NC BL 03/00/2006 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3130-52, July 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................. $19.22 3.1 36.0 $17.51 3.9 35.9 $24.68 2.9 36.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.38 3.8 35.3 18.80 4.8 35.3 28.49 4.0 35.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.47 3.5 34.0 26.20 4.0 33.7 36.24 5.4 34.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.38 7.9 39.2 31.28 9.3 40.4 27.30 9.7 35.7 Sales............................................................. 12.55 12.6 31.1 12.55 12.9 30.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.95 4.8 36.7 13.13 5.3 36.7 16.95 6.1 36.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 18.09 2.9 39.0 18.23 3.3 39.1 17.13 3.0 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.41 4.9 39.6 22.04 5.6 39.5 18.38 2.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 18.50 2.1 40.0 18.48 2.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.89 2.9 39.3 18.25 3.8 40.2 16.88 1.0 37.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.14 8.3 35.6 11.73 9.8 35.3 14.79 12.4 37.6 Service occupations(5).............................................. 14.09 7.1 32.9 10.08 4.2 30.8 20.75 3.1 37.0 Full time........................................................... 20.14 3.2 39.3 18.43 4.1 39.8 25.17 3.0 37.9 Part time........................................................... 11.17 7.1 20.6 10.89 7.9 21.0 13.66 5.0 17.8 Union............................................................... 22.20 5.1 36.6 19.21 8.3 36.4 25.24 2.9 36.7 Nonunion............................................................ 16.87 4.4 35.5 16.81 4.6 35.7 18.33 6.3 30.7 Time................................................................ 19.31 3.1 35.7 17.46 3.9 35.6 24.68 2.9 36.1 Incentive........................................................... 18.01 8.1 39.7 18.01 8.1 39.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.57 6.5 40.4 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.40 11.6 34.0 14.39 11.7 34.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.15 5.6 37.7 16.66 5.8 37.9 22.46 7.1 36.3 500 workers or more................................................. 23.68 3.6 35.2 22.20 5.9 34.2 25.09 3.2 36.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $19.22 3.1 $17.51 3.9 $24.68 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.66 2.9 17.94 3.7 24.76 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.38 3.8 18.80 4.8 28.49 4.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.55 3.3 19.95 4.4 28.66 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.47 3.5 26.20 4.0 36.24 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.73 4.3 28.14 5.3 37.62 5.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.07 3.2 36.89 3.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.54 5.9 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.40 6.2 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 28.41 4.5 28.41 4.5 – – Health related................................................ 26.74 5.0 25.20 6.0 30.11 9.0 Registered nurses........................................... 25.13 2.8 26.24 3.0 22.25 4.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 60.50 8.9 53.58 .0 62.10 9.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.19 4.8 20.18 16.8 37.91 5.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.19 9.5 – – 39.75 9.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.10 9.7 – – 38.10 9.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.21 8.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.83 9.0 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.59 6.6 20.93 7.2 18.91 14.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.56 2.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.38 7.9 31.28 9.3 27.30 9.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.49 10.8 41.03 12.6 31.53 14.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.04 9.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.93 9.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 23.83 3.5 24.14 3.8 22.53 8.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.29 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.55 12.6 12.55 12.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.01 7.1 7.50 4.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.95 4.8 13.13 5.3 16.95 6.1 Secretaries................................................. 16.94 1.9 15.44 5.4 18.21 2.6 Typists..................................................... 14.57 7.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.62 5.4 13.13 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.82 4.1 14.19 6.4 13.12 1.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.61 9.7 11.45 9.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.09 2.9 18.23 3.3 17.13 3.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $21.41 4.9 $22.04 5.6 $18.38 2.3 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.15 1.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.51 22.2 22.51 22.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.50 2.1 18.48 2.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.86 8.3 17.63 8.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.46 21.0 20.46 21.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.85 9.3 20.85 9.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.31 9.2 18.31 9.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.89 2.9 18.25 3.8 16.88 1.0 Truck drivers............................................... 19.17 2.3 20.08 3.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.14 8.3 11.73 9.8 14.79 12.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.78 13.5 10.78 13.