.0 40.4 733 5.9 40.1 White collar........................................................ 749 5.2 40.0 653 7.5 40.3 842 6.2 39.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 769 5.3 39.8 677 8.3 40.0 842 6.2 39.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 899 5.2 39.5 993 13.9 40.0 861 4.0 39.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 993 5.3 39.4 1,190 16.2 40.1 935 3.2 39.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,169 7.2 40.8 1,169 7.2 40.8 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 1,159 19.6 39.8 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 880 6.6 40.0 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 948 1.9 38.7 € € € 948 1.9 38.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 545 3.5 40.0 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 545 3.5 40.0 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 689 10.5 39.3 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 558 6.8 39.7 654 6.1 39.8 470 11.7 39.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 564 9.7 38.9 € € € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 355 4.8 40.0 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,141 11.1 41.1 833 5.9 40.6 1,450 12.8 41.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,405 10.9 41.6 921 8.1 40.8 1,726 9.7 42.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 957 10.8 41.7 957 10.8 41.7 € € € Management related............................................ 701 4.3 40.3 745 5.9 40.5 613 4.5 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 757 6.8 40.9 799 9.0 41.2 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 742 12.0 40.0 742 12.0 40.0 € € € Sales............................................................. 544 15.5 41.4 544 15.5 41.4 € € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 749 18.7 40.5 749 18.7 40.5 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 381 11.6 40.0 381 11.6 40.0 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 435 3.3 39.8 433 4.0 39.9 437 5.9 39.6 Secretaries................................................. 435 5.6 39.6 458 9.5 39.9 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 416 10.1 40.0 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 388 9.5 40.0 388 9.5 40.0 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 507 6.8 40.0 507 6.8 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 410 3.6 40.0 402 6.1 39.9 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $563 14.6 39.6 € € € $568 17.4 39.5 Blue collar......................................................... 546 4.4 40.9 $558 4.8 41.0 439 4.7 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 602 5.8 40.4 619 6.6 40.5 504 2.8 39.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 615 7.2 40.8 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 781 4.2 39.5 781 4.2 39.5 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 533 3.8 40.3 578 6.4 40.8 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 530 6.6 40.1 530 6.6 40.1 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 598 8.9 40.0 598 8.9 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 432 7.7 40.0 432 7.7 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 566 8.2 46.0 588 8.4 47.2 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 612 9.1 49.5 618 9.1 49.8 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 367 6.8 40.0 366 7.6 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 466 16.3 39.8 488 17.4 39.7 330 2.9 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 370 6.7 39.8 370 6.7 39.8 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 346 12.2 39.7 346 12.2 39.7 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 383 8.1 41.0 398 10.9 41.3 € € € Service............................................................. 363 5.9 40.5 287 6.9 39.2 461 4.9 42.1 Protective service............................................ 525 3.5 43.4 - - - 527 3.5 43.4 Firefighting................................................ 449 5.9 53.0 € € € 449 5.9 53.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 551 3.2 40.0 € € € 551 3.2 40.0 Food service.................................................. 269 11.7 39.3 269 11.8 39.3 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 199 18.8 39.4 199 18.8 39.4 € € € Other food service........................................... 308 13.6 39.2 309 13.8 39.2 € € € Health service................................................ 320 5.0 39.2 321 7.0 38.9 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 302 3.6 39.0 € € € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 293 6.3 39.0 282 9.3 38.8 311 7.9 39.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 303 5.7 39.8 317 9.5 40.0 € € € Personal service.............................................. 327 5.3 39.3 313 6.5 40.0 - - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 325 4.5 40.0 € € € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 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................................................................... $31,190 4.1 2,021 $28,857 4.8 2,099 $34,746 5.9 1,902 All excluding sales............................................... 31,326 4.1 2,015 28,902 5.0 2,095 34,746 5.9 1,902 White collar........................................................ 36,455 5.2 1,944 33,871 7.5 2,088 38,672 6.2 1,821 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,183 5.3 1,925 35,075 8.3 2,074 38,672 6.2 1,821 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 41,098 5.2 1,804 51,009 13.9 2,054 37,741 4.0 1,720 Professional specialty.......................................... 