NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, Bulletin 3115-67, September 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, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................. $22.29 2.4 34.7 $21.82 2.8 34.5 $24.42 4.4 35.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 26.74 2.2 35.5 26.56 2.2 35.8 27.59 6.8 34.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.98 2.2 35.5 30.19 2.4 35.8 33.85 4.8 34.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.23 3.1 39.5 35.49 3.0 40.1 33.52 12.1 36.1 Sales............................................................. 20.72 16.8 29.6 20.75 17.3 29.4 19.87 3.5 36.9 Administrative support............................................ 16.21 2.5 35.8 16.37 3.1 36.3 15.65 1.0 34.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.91 1.7 36.5 16.60 2.0 36.3 20.01 1.7 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.44 2.8 40.0 22.43 3.0 40.0 22.53 5.8 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.38 4.6 36.2 13.05 4.5 36.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.04 3.2 37.9 16.67 4.4 37.7 19.76 9.4 39.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.39 5.1 31.6 12.07 5.7 31.0 15.80 7.1 39.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.11 3.7 30.3 10.56 2.8 28.1 19.17 2.1 37.6 Full time........................................................... 23.65 2.0 39.1 23.35 2.2 39.5 24.86 4.8 37.4 Part time........................................................... 12.88 4.5 19.6 12.71 4.5 19.7 15.30 16.0 18.9 Union............................................................... 22.58 3.2 34.8 20.09 4.5 32.6 24.38 4.0 36.5 Nonunion............................................................ 22.18 2.9 34.7 22.10 2.9 34.8 24.74 9.1 31.3 Time................................................................ 22.06 2.5 34.7 21.52 2.9 34.5 24.42 4.4 35.8 Incentive........................................................... 28.71 17.5 34.6 28.71 17.5 34.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.42 5.9 31.7 16.33 6.2 31.6 19.28 2.0 34.4 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.19 3.6 34.3 20.46 3.6 34.3 26.26 12.1 34.5 500 workers or more................................................. 25.35 3.0 36.4 25.92 4.0 36.3 23.87 1.6 36.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $22.29 2.4 $21.82 2.8 $24.42 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 22.39 2.4 21.90 2.9 24.47 4.4 White collar........................................................ 26.74 2.2 26.56 2.2 27.59 6.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.45 2.2 27.38 2.2 27.73 6.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.98 2.2 30.19 2.4 33.85 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.19 2.2 32.81 2.3 34.29 4.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.29 3.2 35.45 3.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 33.68 5.8 30.60 11.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.30 5.9 39.30 5.9 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.34 7.5 29.34 7.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 31.59 5.4 31.59 5.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.84 3.7 35.77 5.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.06 2.8 34.64 2.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.99 3.1 35.51 2.9 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.69 6.7 27.34 6.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ 28.44 6.8 28.44 6.9 – – Health related................................................ 29.71 2.0 30.03 2.2 27.39 2.7 Physicians.................................................. 36.42 25.2 40.25 25.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.27 1.7 29.30 1.9 28.98 1.3 Pharmacists................................................. 34.26 1.5 34.26 1.5 – – Physical therapists......................................... 28.35 7.7 28.35 7.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.84 5.2 51.69 4.8 – – Medical science teachers.................................... 51.19 16.8 51.19 16.8 – – Art, drama, and music teachers.............................. 46.24 29.5 46.24 29.5 – – English teachers............................................ 46.58 12.5 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 38.97 17.6 42.29 19.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.76 5.3 22.13 3.1 38.16 4.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.96 4.0 – – 39.19 3.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.36 3.1 29.29 7.1 39.39 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 28.40 7.0 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.64 1.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 29.99 9.1 30.05 11.4 – – Librarians.................................................. 29.69 12.0 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.15 12.9 28.15 12.9 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.59 3.5 18.17 2.5 21.14 8.7 Social workers.............................................. 19.68 3.1 17.22 .7 – – Recreation workers.......................................... 19.18 8.1 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 50.09 11.3 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 49.85 12.5 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.48 12.1 24.88 12.9 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 19.98 6.3 19.98 6.3 – – Public relations specialists................................ 25.26 12.8 – – – – Athletes.................................................... 26.48 7.3 26.48 7.3 – – Technical....................................................... $20.95 5.4 $20.81 5.7 $23.60 12.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.62 8.3 17.61 8.5 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.31 11.6 25.31 11.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.82 1.8 20.01 1.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.49 9.9 15.31 10.3 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.49 4.4 23.49 4.4 – – Drafters.................................................... 22.79 4.8 22.79 4.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.56 4.1 30.56 4.1 – – Legal assistants............................................ 28.14 12.5 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 21.95 3.5 21.95 3.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.23 3.1 35.49 3.0 33.52 12.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.77 2.6 39.92 2.2 38.87 12.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.32 13.7 – – 33.32 13.7 Financial managers.......................................... 36.99 8.6 36.86 8.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.75 11.0 41.75 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.60 10.3 35.50 14.3 41.72 13.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 39.07 19.9 39.13 20.0 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 25.97 8.6 25.97 8.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.84 4.4 42.39 4.5 – – Management related............................................ 28.01 7.6 28.62 8.2 23.45 4.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.44 7.0 23.47 8.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... 40.97 19.6 42.28 19.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.07 8.7 28.26 8.9 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 24.86 7.0 24.86 7.0 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.56 9.1 30.72 9.8 – – Sales............................................................. 20.72 16.8 20.75 17.3 19.87 3.5 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.44 6.3 17.19 6.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 26.17 13.0 26.17 13.0 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 42.34 5.2 42.34 5.2 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.91 4.8 8.91 4.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.44 18.9 15.44 18.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.47 3.2 8.63 2.9 19.68 1.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.21 2.5 16.37 3.1 15.65 1.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 24.57 11.0 24.76 11.2 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 27.24 10.9 27.24 10.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.83 4.2 17.65 5.2 18.66 3.9 Typists..................................................... 14.81 4.3 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 11.62 2.1 – – – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 14.03 8.8 14.03 8.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.16 6.7 12.37 7.5 10.46 18.8 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.89 6.7 12.32 4.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.64 9.2 15.64 9.2 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.92 10.3 – – 15.59 12.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $14.14 6.7 $14.13 6.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.21 4.2 14.72 4.3 $17.78 7.7 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.10 8.1 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.98 5.3 13.98 5.3 – – Telephone operators......................................... 10.73 5.5 10.65 6.9 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.27 8.7 10.91 9.1 – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.44 5.8 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 20.73 8.2 20.73 8.2 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 16.60 5.3 16.60 5.3 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.84 11.7 13.45 10.3 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 19.39 2.6 19.39 2.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.09 18.9 18.09 18.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.65 3.9 15.65 4.3 15.65 7.2 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.83 4.3 11.51 8.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.16 .3 – – 12.17 .2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 18.39 9.2 18.47 9.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.91 1.7 16.60 2.0 20.01 1.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.44 2.8 22.43 3.0 22.53 5.8 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.88 17.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.74 6.1 19.52 7.5 – – Carpenters.................................................. 23.26 9.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.22 8.9 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 16.00 9.2 – – 16.34 8.3 Supervisors, production..................................... 22.64 6.0 22.64 6.0 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 17.84 4.0 17.84 4.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.38 4.6 13.05 4.5 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 13.23 6.4 13.23 6.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.17 5.3 12.50 .5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.74 5.3 11.74 5.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.24 13.8 13.24 13.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.04 3.2 16.67 4.4 19.76 9.4 Truck drivers............................................... 17.69 5.5 17.79 5.6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.01 8.0 15.59 1.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.39 5.1 12.07 5.7 15.80 7.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.02 5.5 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.73 11.9 – – 14.70 6.1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.26 3.4 10.26 3.4 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 14.44 5.2 14.44 5.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.55 14.7 13.54 14.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.11 5.3 9.11 5.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.55 16.3 11.10 18.9 18.88 14.4 Service............................................................. $13.11 3.7 $10.56 2.8 $19.17 2.1 Protective service............................................ 17.92 10.0 11.16 11.1 21.65 2.1 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 24.99 1.4 – – 24.99 1.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.53 14.9 – – 32.53 14.9 Firefighting................................................ 21.53 1.0 – – 21.53 1.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.69 5.0 – – 20.69 5.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.72 9.4 10.61 9.0 – – Food service.................................................. 7.99 4.0 7.78 4.7 12.48 6.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.49 12.8 3.49 12.8 – – Bartenders.................................................. 4.85 15.7 4.85 15.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.19 13.4 3.19 13.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.38 2.7 10.22 3.1 12.48 6.5 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 12.29 11.2 12.19 11.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.14 4.3 12.02 4.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.91 19.4 11.91 19.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.22 5.8 8.21 5.8 – – Health service................................................ 11.95 2.1 11.73 2.3 13.19 2.2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.14 2.2 11.13 2.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.93 2.2 11.65 2.5 13.29 1.7 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.95 5.9 10.85 4.8 15.01 5.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.74 8.4 8.74 8.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.41 7.4 11.33 7.2 14.92 6.1 Personal service.............................................. 14.27 6.6 14.11 6.9 16.13 22.5 Welfare service aides....................................... 12.04 8.1 12.04 8.1 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.76 4.2 11.72 5.3 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.21 7.9 11.08 9.2 – – 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, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $23.65 2.0 $23.35 2.2 $24.86 4.8 All excluding sales............................................... 23.47 2.0 23.10 2.2 24.89 4.9 White collar........................................................ 27.77 2.1 27.72 2.1 27.98 6.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.82 2.3 27.75 2.2 28.08 6.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.19 2.3 30.30 2.7 34.18 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.38 2.3 32.96 2.6 34.52 4.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.29 3.2 35.45 3.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 33.68 5.8 30.60 11.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.30 5.9 39.30 5.9 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.34 7.5 29.34 7.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 31.59 5.4 31.59 5.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.84 3.7 35.77 5.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.07 2.8 34.65 2.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.01 3.1 35.53 2.9 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.69 6.7 27.34 6.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ 28.31 6.6 28.30 6.7 – – Health related................................................ 29.16 2.7 29.60 3.2 26.85 3.5 Physicians.................................................. 32.62 31.2 36.42 30.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.90 1.4 28.91 1.5 28.79 2.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.84 3.5 52.07 2.9 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39.12 17.9 42.54 19.3 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.02 5.1 21.30 3.7 38.47 4.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.99 4.0 – – 39.19 3.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.46 3.0 28.77 8.9 39.39 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 28.40 7.0 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.64 1.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 30.05 9.1 30.05 11.4 – – Librarians.................................................. 29.77 12.0 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.12 13.8 28.12 13.8 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.76 3.1 17.58 3.6 – – Social workers.............................................. 19.61 3.2 16.96 2.1 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 50.13 11.4 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 49.84 12.5 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.48 12.2 24.88 13.0 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 19.98 6.3 19.98 6.3 – – Public relations specialists................................ 25.26 12.8 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.08 6.0 20.86 6.3 25.39 9.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.61 8.9 17.59 9.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.92 2.8 20.21 2.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.46 9.6 15.16 10.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.49 4.4 23.49 4.4 – – Drafters.................................................... 22.79 4.8 22.79 4.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.60 4.2 30.60 4.2 – – Legal assistants............................................ $28.14 12.5 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 21.95 3.5 $21.95 3.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.38 2.9 35.59 2.9 $33.96 11.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.86 2.5 39.93 2.2 39.38 11.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.32 13.7 – – 33.32 13.7 Financial managers.......................................... 36.99 8.6 36.86 8.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 41.75 11.0 41.75 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.28 9.6 35.50 14.3 43.52 10.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 39.07 19.9 39.13 20.0 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 25.97 8.6 25.97 8.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.89 4.4 42.44 4.5 – – Management related............................................ 28.16 7.5 28.73 8.0 23.71 5.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.44 7.0 23.47 8.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... 40.97 19.6 42.28 19.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.19 8.9 28.38 9.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 24.86 7.0 24.86 7.0 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.74 9.2 30.96 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 27.24 16.7 27.46 17.0 21.18 2.3 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.44 6.3 17.19 6.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 26.17 13.0 26.17 13.0 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 42.34 5.2 42.34 5.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 17.99 19.4 18.00 19.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.87 6.7 9.58 7.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.53 2.4 16.73 3.1 15.83 1.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 24.57 11.0 24.76 11.2 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 27.24 10.9 27.24 10.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.89 4.5 17.67 5.6 18.82 4.7 Typists..................................................... 15.24 3.5 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.58 8.5 12.53 9.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.79 9.7 15.79 9.7 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.97 10.3 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.30 7.4 14.29 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.56 4.5 15.10 4.6 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.10 8.1 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.12 5.7 14.12 5.7 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.50 10.7 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.44 5.8 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 20.73 8.2 20.73 8.2 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 16.62 5.4 16.62 5.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.94 12.1 13.52 10.8 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 19.39 2.6 19.39 2.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.16 19.5 18.16 19.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.75 4.1 15.82 4.8 15.68 7.3 Data entry keyers........................................... $12.92 4.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.25 1.2 – – $12.25 1.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 20.07 6.0 $20.13 6.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.41 1.9 17.13 2.2 20.08 1.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.44 2.8 22.43 3.0 22.55 5.8 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.88 17.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.74 6.1 19.52 7.5 – – Carpenters.................................................. 23.26 9.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.22 8.9 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 16.00 9.2 – – 16.34 8.3 Supervisors, production..................................... 22.64 6.0 22.64 6.0 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 17.84 4.0 17.84 4.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.51 4.5 13.17 4.5 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 13.23 6.4 13.23 6.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.17 5.4 12.49 .5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.43 .4 12.43 .4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.24 13.8 13.24 13.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.30 3.4 16.94 4.6 19.88 10.0 Truck drivers............................................... 17.93 5.4 18.04 5.6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.65 8.0 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.45 6.1 13.14 6.8 15.90 7.6 Construction laborers....................................... 18.73 11.9 – – 14.70 6.1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.78 4.1 11.78 4.1 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 14.44 5.2 14.44 5.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.47 16.8 13.46 16.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.98 19.8 – – – – Service............................................................. 15.12 2.3 12.09 2.3 19.78 2.3 Protective service............................................ 20.29 5.0 12.96 8.3 22.42 2.8 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 24.99 1.4 – – 24.99 1.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.53 14.9 – – 32.53 14.9 Firefighting................................................ 21.55 1.0 – – 21.55 1.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.79 4.7 – – 20.79 4.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.25 8.1 12.05 7.8 – – Food service.................................................. 10.51 3.6 10.30 4.5 12.75 6.4 Other food service........................................... 11.47 3.7 11.33 4.5 12.75 6.4 Cooks....................................................... 12.55 4.5 12.51 5.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 12.90 17.3 12.90 17.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.27 6.0 8.26 6.0 – – Health service................................................ 12.34 1.2 12.13 1.5 13.29 1.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.61 3.8 11.61 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $12.29 1.0 $12.03 1.1 $13.29 1.7 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.62 5.1 11.38 5.1 15.05 5.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.28 5.8 12.24 6.6 14.96 6.2 Personal service.............................................. 16.90 7.6 16.63 7.4 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.91 8.6 – – – – 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, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $12.88 4.5 $12.71 4.5 $15.30 16.0 All excluding sales............................................... 13.74 5.8 13.62 6.0 15.27 17.0 White collar........................................................ 17.35 3.7 17.24 3.7 18.63 15.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.43 3.8 22.86 3.9 18.96 17.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.74 3.6 29.17 3.6 24.20 17.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.04 4.2 31.48 4.5 26.66 11.8 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.09 4.2 30.95 4.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.04 4.2 30.00 4.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.80 27.1 47.91 27.2 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.71 5.5 31.18 1.3 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.63 4.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.63 9.4 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.68 6.8 20.27 6.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.72 7.9 17.87 8.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.60 1.9 19.63 1.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.89 18.5 17.96 16.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.56 6.5 – – 22.35 13.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ 21.03 6.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.96 1.4 8.82 1.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.10 3.5 10.10 3.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.54 1.5 8.33 1.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.95 4.2 13.08 4.6 12.02 4.2 Secretaries................................................. 17.13 3.3 17.38 2.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.59 8.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.49 11.3 – – – – Telephone operators......................................... 10.52 6.8 10.39 8.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.29 4.6 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.24 10.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.91 8.3 9.79 8.4 15.62 5.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ $13.14 8.8 $12.64 9.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.77 3.7 8.77 3.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.45 3.4 8.45 3.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.42 4.1 8.26 4.8 $10.62 3.3 Protective service............................................ 9.47 4.0 9.41 4.7 9.73 2.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.41 4.7 9.41 4.7 – – Food service.................................................. 5.63 7.1 5.61 7.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.23 7.9 3.23 7.9 – – Bartenders.................................................. 4.85 15.7 4.85 15.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.76 2.6 2.76 2.6 – – Other food service........................................... 8.47 8.9 8.46 9.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.16 6.0 8.16 6.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.67 3.2 10.62 3.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.50 5.5 10.38 6.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.56 3.7 10.52 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.91 2.9 9.70 .4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.82 3.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.93 10.6 9.75 11.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $925 2.2 39.1 $923 2.4 39.5 $931 5.4 37.4 All excluding sales............................................... 917 2.2 39.0 912 2.4 39.5 931 5.4 37.4 White collar........................................................ 1,078 2.5 38.8 1,097 2.5 39.6 1,005 7.5 35.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,077 2.6 38.7 1,096 2.5 39.5 1,007 7.6 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,200 2.5 38.5 1,196 2.8 39.5 1,209 5.5 35.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,279 2.6 38.3 1,304 2.8 39.5 1,218 5.7 35.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,430 3.6 40.5 1,456 4.1 41.1 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,323 4.2 39.3 1,291 9.8 42.2 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,619 7.7 41.2 1,619 7.7 41.2 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,196 8.8 40.8 1,196 8.8 40.8 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,285 4.8 40.7 1,285 4.8 40.7 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,368 4.1 39.3 1,438 5.8 40.2 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,349 3.2 39.6 1,378 2.9 39.8 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,395 3.5 39.8 1,421 3.2 40.0 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,016 7.1 38.1 1,044 6.8 38.2 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,116 7.2 39.4 1,116 7.2 39.4 – – – Health related................................................ 1,141 2.5 39.1 1,155 2.9 39.0 1,064 4.5 39.6 Physicians.................................................. 1,539 23.7 47.2 1,596 24.3 43.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,113 1.4 38.5 1,109 1.6 38.4 1,137 1.8 39.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,784 1.4 37.3 1,933 1.1 37.1 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,464 14.9 37.4 1,591 15.2 37.4 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,232 6.8 34.2 796 9.4 37.4 1,298 6.4 33.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,312 6.4 33.6 – – – 1,314 6.5 33.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,323 6.0 34.4 1,182 6.9 41.1 1,334 6.1 33.9 Teachers, special education................................. 1,031 4.6 36.3 – – – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,211 1.6 34.9 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 1,079 6.5 35.9 1,092 7.9 36.3 – – – Librarians.................................................. 1,077 8.5 36.2 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,178 17.9 41.9 1,178 17.9 41.9 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 749 3.4 37.9 676 4.9 38.4 – – – Social workers.............................................. 741 3.5 37.8 648 3.9 38.2 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,182 19.3 43.5 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 2,183 20.3 43.8 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 945 13.0 38.6 962 13.8 38.6 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 772 5.5 38.6 772 5.5 38.6 – – – Public relations specialists................................ 962 13.8 38.1 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 826 5.5 39.2 818 5.8 39.2 977 8.6 38.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 687 8.7 39.0 686 8.8 39.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 797 2.8 40.0 808 2.5 40.0 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $611 9.6 39.5 $601 10.0 39.6 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 939 4.4 40.0 939 4.4 40.0 – – – Drafters.................................................... 907 4.8 39.8 907 4.8 39.8 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 1,224 4.2 40.0 1,224 4.2 40.0 – – – Legal assistants............................................ 1,072 13.4 38.1 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 849 4.9 38.7 849 4.9 38.7 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,414 3.8 40.0 1,436 3.7 40.3 $1,272 14.1 37.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,607 3.7 40.3 1,629 3.5 40.8 1,476 15.4 37.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,227 15.9 36.8 – – – 1,227 15.9 36.8 Financial managers.......................................... 1,578 7.3 42.7 1,576 7.4 42.8 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,773 11.7 42.5 1,773 11.7 42.5 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,491 11.4 38.0 1,339 11.1 37.7 1,663 18.5 38.2 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,566 18.7 40.1 1,569 18.7 40.1 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,001 5.6 38.6 1,001 5.6 38.6 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,688 4.3 39.3 1,675 4.4 39.5 – – – Management related............................................ 1,109 7.9 39.4 1,139 8.4 39.6 888 5.2 37.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 895 6.6 38.2 899 7.5 38.3 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,604 20.5 39.1 1,659 19.9 39.2 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,134 8.0 40.2 1,143 8.1 40.3 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 992 6.9 39.9 992 6.9 39.9 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,175 9.7 39.5 1,243 10.0 40.2 – – – Sales............................................................. 1,089 17.4 40.0 1,098 17.8 40.0 847 2.3 40.0 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 704 6.5 40.3 694 6.6 40.4 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 1,047 13.0 40.0 1,047 13.0 40.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,922 7.3 45.4 1,922 7.3 45.4 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 686 21.2 38.1 686 21.2 38.1 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 454 7.7 38.3 363 8.7 37.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 631 2.5 38.2 650 3.0 38.9 569 1.7 36.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 944 9.8 38.4 952 9.9 38.5 – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 1,073 9.8 39.4 1,073 9.8 39.4 – – – Secretaries................................................. 682 3.9 38.1 677 4.8 38.3 701 5.4 37.3 Typists..................................................... 545 5.1 35.8 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 494 9.3 39.3 493 9.9 39.4 – – – Order clerks................................................ 627 9.8 39.7 627 9.8 39.7 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 550 12.4 34.5 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 569 7.4 39.8 572 7.7 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 607 4.6 39.0 592 4.7 39.2 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 630 6.3 39.1 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 548 4.8 38.8 548 4.8 38.8 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... $444 12.7 38.6 – – – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 578 5.8 40.0 – – – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 818 7.8 39.4 $818 7.8 39.4 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 656 6.1 39.5 656 6.1 39.5 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 581 10.3 38.9 541 10.8 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 729 3.4 37.6 729 3.4 37.6 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 709 17.8 39.1 709 17.8 39.1 – – – General office clerks....................................... 588 3.6 37.3 598 4.4 37.8 $576 6.0 36.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 495 3.6 38.3 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 391 4.5 31.9 – – – 391 4.6 31.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 773 5.4 38.5 776 5.4 38.5 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 696 1.9 39.9 684 2.2 40.0 800 1.5 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 899 2.9 40.1 899 3.1 40.1 900 5.8 39.9 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 875 17.0 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 788 6.3 39.9 781 7.5 40.0 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 931 9.7 40.0 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 769 8.9 40.0 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 640 9.2 40.0 – – – 654 8.3 40.0 Supervisors, production..................................... 910 6.4 40.2 910 6.4 40.2 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 714 4.0 40.0 714 4.0 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 537 4.4 39.7 524 4.3 39.8 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 529 6.4 40.0 529 6.4 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 518 5.0 39.3 493 .5 39.5 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 497 .4 40.0 497 .4 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 524 13.7 39.6 524 13.7 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 697 3.4 40.3 683 4.7 40.3 795 10.0 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 723 5.9 40.3 728 6.0 40.3 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 706 8.0 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 534 6.0 39.7 521 6.7 39.6 636 7.6 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 749 11.9 40.0 – – – 588 6.1 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 461 4.0 39.1 461 4.0 39.1 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 570 4.8 39.5 570 4.8 39.5 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 536 16.6 39.8 536 16.6 39.8 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 519 19.8 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 591 2.1 39.0 463 2.4 38.3 797 2.4 40.3 Protective service............................................ 822 5.1 40.5 518 8.3 39.9 912 2.8 40.7 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... $1,047 1.3 41.9 – – – $1,047 1.3 41.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,299 14.9 40.0 – – – 1,299 14.9 40.0 Firefighting................................................ 903 .8 41.9 – – – 903 .8 41.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 830 4.7 39.9 – – – 830 4.7 39.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 489 8.1 39.9 $481 7.8 39.9 – – – Food service.................................................. 404 6.4 38.4 398 7.5 38.6 466 14.4 36.6 Other food service........................................... 445 6.3 38.8 442 7.0 39.0 466 14.4 36.6 Cooks....................................................... 489 5.1 38.9 496 5.1 39.6 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 497 19.3 38.5 497 19.3 38.5 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 314 4.4 38.0 313 4.4 38.0 – – – Health service................................................ 484 1.4 39.2 474 1.8 39.0 530 1.9 39.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 463 3.5 39.9 463 3.5 39.9 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 480 1.2 39.1 468 1.6 38.9 530 1.9 39.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 489 5.4 38.8 435 5.2 38.3 600 5.8 39.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 520 6.4 39.2 474 7.3 38.7 596 6.3 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 567 5.5 33.6 552 5.4 33.2 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 418 7.3 38.3 – – – – – – 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, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $46,600 2.2 1,970 $47,563 2.4 2,037 $43,248 5.4 1,740 All excluding sales............................................... 46,145 2.2 1,966 47,023 2.4 2,035 43,242 5.4 1,737 White collar........................................................ 53,609 2.5 1,930 56,486 2.5 2,037 44,217 7.5 1,580 White collar excluding sales.................................... 53,414 2.6 1,920 56,470 2.5 2,035 44,219 7.6 1,575 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 57,483 2.5 1,843 60,933 2.8 2,011 49,123 5.5 1,437 Professional specialty.......................................... 60,308 2.6 1,807 66,070 2.8 2,005 49,077 5.7 1,422 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 74,379 3.6 2,107 75,713 4.1 2,136 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 68,803 4.2 2,043 67,131 9.8 2,194 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 84,181 7.7 2,142 84,181 7.7 2,142 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 62,169 8.8 2,119 62,169 8.8 2,119 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 66,843 4.8 2,116 66,843 4.8 2,116 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 71,146 4.1 2,042 74,795 5.8 2,091 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 70,168 3.2 2,059 71,635 2.9 2,067 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 72,530 3.5 2,072 73,869 3.2 2,079 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 52,814 7.1 1,979 54,279 6.8 1,985 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 58,018 7.2 2,050 58,014 7.2 2,050 – – – Health related................................................ 58,106 2.5 1,993 60,056 2.9 2,029 48,980 4.5 1,824 Physicians.................................................. 80,043 23.7 2,454 83,013 24.3 2,279 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 57,788 1.4 2,000 57,676 1.6 1,995 58,476 1.8 2,031 Teachers, college and university.............................. 74,025 1.4 1,547 81,009 1.1 1,556 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 58,261 14.9 1,489 63,798 15.2 1,500 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,949 6.8 1,276 33,345 9.4 1,565 47,606 6.4 1,237 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,262 6.4 1,238 – – – 48,362 6.5 1,234 Secondary school teachers................................... 48,493 6.0 1,261 45,686 6.9 1,588 48,703 6.1 1,237 Teachers, special education................................. 41,387 4.6 1,457 – – – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 44,742 1.6 1,292 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 53,768 6.5 1,789 56,436 7.9 1,878 – – – Librarians.................................................. 52,986 8.5 1,780 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 61,142 17.9 2,175 61,142 17.9 2,175 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 38,901 3.4 1,969 35,089 4.9 1,996 – – – Social workers.............................................. 38,484 3.5 1,962 33,653 3.9 1,984 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 113,468 19.3 2,264 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 113,498 20.3 2,277 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 49,122 13.0 2,007 49,999 13.8 2,009 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 40,157 5.5 2,009 40,157 5.5 2,009 – – – Public relations specialists................................ 50,028 13.8 1,980 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 42,823 5.5 2,031 42,417 5.8 2,033 50,808 8.6 2,001 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 35,733 8.7 2,029 35,676 8.8 2,029 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 41,430 2.8 2,080 42,039 2.5 2,080 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $31,723 9.6 2,052 $31,166 10.0 2,056 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 48,851 4.4 2,080 48,851 4.4 2,080 – – – Drafters.................................................... 47,184 4.8 2,070 47,184 4.8 2,070 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 63,648 4.2 2,080 63,648 4.2 2,080 – – – Legal assistants............................................ 55,736 13.4 1,981 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 42,081 4.9 1,917 42,081 4.9 1,917 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 73,028 3.8 2,064 74,648 3.7 2,098 $63,130 14.1 1,859 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 82,680 3.7 2,074 84,703 3.5 2,121 71,500 15.4 1,815 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 63,809 15.9 1,915 – – – 63,809 15.9 1,915 Financial managers.......................................... 82,040 7.3 2,218 81,931 7.4 2,223 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 92,214 11.7 2,209 92,214 11.7 2,209 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 70,624 11.4 1,798 69,632 11.1 1,961 71,558 18.5 1,644 Managers, medicine and health............................... 81,441 18.7 2,084 81,566 18.7 2,084 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 52,064 5.6 2,005 52,064 5.6 2,005 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 87,511 4.3 2,041 87,075 4.4 2,052 – – – Management related............................................ 57,662 7.9 2,048 59,235 8.4 2,061 46,181 5.2 1,948 Accountants and auditors.................................... 46,543 6.6 1,986 46,739 7.5 1,991 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 83,405 20.5 2,036 86,279 19.9 2,040 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 58,971 8.0 2,092 59,433 8.1 2,094 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 51,578 6.9 2,075 51,578 6.9 2,075 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 61,124 9.7 2,055 64,642 10.0 2,088 – – – Sales............................................................. 56,200 17.4 2,063 56,649 17.8 2,063 44,064 2.3 2,080 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 33,930 6.5 1,945 33,289 6.6 1,937 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 54,431 13.0 2,080 54,431 13.0 2,080 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 99,920 7.3 2,360 99,920 7.3 2,360 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 35,680 21.2 1,983 35,688 21.2 1,983 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,624 7.7 1,991 18,880 8.7 1,970 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 32,119 2.5 1,944 33,803 3.0 2,020 27,272 1.7 1,723 Supervisors, general office................................. 49,092 9.8 1,998 49,510 9.9 2,000 – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 55,773 9.8 2,048 55,773 9.8 2,048 – – – Secretaries................................................. 35,463 3.9 1,982 35,225 4.8 1,993 36,463 5.4 1,938 Typists..................................................... 27,465 5.1 1,803 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 25,695 9.3 2,042 25,657 9.9 2,047 – – – Order clerks................................................ 32,622 9.8 2,066 32,622 9.8 2,066 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 26,602 12.4 1,666 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 29,596 7.4 2,070 29,731 7.7 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 31,581 4.6 2,030 30,777 4.7 2,038 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 32,761 6.3 2,034 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 28,505 4.8 2,019 28,505 4.8 2,019 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... $23,085 12.7 2,008 – – – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 30,039 5.8 2,080 – – – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 42,525 7.8 2,051 $42,525 7.8 2,051 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 34,106 6.1 2,053 34,106 6.1 2,053 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 30,231 10.3 2,023 28,116 10.8 2,080 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 37,908 3.4 1,955 37,908 3.4 1,955 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 36,876 17.8 2,031 36,876 17.8 2,031 – – – General office clerks....................................... 30,529 3.6 1,938 31,063 4.4 1,964 $29,945 6.0 1,910 Data entry keyers........................................... 25,754 3.6 1,993 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14,491 4.5 1,183 – – – 14,439 4.6 1,178 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 40,172 5.4 2,001 40,348 5.4 2,004 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 35,929 1.9 2,063 35,329 2.2 2,062 41,618 1.5 2,072 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 46,765 2.9 2,084 46,758 3.1 2,085 46,823 5.8 2,077 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 45,514 17.0 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 40,950 6.3 2,074 40,596 7.5 2,080 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 48,388 9.7 2,080 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 39,988 8.9 2,080 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 33,281 9.2 2,080 – – – 33,990 8.3 2,080 Supervisors, production..................................... 47,325 6.4 2,091 47,325 6.4 2,091 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 37,115 4.0 2,080 37,115 4.0 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,914 4.4 2,067 27,239 4.3 2,068 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 27,527 6.4 2,080 27,527 6.4 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,933 5.0 2,045 25,647 .5 2,054 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 25,859 .4 2,080 25,859 .4 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 27,232 13.7 2,057 27,232 13.7 2,057 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,834 3.4 2,014 33,958 4.7 2,005 41,356 10.0 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 37,595 5.9 2,097 37,834 6.0 2,097 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 30,944 8.0 1,753 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,746 6.0 2,063 27,088 6.7 2,061 33,065 7.6 2,079 Construction laborers....................................... 38,960 11.9 2,080 – – – 30,570 6.1 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,979 4.0 2,036 23,979 4.0 2,036 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 29,651 4.8 2,054 29,651 4.8 2,054 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 27,873 16.6 2,070 27,853 16.6 2,070 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 27,000 19.8 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 30,417 2.1 2,011 23,838 2.4 1,972 41,046 2.4 2,075 Protective service............................................ 42,737 5.1 2,106 26,923 8.3 2,077 47,416 2.8 2,115 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... $54,461 1.3 2,179 – – – $54,461 1.3 2,179 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 67,571 14.9 2,077 – – – 67,571 14.9 2,077 Firefighting................................................ 46,953 .8 2,179 – – – 46,953 .8 2,179 Police and detectives, public service....................... 43,176 4.7 2,077 – – – 43,176 4.7 2,077 Guards and police, except public service.................... 25,448 8.1 2,077 $25,017 7.8 2,077 – – – Food service.................................................. 20,337 6.4 1,935 20,496 7.5 1,989 19,063 14.4 1,496 Other food service........................................... 22,273 6.3 1,942 22,750 7.0 2,009 19,063 14.4 1,496 Cooks....................................................... 23,869 5.1 1,902 25,795 5.1 2,062 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 25,828 19.3 2,003 25,828 19.3 2,003 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 15,779 4.4 1,907 15,732 4.4 1,906 – – – Health service................................................ 25,041 1.4 2,029 24,492 1.8 2,019 27,537 1.9 2,073 Health aides, except nursing................................ 22,950 3.5 1,978 22,950 3.5 1,978 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 24,978 1.2 2,033 24,321 1.6 2,023 27,537 1.9 2,073 Cleaning and building service................................. 25,423 5.4 2,015 22,621 5.2 1,987 31,181 5.8 2,072 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 27,029 6.4 2,035 24,633 7.3 2,012 30,987 6.3 2,072 Personal service.............................................. 28,082 5.5 1,662 27,257 5.4 1,639 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 20,407 7.3 1,870 – – – – – – 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, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $22.29 2.4 $21.82 2.8 $24.42 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 22.39 2.4 21.90 2.9 24.47 4.4 White collar........................................................ 26.74 2.2 26.56 2.2 27.59 6.8 1....................................................... 8.51 1.6 8.50 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.73 2.5 10.30 3.2 11.95 1.6 3....................................................... 13.63 2.3 12.84 3.5 15.27 2.0 4....................................................... 14.77 2.9 14.36 3.3 17.08 2.5 5....................................................... 17.35 4.6 16.97 5.5 19.59 3.2 6....................................................... 19.02 3.9 19.05 4.2 18.76 8.8 7....................................................... 26.10 10.2 22.94 2.8 34.92 15.0 8....................................................... 26.04 2.2 26.42 2.2 21.09 5.3 9....................................................... 31.88 3.8 30.92 5.3 34.40 2.7 10........................................................ 32.22 3.9 32.68 3.9 24.10 21.2 11........................................................ 37.57 4.3 38.16 5.5 35.75 2.8 12........................................................ 47.73 4.2 47.69 4.3 48.96 4.1 13........................................................ 58.43 5.9 58.41 6.3 – – 14........................................................ 42.85 17.8 41.89 21.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.76 7.8 30.22 7.9 22.32 10.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.45 2.2 27.38 2.2 27.73 6.9 1....................................................... 10.12 5.9 10.23 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.54 2.2 11.24 3.4 12.03 1.7 3....................................................... 13.58 2.4 13.02 3.7 14.59 1.4 4....................................................... 15.13 1.8 14.69 2.0 17.16 2.3 5....................................................... 17.44 5.3 17.04 6.3 19.46 3.0 6....................................................... 18.63 1.8 18.61 1.6 18.76 8.8 7....................................................... 25.88 10.6 22.51 1.9 35.04 14.8 8....................................................... 26.04 2.2 26.43 2.3 21.09 5.3 9....................................................... 30.60 1.4 29.02 2.1 34.40 2.7 10........................................................ 32.05 4.0 32.52 3.9 24.10 21.2 11........................................................ 36.86 4.7 37.28 6.3 35.75 2.8 12........................................................ 47.73 4.2 47.69 4.3 48.96 4.1 13........................................................ 58.43 5.9 58.41 6.3 – – 14........................................................ 42.85 17.8 41.89 21.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.14 7.6 30.63 7.7 22.32 10.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.98 2.2 30.19 2.4 33.85 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.19 2.2 32.81 2.3 34.29 4.9 5....................................................... 13.42 8.1 12.90 10.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.96 7.5 19.82 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 29.62 14.0 23.46 5.0 37.41 10.9 8....................................................... 28.86 2.8 28.99 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 31.48 1.7 29.40 2.5 34.86 2.3 10........................................................ 33.20 6.8 34.51 5.8 – – 11........................................................ 37.25 5.4 38.78 7.2 33.57 3.7