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.05 24.3 13.05 24.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.94 20.7 – – – – Service............................................................. 14.09 7.1 10.08 4.2 20.75 3.1 Protective service............................................ 24.76 2.7 – – 24.98 2.6 Food service.................................................. 9.14 12.3 9.14 12.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.27 23.5 6.27 23.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.44 24.6 6.44 24.6 – – Other food service........................................... 10.84 8.0 10.84 8.0 – – Health service................................................ 11.26 5.5 10.43 2.9 14.84 5.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.23 5.4 10.43 2.9 14.79 6.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.15 4.8 11.08 3.4 13.78 2.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.20 5.2 11.11 3.9 13.84 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 13.43 5.7 9.40 13.8 – – 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 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $20.14 3.2 $18.43 4.1 $25.17 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 20.39 3.0 18.64 3.8 25.25 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.42 3.4 19.78 4.4 28.99 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.14 2.9 20.42 3.7 29.17 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 3.7 26.36 4.5 37.04 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.50 4.6 28.47 6.3 38.31 5.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.07 3.2 36.89 3.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.41 5.2 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 28.41 4.5 28.41 4.5 – – Health related................................................ 26.71 6.5 24.48 9.0 30.11 9.0 Registered nurses........................................... 24.61 3.0 26.03 4.1 22.25 4.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 62.07 8.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.32 5.4 20.47 15.7 39.18 6.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.19 9.5 – – 39.75 9.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.10 9.7 – – 38.10 9.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.04 8.5 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.60 9.6 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.89 6.6 21.16 7.1 19.43 15.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.63 2.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.63 8.1 31.44 9.6 27.69 10.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.73 10.8 41.03 12.6 31.97 15.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.69 8.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.93 9.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.05 3.5 24.29 3.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.54 12.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.91 15.0 14.99 15.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.36 4.8 13.51 5.4 17.17 6.3 Secretaries................................................. 16.95 1.9 15.45 5.5 18.21 2.6 Typists..................................................... 14.37 8.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.62 5.4 13.13 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.15 4.3 14.26 6.5 13.92 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.59 11.3 11.40 11.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.49 3.1 18.65 3.6 17.38 2.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.42 4.9 22.06 5.7 18.38 2.3 Automobile mechanics........................................ $18.15 1.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.51 22.2 $22.51 22.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.50 2.1 18.48 2.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.86 8.3 17.63 8.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.46 21.0 20.46 21.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.85 9.3 20.85 9.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.31 9.2 18.31 9.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.72 3.0 19.35 4.5 $17.01 0.7 Truck drivers............................................... 19.19 2.4 20.11 4.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.75 8.3 12.29 9.8 15.62 13.5 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.05 24.3 13.05 24.3 – – Service............................................................. 15.38 9.2 10.64 6.8 21.18 2.8 Protective service............................................ 25.34 1.8 – – 25.34 1.8 Food service.................................................. 9.99 18.7 9.99 18.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.58 9.0 11.58 9.0 – – Health service................................................ 12.04 7.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.04 7.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.30 5.5 – – 13.84 2.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.34 5.8 – – 13.84 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 14.66 13.2 – – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $11.17 7.1 $10.89 7.9 $13.66 5.0 All excluding sales............................................... 12.00 8.8 11.76 10.0 13.66 5.0 White collar........................................................ 12.57 11.0 12.37 12.0 14.62 4.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.31 18.1 15.42 21.6 14.62 4.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.87 10.2 24.80 9.8 15.45 1.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.02 8.4 25.89 6.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.87 7.2 26.87 7.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.63 5.9 26.63 5.