NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Austin-San Marcos, TX, Bulletin 3130-13, April 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................. $19.23 2.5 36.4 $18.85 3.1 35.9 $20.21 4.2 37.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.20 2.5 37.5 24.35 3.4 37.2 21.04 4.2 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.44 3.0 37.9 33.48 4.7 38.7 25.55 4.8 36.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.93 7.0 40.0 33.02 11.0 40.1 24.61 11.6 40.0 Sales............................................................. 18.08 16.5 32.5 18.22 17.0 32.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.82 3.7 37.9 14.33 4.8 37.8 12.85 5.8 38.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.80 5.8 35.4 12.53 6.5 35.1 14.75 7.4 37.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.59 6.8 38.3 15.45 8.0 38.0 16.32 5.9 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.00 1.1 40.6 11.02 1.0 40.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.09 7.1 34.6 8.33 11.7 34.2 12.42 8.0 36.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.53 8.3 28.0 9.51 8.8 27.9 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.35 2.3 33.5 8.98 4.1 32.9 17.42 4.5 36.5 Full time........................................................... 20.43 2.7 40.1 20.61 3.6 40.1 20.02 4.1 40.1 Part time........................................................... 11.29 10.8 22.5 9.79 6.9 23.2 23.78 27.0 18.1 Union............................................................... 20.50 6.0 39.0 20.50 6.0 39.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 19.21 2.5 36.3 18.82 3.1 35.8 20.21 4.2 37.8 Time................................................................ 19.08 2.5 36.2 18.63 2.9 35.6 20.21 4.2 37.8 Incentive........................................................... 23.08 13.0 41.7 23.06 13.1 41.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 25.06 8.1 40.3 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.97 3.3 34.7 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.82 7.3 35.6 13.82 7.3 35.6 14.87 9.4 40.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.96 6.2 35.5 18.91 6.4 35.4 20.70 1.2 37.2 500 workers or more................................................. 21.83 3.5 37.4 24.01 6.7 36.9 20.21 4.4 37.8 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................... $19.23 2.5 $18.85 3.1 $20.21 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.33 2.6 18.93 3.2 20.27 4.5 White collar........................................................ 23.20 2.5 24.35 3.4 21.04 4.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.96 2.7 25.77 3.9 21.13 4.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.44 3.0 33.48 4.7 25.55 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.31 3.9 37.19 7.1 25.92 5.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.57 .5 36.76 .1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 37.36 9.0 37.81 9.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.26 11.4 37.26 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.02 12.7 37.97 6.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.13 12.9 38.23 6.4 – – Health related................................................ 30.05 4.4 30.37 4.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.66 4.4 26.75 4.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.58 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.48 3.0 19.34 16.9 26.78 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.15 1.5 – – 26.96 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.79 .5 – – 27.68 .3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.40 10.4 – – 15.40 16.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.29 14.8 – – 15.40 16.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ 64.24 9.6 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 64.24 9.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.99 10.8 28.94 11.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.36 1.9 20.69 1.8 17.70 7.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.14 3.0 17.43 2.8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.09 6.5 14.86 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.38 5.8 19.76 5.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.93 7.0 33.02 11.0 24.61 11.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.85 12.5 41.72 18.4 32.87 19.7 Financial managers.......................................... 37.26 13.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 59.68 31.8 – – 59.68 31.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 50.25 9.8 50.25 9.8 – – Management related............................................ 22.21 2.8 25.27 4.3 19.43 1.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.63 5.8 24.62 9.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 21.49 12.0 26.78 19.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.96 5.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.08 16.5 18.22 17.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.73 2.8 9.73 2.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.11 5.9 8.82 6.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $13.82 3.7 $14.33 4.8 $12.85 5.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.16 7.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 17.59 5.8 18.20 6.6 15.86 4.0 Receptionists............................................... 11.59 4.3 11.60 4.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.38 9.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 9.3 12.89 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.36 4.1 13.22 13.2 10.73 1.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.50 2.8 11.47 2.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.25 .5 – – 12.25 .5 Blue collar......................................................... 12.80 5.8 12.53 6.5 14.75 7.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.59 6.8 15.45 8.0 16.32 5.9 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 12.79 3.4 12.79 3.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 1.1 11.02 1.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.09 7.1 8.33 11.7 12.42 8.0 Bus drivers................................................. 11.83 8.5 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.53 8.3 9.51 8.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.65 2.7 7.65 2.7 – – Service............................................................. 10.35 2.3 8.98 4.1 17.42 4.5 Protective service............................................ 14.62 16.3 10.67 2.9 22.29 6.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.69 2.0 10.62 2.1 – – Food service.................................................. 7.95 3.6 7.80 3.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.66 16.8 4.66 16.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.06 4.4 8.95 4.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.96 4.1 8.96 4.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.16 5.2 8.04 5.9 – – Health service................................................ 8.40 3.5 8.37 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 5.4 7.74 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.85 4.0 9.79 7.5 9.92 1.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.85 4.3 9.78 8.3 9.92 1.7 Personal service.............................................. 9.71 8.6 9.51 10.2 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.37 3.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................... $20.43 2.7 $20.61 3.6 $20.02 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 20.30 3.1 20.40 4.2 20.08 4.4 White collar........................................................ 23.93 2.2 25.78 3.2 20.65 4.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.10 2.7 26.30 4.0 20.74 4.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.49 2.7 33.94 4.5 24.76 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.37 3.7 37.70 6.8 25.12 3.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.57 .5 36.76 .1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 37.36 9.0 37.81 9.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.26 11.4 37.26 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.02 12.7 37.97 6.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.13 12.9 38.23 6.4 – – Health related................................................ 29.70 4.5 30.11 4.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.75 2.7 25.83 2.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.73 6.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.83 2.1 19.47 14.3 27.00 .7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.95 1.0 – – 26.96 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.79 .5 – – 27.68 .3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.40 10.4 – – 15.40 16.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.29 14.8 – – 15.40 16.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.99 10.8 28.94 11.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.47 2.0 20.84 1.9 17.70 7.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.72 2.1 16.94 1.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.38 5.8 19.76 5.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.93 7.0 33.02 11.0 24.61 11.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.85 12.5 41.72 18.4 32.87 19.7 Financial managers.......................................... 37.26 13.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 59.68 31.8 – – 59.68 31.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 50.25 9.8 50.25 9.8 – – Management related............................................ 22.21 2.8 25.27 4.3 19.43 1.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.63 5.8 24.62 9.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 21.49 12.0 26.78 19.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.96 5.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 22.28 18.1 22.72 18.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.87 8.5 9.42 10.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.00 3.9 14.63 5.1 12.87 6.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.16 7.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. $17.59 5.8 $18.20 6.6 $15.86 4.0 Receptionists............................................... 11.63 4.4 11.64 4.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.34 9.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 9.3 12.89 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.31 4.3 13.27 13.6 10.62 1.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.25 .5 – – 12.25 .5 Blue collar......................................................... 13.67 6.5 13.43 7.4 15.18 4.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.88 7.5 15.77 9.1 16.32 5.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 1.1 11.02 1.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.71 7.3 10.27 9.6 11.96 6.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.95 8.6 10.96 9.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.16 3.6 9.51 4.5 18.04 6.3 Protective service............................................ 14.85 17.3 10.81 1.3 22.79 4.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.85 1.3 10.78 .3 – – Food service.................................................. 8.61 7.8 8.45 7.2 – – Other food service........................................... 9.68 7.6 9.54 7.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.34 6.1 9.34 6.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.24 5.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.65 6.7 8.62 6.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.39 6.7 8.37 6.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.82 4.1 9.79 7.5 9.86 1.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.82 4.3 9.78 8.3 9.86 1.5 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................... $11.29 10.8 $9.79 6.9 $23.78 27.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.97 12.2 10.15 8.1 23.78 27.0 White collar........................................................ 15.16 17.9 12.05 13.1 30.04 19.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.14 17.7 16.78 16.3 30.04 19.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.75 13.5 25.30 13.9 34.40 14.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.50 13.5 27.73 17.7 34.40 14.1 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.45 4.9 18.45 4.9 – – Sales............................................................. 8.52 5.0 8.52 5.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.62 1.6 9.62 1.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 4.7 8.26 4.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.06 4.0 10.85 3.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.45 16.0 9.37 17.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.72 9.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.70 3.1 7.57 3.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.34 3.1 7.34 3.1 – – Service............................................................. 7.84 4.6 7.56 5.1 11.74 9.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.70 2.6 6.56 2.3 – – Other food service........................................... 7.80 3.8 7.72 4.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.42 14.3 7.96 15.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................... $819 2.8 40.1 $826 3.7 40.1 $804 4.1 40.1 All excluding sales............................................... 813 3.2 40.0 816 4.3 40.0 806 4.4 40.1 White collar........................................................ 961 2.2 40.2 1,039 3.2 40.3 823 4.2 39.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 966 2.8 40.1 1,057 4.1 40.2 827 4.6 39.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,227 2.7 40.2 1,376 4.6 40.5 985 2.7 39.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,306 3.7 40.3 1,538 7.0 40.8 998 3.1 39.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,517 .6 41.5 1,526 .3 41.5 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,587 6.3 42.5 1,609 6.0 42.6 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,490 11.4 40.0 1,490 11.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,327 12.8 40.2 1,529 6.6 40.3 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,332 13.0 40.2 1,540 6.5 40.3 – – – Health related................................................ 1,165 4.7 39.2 1,180 4.7 39.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 999 2.5 38.8 1,001 2.5 38.8 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,229 6.3 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,024 2.1 39.6 779 14.3 40.0 1,068 .4 39.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,066 1.3 39.6 – – – 1,066 1.2 39.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,100 .6 39.6 – – – 1,095 .3 39.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 658 5.0 40.0 658 5.0 40.0 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 576 10.4 40.0 – – – 616 16.5 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 652 14.8 40.0 – – – 616 16.5 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,182 11.9 40.8 1,188 13.0 41.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 814 2.2 39.8 827 2.1 39.7 719 9.2 40.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 669 2.1 40.0 678 1.5 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 771 6.0 39.8 786 5.8 39.8 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,158 7.0 40.0 1,325 10.9 40.1 984 11.6 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,513 12.5 40.0 1,669 18.4 40.0 1,312 19.7 39.9 Financial managers.......................................... 1,491 13.4 40.0 – – – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 2,372 32.2 39.7 – – – 2,372 32.2 39.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 2,010 9.8 40.0 2,010 9.8 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 891 2.9 40.1 1,016 4.3 40.2 777 1.1 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 825 5.8 40.0 985 9.1 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 860 12.0 40.0 1,071 19.3 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,015 5.8 40.7 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 911 18.0 40.9 930 18.6 40.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... $395 8.5 40.0 $377 10.3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 558 3.9 39.9 584 5.1 39.9 $513 6.0 39.9 Supervisors, general office................................. 646 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 704 5.8 40.0 728 6.6 40.0 634 4.0 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 465 4.4 40.0 466 4.5 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 601 9.1 39.2 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 515 9.3 39.9 514 9.5 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 452 4.2 40.0 529 13.6 39.9 425 1.5 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 477 .0 39.0 – – – 477 .0 39.0 Blue collar......................................................... 550 6.6 40.3 542 7.6 40.4 603 4.9 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 637 7.8 40.1 633 9.5 40.1 653 5.9 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 447 1.6 40.6 448 1.5 40.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 426 8.1 39.8 414 11.1 40.3 457 6.0 38.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 445 9.1 40.6 446 9.6 40.7 – – – Service............................................................. 443 4.6 39.7 370 5.7 38.9 779 7.8 43.2 Protective service............................................ 619 20.4 41.7 433 1.3 40.0 1,038 6.8 45.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 434 1.3 40.0 431 .3 40.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 312 8.8 36.2 305 8.1 36.1 – – – Other food service........................................... 356 9.1 36.8 350 9.2 36.6 – – – Cooks....................................................... 349 9.0 37.4 349 9.0 37.4 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 306 9.0 37.1 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 345 7.0 39.8 343 7.2 39.8 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 334 7.0 39.8 333 7.2 39.8 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 391 3.9 39.8 388 7.2 39.6 394 1.6 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 390 4.1 39.8 387 8.0 39.6 394 1.6 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................... $41,002 2.8 2,007 $42,709 3.7 2,072 $37,438 4.1 1,870 All excluding sales............................................... 40,568 3.2 1,999 42,155 4.3 2,067 37,518 4.4 1,868 White collar........................................................ 47,575 2.2 1,988 53,871 3.2 2,089 37,841 4.2 1,832 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,594 2.8 1,975 54,774 4.1 2,083 37,940 4.6 1,829 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 58,248 2.7 1,910 70,992 4.6 2,092 41,334 2.7 1,670 Professional specialty.......................................... 60,960 3.7 1,883 79,166 7.0 2,100 41,495 3.1 1,652 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 78,909 .6 2,158 79,371 .3 2,159 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 82,506 6.3 2,208 83,694 6.0 2,214 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 77,505 11.4 2,080 77,505 11.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 69,020 12.8 2,091 79,509 6.6 2,094 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 69,263 13.0 2,091 80,084 6.5 2,095 – – – Health related................................................ 60,581 4.7 2,040 61,355 4.7 2,038 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 51,973 2.5 2,018 52,064 2.5 2,016 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49,010 6.3 1,595 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,418 2.1 1,526 35,583 14.3 1,828 39,986 .4 1,481 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39,862 1.3 1,479 – – – 39,867 1.2 1,478 Secondary school teachers................................... 41,131 .6 1,480 – – – 41,005 .3 1,481 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33,568 5.0 2,039 33,568 5.0 2,039 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 29,764 10.4 2,067 – – – 31,698 16.5 2,058 Social workers.............................................. 33,600 14.8 2,063 – – – 31,698 16.5 2,058 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 60,910 11.9 2,101 61,764 13.0 2,134 – – – Technical....................................................... 42,341 2.2 2,068 42,987 2.1 2,063 37,376 9.2 2,111 Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,782 2.1 2,080 35,237 1.5 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 40,100 6.0 2,069 40,866 5.8 2,068 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 57,446 7.0 1,986 68,881 10.9 2,086 46,527 11.6 1,890 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 70,692 12.5 1,868 86,771 18.4 2,080 54,257 19.7 1,651 Financial managers.......................................... 77,509 13.4 2,080 – – – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 110,255 32.2 1,847 – – – 110,255 32.2 1,847 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 104,514 9.8 2,080 104,514 9.8 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 46,308 2.9 2,085 52,843 4.3 2,091 40,415 1.1 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,915 5.8 2,080 51,207 9.1 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 44,706 12.0 2,080 55,707 19.3 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,782 5.8 2,115 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 47,386 18.0 2,126 48,376 18.6 2,129 – – – Cashiers.................................................... $20,526 8.5 2,080 $19,588 10.3 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,619 3.9 2,045 30,325 5.1 2,072 $25,703 6.0 1,998 Supervisors, general office................................. 33,609 7.0 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 36,170 5.8 2,056 37,265 6.6 2,047 32,988 4.0 2,080 Receptionists............................................... 24,183 4.4 2,080 24,212 4.5 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 30,011 9.1 1,957 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,769 9.3 2,075 26,737 9.5 2,075 – – – General office clerks....................................... 23,513 4.2 2,078 27,525 13.6 2,074 22,090 1.5 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 18,729 .0 1,529 – – – 18,729 .0 1,529 Blue collar......................................................... 28,038 6.6 2,051 27,697 7.6 2,062 30,102 4.9 1,983 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 33,114 7.8 2,086 32,919 9.5 2,087 33,952 5.9 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,236 1.6 2,113 23,286 1.5 2,113 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20,803 8.1 1,942 21,539 11.1 2,098 19,216 6.0 1,606 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,991 9.1 1,917 20,926 9.6 1,909 – – – Service............................................................. 22,885 4.6 2,050 19,225 5.7 2,023 39,209 7.8 2,173 Protective service............................................ 32,209 20.4 2,169 22,491 1.3 2,080 53,995 6.8 2,369 Guards and police, except public service.................... 22,569 1.3 2,080 22,420 .3 2,080 – – – Food service.................................................. 15,930 8.8 1,849 15,846 8.1 1,876 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,072 9.1 1,868 18,175 9.2 1,905 – – – Cooks....................................................... 18,152 9.0 1,944 18,152 9.0 1,944 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 15,376 9.0 1,865 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 17,916 7.0 2,071 17,844 7.2 2,070 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 17,351 7.0 2,069 17,314 7.2 2,069 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,056 3.9 2,042 20,157 7.2 2,060 19,941 1.6 2,023 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,030 4.1 2,040 20,118 8.0 2,058 19,941 1.6 2,023 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................... $19.23 2.5 $18.85 3.1 $20.21 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.33 2.6 18.93 3.2 20.27 4.5 White collar........................................................ 23.20 2.5 24.35 3.4 21.04 4.2 1....................................................... 8.10 5.3 8.10 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.18 7.1 11.15 7.6 11.41 7.7 3....................................................... 10.68 1.5 10.73 2.4 10.63 1.5 4....................................................... 13.62 4.9 13.42 7.0 13.94 5.6 5....................................................... 14.61 6.7 15.33 8.7 13.53 5.6 6....................................................... 19.53 5.4 20.30 5.8 17.92 4.5 7....................................................... 20.95 5.0 19.94 6.1 23.00 8.4 8....................................................... 25.49 4.1 28.16 7.4 23.43 1.3 9....................................................... 27.43 4.6 29.22 5.5 25.35 5.7 10........................................................ 31.53 2.3 31.31 2.2 32.15 6.5 11........................................................ 35.79 4.0 35.68 5.1 35.99 6.4 12........................................................ 40.64 1.9 40.89 2.1 – – 13........................................................ 51.49 1.1 51.49 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.03 11.9 38.66 14.4 19.47 39.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.96 2.7 25.77 3.9 21.13 4.5 2....................................................... 11.68 6.0 11.72 6.5 11.41 7.7 3....................................................... 10.83 1.7 11.02 3.1 10.63 1.5 4....................................................... 13.91 5.2 13.81 7.9 14.06 5.6 5....................................................... 14.65 6.8 15.40 8.9 13.53 5.6 6....................................................... 19.21 6.4 20.06 8.0 17.92 4.5 7....................................................... 20.38 4.3 19.05 3.9 23.00 8.4 8....................................................... 24.55 2.2 26.20 4.5 23.42 1.3 9....................................................... 26.99 4.2 28.55 4.9 25.30 5.7 10........................................................ 31.53 2.3 31.31 2.2 32.15 6.5 11........................................................ 35.67 4.1 35.48 5.4 35.99 6.4 12........................................................ 40.37 2.3 40.55 2.7 – – 13........................................................ 51.49 1.1 51.49 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.67 19.2 38.59 24.4 19.47 39.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.44 3.0 33.48 4.7 25.55 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.31 3.9 37.19 7.1 25.92 5.1 6....................................................... 16.04 5.9 – – 16.84 .6 7....................................................... 22.68 6.9 19.23 5.0 25.75 5.6 8....................................................... 27.29 2.4 27.34 5.7 27.26 .3 9....................................................... 28.48 3.7 29.92 6.6 26.72 1.8 10........................................................ 32.52 1.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.63 4.6 37.23 5.6 35.96 7.3 12........................................................ 40.71 3.2 40.70 3.7 – – 13........................................................ 50.49 1.3 50.49 1.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.57 .5 36.76 .1 – – 11........................................................ 34.93 6.5 34.93 6.5 – – 12........................................................ 40.66 10.5 40.66 10.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... $37.36 9.0 $37.81 9.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.26 11.4 37.26 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.02 12.7 37.97 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.45 5.1 29.56 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 38.52 6.3 38.16 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.13 12.9 38.23 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.67 5.5 29.83 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 38.52 6.3 38.16 6.8 – – Health related................................................ 30.05 4.4 30.37 4.4 – – 8....................................................... 29.85 6.1 29.84 6.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.66 4.4 26.75 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 28.30 6.2 28.26 6.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.58 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.48 3.0 19.34 16.9 $26.78 0.2 7....................................................... 24.10 10.7 17.03 9.7 27.73 2.9 8....................................................... 27.63 1.1 – – 27.30 .1 9....................................................... 26.24 2.7 – – 26.67 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.15 1.5 – – 26.96 .7 7....................................................... 27.34 4.2 – – 27.75 3.6 8....................................................... 27.28 1.8 – – 26.76 .5 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.79 .5 – – 27.68 .3 8....................................................... 28.41 1.5 – – 28.24 1.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.40 10.4 – – 15.40 16.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.29 14.8 – – 15.40 16.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ 64.24 9.6 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 64.24 9.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.99 10.8 28.94 11.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.36 1.9 20.69 1.8 17.70 7.6 4....................................................... 15.21 10.2 15.51 12.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.81 2.1 16.99 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.40 9.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.20 3.0 21.28 3.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.14 3.0 17.43 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.55 3.0 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.09 6.5 14.86 6.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.38 5.8 19.76 5.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.93 7.0 33.02 11.0 24.61 11.6 7....................................................... 17.68 8.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 19.79 5.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.32 6.5 23.26 2.8 23.35 10.2 11........................................................ 33.46 4.7 32.93 5.2 – – 12........................................................ $39.12 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.86 18.4 $49.62 19.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.85 12.5 41.72 18.4 $32.87 19.7 9....................................................... 26.93 6.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.94 17.9 60.39 11.5 – – Financial managers.......................................... 37.26 13.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 59.68 31.8 – – 59.68 31.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 50.25 9.8 50.25 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.20 7.0 58.20 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 22.21 2.8 25.27 4.3 19.43 1.1 7....................................................... 19.16 2.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 18.42 2.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.97 4.9 23.23 3.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.63 5.8 24.62 9.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 21.49 12.0 26.78 19.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.96 5.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.08 16.5 18.22 17.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.09 5.4 8.09 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.98 15.3 9.98 15.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.72 2.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.11 10.0 12.04 12.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.73 2.8 9.73 2.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.11 5.9 8.82 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.93 5.5 7.93 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.82 3.7 14.33 4.8 12.85 5.8 2....................................................... 11.68 6.0 11.72 6.5 11.41 7.7 3....................................................... 10.81 1.7 10.98 3.2 10.63 1.5 4....................................................... 13.84 5.3 13.66 8.1 14.07 5.7 5....................................................... 15.11 6.5 15.78 7.5 14.19 9.5 6....................................................... 20.27 2.9 19.86 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.67 1.9 19.44 1.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.10 4.6 15.10 4.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 16.16 7.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 17.59 5.8 18.20 6.6 15.86 4.0 4....................................................... 13.10 6.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.72 6.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.59 4.3 11.60 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.87 5.2 11.87 5.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.38 9.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 9.3 12.89 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.36 4.1 13.22 13.2 10.73 1.6 3....................................................... 10.83 2.6 – – 10.52 2.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.50 2.8 11.47 2.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.25 .5 – – 12.25 .5 Blue collar......................................................... $12.80 5.8 $12.53 6.5 $14.75 7.4 1....................................................... 7.70 3.0 7.64 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.21 5.7 9.11 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.02 9.0 11.94 9.8 12.98 8.6 4....................................................... 11.44 2.2 11.41 2.4 11.79 5.6 5....................................................... 14.92 2.7 13.93 2.8 16.52 10.4 6....................................................... 17.65 6.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.47 7.8 21.47 7.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.59 6.8 15.45 8.0 16.32 5.9 2....................................................... 9.42 6.8 9.39 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.67 11.0 12.66 11.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.45 6.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.37 3.4 14.37 1.4 16.52 10.4 7....................................................... 21.47 7.8 21.47 7.8 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 12.79 3.4 12.79 3.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 1.1 11.02 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.14 4.0 11.14 4.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.09 7.1 8.33 11.7 12.42 8.0 3....................................................... 8.83 21.5 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.83 8.5 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.53 8.3 9.51 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.86 3.0 7.78 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.29 15.7 13.29 15.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.65 2.7 7.65 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 2.5 7.56 2.5 – – Service............................................................. 10.35 2.3 8.98 4.1 17.42 4.5 1....................................................... 7.93 7.4 7.51 8.8 9.19 3.3 2....................................................... 8.16 10.3 8.01 10.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.66 6.5 8.63 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.86 4.4 10.48 3.0 13.28 3.1 6....................................................... 16.96 10.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.10 1.0 – – 21.10 1.0 Protective service............................................ 14.62 16.3 10.67 2.9 22.29 6.3 3....................................................... 10.14 3.9 10.14 3.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.17 11.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.10 1.0 – – 21.10 1.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.69 2.0 10.62 2.1 – – Food service.................................................. 7.95 3.6 7.80 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.46 10.9 7.40 11.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.66 16.8 4.66 16.8 – – Other food service........................................... $9.06 4.4 $8.95 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.31 8.5 8.33 9.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.96 4.1 8.96 4.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.16 5.2 8.04 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.88 5.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.40 3.5 8.37 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.28 4.0 8.28 4.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 5.4 7.74 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.85 4.0 9.79 7.5 $9.92 1.7 1....................................................... 9.23 2.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.08 3.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.85 4.3 9.78 8.3 9.92 1.7 1....................................................... 9.17 2.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.08 3.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.71 8.6 9.51 10.2 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.37 3.1 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2005 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................................................................... $20.43 2.7 $20.61 3.6 $20.02 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 20.30 3.1 20.40 4.2 20.08 4.4 White collar........................................................ 23.93 2.2 25.78 3.2 20.65 4.2 2....................................................... 11.52 8.3 11.49 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 1.8 11.04 3.4 10.62 1.5 4....................................................... 13.59 5.0 13.38 7.2 13.94 5.6 5....................................................... 14.52 6.9 15.23 8.9 13.46 6.0 6....................................................... 19.73 5.2 20.65 4.9 17.92 4.5 7....................................................... 20.94 5.1 19.92 6.1 23.00 8.4 8....................................................... 25.10 4.2 27.57 8.5 23.43 1.3 9....................................................... 27.49 4.8 29.27 5.6 25.28 6.2 10........................................................ 31.53 2.3 31.31 2.2 32.15 6.5 11........................................................ 35.02 4.1 35.68 5.1 33.18 3.5 12........................................................ 40.64 1.9 40.89 2.1 – – 13........................................................ 51.49 1.1 51.49 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.85 11.7 39.63 14.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.10 2.7 26.30 4.0 20.74 4.6 2....................................................... 11.88 7.2 11.88 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.86 1.8 11.14 4.0 10.63 1.5 4....................................................... 13.90 5.4 13.79 8.1 14.06 5.6 5....................................................... 14.54 7.0 15.27 9.0 13.46 6.0 6....................................................... 19.44 6.3 20.52 7.0 17.92 4.5 7....................................................... 20.36 4.4 19.01 3.9 23.00 8.4 8....................................................... 24.07 1.7 25.18 3.9 23.42 1.3 9....................................................... 27.03 4.4 28.59 5.0 25.22 6.1 10........................................................ 31.53 2.3 31.31 2.2 32.15 6.5 11........................................................ 34.86 4.2 35.48 5.4 33.18 3.5 12........................................................ 40.37 2.3 40.55 2.7 – – 13........................................................ 51.49 1.1 51.49 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.67 18.9 39.97 23.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.49 2.7 33.94 4.5 24.76 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.37 3.7 37.70 6.8 25.12 3.1 6....................................................... 16.30 5.0 – – 16.84 .6 7....................................................... 22.68 6.9 19.23 5.0 25.75 5.6 8....................................................... 26.71 1.5 25.71 3.6 27.26 .3 9....................................................... 28.66 4.0 30.02 6.7 26.79 2.2 10........................................................ 32.52 1.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.64 5.1 37.23 5.6 32.35 3.3 12........................................................ 40.71 3.2 40.70 3.7 – – 13........................................................ 50.49 1.3 50.49 1.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.57 .5 36.76 .1 – – 11........................................................ 34.93 6.5 34.93 6.5 – – 12........................................................ 40.66 10.5 40.66 10.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 37.36 9.0 37.81 9.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $37.26 11.4 $37.26 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.02 12.7 37.97 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.45 5.1 29.56 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 38.52 6.3 38.16 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.13 12.9 38.23 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.67 5.5 29.83 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 38.52 6.3 38.16 6.8 – – Health related................................................ 29.70 4.5 30.11 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 28.48 3.7 28.43 3.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.75 2.7 25.83 2.7 – – 8....................................................... 27.50 6.0 27.41 6.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.73 6.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.83 2.1 19.47 14.3 $27.00 0.7 7....................................................... 24.10 10.7 17.03 9.7 27.73 2.9 8....................................................... 27.44 .5 – – 27.30 .1 9....................................................... 26.35 3.1 – – 26.87 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.95 1.0 – – 26.96 .7 7....................................................... 27.34 4.2 – – 27.75 3.6 8....................................................... 26.93 .7 – – 26.76 .5 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.79 .5 – – 27.68 .3 8....................................................... 28.41 1.5 – – 28.24 1.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.40 10.4 – – 15.40 16.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.29 14.8 – – 15.40 16.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.99 10.8 28.94 11.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.47 2.0 20.84 1.9 17.70 7.6 5....................................................... 16.52 1.5 16.69 1.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.40 9.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.15 3.0 21.24 3.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.72 2.1 16.94 1.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.38 5.8 19.76 5.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.93 7.0 33.02 11.0 24.61 11.6 7....................................................... 17.68 8.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 19.79 5.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.32 6.5 23.26 2.8 23.35 10.2 11........................................................ 33.46 4.7 32.93 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.12 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.86 18.4 49.62 19.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.85 12.5 41.72 18.4 32.87 19.7 9....................................................... 26.93 6.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.94 17.9 60.39 11.5 – – Financial managers.......................................... $37.26 13.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 59.68 31.8 – – $59.68 31.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 50.25 9.8 $50.25 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.20 7.0 58.20 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 22.21 2.8 25.27 4.3 19.43 1.1 7....................................................... 19.16 2.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 18.42 2.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.97 4.9 23.23 3.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.63 5.8 24.62 9.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 21.49 12.0 26.78 19.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.96 5.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 22.28 18.1 22.72 18.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.03 10.2 – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.87 8.5 9.42 10.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.00 3.9 14.63 5.1 12.87 6.0 2....................................................... 11.88 7.2 11.88 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.86 1.8 11.14 4.0 10.63 1.5 4....................................................... 13.81 5.4 13.61 8.4 14.07 5.7 5....................................................... 15.08 6.7 15.78 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.27 2.9 19.86 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.67 1.9 19.44 1.4 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 16.16 7.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 17.59 5.8 18.20 6.6 15.86 4.0 4....................................................... 13.10 6.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.72 6.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.63 4.4 11.64 4.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.34 9.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 9.3 12.89 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.31 4.3 13.27 13.6 10.62 1.5 3....................................................... 10.83 2.7 – – 10.52 2.1 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.25 .5 – – 12.25 .5 Blue collar......................................................... 13.67 6.5 13.43 7.4 15.18 4.6 1....................................................... 8.59 6.3 8.59 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.53 6.3 8.19 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.60 6.5 11.51 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.44 2.2 11.41 2.4 11.88 6.0 5....................................................... 14.92 2.7 13.93 2.8 16.52 10.4 6....................................................... 17.65 6.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.47 7.8 21.47 7.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.88 7.5 15.77 9.1 16.32 5.9 3....................................................... 11.11 4.3 11.07 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.45 6.1 – – – – 5....................................................... $15.37 3.4 $14.37 1.4 $16.52 10.4 7....................................................... 21.47 7.8 21.47 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 1.1 11.02 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.14 4.0 11.14 4.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.71 7.3 10.27 9.6 11.96 6.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.95 8.6 10.96 9.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.59 7.5 8.59 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.34 16.6 13.34 16.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.16 3.6 9.51 4.5 18.04 6.3 1....................................................... 8.13 7.4 7.75 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.64 3.8 9.60 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.04 7.1 9.00 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 10.85 4.4 10.50 3.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.10 1.0 – – 21.10 1.0 Protective service............................................ 14.85 17.3 10.81 1.3 22.79 4.5 7....................................................... 21.10 1.0 – – 21.10 1.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.85 1.3 10.78 .3 – – Food service.................................................. 8.61 7.8 8.45 7.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.54 12.1 7.55 12.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.68 7.6 9.54 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.70 8.5 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 9.34 6.1 9.34 6.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.24 5.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.65 6.7 8.62 6.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.39 6.7 8.37 6.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.82 4.1 9.79 7.5 9.86 1.5 1....................................................... 9.15 1.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.08 3.3 – – – – Janitors a