NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Austin-San Marcos, TX, Bulletin 3125-12, May 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $17.98 2.3 36.3 $17.63 3.2 35.6 $18.83 1.9 38.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.43 2.6 37.2 22.56 3.7 36.6 19.45 3.3 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.57 2.4 38.3 30.32 2.9 38.6 23.39 2.5 37.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.58 6.1 40.1 30.96 11.5 40.2 21.58 7.1 40.0 Sales............................................................. 13.43 10.4 31.7 13.45 10.8 31.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.14 3.9 37.1 14.68 5.9 36.7 13.35 2.0 37.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.64 5.4 36.4 12.32 6.3 36.2 15.04 6.4 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.37 5.5 37.7 15.08 6.9 37.3 16.79 5.9 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.37 4.1 40.0 11.43 4.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.76 3.3 35.8 9.37 3.8 35.8 11.96 5.8 35.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 8.83 4.0 31.6 8.77 4.3 31.7 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.66 3.8 32.7 9.21 4.7 31.9 17.02 9.3 37.0 Full time........................................................... 19.20 2.7 40.0 19.27 3.9 39.9 19.06 2.2 40.1 Part time........................................................... 10.54 8.1 23.2 10.27 9.4 23.9 13.62 12.4 17.9 Union............................................................... 18.72 10.5 40.0 18.72 10.5 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 17.97 2.3 36.2 17.61 3.1 35.5 18.83 1.9 38.1 Time................................................................ 17.83 2.3 36.2 17.42 3.2 35.4 18.83 1.9 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 23.47 13.4 40.1 23.46 13.5 40.1 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.91 5.5 40.3 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.59 4.2 34.0 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.43 7.3 34.5 13.42 7.4 34.5 13.95 6.7 40.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.75 7.9 35.7 16.65 8.2 35.6 19.62 2.9 38.3 500 workers or more................................................. 20.58 2.1 37.4 22.95 4.6 36.5 18.82 1.9 38.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 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................................................................... $17.98 2.3 $17.63 3.2 $18.83 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.42 2.5 18.20 3.5 18.89 1.8 White collar........................................................ 21.43 2.6 22.56 3.7 19.45 3.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.69 2.3 24.94 3.3 19.54 3.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.57 2.4 30.32 2.9 23.39 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.17 2.4 33.73 2.5 23.70 2.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.12 2.9 35.34 2.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.09 10.5 35.51 10.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.90 14.8 37.60 6.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.04 15.0 37.96 6.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.56 7.2 29.04 7.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.67 5.0 25.86 5.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.90 3.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.01 2.6 17.16 18.9 26.06 .7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.98 .8 – – 25.95 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.99 1.0 – – 26.95 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.6 Social workers.............................................. 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 55.19 13.3 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 55.19 13.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.26 13.0 29.05 13.0 – – Technical....................................................... 19.79 3.6 20.12 3.9 17.17 6.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.49 5.4 17.99 5.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.00 5.2 20.39 5.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.58 6.1 30.96 11.5 21.58 7.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.99 11.4 33.73 17.5 25.20 12.6 Financial managers.......................................... 35.62 11.1 36.19 15.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.72 3.7 – – 36.72 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.73 22.3 32.73 22.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.27 3.0 24.62 7.7 19.40 1.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.37 5.5 24.91 9.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 19.68 5.0 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.43 10.4 13.45 10.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.94 3.8 8.94 3.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.75 5.7 9.61 6.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.14 3.9 14.68 5.9 13.35 2.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.99 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. $16.89 5.1 $17.65 5.6 $15.23 3.6 Receptionists............................................... 11.77 4.4 11.83 4.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.68 7.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.84 6.1 12.84 6.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.05 13.3 14.05 13.3 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.79 9.3 12.79 9.3 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 16.02 3.5 16.02 3.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.44 7.9 15.75 12.1 11.30 7.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.85 .1 – – 11.85 .1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.32 9.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 5.4 12.32 6.3 15.04 6.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.37 5.5 15.08 6.9 16.79 5.9 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.15 7.1 13.15 7.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.37 4.1 11.43 4.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.40 2.0 13.40 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.76 3.3 9.37 3.8 11.96 5.8 Bus drivers................................................. 