NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Birmingham, AL, Bulletin 3115-59, March 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $16.16 3.0 38.2 $15.17 4.2 38.2 $19.74 1.7 38.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.49 3.7 38.4 18.35 5.3 38.5 22.45 1.0 38.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.33 4.2 38.4 21.88 6.3 38.8 25.22 2.5 37.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.52 4.6 40.6 27.19 4.8 40.7 29.42 15.1 40.3 Sales............................................................. 11.36 5.0 32.4 11.39 5.1 32.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.48 4.0 38.7 12.21 4.6 38.8 13.52 6.1 38.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.22 5.4 39.2 14.27 6.1 39.5 13.80 2.0 36.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.50 9.4 39.4 17.47 10.3 39.3 17.82 1.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.13 2.1 40.0 14.27 2.2 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.20 6.7 38.4 13.08 8.7 40.1 13.65 4.7 33.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.58 6.6 39.1 10.60 7.3 39.0 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.37 4.8 36.3 9.13 4.6 35.6 14.99 5.1 39.0 Full time........................................................... 16.56 2.8 39.8 15.60 4.0 39.9 19.99 1.7 39.2 Part time........................................................... 9.40 5.7 22.8 8.88 4.7 23.1 12.89 18.5 21.2 Union............................................................... 16.82 4.9 37.4 15.30 6.5 38.2 20.97 8.7 35.4 Nonunion............................................................ 16.06 3.3 38.3 15.16 4.5 38.2 19.51 2.9 38.6 Time................................................................ 16.05 3.0 38.1 14.98 4.4 38.1 19.74 1.7 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 18.87 14.3 41.1 18.87 14.3 41.1 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.76 13.4 37.4 13.78 13.4 37.5 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.05 7.9 38.3 14.56 9.1 38.4 19.48 10.3 37.2 500 workers or more................................................. 17.76 4.2 38.3 16.53 5.8 38.2 19.83 2.9 38.3 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, 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.16 3.0 $15.17 4.2 $19.74 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 16.33 3.1 15.34 4.3 19.79 1.8 White collar........................................................ 19.49 3.7 18.35 5.3 22.45 1.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.06 3.6 19.03 5.2 22.53 1.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.33 4.2 21.88 6.3 25.22 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.87 4.8 24.28 7.8 27.75 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.39 4.4 22.38 4.0 25.54 2.7 Registered nurses........................................... 22.90 4.2 – – 25.31 2.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.67 1.5 – – 27.67 1.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.56 12.7 – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.73 4.7 15.83 7.0 15.54 5.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.06 3.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.39 5.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.52 4.6 27.19 4.8 29.42 15.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.16 6.1 27.22 6.5 34.11 22.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.72 11.4 29.70 6.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.62 15.5 28.62 15.5 – – Management related............................................ 25.98 5.6 27.11 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 11.36 5.0 11.39 5.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.95 11.4 8.83 12.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.48 4.0 12.21 4.6 13.52 6.1 Secretaries................................................. 14.12 3.3 14.14 4.9 14.11 3.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.12 6.1 12.12 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.11 5.4 – – 12.62 6.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.40 3.0 12.40 3.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.22 5.4 14.27 6.1 13.80 2.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.50 9.4 17.47 10.3 17.82 1.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.13 2.1 14.27 2.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 3.4 11.89 3.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.20 6.7 13.08 8.7 13.65 4.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $10.58 6.6 $10.60 7.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.19 10.6 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.37 4.8 9.13 4.6 $14.99 5.1 Protective service............................................ 11.78 20.1 8.73 3.5 17.77 1.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.75 3.7 8.74 3.6 – – Food service.................................................. 10.21 19.9 10.22 22.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 11.44 21.8 11.66 24.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.27 3.2 10.16 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.52 4.9 9.52 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.14 5.4 $7.33 6.0 $10.79 14.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.86 5.3 7.31 7.7 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.56 2.8 $15.60 4.0 $19.99 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 16.68 2.9 15.70 4.1 20.03 1.6 White collar........................................................ 19.87 3.9 18.79 5.4 22.62 1.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.28 3.8 19.25 5.4 22.70 .9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.38 4.3 21.87 6.5 25.30 2.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.95 5.0 24.39 8.4 27.71 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.37 4.8 – – 25.31 2.8 Registered nurses........................................... 22.96 4.7 – – 25.31 2.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.67 1.5 – – 27.67 1.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.84 4.7 15.83 7.0 15.88 4.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.06 3.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.39 5.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.52 4.6 27.19 4.8 29.42 15.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.16 6.1 27.22 6.5 34.11 22.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.72 11.4 29.70 6.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.62 15.5 28.62 15.5 – – Management related............................................ 25.98 5.6 27.11 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 12.66 2.2 12.74 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.68 4.1 12.41 4.7 13.72 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 14.12 3.3 14.14 4.9 14.11 3.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.12 6.1 12.12 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.88 4.0 – – 12.94 6.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.40 3.0 12.40 3.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.39 5.5 14.44 6.1 13.92 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.67 9.4 17.66 10.2 17.82 1.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.13 2.1 14.27 2.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 3.4 11.89 3.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.46 6.7 13.37 8.3 13.90 6.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $10.66 6.8 $10.69 7.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.19 10.6 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.76 6.0 9.42 5.8 $15.17 4.6 Protective service............................................ 12.14 20.1 – – 17.77 1.4 Food service.................................................. 11.21 25.9 11.39 29.6 – – Other food service........................................... 13.08 23.6 13.76 26.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.30 3.5 10.20 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.55 5.0 9.55 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.31 5.9 7.54 5.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.02 5.5 7.59 7.6 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.40 5.7 $8.88 4.7 $12.89 18.5 All excluding sales............................................... 9.78 6.0 9.22 4.8 12.89 18.5 White collar........................................................ 11.41 10.3 10.97 8.3 14.55 42.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.60 13.2 13.38 12.1 14.55 42.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.59 10.6 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.62 5.6 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.07 8.9 7.07 8.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.90 3.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.10 7.6 7.19 4.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.54 6.4 7.40 6.7 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 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................................................................... $659 2.8 39.8 $623 4.0 39.9 $783 1.8 39.2 All excluding sales............................................... 663 2.8 39.8 627 4.1 40.0 785 1.7 39.2 White collar........................................................ 789 3.8 39.7 754 5.5 40.1 873 1.1 38.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 805 3.8 39.7 774 5.5 40.2 876 1.0 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 917 4.0 39.2 877 6.6 40.1 966 2.3 38.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,011 4.7 39.0 978 8.7 40.1 1,046 1.4 37.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 935 4.7 40.0 – – – 1,013 2.8 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 918 4.6 40.0 – – – 1,013 2.8 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 986 1.2 35.6 – – – 986 1.2 35.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 634 4.7 40.0 633 7.0 40.0 635 4.5 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 602 3.8 40.0 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 576 5.6 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,118 5.0 40.6 1,107 5.4 40.7 1,186 15.4 40.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,152 6.7 40.9 1,116 7.2 41.0 1,380 23.1 40.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,270 11.4 40.0 1,189 6.0 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,217 17.7 42.5 1,217 17.7 42.5 – – – Management related............................................ 1,040 5.6 40.0 1,085 7.1 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 502 2.4 39.6 505 2.7 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 504 4.1 39.7 496 4.8 40.0 535 6.0 39.0 Secretaries................................................. 552 3.6 39.1 561 5.1 39.7 539 3.6 38.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 485 6.1 40.0 485 6.1 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 515 4.0 40.0 – – – 518 6.4 40.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 496 3.0 40.0 496 3.4 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 579 5.4 40.2 581 5.9 40.2 557 2.2 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 707 9.4 40.0 706 10.2 40.0 713 1.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 565 2.1 40.0 571 2.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $475 3.4 40.0 $475 3.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 551 7.1 40.9 550 8.7 41.1 $556 6.9 40.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 426 6.8 40.0 428 7.5 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 408 10.6 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 423 5.7 39.3 367 6.6 38.9 616 6.2 40.6 Protective service............................................ 493 22.0 40.6 – – – 750 3.2 42.2 Food service.................................................. 457 32.9 40.8 484 38.0 42.5 – – – Other food service........................................... 545 31.8 41.7 610 36.2 44.3 – – – Health service................................................ 409 2.9 39.7 405 3.3 39.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 378 5.3 39.6 378 5.5 39.6 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 292 10.0 35.1 256 13.0 33.9 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 285 14.5 35.5 260 18.6 34.2 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 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................................................................... $33,445 2.8 2,019 $32,220 4.0 2,066 $37,359 1.8 1,869 All excluding sales............................................... 33,650 2.8 2,018 32,433 4.1 2,066 37,423 1.7 1,868 White collar........................................................ 39,396 3.8 1,982 38,895 5.5 2,070 40,491 1.1 1,790 White collar excluding sales.................................... 40,115 3.8 1,978 39,876 5.5 2,071 40,601 1.0 1,789 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,365 4.0 1,898 45,238 6.6 2,068 43,441 2.3 1,717 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,824 4.7 1,843 50,361 8.7 2,065 45,543 1.4 1,644 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,457 4.7 2,073 – – – 52,653 2.8 2,080 Registered nurses........................................... 47,660 4.6 2,076 – – – 52,653 2.8 2,080 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37,130 1.2 1,342 – – – 37,130 1.2 1,342 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 32,929 4.7 2,078 32,877 7.0 2,077 33,025 4.5 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 31,323 3.8 2,080 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 29,932 5.6 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 58,129 5.0 2,113 57,551 5.4 2,117 61,467 15.4 2,089 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 59,869 6.7 2,126 58,018 7.2 2,131 71,434 23.1 2,095 Managers, medicine and health............................... 66,035 11.4 2,082 61,848 6.0 2,082 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 63,293 17.7 2,211 63,293 17.7 2,211 – – – Management related............................................ 54,072 5.6 2,081 56,420 7.1 2,081 – – – Sales............................................................. 26,078 2.4 2,060 26,239 2.7 2,059 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,502 4.1 2,011 25,409 4.8 2,048 25,821 6.0 1,882 Secretaries................................................. 27,382 3.6 1,939 29,093 5.1 2,058 25,178 3.6 1,785 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 25,204 6.1 2,080 25,204 6.1 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,799 4.0 2,080 – – – 26,911 6.4 2,080 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 25,788 3.0 2,080 25,796 3.4 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 30,083 5.4 2,091 30,210 5.9 2,092 28,951 2.2 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 36,753 9.4 2,080 36,727 10.2 2,080 37,067 1.6 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,393 2.1 2,080 29,686 2.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $24,721 3.4 2,080 $24,721 3.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 28,645 7.1 2,127 28,589 8.7 2,138 $28,906 6.9 2,080 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,163 6.8 2,080 22,231 7.5 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 21,203 10.6 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 21,678 5.7 2,015 18,924 6.6 2,009 30,847 6.2 2,034 Protective service............................................ 25,519 22.0 2,103 – – – 38,632 3.2 2,174 Food service.................................................. 21,646 32.9 1,931 23,893 38.0 2,097 – – – Other food service........................................... 25,049 31.8 1,916 29,474 36.2 2,142 – – – Health service................................................ 21,243 2.9 2,062 21,017 3.3 2,060 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,624 5.3 2,055 19,618 5.5 2,054 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15,113 10.0 1,820 13,270 13.0 1,759 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14,773 14.5 1,842 13,515 18.6 1,779 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 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................................................................... $16.16 3.0 $15.17 4.2 $19.74 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 16.33 3.1 15.34 4.3 19.79 1.8 White collar........................................................ 19.49 3.7 18.35 5.3 22.45 1.0 1....................................................... 9.51 3.3 9.54 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.03 3.9 11.09 4.3 10.83 7.7 3....................................................... 11.31 4.3 10.83 6.0 13.07 2.1 4....................................................... 12.90 2.6 12.87 3.2 13.01 5.0 5....................................................... 17.60 12.9 14.44 4.8 22.13 15.8 7....................................................... 20.67 8.2 20.64 13.5 20.73 6.0 8....................................................... 22.44 3.9 22.11 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.08 2.1 24.04 3.9 26.12 1.8 10........................................................ 33.39 1.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.28 8.9 39.28 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.65 23.2 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.06 3.6 19.03 5.2 22.53 1.1 1....................................................... 9.54 3.2 9.57 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.12 4.5 11.24 5.5 10.83 7.7 3....................................................... 12.07 3.5 11.63 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.75 2.5 12.66 3.1 13.01 5.0 5....................................................... 18.47 13.1 15.08 4.6 22.13 15.8 7....................................................... 20.67 8.2 20.64 13.5 20.73 6.0 8....................................................... 22.54 4.0 22.21 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.08 2.1 24.04 3.9 26.12 1.8 10........................................................ 33.55 .9 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.28 8.9 39.28 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.65 23.2 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.33 4.2 21.88 6.3 25.22 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.87 4.8 24.28 7.8 27.75 2.1 7....................................................... 22.03 5.4 – – 22.95 5.8 8....................................................... 23.21 3.5 22.21 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.89 3.3 24.32 8.4 26.74 2.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.93 11.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.39 4.4 22.38 4.0 25.54 2.7 9....................................................... 24.98 2.1 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.90 4.2 – – 25.31 2.8 9....................................................... 24.98 2.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.67 1.5 – – 27.67 1.5 9....................................................... 27.80 .1 – – 27.80 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $18.56 12.7 – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.73 4.7 $15.83 7.0 $15.54 5.5 4....................................................... 12.88 8.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.52 5.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 16.91 5.7 – – 17.25 10.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.06 3.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.39 5.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.52 4.6 27.19 4.8 29.42 15.1 8....................................................... 21.55 8.9 20.88 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 24.40 4.4 24.41 5.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.16 6.1 27.22 6.5 34.11 22.5 9....................................................... 23.08 9.2 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.72 11.4 29.70 6.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.62 15.5 28.62 15.5 – – Management related............................................ 25.98 5.6 27.11 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 11.36 5.0 11.39 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.01 11.2 8.91 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.95 11.4 8.83 12.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.00 11.7 8.88 12.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.48 4.0 12.21 4.6 13.52 6.1 1....................................................... 9.54 3.2 9.57 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.31 4.6 11.33 5.4 11.27 8.9 3....................................................... 12.36 3.4 11.94 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.73 2.6 12.53 3.4 13.35 5.4 5....................................................... 16.14 6.3 16.40 7.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.12 3.3 14.14 4.9 14.11 3.9 4....................................................... 13.83 5.8 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.12 6.1 12.12 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.11 5.4 – – 12.62 6.1 2....................................................... 10.81 7.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.40 3.0 12.40 3.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.22 5.4 14.27 6.1 13.80 2.0 1....................................................... 8.22 5.3 7.65 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.60 4.1 10.16 6.0 12.31 7.3 3....................................................... 11.35 8.1 11.32 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.60 6.6 13.70 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 13.73 6.0 13.65 6.3 – – 6....................................................... 16.98 2.4 16.79 2.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.20 4.4 19.52 4.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.50 9.4 17.47 10.3 17.82 1.6 5....................................................... $12.56 12.3 $12.28 13.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.52 5.2 19.83 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.13 2.1 14.27 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.77 12.3 13.86 14.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 3.4 11.89 3.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.20 6.7 13.08 8.7 $13.65 4.7 2....................................................... 11.03 8.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.81 9.2 14.09 10.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.58 6.6 10.60 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.16 7.4 7.38 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.49 10.1 10.65 11.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.13 7.8 10.13 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.56 3.8 13.56 3.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.19 10.6 – – – – 1....................................................... 9.18 7.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.37 4.8 9.13 4.6 14.99 5.1 1....................................................... 6.95 3.3 6.39 5.0 9.30 4.9 2....................................................... 8.51 3.6 8.30 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.90 8.3 8.73 5.7 14.00 7.8 4....................................................... 10.90 5.3 10.50 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.50 6.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.78 20.1 8.73 3.5 17.77 1.4 3....................................................... 11.49 20.1 – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.75 3.7 8.74 3.6 – – Food service.................................................. 10.21 19.9 10.22 22.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.44 21.8 11.66 24.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.27 3.2 10.16 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.35 .3 9.34 .3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.52 4.9 9.52 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.34 .4 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.14 5.4 7.33 6.0 10.79 14.1 1....................................................... 7.51 1.3 6.76 3.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.86 5.3 7.31 7.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.59 2.1 6.67 4.5 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 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................................................................... $16.56 2.8 $15.60 4.0 $19.99 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 16.68 2.9 15.70 4.1 20.03 1.6 White collar........................................................ 19.87 3.9 18.79 5.4 22.62 1.0 2....................................................... 11.60 3.7 11.94 2.9 10.83 7.7 3....................................................... 11.92 3.5 11.49 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.91 2.6 12.87 3.2 13.03 5.0 5....................................................... 17.78 13.0 14.44 4.8 22.80 15.7 7....................................................... 20.81 8.4 20.88 14.4 20.73 6.0 8....................................................... 22.22 4.0 22.08 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.08 2.2 24.00 4.1 26.12 1.8 10........................................................ 33.39 1.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.28 8.9 39.28 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.28 22.2 23.75 20.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.28 3.8 19.25 5.4 22.70 .9 2....................................................... 11.45 4.1 11.81 3.7 10.83 7.7 3....................................................... 12.24 3.6 11.75 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.75 2.5 12.66 3.1 13.03 5.0 5....................................................... 18.71 13.1 15.08 4.6 22.80 15.7 7....................................................... 20.81 8.4 20.88 14.4 20.73 6.0 8....................................................... 22.31 4.1 22.18 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.08 2.2 24.00 4.1 26.12 1.8 10........................................................ 33.55 .9 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.28 8.9 39.28 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.28 22.2 23.75 20.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.38 4.3 21.87 6.5 25.30 2.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.95 5.0 24.39 8.4 27.71 2.1 7....................................................... 22.80 5.6 – – 22.95 5.8 8....................................................... 22.72 4.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.92 3.4 24.25 9.3 26.74 2.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.92 11.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.37 4.8 – – 25.31 2.8 9....................................................... 24.98 2.3 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.96 4.7 – – 25.31 2.8 9....................................................... 24.98 2.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.67 1.5 – – 27.67 1.5 9....................................................... 27.80 .1 – – 27.80 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $15.84 4.7 $15.83 7.0 $15.88 4.5 4....................................................... 12.88 8.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.06 5.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 16.91 5.7 – – 17.25 10.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.06 3.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.39 5.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.52 4.6 27.19 4.8 29.42 15.1 8....................................................... 21.55 8.9 20.88 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 24.40 4.4 24.41 5.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.16 6.1 27.22 6.5 34.11 22.5 9....................................................... 23.08 9.2 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.72 11.4 29.70 6.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.62 15.5 28.62 15.5 – – Management related............................................ 25.98 5.6 27.11 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 12.66 2.2 12.74 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.68 4.1 12.41 4.7 13.72 5.6 2....................................................... 11.73 3.8 11.96 2.7 11.27 8.9 3....................................................... 12.58 3.4 12.11 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.73 2.6 12.53 3.4 13.37 5.5 5....................................................... 16.14 6.3 16.40 7.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.12 3.3 14.14 4.9 14.11 3.9 4....................................................... 13.83 5.8 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.12 6.1 12.12 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.88 4.0 – – 12.94 6.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.40 3.0 12.40 3.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.39 5.5 14.44 6.1 13.92 2.2 1....................................................... 8.32 5.7 7.74 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.76 3.9 10.56 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.35 8.1 11.32 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.76 6.5 13.89 7.3 – – 5....................................................... 13.73 6.0 13.65 6.3 – – 6....................................................... 16.98 2.4 16.79 2.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.20 4.4 19.52 4.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.67 9.4 17.66 10.2 17.82 1.6 5....................................................... 12.56 12.3 12.28 13.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.52 5.2 19.83 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.13 2.1 14.27 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.77 12.3 13.86 14.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 3.4 11.89 3.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $13.46 6.7 $13.37 8.3 $13.90 6.9 4....................................................... 14.24 7.6 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.66 6.8 10.69 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.30 8.5 7.51 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.48 10.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.13 7.8 10.13 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.56 3.8 13.56 3.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.19 10.6 – – – – 1....................................................... 9.18 7.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.76 6.0 9.42 5.8 15.17 4.6 1....................................................... 7.13 4.8 6.48 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.49 3.9 8.27 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.21 7.4 8.75 3.4 14.00 7.8 4....................................................... 10.91 5.3 10.50 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.50 6.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 12.14 20.1 – – 17.77 1.4 Food service.................................................. 11.21 25.9 11.39 29.6 – – Other food service........................................... 13.08 23.6 13.76 26.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.30 3.5 10.20 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.55 5.0 9.55 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.31 5.9 7.54 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.63 2.7 7.00 2.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.02 5.5 7.59 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.75 2.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 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................................................................... $9.40 5.7 $8.88 4.7 $12.89 18.5 All excluding sales............................................... 9.78 6.0 9.22 4.8 12.89 18.5 White collar........................................................ 11.41 10.3 10.97 8.3 14.55 42.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.60 13.2 13.38 12.1 14.55 42.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.59 10.6 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.62 5.6 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.07 8.9 7.07 8.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.90 3.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.10 7.6 7.19 4.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.54 6.4 7.40 6.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.54 5.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 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....................................................... $16.56 $9.40 $16.82 $16.06 $16.05 $18.87 All excluding sales............................................. 16.68 9.78 17.07 16.22 16.21 19.76 White collar........................................................ 19.87 11.41 21.26 19.36 19.41 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.28 13.60 22.73 19.88 19.92 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.38 21.59 – 23.07 23.33 – Professional specialty.......................................... 25.95 23.62 – 25.70 25.87 – Technical....................................................... 15.84 – – 15.74 15.73 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.52 – – 27.52 27.71 – Sales............................................................. 12.66 7.07 – 11.87 10.62 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.68 8.90 – 12.36 12.48 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.39 9.10 15.32 13.68 13.92 19.15 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.67 – 18.01 17.17 17.02 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.13 – 16.05 13.32 14.13 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.46 – 14.22 12.82 12.70 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.66 – 11.17 10.27 10.58 – Service............................................................. 10.76 7.54 – 10.37 10.45 – 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....................................................... 2.8 5.7 4.9 3.3 3.0 14.3 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 6.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 19.8 White collar........................................................ 3.9 10.3 7.4 3.9 4.0 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 13.2 3.8 3.9 3.8 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 10.6 – 4.6 4.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 5.6 – 5.5 4.8 – Technical....................................................... 4.7 – – 5.0 4.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 – – 4.6 5.2 – Sales............................................................. 2.2 8.9 – 3.9 2.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.1 3.2 – 4.2 4.0 – Blue collar......................................................... 5.5 7.6 5.5 6.9 5.7 17.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.4 – 6.6 13.0 8.9 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.1 – 5.8 6.2 2.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.7 – 5.3 9.6 7.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.8 – 9.6 8.5 6.6 – Service............................................................. 6.0 6.4 – 4.9 4.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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 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. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.17 - - $13.35 - - - - - $14.54 All excluding sales............................................. 15.34 - - 13.35 - - - - - 14.54 White collar........................................................ 18.35 - - – - - - - - 19.30 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.03 - - – - - - - - 19.30 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.88 - - – - - - - - 21.13 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.28 - - – - - - - - 23.45 Technical....................................................... 15.83 - - – - - - - - 15.16 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.19 - - – - - - - - 25.80 Sales............................................................. 11.39 - - – - - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.21 - - – - - - - - 11.63 Blue collar......................................................... 14.27 - - 13.11 - - - - - 10.53 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.47 - - – - - - - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.27 - - – - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.08 - - – - - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.60 - - – - - - - - – Service............................................................. 9.13 - - – - - - - - 9.35 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate