NC BL 12/00/2002 Table: Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, Bulletin 3115-18, July 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 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................................................................. $13.01 3.8 35.7 $10.43 4.9 33.9 $16.96 5.2 39.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.50 4.8 37.6 14.39 6.9 36.7 20.39 5.3 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.97 3.0 38.0 19.20 6.1 38.5 24.87 2.5 37.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.22 8.1 41.0 22.68 7.6 42.7 26.79 10.6 40.0 Sales............................................................. 10.47 11.3 34.3 10.47 11.3 34.3 € € € Administrative support............................................ 10.60 10.4 37.9 11.33 20.7 36.2 10.00 3.8 39.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 9.72 5.0 37.5 9.37 5.5 37.4 11.33 8.0 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.40 8.5 39.8 14.13 12.8 39.7 14.97 4.9 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 8.33 4.7 37.0 8.33 4.7 37.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.15 9.1 41.5 12.00 10.8 45.5 9.26 4.5 34.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 6.95 4.9 34.7 6.72 5.3 34.1 8.53 3.9 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 7.53 4.9 31.2 5.88 5.5 27.4 10.31 5.6 40.7 Full time........................................................... 14.31 4.0 39.6 11.91 5.6 39.8 17.07 5.2 39.5 Part time........................................................... 6.26 6.4 23.6 6.17 6.7 23.7 - - - Union............................................................... 21.97 9.6 37.1 - - - - - - Nonunion............................................................ 12.72 3.8 35.7 10.01 4.2 33.7 16.80 5.4 39.2 Time................................................................ 13.01 4.1 35.4 10.20 5.9 33.2 16.96 5.2 39.0 Incentive........................................................... 13.05 9.1 44.2 13.05 9.1 44.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 11.31 7.0 38.4 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 10.15 6.1 32.7 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.20 11.8 36.6 9.83 13.7 36.2 13.73 5.4 40.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 11.77 5.1 32.7 10.17 6.0 31.5 17.79 6.4 38.1 500 workers or more................................................. 15.19 5.4 37.6 11.62 8.1 35.2 17.00 6.4 39.0 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. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 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................................................................... $13.01 3.8 $10.43 4.9 $16.96 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 13.23 4.1 10.43 5.7 16.96 5.2 White collar........................................................ 17.50 4.8 14.39 6.9 20.39 5.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.85 4.4 16.36 7.4 20.39 5.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.97 3.0 19.20 6.1 24.87 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.02 2.2 25.15 4.8 25.00 2.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 26.30 4.6 26.45 5.6 - - Registered nurses........................................... 25.17 3.6 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.16 1.9 - - 26.17 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 1.6 € € 26.97 1.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.73 .9 € € 26.77 .9 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.53 5.1 - - 14.40 5.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.53 5.1 € € 14.40 5.5 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.32 3.6 15.26 3.7 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.31 3.8 15.07 3.6 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.22 8.1 22.68 7.6 26.79 10.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.29 7.9 22.88 7.6 31.43 7.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.59 27.5 € € 26.59 27.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.14 8.9 € € € € Management related............................................ 18.19 8.9 - - 18.33 9.2 Sales............................................................. 10.47 11.3 10.47 11.3 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.91 10.8 8.91 10.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 8.0 8.26 8.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.60 10.4 11.33 20.7 10.00 3.8 Secretaries................................................. 11.39 8.1 € € 11.47 8.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.28 2.4 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 8.80 4.0 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 9.64 4.4 € € 9.72 5.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 8.91 1.7 € € 8.91 1.7 Blue collar......................................................... 9.72 5.0 9.37 5.5 11.33 8.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.40 8.5 14.13 12.8 14.97 4.9 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 9.63 9.3 € € 9.63 9.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.33 4.7 8.33 4.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $8.86 6.4 $8.86 6.4 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.15 9.1 12.00 10.8 $9.26 4.5 Truck drivers............................................... 11.97 13.7 12.07 13.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.95 4.9 6.72 5.3 8.53 3.9 Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.68 1.9 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.77 4.2 5.77 4.2 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.36 5.9 9.36 5.9 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.36 15.4 € € 8.32 4.3 Service............................................................. 7.53 4.9 5.88 5.5 10.31 5.6 Protective service............................................ 10.87 16.6 - - 13.11 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.58 8.9 € € 15.58 8.9 Food service.................................................. 6.49 12.7 4.86 16.0 9.13 7.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.12 16.8 3.12 16.8 € € Other food service........................................... 8.24 6.5 7.01 6.1 9.13 7.4 Cooks....................................................... 7.72 4.1 7.45 4.7 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.34 10.1 7.34 10.1 € € Health service................................................ 10.17 9.1 7.73 4.3 - - Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.91 15.2 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.55 12.8 7.04 3.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.20 3.5 6.22 3.6 7.82 2.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 2.7 6.67 3.4 7.82 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 6.11 1.5 5.99 1.1 - - Welfare service aides....................................... 6.07 1.6 5.96 1.2 € € 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. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.31 4.0 $11.91 5.6 $17.07 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 14.48 4.2 11.92 6.3 17.07 5.2 White collar........................................................ 18.31 4.4 15.49 6.8 20.59 5.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.19 4.3 16.82 7.0 20.59 5.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 2.9 19.10 6.2 25.37 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.46 1.9 25.18 4.9 25.51 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 26.39 4.7 26.57 5.8 - - Registered nurses........................................... 25.32 3.8 25.18 4.3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.86 1.1 - - 26.88 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 1.6 € € 26.97 1.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.73 .9 € € 26.77 .9 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.53 5.1 - - 14.40 5.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.53 5.1 € € 14.40 5.5 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.32 3.6 15.26 3.7 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.31 3.8 15.07 3.6 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.22 8.1 22.68 7.6 26.79 10.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.29 7.9 22.88 7.6 31.43 7.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.59 27.5 € € 26.59 27.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.14 8.9 € € € € Management related............................................ 18.19 8.9 - - 18.33 9.2 Sales............................................................. 11.87 13.4 11.87 13.4 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.09 12.1 9.09 12.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.78 10.7 11.89 21.8 10.00 3.8 Secretaries................................................. 11.39 8.1 € € 11.47 8.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.28 2.4 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 8.84 3.9 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 9.66 4.4 € € 9.72 5.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 8.91 1.7 € € 8.91 1.7 Blue collar......................................................... 10.11 5.1 9.80 5.7 11.39 8.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.40 8.5 14.13 12.8 14.97 4.9 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 9.63 9.3 € € 9.63 9.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.56 4.7 8.56 4.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 8.86 6.4 8.86 6.4 € € Transportation and material moving................................ $11.22 9.5 $12.07 11.1 - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.95 14.0 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.04 5.0 6.73 5.3 $8.53 3.9 Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.68 1.9 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.01 6.2 6.01 6.2 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.02 14.4 € € 8.32 4.3 Service............................................................. 8.83 4.8 6.74 5.6 10.31 5.6 Protective service............................................ 11.33 14.2 - - 13.11 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.58 8.9 € € 15.58 8.9 Food service.................................................. 7.94 7.9 6.50 10.7 9.13 7.4 Other food service........................................... 8.57 6.2 7.51 6.7 9.13 7.4 Cooks....................................................... 7.72 4.1 7.45 4.7 € € Health service................................................ 10.28 9.8 7.75 4.8 - - Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.12 16.3 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.59 13.0 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.49 2.9 6.55 3.4 7.82 2.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.62 2.7 6.82 1.9 7.82 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 6.94 4.3 - - - - 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. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 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................................................................... $6.26 6.4 $6.17 6.7 - - All excluding sales............................................... 6.04 7.0 5.92 7.3 - - White collar........................................................ 8.16 7.2 8.13 8.0 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.44 15.8 - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 7.43 7.1 7.43 7.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.59 7.0 6.59 7.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ - - - - € € Blue collar......................................................... 6.79 6.6 6.64 6.9 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.68 7.6 6.68 7.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.48 1.8 5.48 1.8 € € Service............................................................. 5.26 8.1 5.26 8.1 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 3.19 21.2 3.19 21.2 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. 5.96 1.2 5.96 1.2 € € Welfare service aides....................................... 5.96 1.2 5.96 1.2 € € 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. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 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................................................................... $567 3.9 39.6 $474 5.5 39.8 $674 5.1 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 575 4.1 39.7 477 6.1 40.0 674 5.1 39.5 White collar........................................................ 719 4.5 39.3 614 7.2 39.6 802 5.2 39.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 756 4.3 39.4 675 7.1 40.2 802 5.2 39.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 904 2.8 38.9 761 6.2 39.8 974 2.1 38.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 983 1.9 38.6 1,003 4.9 39.8 979 2.1 38.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 1,055 4.7 40.0 1,063 5.8 40.0 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 1,013 3.8 40.0 1,007 4.3 40.0 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - € € € - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,018 1.4 37.9 - - - 1,020 1.4 37.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,020 1.8 37.8 € € € 1,020 1.8 37.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,011 1.1 37.8 € € € 1,015 1.2 37.9 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 581 5.1 40.0 - - - 576 5.5 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 581 5.1 40.0 € € € 576 5.5 40.0 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 609 3.6 39.8 607 3.7 39.8 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 606 3.5 39.6 597 3.2 39.6 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,033 7.7 41.0 967 7.3 42.7 1,072 10.6 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,127 7.0 41.3 978 7.2 42.7 1,257 7.8 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,064 27.5 40.0 € € € 1,064 27.5 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,156 5.2 44.2 € € € € € € Management related............................................ 728 8.9 40.0 - - - 733 9.2 40.0 Sales............................................................. 454 15.2 38.3 454 15.2 38.3 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 320 8.6 35.2 320 8.6 35.2 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 427 10.8 39.6 473 21.9 39.7 395 4.0 39.5 Secretaries................................................. 456 8.1 40.0 € € € 459 8.3 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 331 2.5 40.0 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 349 4.4 39.5 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 382 4.8 39.5 € € € 389 5.0 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 344 1.9 38.6 € € € 344 1.9 38.6 Blue collar......................................................... 407 5.6 40.2 395 6.5 40.3 456 8.2 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 573 8.6 39.8 561 12.9 39.7 599 4.9 40.0 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... $385 9.3 40.0 € € € $385 9.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 343 4.7 40.0 $343 4.7 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 354 6.4 40.0 354 6.4 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 501 16.2 44.7 567 19.5 47.0 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 573 24.5 47.9 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 268 4.8 38.1 254 5.0 37.7 341 3.9 40.0 Helpers, construction trades................................ 307 1.9 40.0 € € € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 240 6.2 40.0 240 6.2 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 281 14.4 40.0 € € € 333 4.2 40.0 Service............................................................. 353 5.0 40.0 263 5.4 39.0 419 6.0 40.7 Protective service............................................ 489 15.5 43.2 - - - 579 7.1 44.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 633 7.9 40.6 € € € 633 7.9 40.6 Food service.................................................. 307 8.0 38.6 248 9.1 38.1 356 7.8 39.0 Other food service........................................... 329 6.5 38.3 279 3.7 37.2 356 7.8 39.0 Cooks....................................................... 294 2.5 38.0 293 4.0 39.3 € € € Health service................................................ 404 10.1 39.3 302 6.1 39.0 - - - Health aides, except nursing................................ 434 16.4 39.0 € € € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 378 13.2 39.5 € € € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 300 2.9 40.0 262 3.4 40.0 313 2.9 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 305 2.7 40.0 273 1.9 40.0 313 2.9 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 277 4.3 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. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 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................................................................... $27,008 3.9 1,887 $24,528 5.5 2,059 $29,401 5.1 1,722 All excluding sales............................................... 27,230 4.1 1,881 24,656 6.1 2,069 29,401 5.1 1,722 White collar........................................................ 32,854 4.5 1,794 31,837 7.2 2,056 33,501 5.2 1,627 White collar excluding sales.................................... 33,969 4.3 1,770 34,987 7.1 2,081 33,501 5.2 1,627 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 39,034 2.8 1,678 39,385 6.2 2,062 38,901 2.1 1,533 Professional specialty.......................................... 40,618 1.9 1,596 51,615 4.9 2,050 38,975 2.1 1,528 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 54,884 4.7 2,080 55,264 5.8 2,080 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 52,658 3.8 2,080 52,366 4.3 2,080 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - € € € - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 38,150 1.4 1,420 - - - 38,192 1.4 1,421 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38,076 1.8 1,412 € € € 38,076 1.8 1,412 Secondary school teachers................................... 37,979 1.1 1,421 € € € 38,068 1.2 1,422 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,226 5.1 2,080 - - - 29,950 5.5 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 30,226 5.1 2,080 € € € 29,950 5.5 2,080 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 31,644 3.6 2,065 31,580 3.7 2,069 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 31,535 3.5 2,060 31,029 3.2 2,059 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 50,559 7.7 2,005 50,310 7.3 2,218 50,691 10.6 1,892 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 54,310 7.0 1,990 50,853 7.2 2,222 56,955 7.8 1,812 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55,306 27.5 2,080 € € € 55,306 27.5 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 60,087 5.2 2,298 € € € € € € Management related............................................ 37,458 8.9 2,059 - - - 37,714 9.2 2,058 Sales............................................................. 23,633 15.2 1,991 23,633 15.2 1,991 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16,642 8.6 1,831 16,642 8.6 1,831 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 19,762 10.8 1,833 24,458 21.9 2,057 17,019 4.0 1,702 Secretaries................................................. 21,122 8.1 1,854 € € € 21,192 8.3 1,847 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16,893 2.5 2,040 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16,643 4.4 1,883 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 19,860 4.8 2,057 € € € 20,223 5.0 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 12,820 1.9 1,439 € € € 12,820 1.9 1,439 Blue collar......................................................... 20,935 5.6 2,070 20,522 6.5 2,094 22,536 8.2 1,979 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 29,797 8.6 2,069 29,160 12.9 2,063 31,132 4.9 2,080 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... $20,040 9.3 2,080 € € € $20,040 9.3 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17,813 4.7 2,080 $17,813 4.7 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18,425 6.4 2,080 18,425 6.4 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 24,777 16.2 2,208 29,486 19.5 2,443 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 29,602 24.5 2,478 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13,921 4.8 1,979 13,191 5.0 1,959 17,733 3.9 2,080 Helpers, construction trades................................ 15,964 1.9 2,080 € € € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12,502 6.2 2,080 12,502 6.2 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14,610 14.4 2,080 € € € 17,303 4.2 2,080 Service............................................................. 17,084 5.0 1,934 13,331 5.4 1,979 19,632 6.0 1,904 Protective service............................................ 25,433 15.5 2,244 - - - 30,105 7.1 2,296 Police and detectives, public service....................... 32,939 7.9 2,114 € € € 32,939 7.9 2,114 Food service.................................................. 13,433 8.0 1,691 12,605 9.1 1,940 13,969 7.8 1,530 Other food service........................................... 13,986 6.5 1,631 14,026 3.7 1,867 13,969 7.8 1,530 Cooks....................................................... 12,731 2.5 1,650 14,012 4.0 1,881 € € € Health service................................................ 21,006 10.1 2,043 15,722 6.1 2,029 - - - Health aides, except nursing................................ 22,579 16.4 2,030 € € € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,672 13.2 2,052 € € € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 15,304 2.9 2,043 13,242 3.4 2,022 16,041 2.9 2,050 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,551 2.7 2,040 13,632 1.9 1,998 16,041 2.9 2,050 Personal service.............................................. 13,315 4.3 1,919 - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $13.01 3.8 $10.43 4.9 $16.96 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 13.23 4.1 10.43 5.7 16.96 5.2 White collar........................................................ 17.50 4.8 14.39 6.9 20.39 5.3 1....................................................... 8.09 8.6 7.96 10.2 € € 2....................................................... 9.06 4.8 7.93 5.5 9.54 5.3 3....................................................... 9.12 3.8 8.64 5.4 10.18 6.3 4....................................................... 10.44 4.6 10.74 6.4 9.85 4.0 5....................................................... 12.93 6.4 14.56 4.9 9.63 4.7 6....................................................... 18.66 9.3 14.32 5.5 21.93 9.2 7....................................................... 22.68 5.5 20.78 9.5 24.74 6.6 8....................................................... 22.49 8.1 € € 22.87 9.2 9....................................................... 25.75 1.3 25.46 5.7 25.82 1.0 11........................................................ 30.75 6.3 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.85 4.4 16.36 7.4 20.39 5.3 2....................................................... 9.11 4.9 € € 9.54 5.3 3....................................................... 9.01 4.1 8.12 2.3 10.18 6.3 4....................................................... 10.87 5.8 11.89 8.0 9.85 4.0 5....................................................... 12.95 6.6 14.71 5.1 9.63 4.7 6....................................................... 19.64 9.6 14.99 8.1 21.93 9.2 7....................................................... 22.68 5.5 20.78 9.5 24.74 6.6 8....................................................... 22.77 8.1 € € 22.87 9.2 9....................................................... 25.75 1.3 25.46 5.7 25.82 1.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.97 3.0 19.20 6.1 24.87 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.02 2.2 25.15 4.8 25.00 2.5 7....................................................... 24.44 6.4 € € 25.92 7.7 8....................................................... 25.71 6.4 € € 26.34 6.9 9....................................................... 25.94 .8 € € 25.96 .8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 26.30 4.6 26.45 5.6 - - Registered nurses........................................... 25.17 3.6 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.16 1.9 - - 26.17 1.9 7....................................................... 29.87 .9 € € 29.87 .9 8....................................................... 28.23 2.5 € € 28.23 2.5 9....................................................... 25.98 .7 € € 25.98 .7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 1.6 € € 26.97 1.6 8....................................................... 27.24 1.5 € € 27.24 1.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.73 .9 € € 26.77 .9 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.53 5.1 - - 14.40 5.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.53 5.1 € € 14.40 5.5 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.32 3.6 15.26 3.7 - - 5....................................................... $14.66 5.5 $14.66 5.5 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.31 3.8 15.07 3.6 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.22 8.1 22.68 7.6 $26.79 10.6 7....................................................... 19.36 10.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 24.15 10.9 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.29 7.9 22.88 7.6 31.43 7.8 9....................................................... 25.04 11.0 € € € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.59 27.5 € € 26.59 27.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.14 8.9 € € € € Management related............................................ 18.19 8.9 - - 18.33 9.2 Sales............................................................. 10.47 11.3 10.47 11.3 € € 4....................................................... 9.56 4.1 9.56 4.1 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.91 10.8 8.91 10.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 8.0 8.26 8.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.60 10.4 11.33 20.7 10.00 3.8 2....................................................... 9.11 5.1 € € 9.54 5.3 3....................................................... 9.03 4.2 8.14 2.4 10.18 6.3 4....................................................... 9.91 3.6 10.10 5.8 9.77 4.1 Secretaries................................................. 11.39 8.1 € € 11.47 8.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.28 2.4 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 8.80 4.0 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 9.64 4.4 € € 9.72 5.0 3....................................................... 9.60 6.4 € € € € 4....................................................... 9.86 8.2 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 8.91 1.7 € € 8.91 1.7 Blue collar......................................................... 9.72 5.0 9.37 5.5 11.33 8.0 1....................................................... 5.95 3.4 5.83 2.9 7.97 1.0 2....................................................... 7.79 5.0 7.37 5.4 9.08 4.6 3....................................................... 8.55 2.5 8.61 3.1 8.35 1.2 4....................................................... 11.20 8.9 11.38 10.5 € € 5....................................................... 11.95 5.5 11.88 5.8 € € 6....................................................... 14.63 7.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.44 10.8 19.30 10.8 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.40 8.5 14.13 12.8 14.97 4.9 7....................................................... 17.46 11.2 19.47 11.1 € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 9.63 9.3 € € 9.63 9.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.33 4.7 8.33 4.7 € € 1....................................................... 6.42 4.2 6.42 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 8.89 4.2 8.89 4.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 8.86 6.4 8.86 6.4 € € Transportation and material moving................................ $11.15 9.1 $12.00 10.8 $9.26 4.5 2....................................................... 7.49 9.5 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.51 9.2 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 11.97 13.7 12.07 13.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.95 4.9 6.72 5.3 8.53 3.9 1....................................................... 5.76 4.0 5.57 2.7 € € 2....................................................... 7.88 4.7 7.76 5.8 € € 3....................................................... 8.05 2.5 7.98 3.2 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.68 1.9 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.77 4.2 5.77 4.2 € € 1....................................................... 5.58 2.6 5.58 2.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.36 5.9 9.36 5.9 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.36 15.4 € € 8.32 4.3 Service............................................................. 7.53 4.9 5.88 5.5 10.31 5.6 1....................................................... 6.80 2.7 6.21 2.4 7.76 2.9 2....................................................... 6.11 11.7 5.47 12.6 € € 3....................................................... 8.45 12.7 5.44 18.1 10.49 11.3 4....................................................... 9.18 13.5 € € 13.51 15.1 Protective service............................................ 10.87 16.6 - - 13.11 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.58 8.9 € € 15.58 8.9 Food service.................................................. 6.49 12.7 4.86 16.0 9.13 7.4 1....................................................... 7.27 5.8 6.53 14.0 € € 2....................................................... 4.44 29.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 5.50 26.9 € € € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.12 16.8 3.12 16.8 € € Other food service........................................... 8.24 6.5 7.01 6.1 9.13 7.4 1....................................................... 8.05 4.2 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.17 3.5 € € € € Cooks....................................................... 7.72 4.1 7.45 4.7 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.34 10.1 7.34 10.1 € € Health service................................................ 10.17 9.1 7.73 4.3 - - 2....................................................... 9.32 9.9 8.09 4.8 € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.91 15.2 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.55 12.8 7.04 3.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.20 3.5 6.22 3.6 7.82 2.9 1....................................................... 6.93 4.3 € € 7.44 2.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 2.7 6.67 3.4 7.82 2.9 1....................................................... 7.33 2.7 6.60 5.8 7.44 2.4 Personal service.............................................. 6.11 1.5 5.99 1.1 - - Welfare service aides....................................... 6.07 1.6 5.96 1.2 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.31 4.0 $11.91 5.6 $17.07 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 14.48 4.2 11.92 6.3 17.07 5.2 White collar........................................................ 18.31 4.4 15.49 6.8 20.59 5.3 1....................................................... 8.51 8.5 8.44 10.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.19 4.9 8.22 6.4 9.54 5.3 3....................................................... 9.32 4.2 8.76 6.2 10.18 6.3 4....................................................... 10.52 4.6 10.88 6.3 9.85 4.0 5....................................................... 13.55 5.8 14.63 4.9 € € 6....................................................... 18.66 9.3 14.32 5.5 21.93 9.2 7....................................................... 22.67 5.6 20.68 10.0 24.74 6.6 8....................................................... 22.49 8.1 € € 22.87 9.2 9....................................................... 25.73 1.3 25.35 5.8 25.82 1.0 11........................................................ 30.75 6.3 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.19 4.3 16.82 7.0 20.59 5.3 2....................................................... 9.11 4.9 € € 9.54 5.3 3....................................................... 9.25 4.2 8.25 2.8 10.18 6.3 4....................................................... 10.90 5.8 11.98 7.9 9.85 4.0 5....................................................... 13.56 6.0 14.71 5.1 € € 6....................................................... 19.64 9.6 14.99 8.1 21.93 9.2 7....................................................... 22.67 5.6 20.68 10.0 24.74 6.6 8....................................................... 22.77 8.1 € € 22.87 9.2 9....................................................... 25.73 1.3 25.35 5.8 25.82 1.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 2.9 19.10 6.2 25.37 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.46 1.9 25.18 4.9 25.51 2.1 7....................................................... 24.51 6.7 € € 25.92 7.7 8....................................................... 25.71 6.4 € € 26.34 6.9 9....................................................... 25.92 .8 € € 25.96 .8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 26.39 4.7 26.57 5.8 - - Registered nurses........................................... 25.32 3.8 25.18 4.3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.86 1.1 - - 26.88 1.1 7....................................................... 29.87 .9 € € 29.87 .9 8....................................................... 28.23 2.5 € € 28.23 2.5 9....................................................... 25.98 .7 € € 25.98 .7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 1.6 € € 26.97 1.6 8....................................................... 27.24 1.5 € € 27.24 1.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.73 .9 € € 26.77 .9 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.53 5.1 - - 14.40 5.5 Social workers.............................................. 14.53 5.1 € € 14.40 5.5 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.32 3.6 15.26 3.7 - - 5....................................................... $14.66 5.5 $14.66 5.5 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.31 3.8 15.07 3.6 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.22 8.1 22.68 7.6 $26.79 10.6 7....................................................... 19.36 10.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 24.15 10.9 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.29 7.9 22.88 7.6 31.43 7.8 9....................................................... 25.04 11.0 € € € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.59 27.5 € € 26.59 27.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.14 8.9 € € € € Management related............................................ 18.19 8.9 - - 18.33 9.2 Sales............................................................. 11.87 13.4 11.87 13.4 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.09 12.1 9.09 12.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.78 10.7 11.89 21.8 10.00 3.8 2....................................................... 9.11 5.1 € € 9.54 5.3 3....................................................... 9.28 4.2 8.27 2.8 10.18 6.3 4....................................................... 9.94 3.6 10.19 5.7 9.77 4.1 Secretaries................................................. 11.39 8.1 € € 11.47 8.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.28 2.4 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 8.84 3.9 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 9.66 4.4 € € 9.72 5.0 3....................................................... 9.63 6.3 € € € € 4....................................................... 9.86 8.2 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 8.91 1.7 € € 8.91 1.7 Blue collar......................................................... 10.11 5.1 9.80 5.7 11.39 8.2 1....................................................... 6.09 3.7 5.95 3.3 7.97 1.0 2....................................................... 7.85 5.3 7.41 5.9 9.08 4.6 3....................................................... 8.56 2.5 8.61 3.1 8.35 1.2 4....................................................... 11.63 9.5 11.75 10.6 € € 5....................................................... 11.95 5.5 11.88 5.8 € € 6....................................................... 14.63 7.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.44 10.8 19.30 10.8 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.40 8.5 14.13 12.8 14.97 4.9 7....................................................... 17.46 11.2 19.47 11.1 € € Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 9.63 9.3 € € 9.63 9.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.56 4.7 8.56 4.7 € € 1....................................................... 6.71 4.7 6.71 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 8.89 4.2 8.89 4.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 8.86 6.4 8.86 6.4 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.22 9.5 12.07 11.1 - - 2....................................................... $7.49 9.5 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 11.95 14.0 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.04 5.0 $6.73 5.3 $8.53 3.9 1....................................................... 5.86 4.6 5.63 3.1 € € 2....................................................... 8.07 4.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.07 2.5 8.00 3.2 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.68 1.9 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.01 6.2 6.01 6.2 € € 1....................................................... 5.74 3.8 5.74 3.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.02 14.4 € € 8.32 4.3 Service............................................................. 8.83 4.8 6.74 5.6 10.31 5.6 1....................................................... 7.63 3.1 7.13 9.9 7.76 2.9 2....................................................... 7.81 7.5 7.02 7.4 € € 3....................................................... 8.69 13.6 € € 10.49 11.3 4....................................................... 9.18 13.5 € € 13.51 15.1 Protective service............................................ 11.33 14.2 - - 13.11 8.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.58 8.9 € € 15.58 8.9 Food service.................................................. 7.94 7.9 6.50 10.7 9.13 7.4 1....................................................... 7.85 4.8 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.34 2.8 € € € € Other food service........................................... 8.57 6.2 7.51 6.7 9.13 7.4 2....................................................... 8.34 2.8 € € € € Cooks....................................................... 7.72 4.1 7.45 4.7 € € Health service................................................ 10.28 9.8 7.75 4.8 - - 2....................................................... 9.31 10.1 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.12 16.3 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.59 13.0 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.49 2.9 6.55 3.4 7.82 2.9 1....................................................... 7.25 3.1 € € 7.44 2.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.62 2.7 6.82 1.9 7.82 2.9 1....................................................... 7.36 2.6 € € 7.44 2.4 Personal service.............................................. $6.94 4.3 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $6.26 6.4 $6.17 6.7 - - All excluding sales............................................... 6.04 7.0 5.92 7.3 - - White collar........................................................ 8.16 7.2 8.13 8.0 - - 1....................................................... 6.87 10.0 6.87 10.0 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.44 15.8 - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 7.43 7.1 7.43 7.1 € € 1....................................................... 6.87 10.0 6.87 10.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.59 7.0 6.59 7.0 € € 1....................................................... 6.70 9.5 6.70 9.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ - - - - € € Blue collar......................................................... 6.79 6.6 6.64 6.9 - - 1....................................................... 5.42 1.2 5.42 1.2 € € 2....................................................... 7.08 8.7 7.08 8.7 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.68 7.6 6.68 7.6 € € 1....................................................... 5.40 1.7 5.40 1.7 € € 2....................................................... 7.08 8.7 7.08 8.7 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.48 1.8 5.48 1.8 € € 1....................................................... 5.39 1.8 5.39 1.8 € € Service............................................................. 5.26 8.1 5.26 8.1 € € 2....................................................... 3.88 16.9 3.88 16.9 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 3.19 21.2 3.19 21.2 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. 5.96 1.2 5.96 1.2 € € Welfare service aides....................................... 5.96 1.2 5.96 1.2 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2002 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.31 $6.26 $21.97 $12.72 $13.01 $13.05 All excluding sales............................................. 14.48 6.04 21.97 12.92 13.20 13.78 White collar........................................................ 18.31 8.16 - 17.19 17.59 14.40 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.19 9.44 - 18.55 18.80 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 - - 22.84 22.97 € Professional specialty.......................................... 25.46 - - 24.96 25.02 € Technical....................................................... 15.32 € € 15.32 15.32 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.22 € € 25.22 25.49 - Sales............................................................. 11.87 7.43 € 10.47 10.53 10.00 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.78 - - 9.46 10.60 € Blue collar......................................................... 10.11 6.79 17.10 9.34 9.28 12.48 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.40 € - 13.28 14.40 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.56 - - 8.26 7.96 - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.22 - - 11.12 8.81 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.04 6.68 € 6.95 6.94 - Service............................................................. 8.83 5.26 € 7.53 7.53 € B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 6.4 9.6 3.8 4.1 9.1 All excluding sales............................................. 4.2 7.0 9.6 4.1 4.3 9.7 White collar........................................................ 4.4 7.2 - 4.9 4.9 22.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.3 15.8 - 4.6 4.5 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 - - 3.1 3.0 € Professional specialty.......................................... 1.9 - - 2.3 2.2 € Technical....................................................... 3.6 € € 3.6 3.6 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 € € 8.1 8.6 - Sales............................................................. 13.4 7.1 € 11.3 12.7 6.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.7 - - 3.0 10.4 € Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 6.6 22.4 5.4 6.7 6.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.5 € - 5.4 8.5 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.7 - - 4.8 5.2 - Transportation and material moving................................ 9.5 - - 9.9 8.0 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.0 7.6 € 4.9 5.0 - Service............................................................. 4.8 8.1 € 4.9 4.9 € 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is