NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Cleveland-Akron, OH, Bulletin 3130-09, December 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, December 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................................................................. $19.12 1.9 35.7 $17.81 2.4 35.6 $24.56 4.1 35.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.69 2.2 36.4 22.10 2.4 36.5 28.46 5.0 36.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 3.2 35.3 25.04 4.4 35.3 33.96 4.6 35.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.12 5.2 39.8 32.53 6.5 39.9 30.83 7.3 39.6 Sales............................................................. 19.74 9.2 34.9 19.74 9.3 34.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.73 2.2 37.1 14.50 2.5 37.4 15.55 3.8 35.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.03 4.9 38.5 16.86 5.4 38.6 18.94 2.2 37.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.75 2.4 39.9 22.17 2.9 39.8 19.06 3.1 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.94 5.3 39.1 15.91 5.3 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.62 6.3 39.3 19.86 9.3 42.3 19.13 1.5 34.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.66 8.6 35.7 11.43 8.7 35.5 17.09 1.7 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.80 3.5 30.5 8.85 2.9 29.4 17.15 6.6 34.8 Full time........................................................... 20.28 1.9 39.7 18.98 2.3 39.8 25.44 4.3 39.4 Part time........................................................... 10.76 5.4 20.5 9.77 5.8 20.8 16.20 9.5 19.4 Union............................................................... 22.96 3.2 37.9 22.19 5.2 38.8 23.64 4.1 37.1 Nonunion............................................................ 17.81 2.5 35.0 17.03 2.7 35.1 26.66 5.9 33.4 Time................................................................ 19.08 1.9 35.6 17.70 2.3 35.6 24.56 4.2 35.9 Incentive........................................................... 20.39 14.2 37.7 20.38 14.2 37.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.16 3.3 33.8 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.00 7.9 34.8 15.99 8.1 34.9 16.50 2.1 33.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.10 2.8 35.5 16.99 3.2 35.8 25.72 7.8 33.8 500 workers or more................................................. 22.02 2.6 36.4 20.62 3.7 36.1 24.43 3.2 36.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, December 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................................................................... $19.12 1.9 $17.81 2.4 $24.56 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 19.08 1.9 17.65 2.3 24.57 4.2 White collar........................................................ 23.69 2.2 22.10 2.4 28.46 5.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.23 2.4 22.55 2.5 28.50 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 3.2 25.04 4.4 33.96 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.23 3.1 27.05 4.1 34.62 5.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.74 10.2 31.68 10.7 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 24.83 15.6 24.83 15.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.84 8.4 36.84 8.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.61 3.9 30.51 4.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.72 4.3 30.60 4.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 27.19 11.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 26.59 2.4 24.34 2.0 39.88 7.8 Physicians.................................................. 56.90 16.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.08 1.0 24.82 .5 27.12 7.5 Respiratory therapists...................................... 22.08 3.4 22.08 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.59 6.5 – – 43.04 7.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 47.67 3.7 – – 47.67 3.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.25 4.7 25.54 8.2 36.81 5.0 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 30.77 13.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.91 2.8 – – 40.06 .6 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.68 5.0 26.78 4.5 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 36.04 5.3 – – 36.05 5.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.41 15.3 – – 27.96 15.1 Librarians.................................................. 27.65 15.0 – – 28.21 14.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.31 4.6 17.41 6.1 22.43 2.9 Social workers.............................................. 20.31 4.6 17.41 6.1 22.43 2.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ 37.40 17.8 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 37.40 17.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.84 6.9 20.82 7.0 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 17.70 10.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.07 6.4 20.94 7.0 22.57 9.4 Radiological technicians.................................... 19.77 5.5 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.27 2.1 17.92 1.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 17.42 11.6 17.42 11.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 18.80 7.4 18.80 7.4 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 25.19 21.2 25.19 21.2 – – Computer programmers........................................ 23.03 15.8 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.02 8.3 15.66 9.5 20.07 10.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.12 5.2 32.53 6.5 30.83 7.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.46 5.8 37.30 7.0 34.03 9.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $31.69 29.4 – – $31.69 29.4 Financial managers.......................................... 42.68 9.4 $42.70 9.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.75 9.6 – – 48.41 6.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.34 11.2 35.34 12.4 – – Management related............................................ 24.07 6.0 24.13 7.6 23.87 4.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.59 4.0 23.58 4.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.11 6.4 19.80 8.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.12 9.8 29.58 17.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.08 6.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 19.74 9.2 19.74 9.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.56 19.8 23.74 20.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 21.35 15.5 21.35 15.5 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 26.63 9.1 26.63 9.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.72 11.5 11.72 11.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.05 7.8 8.71 7.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.73 2.2 14.50 2.5 15.55 3.8 Secretaries................................................. 15.89 2.7 15.75 1.7 16.33 10.1 Interviewers................................................ 12.29 4.7 12.29 4.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 13.14 7.7 12.62 7.4 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.05 6.1 – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.35 8.6 – – 12.36 8.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.38 6.1 12.30 6.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.39 7.2 15.70 7.9 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 15.91 12.2 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.24 4.9 12.24 4.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 12.50 31.8 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.61 5.7 13.61 5.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.01 18.3 15.01 18.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.44 8.7 13.11 14.6 16.80 7.2 Teachers' aides............................................. 14.07 13.9 – – 14.45 12.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.12 7.0 15.11 11.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.03 4.9 16.86 5.4 18.94 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.75 2.4 22.17 2.9 19.06 3.1 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.02 7.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.67 12.9 23.67 12.9 – – Millwrights................................................. 30.10 .2 30.10 .2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.31 4.0 20.46 5.9 – – Electricians................................................ 26.97 4.8 27.61 4.5 – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 20.57 23.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 24.29 9.5 26.03 8.8 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.55 5.7 20.55 5.7 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 28.13 3.6 28.13 3.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $15.94 5.3 $15.91 5.3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 15.34 6.5 15.34 6.5 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 18.67 5.8 18.67 5.8 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 20.57 8.4 20.57 8.4 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.21 21.2 13.21 21.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.14 14.4 13.77 14.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 18.17 9.6 18.17 9.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.85 11.2 14.85 11.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.62 6.3 19.86 9.3 $19.13 1.5 Truck drivers............................................... 22.25 3.8 22.71 4.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.94 2.4 – – 18.18 2.2 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.88 17.6 16.88 17.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.66 8.6 11.43 8.7 17.09 1.7 Production helpers.......................................... 13.94 8.0 13.94 8.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.49 5.7 11.49 5.7 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.49 13.8 10.49 13.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.28 9.3 13.28 9.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.15 23.2 11.15 23.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.89 11.2 9.53 9.9 – – Service............................................................. 10.80 3.5 8.85 2.9 17.15 6.6 Protective service............................................ 14.30 12.4 8.89 7.3 20.30 8.2 Firefighting................................................ 18.58 6.2 – – 18.58 6.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.99 1.8 – – 23.99 1.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.53 10.5 8.41 10.2 – – Food service.................................................. 8.00 3.8 7.69 3.6 12.10 4.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.26 27.7 5.26 27.7 – – Bartenders.................................................. 6.87 25.2 6.87 25.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.85 33.7 4.85 33.7 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.98 27.7 5.98 27.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.46 5.2 9.14 6.5 12.10 4.0 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.90 4.8 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 11.22 9.2 10.85 10.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.05 1.5 7.06 1.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.95 22.0 6.81 22.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.49 4.2 8.15 2.5 11.45 6.2 Health service................................................ 11.20 2.4 10.52 1.0 15.14 11.2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.67 4.8 10.84 3.3 15.26 5.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.71 2.8 10.45 .7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.88 3.4 10.11 4.7 12.85 4.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.56 3.5 9.56 3.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.02 3.6 10.15 5.4 12.85 4.1 Personal service.............................................. 12.30 14.2 9.26 6.9 18.23 17.2 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... $17.23 15.5 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.20 9.6 $7.77 11.0 – – 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, 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, December 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................................................................... $20.28 1.9 $18.98 2.3 $25.44 4.3 All excluding sales............................................... 20.16 1.7 18.73 2.0 25.45 4.3 White collar........................................................ 24.42 2.3 22.77 2.5 29.29 4.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.66 2.3 22.83 2.5 29.34 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.52 3.4 25.22 4.8 35.01 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.75 3.0 27.17 4.4 35.77 4.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.74 10.2 31.68 10.7 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 24.83 15.6 24.83 15.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.84 8.4 36.84 8.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.85 3.9 30.75 4.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.72 4.3 30.60 4.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.79 2.6 23.92 2.6 41.52 7.7 Registered nurses........................................... 25.03 1.3 24.72 .5 27.31 8.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 43.95 4.8 – – 44.87 4.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 47.99 3.2 – – 47.99 3.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.41 2.9 – – 38.36 2.5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 30.77 13.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.89 2.8 – – 40.06 .6 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.81 5.3 26.78 4.5 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 38.09 2.2 – – 38.09 2.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 29.09 14.6 – – 29.80 14.1 Librarians.................................................. 29.09 14.6 – – 29.80 14.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.30 4.7 17.30 6.9 22.43 2.9 Social workers.............................................. 20.30 4.7 17.30 6.9 22.43 2.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.84 6.9 20.82 7.0 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 17.70 10.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.39 7.0 21.26 7.7 22.88 9.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.95 2.3 18.52 1.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 17.42 11.6 17.42 11.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 18.80 7.4 18.80 7.4 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 25.19 21.2 25.19 21.2 – – Computer programmers........................................ 23.03 15.8 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.12 8.4 15.67 9.5 20.62 9.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.09 5.3 32.48 6.6 30.88 7.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.50 5.8 37.37 7.2 34.03 9.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.69 29.4 – – 31.69 29.4 Financial managers.......................................... 42.78 9.7 42.80 9.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.73 9.0 – – 48.41 6.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.34 11.2 35.34 12.4 – – Management related............................................ $23.92 5.9 $23.92 7.5 $23.93 4.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.59 4.0 23.58 4.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.11 6.4 19.80 8.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.34 10.1 29.58 17.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.21 5.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 22.40 7.4 22.42 7.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.56 19.8 23.74 20.8 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 26.63 9.1 26.63 9.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.66 15.1 12.66 15.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.01 2.1 14.68 2.5 16.16 3.9 Secretaries................................................. 15.81 2.9 15.62 1.9 16.36 10.1 Receptionists............................................... 13.28 8.1 12.73 8.1 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.05 6.1 – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 14.72 10.1 – – 14.72 10.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.39 6.2 12.30 6.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.47 7.4 15.70 7.9 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 15.91 12.2 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.61 5.7 13.61 5.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.72 9.3 14.69 17.2 16.91 7.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.27 7.3 16.04 11.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.39 4.8 17.24 5.3 19.14 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.80 2.4 22.23 3.0 19.06 3.1 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 21.02 7.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.67 12.9 23.67 12.9 – – Millwrights................................................. 30.10 .2 30.10 .2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.31 4.0 20.46 5.9 – – Electricians................................................ 26.97 4.8 27.61 4.5 – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 20.57 23.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 24.29 9.5 26.03 8.8 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.55 5.7 20.55 5.7 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 28.13 3.6 28.13 3.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.07 4.8 16.04 4.8 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 15.34 6.5 15.34 6.5 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 18.67 5.8 18.67 5.8 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 20.57 8.4 20.57 8.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.14 14.4 13.77 14.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 18.17 9.6 18.17 9.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.97 11.0 14.97 11.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.89 6.7 19.94 9.4 19.77 1.8 Truck drivers............................................... 22.34 3.8 22.71 4.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ $16.88 17.6 $16.88 17.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.07 10.5 11.82 10.6 $17.09 1.7 Production helpers.......................................... 13.94 8.0 13.94 8.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.77 8.7 12.77 8.7 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.49 13.8 10.49 13.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.23 8.6 15.23 8.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.82 12.2 10.33 11.2 – – Service............................................................. 12.56 3.9 10.32 2.6 17.94 7.0 Protective service............................................ 14.68 10.8 9.16 6.4 20.37 8.8 Firefighting................................................ 18.57 6.3 – – 18.57 6.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.26 2.4 – – 24.26 2.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.77 9.6 8.64 9.5 – – Food service.................................................. 10.80 2.0 10.63 2.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.33 33.1 7.33 33.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.42 39.6 7.42 39.6 – – Other food service........................................... 11.58 4.4 11.49 5.2 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.90 4.8 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 11.58 9.7 11.61 11.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.35 3.5 8.92 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 11.20 2.7 10.50 1.2 15.41 12.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.70 5.7 10.89 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.70 3.1 10.41 1.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $11.22 2.8 $10.62 3.2 $12.95 9.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.56 3.5 9.56 3.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.48 3.1 10.82 3.6 12.95 9.8 Personal service.............................................. 15.39 17.9 11.84 16.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, December 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................................................................... $10.76 5.4 $9.77 5.8 $16.20 9.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.95 6.1 9.88 6.5 16.20 9.5 White collar........................................................ 16.18 6.8 15.47 7.2 18.65 11.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.83 6.3 18.91 7.8 18.66 11.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.06 3.5 23.00 3.4 23.16 7.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.68 3.1 25.77 1.5 23.36 7.8 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.82 2.7 25.79 2.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.27 .7 25.19 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.84 5.9 37.55 23.8 23.17 7.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 21.90 7.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 16.75 .0 – – 16.75 .0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.26 2.9 17.42 2.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.91 4.6 8.90 4.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.73 3.3 9.73 3.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.15 3.5 8.13 3.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.88 4.1 12.52 4.8 9.89 5.0 Secretaries................................................. 17.04 9.8 17.15 10.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.55 2.4 – – 9.55 2.5 General office clerks....................................... 10.11 5.2 10.18 5.4 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.84 5.5 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.03 5.1 9.26 4.5 16.07 1.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.33 .8 8.33 .8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.67 2.5 – – 16.07 1.2 Bus drivers................................................. 15.63 2.9 – – 16.07 1.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.39 5.0 9.39 5.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $8.31 6.6 $8.31 6.6 – – Service............................................................. 7.12 7.7 6.37 5.4 $12.89 9.5 Protective service............................................ 8.60 31.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.28 5.9 6.02 5.7 12.11 12.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.74 28.6 4.74 28.6 – – Bartenders.................................................. 8.19 21.7 8.19 21.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.29 32.7 4.29 32.7 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.05 29.1 5.05 29.1 – – Other food service........................................... 7.54 7.9 7.15 9.4 12.11 12.5 Cooks....................................................... 10.58 9.7 9.37 1.3 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.52 9.1 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.48 15.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.88 6.9 7.67 5.8 – – Health service................................................ 11.21 3.2 10.74 2.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.83 2.4 10.82 2.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $9.53 18.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.53 18.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.83 14.3 $6.25 12.1 $12.48 8.8 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 6.47 14.1 5.78 13.0 – – 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, 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, December 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................................................................... $806 1.9 39.7 $756 2.4 39.8 $1,002 4.1 39.4 All excluding sales............................................... 802 1.8 39.8 747 2.1 39.9 1,003 4.1 39.4 White collar........................................................ 965 2.2 39.5 905 2.5 39.7 1,139 4.3 38.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 976 2.2 39.6 910 2.5 39.9 1,140 4.3 38.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,120 3.1 39.3 1,003 4.8 39.8 1,342 2.7 38.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,205 2.7 39.2 1,084 4.5 39.9 1,369 3.2 38.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,320 8.6 41.6 1,320 9.1 41.7 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,119 9.5 45.1 1,119 9.5 45.1 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,473 8.4 40.0 1,473 8.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,225 4.2 39.7 1,220 4.3 39.7 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,221 4.6 39.8 1,216 4.7 39.7 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,066 2.3 39.8 952 2.2 39.8 1,657 7.7 39.9 Registered nurses........................................... 995 1.4 39.8 983 .7 39.8 1,088 8.5 39.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,719 5.2 39.1 – – – 1,764 3.8 39.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,861 2.5 38.8 – – – 1,861 2.5 38.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,352 2.1 37.1 – – – 1,433 1.4 37.4 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,142 12.7 37.1 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,364 2.0 36.0 – – – 1,468 2.1 36.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,353 5.4 37.8 997 5.1 37.2 – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,427 2.3 37.5 – – – 1,427 2.3 37.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 1,077 13.1 37.0 – – – 1,106 12.3 37.1 Librarians.................................................. 1,077 13.1 37.0 – – – 1,106 12.3 37.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 811 4.8 39.9 692 6.9 40.0 895 3.2 39.9 Social workers.............................................. 811 4.8 39.9 692 6.9 40.0 895 3.2 39.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 827 7.3 39.7 826 7.3 39.7 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 707 10.0 40.0 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 845 6.9 39.5 840 7.6 39.5 906 9.4 39.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 737 2.8 38.9 718 2.1 38.8 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 697 11.6 40.0 697 11.6 40.0 – – – Drafters.................................................... 752 7.4 40.0 752 7.4 40.0 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 1,007 21.2 40.0 1,007 21.2 40.0 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 921 15.8 40.0 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 680 8.4 39.7 623 9.5 39.8 819 10.0 39.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,287 5.1 40.1 1,306 6.4 40.2 1,230 7.4 39.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,459 5.9 40.0 1,494 7.2 40.0 1,360 9.1 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $1,265 29.4 39.9 – – – $1,265 29.4 39.9 Financial managers.......................................... 1,710 9.7 40.0 $1,712 9.8 40.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,665 10.0 39.0 – – – 1,935 6.0 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,382 11.3 40.3 1,423 12.5 40.3 – – – Management related............................................ 966 4.7 40.4 971 6.0 40.6 947 4.3 39.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 944 4.0 40.0 943 4.4 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 857 8.1 38.7 759 10.3 38.3 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,090 10.1 39.9 1,183 17.2 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,000 5.9 39.7 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 871 7.8 38.9 872 7.9 38.9 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 942 19.8 40.0 950 20.8 40.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,026 9.6 38.5 1,026 9.6 38.5 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 477 12.2 37.7 477 12.2 37.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 596 2.2 39.7 584 2.4 39.8 638 4.4 39.5 Secretaries................................................. 625 3.0 39.6 617 1.8 39.5 651 10.5 39.8 Receptionists............................................... 529 7.9 39.8 507 7.8 39.8 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 562 6.1 40.0 – – – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 547 12.2 37.2 – – – 547 12.2 37.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 496 6.2 40.0 492 6.3 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 619 7.4 40.0 628 7.9 40.0 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 637 12.2 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 544 5.7 40.0 544 5.7 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 623 9.3 39.6 588 17.2 40.0 663 8.4 39.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 636 7.5 39.1 630 11.7 39.3 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 697 5.0 40.1 692 5.5 40.1 758 2.7 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 871 3.1 40.0 888 3.7 40.0 761 3.2 39.9 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 841 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 947 12.9 40.0 947 12.9 40.0 – – – Millwrights................................................. 1,204 .2 40.0 1,204 .2 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 813 4.0 40.0 819 5.9 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,079 4.8 40.0 1,104 4.5 40.0 – – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 819 23.6 39.8 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 946 10.8 39.0 1,009 11.1 38.7 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 868 7.2 42.2 868 7.2 42.2 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 1,125 3.6 40.0 1,125 3.6 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 642 4.8 39.9 640 4.9 39.9 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 614 6.5 40.0 614 6.5 40.0 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... $747 5.8 40.0 $747 5.8 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 823 8.4 40.0 823 8.4 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 566 14.4 40.0 551 14.4 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 705 10.2 38.8 705 10.2 38.8 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 599 11.0 40.0 599 11.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 824 11.1 41.4 848 15.7 42.5 $771 3.6 39.0 Truck drivers............................................... 992 9.8 44.4 1,017 9.7 44.8 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 675 17.6 40.0 675 17.6 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 483 10.5 40.0 472 10.6 40.0 684 1.7 40.0 Production helpers.......................................... 558 8.0 40.0 558 8.0 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 508 8.8 39.8 508 8.8 39.8 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 420 13.8 40.0 420 13.8 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 609 8.6 40.0 609 8.6 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 473 12.2 40.0 413 11.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 498 3.8 39.7 405 2.4 39.2 734 7.1 40.9 Protective service............................................ 603 11.5 41.1 367 6.4 40.0 861 10.8 42.3 Firefighting................................................ 854 16.4 46.0 – – – 854 16.4 46.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 970 2.4 40.0 – – – 970 2.4 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 351 9.6 40.0 346 9.5 40.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 417 1.5 38.7 413 1.6 38.9 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 267 31.4 36.5 267 31.4 36.5 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 275 33.1 37.1 275 33.1 37.1 – – – Other food service........................................... 454 5.2 39.2 454 6.0 39.5 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 677 10.0 37.8 – – – – – – Cooks....................................................... 463 9.7 40.0 464 11.2 40.0 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 368 4.9 39.3 350 7.3 39.2 – – – Health service................................................ 438 2.6 39.1 409 1.3 39.0 616 12.7 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 506 5.8 39.8 433 3.9 39.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 416 3.2 38.9 404 1.5 38.8 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 444 2.9 39.6 420 3.5 39.5 515 10.1 39.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 383 3.5 40.0 383 3.5 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 454 3.4 39.5 427 4.0 39.4 515 10.1 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 588 18.5 38.2 439 13.9 37.1 – – – 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, December 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................................................................... $40,798 1.9 2,012 $39,034 2.4 2,057 $47,114 4.1 1,852 All excluding sales............................................... 40,546 1.8 2,012 38,578 2.1 2,059 47,126 4.1 1,851 White collar........................................................ 47,949 2.2 1,963 46,582 2.5 2,045 51,411 4.3 1,755 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,266 2.2 1,957 46,807 2.5 2,050 51,448 4.3 1,754 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,077 3.1 1,861 51,017 4.8 2,023 56,299 2.7 1,608 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,690 2.7 1,811 54,562 4.5 2,008 56,943 3.2 1,592 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,630 8.6 2,162 68,643 9.1 2,166 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 58,190 9.5 2,344 58,190 9.5 2,344 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 76,617 8.4 2,080 76,617 8.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 63,681 4.2 2,064 63,464 4.3 2,064 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 63,489 4.6 2,067 63,251 4.7 2,067 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 55,426 2.3 2,069 49,494 2.2 2,069 85,954 7.7 2,070 Registered nurses........................................... 51,736 1.4 2,067 51,104 .7 2,067 56,357 8.5 2,064 Teachers, college and university.............................. 70,945 5.2 1,614 – – – 72,278 3.8 1,611 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 78,792 2.5 1,642 – – – 78,792 2.5 1,642 Teachers, except college and university....................... 51,693 2.1 1,420 – – – 54,710 1.4 1,426 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 44,985 12.7 1,462 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 51,037 2.0 1,347 – – – 54,770 2.1 1,367 Secondary school teachers................................... 51,034 5.4 1,425 37,886 5.1 1,414 – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 54,480 2.3 1,430 – – – 54,480 2.3 1,430 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 49,453 13.1 1,700 – – – 51,260 12.3 1,720 Librarians.................................................. 49,453 13.1 1,700 – – – 51,260 12.3 1,720 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 41,216 4.8 2,030 35,989 6.9 2,080 44,779 3.2 1,996 Social workers.............................................. 41,216 4.8 2,030 35,989 6.9 2,080 44,779 3.2 1,996 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 43,013 7.3 2,064 42,972 7.3 2,064 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36,784 10.0 2,079 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 43,683 6.9 2,042 43,660 7.6 2,054 43,922 9.4 1,920 Licensed practical nurses................................... 36,911 2.8 1,948 37,332 2.1 2,016 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 36,224 11.6 2,080 36,224 11.6 2,080 – – – Drafters.................................................... 39,096 7.4 2,080 39,096 7.4 2,080 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 52,386 21.2 2,080 52,386 21.2 2,080 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 47,907 15.8 2,080 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 35,382 8.4 2,067 32,391 9.5 2,067 42,573 10.0 2,065 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,295 5.1 2,066 67,716 6.4 2,085 62,080 7.4 2,010 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 74,775 5.9 2,049 77,356 7.2 2,070 67,714 9.1 1,990 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $65,804 29.4 2,076 – – – $65,804 29.4 2,076 Financial managers.......................................... 88,938 9.7 2,079 $89,032 9.8 2,080 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 75,937 10.0 1,777 – – – 87,143 6.0 1,800 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 71,883 11.3 2,093 74,013 12.5 2,094 – – – Management related............................................ 50,215 4.7 2,099 50,496 6.0 2,111 49,236 4.3 2,057 Accountants and auditors.................................... 49,076 4.0 2,080 49,051 4.4 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 44,544 8.1 2,015 39,461 10.3 1,993 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 56,671 10.1 2,073 61,526 17.2 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,015 5.9 2,064 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 45,197 7.8 2,018 45,224 7.9 2,017 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 48,995 19.8 2,080 49,388 20.8 2,080 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 53,335 9.6 2,003 53,335 9.6 2,003 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 24,825 12.2 1,960 24,825 12.2 1,960 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,729 2.2 2,047 30,323 2.4 2,065 32,084 4.4 1,985 Secretaries................................................. 32,292 3.0 2,043 32,061 1.8 2,052 32,978 10.5 2,016 Receptionists............................................... 27,526 7.9 2,072 26,369 7.8 2,071 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 29,225 6.1 2,080 – – – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 28,437 12.2 1,932 – – – 28,437 12.2 1,932 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 25,776 6.2 2,080 25,575 6.3 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,174 7.4 2,080 32,661 7.9 2,080 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 33,102 12.2 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 28,301 5.7 2,080 28,301 5.7 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 32,085 9.3 2,041 30,563 17.2 2,080 33,773 8.4 1,997 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 31,497 7.5 1,936 32,779 11.7 2,043 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 36,101 5.0 2,076 35,849 5.5 2,080 38,884 2.7 2,031 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 45,162 3.1 2,072 46,039 3.7 2,071 39,583 3.2 2,077 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 43,718 7.0 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 47,991 12.9 2,028 47,991 12.9 2,028 – – – Millwrights................................................. 60,582 .2 2,013 60,582 .2 2,013 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 42,254 4.0 2,080 42,567 5.9 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 56,104 4.8 2,080 57,431 4.5 2,080 – – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 42,585 23.6 2,070 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 49,206 10.8 2,026 52,444 11.1 2,015 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 45,125 7.2 2,196 45,125 7.2 2,196 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 58,517 3.6 2,080 58,517 3.6 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 33,189 4.8 2,065 33,129 4.9 2,065 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 31,912 6.5 2,080 31,912 6.5 2,080 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... $38,834 5.8 2,080 $38,834 5.8 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 42,380 8.4 2,060 42,380 8.4 2,060 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,200 14.4 2,065 28,426 14.4 2,064 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 36,661 10.2 2,018 36,661 10.2 2,018 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 31,128 11.0 2,080 31,128 11.0 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 42,341 11.1 2,128 44,084 15.7 2,211 $38,542 3.6 1,949 Truck drivers............................................... 51,593 9.8 2,310 52,877 9.7 2,328 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 35,104 17.6 2,080 35,104 17.6 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,095 10.5 2,079 24,558 10.6 2,079 35,552 1.7 2,080 Production helpers.......................................... 28,995 8.0 2,080 28,995 8.0 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 26,417 8.8 2,069 26,417 8.8 2,069 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 21,821 13.8 2,080 21,821 13.8 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 31,668 8.6 2,080 31,668 8.6 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,577 12.2 2,080 21,488 11.2 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 25,661 3.8 2,044 20,948 2.4 2,030 37,284 7.1 2,078 Protective service............................................ 31,363 11.5 2,136 19,059 6.4 2,080 44,771 10.8 2,198 Firefighting................................................ 44,431 16.4 2,393 – – – 44,431 16.4 2,393 Police and detectives, public service....................... 50,452 2.4 2,080 – – – 50,452 2.4 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 18,234 9.6 2,080 17,969 9.5 2,080 – – – Food service.................................................. 21,326 1.5 1,974 21,491 1.6 2,021 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 13,895 31.4 1,897 13,895 31.4 1,897 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 14,306 33.1 1,927 14,306 33.1 1,927 – – – Other food service........................................... 23,074 5.2 1,993 23,634 6.0 2,056 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 33,697 10.0 1,883 – – – – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,093 9.7 2,080 24,148 11.2 2,080 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 18,466 4.9 1,974 18,174 7.3 2,037 – – – Health service................................................ 22,601 2.6 2,018 21,272 1.3 2,027 30,351 12.7 1,969 Health aides, except nursing................................ 26,299 5.8 2,071 22,496 3.9 2,066 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,419 3.2 2,002 21,011 1.5 2,018 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 23,045 2.9 2,054 21,761 3.5 2,049 26,796 10.1 2,069 Maids and housemen.......................................... 19,562 3.5 2,045 19,562 3.5 2,045 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,591 3.4 2,055 22,180 4.0 2,049 26,796 10.1 2,069 Personal service.............................................. 28,998 18.5 1,884 21,670 13.9 1,831 – – – 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, December 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................................................................... $19.12 1.9 $17.81 2.4 $24.56 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 19.08 1.9 17.65 2.3 24.57 4.2 White collar........................................................ 23.69 2.2 22.10 2.4 28.46 5.0 1....................................................... 9.54 9.2 – – 9.86 10.0 2....................................................... 10.40 7.1 9.95 5.7 12.76 24.4 3....................................................... 13.00 3.8 12.47 4.4 14.62 7.5 4....................................................... 14.09 3.2 13.75 3.5 15.74 7.7 5....................................................... 19.21 6.7 18.97 8.2 20.12 8.4 6....................................................... 18.61 1.7 18.69 1.5 18.20 6.9 7....................................................... 25.16 7.3 24.30 8.6 27.47 12.2 8....................................................... 25.87 3.6 25.00 5.1 27.84 2.9 9....................................................... 30.49 4.1 27.23 3.1 35.15 5.7 10........................................................ 36.23 9.5 35.97 11.9 36.91 13.8 11........................................................ 37.84 3.8 38.31 4.2 36.45 8.1 12........................................................ 48.09 3.9 49.19 4.1 42.11 8.1 13........................................................ 55.69 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.38 6.5 25.06 7.2 42.63 4.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.23 2.4 22.55 2.5 28.50 5.1 1....................................................... 9.99 7.7 – – 9.86 10.0 2....................................................... 11.67 7.9 11.31 4.8 12.76 24.4 3....................................................... 13.42 2.9 13.03 3.3 14.45 7.6 4....................................................... 14.45 3.2 14.13 3.5 15.74 7.7 5....................................................... 17.58 4.2 16.50 3.2 20.12 8.4 6....................................................... 18.31 1.8 18.34 1.7 18.14 7.0 7....................................................... 23.69 6.7 22.05 5.1 27.47 12.2 8....................................................... 25.44 3.6 24.01 5.7 28.15 2.0 9....................................................... 30.46 4.4 26.84 3.5 35.15 5.7 10........................................................ 36.25 9.5 36.00 11.9 36.91 13.8 11........................................................ 37.84 3.8 38.31 4.2 36.45 8.1 12........................................................ 48.09 3.9 49.19 4.1 42.11 8.1 13........................................................ 55.69 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.75 6.8 26.29 7.7 42.63 4.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.06 3.2 25.04 4.4 33.96 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.23 3.1 27.05 4.1 34.62 5.0 5....................................................... 20.19 11.9 – – 20.34 12.2 6....................................................... 18.79 9.2 17.38 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 24.67 14.3 19.72 2.9 31.47 16.2 8....................................................... 26.53 2.7 23.32 5.3 30.55 7.3 9....................................................... 30.76 5.2 25.40 3.4 36.14 5.7 10........................................................ 33.91 8.3 33.25 7.6 35.01 17.8 11........................................................ 33.45 3.3 34.46 2.3 29.39 13.1 12........................................................ 44.99 4.0 46.10 3.2 – – 13........................................................ 53.34 8.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.30 5.0 28.49 4.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $31.74 10.2 $31.68 10.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.79 9.6 25.79 9.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.22 5.6 36.22 5.6 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 24.83 15.6 24.83 15.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.84 8.4 36.84 8.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.58 4.6 29.58 4.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.61 3.9 30.51 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.91 12.0 29.91 12.0 – – 11........................................................ 32.38 4.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.92 5.1 30.92 5.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.72 4.3 30.60 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 32.38 4.4 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 27.19 11.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 26.59 2.4 24.34 2.0 $39.88 7.8 7....................................................... 19.58 2.1 19.58 2.1 – – 8....................................................... 22.45 8.1 22.65 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 25.16 1.0 25.04 1.1 26.29 .4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.22 17.6 – – – – Physicians.................................................. 56.90 16.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.08 1.0 24.82 .5 27.12 7.5 8....................................................... 23.76 1.9 24.24 .2 – – 9....................................................... 25.09 1.0 24.96 1.2 26.29 .4 Respiratory therapists...................................... 22.08 3.4 22.08 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.59 6.5 – – 43.04 7.2 9....................................................... 37.61 13.6 – – 37.61 13.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 47.67 3.7 – – 47.67 3.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.25 4.7 25.54 8.2 36.81 5.0 7....................................................... 36.01 9.5 – – 36.48 9.6 9....................................................... 36.96 4.7 – – 38.56 4.3 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 30.77 13.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 38.99 3.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.91 2.8 – – 40.06 .6 9....................................................... 37.73 4.2 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 35.68 5.0 26.78 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 35.68 6.2 26.78 4.5 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 36.04 5.3 – – 36.05 5.3 9....................................................... 36.20 6.4 – – 36.22 6.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.41 15.3 – – 27.96 15.1 11........................................................ 26.13 1.9 – – 26.13 1.9 Librarians.................................................. 27.65 15.0 – – 28.21 14.8 11........................................................ 26.13 1.9 – – 26.13 1.9 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.31 4.6 17.41 6.1 22.43 2.9 7....................................................... 19.55 6.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.55 9.5 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 20.31 4.6 17.41 6.1 22.43 2.9 7....................................................... $19.55 6.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.55 9.5 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 37.40 17.8 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 37.40 17.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.84 6.9 $20.82 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.96 10.4 20.96 10.4 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 17.70 10.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.07 6.4 20.94 7.0 $22.57 9.4 4....................................................... 14.12 7.3 14.12 7.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.02 4.3 17.09 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.00 3.1 18.96 3.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.22 5.5 21.32 6.3 20.65 5.4 8....................................................... 26.20 13.0 26.95 14.3 – – 9....................................................... 36.17 8.8 36.71 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.62 17.6 14.88 10.8 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.77 5.5 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.27 2.1 17.92 1.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.87 1.6 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 17.42 11.6 17.42 11.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 18.80 7.4 18.80 7.4 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 25.19 21.2 25.19 21.2 – – Computer programmers........................................ 23.03 15.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.86 5.8 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.02 8.3 15.66 9.5 20.07 10.9 7....................................................... 19.08 3.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.12 5.2 32.53 6.5 30.83 7.3 6....................................................... 18.10 5.3 18.85 3.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.13 7.0 26.96 8.7 24.53 6.4 8....................................................... 22.43 3.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.54 3.4 28.38 3.7 24.54 3.4 10........................................................ 33.92 7.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 46.02 3.4 47.26 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 53.17 5.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.42 11.9 35.94 15.9 37.83 6.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.46 5.8 37.30 7.0 34.03 9.1 9....................................................... 27.70 4.4 28.66 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 46.02 3.4 47.26 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 54.06 5.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.61 12.3 37.52 17.0 37.83 6.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.69 29.4 – – 31.69 29.4 Financial managers.......................................... 42.68 9.4 42.70 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.99 25.4 47.99 25.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.75 9.6 – – 48.41 6.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.34 11.2 35.34 12.4 – – 11........................................................ $48.40 6.2 $48.40 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.44 18.8 33.61 21.6 – – Management related............................................ 24.07 6.0 24.13 7.6 $23.87 4.3 6....................................................... 19.18 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 26.22 9.3 27.70 11.2 23.73 8.0 8....................................................... 22.38 3.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.24 3.5 27.83 3.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.59 4.0 23.58 4.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.11 6.4 19.80 8.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.12 9.8 29.58 17.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.08 6.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 19.74 9.2 19.74 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.09 2.9 8.09 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.44 2.2 11.44 2.2 –