44,094 5.3 1,749 60,685 16.2 2,043 39,944 3.2 1,675 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 60,800 7.2 2,120 60,800 7.2 2,120 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 59,337 19.6 2,036 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 45,780 6.6 2,080 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,798 1.9 1,501 € € € 36,798 1.9 1,501 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28,363 3.5 2,080 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 28,363 3.5 2,080 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35,843 10.5 2,045 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 28,620 6.8 2,034 33,985 6.1 2,071 23,792 11.7 2,000 Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,370 9.7 1,890 € € € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18,467 4.8 2,080 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 59,045 11.1 2,128 43,293 5.9 2,113 74,660 12.8 2,143 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 72,503 10.9 2,147 47,900 8.1 2,121 88,587 9.7 2,164 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49,739 10.8 2,166 49,739 10.8 2,166 € € € Management related............................................ 36,470 4.3 2,096 38,731 5.9 2,104 31,886 4.5 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 39,371 6.8 2,124 41,545 9.0 2,145 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 38,610 12.0 2,080 38,610 12.0 2,080 € € € Sales............................................................. 28,290 15.5 2,150 28,290 15.5 2,150 € € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 38,948 18.7 2,107 38,948 18.7 2,107 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 19,830 11.6 2,080 19,830 11.6 2,080 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,100 3.3 2,021 22,540 4.0 2,073 21,385 5.9 1,936 Secretaries................................................. 19,718 5.6 1,798 23,823 9.5 2,075 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 21,651 10.1 2,080 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 20,172 9.5 2,080 20,172 9.5 2,080 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 26,367 6.8 2,080 26,367 6.8 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 21,306 3.6 2,079 20,902 6.1 2,077 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $29,265 14.6 2,057 € € € $29,526 17.4 2,057 Blue collar......................................................... 28,397 4.4 2,126 $29,032 4.8 2,134 22,839 4.7 2,060 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 31,294 5.8 2,099 32,170 6.6 2,106 26,215 2.8 2,057 Automobile mechanics........................................ 32,000 7.2 2,120 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40,606 4.2 2,052 40,606 4.2 2,052 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 27,735 3.8 2,098 30,061 6.4 2,119 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,537 6.6 2,085 27,537 6.6 2,085 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,113 8.9 2,080 31,113 8.9 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 22,488 7.7 2,080 22,488 7.7 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 29,432 8.2 2,392 30,574 8.4 2,452 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 31,833 9.1 2,574 32,151 9.1 2,588 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 19,062 6.8 2,080 19,043 7.6 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,230 16.3 2,067 25,368 17.4 2,065 17,149 2.9 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 19,237 6.7 2,067 19,237 6.7 2,067 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18,003 12.2 2,063 18,003 12.2 2,063 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,899 8.1 2,130 20,703 10.9 2,148 € € € Service............................................................. 18,777 5.9 2,093 14,947 6.9 2,038 23,725 4.9 2,165 Protective service............................................ 27,321 3.5 2,256 - - - 27,411 3.5 2,259 Firefighting................................................ 23,341 5.9 2,756 € € € 23,341 5.9 2,756 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 28,670 3.2 2,080 € € € 28,670 3.2 2,080 Food service.................................................. 13,988 11.7 2,042 13,985 11.8 2,042 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,326 18.8 2,050 10,326 18.8 2,050 € € € Other food service........................................... 16,019 13.6 2,038 16,053 13.8 2,037 € € € Health service................................................ 16,665 5.0 2,038 16,698 7.0 2,021 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 15,713 3.6 2,026 € € € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 15,228 6.3 2,028 14,640 9.3 2,019 16,162 7.9 2,041 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,771 5.7 2,068 16,506 9.5 2,080 € € € Personal service.............................................. 15,975 5.3 1,921 16,298 6.5 2,080 - - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 16,874 4.5 2,080 € € € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.55 3.8 $12.84 4.4 $17.85 5.6 All excluding sales............................................... 14.76 3.9 13.00 4.6 17.85 5.6 White collar........................................................ 18.13 4.9 15.46 6.7 21.19 5.8 1....................................................... 6.41 3.9 6.41 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.03 4.7 7.74 6.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.06 2.9 8.89 3.6 € € 4....................................................... 10.71 5.0 11.05 8.5 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 13.32 4.4 13.61 5.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.16 6.2 15.36 8.5 € € 7....................................................... 20.51 4.0 17.06 4.5 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.44 4.8 17.71 8.5 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.01 4.0 22.14 3.2 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 28.20 4.0 28.14 8.3 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.06 5.0 16.67 7.6 21.19 5.8 2....................................................... 8.85 5.1 8.93 8.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.01 3.7 8.71 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.28 2.2 10.30 3.0 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 12.77 3.1 12.96 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 15.18 6.3 15.40 8.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.55 4.0 16.94 5.1 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.84 4.7 17.70 7.3 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.01 4.0 22.14 3.2 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 28.21 4.0 28.15 8.7 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 4.9 24.31 12.0 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.09 5.1 28.38 14.0 23.84 3.2 5....................................................... 13.27 3.8 € € € € 8....................................................... 24.88 5.2 € € 26.57 3.3 9....................................................... 21.84 3.4 22.63 2.3 € € 11........................................................ 29.78 2.8 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 28.19 16.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.52 5.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.42 2.3 - - 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.61 3.4 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.61 3.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.04 6.7 $16.18 5.9 $11.89 12.0 4....................................................... 9.56 4.1 € € € € 6....................................................... 14.68 4.5 14.68 4.5 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.29 9.7 12.90 4.0 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.47 10.2 20.49 5.1 34.08 11.6 7....................................................... 16.89 4.0 17.67 5.5 € € 8....................................................... 17.68 11.3 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.08 9.6 21.44 6.6 € € 11........................................................ 24.33 8.8 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.19 9.8 22.58 6.5 39.72 8.6 9....................................................... 25.67 12.1 23.48 9.5 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 7....................................................... 16.95 4.2 17.85 5.9 € € 9....................................................... 18.71 3.4 18.70 3.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.45 6.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 11.27 12.9 11.27 12.9 € € 2....................................................... 6.04 2.5 6.04 2.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.38 26.5 14.38 26.5 € € 5....................................................... 15.07 8.0 15.07 8.0 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.13 10.3 9.13 10.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.09 2.6 6.09 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 5.95 2.1 5.95 2.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.74 3.2 10.58 3.7 11.04 5.9 2....................................................... 8.90 5.4 8.93 8.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.01 3.7 8.71 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.41 2.4 10.29 3.1 10.60 3.5 5....................................................... 12.26 4.0 12.31 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.50 14.4 15.99 17.0 € € 7....................................................... 16.95 6.7 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.34 8.5 10.59 12.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.74 9.5 9.81 10.9 € € 4....................................................... 10.82 9.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.52 8.5 9.52 8.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.04 7.3 12.04 7.3 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.24 3.6 10.05 6.1 € € 4....................................................... $10.51 2.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € $14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 4.4 $12.84 4.7 10.76 5.3 1....................................................... 7.21 3.8 7.18 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.75 4.7 8.88 5.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.51 4.0 10.67 4.2 € € 4....................................................... 11.12 8.1 11.16 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.77 3.1 12.75 3.3 € € 6....................................................... 16.18 11.7 16.94 13.0 € € 7....................................................... 17.20 6.4 17.42 6.6 € € 9....................................................... 21.37 3.6 21.37 3.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.88 5.5 15.24 6.2 12.74 2.8 5....................................................... 12.28 3.8 12.38 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 13.33 2.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.52 4.7 16.75 4.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.12 3.9 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 6.3 13.15 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.64 2.0 10.64 2.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.22 4.5 9.22 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 13.23 5.4 13.23 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 14.60 6.3 14.60 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.22 11.8 20.22 11.8 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.69 8.7 14.69 8.7 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.01 4.4 12.46 4.3 - - 3....................................................... 10.96 7.3 11.27 7.9 € € Truck drivers............................................... 12.35 3.2 12.41 3.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 15.6 10.15 16.8 8.24 2.9 1....................................................... 7.24 4.1 7.20 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.67 3.7 8.68 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 10.35 6.5 10.57 6.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.27 5.6 7.27 5.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.32 4.9 6.32 4.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.48 13.0 8.48 13.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.67 6.3 7.55 7.1 € € 1....................................................... 7.40 6.9 7.36 7.4 € € Service............................................................. $8.36 4.3 $7.02 4.7 $10.43 4.5 1....................................................... 6.40 2.8 6.06 2.6 7.26 3.1 2....................................................... 4.73 21.4 4.73 21.4 € € 3....................................................... 7.84 3.6 7.94 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 8.08 11.6 € € € € 5....................................................... 8.70 7.0 € € 8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.62 4.0 € € 11.63 4.4 Protective service............................................ 12.15 4.1 - - 12.10 4.3 5....................................................... 8.98 7.9 € € 8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.62 4.3 € € 11.62 4.6 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.41 6.9 6.41 7.6 - - 1....................................................... 5.66 4.6 5.63 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 7.06 5.1 7.29 6.1 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.35 12.5 4.35 12.5 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 7.9 2.77 7.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.32 7.7 7.44 8.7 € € 1....................................................... 6.00 2.2 5.98 2.2 € € 3....................................................... 7.35 5.1 7.81 5.1 € € Health service................................................ 8.17 4.8 8.25 6.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.77 3.9 7.66 6.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.40 4.9 7.16 6.0 7.92 8.7 1....................................................... 6.72 2.6 6.35 2.6 € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.37 3.9 6.37 3.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.26 4.1 6.26 4.1 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 5.2 7.76 8.2 € € 1....................................................... 6.99 2.6 6.50 2.4 € € Personal service.............................................. 7.54 4.5 7.37 4.3 7.97 10.6 1....................................................... 6.82 5.0 6.97 7.2 € € Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.47 5.0 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.04 4.4 7.86 4.5 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.43 4.0 $13.74 4.7 $18.27 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 15.55 4.1 13.79 4.9 18.27 5.7 White collar........................................................ 18.75 5.1 16.23 7.4 21.24 5.8 2....................................................... 8.78 5.5 8.82 9.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.42 3.2 9.32 4.3 € € 4....................................................... 10.75 5.2 11.18 9.0 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 13.36 4.4 13.67 5.3 € € 6....................................................... 15.23 6.4 15.49 9.0 € € 7....................................................... 20.51 4.0 17.06 4.5 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.50 4.9 17.60 8.9 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.10 4.7 22.37 3.9 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 27.80 3.9 27.13 8.4 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.31 5.1 16.91 8.3 21.24 5.8 2....................................................... 8.95 5.5 9.13 10.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.20 3.4 8.96 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.31 2.3 10.36 3.3 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 12.78 3.1 12.97 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 15.26 6.6 15.54 9.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.55 4.0 16.94 5.1 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.91 4.8 17.55 7.7 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.10 4.7 22.37 3.9 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 27.80 4.0 27.09 8.9 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.78 5.2 24.84 13.9 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.21 5.3 29.70 16.2 23.84 3.2 5....................................................... 13.27 3.8 € € € € 8....................................................... 25.04 5.3 € € 26.57 3.3 9....................................................... 21.94 4.2 23.53 2.5 € € 11........................................................ 29.29 2.6 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 29.15 19.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.01 6.6 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.52 2.3 € € 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.64 3.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.64 3.5 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.07 6.9 $16.41 6.1 $11.89 12.0 4....................................................... 9.56 4.1 € € € € 6....................................................... 14.90 4.4 14.90 4.4 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.48 11.2 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.75 10.1 20.49 5.1 34.84 11.1 7....................................................... 16.89 4.0 17.67 5.5 € € 8....................................................... 17.68 11.3 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.08 9.6 21.44 6.6 € € 11........................................................ 24.33 8.8 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.77 9.5 22.58 6.5 40.94 7.8 9....................................................... 25.67 12.1 23.48 9.5 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 7....................................................... 16.95 4.2 17.85 5.9 € € 9....................................................... 18.71 3.4 18.70 3.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.45 6.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 13.16 14.4 13.16 14.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.48 26.9 14.48 26.9 € € 5....................................................... 15.28 7.3 15.28 7.3 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.53 11.6 9.53 11.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.93 3.4 10.87 4.1 11.04 5.9 2....................................................... 9.02 5.9 9.13 10.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.20 3.4 8.96 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.46 2.5 10.35 3.3 10.60 3.5 5....................................................... 12.26 4.0 12.31 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.50 14.4 15.99 17.0 € € 7....................................................... 16.95 6.7 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.34 8.5 10.59 12.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.41 10.1 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.82 9.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.70 9.5 9.70 9.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.68 6.8 12.68 6.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.25 3.6 10.06 6.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.51 2.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € 14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... $13.36 4.4 $13.61 4.8 $11.09 4.9 1....................................................... 8.29 5.2 8.36 5.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.96 5.2 9.00 5.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.56 3.8 10.74 4.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.12 8.1 11.16 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.77 3.1 12.75 3.3 € € 6....................................................... 16.18 11.7 16.94 13.0 € € 7....................................................... 17.20 6.4 17.42 6.6 € € 9....................................................... 21.37 3.6 21.37 3.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.91 5.5 15.27 6.2 12.74 2.8 5....................................................... 12.28 3.8 12.38 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 13.33 2.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.52 4.7 16.75 4.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.12 3.9 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.3 13.21 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.64 2.0 10.64 2.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.22 4.5 9.22 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 13.23 5.4 13.23 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 14.60 6.3 14.60 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.22 11.8 20.22 11.8 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.96 8.9 14.96 8.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.31 4.2 12.47 4.4 - - 3....................................................... 10.86 7.6 11.18 8.7 € € Truck drivers............................................... 12.37 3.3 12.42 3.4 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.72 17.2 12.29 18.4 8.24 2.9 1....................................................... 8.50 5.9 8.62 6.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.79 3.6 8.85 4.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.75 5.4 11.03 4.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.31 7.1 9.31 7.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.73 12.3 8.73 12.3 € € 1....................................................... 8.01 11.8 8.01 11.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.34 6.3 9.64 8.3 € € 1....................................................... 9.18 8.9 € € € € Service............................................................. 8.97 5.2 7.34 6.6 10.96 4.5 1....................................................... 6.53 3.7 6.06 4.0 7.44 3.3 2....................................................... $4.86 24.2 $4.86 24.2 € € 3....................................................... 8.17 3.7 8.05 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.93 3.0 € € € € 5....................................................... 8.61 7.1 € € $8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.60 4.0 € € 11.63 4.4 Protective service............................................ 12.11 4.2 - - 12.13 4.3 5....................................................... 8.80 8.1 € € 8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.60 4.4 € € 11.62 4.6 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.85 11.4 6.85 11.5 - - 1....................................................... 5.60 4.3 5.55 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 7.51 6.6 7.51 6.6 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.04 19.1 5.04 19.1 € € Other food service........................................... 7.86 13.1 7.88 13.4 € € Health service................................................ 8.18 5.0 8.26 6.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 4.3 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.51 6.0 7.25 8.3 7.92 8.7 1....................................................... 6.66 4.0 5.97 4.7 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.63 5.7 7.94 9.5 € € 1....................................................... 7.01 3.0 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 8.32 6.0 7.84 6.5 - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.11 4.5 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent)