NC BL 06/00/2005 Table: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, Bulletin 3125-66, September 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, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................. $23.65 2.8 34.8 $23.06 3.4 34.5 $26.27 4.4 36.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 28.02 3.3 35.2 27.53 3.7 35.3 30.33 5.8 34.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.02 2.6 35.3 32.08 3.2 35.2 36.33 4.5 35.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.01 3.8 38.7 35.19 4.0 39.2 33.82 11.3 35.2 Sales............................................................. 21.03 21.5 29.1 21.03 22.2 28.9 20.83 3.5 36.3 Administrative support............................................ 16.99 1.8 35.6 17.03 2.2 36.2 16.81 1.6 33.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 18.24 3.8 36.0 17.94 4.3 35.7 20.99 1.7 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.36 3.7 40.0 25.59 4.1 40.0 23.57 6.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.30 5.6 36.1 12.93 5.4 36.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.56 6.5 33.4 16.99 8.3 32.4 20.43 9.1 39.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.46 4.9 32.0 12.07 5.5 31.4 16.63 6.4 39.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.83 4.2 32.0 11.19 5.5 29.9 19.65 1.7 37.7 Full time........................................................... 25.03 2.8 38.9 24.62 3.4 39.2 26.69 4.3 37.7 Part time........................................................... 14.18 6.6 20.2 13.87 7.0 20.2 18.24 7.3 20.0 Union............................................................... 24.72 2.9 35.3 22.84 4.6 33.7 26.17 3.8 36.7 Nonunion............................................................ 23.23 4.2 34.6 23.10 4.3 34.6 26.91 8.4 32.8 Time................................................................ 23.36 2.8 34.8 22.69 3.4 34.4 26.27 4.4 36.1 Incentive........................................................... 31.57 22.2 35.4 31.57 22.2 35.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 26.84 6.3 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.50 6.9 32.1 17.42 7.1 32.0 20.01 1.7 34.4 100-499 workers..................................................... 22.19 4.5 34.1 20.95 5.3 34.1 29.04 8.0 34.6 500 workers or more................................................. 27.00 3.4 36.4 27.64 4.1 36.2 25.15 2.6 37.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $23.65 2.8 $23.06 3.4 $26.27 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 23.82 2.6 23.23 3.0 26.33 4.4 White collar........................................................ 28.02 3.3 27.53 3.7 30.33 5.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.79 2.9 28.39 3.3 30.50 5.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.02 2.6 32.08 3.2 36.33 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.00 2.2 34.33 2.6 37.02 4.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.40 2.4 37.82 2.3 – – Civil engineers............................................. 34.18 4.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.30 6.9 40.30 6.9 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 32.69 5.3 32.69 5.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.21 1.3 38.74 2.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 38.39 2.7 38.94 2.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 38.80 3.0 39.21 2.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.55 7.9 25.94 8.6 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 24.20 3.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 31.01 2.4 31.07 2.7 30.53 6.6 Physicians.................................................. 29.47 16.1 31.23 16.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.51 2.4 31.66 2.7 29.93 4.4 Pharmacists................................................. 38.33 2.6 38.33 2.6 – – Physical therapists......................................... 28.25 12.3 28.25 12.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.99 5.0 49.87 5.2 – – Medical science teachers.................................... 47.61 12.5 47.61 12.5 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 42.50 5.9 44.50 4.1 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.70 6.0 21.48 9.2 41.31 5.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.90 5.1 – – 42.00 5.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.31 6.4 29.18 1.4 42.00 5.4 Teachers, special education................................. 21.68 14.4 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.36 3.4 31.00 6.5 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.34 15.9 – – 39.26 9.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 32.31 8.5 – – 35.75 11.6 Librarians.................................................. 33.67 12.5 – – 35.75 11.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.63 12.8 28.63 12.8 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.10 5.0 20.39 3.3 24.68 8.8 Social workers.............................................. 22.07 5.3 19.68 3.0 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.09 7.9 24.47 8.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 23.12 2.6 23.12 2.6 – – Athletes.................................................... 20.03 23.2 20.03 23.2 – – Technical....................................................... 22.09 3.5 21.98 3.9 23.42 13.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.39 7.4 19.37 7.5 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 27.39 1.0 27.39 1.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.94 1.5 21.38 .7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.90 5.6 16.49 5.5 – – Drafters.................................................... $25.38 19.9 $25.38 19.9 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.54 9.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.01 3.8 35.19 4.0 $33.82 11.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.75 5.6 40.93 6.2 39.58 10.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.73 8.8 – – 31.73 8.8 Financial managers.......................................... 40.10 9.6 39.99 9.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 43.47 8.5 43.47 8.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.75 6.1 39.29 5.0 42.49 10.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.52 11.4 40.52 11.4 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 25.62 3.9 25.62 3.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.92 7.3 43.65 7.9 – – Management related............................................ 26.10 5.5 26.39 6.1 24.04 5.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.76 5.5 21.49 6.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.80 12.6 31.44 12.5 – – Management analysts......................................... 