11.39 6.6 – – 12.15 5.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.83 4.0 8.77 4.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.66 3.8 9.21 4.7 17.02 9.3 Protective service............................................ 16.74 15.5 10.50 2.1 22.71 11.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 26.43 10.4 – – 26.43 10.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.11 12.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.19 2.9 8.12 2.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.54 17.1 4.54 17.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.21 3.2 9.20 3.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.18 3.7 9.18 3.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.05 6.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 3.0 8.16 3.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.06 3.0 9.02 3.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.48 24.9 12.83 29.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.40 6.5 9.50 9.8 9.21 1.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.42 6.7 9.54 10.3 9.21 1.8 Personal service.............................................. 10.27 8.6 10.16 9.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.58 4.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 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................................................................... $19.20 2.7 $19.27 3.9 $19.06 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.44 2.9 19.60 4.2 19.12 2.1 White collar........................................................ 22.35 2.6 24.13 3.9 19.57 3.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.06 2.5 25.60 3.8 19.66 3.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.77 2.7 30.58 3.5 23.59 2.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.40 2.9 34.07 3.3 23.93 2.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.12 2.9 35.34 2.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.09 10.5 35.51 10.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.90 14.8 37.60 6.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.04 15.0 37.96 6.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.19 7.0 27.72 7.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.65 4.2 24.84 4.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 25.93 6.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.47 1.3 18.65 12.5 26.18 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.90 .5 – – 25.95 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.99 1.0 – – 26.95 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.7 Social workers.............................................. 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 55.19 13.3 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 55.19 13.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.05 12.0 29.05 13.0 – – Technical....................................................... 19.80 3.7 20.16 4.0 17.17 6.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.52 2.4 16.81 1.9 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.00 5.2 20.39 5.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.58 6.1 30.96 11.5 21.58 7.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.99 11.4 33.73 17.5 25.20 12.6 Financial managers.......................................... 35.62 11.1 36.19 15.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.72 3.7 – – 36.72 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.73 22.3 32.73 22.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.27 3.0 24.62 7.7 19.40 1.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.37 5.5 24.91 9.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 19.68 5.0 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.87 12.7 16.03 13.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.55 6.8 10.41 7.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.48 3.5 15.28 5.2 13.41 2.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.99 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.89 5.1 17.65 5.6 15.23 3.6 Receptionists............................................... $11.97 3.9 $12.05 4.0 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.36 4.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.82 6.9 12.82 7.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.80 9.3 12.80 9.3 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 16.02 3.5 16.02 3.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.45 8.3 15.88 12.1 $11.22 7.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.85 .1 – – 11.85 .1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.13 5.9 12.76 6.9 15.52 4.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.51 6.4 15.18 8.5 16.79 5.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.38 4.1 11.43 4.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.40 2.0 13.40 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.32 4.2 11.27 4.8 11.61 5.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.35 3.4 9.30 3.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.03 11.1 9.03 11.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.78 4.8 9.98 5.4 17.56 10.0 Protective service............................................ 16.93 16.4 – – 23.16 9.5 Food service.................................................. 8.82 5.8 8.73 5.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.74 4.3 9.69 4.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.54 5.7 9.54 5.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.49 1.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.42 4.0 10.61 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.58 5.1 10.86 6.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.40 6.5 9.50 9.8 9.21 1.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.42 6.7 9.54 10.3 9.21 1.8 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 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................................................................... $10.54 8.1 $10.27 9.4 $13.62 12.4 All excluding sales............................................... 11.02 9.4 10.71 11.3 13.62 12.4 White collar........................................................ 12.61 13.8 12.23 15.9 15.55 16.