NC BL 09/00/2000 Table: Atlanta, GA, Bulletin 3105-03, January 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................. $17.11 2.6 37.5 $16.77 3.1 37.3 $18.69 3.7 38.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.22 3.0 38.3 21.24 3.6 38.1 21.16 4.4 38.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.49 4.4 38.2 29.39 6.3 37.7 24.23 3.2 39.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.54 6.1 41.9 28.62 6.6 42.4 28.17 16.0 40.0 Sales............................................................. 16.82 9.8 34.9 16.83 9.8 35.0 - - - Administrative support............................................ 13.22 2.2 38.0 13.54 2.6 37.9 11.86 2.5 38.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.44 2.3 38.4 13.42 2.5 38.8 13.75 3.9 33.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.96 3.2 39.9 17.04 3.4 39.9 16.00 5.9 39.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.18 4.9 39.8 13.21 4.9 39.8 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.04 4.2 38.3 12.98 4.8 40.6 13.41 3.4 27.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.38 3.7 36.2 10.38 3.8 36.2 10.38 7.3 36.4 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.10 4.1 33.8 8.95 4.8 32.2 13.45 3.7 39.4 Full time........................................................... 17.67 2.7 39.7 17.38 3.2 39.8 18.97 3.7 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.06 4.1 20.8 8.79 4.5 20.7 11.40 7.4 21.8 Union............................................................... 20.23 11.6 36.2 20.72 12.4 35.9 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 16.84 2.6 37.6 16.38 3.2 37.5 18.84 3.8 38.3 Time................................................................ 16.81 2.6 37.5 16.39 3.1 37.3 18.69 3.7 38.4 Incentive........................................................... 22.63 14.0 37.8 22.63 14.0 37.8 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.12 6.2 36.8 14.13 6.2 36.8 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.87 4.7 38.4 15.92 4.8 38.4 13.49 4.6 40.2 500 workers or more................................................. 18.92 3.7 37.1 18.89 5.3 36.4 18.98 3.8 38.4 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, 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, January 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................................................................... $17.11 2.6 $16.77 3.1 $18.69 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 17.14 2.7 16.77 3.2 18.70 3.7 White collar........................................................ 21.22 3.0 21.24 3.6 21.16 4.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.92 3.0 22.17 3.7 21.18 4.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.49 4.4 29.39 6.3 24.23 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.68 3.4 29.54 5.1 25.42 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.53 3.8 29.79 4.0 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.09 4.3 31.09 4.3 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.42 9.1 27.34 10.2 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.14 4.4 35.14 4.4 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.30 5.4 29.34 4.0 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.58 6.3 29.89 4.4 € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.44 8.7 26.44 8.7 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 25.75 12.6 27.21 15.3 20.77 4.4 Registered nurses........................................... 20.91 1.8 21.01 2.0 20.55 4.0 Pharmacists................................................. 31.20 1.9 31.20 1.9 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.44 23.4 25.28 7.4 - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 38.35 27.3 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.06 2.1 21.78 6.1 27.35 2.2 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 27.50 3.6 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.72 2.0 20.52 6.1 26.99 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.25 2.9 23.25 8.3 27.46 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 30.14 5.2 € € 29.79 5.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.82 2.7 € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.45 6.2 € € 32.33 6.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.59 9.3 - - 16.65 9.7 Social workers.............................................. 16.83 9.4 € € 16.73 9.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ 45.72 4.9 46.02 4.9 - - Lawyers..................................................... 45.72 4.9 46.02 4.9 € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.41 15.5 26.41 15.5 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 30.89 5.5 30.89 5.5 € € Technical....................................................... 27.02 13.0 29.15 14.3 16.30 9.1 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.74 9.3 15.78 10.0 € € Radiological technicians.................................... 18.25 5.9 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.68 1.7 12.64 2.0 12.83 3.2 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.58 9.8 13.85 16.1 13.24 9.4 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.21 6.4 19.87 6.2 € € Computer programmers........................................ 26.23 8.1 28.30 8.3 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 21.14 10.3 21.14 10.3 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $28.54 6.1 $28.62 6.6 $28.17 16.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.18 5.6 31.66 5.1 42.22 15.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 18.05 8.8 € € 18.05 8.8 Financial managers.......................................... 30.74 7.9 28.73 6.8 € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 28.44 19.4 28.44 19.4 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 37.42 11.2 37.42 11.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.08 18.2 25.66 15.7 € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 29.02 4.5 29.71 4.1 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 18.21 14.1 18.21 14.1 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 28.18 8.2 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.37 6.2 38.37 6.2 € € Management related............................................ 22.95 8.7 24.52 11.1 17.89 9.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.38 10.8 22.11 8.0 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.13 13.2 21.13 13.2 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.48 13.1 24.43 8.3 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 19.71 6.9 € € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 15.83 4.9 € € 15.83 4.9 Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.59 9.6 27.36 10.5 21.79 16.2 Sales............................................................. 16.82 9.8 16.83 9.8 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.62 12.3 22.62 12.3 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 29.72 11.5 29.72 11.5 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 29.62 8.7 29.62 8.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.75 3.6 7.73 3.6 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.01 10.6 12.01 10.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.22 2.2 13.54 2.6 11.86 2.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.11 4.8 20.33 4.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 16.11 6.1 17.18 6.3 12.74 4.9 Receptionists............................................... 9.59 2.7 9.49 2.7 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.97 2.7 12.02 3.2 € € Order clerks................................................ 13.94 6.4 13.94 6.4 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 15.13 4.1 € € € € File clerks................................................. 9.68 4.6 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.35 7.3 11.90 10.2 10.37 5.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.48 3.2 12.79 4.3 11.93 4.0 Billing clerks.............................................. 10.95 7.1 10.95 7.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 14.43 10.2 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.89 5.1 14.89 5.1 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.77 4.2 12.02 3.8 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.72 6.9 14.87 7.6 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.06 6.8 15.32 8.4 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.12 6.8 13.12 6.8 € € Bill and account collectors................................. 13.32 4.1 13.49 4.0 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.64 3.6 11.65 4.1 11.63 6.5 Data entry keyers........................................... $11.26 2.7 $11.30 2.9 € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 17.07 3.9 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.17 7.7 € € $9.81 5.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.23 11.7 14.32 11.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.44 2.3 13.42 2.5 13.75 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.96 3.2 17.04 3.4 16.00 5.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 21.47 3.3 20.78 3.0 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.51 8.8 € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.75 12.8 19.23 13.4 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.82 4.0 14.92 4.1 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.64 8.1 13.63 8.8 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.14 8.7 20.46 9.3 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.72 4.9 16.05 5.2 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 18.88 11.7 € € € € Electricians................................................ 17.93 14.2 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 18.68 15.5 18.68 15.5 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 20.14 4.4 20.14 4.4 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 8.23 7.2 8.23 7.2 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 13.49 10.2 12.94 10.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.18 4.9 13.21 4.9 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.62 5.1 11.62 5.1 € € Printing press operators.................................... 15.06 9.8 15.17 10.1 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.41 18.4 11.41 18.4 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.08 5.2 13.08 5.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.11 4.6 12.11 4.6 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 13.97 3.8 13.97 3.8 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.05 9.5 16.05 9.5 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.86 5.2 10.86 5.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.04 4.2 12.98 4.8 13.41 3.4 Truck drivers............................................... 14.57 4.2 14.64 4.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.61 7.9 € € 13.72 4.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.23 5.6 12.23 5.6 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.39 11.7 12.39 11.7 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.38 3.7 10.38 3.8 10.38 7.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 9.73 9.5 € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.48 5.4 10.48 5.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.43 5.2 10.43 5.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.16 7.1 10.16 7.1 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.96 13.7 10.96 13.7 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.63 6.7 13.63 6.7 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. $8.61 5.2 $8.61 5.2 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.35 5.1 8.25 5.4 € € Service............................................................. 10.10 4.1 8.95 4.8 $13.45 3.7 Protective service............................................ 11.12 7.9 8.57 4.3 15.67 4.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 23.98 9.3 € € 23.98 9.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 23.34 12.9 € € 23.34 12.9 Supervisors, guards......................................... 9.96 11.9 9.96 11.9 € € Firefighting................................................ 15.10 5.3 € € 15.10 5.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.14 5.3 € € 15.14 5.3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 12.88 4.9 € € 12.88 4.9 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.92 4.2 € € 12.92 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.55 5.0 8.44 4.8 € € Food service.................................................. 6.77 7.6 6.45 8.5 10.40 8.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.35 11.1 4.35 11.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.55 15.6 3.55 15.6 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.55 6.3 6.55 6.3 € € Other food service........................................... 8.60 6.3 8.30 7.4 10.40 8.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.31 7.4 11.24 8.0 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.47 8.8 9.47 8.8 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.32 6.9 6.11 8.0 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.98 4.9 8.35 3.3 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.52 8.8 6.61 5.5 € € Health service................................................ 8.69 2.7 8.50 2.8 10.15 3.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.12 5.6 10.04 8.1 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.19 2.2 8.12 2.2 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.21 3.5 8.97 4.4 9.89 5.3 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 12.44 14.3 12.50 15.0 € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.45 2.8 7.45 2.8 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.33 4.3 9.07 5.7 9.86 5.3 Personal service.............................................. 16.17 15.6 19.11 19.7 10.11 7.3 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.00 7.7 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.50 11.5 9.55 11.8 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, January 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................................................................... $17.67 2.7 $17.38 3.2 $18.97 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 17.59 2.7 17.26 3.3 18.97 3.7 White collar........................................................ 21.87 3.0 22.00 3.6 21.40 4.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.28 3.0 22.58 3.8 21.40 4.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.80 4.5 29.74 6.4 24.52 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.94 3.4 29.77 5.2 25.73 3.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.45 4.0 29.71 4.3 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.09 4.3 31.09 4.3 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.42 9.1 27.34 10.2 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.14 4.4 35.14 4.4 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.30 5.4 29.34 4.0 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.58 6.3 29.89 4.4 € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.44 8.7 26.44 8.7 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 26.13 13.7 27.82 16.7 20.51 4.7 Registered nurses........................................... 20.81 1.9 20.93 2.1 20.40 4.2 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.71 23.7 25.57 7.7 - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 38.46 27.3 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.56 1.6 22.09 6.3 27.86 1.6 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 27.50 3.6 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.85 1.9 20.82 6.0 27.10 1.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.26 2.9 23.20 8.9 27.46 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 30.14 5.2 € € 29.79 5.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.88 2.7 € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.56 6.2 € € 32.33 6.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.59 9.3 - - 16.65 9.7 Social workers.............................................. 16.83 9.4 € € 16.73 9.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ 45.72 4.9 46.02 4.9 - - Lawyers..................................................... 45.72 4.9 46.02 4.9 € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.41 15.5 26.41 15.5 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 30.89 5.5 30.89 5.5 € € Technical....................................................... 27.47 13.2 29.68 14.5 16.42 9.1 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.61 9.7 15.64 10.4 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.80 1.9 12.89 2.4 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.83 10.3 14.11 17.3 13.48 9.3 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.21 6.4 19.87 6.2 € € Computer programmers........................................ 26.23 8.1 28.30 8.3 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 21.14 10.3 21.14 10.3 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.62 6.1 28.72 6.6 28.17 16.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.36 5.6 31.86 5.1 42.22 15.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $18.05 8.8 € € $18.05 8.8 Financial managers.......................................... 30.74 7.9 $28.73 6.8 € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 28.44 19.4 28.44 19.4 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 37.42 11.2 37.42 11.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 49.01 16.3 29.94 8.7 € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 29.02 4.5 29.71 4.1 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 18.21 14.1 18.21 14.1 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 28.18 8.2 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.37 6.2 38.37 6.2 € € Management related............................................ 22.95 8.7 24.52 11.1 17.89 9.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.38 10.8 22.11 8.0 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.13 13.2 21.13 13.2 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.48 13.1 24.43 8.3 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 19.71 6.9 € € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 15.83 4.9 € € 15.83 4.9 Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.59 9.6 27.36 10.5 21.79 16.2 Sales............................................................. 18.81 10.0 18.81 10.0 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.62 12.3 22.62 12.3 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 29.72 11.5 29.72 11.5 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 29.62 8.7 29.62 8.7 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.85 22.0 14.85 22.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.30 3.3 8.30 3.3 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.24 10.9 12.24 10.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.45 2.2 13.81 2.5 11.96 2.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.11 4.8 20.33 4.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 16.25 6.1 17.21 6.3 13.07 4.8 Receptionists............................................... 9.86 1.7 9.75 1.4 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.97 2.7 12.02 3.2 € € Order clerks................................................ 14.55 6.6 14.55 6.6 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 15.13 4.1 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.38 7.3 11.94 10.2 10.37 5.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.58 3.3 12.82 4.4 12.13 3.9 Billing clerks.............................................. 10.95 7.1 10.95 7.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 14.43 10.2 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.89 5.1 14.89 5.1 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.77 4.2 12.02 3.8 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.72 6.9 14.87 7.6 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.18 6.9 15.51 8.6 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.63 6.0 13.63 6.0 € € Bill and account collectors................................. 13.32 4.1 13.49 4.0 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.69 3.7 11.70 4.3 11.63 6.5 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.33 2.6 11.38 2.8 € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 17.07 3.9 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.84 5.5 € € 9.82 5.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $14.23 11.7 $14.32 11.8 € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.72 2.4 13.71 2.5 $13.94 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.99 3.2 17.06 3.4 16.00 5.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 21.47 3.3 20.78 3.0 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.51 8.8 € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.80 12.9 19.29 13.5 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.82 4.0 14.92 4.1 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.64 8.1 13.63 8.8 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.14 8.7 20.46 9.3 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.72 4.9 16.05 5.2 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 18.88 11.7 € € € € Electricians................................................ 17.93 14.2 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 18.68 15.5 18.68 15.5 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 20.14 4.4 20.14 4.4 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 8.23 7.2 8.23 7.2 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 13.49 10.2 12.94 10.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.19 4.9 13.22 4.9 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.64 5.3 11.64 5.3 € € Printing press operators.................................... 15.06 9.8 15.17 10.1 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.41 18.4 11.41 18.4 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.08 5.2 13.08 5.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.11 4.6 12.11 4.6 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 13.97 3.8 13.97 3.8 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.05 9.5 16.05 9.5 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.86 5.2 10.86 5.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.04 4.4 12.99 4.8 13.53 4.6 Truck drivers............................................... 14.57 4.4 14.64 4.5 € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.35 11.2 € € 14.13 5.8 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.23 5.6 12.23 5.6 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.39 11.7 12.39 11.7 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.83 3.9 10.84 4.0 10.56 7.6 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.13 10.3 € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.48 5.4 10.48 5.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.79 4.9 10.79 4.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.66 5.9 11.66 5.9 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.96 13.7 10.96 13.7 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.63 7.6 13.63 7.6 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.79 6.4 8.79 6.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.42 5.2 8.32 5.5 € € Service............................................................. $10.46 4.4 $9.27 5.2 $13.57 3.8 Protective service............................................ 11.17 8.0 8.57 4.5 15.72 4.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 23.98 9.3 € € 23.98 9.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 23.34 12.9 € € 23.34 12.9 Supervisors, guards......................................... 9.96 11.9 9.96 11.9 € € Firefighting................................................ 15.10 5.3 € € 15.10 5.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.14 5.3 € € 15.14 5.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.92 4.2 € € 12.92 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.54 5.1 8.43 4.9 € € Food service.................................................. 7.28 8.2 6.98 9.2 10.41 11.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.75 10.6 4.75 10.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.33 18.8 3.33 18.8 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.98 4.4 6.98 4.4 € € Other food service........................................... 8.75 7.4 8.49 8.5 10.41 11.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.10 9.7 10.99 10.7 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.87 9.0 9.87 9.0 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.65 3.7 8.44 3.3 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.71 9.8 6.86 6.2 € € Health service................................................ 8.73 2.9 8.53 3.0 10.15 3.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.13 5.8 10.05 8.7 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.23 2.3 8.16 2.4 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.37 3.4 9.16 4.3 9.92 5.3 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 12.44 14.3 12.50 15.0 € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.45 2.8 7.45 2.8 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.55 4.2 9.36 5.8 9.90 5.4 Personal service.............................................. 16.55 16.4 20.10 20.8 10.18 7.5 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $9.06 4.1 $8.79 4.5 $11.40 7.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.34 4.8 9.04 5.3 11.47 7.5 White collar........................................................ 10.12 5.1 10.02 5.4 11.07 15.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.92 8.0 12.06 9.2 11.19 15.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.25 8.0 19.15 6.7 12.98 21.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.15 9.8 22.76 5.7 13.21 22.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.32 3.8 22.01 4.4 - - Registered nurses........................................... 21.59 3.2 21.51 3.8 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 8.60 11.7 15.40 18.7 7.91 9.6 Technical....................................................... 12.73 7.1 12.93 7.2 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.16 4.7 11.73 3.1 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 7.99 5.7 7.98 5.7 - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.12 6.4 7.07 6.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.31 6.3 9.42 7.0 8.31 7.8 Blue collar......................................................... 9.22 6.8 8.67 7.9 12.68 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.03 6.3 12.89 13.8 13.15 3.7 Bus drivers................................................. 13.15 3.7 € € 13.15 3.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.96 8.9 7.95 9.1 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.93 3.8 5.93 3.8 € € Service............................................................. 6.92 10.5 6.72 11.4 9.48 9.1 Protective service............................................ 8.60 6.4 - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.56 12.4 5.18 13.4 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.73 16.4 3.73 16.4 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.78 16.7 3.78 16.7 € € Other food service........................................... 