36.08 12.6 36.77 12.6 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.64 8.0 26.08 8.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 29.37 8.6 29.37 8.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.44 9.3 24.42 11.1 24.53 12.5 Sales............................................................. 21.03 21.5 21.03 22.2 20.83 3.5 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.03 7.2 17.76 7.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 37.43 15.7 37.43 15.7 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.83 5.7 8.83 5.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.95 10.3 14.95 10.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.85 5.4 8.94 5.1 20.50 1.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.99 1.8 17.03 2.2 16.81 1.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 22.19 17.3 – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 24.17 5.7 24.17 5.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.69 2.9 18.42 3.5 19.99 4.6 Typists..................................................... 16.28 2.8 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 13.14 .6 13.38 .1 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 16.32 .0 16.32 .0 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.58 4.7 12.53 4.9 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.75 3.4 13.53 2.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.43 4.1 17.43 4.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 17.29 7.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.27 2.8 15.23 2.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17.29 8.1 16.97 9.9 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.82 4.0 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.03 7.0 14.03 7.0 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.64 1.5 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.51 3.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 17.59 4.6 17.59 4.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.47 13.7 13.19 12.9 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... $20.76 6.6 $20.76 6.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.06 17.6 18.06 17.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 16.87 2.7 17.63 4.1 $16.03 2.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.42 5.4 12.63 6.1 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 15.46 .8 – – 15.46 .8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.13 4.4 17.15 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.24 3.8 17.94 4.3 20.99 1.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.36 3.7 25.59 4.1 23.57 6.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.67 8.7 19.67 8.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 23.37 8.1 23.76 8.0 – – Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers. 36.40 6.2 – – – – Carpenters.................................................. 24.66 13.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 33.37 3.6 33.70 3.5 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 22.52 5.4 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 16.69 7.2 – – 17.20 6.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.98 5.0 20.98 5.0 – – Machinists.................................................. 25.14 1.8 25.14 1.8 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 18.06 3.2 18.06 3.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.30 5.6 12.93 5.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.55 6.2 12.74 2.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.97 10.9 12.97 10.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.69 7.6 15.69 7.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.56 6.5 16.99 8.3 20.43 9.1 Truck drivers............................................... 18.36 8.0 18.50 8.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.12 14.2 13.49 .6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.46 4.9 12.07 5.5 16.63 6.4 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.76 3.1 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 20.17 12.3 – – 15.78 7.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.25 3.9 10.25 3.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.31 5.9 15.30 5.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.50 12.8 9.44 6.4 18.89 10.2 Service............................................................. 13.83 4.2 11.19 5.5 19.65 1.7 Protective service............................................ 19.43 6.0 12.64 7.8 22.70 2.4 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 25.05 1.3 – – 25.05 1.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.84 12.7 – – 33.02 13.0 Firefighting................................................ 21.86 4.0 – – 21.86 4.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.01 8.4 – – 23.01 8.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.22 5.2 12.11 5.0 – – Food service.................................................. 8.52 9.3 8.25 9.1 13.56 6.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.85 28.0 4.85 28.0 – – Bartenders.................................................. $4.21 16.1 $4.21 16.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.96 33.7 4.96 33.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.16 4.8 9.89 4.6 $13.56 6.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.96 3.9 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 12.47 4.5 12.06 4.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.40 5.2 8.40 5.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.53 3.4 8.52 3.4 – – Health service................................................ 12.22 1.5 12.06 1.8 13.04 1.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.36 6.3 12.35 6.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.12 1.6 11.93 1.9 13.03 1.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.93 5.2 11.32 5.7 15.83 3.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.53 4.1 11.91 3.7 15.84 3.2 Personal service.............................................. 15.76 24.9 15.68 27.3 16.70 26.9 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.72 17.5 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.52 9.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $25.03 2.8 $24.62 3.4 $26.69 4.3 All excluding sales............................................... 24.88 2.7 24.40 3.3 26.73 4.3 White collar........................................................ 29.22 3.2 28.87 3.7 30.75 5.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.29 3.0 28.89 3.5 30.86 5.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.54 2.7 32.63 3.3 36.41 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.41 2.3 34.80 2.7 37.09 4.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.40 2.4 37.82 2.3 – – Civil engineers............................................. 34.18 4.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.30 6.9 40.30 6.9 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 32.69 5.3 32.69 5.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.21 1.3 38.74 2.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 38.36 2.7 38.91 2.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 38.77 3.0 39.18 2.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.31 7.6 25.67 8.4 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 23.85 2.7 – – – – Health related................................................ 30.38 3.9 30.43 4.5 30.16 7.3 Physicians.................................................. 26.09 17.1 27.82 16.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.92 4.0 31.10 4.6 29.56 5.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.07 4.9 51.27 5.2 – – Medical science teachers.................................... 47.61 12.5 47.61 12.5 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.09 6.4 45.44 5.9 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.86 6.2 20.33 8.2 41.37 5.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.91 5.1 – – 42.00 5.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.58 6.3 29.24 1.1 42.00 5.4 Teachers, special education................................. 21.68 14.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 32.34 8.5 – – 35.90 11.4 Librarians.................................................. 33.74 12.5 – – 35.90 11.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 30.53 9.7 30.53 9.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.31 5.3 20.03 4.4 – – Social workers.............................................. 22.08 5.6 19.40 3.5 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.90 7.8 25.35 8.4 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 23.12 2.6 23.12 2.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.13 3.7 21.99 4.1 23.56 13.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.93 9.5 18.89 9.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.66 4.2 16.18 3.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 25.38 19.9 25.38 19.9 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.78 8.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.07 3.7 35.24 4.0 33.81 10.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.80 5.6 40.93 6.2 39.85 8.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.56 9.3 – – 31.56 9.3 Financial managers.......................................... 40.10 9.6 39.99 9.8 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $43.47 8.5 $43.47 8.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.19 4.1 39.29 5.0 $44.12 2.8 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.52 11.4 40.52 11.4 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 25.62 3.9 25.62 3.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 43.92 7.3 43.65 7.9 – – Management related............................................ 26.16 5.6 26.42 6.2 24.20 5.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.76 5.5 21.49 6.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.80 12.6 31.44 12.5 – – Management analysts......................................... 36.08 12.6 36.77 12.6 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.85 8.3 26.32 8.4 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 29.37 8.6 29.37 8.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.43 9.5 24.39 11.4 24.57 12.5 Sales............................................................. 28.35 22.1 28.58 22.8 22.43 1.8 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.14 5.6 18.90 5.4 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 37.43 15.7 37.43 15.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 17.04 12.4 17.04 12.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 13.99 13.8 11.19 8.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.36 1.8 17.42 2.2 17.11 1.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 22.19 17.3 – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 24.17 5.7 24.17 5.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.82 3.7 18.51 4.4 20.37 6.6 Typists..................................................... 16.24 2.8 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.65 5.1 12.61 5.3 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.19 2.8 13.97 1.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.74 3.9 17.74 3.9 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.47 2.9 15.45 3.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17.58 8.6 17.27 10.2 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.82 4.0 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 14.03 7.2 14.03 7.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.51 3.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.29 5.5 18.29 5.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.10 12.0 13.80 11.0 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 20.76 6.6 20.76 6.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 18.95 17.6 18.95 17.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 16.95 2.8 17.79 4.2 16.05 3.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 16.08 .9 – – 16.08 .9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 18.69 3.7 18.71 3.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.98 4.1 18.73 4.6 21.06 1.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.37 3.7 25.59 4.1 23.59 6.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.67 8.7 19.67 8.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 23.37 8.1 23.76 8.0 – – Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers. 36.40 6.2 – – – – Carpenters.................................................. $24.66 13.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 33.37 3.6 $33.70 3.5 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 22.52 5.4 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 16.69 7.2 – – $17.20 6.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.98 5.0 20.98 5.0 – – Machinists.................................................. 25.14 1.8 25.14 1.8 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 18.06 3.2 18.06 3.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.44 5.8 13.06 5.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.54 6.3 12.71 2.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.85 7.3 13.85 7.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.69 7.6 15.69 7.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.19 9.6 17.65 12.0 20.51 9.6 Truck drivers............................................... 18.80 8.5 18.96 8.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.57 6.3 13.16 7.0 16.74 6.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.80 2.7 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 20.17 12.3 – – 15.78 7.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.64 5.6 12.64 5.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.15 6.6 15.14 6.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.56 16.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 15.41 3.2 12.36 4.4 20.19 1.1 Protective service............................................ 21.05 5.4 13.60 9.0 23.40 .9 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 25.05 1.3 – – 25.05 1.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.84 12.7 – – 33.02 13.0 Firefighting................................................ 21.87 4.0 – – 21.87 4.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.14 8.0 – – 23.14 8.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.84 6.9 12.66 6.5 – – Food service.................................................. 10.53 3.8 10.21 3.9 13.69 6.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 8.57 23.9 8.57 23.9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.94 5.7 10.59 6.2 13.69 6.1 Cooks....................................................... 12.50 4.8 12.05 5.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.45 4.2 8.43 4.2 – – Health service................................................ 12.29 1.5 12.13 1.9 13.02 1.6 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.22 1.5 12.03 1.9 13.02 1.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 13.31 5.9 11.59 7.4 15.97 2.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.06 3.7 12.45 4.2 15.99 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 19.73 21.7 19.61 23.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $14.18 6.6 $13.87 7.0 $18.24 7.3 All excluding sales............................................... 15.35 6.9 15.08 7.4 18.37 7.9 White collar........................................................ 18.24 5.2 17.89 5.5 22.30 10.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.07 3.9 23.09 4.1 22.91 11.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.18 5.5 27.97 5.7 32.57 11.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.48 7.8 30.28 8.2 33.72 12.0 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.70 7.1 32.59 7.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 33.00 2.7 32.93 2.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 21.70 11.4 21.56 11.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.88 6.8 29.92 4.0 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.63 9.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.91 5.2 21.95 5.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 22.29 4.5 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.60 1.2 20.60 1.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.63 20.6 18.63 20.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.95 23.0 – – 33.83 30.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ 22.51 5.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.08 2.5 8.94 2.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.45 3.3 10.45 3.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.66 3.1 8.44 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.48 4.1 13.47 4.8 13.55 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 16.73 12.7 17.24 14.5 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.90 2.8 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.52 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.42 5.3 10.31 5.5 16.78 6.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.20 3.6 13.92 2.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.94 5.2 13.53 .0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $9.40 5.2 $9.40 5.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.69 2.5 8.69 2.5 – – Service............................................................. 9.03 9.1 8.82 9.5 $11.56 11.4 Protective service............................................ 10.74 6.8 11.05 7.5 9.61 5.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.22 6.3 11.22 6.3 – – Food service.................................................. 6.26 13.8 6.25 13.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.30 12.4 3.30 12.4 – – Bartenders.................................................. 4.21 16.1 4.21 16.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.83 8.4 2.83 8.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.81 8.2 8.80 8.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.60 3.8 8.60 3.8 – – Health service................................................ 11.85 2.0 11.81 2.0 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.41 8.7 12.39 8.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.50 3.5 11.45 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.94 13.8 $8.74 14.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $973 2.9 38.9 $965 3.6 39.2 $1,007 4.1 37.7 All excluding sales............................................... 967 2.9 38.9 956 3.5 39.2 1,008 4.2 37.7 White collar........................................................ 1,127 3.3 38.6 1,131 3.9 39.2 1,113 5.3 36.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,128 3.2 38.5 1,132 3.7 39.2 1,116 5.3 36.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,287 3.0 38.4 1,280 3.8 39.2 1,306 3.8 35.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,356 2.6 38.3 1,369 3.3 39.3 1,325 3.7 35.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,510 3.2 40.4 1,546 2.6 40.9 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,339 1.7 39.2 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,667 7.1 41.4 1,667 7.1 41.4 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,325 4.9 40.5 1,325 4.9 40.5 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,461 2.0 39.3 1,550 2.7 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,513 2.7 39.4 1,538 2.5 39.5 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,534 2.8 39.6 1,554 2.7 39.7 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 989 8.1 39.1 999 9.2 38.9 – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 947 2.7 39.7 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,171 5.0 38.5 1,167 5.9 38.3 1,195 3.2 39.6 Physicians.................................................. 1,216 13.8 46.6 1,227 14.5 44.1 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,165 5.9 37.7 1,164 6.6 37.4 1,175 4.9 39.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,893 3.4 38.6 1,984 2.9 38.7 – – – Medical science teachers.................................... 2,120 5.2 44.5 2,120 5.2 44.5 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,619 6.8 37.6 1,709 7.2 37.6 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,361 5.2 35.0 853 11.7 42.0 1,417 4.4 34.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,433 3.5 34.2 – – – 1,434 3.5 34.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,438 6.3 35.4 1,411 13.2 48.3 1,440 6.8 34.3 Teachers, special education................................. 837 11.3 38.6 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 1,160 7.7 35.9 – – – 1,291 9.6 36.0 Librarians.................................................. 1,232 9.9 36.5 – – – 1,291 9.6 36.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,150 14.9 37.7 1,150 14.9 37.7 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 851 5.2 38.1 776 5.5 38.7 – – – Social workers.............................................. 840 5.6 38.1 749 4.5 38.6 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 964 8.3 38.7 984 9.1 38.8 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 869 .7 37.6 869 .7 37.6 – – – Technical....................................................... 858 3.4 38.8 853 3.8 38.8 913 12.7 38.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 719 9.6 38.0 717 9.7 37.9 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 658 4.1 39.5 641 3.7 39.6 – – – Drafters.................................................... 1,008 19.7 39.7 1,008 19.7 39.7 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 1,178 9.8 39.6 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $1,380 4.0 39.4 $1,390 4.2 39.4 $1,311 12.4 38.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,611 6.0 39.5 1,616 6.7 39.5 1,573 11.9 39.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,196 13.5 37.9 – – – 1,196 13.5 37.9 Financial managers.......................................... 1,637 9.5 40.8 1,635 9.7 40.9 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,788 8.2 41.1 1,788 8.2 41.1 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,582 6.6 38.4 1,425 4.7 36.3 1,864 10.5 42.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,577 12.0 38.9 1,577 12.0 38.9 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 991 7.3 38.7 991 7.3 38.7 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,721 8.3 39.2 1,713 9.0 39.2 – – – Management related............................................ 1,024 6.0 39.2 1,040 6.6 39.4 912 6.1 37.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 813 5.4 37.4 802 6.5 37.3 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,199 13.0 38.9 1,227 12.9 39.0 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,405 13.3 38.9 1,435 13.3 39.0 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,030 8.4 39.8 1,051 8.4 39.9 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 1,205 10.6 41.0 1,205 10.6 41.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 977 10.5 40.0 987 12.8 40.5 931 12.9 37.9 Sales............................................................. 1,114 22.5 39.3 1,123 23.2 39.3 897 1.8 40.0 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 756 5.6 39.5 746 5.4 39.5 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,497 15.7 40.0 1,497 15.7 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 646 12.0 37.9 646 12.0 37.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 543 14.5 38.8 430 9.5 38.4 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 663 1.7 38.2 677 2.1 38.8 609 2.2 35.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 871 15.7 39.3 – – – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 967 5.7 40.0 967 5.7 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 717 3.6 38.1 708 4.2 38.3 762 8.0 37.4 Typists..................................................... 587 4.4 36.2 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 491 5.0 38.9 490 5.2 38.9 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 550 2.6 38.8 540 .5 38.7 – – – Order clerks................................................ 704 4.4 39.6 704 4.4 39.6 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 616 2.8 39.8 618 3.0 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 678 8.1 38.6 668 9.5 38.7 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 663 3.0 39.4 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 555 7.0 39.6 555 7.0 39.6 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 580 3.1 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 726 6.0 39.7 726 6.0 39.7 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 590 10.6 39.1 552 11.0 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 777 6.4 37.4 777 6.4 37.4 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 741 16.1 39.1 741 16.1 39.1 – – – General office clerks....................................... 635 3.0 37.5 675 4.5 37.9 594 2.6 37.0 Teachers' aides............................................. $499 1.7 31.0 – – – $499 1.7 31.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 735 2.6 39.3 $737 2.7 39.4 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 757 4.1 39.9 748 4.6 39.9 841 1.6 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1,016 3.7 40.0 1,024 4.1 40.0 946 6.4 40.1 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 782 8.5 39.7 782 8.5 39.7 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 935 8.1 40.0 950 8.0 40.0 – – – Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers. 1,456 6.2 40.0 – – – – – – Carpenters.................................................. 987 13.8 40.0 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 1,335 3.6 40.0 1,348 3.5 40.0 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 901 5.4 40.0 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 668 7.2 40.0 – – – 688 6.1 40.0 Supervisors, production..................................... 844 4.8 40.2 844 4.8 40.2 – – – Machinists.................................................. 1,006 1.8 40.0 1,006 1.8 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 722 3.2 40.0 722 3.2 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 534 5.6 39.7 520 5.5 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 532 5.7 39.3 502 2.7 39.5 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 554 7.3 40.0 554 7.3 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 620 8.4 39.5 620 8.4 39.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 726 9.6 39.9 705 12.1 39.9 820 9.6 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 747 8.7 39.8 754 8.9 39.7 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 540 6.3 39.8 524 7.1 39.8 669 6.9 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 592 2.7 40.0 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 807 12.3 40.0 – – – 631 7.9 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 497 5.7 39.3 497 5.7 39.3 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 606 6.6 40.0 606 6.7 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 462 16.0 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 597 3.0 38.7 466 2.6 37.7 817 1.3 40.5 Protective service............................................ 859 5.6 40.8 544 9.0 40.0 962 .7 41.1 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,050 1.4 41.9 – – – 1,050 1.4 41.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,311 12.8 39.9 – – – 1,318 13.1 39.9 Firefighting................................................ 949 .7 43.4 – – – 949 .7 43.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 924 8.0 39.9 – – – 924 8.0 39.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 513 6.9 40.0 506 6.5 40.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 393 4.3 37.3 382 4.6 37.4 490 4.4 35.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 286 24.9 33.4 286 24.9 33.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 418 5.8 38.2 408 6.6 38.5 490 4.4 35.8 Cooks....................................................... $468 4.0 37.5 $462 5.5 38.3 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 320 5.2 37.8 319 5.2 37.8 – – – Health service................................................ 481 1.9 39.2 473 2.3 39.0 $519 1.8 39.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 478 1.9 39.1 469 2.4 39.0 519 1.8 39.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 520 6.5 39.0 446 8.0 38.5 638 2.9 39.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 549 4.3 39.1 477 4.7 38.3 638 2.8 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 589 5.5 29.9 575 5.2 29.3 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $49,165 2.9 1,964 $49,872 3.6 2,026 $46,696 4.1 1,750 All excluding sales............................................... 48,793 2.9 1,962 49,423 3.5 2,026 46,696 4.2 1,747 White collar........................................................ 56,181 3.3 1,923 58,363 3.9 2,022 48,777 5.3 1,586 White collar excluding sales.................................... 56,092 3.2 1,915 58,407 3.7 2,021 48,799 5.3 1,581 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 61,842 3.0 1,844 65,575 3.8 2,009 53,246 3.8 1,462 Professional specialty.......................................... 64,405 2.6 1,819 69,915 3.3 2,009 53,465 3.7 1,442 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 78,519 3.2 2,099 80,368 2.6 2,125 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 69,639 1.7 2,038 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 86,680 7.1 2,151 86,680 7.1 2,151 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 68,915 4.9 2,108 68,915 4.9 2,108 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 75,967 2.0 2,042 80,582 2.7 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 78,656 2.7 2,050 79,958 2.5 2,055 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 79,792 2.8 2,058 80,808 2.7 2,062 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 51,439 8.1 2,032 51,930 9.2 2,023 – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 49,220 2.7 2,064 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 59,316 5.0 1,952 60,659 5.9 1,994 52,926 3.2 1,755 Physicians.................................................. 63,208 13.8 2,423 63,802 14.5 2,294 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 60,493 5.9 1,957 60,512 6.6 1,946 60,340 4.9 2,041 Teachers, college and university.............................. 80,658 3.4 1,644 85,910 2.9 1,676 – – – Medical science teachers.................................... 103,082 5.2 2,165 103,082 5.2 2,165 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 65,234 6.8 1,514 69,881 7.2 1,538 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,957 5.2 1,311 38,053 11.7 1,872 52,137 4.4 1,260 Elementary school teachers.................................. 52,928 3.5 1,263 – – – 52,942 3.5 1,260 Secondary school teachers................................... 52,900 6.3 1,303 54,721 13.2 1,871 52,747 6.8 1,256 Teachers, special education................................. 35,673 11.3 1,645 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 55,942 7.7 1,730 – – – 53,932 9.6 1,502 Librarians.................................................. 56,303 9.9 1,669 – – – 53,932 9.6 1,502 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 59,657 14.9 1,954 59,657 14.9 1,954 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 44,193 5.2 1,981 40,247 5.5 2,009 – – – Social workers.............................................. 43,634 5.6 1,976 38,839 4.5 2,002 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 50,150 8.3 2,014 51,157 9.1 2,018 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 45,204 .7 1,955 45,204 .7 1,955 – – – Technical....................................................... 44,544 3.4 2,013 44,272 3.8 2,013 47,456 12.7 2,014 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 37,382 9.6 1,974 37,265 9.7 1,973 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 34,073 4.1 2,045 33,180 3.7 2,051 – – – Drafters.................................................... 52,424 19.7 2,066 52,424 19.7 2,066 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 61,254 9.8 2,057 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $71,631 4.0 2,043 $72,181 4.2 2,048 $67,690 12.4 2,002 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 83,501 6.0 2,047 83,871 6.7 2,049 80,846 11.9 2,029 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 62,180 13.5 1,971 – – – 62,180 13.5 1,971 Financial managers.......................................... 85,114 9.5 2,123 85,025 9.7 2,126 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 92,995 8.2 2,139 92,995 8.2 2,139 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 81,051 6.6 1,968 72,432 4.7 1,843 96,954 10.5 2,198 Managers, medicine and health............................... 82,020 12.0 2,024 82,020 12.0 2,024 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 51,551 7.3 2,012 51,551 7.3 2,012 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 89,142 8.3 2,030 89,079 9.0 2,041 – – – Management related............................................ 53,262 6.0 2,036 54,077 6.6 2,047 47,443 6.1 1,961 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,276 5.4 1,943 41,684 6.5 1,940 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 62,352 13.0 2,024 63,784 12.9 2,029 – – – Management analysts......................................... 73,051 13.3 2,025 74,627 13.3 2,030 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 53,535 8.4 2,071 54,671 8.4 2,077 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 62,676 10.6 2,134 62,676 10.6 2,134 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 50,801 10.5 2,080 51,350 12.8 2,105 48,405 12.9 1,970 Sales............................................................. 57,459 22.5 2,027 57,870 23.2 2,025 46,654 1.8 2,080 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 36,449 5.6 1,904 35,788 5.4 1,894 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 77,860 15.7 2,080 77,860 15.7 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 33,597 12.0 1,971 33,597 12.0 1,971 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 28,211 14.5 2,017 22,350 9.5 1,997 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 33,898 1.7 1,952 35,170 2.1 2,019 29,264 2.2 1,710 Supervisors, general office................................. 45,299 15.7 2,041 – – – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 50,282 5.7 2,080 50,282 5.7 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 37,304 3.6 1,982 36,822 4.2 1,990 39,623 8.0 1,945 Typists..................................................... 29,918 4.4 1,842 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 25,552 5.0 2,020 25,492 5.2 2,022 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 28,617 2.6 2,016 28,102 .5 2,012 – – – Order clerks................................................ 36,583 4.4 2,062 36,583 4.4 2,062 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 32,029 2.8 2,070 32,130 3.0 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 35,249 8.1 2,005 34,753 9.5 2,012 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 34,450 3.0 2,048 – – – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 28,877 7.0 2,058 28,877 7.0 2,058 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 30,183 3.1 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 37,749 6.0 2,063 37,749 6.0 2,063 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 30,704 10.6 2,034 28,695 11.0 2,080 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 40,421 6.4 1,947 40,421 6.4 1,947 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 38,535 16.1 2,033 38,535 16.1 2,033 – – – General office clerks....................................... 32,952 3.0 1,944 34,927 4.5 1,963 30,867 2.6 1,923 Teachers' aides............................................. $19,350 1.7 1,203 – – – $19,350 1.7 1,203 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 38,226 2.6 2,046 $38,338 2.7 2,049 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 39,370 4.1 2,075 38,865 4.6 2,075 43,715 1.6 2,076 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 52,815 3.7 2,082 53,265 4.1 2,082 49,169 6.4 2,084 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40,642 8.5 2,066 40,642 8.5 2,066 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 48,615 8.1 2,080 49,425 8.0 2,080 – – – Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers. 75,719 6.2 2,080 – – – – – – Carpenters.................................................. 51,299 13.8 2,080 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 69,412 3.6 2,080 70,097 3.5 2,080 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 46,848 5.4 2,080 – – – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 34,711 7.2 2,080 – – – 35,784 6.1 2,080 Supervisors, production..................................... 43,871 4.8 2,092 43,871 4.8 2,092 – – – Machinists.................................................. 52,287 1.8 2,080 52,287 1.8 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 37,565 3.2 2,080 37,565 3.2 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,770 5.6 2,067 27,023 5.5 2,068 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,648 5.7 2,042 26,087 2.7 2,052 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 28,802 7.3 2,080 28,802 7.3 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 32,244 8.4 2,055 32,244 8.4 2,055 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 37,728 9.6 2,074 36,590 12.1 2,073 42,665 9.6 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 38,828 8.7 2,065 39,158 8.9 2,065 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,100 6.3 2,071 27,235 7.1 2,070 34,811 6.9 2,079 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 30,785 2.7 2,080 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 41,949 12.3 2,080 – – – 32,829 7.9 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 25,834 5.7 2,043 25,834 5.7 2,043 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 31,512 6.6 2,080 31,489 6.7 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,036 16.0 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 30,773 3.0 1,997 24,083 2.6 1,948 41,996 1.3 2,080 Protective service............................................ 44,680 5.6 2,123 28,269 9.0 2,079 50,022 .7 2,137 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 54,606 1.4 2,180 – – – 54,606 1.4 2,180 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 68,170 12.8 2,076 – – – 68,550 13.1 2,076 Firefighting................................................ 49,332 .7 2,256 – – – 49,332 .7 2,256 Police and detectives, public service....................... 48,057 8.0 2,077 – – – 48,057 8.0 2,077 Guards and police, except public service.................... 26,686 6.9 2,079 26,317 6.5 2,079 – – – Food service.................................................. 19,827 4.3 1,883 19,856 4.6 1,945 19,616 4.4 1,433 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 14,861 24.9 1,735 14,861 24.9 1,735 – – – Other food service........................................... 20,967 5.8 1,917 21,200 6.6 2,001 19,616 4.4 1,433 Cooks....................................................... $22,230 4.0 1,778 $23,999 5.5 1,992 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,568 5.2 1,960 16,510 5.2 1,959 – – – Health service................................................ 24,956 1.9 2,030 24,499 2.3 2,020 $26,985 1.8 2,073 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 24,876 1.9 2,035 24,376 2.4 2,026 26,985 1.8 2,073 Cleaning and building service................................. 26,980 6.5 2,027 23,141 8.0 1,997 33,171 2.9 2,077 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 28,516 4.3 2,028 24,754 4.7 1,988 33,195 2.8 2,077 Personal service.............................................. 29,378 5.5 1,489 28,576 5.2 1,457 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, September 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................................................................... $23.65 2.8 $23.06 3.4 $26.27 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 23.82 2.6 23.23 3.0 26.33 4.4 White collar........................................................ 28.02 3.3 27.53 3.7 30.33 5.8 1....................................................... 8.78 2.7 8.79 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.84 4.3 10.54 4.3 13.29 3.3 3....................................................... 14.40 2.4 13.64 3.3 15.98 2.3 4....................................................... 15.70 1.8 15.38 2.2 17.33 1.7 5....................................................... 17.92 3.7 17.56 4.3 20.74 4.2 6....................................................... 20.44 2.4 20.12 2.6 22.41 6.6 7....................................................... 28.13 12.2 24.09 3.5 38.65 15.4 8....................................................... 27.89 2.7 28.15 2.8 24.65 6.2 9....................................................... 33.73 5.9 32.31 9.1 36.66 1.9 10........................................................ 34.99 2.9 35.39 2.9 24.94 23.9 11........................................................ 39.12 2.8 39.88 3.3 36.26 2.4 12........................................................ 48.33 6.6 48.40 6.8 46.03 2.3 13........................................................ 59.20 4.5 59.57 5.1 – – 14........................................................ 53.42 10.6 56.90 13.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.34 7.4 32.69 7.6 28.31 10.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.79 2.9 28.39 3.3 30.50 5.8 1....................................................... 10.50 10.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.01 3.8 11.67 4.0 13.59 2.5 3....................................................... 14.32 2.5 13.87 3.6 15.18 1.7 4....................................................... 15.83 1.5 15.46 1.8 17.39 1.6 5....................................................... 17.90 4.2 17.51 4.9 20.55 4.0 6....................................................... 20.74 2.4 20.46 2.5 22.41 6.6 7....................................................... 27.96 12.7 23.64 2.3 38.78 15.2 8....................................................... 27.61 2.5 27.86 2.6 24.65 6.2 9....................................................... 31.92 3.0 29.42 3.3 36.66 1.9 10........................................................ 34.86 3.1 35.28 3.0 24.94 23.9 11........................................................ 39.06 2.9 39.84 3.4 36.26 2.4 12........................................................ 48.33 6.6 48.40 6.8 46.03 2.3 13........................................................ 59.20 4.5 59.57 5.1 – – 14........................................................ 53.42 10.6 56.90 13.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.26 6.7 32.63 6.9 28.31 10.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.02 2.6 32.08 3.2 36.33 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.00 2.2 34.33 2.6 37.02 4.5 5....................................................... 13.67 13.2 13.41 15.8 – – 6....................................................... 24.37 8.5 21.63 10.0 – – 7....................................................... 31.51 15.4 24.76 3.4 41.44 10.5 8....................................................... 30.65 3.6 30.77 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 33.04 3.4 29.80 4.5 37.53 2.2 10........................................................ 36.49 4.1 37.44 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.69 3.4 38.71 4.2 34.66 3.1 12........................................................ 45.07 7.5 45.02 7.6 – – 13........................................................ $58.26 5.8 $58.28 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.98 7.8 36.76 7.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.40 2.4 37.82 2.3 – – 7....................................................... 28.05 7.7 28.05 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.96 .8 32.96 .8 – – 11........................................................ 37.08 7.0 39.26 13.4 – – 12........................................................ 42.57 5.1 42.57 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.29 .4 39.29 .4 – – Civil engineers............................................. 34.18 4.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.30 6.9 40.30 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 41.62 14.5 41.62 14.5 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 32.69 5.3 32.69 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.89 1.8 31.89 1.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.21 1.3 38.74 2.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 38.39 2.7 38.94 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.20 3.9 31.94 4.1 – – 11........................................................ 40.91 5.7 40.91 5.7 – – 12........................................................ 48.33 3.6 48.33 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.10 8.7 40.10 8.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 38.80 3.0 39.21 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.84 4.1 32.10 4.1 – – 11........................................................ 39.83 4.6 39.83 4.6 – – 12........................................................ 48.33 3.6 48.33 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.54 8.0 41.54 8.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.55 7.9 25.94 8.6 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 24.20 3.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 31.01 2.4 31.07 2.7 $30.53 6.6 6....................................................... 26.82 9.0 29.64 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 25.44 3.5 25.44 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 34.45 2.2 34.48 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 31.32 1.9 30.73 1.1 33.19 3.1 10........................................................ 23.84 10.2 25.74 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.94 9.6 36.60 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.88 9.0 29.88 9.0 – – Physicians.................................................. 29.47 16.1 31.23 16.1 – – 10........................................................ 19.89 7.9 21.90 .1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.51 2.4 31.66 2.7 29.93 4.4 6....................................................... 26.82 9.0 29.64 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 26.61 4.9 26.61 4.9 – – 8....................................................... 34.63 2.0 34.66 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.91 1.3 30.84 1.7 31.29 1.1 11........................................................ 35.39 9.2 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 38.33 2.6 38.33 2.6 – – Physical therapists......................................... 28.25 12.3 28.25 12.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.99 5.0 49.87 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 46.55 19.7 47.23 20.4 – – 10........................................................ $36.96 10.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.19 19.1 $42.13 19.1 – – 12........................................................ 50.07 10.7 50.13 11.4 – – 13........................................................ 62.47 11.9 62.47 11.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.31 6.7 46.73 8.0 – – Medical science teachers.................................... 47.61 12.5 47.61 12.5 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 42.50 5.9 44.50 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled........