NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Bulletin 3120-02, May 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................. $16.88 6.7 37.8 $15.51 7.8 37.6 $19.73 8.4 38.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.16 6.5 37.9 19.61 8.6 37.1 23.23 7.7 39.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.68 6.3 36.8 25.30 13.5 34.6 24.22 4.2 38.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.48 12.9 41.9 24.95 8.2 42.8 37.12 17.1 40.8 Sales............................................................. 23.89 37.1 37.4 23.89 37.1 37.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 11.56 2.6 38.0 11.34 2.6 37.6 12.03 5.9 39.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.40 2.1 39.1 13.54 2.2 39.3 11.88 3.7 36.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.96 3.0 40.5 16.27 3.4 40.6 13.87 2.5 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.03 5.6 40.1 14.03 5.6 40.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.00 6.0 40.7 14.42 5.6 42.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.61 4.7 36.1 9.67 5.0 35.8 8.96 1.3 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.53 5.8 35.4 7.79 4.6 34.2 11.65 5.3 36.9 Full time........................................................... 17.51 7.2 40.5 16.15 8.6 40.9 20.15 9.5 39.7 Part time........................................................... 9.17 7.2 20.9 9.38 8.3 21.2 8.02 2.1 19.3 Union............................................................... 18.56 10.8 40.0 18.56 10.8 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 16.84 6.9 37.8 15.39 8.1 37.5 19.73 8.4 38.3 Time................................................................ 16.46 6.0 37.4 14.73 5.6 37.0 19.73 8.4 38.3 Incentive........................................................... 23.63 29.2 45.6 23.63 29.2 45.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.73 2.7 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.10 17.2 36.5 16.21 17.6 36.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.91 5.8 38.3 13.94 6.5 38.2 13.68 5.0 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 19.21 7.8 38.1 17.04 11.3 38.1 20.60 8.4 38.2 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, 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $16.88 6.7 $15.51 7.8 $19.73 8.4 All excluding sales............................................... 16.57 6.0 14.95 5.9 19.73 8.4 White collar........................................................ 21.16 6.5 19.61 8.6 23.23 7.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.93 6.4 18.91 7.8 23.23 7.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.68 6.3 25.30 13.5 24.22 4.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.70 7.4 30.10 18.3 26.31 1.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.14 6.7 30.14 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.31 20.4 35.63 28.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.70 4.3 22.69 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.99 4.7 31.51 7.8 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 36.75 4.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.94 1.6 – – 25.99 1.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.61 4.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.61 4.2 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.86 10.6 17.72 13.7 – – Technical....................................................... 14.91 6.9 15.91 9.3 13.40 9.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.88 7.6 14.79 4.4 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 10.94 9.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.48 12.9 24.95 8.2 37.12 17.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.28 11.4 27.52 3.4 43.96 13.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 24.50 6.3 24.50 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 17.51 9.9 18.76 17.2 15.68 7.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.41 14.1 – – – – Sales............................................................. 23.89 37.1 23.89 37.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.60 4.8 6.60 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.56 2.6 11.34 2.6 12.03 5.9 Secretaries................................................. 12.48 9.8 13.19 12.4 11.72 12.7 Receptionists............................................... 9.77 5.7 9.76 6.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.78 15.6 12.00 17.4 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.08 6.4 11.08 6.4 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 10.83 4.4 10.83 4.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.07 2.3 12.07 2.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.73 3.9 9.34 9.7 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.01 10.2 – – 15.71 13.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.40 2.1 13.54 2.2 11.88 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $15.96 3.0 $16.27 3.4 $13.87 2.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.04 1.3 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.86 3.7 20.86 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.45 4.5 18.04 6.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 5.6 14.03 5.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.88 7.3 15.88 7.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.22 7.5 12.22 7.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.00 6.0 14.42 5.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.92 7.5 13.96 7.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.61 4.7 9.67 5.0 8.96 1.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.84 7.8 8.84 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.19 4.1 9.19 4.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.10 8.2 9.10 9.9 – – Service............................................................. 9.53 5.8 7.79 4.6 11.65 5.3 Protective service............................................ 13.04 5.6 – – 13.39 6.1 Firefighting................................................ 9.64 4.6 – – 9.64 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.01 3.3 – – 15.01 3.3 Food service.................................................. 7.73 9.2 7.72 10.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.95 4.8 4.95 4.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.22 10.2 9.45 10.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.37 13.5 7.37 13.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.94 3.2 9.02 5.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.77 1.7 8.70 2.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.76 6.0 6.98 3.5 8.92 11.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.80 2.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.40 15.7 – – 8.56 9.6 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 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $17.51 7.2 $16.15 8.6 $20.15 9.5 All excluding sales............................................... 17.12 6.5 15.47 6.4 20.15 9.5 White collar........................................................ 21.70 6.3 20.39 8.7 23.28 7.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.28 6.2 19.39 7.5 23.28 7.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.05 6.2 26.35 14.1 24.22 4.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.98 7.7 31.25 20.4 26.31 1.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.14 6.7 30.14 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 33.60 23.0 38.38 34.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.77 5.1 22.54 3.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.81 4.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.99 1.5 – – 25.99 1.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.59 4.3 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.59 4.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.13 11.6 18.06 15.2 – – Technical....................................................... 15.19 6.7 16.54 8.1 13.40 9.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.72 8.2 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 10.92 9.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.72 12.8 24.87 8.3 37.80 16.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.73 11.3 27.46 3.5 45.09 11.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 24.50 6.3 24.50 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 17.51 9.9 18.76 17.2 15.68 7.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.41 14.1 – – – – Sales............................................................. 27.06 39.8 27.06 39.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.77 2.9 11.65 3.1 12.03 5.9 Secretaries................................................. 12.48 9.8 13.19 12.4 11.72 12.7 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.47 15.8 12.84 17.5 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.15 6.3 11.15 6.3 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 10.83 4.4 10.83 4.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.29 2.3 12.29 2.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.73 3.9 9.35 9.7 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.01 10.2 – – 15.71 13.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.84 2.3 14.01 2.5 12.15 3.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.96 3.0 16.27 3.4 13.87 2.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.04 1.3 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $20.86 3.7 $20.86 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.45 4.5 18.04 6.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 5.7 14.10 5.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.45 11.0 16.45 11.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.22 7.5 12.22 7.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.53 5.0 14.77 5.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.10 8.2 14.15 8.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.13 4.7 10.25 5.0 $8.96 1.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.47 6.0 10.47 6.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.00 2.4 10.00 2.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.54 7.8 9.64 9.2 – – Service............................................................. 10.00 6.7 8.13 3.4 12.18 5.6 Protective service............................................ 13.01 5.6 – – 13.39 6.1 Firefighting................................................ 9.64 4.6 – – 9.64 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.01 3.3 – – 15.01 3.3 Food service.................................................. 8.26 7.1 8.28 7.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.10 3.3 5.10 3.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.77 1.8 10.85 2.2 – – Health service................................................ 8.91 3.1 8.98 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.85 6.9 7.04 3.1 8.92 11.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.81 2.6 – – – – 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $9.17 7.2 $9.38 8.3 $8.02 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 9.37 7.7 9.64 9.0 8.02 2.1 White collar........................................................ 12.14 12.0 12.20 12.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.62 14.6 13.75 14.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.55 14.9 17.55 14.9 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 21.04 10.5 21.04 10.5 – – Health related................................................ 21.82 8.6 21.82 8.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.22 .9 23.22 .9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.14 9.5 7.14 9.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.44 8.2 6.44 8.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.83 4.6 7.83 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.90 5.1 7.80 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.40 2.8 7.40 2.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.76 .4 6.76 .4 – – Service............................................................. 6.60 9.0 5.99 11.0 7.61 4.4 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.27 12.3 5.44 8.9 – – Other food service........................................... 6.60 9.2 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 6.91 8.3 – – 7.01 9.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $708 7.4 40.5 $660 9.3 40.9 $800 9.1 39.7 All excluding sales............................................... 691 6.4 40.4 630 6.8 40.7 800 9.1 39.7 White collar........................................................ 870 6.5 40.1 834 9.8 40.9 910 7.5 39.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 849 6.1 39.9 788 8.0 40.6 910 7.5 39.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 984 6.5 39.3 1,067 15.3 40.5 933 3.3 38.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,095 8.4 39.1 1,274 22.3 40.8 1,009 1.1 38.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,265 5.4 42.0 1,265 5.4 42.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,366 24.9 40.7 1,586 37.4 41.3 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 938 5.1 39.5 878 2.9 38.9 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,432 4.7 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 969 1.5 37.3 – – – 969 1.5 37.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 584 4.3 40.0 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 584 4.3 40.0 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 714 10.6 39.4 708 13.8 39.2 – – – Technical....................................................... 605 6.7 39.8 662 8.1 40.0 530 8.8 39.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 619 7.0 39.4 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 437 9.8 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,309 14.0 42.6 1,075 10.3 43.2 1,584 18.3 41.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,558 12.0 43.6 1,223 5.6 44.5 1,920 13.0 42.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,129 9.9 46.1 1,129 9.9 46.1 – – – Management related............................................ 704 10.2 40.2 757 18.0 40.4 627 7.3 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 696 14.1 40.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 1,166 48.3 43.1 1,166 48.3 43.1 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 466 2.9 39.5 464 3.1 39.8 469 6.1 39.0 Secretaries................................................. 482 10.2 38.6 528 12.4 40.0 437 11.5 37.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 499 15.8 40.0 513 17.5 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 440 5.6 39.5 440 5.6 39.5 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 430 4.8 39.7 430 4.8 39.7 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 492 2.3 40.0 492 2.3 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 428 4.2 39.8 368 10.4 39.4 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 634 10.8 39.6 – – – 621 13.9 39.5 Blue collar......................................................... $567 3.2 41.0 $576 3.5 41.1 $481 3.1 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 646 2.9 40.5 661 3.5 40.6 549 2.5 39.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 707 1.5 41.5 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 820 4.7 39.3 820 4.7 39.3 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 618 4.5 40.0 722 6.1 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 567 6.2 40.2 567 6.2 40.2 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 658 11.0 40.0 658 11.0 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 489 7.5 40.0 489 7.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 652 8.4 44.9 672 7.9 45.5 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 655 13.5 46.5 660 13.4 46.6 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 405 4.8 40.0 410 5.0 40.0 359 1.3 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 416 6.3 39.8 416 6.3 39.8 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 398 2.5 39.8 398 2.5 39.8 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 382 7.8 40.0 386 9.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 408 7.0 40.8 323 2.9 39.8 513 4.6 42.1 Protective service............................................ 560 4.4 43.0 – – – 581 4.4 43.4 Firefighting................................................ 511 4.6 53.0 – – – 511 4.6 53.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 605 2.6 40.3 – – – 605 2.6 40.3 Food service.................................................. 330 7.0 40.0 331 7.2 40.0 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 204 3.3 40.0 204 3.3 40.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 430 1.8 39.9 433 2.2 39.9 – – – Health service................................................ 352 3.2 39.5 352 5.1 39.3 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 308 5.5 39.3 276 5.2 39.3 350 10.0 39.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 310 2.3 39.7 – – – – – – 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $35,441 7.4 2,025 $34,243 9.3 2,121 $37,488 9.1 1,860 All excluding sales............................................... 34,539 6.4 2,017 32,711 6.8 2,114 37,488 9.1 1,860 White collar........................................................ 42,263 6.5 1,948 43,276 9.8 2,123 41,241 7.5 1,772 White collar excluding sales.................................... 41,053 6.1 1,929 40,841 8.0 2,106 41,241 7.5 1,772 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 45,289 6.5 1,808 55,054 15.3 2,090 40,293 3.3 1,664 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,903 8.4 1,748 65,448 22.3 2,095 42,396 1.1 1,611 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 65,195 5.4 2,163 65,195 5.4 2,163 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 70,266 24.9 2,091 82,490 37.4 2,149 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 48,772 5.1 2,052 45,631 2.9 2,025 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 55,905 4.7 1,561 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37,727 1.5 1,452 – – – 37,721 1.5 1,451 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,355 4.3 2,080 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 30,355 4.3 2,080 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 37,108 10.6 2,047 36,792 13.8 2,037 – – – Technical....................................................... 31,060 6.7 2,045 34,411 8.1 2,080 26,802 8.8 2,000 Licensed practical nurses................................... 30,379 7.0 1,933 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 22,716 9.8 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,882 14.0 2,177 55,896 10.3 2,247 79,319 18.3 2,099 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,044 12.0 2,212 63,619 5.6 2,316 94,912 13.0 2,105 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 58,699 9.9 2,396 58,699 9.9 2,396 – – – Management related............................................ 36,608 10.2 2,091 39,383 18.0 2,099 32,609 7.3 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 36,211 14.1 2,080 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 60,613 48.3 2,240 60,613 48.3 2,240 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 23,714 2.9 2,014 24,132 3.1 2,072 22,947 6.1 1,907 Secretaries................................................. 22,523 10.2 1,804 27,437 12.4 2,080 18,524 11.5 1,580 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 25,934 15.8 2,080 26,702 17.5 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 22,902 5.6 2,053 22,902 5.6 2,053 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 22,357 4.8 2,065 22,357 4.8 2,065 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 25,571 2.3 2,080 25,571 2.3 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 22,235 4.2 2,071 19,127 10.4 2,046 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 32,956 10.8 2,059 – – – 32,288 13.9 2,055 Blue collar......................................................... $29,451 3.2 2,127 $29,891 3.5 2,134 $25,025 3.1 2,060 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 33,578 2.9 2,104 34,346 3.5 2,112 28,537 2.5 2,058 Automobile mechanics........................................ 36,755 1.5 2,158 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 42,271 4.7 2,026 42,271 4.7 2,026 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 32,135 4.5 2,080 37,525 6.1 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,397 6.2 2,084 29,397 6.2 2,084 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 34,206 11.0 2,080 34,206 11.0 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 25,409 7.5 2,080 25,409 7.5 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,908 8.4 2,333 34,952 7.9 2,366 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 34,084 13.5 2,417 34,304 13.4 2,424 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,980 4.8 2,072 21,234 5.0 2,071 18,644 1.3 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 21,656 6.3 2,068 21,656 6.3 2,068 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 20,685 2.5 2,070 20,685 2.5 2,070 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,840 7.8 2,080 20,060 9.2 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 21,108 7.0 2,111 16,805 2.9 2,067 26,358 4.6 2,164 Protective service............................................ 29,107 4.4 2,237 – – – 30,234 4.4 2,258 Firefighting................................................ 26,576 4.6 2,756 – – – 26,576 4.6 2,756 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 31,457 2.6 2,095 – – – 31,457 2.6 2,095 Food service.................................................. 17,169 7.0 2,078 17,198 7.2 2,078 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,613 3.3 2,080 10,613 3.3 2,080 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,368 1.8 2,077 22,535 2.2 2,077 – – – Health service................................................ 18,301 3.2 2,054 18,324 5.1 2,042 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16,018 5.5 2,042 14,374 5.2 2,042 18,206 10.0 2,041 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 16,130 2.3 2,065 – – – – – – 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $16.88 6.7 $15.51 7.8 $19.73 8.4 All excluding sales............................................... 16.57 6.0 14.95 5.9 19.73 8.4 White collar........................................................ 21.16 6.5 19.61 8.6 23.23 7.7 1....................................................... 9.06 4.1 9.06 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.16 3.1 9.05 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.15 3.3 10.10 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.25 2.5 12.75 3.7 11.47 2.9 5....................................................... 22.73 31.4 25.69 33.9 13.43 1.9 6....................................................... 17.07 4.0 18.21 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.15 9.7 18.32 4.5 23.30 8.9 8....................................................... 25.21 4.1 23.44 10.2 26.35 3.5 9....................................................... 25.07 3.6 24.90 2.7 25.37 9.0 10........................................................ 28.60 5.4 28.60 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 41.13 14.9 50.42 14.6 32.03 6.3 12........................................................ 36.98 7.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.11 23.2 21.75 23.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.93 6.4 18.91 7.8 23.23 7.7 1....................................................... 9.06 4.1 9.06 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.56 3.0 9.57 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.04 4.1 9.94 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.85 3.5 12.17 5.8 11.47 2.9 5....................................................... 14.56 3.2 15.09 4.4 13.43 1.9 6....................................................... 17.07 4.0 18.21 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.15 9.7 18.27 4.5 23.30 8.9 8....................................................... 24.45 3.4 20.94 6.3 26.35 3.5 9....................................................... 25.07 3.6 24.90 2.7 25.37 9.0 10........................................................ 28.60 5.4 28.60 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 41.13 14.9 50.42 14.6 32.03 6.3 12........................................................ 36.98 7.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.11 23.2 21.75 23.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.68 6.3 25.30 13.5 24.22 4.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.70 7.4 30.10 18.3 26.31 1.5 7....................................................... 24.30 8.0 17.70 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.66 4.2 19.25 10.5 27.26 3.4 9....................................................... 25.43 4.4 25.18 2.7 – – 11........................................................ 44.36 18.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.97 25.9 19.97 25.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.14 6.7 30.14 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.31 20.4 35.63 28.3 – – 8....................................................... 24.73 12.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.27 .5 23.08 1.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.70 4.3 22.69 2.1 – – 9....................................................... $23.27 0.5 $23.08 1.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.99 4.7 31.51 7.8 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 36.75 4.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.94 1.6 – – $25.99 1.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.61 4.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.61 4.2 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.86 10.6 17.72 13.7 – – Technical....................................................... 14.91 6.9 15.91 9.3 13.40 9.2 4....................................................... 11.17 5.5 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.88 7.6 14.79 4.4 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 10.94 9.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.48 12.9 24.95 8.2 37.12 17.1 7....................................................... 17.87 7.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.56 10.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.89 6.4 24.27 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 34.39 7.6 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.28 11.4 27.52 3.4 43.96 13.0 9....................................................... 26.83 9.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.39 7.6 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 24.50 6.3 24.50 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 17.51 9.9 18.76 17.2 15.68 7.3 9....................................................... 22.70 12.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.41 14.1 – – – – Sales............................................................. 23.89 37.1 23.89 37.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.60 4.8 6.60 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 48.14 23.1 48.14 23.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.60 4.8 6.60 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 6.60 4.8 6.60 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.56 2.6 11.34 2.6 12.03 5.9 1....................................................... 9.06 4.1 9.06 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.60 3.4 9.58 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.04 4.1 9.94 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.05 4.1 12.34 6.3 11.64 3.1 5....................................................... 13.95 5.1 14.10 6.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.48 9.8 13.19 12.4 11.72 12.7 4....................................................... 15.18 7.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.77 5.7 9.76 6.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.78 15.6 12.00 17.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.18 13.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.08 6.4 11.08 6.4 – – Billing clerks.............................................. $10.83 4.4 $10.83 4.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.07 2.3 12.07 2.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.73 3.9 9.34 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.47 1.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.01 10.2 – – $15.71 13.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.40 2.1 13.54 2.2 11.88 3.7 1....................................................... 8.09 3.9 8.06 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.66 5.5 9.77 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.55 4.0 11.75 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.08 5.8 14.12 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.01 8.4 13.98 9.3 – – 6....................................................... 15.83 4.1 16.89 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.09 7.1 18.24 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 22.01 8.6 22.01 8.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.96 3.0 16.27 3.4 13.87 2.5 5....................................................... 13.00 3.7 12.99 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 14.36 3.5 14.73 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 17.55 6.0 17.70 6.5 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.04 1.3 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.86 3.7 20.86 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.45 4.5 18.04 6.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 5.6 14.03 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.44 11.6 10.44 11.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.63 2.7 12.63 2.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.87 2.9 16.87 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.82 5.7 21.82 5.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.88 7.3 15.88 7.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.22 7.5 12.22 7.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.00 6.0 14.42 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.48 9.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.24 2.3 15.33 2.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.92 7.5 13.96 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.92 .1 14.92 .1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.61 4.7 9.67 5.0 8.96 1.3 1....................................................... 8.12 4.4 8.09 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.30 3.9 9.33 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.37 4.0 11.49 3.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.84 7.8 8.84 7.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.90 2.6 6.90 2.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.19 4.1 9.19 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.21 9.2 8.21 9.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $9.10 8.2 $9.10 9.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.95 4.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.53 5.8 7.79 4.6 $11.65 5.3 1....................................................... 6.74 2.2 6.40 2.3 7.67 2.9 2....................................................... 5.22 22.4 4.96 23.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.42 4.5 9.76 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 8.93 9.1 – – 9.74 10.3 6....................................................... 13.37 3.6 – – 13.36 3.7 Protective service............................................ 13.04 5.6 – – 13.39 6.1 5....................................................... 9.74 10.3 – – 9.74 10.3 6....................................................... 13.32 3.2 – – 13.28 3.2 Firefighting................................................ 9.64 4.6 – – 9.64 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.01 3.3 – – 15.01 3.3 Food service.................................................. 7.73 9.2 7.72 10.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.10 1.9 6.07 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 3.28 23.2 3.28 23.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.69 9.9 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.95 4.8 4.95 4.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.22 10.2 9.45 10.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.12 3.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.69 9.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.37 13.5 7.37 13.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.94 3.2 9.02 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.15 5.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.77 1.7 8.70 2.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.76 6.0 6.98 3.5 8.92 11.8 1....................................................... 7.30 1.6 6.75 4.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.80 2.5 – – – – 1....................................................... 7.79 3.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.40 15.7 – – 8.56 9.6 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $17.51 7.2 $16.15 8.6 $20.15 9.5 All excluding sales............................................... 17.12 6.5 15.47 6.4 20.15 9.5 White collar........................................................ 21.70 6.3 20.39 8.7 23.28 7.7 2....................................................... 9.54 3.3 9.54 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.33 3.0 10.35 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.32 2.5 12.90 3.5 11.47 2.9 5....................................................... 22.78 31.5 25.77 33.9 13.43 1.9 6....................................................... 17.08 4.5 18.48 3.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.21 9.6 18.47 4.8 23.30 8.9 8....................................................... 25.19 4.1 23.38 10.4 26.35 3.5 9....................................................... 25.30 4.2 25.25 4.2 25.37 9.0 10........................................................ 28.60 5.4 28.60 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 41.13 14.9 50.42 14.6 32.03 6.3 12........................................................ 36.98 7.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.04 24.1 22.04 24.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.28 6.2 19.39 7.5 23.28 7.7 2....................................................... 9.60 3.2 9.63 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.19 3.7 10.15 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.93 3.5 12.33 5.7 11.47 2.9 5....................................................... 14.56 3.2 15.09 4.4 13.43 1.9 6....................................................... 17.08 4.5 18.48 3.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.21 9.6 18.43 4.8 23.30 8.9 8....................................................... 24.43 3.4 20.84 6.4 26.35 3.5 9....................................................... 25.30 4.2 25.25 4.2 25.37 9.0 10........................................................ 28.60 5.4 28.60 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 41.13 14.9 50.42 14.6 32.03 6.3 12........................................................ 36.98 7.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.04 24.1 22.04 24.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.05 6.2 26.35 14.1 24.22 4.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.98 7.7 31.25 20.4 26.31 1.5 7....................................................... 24.30 8.0 17.69 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.64 4.2 – – 27.26 3.4 9....................................................... 25.92 5.5 25.98 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 44.36 18.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.14 6.7 30.14 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 33.60 23.0 38.38 34.6 – – 9....................................................... 23.34 .2 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.77 5.1 22.54 3.0 – – 9....................................................... 23.34 .2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.81 4.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.99 1.5 – – 25.99 1.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $14.59 4.3 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.59 4.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.13 11.6 $18.06 15.2 – – Technical....................................................... 15.19 6.7 16.54 8.1 $13.40 9.2 4....................................................... 11.43 5.6 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.72 8.2 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 10.92 9.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.72 12.8 24.87 8.3 37.80 16.2 7....................................................... 17.87 7.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.56 10.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.65 6.7 23.92 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.39 7.6 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.73 11.3 27.46 3.5 45.09 11.7 11........................................................ 34.39 7.6 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 24.50 6.3 24.50 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 17.51 9.9 18.76 17.2 15.68 7.3 9....................................................... 22.70 12.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 17.41 14.1 – – – – Sales............................................................. 27.06 39.8 27.06 39.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.77 2.9 11.65 3.1 12.03 5.9 2....................................................... 9.65 3.7 9.65 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.19 3.7 10.15 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.05 4.1 12.34 6.3 11.64 3.1 5....................................................... 13.95 5.1 14.10 6.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.48 9.8 13.19 12.4 11.72 12.7 4....................................................... 15.18 7.9 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.47 15.8 12.84 17.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.18 13.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.15 6.3 11.15 6.3 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 10.83 4.4 10.83 4.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.29 2.3 12.29 2.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.73 3.9 9.35 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.47 1.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.01 10.2 – – 15.71 13.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.84 2.3 14.01 2.5 12.15 3.0 1....................................................... 8.53 4.9 8.52 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.78 6.0 9.85 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.61 4.0 11.82 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.22 6.4 14.26 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 14.01 8.4 13.98 9.3 – – 6....................................................... $15.83 4.1 $16.89 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.09 7.1 18.24 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 22.01 8.6 22.01 8.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.96 3.0 16.27 3.4 $13.87 2.5 5....................................................... 13.00 3.7 12.99 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 14.36 3.5 14.73 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 17.55 6.0 17.70 6.5 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.04 1.3 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.86 3.7 20.86 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.45 4.5 18.04 6.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 5.7 14.10 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.58 12.3 10.58 12.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.63 2.7 12.63 2.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.87 2.9 16.87 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.82 5.7 21.82 5.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.45 11.0 16.45 11.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.22 7.5 12.22 7.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.53 5.0 14.77 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.48 9.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.54 2.0 15.64 2.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.10 8.2 14.15 8.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.13 4.7 10.25 5.0 8.96 1.3 1....................................................... 8.54 5.4 8.53 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.34 3.1 9.39 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.49 3.5 11.63 3.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.47 6.0 10.47 6.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.00 2.4 10.00 2.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.54 7.8 9.64 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.28 5.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.00 6.7 8.13 3.4 12.18 5.6 1....................................................... 6.93 4.3 6.51 3.7 7.96 4.1 2....................................................... 5.21 27.8 5.01 29.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.73 3.0 9.75 3.7 – – 5....................................................... 8.93 9.1 – – 9.74 10.3 6....................................................... 13.34 3.5 – – 13.36 3.7 Protective service............................................ 13.01 5.6 – – 13.39 6.1 5....................................................... 9.74 10.3 – – 9.74 10.3 6....................................................... 13.28 3.2 – – 13.28 3.2 Firefighting................................................ 9.64 4.6 – – 9.64 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.01 3.3 – – 15.01 3.3 Food service.................................................. 8.26 7.1 8.28 7.2 – – 1....................................................... $6.14 3.2 $6.10 2.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.10 3.3 5.10 3.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.77 1.8 10.85 2.2 – – Health service................................................ 8.91 3.1 8.98 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.85 6.9 7.04 3.1 $8.92 11.8 1....................................................... 7.36 2.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.81 2.6 – – – – 1....................................................... 7.80 3.3 – – – – 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, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 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................................................................... $9.17 7.2 $9.38 8.3 $8.02 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 9.37 7.7 9.64 9.0 8.02 2.1 White collar........................................................ 12.14 12.0 12.20 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.83 7.3 6.83 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 23.21 1.2 23.21 1.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.62 14.6 13.75 14.9 – – 9....................................................... 23.21 1.2 23.21 1.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.55 14.9 17.55 14.9 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 21.04 10.5 21.04 10.5 – – 9....................................................... 22.43 2.1 22.43 2.1 – – Health related................................................ 21.82 8.6 21.82 8.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.22 .9 23.22 .9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.14 9.5 7.14 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.44 8.2 6.44 8.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.44 8.2 6.44 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.44 8.2 6.44 8.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.83 4.6 7.83 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.90 5.1 7.80 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.05 1.6 7.05 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.85 6.2 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.40 2.8 7.40 2.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.14 2.4 7.14 2.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.76 .4 6.76 .4 – – 1....................................................... 6.73 .2 6