8.07 10.8 7.59 13.1 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.70 1.8 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.09 6.0 8.09 6.0 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.49 4.2 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. $13.08 36.6 $13.53 38.1 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, January 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................................................................... $702 2.7 39.7 $691 3.3 39.8 $750 3.7 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 698 2.8 39.7 685 3.4 39.7 750 3.7 39.6 White collar........................................................ 878 2.8 40.2 886 3.4 40.3 851 4.4 39.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 894 2.9 40.1 909 3.5 40.3 851 4.4 39.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,097 4.0 39.5 1,167 5.6 39.3 976 3.0 39.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,122 3.6 40.2 1,208 5.5 40.6 1,020 3.1 39.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,197 3.9 40.6 1,211 4.1 40.7 - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,257 4.1 40.4 1,257 4.1 40.4 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 1,129 9.4 41.2 1,139 10.5 41.7 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,407 4.4 40.0 1,407 4.4 40.0 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,145 5.3 40.5 1,189 3.6 40.5 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,160 6.1 40.6 1,214 3.9 40.6 € € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,058 8.7 40.0 1,058 8.7 40.0 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 1,044 14.3 39.9 1,111 17.4 39.9 821 4.7 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 825 2.0 39.6 827 2.3 39.5 816 4.2 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,386 23.8 38.8 902 8.1 35.3 - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,536 27.3 39.9 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,088 1.6 39.5 862 6.3 39.0 1,100 1.6 39.5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,098 3.7 39.9 € € € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,067 1.8 39.8 810 6.5 38.9 1,079 1.7 39.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,086 2.9 39.9 884 8.2 38.1 1,097 3.0 40.0 Teachers, special education................................. 1,192 5.3 39.6 € € € 1,182 5.8 39.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,028 2.6 38.3 € € € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,247 6.9 39.5 € € € 1,275 6.9 39.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 664 9.3 40.0 - - - 666 9.7 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 673 9.4 40.0 € € € 669 9.9 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 1,984 8.9 43.4 2,009 9.1 43.7 - - - Lawyers..................................................... 1,984 8.9 43.4 2,009 9.1 43.7 € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,072 16.7 40.6 1,072 16.7 40.6 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,228 5.7 39.8 1,228 5.7 39.8 € € € Technical....................................................... 1,040 10.8 37.9 1,107 11.6 37.3 675 8.5 41.1 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 624 9.6 40.0 625 10.4 40.0 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 510 1.9 39.8 513 2.4 39.8 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 605 7.3 43.8 617 12.0 43.8 590 6.7 43.7 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 768 6.4 40.0 795 6.2 40.0 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 1,049 8.1 40.0 1,132 8.3 40.0 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $846 10.3 40.0 $846 10.3 40.0 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,205 5.3 42.1 1,224 5.4 42.6 $1,127 16.0 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,409 5.7 42.2 1,359 5.5 42.6 1,689 15.8 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 722 8.8 40.0 € € € 722 8.8 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,341 6.9 43.6 1,278 7.8 44.5 € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 1,304 26.0 45.8 1,304 26.0 45.8 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,635 6.7 43.7 1,635 6.7 43.7 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,962 16.3 40.0 1,200 9.2 40.1 € € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,191 6.1 41.1 1,225 5.9 41.2 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 781 14.7 42.9 781 14.7 42.9 € € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,172 9.7 41.6 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,607 6.9 41.9 1,607 6.9 41.9 € € € Management related............................................ 962 7.3 41.9 1,044 8.8 42.6 715 9.8 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 815 10.8 40.0 885 8.0 40.0 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 967 9.7 45.8 967 9.7 45.8 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 820 12.7 40.0 978 7.1 40.1 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 788 6.9 40.0 € € € € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 633 4.9 40.0 € € € 633 4.9 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,025 9.8 40.1 1,096 10.9 40.1 871 16.2 40.0 Sales............................................................. 759 10.1 40.4 759 10.1 40.4 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 939 13.3 41.5 939 13.3 41.5 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,209 10.6 40.7 1,209 10.6 40.7 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 1,248 9.8 42.1 1,248 9.8 42.1 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 571 23.0 38.4 571 23.0 38.4 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 327 3.5 39.4 327 3.5 39.4 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 481 11.5 39.3 481 11.5 39.3 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 535 2.1 39.7 549 2.4 39.8 473 2.6 39.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 812 4.4 40.4 821 4.4 40.4 € € € Secretaries................................................. 636 5.4 39.2 671 5.5 39.0 521 4.8 39.9 Receptionists............................................... 393 1.7 39.9 389 1.4 39.9 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 474 2.9 39.6 475 3.5 39.5 € € € Order clerks................................................ 581 7.3 39.9 581 7.3 39.9 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 615 4.6 40.7 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 452 7.2 39.7 473 10.0 39.6 415 5.1 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 500 3.0 39.8 509 4.0 39.7 484 4.0 39.9 Billing clerks.............................................. 438 7.1 40.0 438 7.1 40.0 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 577 10.2 40.0 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 596 5.1 40.0 596 5.1 40.0 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 469 4.2 39.9 479 3.9 39.8 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $589 6.9 40.0 $595 7.6 40.0 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 616 7.6 40.6 634 9.7 40.9 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 541 5.9 39.7 541 5.9 39.7 € € € Bill and account collectors................................. 533 4.1 40.0 540 4.0 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 465 3.7 39.7 465 4.3 39.8 $461 6.2 39.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 453 2.6 40.0 455 2.8 40.0 € € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 666 5.3 39.0 € € € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 371 6.0 37.7 € € € 370 6.1 37.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 566 11.7 39.8 570 11.8 39.8 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 550 2.6 40.1 553 2.7 40.4 503 5.3 36.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 681 3.2 40.1 685 3.4 40.1 635 5.9 39.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 882 3.9 41.1 863 4.4 41.6 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 701 8.8 40.0 € € € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 746 13.3 39.7 771 13.5 40.0 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 593 4.0 40.0 597 4.1 40.0 € € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 546 8.1 40.0 545 8.8 40.0 € € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 806 8.7 40.0 818 9.3 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 629 4.9 40.0 642 5.2 40.0 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 755 11.7 40.0 € € € € € € Electricians................................................ 717 14.2 40.0 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 747 15.5 40.0 747 15.5 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 820 4.4 40.7 820 4.4 40.7 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 329 7.2 40.0 329 7.2 40.0 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 540 10.2 40.0 518 10.6 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 527 4.9 40.0 528 4.9 40.0 - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 466 5.3 40.0 466 5.3 40.0 € € € Printing press operators.................................... 600 9.7 39.8 604 10.0 39.8 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 456 18.4 40.0 456 18.4 40.0 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 523 5.2 40.0 523 5.2 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 485 4.6 40.0 485 4.6 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 559 3.8 40.0 559 3.8 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 642 9.5 40.0 642 9.5 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 434 5.2 40.0 434 5.2 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 529 6.5 40.6 546 7.2 42.0 411 6.7 30.4 Truck drivers............................................... 673 6.4 46.2 680 6.5 46.5 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 355 9.6 28.7 € € € 387 8.9 27.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 489 5.6 40.0 489 5.6 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... $496 11.7 40.0 $496 11.7 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 433 3.9 40.0 433 4.0 40.0 $423 7.6 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 402 10.3 39.7 € € € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 419 5.4 40.0 419 5.4 40.0 € € € Production helpers.......................................... 432 4.9 40.0 432 4.9 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 466 5.9 40.0 466 5.9 40.0 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 438 13.7 40.0 438 13.7 40.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 545 7.6 40.0 545 7.6 40.0 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 352 6.4 40.0 352 6.4 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 336 5.3 39.9 332 5.5 39.9 € € € Service............................................................. 393 4.6 37.6 340 4.9 36.6 548 4.3 40.4 Protective service............................................ 431 10.1 38.5 313 7.5 36.6 669 5.3 42.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,133 14.5 47.2 € € € 1,133 14.5 47.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 933 12.9 40.0 € € € 933 12.9 40.0 Supervisors, guards......................................... 374 7.5 37.6 374 7.5 37.6 € € € Firefighting................................................ 779 6.0 51.6 € € € 779 6.0 51.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 611 5.4 40.3 € € € 611 5.4 40.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 523 4.5 40.5 € € € 523 4.5 40.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 312 8.5 36.6 308 8.4 36.5 € € € Food service.................................................. 275 9.0 37.8 270 10.1 38.6 324 12.7 31.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 177 12.2 37.2 177 12.2 37.2 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 120 20.5 36.1 120 20.5 36.1 € € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 278 4.4 39.8 278 4.4 39.8 € € € Other food service........................................... 334 7.9 38.2 337 9.1 39.7 324 12.7 31.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 490 8.5 44.1 489 9.4 44.5 € € € Cooks....................................................... 382 11.4 38.7 382 11.4 38.7 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 326 5.8 37.7 316 7.6 37.5 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 280 8.2 36.3 269 6.0 39.2 € € € Health service................................................ 346 2.8 39.6 338 3.0 39.6 406 3.0 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 404 5.8 39.9 401 8.7 39.9 € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 325 2.5 39.5 322 2.5 39.5 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. $366 3.6 39.1 $360 4.9 39.3 $382 3.5 38.5 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 532 17.1 42.8 537 17.9 42.9 € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 295 3.2 39.6 295 3.2 39.6 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 370 4.3 38.7 363 6.5 38.8 381 3.6 38.5 Personal service.............................................. 495 8.9 29.9 536 10.6 26.7 389 7.5 38.1 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, January 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................................................................... $35,662 2.7 2,019 $35,900 3.3 2,066 $34,711 3.7 1,830 All excluding sales............................................... 35,409 2.8 2,013 35,600 3.4 2,063 34,707 3.7 1,830 White collar........................................................ 44,095 2.8 2,017 46,009 3.4 2,091 38,520 4.4 1,800 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,686 2.9 2,006 47,180 3.5 2,089 38,519 4.4 1,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,666 4.0 1,894 60,367 5.6 2,030 41,691 3.0 1,701 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,114 3.6 1,865 62,268 5.5 2,091 42,456 3.1 1,650 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 62,239 3.9 2,113 62,951 4.1 2,119 - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 65,379 4.1 2,103 65,379 4.1 2,103 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 58,705 9.4 2,141 59,219 10.5 2,166 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 73,145 4.4 2,081 73,145 4.4 2,081 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 59,556 5.3 2,105 61,802 3.6 2,107 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 60,301 6.1 2,110 63,145 3.9 2,113 € € € Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 54,996 8.7 2,080 54,996 8.7 2,080 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 53,958 14.3 2,065 57,748 17.4 2,076 41,606 4.7 2,028 Registered nurses........................................... 42,688 2.0 2,051 43,019 2.3 2,055 41,619 4.2 2,040 Teachers, college and university.............................. 63,493 23.8 1,778 40,324 8.1 1,577 - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 71,155 27.3 1,850 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,753 1.6 1,515 36,359 6.3 1,646 42,022 1.6 1,509 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 42,117 3.7 1,531 € € € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 40,564 1.8 1,511 30,364 6.5 1,458 41,016 1.7 1,513 Secondary school teachers................................... 41,370 2.9 1,518 35,039 8.2 1,510 41,689 3.0 1,518 Teachers, special education................................. 45,598 5.3 1,513 € € € 44,977 5.8 1,510 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 40,401 2.6 1,503 € € € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 48,830 6.9 1,547 € € € 49,431 6.9 1,529 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,775 9.3 2,036 - - - 33,853 9.7 2,034 Social workers.............................................. 34,227 9.4 2,034 € € € 34,000 9.9 2,032 Lawyers and judges............................................ 103,152 8.9 2,256 104,466 9.1 2,270 - - - Lawyers..................................................... 103,152 8.9 2,256 104,466 9.1 2,270 € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 55,720 16.7 2,110 55,720 16.7 2,110 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 63,881 5.7 2,068 63,881 5.7 2,068 € € € Technical....................................................... 54,092 10.8 1,969 57,539 11.6 1,939 35,094 8.5 2,137 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 32,447 9.6 2,078 32,493 10.4 2,078 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 26,520 1.9 2,072 26,668 2.4 2,070 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 31,460 7.3 2,276 32,108 12.0 2,276 30,667 6.7 2,275 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 39,962 6.4 2,080 41,323 6.2 2,080 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 54,560 8.1 2,080 58,858 8.3 2,080 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $43,980 10.3 2,080 $43,980 10.3 2,080 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,365 5.3 2,179 63,613 5.4 2,215 $57,365 16.0 2,037 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 73,132 5.7 2,192 70,637 5.5 2,217 86,793 15.8 2,056 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 37,536 8.8 2,080 € € € 37,536 8.8 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 69,718 6.9 2,268 66,470 7.8 2,314 € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 67,793 26.0 2,384 67,793 26.0 2,384 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 85,016 6.7 2,272 85,016 6.7 2,272 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 99,987 16.3 2,040 61,915 9.2 2,068 € € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 61,957 6.1 2,135 63,700 5.9 2,144 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 40,618 14.7 2,230 40,618 14.7 2,230 € € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 60,929 9.7 2,162 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 83,549 6.9 2,178 83,549 6.9 2,178 € € € Management related............................................ 49,669 7.3 2,164 54,237 8.8 2,212 36,184 9.8 2,023 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,393 10.8 2,080 45,999 8.0 2,080 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 50,309 9.7 2,381 50,309 9.7 2,381 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 42,624 12.7 2,082 50,878 7.1 2,083 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 40,995 6.9 2,080 € € € € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 32,922 4.9 2,080 € € € 32,922 4.9 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,029 9.8 2,033 56,904 10.9 2,080 42,236 16.2 1,939 Sales............................................................. 39,481 10.1 2,099 39,480 10.1 2,099 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 48,846 13.3 2,159 48,846 13.3 2,159 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 62,862 10.6 2,115 62,862 10.6 2,115 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 64,894 9.8 2,191 64,894 9.8 2,191 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 29,678 23.0 1,999 29,678 23.0 1,999 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 17,012 3.5 2,051 17,012 3.5 2,051 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 25,036 11.5 2,045 25,036 11.5 2,045 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,321 2.1 2,031 28,563 2.4 2,069 22,541 2.6 1,884 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,224 4.4 2,099 42,693 4.4 2,100 € € € Secretaries................................................. 32,663 5.4 2,010 34,838 5.5 2,024 25,703 4.8 1,966 Receptionists............................................... 20,459 1.7 2,076 20,247 1.4 2,076 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 24,647 2.9 2,058 24,684 3.5 2,054 € € € Order clerks................................................ 30,186 7.3 2,075 30,186 7.3 2,075 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 31,985 4.6 2,114 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,493 7.2 2,065 24,557 10.0 2,057 21,571 5.1 2,080 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,018 3.0 2,068 26,476 4.0 2,065 25,154 4.0 2,074 Billing clerks.............................................. 22,771 7.1 2,080 22,771 7.1 2,080 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 29,546 10.2 2,047 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 30,968 5.1 2,080 30,968 5.1 2,080 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 24,392 4.2 2,073 24,910 3.9 2,072 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $30,628 6.9 2,080 $30,935 7.6 2,080 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 32,056 7.6 2,112 32,979 9.7 2,126 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 28,142 5.9 2,064 28,142 5.9 2,064 € € € Bill and account collectors................................. 27,701 4.1 2,080 28,060 4.0 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 23,814 3.7 2,037 24,193 4.3 2,067 $22,051 6.2 1,896 Data entry keyers........................................... 23,569 2.6 2,080 23,673 2.8 2,080 € € € Statistical clerks.......................................... 34,621 5.3 2,028 € € € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 13,835 6.0 1,406 € € € 13,802 6.1 1,406 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,431 11.7 2,069 29,625 11.8 2,068 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 28,459 2.6 2,075 28,760 2.7 2,098 23,792 5.3 1,706 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 35,354 3.2 2,081 35,616 3.4 2,087 32,111 5.9 2,006 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 45,236 3.9 2,107 44,894 4.4 2,161 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 36,427 8.8 2,080 € € € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 37,901 13.3 2,016 40,118 13.5 2,080 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 30,818 4.0 2,080 31,025 4.1 2,080 € € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 28,369 8.1 2,080 28,355 8.8 2,080 € € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 41,892 8.7 2,080 42,557 9.3 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 32,696 4.9 2,080 33,375 5.2 2,080 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 39,263 11.7 2,080 € € € € € € Electricians................................................ 37,304 14.2 2,080 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 38,853 15.5 2,080 38,853 15.5 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 42,660 4.4 2,118 42,660 4.4 2,118 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 17,111 7.2 2,080 17,111 7.2 2,080 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 28,056 10.2 2,080 26,916 10.6 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,403 4.9 2,078 27,466 4.9 2,078 - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 24,214 5.3 2,080 24,214 5.3 2,080 € € € Printing press operators.................................... 31,206 9.7 2,072 31,425 10.0 2,072 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 23,728 18.4 2,080 23,728 18.4 2,080 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 27,210 5.2 2,080 27,210 5.2 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 25,198 4.6 2,080 25,198 4.6 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 29,065 3.8 2,080 29,065 3.8 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 33,387 9.5 2,080 33,387 9.5 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 22,588 5.2 2,080 22,588 5.2 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 26,784 6.5 2,055 28,382 7.2 2,186 17,519 6.7 1,294 Truck drivers............................................... 35,018 6.4 2,403 35,375 6.5 2,416 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 15,288 9.6 1,238 € € € 15,605 8.9 1,104 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 25,442 5.6 2,080 25,442 5.6 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... $25,768 11.7 2,080 $25,768 11.7 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,509 3.9 2,079 22,527 4.0 2,079 $21,974 7.6 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 20,896 10.3 2,064 € € € € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 21,797 5.4 2,080 21,797 5.4 2,080 € € € Production helpers.......................................... 22,449 4.9 2,080 22,449 4.9 2,080 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,244 5.9 2,080 24,244 5.9 2,080 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 22,793 13.7 2,080 22,793 13.7 2,080 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 28,351 7.6 2,080 28,351 7.6 2,080 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 18,279 6.4 2,080 18,279 6.4 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 17,461 5.3 2,074 17,250 5.5 2,074 € € € Service............................................................. 20,107 4.6 1,923 17,643 4.9 1,902 26,843 4.3 1,978 Protective service............................................ 22,394 10.1 2,004 16,293 7.5 1,902 34,767 5.3 2,212 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 58,895 14.5 2,456 € € € 58,895 14.5 2,456 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 48,539 12.9 2,080 € € € 48,539 12.9 2,080 Supervisors, guards......................................... 19,458 7.5 1,953 19,458 7.5 1,953 € € € Firefighting................................................ 40,506 6.0 2,683 € € € 40,506 6.0 2,683 Police and detectives, public service....................... 31,747 5.4 2,097 € € € 31,747 5.4 2,097 Correctional institution officers........................... 27,206 4.5 2,106 € € € 27,206 4.5 2,106 Guards and police, except public service.................... 16,224 8.5 1,901 15,991 8.4 1,897 € € € Food service.................................................. 13,729 9.0 1,887 13,977 10.1 2,003 12,212 12.7 1,173 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,187 12.2 1,933 9,187 12.2 1,933 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6,254 20.5 1,877 6,254 20.5 1,877 € € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 14,469 4.4 2,072 14,469 4.4 2,072 € € € Other food service........................................... 16,283 7.9 1,860 17,423 9.1 2,053 12,212 12.7 1,173 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 25,472 8.5 2,294 25,434 9.4 2,314 € € € Cooks....................................................... 19,859 11.4 2,013 19,859 11.4 2,013 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 15,132 5.8 1,750 16,263 7.6 1,928 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 13,163 8.2 1,707 13,875 6.0 2,023 € € € Health service................................................ 17,986 2.8 2,060 17,552 3.0 2,057 21,122 3.0 2,080 Health aides, except nursing................................ 21,026 5.8 2,076 20,838 8.7 2,074 € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 16,913 2.5 2,054 16,762 2.5 2,053 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. $18,732 3.6 2,000 $18,726 4.9 2,044 $18,746 3.5 1,889 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 27,664 17.1 2,224 27,899 17.9 2,232 € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 15,346 3.2 2,059 15,346 3.2 2,059 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 18,805 4.3 1,969 18,876 6.5 2,016 18,683 3.6 1,887 Personal service.............................................. 24,393 8.9 1,474 27,762 10.6 1,381 17,073 7.5 1,676 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)