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.38 18.2 16.62 22.8 15.55 16.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.09 19.7 26.41 20.6 18.65 30.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.07 22.0 – – 18.65 30.0 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.05 31.8 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.52 10.6 19.52 10.6 – – Sales............................................................. 8.83 4.9 8.83 4.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.77 1.8 8.77 1.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.65 3.5 8.65 3.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.77 4.6 10.58 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.41 19.4 10.39 21.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.34 9.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.82 6.2 7.65 7.0 10.96 6.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.78 2.8 6.71 2.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.87 3.8 7.90 3.7 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.59 12.6 8.25 14.6 – – 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 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 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................................................................... $767 2.8 40.0 $769 4.0 39.9 $763 2.2 40.1 All excluding sales............................................... 776 2.9 39.9 782 4.2 39.9 766 2.2 40.1 White collar........................................................ 896 2.7 40.1 972 4.1 40.3 779 3.1 39.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 924 2.6 40.1 1,031 4.0 40.3 783 3.1 39.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,118 2.9 40.3 1,244 3.7 40.7 935 2.5 39.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,186 3.0 40.3 1,396 3.4 41.0 948 2.9 39.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,506 3.9 42.9 1,518 4.1 43.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,553 7.7 44.3 1,579 7.9 44.5 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,283 14.9 40.2 1,517 6.3 40.3 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,289 15.1 40.2 1,532 5.9 40.3 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,075 7.2 39.6 1,095 7.4 39.5 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 968 4.4 39.3 975 4.6 39.2 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 995 10.0 38.4 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,012 1.4 39.7 746 12.5 40.0 1,039 1.2 39.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,027 .5 39.7 – – – 1,029 .1 39.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,073 1.6 39.7 – – – 1,071 1.5 39.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 588 14.5 40.0 – – – 557 17.7 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 588 14.5 40.0 – – – 557 17.7 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,303 15.8 41.7 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 2,303 15.8 41.7 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,191 13.5 41.0 1,198 14.5 41.2 – – – Technical....................................................... 790 3.9 39.9 802 4.1 39.8 697 8.0 40.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 661 2.4 40.0 672 1.9 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 798 5.2 39.9 813 5.4 39.9 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,066 6.0 40.1 1,245 11.3 40.2 863 7.1 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,246 11.2 40.2 1,360 17.4 40.3 1,007 12.6 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,425 11.1 40.0 1,448 15.0 40.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,461 4.0 39.8 – – – 1,461 4.0 39.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,316 22.4 40.2 1,316 22.4 40.2 – – – Management related............................................ 851 3.0 40.0 985 7.7 40.0 776 1.0 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 815 5.5 40.0 996 9.9 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 787 5.0 40.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 638 12.8 40.2 645 13.2 40.2 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 406 8.4 38.5 398 9.6 38.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $577 3.5 39.9 $609 5.1 39.8 $535 2.1 39.9 Supervisors, general office................................. 638 7.6 39.9 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 676 5.1 40.0 706 5.6 40.0 609 3.6 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 471 3.1 39.4 474 3.3 39.3 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 524 4.9 39.2 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 513 6.9 40.0 513 7.2 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 512 9.3 40.0 512 9.3 40.0 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 641 3.5 40.0 641 3.5 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 498 8.3 40.0 635 12.1 40.0 449 7.9 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 461 .9 38.9 – – – 461 .9 38.9 Blue collar......................................................... 525 5.9 40.0 511 6.9 40.0 617 5.0 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 618 6.5 39.8 604 8.6 39.8 671 5.9 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 455 4.1 40.0 457 4.1 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 536 2.0 40.0 536 2.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 449 4.4 39.7 451 5.3 40.0 444 5.0 38.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 381 4.3 40.7 379 4.5 40.8 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 358 11.0 39.6 358 11.0 39.6 – – – Service............................................................. 462 5.2 39.2 382 5.6 38.3 746 10.8 42.5 Protective service............................................ 715 18.6 42.2 – – – 1,034 9.3 44.7 Food service.................................................. 320 7.3 36.3 316 7.2 36.2 – – – Other food service........................................... 358 5.9 36.7 355 6.2 36.7 – – – Cooks....................................................... 358 8.7 37.5 358 8.7 37.5 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 317 4.9 37.3 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 409 2.8 39.3 415 3.4 39.1 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 417 3.5 39.4 426 4.2 39.3 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 373 6.1 39.7 376 9.3 39.5 368 1.8 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 374 6.4 39.7 377 9.8 39.5 368 1.8 40.0 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 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................................................................... $38,399 2.8 2,000 $39,929 4.0 2,073 $35,484 2.2 1,862 All excluding sales............................................... 38,755 2.9 1,994 40,582 4.2 2,071 35,567 2.2 1,860 White collar........................................................ 44,200 2.7 1,977 50,416 4.1 2,089 35,701 3.1 1,824 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,335 2.6 1,966 53,478 4.0 2,089 35,803 3.1 1,821 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,781 2.9 1,901 64,313 3.7 2,103 39,226 2.5 1,663 Professional specialty.......................................... 54,943 3.0 1,869 72,049 3.4 2,115 39,349 2.9 1,645 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 78,313 3.9 2,230 78,929 4.1 2,234 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 80,759 7.7 2,302 82,120 7.9 2,312 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 66,739 14.9 2,092 78,866 6.3 2,097 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 67,044 15.1 2,092 79,639 5.9 2,098 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 55,924 7.2 2,057 56,963 7.4 2,055 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 50,358 4.4 2,043 50,681 4.6 2,040 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40,848 10.0 1,575 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38,537 1.4 1,513 33,657 12.5 1,805 38,956 1.2 1,488 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38,426 .5 1,483 – – – 38,478 .1 1,483 Secondary school teachers................................... 40,111 1.6 1,486 – – – 40,061 1.5 1,487 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,332 14.5 2,064 – – – 28,636 17.7 2,056 Social workers.............................................. 30,332 14.5 2,064 – – – 28,636 17.7 2,056 Lawyers and judges............................................ 119,746 15.8 2,170 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 119,746 15.8 2,170 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 61,426 13.5 2,114 62,273 14.5 2,143 – – – Technical....................................................... 41,071 3.9 2,074 41,708 4.1 2,069 36,221 8.0 2,109 Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,366 2.4 2,080 34,955 1.9 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 41,479 5.2 2,074 42,279 5.4 2,073 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 52,875 6.0 1,989 64,742 11.3 2,091 40,681 7.1 1,885 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 59,502 11.2 1,920 70,707 17.4 2,096 41,101 12.6 1,631 Financial managers.......................................... 74,094 11.1 2,080 75,280 15.0 2,080 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 64,443 4.0 1,755 – – – 64,443 4.0 1,755 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 68,425 22.4 2,091 68,425 22.4 2,091 – – – Management related............................................ 44,235 3.0 2,080 51,208 7.7 2,080 40,360 1.0 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,364 5.5 2,080 51,803 9.9 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 40,928 5.0 2,080 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 33,185 12.8 2,091 33,528 13.2 2,091 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 21,100 8.4 2,000 20,706 9.6 1,990 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $29,499 3.5 2,038 $31,606 5.1 2,069 $26,796 2.1 1,997 Supervisors, general office................................. 33,160 7.6 2,074 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 34,698 5.1 2,054 36,399 5.6 2,062 31,016 3.6 2,036 Receptionists............................................... 24,490 3.1 2,047 24,623 3.3 2,044 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 25,684 4.9 1,923 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,667 6.9 2,080 26,668 7.2 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 26,616 9.3 2,080 26,616 9.3 2,080 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 33,316 3.5 2,080 33,316 3.5 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,893 8.3 2,080 33,035 12.1 2,080 23,330 7.9 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 18,144 .9 1,531 – – – 18,144 .9 1,531 Blue collar......................................................... 27,181 5.9 2,071 26,578 6.9 2,082 30,971 5.0 1,996 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 32,125 6.5 2,072 31,415 8.6 2,070 34,915 5.9 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,660 4.1 2,080 23,775 4.1 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,867 2.0 2,080 27,867 2.0 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 22,436 4.4 1,982 23,430 5.3 2,080 18,644 5.0 1,606 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 19,804 4.3 2,118 19,722 4.5 2,120 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,600 11.0 2,059 18,600 11.0 2,059 – – – Service............................................................. 23,790 5.2 2,020 19,863 5.6 1,991 37,229 10.8 2,120 Protective service............................................ 37,179 18.6 2,196 – – – 53,791 9.3 2,323 Food service.................................................. 16,332 7.3 1,851 16,442 7.2 1,882 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,174 5.9 1,865 18,471 6.2 1,906 – – – Cooks....................................................... 18,616 8.7 1,952 18,616 8.7 1,952 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,070 4.9 1,893 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 21,272 2.8 2,042 21,577 3.4 2,033 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,662 3.5 2,048 22,176 4.2 2,042 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 19,024 6.1 2,024 19,535 9.3 2,057 18,132 1.8 1,968 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,050 6.4 2,022 19,611 9.8 2,055 18,132 1.8 1,968 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 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................................................................... $17.98 2.3 $17.63 3.2 $18.83 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.42 2.5 18.20 3.5 18.89 1.8 White collar........................................................ 21.43 2.6 22.56 3.7 19.45 3.3 1....................................................... 8.37 2.7 8.37 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.28 5.9 11.34 6.3 10.79 9.0 3....................................................... 11.00 3.4 11.30 4.7 10.43 1.6 4....................................................... 13.15 3.5 13.45 4.5 12.42 4.3 5....................................................... 14.79 8.1 16.89 3.9 12.81 2.9 6....................................................... 17.48 5.4 16.03 5.1 18.27 10.1 7....................................................... 22.17 7.0 23.46 7.3 20.29 9.7 8....................................................... 24.09 2.8 25.64 5.7 22.99 1.4 9....................................................... 26.83 6.2 29.26 8.2 24.48 4.5 10........................................................ 31.32 5.9 31.77 7.9 30.01 1.9 11........................................................ 33.66 3.2 35.62 2.8 29.82 9.2 12........................................................ 41.01 3.0 42.09 2.8 – – 13........................................................ 53.28 7.1 54.04 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.63 13.1 20.67 13.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.69 2.3 24.94 3.3 19.54 3.2 2....................................................... 11.63 4.1 11.79 4.1 10.79 9.0 3....................................................... 10.77 2.8 11.04 4.8 10.44 1.6 4....................................................... 13.19 4.0 13.55 5.1 12.50 5.1 5....................................................... 14.84 8.3 17.03 3.9 12.81 2.9 6....................................................... 17.63 6.0 16.18 5.8 18.27 10.1 7....................................................... 21.63 6.6 22.58 7.1 20.29 9.7 8....................................................... 24.16 2.8 25.86 5.8 22.99 1.4 9....................................................... 26.47 6.0 28.74 8.2 24.45 4.5 10........................................................ 31.32 5.9 31.77 7.9 30.01 1.9 11........................................................ 33.23 3.5 35.06 3.1 29.82 9.2 12........................................................ 40.81 3.1 41.86 2.9 – – 13........................................................ 53.28 7.1 54.04 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.54 13.0 21.96 12.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.57 2.4 30.32 2.9 23.39 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.17 2.4 33.73 2.5 23.70 2.6 5....................................................... 12.33 5.1 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.03 8.3 – – 20.69 10.3 7....................................................... 22.92 4.6 21.61 7.6 24.91 7.5 8....................................................... 25.93 2.8 25.77 6.5 26.05 1.1 9....................................................... 28.57 5.8 30.56 8.0 26.14 2.4 10........................................................ 32.38 4.6 33.31 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 32.41 4.9 35.59 3.0 25.48 12.0 12........................................................ 41.33 3.1 41.99 3.7 – – 13........................................................ 48.86 1.8 48.86 1.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.12 2.9 35.34 2.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.09 10.5 35.51 10.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... $31.90 14.8 $37.60 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.85 4.6 30.34 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.29 5.7 35.10 5.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.04 15.0 37.96 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 4.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.29 5.7 35.10 5.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.56 7.2 29.04 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.83 13.3 23.05 14.4 – – 8....................................................... 28.27 8.2 28.28 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 36.10 9.2 36.10 9.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.67 5.0 25.86 5.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.74 6.6 26.73 6.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.90 3.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.01 2.6 17.16 18.9 $26.06 0.7 6....................................................... 21.97 14.6 – – 26.01 .8 7....................................................... 23.80 10.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.67 .5 – – 26.55 .1 9....................................................... 26.88 3.1 – – 26.74 2.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.98 .8 – – 25.95 .1 7....................................................... 25.49 3.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.17 .8 – – 25.97 .4 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.99 1.0 – – 26.95 1.0 8....................................................... 27.34 .9 – – 27.26 .9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.6 Social workers.............................................. 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 55.19 13.3 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 55.19 13.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.26 13.0 29.05 13.0 – – Technical....................................................... 19.79 3.6 20.12 3.9 17.17 6.6 4....................................................... 15.57 6.0 15.93 7.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.33 4.7 17.40 4.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.33 9.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.92 2.9 22.06 2.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.49 5.4 17.99 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.35 7.5 18.52 7.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.00 5.2 20.39 5.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.58 6.1 30.96 11.5 21.58 7.1 7....................................................... 24.14 17.3 – – 20.30 5.3 8....................................................... 20.64 5.2 25.69 9.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.30 8.1 26.47 20.1 23.42 4.4 11........................................................ 35.38 5.3 – – – – 12........................................................ $39.60 6.3 $41.54 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 59.32 7.5 62.04 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.98 22.7 24.63 25.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.99 11.4 33.73 17.5 $25.20 12.6 9....................................................... 25.54 10.7 – – 24.67 3.6 12........................................................ 40.95 9.0 45.07 8.6 – – 13........................................................ 59.41 7.6 62.16 6.2 – – Financial managers.......................................... 35.62 11.1 36.19 15.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.72 3.7 – – 36.72 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.73 22.3 32.73 22.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.27 3.0 24.62 7.7 19.40 1.0 7....................................................... 19.76 4.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 18.49 3.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.37 4.9 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.37 5.5 24.91 9.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 19.68 5.0 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.43 10.4 13.45 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.24 2.5 8.24 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.76 7.9 11.82 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.06 6.9 13.26 8.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.94 3.8 8.94 3.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.75 5.7 9.61 6.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.40 .7 8.40 .7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.14 3.9 14.68 5.9 13.35 2.0 2....................................................... 11.69 3.9 11.79 4.1 11.10 6.7 3....................................................... 10.69 2.7 10.76 4.5 10.60 2.4 4....................................................... 12.68 3.0 12.94 3.4 12.24 5.2 5....................................................... 14.81 8.7 16.98 6.6 13.15 3.4 6....................................................... 16.06 6.7 17.81 4.0 15.13 6.1 7....................................................... 18.44 6.3 19.81 1.7 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 15.99 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.89 5.1 17.65 5.6 15.23 3.6 4....................................................... 13.52 7.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.71 8.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.52 3.3 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.77 4.4 11.83 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.79 5.8 11.79 5.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.68 7.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.84 6.1 12.84 6.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.05 13.3 14.05 13.3 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.79 9.3 12.79 9.3 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 16.02 3.5 16.02 3.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.44 7.9 15.75 12.1 11.30 7.4 3....................................................... 10.46 3.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $11.85 0.1 – – $11.85 0.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.32 9.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 5.4 $12.32 6.3 15.04 6.4 1....................................................... 7.79 4.8 7.75 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.13 10.5 10.20 11.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.84 4.7 10.70 5.3 12.31 5.6 4....................................................... 12.88 5.8 12.87 6.4 12.91 5.2 5....................................................... 15.09 2.8 14.21 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.95 4.5 15.23 8.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.01 8.3 20.01 8.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.37 5.5 15.08 6.9 16.79 5.9 3....................................................... 11.28 6.0 11.25 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.59 5.1 15.91 5.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.88 5.4 14.81 1.8 – – 6....................................................... 16.40 5.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.55 7.9 20.55 7.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.15 7.1 13.15 7.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.37 4.1 11.43 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 6.0 11.11 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.91 10.1 10.91 10.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.40 2.0 13.40 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.76 3.3 9.37 3.8 11.96 5.8 3....................................................... 10.29 13.4 9.58 17.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.39 6.6 – – 12.15 5.9 3....................................................... 11.41 6.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.83 4.0 8.77 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.00 5.1 7.95 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 2.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.11 3.6 10.11 3.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.66 3.8 9.21 4.7 17.02 9.3 1....................................................... 7.38 4.0 7.19 4.1 8.60 1.4 2....................................................... 9.36 4.3 9.25 5.4 9.84 5.0 3....................................................... 9.43 8.8 9.40 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.96 2.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.81 36.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.41 8.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ 16.74 15.5 10.50 2.1 22.71 11.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 26.43 10.4 – – 26.43 10.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.11 12.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.19 2.9 8.12 2.9 – – 1....................................................... $7.81 7.4 $7.80 8.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.54 17.1 4.54 17.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.21 3.2 9.20 3.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.58 2.2 8.67 2.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.18 3.7 9.18 3.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.05 6.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 3.0 8.16 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.14 2.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.06 3.0 9.02 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.60 4.6 9.67 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.67 4.3 11.67 4.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.48 24.9 12.83 29.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants 3....................................................... 11.71 4.8 11.71 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.40 6.5 9.50 9.8 $9.21 1.8 1....................................................... 8.69 2.2 8.55 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.28 2.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.42 6.7 9.54 10.3 9.21 1.8 1....................................................... 8.68 2.3 8.51 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.28 2.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.27 8.6 10.16 9.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.58 4.9 – – – – 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, May 2004 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................................................................... $19.20 2.7 $19.27 3.9 $19.06 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.44 2.9 19.60 4.2 19.12 2.1 White collar........................................................ 22.35 2.6 24.13 3.9 19.57 3.2 1....................................................... 9.14 8.1 9.14 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.62 7.0 11.62 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.13 4.2 11.61 5.5 10.40 1.7 4....................................................... 13.18 3.6 13.50 4.6 12.42 4.3 5....................................................... 14.68 8.2 16.74 3.7 12.70 2.1 6....................................................... 17.72 5.7 16.54 3.4 18.32 10.2 7....................................................... 22.17 7.1 23.47 7.4 20.29 9.7 8....................................................... 23.62 2.4 24.66 5.3 22.99 1.4 9....................................................... 26.79 6.4 29.30 8.3 24.28 4.4 10........................................................ 31.32 5.9 31.77 7.9 30.01 1.9 11........................................................ 33.65 3.2 35.61 2.8 29.82 9.2 12........................................................ 41.01 3.0 42.09 2.8 – – 13........................................................ 53.28 7.1 54.04 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.19 14.5 22.50 13.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.06 2.5 25.60 3.8 19.66 3.2 2....................................................... 11.81 3.8 11.84 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 3.1 11.26 4.3 10.41 1.7 4....................................................... 13.20 4.1 13.58 5.3 12.50 5.1 5....................................................... 14.70 8.3 16.81 3.7 12.70 2.1 6....................................................... 17.90 6.4 16.84 3.5 18.32 10.2 7....................................................... 21.62 6.6 22.58 7.2 20.29 9.7 8....................................................... 23.69 2.4 24.88 5.4 22.99 1.4 9....................................................... 26.42 6.2 28.78 8.3 24.25 4.4 10........................................................ 31.32 5.9 31.77 7.9 30.01 1.9 11........................................................ 33.22 3.5 35.05 3.1 29.82 9.2 12........................................................ 40.81 3.1 41.86 2.9 – – 13........................................................ 53.28 7.1 54.04 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.22 14.5 22.74 14.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.77 2.7 30.58 3.5 23.59 2.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.40 2.9 34.07 3.3 23.93 2.7 6....................................................... 19.77 7.8 – – 20.80 10.5 7....................................................... 22.92 4.6 21.61 7.6 24.91 7.5 8....................................................... 25.33 1.6 24.13 3.7 26.05 1.1 9....................................................... 28.55 6.2 30.66 8.0 25.76 3.9 10........................................................ 32.38 4.6 33.31 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 32.39 4.9 35.57 3.0 25.48 12.0 12........................................................ 41.33 3.1 41.99 3.7 – – 13........................................................ 48.86 1.8 48.86 1.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.12 2.9 35.34 2.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.09 10.5 35.51 10.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.90 14.8 37.60 6.3 – – 9....................................................... $29.85 4.6 $30.34 5.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.29 5.7 35.10 5.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.04 15.0 37.96 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 4.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.29 5.7 35.10 5.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.19 7.0 27.72 7.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.83 13.3 23.05 14.4 – – 8....................................................... 26.16 4.8 26.14 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 36.76 8.1 36.76 8.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.65 4.2 24.84 4.3 – – 8....................................................... 25.37 5.1 25.34 5.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 25.93 6.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.47 1.3 18.65 12.5 $26.18 1.1 6....................................................... 24.27 7.8 – – 26.38 1.1 7....................................................... 23.80 10.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.60 .2 – – 26.55 .1 9....................................................... 26.40 1.2 – – 26.23 .0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.90 .5 – – 25.95 .1 7....................................................... 25.49 3.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.03 .4 – – 25.97 .4 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.99 1.0 – – 26.95 1.0 8....................................................... 27.34 .9 – – 27.26 .9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.7 Social workers.............................................. 14.70 14.5 – – 13.93 17.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 55.19 13.3 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 55.19 13.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.05 12.0 29.05 13.0 – – Technical....................................................... 19.80 3.7 20.16 4.0 17.17 6.6 4....................................................... 15.73 5.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.57 2.1 16.62 2.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.33 9.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.91 3.0 22.05 2.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.52 2.4 16.81 1.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.96 3.5 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.00 5.2 20.39 5.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.58 6.1 30.96 11.5 21.58 7.1 7....................................................... 24.14 17.3 – – 20.30 5.3 8....................................................... 20.64 5.2 25.69 9.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.30 8.1 26.47 20.1 23.42 4.4 11........................................................ 35.38 5.3 – – – – 12........................................................ 39.60 6.3 41.54 7.5 – – 13........................................................ $59.32 7.5 $62.04 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.98 22.7 24.63 25.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.99 11.4 33.73 17.5 $25.20 12.6 9....................................................... 25.54 10.7 – – 24.67 3.6 12........................................................ 40.95 9.0 45.07 8.6 – – 13........................................................ 59.41 7.6 62.16 6.2 – – Financial managers.......................................... 35.62 11.1 36.19 15.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.72 3.7 – – 36.72 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.73 22.3 32.73 22.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.27 3.0 24.62 7.7 19.40 1.0 7....................................................... 19.76 4.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 18.49 3.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.37 4.9 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.37 5.5 24.91 9.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 19.68 5.0 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.87 12.7 16.03 13.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.13 8.7 9.13 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.10 10.9 12.18 11.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.10 7.1 13.33 8.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.55 6.8 10.41 7.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.03 9.1 9.03 9.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.48 3.5 15.28 5.2 13.41 2.1 2....................................................... 11.81 3.8 11.84 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.81 3.0 11.05 4.3 10.58 2.6 4....................................................... 12.67 3.0 12.93 3.5 12.24 5.2 5....................................................... 14.78 8.8 16.98 6.6 13.06 2.6 6....................................................... 16.06 6.7 17.81 4.0 15.13 6.1 7....................................................... 18.44 6.3 19.81 1.7 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 15.99 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.89 5.1 17.65 5.6 15.23 3.6 4....................................................... 13.52 7.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.71 8.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.52 3.3 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.97 3.9 12.05 4.0 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.36 4.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.82 6.9 12.82 7.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.80 9.3 12.80 9.3 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 16.02 3.5 16.02 3.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.45 8.3 15.88 12.1 11.22 7.9 3....................................................... 10.44 3.7 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.85 .1 – – 11.85 .1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.13 5.9 12.76 6.9 15.52 4.7 1....................................................... 8.41 4.6 8.41 4.6 – – 2....................................................... $10.16 11.0 $10.24 12.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.25 2.8 11.20 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.89 5.9 12.87 6.4 $13.08 5.3 5....................................................... 15.09 2.8 14.21 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.95 4.5 15.23 8.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.01 8.3 20.01 8.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.51 6.4 15.18 8.5 16.79 5.9 3....................................................... 11.28 6.0 11.25 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.59 5.1 15.91 5.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.88 5.4 14.81 1.8 – – 6....................................................... 16.40 5.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.55 7.9 20.55 7.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.38 4.1 11.43 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 6.0 11.11 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.91 10.1 10.91 10.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.40 2.0 13.40 2.0 – –