NC BL 10/00/2000 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3105-12, 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................. $17.42 2.4 37.5 $17.07 3.1 37.2 $18.70 2.6 38.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.62 2.5 38.1 21.69 3.1 37.9 21.39 3.1 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.45 2.6 37.8 27.04 3.7 37.6 25.47 3.1 38.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.15 3.0 40.7 33.38 3.1 40.9 27.15 6.8 39.9 Sales............................................................. 16.30 9.1 35.7 16.38 9.1 35.6 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.55 1.8 38.3 12.93 2.1 38.0 11.36 2.3 39.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.13 3.4 38.3 13.14 3.7 38.4 12.97 3.7 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.57 3.1 39.4 17.78 3.2 39.4 14.82 6.0 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.23 5.9 39.8 11.23 5.9 39.8 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.69 5.3 38.8 12.67 6.0 39.6 12.86 4.9 33.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 8.51 4.0 35.6 8.36 4.2 35.3 10.39 4.6 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.53 3.8 33.6 7.54 3.9 31.1 13.11 4.5 39.3 Full time........................................................... 18.17 2.5 39.9 17.97 3.1 40.0 18.89 2.7 39.6 Part time........................................................... 8.03 4.1 21.2 7.90 4.4 21.4 10.08 5.5 19.0 Union............................................................... 19.79 6.8 36.5 20.10 7.1 36.4 13.96 3.4 39.1 Nonunion............................................................ 17.22 2.6 37.5 16.77 3.3 37.2 18.78 2.7 38.7 Time................................................................ 17.32 2.5 37.2 16.92 3.1 36.9 18.70 2.6 38.7 Incentive........................................................... 19.47 12.2 42.7 19.47 12.2 42.7 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.01 8.4 37.4 14.02 8.5 37.4 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.41 4.7 37.2 15.33 4.8 37.2 18.02 10.4 35.5 500 workers or more................................................. 19.48 3.1 37.7 19.90 4.6 37.0 18.77 2.8 38.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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 PRIVATE IN- DUSTRY 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $17.42 2.4 $17.07 3.1 $18.70 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 17.51 2.5 17.15 3.2 18.73 2.6 White collar........................................................ 21.62 2.5 21.69 3.1 21.39 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.50 2.4 22.93 3.0 21.47 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.45 2.6 27.04 3.7 25.47 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.83 2.3 28.85 3.3 26.53 2.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.07 4.4 32.07 4.4 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 43.62 6.9 43.62 6.9 € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.61 6.6 34.61 6.6 € € Civil engineers............................................. 35.96 10.0 35.96 10.0 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 31.47 5.6 31.47 5.6 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.83 5.0 31.83 5.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.35 4.9 30.61 4.9 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.54 5.1 30.82 5.0 € € Natural scientists............................................ 24.69 7.4 26.51 7.7 - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 30.69 11.1 30.69 11.1 € € Health related................................................ 24.22 5.1 24.11 6.9 24.49 5.5 Registered nurses........................................... 22.13 2.4 21.62 2.4 23.19 4.8 Pharmacists................................................. 30.28 3.8 29.95 3.4 € € Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.80 3.4 17.80 3.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.44 10.8 32.96 35.0 40.86 11.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 51.11 13.1 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.27 1.7 18.23 6.0 26.66 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.91 1.1 19.85 14.4 27.03 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.57 1.5 € € 26.65 1.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.41 6.5 15.72 10.0 26.73 4.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 28.93 10.1 € € 29.70 10.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.88 16.3 - - 21.05 18.2 Librarians.................................................. 20.88 16.3 € € 21.05 18.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.96 5.0 15.27 11.7 14.87 5.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.77 4.7 € € 14.87 5.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ 44.84 24.2 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 46.73 25.7 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.13 17.1 23.39 19.0 - - Designers................................................... 16.52 30.3 16.52 30.3 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 30.66 20.4 € € € € Technical....................................................... 21.50 8.7 22.70 9.7 15.34 10.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.09 11.1 14.09 11.1 € € Radiological technicians.................................... 21.73 19.7 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.01 2.1 14.05 2.5 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.82 4.6 14.86 4.7 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.58 7.9 21.64 7.9 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. $19.01 9.9 $19.66 13.0 € € Drafters.................................................... 27.26 7.7 27.26 7.7 € € Chemical technicians........................................ 23.59 3.6 23.59 3.6 € € Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 78.19 21.2 78.19 21.2 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 14.93 12.1 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.15 3.0 33.38 3.1 $27.15 6.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.48 3.8 37.93 3.9 28.62 7.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.73 15.2 € € 27.70 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 35.75 9.1 36.18 9.4 € € Purchasing managers......................................... 35.13 13.3 35.13 13.3 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.66 8.2 41.66 8.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.02 6.5 € € 34.05 6.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.46 9.4 25.31 9.7 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 35.47 30.3 38.16 29.0 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.76 5.3 39.75 4.8 € € Management related............................................ 26.55 3.8 27.21 3.9 19.74 10.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.22 4.6 25.22 4.6 € € Other financial officers.................................... 31.99 9.8 31.99 9.8 € € Management analysts......................................... 29.16 5.4 29.16 5.4 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.79 14.8 27.49 16.4 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.72 13.9 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.35 6.7 25.40 7.2 € € Sales............................................................. 16.30 9.1 16.38 9.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.42 9.8 21.42 9.8 € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 17.36 24.5 17.36 24.5 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 22.19 16.6 22.19 16.6 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 24.47 11.9 24.47 11.9 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.29 16.4 19.29 16.4 € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 21.81 2.2 21.81 2.2 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 18.05 8.8 18.05 8.8 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.34 6.6 8.34 6.6 € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.36 6.6 9.36 6.6 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.90 3.0 6.83 3.1 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.97 12.4 12.97 12.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.55 1.8 12.93 2.1 11.36 2.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.74 5.1 16.14 6.4 € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 18.25 8.9 18.25 8.9 € € Computer operators.......................................... 15.14 10.1 15.14 10.1 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.64 2.8 15.74 2.9 12.15 3.9 Interviewers................................................ 11.68 13.5 € € € € Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.62 16.9 12.62 16.9 € € Receptionists............................................... 9.88 5.3 9.70 5.5 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.71 11.3 11.72 12.8 € € Order clerks................................................ $13.10 9.3 $13.10 9.3 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 11.79 8.3 11.79 8.3 € € Library clerks.............................................. 9.51 7.2 € € $9.47 7.9 File clerks................................................. 10.38 5.9 10.46 6.1 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.79 5.0 11.97 7.6 11.63 6.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.05 3.2 12.05 3.4 € € Billing clerks.............................................. 13.15 7.1 € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 12.52 15.9 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 15.77 5.9 16.24 5.5 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.15 6.1 9.80 5.2 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.90 7.6 10.28 8.5 € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 14.38 8.1 € € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.98 5.5 13.98 5.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.17 6.6 14.26 6.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.48 3.6 12.20 4.9 10.52 3.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.74 5.2 9.74 5.2 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.49 2.0 € € 10.49 2.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.87 3.9 13.16 5.1 12.24 5.4 Blue collar......................................................... 13.13 3.4 13.14 3.7 12.97 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.57 3.1 17.78 3.2 14.82 6.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.44 8.7 24.87 8.9 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.26 10.4 19.48 10.6 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.43 7.3 15.16 8.6 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.48 6.4 15.60 6.6 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.63 7.7 16.97 8.8 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 17.43 3.2 17.33 3.4 € € Carpenters.................................................. 17.01 7.0 17.01 7.0 € € Electricians................................................ 19.22 3.3 19.66 3.3 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.15 10.4 17.29 10.8 € € Insulation workers.......................................... 12.27 9.6 12.27 9.6 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 9.49 10.1 9.21 10.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 23.03 9.2 24.82 7.5 € € Machinists.................................................. 18.50 4.4 18.50 4.4 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.74 9.5 11.74 9.5 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 20.79 14.6 20.79 14.6 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 23.23 1.3 23.23 1.3 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.23 5.9 11.23 5.9 - - Printing press operators.................................... 12.99 8.0 12.99 8.0 € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.68 3.3 7.68 3.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.92 10.7 12.92 10.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.57 6.1 12.57 6.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 8.17 11.6 8.17 11.6 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... $12.71 9.6 $12.70 9.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.69 5.3 12.67 6.0 $12.86 4.9 Truck drivers............................................... 11.86 7.3 11.93 7.5 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.00 8.4 € € 12.58 3.2 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.86 4.6 9.86 4.6 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.51 12.9 15.81 12.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.51 4.0 8.36 4.2 10.39 4.6 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 9.74 5.8 € € 10.43 6.4 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.14 6.4 10.16 7.7 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.30 4.6 9.70 5.1 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.63 10.0 8.53 10.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.32 11.5 10.32 11.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.64 5.2 7.64 5.2 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.56 13.1 8.56 13.1 € € Garage and service station related.......................... 8.87 3.1 8.87 3.1 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.52 8.8 8.35 9.1 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.15 4.8 7.15 4.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.40 10.4 8.24 11.3 10.10 12.2 Service............................................................. 9.53 3.8 7.54 3.9 13.11 4.5 Protective service............................................ 14.90 6.0 - - 16.59 3.9 Firefighting................................................ 17.30 3.5 € € 17.30 3.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.78 4.3 € € 18.78 4.3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.53 3.2 € € 18.53 3.2 Correctional institution officers........................... 11.90 2.9 € € 11.90 2.9 Food service.................................................. 6.81 5.4 6.55 6.1 8.90 3.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.42 18.9 4.42 18.9 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.06 23.4 4.06 23.4 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.09 16.2 6.09 16.2 € € Other food service........................................... 7.82 4.0 7.62 4.8 8.90 3.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.92 7.5 13.92 7.5 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.19 5.2 8.26 5.4 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.85 3.5 6.72 3.1 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.19 5.4 6.28 4.6 9.01 3.4 Health service................................................ 9.51 2.4 8.53 3.1 10.98 4.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.31 5.6 € € 11.29 7.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.93 3.2 8.29 4.2 10.53 5.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.66 4.3 7.02 5.4 9.24 5.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.25 2.0 6.24 2.1 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.68 4.7 6.69 5.4 9.30 5.7 Personal service.............................................. 11.12 11.7 11.75 14.8 9.35 4.6 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.95 3.5 € € 8.73 4.1 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.27 9.8 € € € € 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $18.17 2.5 $17.97 3.1 $18.89 2.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.18 2.5 17.94 3.2 18.93 2.7 White collar........................................................ 22.23 2.4 22.46 3.0 21.58 3.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.83 2.4 23.33 3.0 21.66 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.80 2.6 27.44 3.7 25.77 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.17 2.3 29.20 3.4 26.89 2.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.03 4.4 32.03 4.4 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 43.62 6.9 43.62 6.9 € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.61 6.6 34.61 6.6 € € Civil engineers............................................. 35.96 10.0 35.96 10.0 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 31.47 5.6 31.47 5.6 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.83 5.0 31.83 5.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.35 4.9 30.61 4.9 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.54 5.1 30.82 5.0 € € Natural scientists............................................ 24.69 7.4 26.51 7.7 - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 30.69 11.1 30.69 11.1 € € Health related................................................ 24.32 5.5 24.20 7.8 24.57 5.4 Registered nurses........................................... 22.10 2.5 21.48 2.5 23.28 4.8 Pharmacists................................................. 30.50 4.1 30.25 4.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.71 10.9 - - 41.11 11.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 51.80 12.8 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.89 1.5 19.80 6.9 27.13 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.91 1.1 19.85 14.4 27.03 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.69 1.6 € € 26.76 1.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.86 4.9 18.03 11.0 26.99 4.3 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 29.19 10.4 € € 29.70 10.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.88 16.3 - - 21.05 18.2 Librarians.................................................. 20.88 16.3 € € 21.05 18.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.98 5.0 15.27 11.7 14.90 5.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.80 4.8 € € 14.90 5.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ 44.84 24.2 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 46.73 25.7 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.18 17.4 25.23 19.1 - - Designers................................................... 16.52 30.3 16.52 30.3 € € Technical....................................................... 21.84 8.8 23.18 9.8 15.34 10.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.57 10.6 14.57 10.6 € € Radiological technicians.................................... 21.73 19.7 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.81 1.9 13.80 2.2 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.92 5.4 14.98 5.6 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.58 7.9 21.64 7.9 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 19.01 9.9 19.66 13.0 € € Drafters.................................................... 27.26 7.7 27.26 7.7 € € Chemical technicians........................................ $23.59 3.6 $23.59 3.6 € € Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 78.19 21.2 78.19 21.2 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 14.93 12.1 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.15 3.0 33.38 3.1 $27.15 6.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.48 3.8 37.93 3.9 28.62 7.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.73 15.2 € € 27.70 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 35.75 9.1 36.18 9.4 € € Purchasing managers......................................... 35.13 13.3 35.13 13.3 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.66 8.2 41.66 8.2 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.02 6.5 € € 34.05 6.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.46 9.4 25.31 9.7 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 35.47 30.3 38.16 29.0 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.76 5.3 39.75 4.8 € € Management related............................................ 26.55 3.8 27.21 3.9 19.74 10.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.22 4.6 25.22 4.6 € € Other financial officers.................................... 31.99 9.8 31.99 9.8 € € Management analysts......................................... 29.16 5.4 29.16 5.4 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.79 14.8 27.49 16.4 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.72 13.9 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.35 6.7 25.40 7.2 € € Sales............................................................. 18.11 9.2 18.22 9.2 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.42 9.8 21.42 9.8 € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 18.39 23.5 18.39 23.5 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 22.63 16.4 22.63 16.4 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 24.47 11.9 24.47 11.9 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.29 16.4 19.29 16.4 € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 21.98 1.6 21.98 1.6 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 18.11 8.7 18.11 8.7 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.78 9.0 8.78 9.0 € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.84 6.2 9.84 6.2 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.57 4.2 7.52 4.6 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 13.22 12.9 13.22 12.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.71 1.8 13.13 2.1 11.43 2.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.74 5.1 16.14 6.4 € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 18.25 8.9 18.25 8.9 € € Computer operators.......................................... 15.24 10.1 15.24 10.1 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.66 2.9 15.76 2.9 12.18 3.9 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 13.06 17.5 13.06 17.5 € € Receptionists............................................... 10.23 5.3 10.05 5.5 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.35 11.8 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 13.10 9.3 13.10 9.3 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 11.85 8.6 11.85 8.6 € € File clerks................................................. 10.38 5.9 10.46 6.1 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $11.96 5.3 $12.11 8.7 $11.82 6.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.05 3.2 12.05 3.4 € € Billing clerks.............................................. 13.15 7.1 € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 12.52 15.9 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 15.77 5.9 16.24 5.5 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.39 6.9 10.01 6.0 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.97 7.9 10.39 8.8 € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 14.38 8.1 € € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.98 5.5 13.98 5.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.04 6.9 14.13 7.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.61 3.7 12.47 5.1 10.55 3.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.74 6.2 9.74 6.2 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.53 2.0 € € 10.53 2.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.89 4.0 13.18 5.4 12.29 5.4 Blue collar......................................................... 13.52 3.6 13.55 3.8 13.13 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.81 3.0 18.05 3.1 14.82 6.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.44 8.7 24.87 8.9 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.26 10.4 19.48 10.6 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.43 7.3 15.16 8.6 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.48 6.4 15.60 6.6 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.63 7.7 16.97 8.8 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 17.43 3.2 17.33 3.4 € € Carpenters.................................................. 17.01 7.0 17.01 7.0 € € Electricians................................................ 19.22 3.3 19.66 3.3 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.15 10.4 17.29 10.8 € € Insulation workers.......................................... 13.47 13.1 13.47 13.1 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 9.49 10.1 9.21 10.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 22.99 9.3 24.77 7.6 € € Machinists.................................................. 18.49 4.4 18.49 4.4 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.74 9.5 11.74 9.5 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 20.79 14.6 20.79 14.6 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 23.23 1.3 23.23 1.3 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.26 5.9 11.26 5.9 - - Printing press operators.................................... 12.99 8.0 12.99 8.0 € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.70 3.4 7.70 3.4 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.98 10.8 12.98 10.8 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.57 6.1 12.57 6.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 8.24 11.8 8.24 11.8 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.71 9.6 12.70 9.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.17 4.9 13.14 5.4 13.47 6.0 Truck drivers............................................... 11.91 7.4 11.97 7.5 € € Bus drivers................................................. $14.78 8.1 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.86 4.6 $9.86 4.6 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.75 12.9 16.07 12.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.87 4.6 8.73 4.9 $10.39 4.6 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 9.74 5.8 € € 10.43 6.4 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.14 6.4 10.16 7.7 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.30 4.6 9.70 5.1 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.63 10.0 8.53 10.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.32 11.5 10.32 11.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.98 8.1 8.98 8.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.60 15.5 8.60 15.5 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.72 9.2 8.55 9.5 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.56 4.9 7.56 4.9 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.71 11.7 8.55 12.8 10.10 12.2 Service............................................................. 10.36 4.0 8.15 4.6 13.20 4.5 Protective service............................................ 15.92 4.3 9.13 7.0 16.62 3.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.78 4.3 € € 18.78 4.3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.53 3.2 € € 18.53 3.2 Correctional institution officers........................... 11.90 2.9 € € 11.90 2.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.06 4.6 9.75 4.4 € € Food service.................................................. 7.32 5.8 7.07 6.7 9.05 3.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.74 22.1 4.74 22.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.32 29.6 4.32 29.6 € € Other food service........................................... 8.33 3.6 8.17 4.4 9.05 3.7 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.92 7.5 13.92 7.5 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.41 5.2 8.44 5.4 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.15 3.4 6.99 2.9 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.59 5.3 6.63 5.0 9.10 3.5 Health service................................................ 9.61 2.5 8.51 3.6 10.98 4.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.43 5.4 9.00 6.4 11.29 7.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.97 3.6 8.20 4.9 10.53 5.4 Cleaning and building service................................. $8.23 4.0 $7.63 5.8 $9.24 5.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.27 2.1 6.26 2.1 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.53 3.7 7.58 5.0 9.30 5.7 Personal service.............................................. 12.42 12.2 13.76 15.5 9.42 4.7 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.99 3.7 € € 8.73 4.1 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $8.03 4.1 $7.90 4.4 $10.08 5.5 All excluding sales............................................... 8.30 4.9 8.16 5.2 10.08 5.5 White collar........................................................ 10.27 5.3 10.27 5.7 10.34 8.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.04 7.2 13.50 8.2 10.34 8.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.97 8.8 18.54 8.3 11.50 13.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 18.09 10.8 20.94 9.2 11.50 13.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.16 6.2 23.42 6.3 - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.57 6.0 22.98 6.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.35 7.2 - - 27.01 3.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.14 13.0 14.67 14.7 9.14 6.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 13.15 13.5 13.06 15.1 € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 13.79 9.8 13.79 9.8 € € Sales............................................................. 6.72 3.5 6.72 3.5 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 6.99 2.7 6.99 2.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.27 3.8 6.27 3.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.59 3.9 9.78 4.0 7.44 4.6 General office clerks....................................... 8.78 10.7 8.95 11.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.26 5.8 6.97 6.3 10.90 6.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 7.81 16.0 - - 10.90 6.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.27 3.8 6.27 3.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.68 1.7 5.68 1.7 € € Service............................................................. 6.16 4.8 6.10 5.0 8.02 4.4 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.30 6.7 5.16 6.9 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.68 16.7 3.68 16.7 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.59 17.6 3.59 17.6 € € Other food service........................................... 6.17 4.1 6.03 3.7 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.08 3.8 6.08 3.8 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.93 6.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.59 4.5 8.59 4.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. $5.81 4.6 $5.81 4.6 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 5.82 4.8 5.82 4.8 € € Personal service.............................................. 5.79 5.3 5.57 3.9 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $726 2.5 39.9 $720 3.1 40.0 $748 2.7 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 725 2.5 39.9 717 3.3 40.0 749 2.7 39.6 White collar........................................................ 889 2.4 40.0 902 3.0 40.1 852 3.1 39.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 909 2.4 39.8 933 3.1 40.0 855 3.1 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,060 2.6 39.6 1,092 3.6 39.8 1,011 3.1 39.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,128 2.4 40.0 1,190 3.6 40.8 1,052 2.9 39.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,328 4.9 41.4 1,328 4.9 41.4 € € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 1,783 7.6 40.9 1,783 7.6 40.9 € € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 1,401 6.5 40.5 1,401 6.5 40.5 € € € Civil engineers............................................. 1,541 13.0 42.8 1,541 13.0 42.8 € € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,275 5.8 40.5 1,275 5.8 40.5 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,342 5.2 42.2 1,342 5.2 42.2 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,229 4.6 40.5 1,240 4.6 40.5 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,240 4.7 40.6 1,252 4.6 40.6 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 994 7.6 40.3 1,069 7.9 40.3 - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 1,246 11.8 40.6 1,246 11.8 40.6 € € € Health related................................................ 970 5.5 39.9 966 7.8 39.9 979 5.4 39.8 Registered nurses........................................... 881 2.4 39.8 857 2.5 39.9 927 4.7 39.8 Pharmacists................................................. 1,220 4.1 40.0 1,210 4.0 40.0 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,531 11.6 37.6 - - - 1,541 11.9 37.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,951 13.9 37.7 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,052 1.5 39.1 787 6.6 39.7 1,062 1.5 39.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,040 1.2 38.6 794 14.4 40.0 1,044 1.2 38.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,055 1.4 39.5 € € € 1,058 1.4 39.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,030 4.9 39.8 713 10.0 39.5 1,076 4.3 39.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,161 10.4 39.8 € € € 1,182 10.6 39.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 814 17.1 39.0 - - - 818 19.1 38.8 Librarians.................................................. 814 17.1 39.0 € € € 818 19.1 38.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 599 5.0 40.0 611 11.7 40.0 596 5.6 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 592 4.8 40.0 € € € 596 5.6 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 1,890 20.8 42.2 - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 1,986 21.3 42.5 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,000 17.3 39.7 1,001 19.1 39.7 - - - Designers................................................... 661 30.3 40.0 661 30.3 40.0 € € € Technical....................................................... 830 7.3 38.0 872 8.0 37.6 614 10.9 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 583 10.6 40.0 583 10.6 40.0 € € € Radiological technicians.................................... 869 19.7 40.0 € € € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 549 1.8 39.7 548 2.0 39.7 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $597 5.4 40.0 $599 5.6 40.0 € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 863 7.9 40.0 866 7.9 40.0 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 760 9.9 40.0 787 13.0 40.0 € € € Drafters.................................................... 1,090 7.7 40.0 1,090 7.7 40.0 € € € Chemical technicians........................................ 952 3.8 40.4 952 3.8 40.4 € € € Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 1,637 21.2 20.9 1,637 21.2 20.9 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 614 13.9 41.1 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,308 3.0 40.7 1,365 3.2 40.9 $1,082 6.8 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,452 3.9 40.9 1,568 3.9 41.3 1,140 7.4 39.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,109 15.2 40.0 € € € 1,108 15.3 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,472 9.5 41.2 1,491 9.8 41.2 € € € Purchasing managers......................................... 1,439 12.9 41.0 1,439 12.9 41.0 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,705 9.6 40.9 1,705 9.6 40.9 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,352 6.5 39.7 € € € 1,353 6.7 39.8 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,018 9.4 40.0 1,012 9.7 40.0 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 1,401 30.9 39.5 1,526 29.0 40.0 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,571 5.3 41.6 1,664 4.5 41.8 € € € Management related............................................ 1,070 4.1 40.3 1,097 4.3 40.3 790 10.5 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,011 4.8 40.1 1,011 4.8 40.1 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 1,316 12.2 41.1 1,316 12.2 41.1 € € € Management analysts......................................... 1,192 5.9 40.9 1,192 5.9 40.9 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 989 14.3 39.9 1,096 15.7 39.9 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 909 13.9 40.0 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,020 7.2 40.2 1,023 7.9 40.3 € € € Sales............................................................. 741 9.3 40.9 746 9.3 40.9 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 870 9.7 40.6 870 9.7 40.6 € € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 719 21.5 39.1 719 21.5 39.1 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 913 16.5 40.3 913 16.5 40.3 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 989 11.1 40.4 989 11.1 40.4 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 962 18.4 49.9 962 18.4 49.9 € € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 941 6.8 42.8 941 6.8 42.8 € € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 896 4.3 49.5 896 4.3 49.5 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 345 8.6 39.2 345 8.6 39.2 € € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 387 6.9 39.3 387 6.9 39.3 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 292 4.4 38.6 289 4.7 38.4 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 520 13.0 39.4 520 13.0 39.4 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 504 1.8 39.7 521 2.2 39.7 455 2.3 39.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 631 5.2 40.1 648 6.5 40.2 € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 740 9.2 40.5 740 9.2 40.5 € € € Computer operators.......................................... $610 10.1 40.0 $610 10.1 40.0 € € € Secretaries................................................. 585 2.9 39.9 629 3.0 39.9 $485 4.0 39.8 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 522 17.5 40.0 522 17.5 40.0 € € € Receptionists............................................... 386 7.4 37.7 379 7.8 37.7 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 534 11.8 40.0 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 519 9.1 39.6 519 9.1 39.6 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 472 8.5 39.8 472 8.5 39.8 € € € File clerks................................................. 413 5.8 39.8 416 6.0 39.8 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 475 5.4 39.7 481 8.8 39.7 470 6.3 39.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 473 3.6 39.3 472 3.8 39.2 € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 526 7.1 40.0 € € € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 501 15.9 40.1 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 631 5.9 40.0 650 5.5 40.0 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 414 6.8 39.8 399 5.9 39.8 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 399 7.9 40.0 416 8.8 40.0 € € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 575 8.1 40.0 € € € € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 526 5.2 37.6 526 5.2 37.6 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 559 6.6 39.8 562 6.8 39.8 € € € General office clerks....................................... 463 3.5 39.8 495 4.8 39.7 422 3.7 40.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 390 6.2 40.0 390 6.2 40.0 € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 417 2.1 39.6 € € € 417 2.1 39.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 515 4.0 39.9 526 5.4 39.9 492 5.4 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 547 3.6 40.4 549 3.9 40.5 518 3.8 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 717 3.1 40.2 727 3.2 40.3 593 6.0 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 938 8.7 40.0 995 8.9 40.0 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 844 10.2 43.8 856 10.4 43.9 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 617 7.3 40.0 606 8.6 40.0 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 619 6.4 40.0 624 6.6 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 662 7.7 39.8 675 8.8 39.8 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 697 3.2 40.0 693 3.4 40.0 € € € Carpenters.................................................. 680 7.0 40.0 680 7.0 40.0 € € € Electricians................................................ 769 3.3 40.0 787 3.3 40.0 € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 686 10.4 40.0 692 10.8 40.0 € € € Insulation workers.......................................... 539 13.1 40.0 539 13.1 40.0 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 380 10.1 40.0 368 10.0 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 926 9.4 40.3 998 7.7 40.3 € € € Machinists.................................................. 740 4.4 40.0 740 4.4 40.0 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 453 12.1 38.6 453 12.1 38.6 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 895 16.3 43.0 895 16.3 43.0 € € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. $933 1.3 40.2 $933 1.3 40.2 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 450 5.9 40.0 450 5.9 40.0 - - - Printing press operators.................................... 519 8.0 40.0 519 8.0 40.0 € € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 308 3.4 39.9 308 3.4 39.9 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 519 10.8 40.0 519 10.8 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 503 6.1 40.0 503 6.1 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 329 11.8 40.0 329 11.8 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 508 9.6 40.0 508 9.8 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 557 4.4 42.3 563 4.8 42.8 $511 7.9 37.9 Truck drivers............................................... 565 9.4 47.4 571 9.5 47.7 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 564 10.5 38.1 € € € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 394 4.6 40.0 394 4.6 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 630 12.9 40.0 643 12.9 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 356 4.6 40.1 350 4.9 40.1 415 4.6 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 390 5.8 40.0 € € € 417 6.4 40.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 417 5.5 41.1 420 6.6 41.4 € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 412 4.6 40.0 388 5.1 40.0 € € € Construction laborers....................................... 345 10.0 40.0 341 10.4 40.0 € € € Production helpers.......................................... 413 11.5 40.0 413 11.5 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 365 8.6 40.6 365 8.6 40.6 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 344 15.5 39.9 344 15.5 39.9 € € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 353 9.3 40.4 346 9.6 40.5 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 302 4.9 40.0 302 4.9 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 348 11.6 39.9 342 12.8 39.9 404 12.2 40.0 Service............................................................. 400 4.2 38.6 307 4.3 37.6 527 4.8 39.9 Protective service............................................ 651 4.6 40.9 365 7.0 40.0 681 4.2 41.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 751 4.3 40.0 € € € 751 4.3 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 742 3.2 40.0 € € € 742 3.2 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 476 2.9 40.0 € € € 476 2.9 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 402 4.6 40.0 390 4.4 40.0 € € € Food service.................................................. 278 7.2 38.0 272 8.3 38.4 318 6.3 35.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 175 23.4 37.0 175 23.4 37.0 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 159 31.2 36.8 159 31.2 36.8 € € € Other food service........................................... 320 4.9 38.4 320 5.8 39.2 318 6.3 35.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 639 11.6 45.9 639 11.6 45.9 € € € Cooks....................................................... 314 6.0 37.4 321 5.9 38.0 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 268 4.1 37.5 263 3.7 37.6 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 286 5.1 37.7 260 5.3 39.2 323 6.1 35.5 Health service................................................ $378 2.6 39.3 $332 4.0 39.0 $436 4.4 39.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 415 5.3 39.8 360 6.4 40.0 448 7.1 39.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 349 4.0 38.9 316 5.6 38.5 419 5.5 39.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 327 4.1 39.7 302 6.0 39.6 368 5.5 39.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 247 2.7 39.4 246 2.8 39.4 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 340 3.7 39.8 302 5.1 39.8 370 5.7 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 391 5.4 31.5 395 6.7 28.7 377 4.7 40.0 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 360 3.7 40.0 € € € 349 4.1 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SUR- VEY 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $36,478 2.5 2,007 $37,302 3.1 2,076 $33,986 2.7 1,799 All excluding sales............................................... 36,326 2.5 1,998 37,155 3.3 2,071 34,042 2.7 1,798 White collar........................................................ 43,908 2.4 1,975 46,687 3.0 2,078 37,395 3.1 1,733 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,623 2.4 1,955 48,254 3.1 2,069 37,489 3.1 1,731 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,872 2.6 1,861 56,164 3.6 2,047 41,871 3.1 1,625 Professional specialty.......................................... 51,683 2.4 1,835 61,135 3.6 2,094 42,682 2.9 1,587 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 69,035 4.9 2,155 69,035 4.9 2,155 € € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 92,727 7.6 2,126 92,727 7.6 2,126 € € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 72,856 6.5 2,105 72,856 6.5 2,105 € € € Civil engineers............................................. 80,114 13.0 2,228 80,114 13.0 2,228 € € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 66,283 5.8 2,106 66,283 5.8 2,106 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 69,794 5.2 2,193 69,794 5.2 2,193 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 63,914 4.6 2,106 64,496 4.6 2,107 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 64,458 4.7 2,111 65,091 4.6 2,112 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 51,688 7.6 2,093 55,581 7.9 2,096 - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 64,792 11.8 2,111 64,792 11.8 2,111 € € € Health related................................................ 48,805 5.5 2,007 49,062 7.8 2,027 48,284 5.4 1,965 Registered nurses........................................... 44,515 2.4 2,014 43,612 2.5 2,030 46,209 4.7 1,985 Pharmacists................................................. 60,141 4.1 1,972 57,572 4.0 1,903 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 64,876 11.6 1,594 - - - 64,998 11.9 1,581 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 89,846 13.9 1,734 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,716 1.5 1,477 33,421 6.6 1,688 39,906 1.5 1,471 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38,716 1.2 1,439 29,042 14.4 1,463 38,880 1.2 1,438 Secondary school teachers................................... 39,280 1.4 1,472 € € € 39,337 1.4 1,470 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 39,980 4.9 1,546 33,982 10.0 1,885 40,675 4.3 1,507 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 49,068 10.4 1,681 € € € 49,614 10.6 1,670 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 35,094 17.1 1,681 - - - 34,892 19.1 1,658 Librarians.................................................. 35,094 17.1 1,681 € € € 34,892 19.1 1,658 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,427 5.0 2,031 28,536 11.7 1,868 31,001 5.6 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 30,000 4.8 2,027 € € € 31,001 5.6 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ 98,301 20.8 2,192 - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 103,250 21.3 2,209 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 51,309 17.3 2,037 51,298 19.1 2,033 - - - Designers................................................... 34,367 30.3 2,080 34,367 30.3 2,080 € € € Technical....................................................... 42,861 7.3 1,963 44,971 8.0 1,940 31,911 10.9 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 29,476 10.6 2,023 29,476 10.6 2,023 € € € Radiological technicians.................................... 45,185 19.7 2,079 € € € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,904 1.8 2,021 27,704 2.0 2,008 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $31,030 5.4 2,080 $31,168 5.6 2,080 € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 44,892 7.9 2,080 45,019 7.9 2,080 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 39,534 9.9 2,080 40,898 13.0 2,080 € € € Drafters.................................................... 56,692 7.7 2,080 56,692 7.7 2,080 € € € Chemical technicians........................................ 49,518 3.8 2,099 49,518 3.8 2,099 € € € Airplane pilots and navigators.............................. 85,108 21.2 1,088 85,108 21.2 1,088 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 31,904 13.9 2,137 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 67,433 3.0 2,097 70,963 3.2 2,126 $54,023 6.8 1,990 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 74,617 3.9 2,103 81,456 3.9 2,147 56,888 7.4 1,988 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55,431 15.2 1,999 € € € 55,364 15.3 1,999 Financial managers.......................................... 76,531 9.5 2,141 77,551 9.8 2,144 € € € Purchasing managers......................................... 74,830 12.9 2,130 74,830 12.9 2,130 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 88,636 9.6 2,128 88,636 9.6 2,128 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 66,474 6.5 1,954 € € € 66,825 6.7 1,963 Managers, medicine and health............................... 52,957 9.4 2,080 52,645 9.7 2,080 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 69,513 30.9 1,960 79,373 29.0 2,080 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 81,687 5.3 2,164 86,504 4.5 2,176 € € € Management related............................................ 55,450 4.1 2,088 57,059 4.3 2,097 39,515 10.5 2,001 Accountants and auditors.................................... 52,591 4.8 2,085 52,591 4.8 2,085 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 68,406 12.2 2,139 68,406 12.2 2,139 € € € Management analysts......................................... 61,989 5.9 2,126 61,989 5.9 2,126 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 51,428 14.3 2,075 56,983 15.7 2,073 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 47,249 13.9 2,080 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,492 7.2 2,071 53,201 7.9 2,094 € € € Sales............................................................. 38,532 9.3 2,128 38,786 9.3 2,128 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 45,256 9.7 2,113 45,256 9.7 2,113 € € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 37,404 21.5 2,033 37,404 21.5 2,033 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 47,474 16.5 2,097 47,474 16.5 2,097 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 51,445 11.1 2,103 51,445 11.1 2,103 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 50,047 18.4 2,595 50,047 18.4 2,595 € € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 48,947 6.8 2,226 48,947 6.8 2,226 € € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 46,595 4.3 2,573 46,595 4.3 2,573 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 17,916 8.6 2,040 17,916 8.6 2,040 € € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 20,136 6.9 2,045 20,136 6.9 2,045 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 15,195 4.4 2,006 15,019 4.7 1,998 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 27,050 13.0 2,047 27,050 13.0 2,047 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,445 1.8 2,003 27,020 2.2 2,058 21,185 2.3 1,854 Supervisors, general office................................. 32,817 5.2 2,085 33,719 6.5 2,089 € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 38,477 9.2 2,108 38,477 9.2 2,108 € € € Computer operators.......................................... $31,704 10.1 2,080 $31,704 10.1 2,080 € € € Secretaries................................................. 29,776 2.9 2,031 32,696 3.0 2,075 $23,594 4.0 1,938 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 27,168 17.5 2,080 27,168 17.5 2,080 € € € Receptionists............................................... 19,215 7.4 1,878 19,043 7.8 1,894 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 27,760 11.8 2,080 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 26,981 9.1 2,059 26,981 9.1 2,059 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 24,523 8.5 2,070 24,523 8.5 2,070 € € € File clerks................................................. 21,478 5.8 2,070 21,646 6.0 2,070 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,996 5.4 2,006 25,001 8.8 2,064 23,097 6.3 1,954 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,453 3.6 2,029 24,554 3.8 2,038 € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 27,357 7.1 2,080 € € € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 26,071 15.9 2,083 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 31,187 5.9 1,978 32,003 5.5 1,970 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 21,531 6.8 2,072 20,728 5.9 2,071 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 20,733 7.9 2,080 21,620 8.8 2,080 € € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 29,903 8.1 2,080 € € € € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 27,339 5.2 1,955 27,339 5.2 1,955 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 29,043 6.6 2,068 29,217 6.8 2,068 € € € General office clerks....................................... 23,323 3.5 2,009 25,753 4.8 2,066 20,503 3.7 1,943 Data entry keyers........................................... 20,265 6.2 2,080 20,265 6.2 2,080 € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 15,456 2.1 1,468 € € € 15,456 2.1 1,468 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 26,520 4.0 2,058 27,345 5.4 2,075 24,878 5.4 2,024 Blue collar......................................................... 28,366 3.6 2,098 28,535 3.9 2,106 26,076 3.8 1,987 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,257 3.1 2,092 37,793 3.2 2,093 30,735 6.0 2,073 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 48,760 8.7 2,080 51,730 8.9 2,080 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 43,879 10.2 2,278 44,504 10.4 2,285 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 32,102 7.3 2,080 31,534 8.6 2,080 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 32,203 6.4 2,080 32,445 6.6 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 34,426 7.7 2,070 35,095 8.8 2,069 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 36,245 3.2 2,080 36,052 3.4 2,080 € € € Carpenters.................................................. 35,385 7.0 2,080 35,385 7.0 2,080 € € € Electricians................................................ 39,984 3.3 2,080 40,902 3.3 2,080 € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 35,664 10.4 2,080 35,971 10.8 2,080 € € € Insulation workers.......................................... 28,016 13.1 2,080 28,016 13.1 2,080 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19,739 10.1 2,080 19,159 10.0 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 48,130 9.4 2,094 51,920 7.7 2,096 € € € Machinists.................................................. 38,462 4.4 2,080 38,462 4.4 2,080 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 23,573 12.1 2,007 23,573 12.1 2,007 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 46,529 16.3 2,239 46,529 16.3 2,239 € € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. $48,516 1.3 2,088 $48,516 1.3 2,088 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,417 5.9 2,080 23,411 5.9 2,080 - - - Printing press operators.................................... 27,012 8.0 2,080 27,012 8.0 2,080 € € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 15,994 3.4 2,076 15,994 3.4 2,076 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,994 10.8 2,080 26,994 10.8 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 26,156 6.1 2,080 26,156 6.1 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 17,133 11.8 2,080 17,133 11.8 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, chec