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.68 1.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.86 3.8 7.86 3.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.55 4.8 7.55 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.91 4.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.30 11.8 9.73 13.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.14 6.3 8.21 7.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.06 4.1 8.76 4.8 12.24 6.6 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.18 12.5 7.18 12.5 – – Health service................................................ 9.87 4.9 9.59 3.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.76 4.1 9.59 3.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – 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 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $792 3.5 39.3 $734 4.5 39.8 $953 3.3 37.9 All excluding sales............................................... 801 3.3 39.3 743 4.2 39.8 956 3.2 37.9 White collar........................................................ 872 3.6 38.9 787 4.7 39.8 1,068 4.4 36.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 898 3.0 38.8 812 3.9 39.8 1,074 4.3 36.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,182 3.7 38.0 1,044 4.6 39.6 1,340 4.5 36.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,263 4.5 37.7 1,129 6.5 39.7 1,380 3.9 36.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,497 3.8 41.5 1,536 3.5 41.6 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,067 5.3 38.9 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,131 5.1 39.8 1,131 5.1 39.8 – – – Health related................................................ 1,013 5.9 37.9 940 8.1 38.4 1,121 8.5 37.2 Registered nurses........................................... 935 3.0 38.0 987 3.2 37.9 847 5.4 38.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 2,298 8.8 37.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,303 2.1 34.9 778 17.5 38.0 1,356 1.4 34.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,280 6.6 34.4 – – – 1,365 .6 34.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,371 6.5 36.0 – – – 1,371 6.5 36.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 773 7.4 38.6 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 772 9.4 39.4 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 822 6.9 39.4 836 7.3 39.5 751 16.4 38.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 661 3.0 39.7 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,239 9.9 40.4 1,287 11.7 40.9 1,075 11.6 38.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,606 15.2 41.5 1,750 18.2 42.7 1,224 18.8 38.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,394 9.1 39.1 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,317 9.3 40.0 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 954 3.3 39.7 965 3.8 39.7 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,042 11.5 39.3 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 599 16.7 40.2 602 17.4 40.2 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 559 4.6 39.0 534 5.4 39.5 640 6.2 37.3 Secretaries................................................. 625 2.2 36.9 572 6.6 37.0 669 1.1 36.8 Typists..................................................... 554 7.0 38.6 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 535 4.6 39.3 521 5.4 39.7 – – – General office clerks....................................... 558 4.4 39.4 564 6.4 39.5 545 3.0 39.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 464 11.3 40.0 456 11.6 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $747 3.3 40.4 $755 3.8 40.5 $695 2.9 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 853 5.0 39.8 877 5.7 39.8 735 2.3 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 726 1.4 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 901 22.2 40.0 901 22.2 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 740 2.1 40.0 739 2.1 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 714 8.3 40.0 705 8.6 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 819 21.0 40.0 819 21.0 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 834 9.3 40.0 834 9.3 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 732 9.2 40.0 732 9.2 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 799 4.8 42.7 847 7.7 43.8 681 .7 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 850 6.6 44.3 921 10.4 45.8 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 502 8.7 39.3 482 10.3 39.2 625 13.5 40.0 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 522 24.3 40.0 522 24.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 590 10.2 38.4 402 8.0 37.8 828 3.6 39.1 Protective service............................................ 1,047 2.7 41.3 – – – 1,047 2.7 41.3 Food service.................................................. 375 22.0 37.5 375 22.0 37.5 – – – Other food service........................................... 439 11.5 37.9 439 11.5 37.9 – – – Health service................................................ 459 8.8 38.1 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 459 8.8 38.1 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 469 6.2 38.1 – – – 531 5.2 38.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 470 6.5 38.1 – – – 531 5.2 38.4 Personal service.............................................. 511 7.8 34.8 – – – – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $40,279 3.5 2,000 $38,078 4.5 2,066 $45,984 3.3 1,827 All excluding sales............................................... 40,701 3.3 1,996 38,501 4.2 2,065 46,097 3.2 1,826 White collar........................................................ 43,701 3.6 1,949 40,730 4.7 2,059 49,854 4.4 1,720 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,818 3.0 1,936 41,974 3.9 2,056 50,070 4.3 1,716 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 55,936 3.7 1,799 53,533 4.6 2,031 58,273 4.5 1,573 Professional specialty.......................................... 58,585 4.5 1,749 57,552 6.5 2,021 59,343 3.9 1,549 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 77,855 3.8 2,158 79,886 3.5 2,166 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 55,477 5.3 2,024 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 58,799 5.1 2,070 58,799 5.1 2,070 – – – Health related................................................ 51,389 5.9 1,924 48,873 8.1 1,996 54,897 8.5 1,823 Registered nurses........................................... 48,286 3.0 1,962 51,335 3.2 1,973 43,274 5.4 1,945 Teachers, college and university.............................. 82,108 8.8 1,323 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 54,331 2.1 1,456 38,033 17.5 1,858 55,707 1.4 1,422 Elementary school teachers.................................. 52,258 6.6 1,405 – – – 55,498 .6 1,396 Secondary school teachers................................... 56,090 6.5 1,472 – – – 56,090 6.5 1,472 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40,191 7.4 2,005 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 40,162 9.4 2,049 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 42,748 6.9 2,047 43,455 7.3 2,054 39,027 16.4 2,009 Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,348 3.0 2,065 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 64,416 9.9 2,103 66,906 11.7 2,128 55,887 11.6 2,018 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 83,494 15.2 2,156 91,009 18.2 2,218 63,639 18.8 1,990 Administrators, education and related fields................ 72,495 9.1 2,032 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 68,490 9.3 2,080 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 49,593 3.3 2,062 50,171 3.8 2,065 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 54,175 11.5 2,041 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 31,123 16.7 2,088 31,303 17.4 2,088 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,937 4.6 2,015 27,690 5.4 2,049 32,802 6.2 1,910 Secretaries................................................. 32,499 2.2 1,917 29,725 6.6 1,924 34,807 1.1 1,912 Typists..................................................... 28,816 7.0 2,005 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,826 4.6 2,043 27,088 5.4 2,064 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,008 4.4 2,050 29,320 6.4 2,056 28,348 3.0 2,036 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 23,605 11.3 2,037 23,199 11.6 2,034 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $38,837 3.3 2,100 $39,233 3.8 2,103 $36,149 2.9 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,336 5.0 2,069 45,607 5.7 2,067 38,238 2.3 2,080 Automobile mechanics........................................ 37,753 1.4 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 46,827 22.2 2,080 46,827 22.2 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 38,469 2.1 2,080 38,426 2.1 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 37,153 8.3 2,080 36,666 8.6 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 42,562 21.0 2,080 42,562 21.0 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 43,373 9.3 2,080 43,373 9.3 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 38,084 9.2 2,080 38,084 9.2 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 41,570 4.8 2,220 44,061 7.7 2,277 35,388 .7 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 44,222 6.6 2,304 47,917 10.4 2,382 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,093 8.7 2,046 25,073 10.3 2,040 32,493 13.5 2,080 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 27,141 24.3 2,080 27,141 24.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 30,179 10.2 1,962 20,872 8.0 1,961 41,576 3.6 1,963 Protective service............................................ 54,457 2.7 2,149 – – – 54,457 2.7 2,149 Food service.................................................. 19,487 22.0 1,952 19,487 22.0 1,952 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,849 11.5 1,973 22,849 11.5 1,973 – – – Health service................................................ 23,843 8.8 1,980 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,843 8.8 1,980 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 24,369 6.2 1,981 – – – 27,605 5.2 1,995 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,433 6.5 1,979 – – – 27,605 5.2 1,995 Personal service.............................................. 23,368 7.8 1,594 – – – – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $19.22 3.1 $17.51 3.9 $24.68 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.66 2.9 17.94 3.7 24.76 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.38 3.8 18.80 4.8 28.49 4.0 1....................................................... 9.50 7.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.98 3.8 9.37 3.8 12.50 3.3 3....................................................... 11.89 7.4 11.71 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.98 2.9 14.20 4.2 17.27 2.5 5....................................................... 15.19 3.5 14.84 4.5 16.11 5.3 6....................................................... 18.99 5.8 – – 18.73 6.7 7....................................................... 23.78 4.5 21.86 4.6 28.84 6.2 8....................................................... 32.37 4.9 25.05 3.0 40.34 4.9 9....................................................... 28.43 8.6 27.00 6.4 29.79 15.2 10........................................................ 32.60 4.7 33.51 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 37.09 4.6 38.91 4.4 35.56 8.2 12........................................................ 45.82 4.4 – – – – 13........................................................ 66.45 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.09 17.1 19.76 18.3 24.83 22.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.55 3.3 19.95 4.4 28.66 3.8 2....................................................... 10.31 5.4 – – 12.47 4.0 3....................................................... 12.77 6.9 12.59 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.63 3.2 14.96 4.8 17.27 2.5 5....................................................... 15.14 3.6 14.73 4.6 16.11 5.3 6....................................................... 18.99 5.8 – – 18.73 6.7 7....................................................... 23.44 4.9 21.15 4.9 28.84 6.2 8....................................................... 32.37 4.9 25.05 3.0 40.34 4.9 9....................................................... 28.43 8.6 27.00 6.4 29.79 15.2 10........................................................ 32.35 4.8 33.24 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.68 4.8 38.38 4.7 35.56 8.2 12........................................................ 45.82 4.4 – – – – 13........................................................ 66.45 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.39 15.3 22.17 16.5 24.83 22.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.47 3.5 26.20 4.0 36.24 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.73 4.3 28.14 5.3 37.62 5.0 5....................................................... 14.84 11.3 13.75 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 25.28 7.9 21.43 1.6 31.19 7.1 8....................................................... 35.17 5.4 25.61 3.5 41.32 4.5 9....................................................... 29.05 10.9 27.33 7.1 30.29 17.3 10........................................................ 33.70 3.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.35 6.4 37.60 4.6 37.18 9.7 12........................................................ 46.88 3.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 66.45 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.67 6.2 30.17 6.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.07 3.2 36.89 3.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.54 5.9 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... $26.40 6.2 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 28.41 4.5 $28.41 4.5 – – Health related................................................ 26.74 5.0 25.20 6.0 $30.11 9.0 7....................................................... 22.42 5.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.43 2.2 25.90 .2 – – 9....................................................... 23.43 6.9 – – 23.72 8.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.20 6.3 33.03 6.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.13 2.8 26.24 3.0 22.25 4.1 7....................................................... 22.36 5.6 22.74 7.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.75 1.2 26.03 .2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.17 2.7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 60.50 8.9 53.58 .0 62.10 9.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.19 4.8 20.18 16.8 37.91 5.6 8....................................................... 42.64 1.6 – – 42.64 1.6 9....................................................... 31.78 24.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.19 9.5 – – 39.75 9.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.10 9.7 – – 38.10 9.7 8....................................................... 40.89 1.0 – – 40.89 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.21 8.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.83 9.0 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.59 6.6 20.93 7.2 18.91 14.0 5....................................................... 15.45 4.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.44 4.6 24.17 4.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.56 2.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.38 7.9 31.28 9.3 27.30 9.7 7....................................................... 20.32 5.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.61 9.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.14 16.4 33.82 18.1 28.56 31.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.49 10.8 41.03 12.6 31.53 14.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.59 16.8 41.43 18.6 28.56 31.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.04 9.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.93 9.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 23.83 3.5 24.14 3.8 22.53 8.5 7....................................................... 20.32 5.7 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.29 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.55 12.6 12.55 12.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.01 7.1 7.50 4.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.95 4.8 13.13 5.3 16.95 6.1 2....................................................... $10.31 5.4 – – $12.47 4.0 3....................................................... 12.75 7.0 $12.57 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.65 3.5 14.90 5.9 17.27 2.5 5....................................................... 15.20 3.7 15.04 5.2 15.58 1.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.73 7.2 12.52 6.8 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.94 1.9 15.44 5.4 18.21 2.6 4....................................................... 18.11 1.8 – – 18.71 1.5 Typists..................................................... 14.57 7.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.62 5.4 13.13 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.82 4.1 14.19 6.4 13.12 1.2 2....................................................... 11.80 5.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.26 3.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.61 9.7 11.45 9.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.09 2.9 18.23 3.3 17.13 3.0 1....................................................... 10.17 11.0 10.23 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 13.31 3.2 12.95 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 19.14 3.3 19.48 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 19.67 9.0 19.79 9.5 – – 5....................................................... 17.03 2.9 16.96 4.2 17.19 .6 6....................................................... 19.21 6.6 19.45 7.9 – – 7....................................................... 26.32 3.2 27.28 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 23.26 10.6 23.26 10.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.41 4.9 22.04 5.6 18.38 2.3 5....................................................... 17.80 6.1 17.86 7.0 – – 6....................................................... 20.58 9.1 22.44 10.6 – – 7....................................................... 26.30 3.2 27.26 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 23.20 11.6 23.20 11.6 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.15 1.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.51 22.2 22.51 22.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.50 2.1 18.48 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 14.08 8.3 14.08 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 19.17 4.1 19.17 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 22.40 8.7 22.43 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.71 8.7 16.71 8.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.83 7.4 16.83 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.86 8.3 17.63 8.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.46 21.0 20.46 21.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.85 9.3 20.85 9.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.31 9.2 18.31 9.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.89 2.9 18.25 3.8 16.88 1.0 3....................................................... 21.37 6.2 22.17 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.67 2.6 – – 17.22 1.0 Truck drivers............................................... $19.17 2.3 $20.08 3.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.14 8.3 11.73 9.8 $14.79 12.4 1....................................................... 10.35 12.3 10.43 12.4 – – 2....................................................... 12.38 10.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.38 6.2 14.49 7.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.78 13.5 10.78 13.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.05 24.3 13.05 24.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.94 20.7 – – – – Service............................................................. 14.09 7.1 10.08 4.2 20.75 3.1 1....................................................... 10.07 5.0 9.69 6.8 12.25 6.4 2....................................................... 11.14 4.3 9.40 5.2 16.86 6.0 3....................................................... 10.79 9.0 9.71 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.69 5.5 12.08 5.0 14.50 10.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.19 16.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 24.76 2.7 – – 24.98 2.6 Food service.................................................. 9.14 12.3 9.14 12.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.48 14.5 8.48 14.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.27 23.5 6.27 23.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.44 24.6 6.44 24.6 – – Other food service........................................... 10.84 8.0 10.84 8.0 – – Health service................................................ 11.26 5.5 10.43 2.9 14.84 5.8 2....................................................... 10.96 5.4 10.19 3.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.23 5.4 10.43 2.9 14.79 6.0 2....................................................... 10.96 5.4 10.19 3.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.15 4.8 11.08 3.4 13.78 2.8 2....................................................... 11.85 4.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.91 3.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.20 5.2 11.11 3.9 13.84 2.9 2....................................................... 11.85 4.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.43 5.7 9.40 13.8 – – 2....................................................... 16.22 17.0 – – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $20.14 3.2 $18.43 4.1 $25.17 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 20.39 3.0 18.64 3.8 25.25 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.42 3.4 19.78 4.4 28.99 4.1 1....................................................... 12.06 8.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.27 5.0 – – 12.75 3.1 3....................................................... 12.52 6.4 12.34 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.21 3.1 14.45 4.6 17.27 2.5 5....................................................... 15.34 3.7 14.87 4.6 16.58 5.8 6....................................................... 19.43 5.9 – – 19.21 7.0 7....................................................... 23.91 5.0 21.93 5.4 28.77 6.5 8....................................................... 32.90 5.1 24.95 3.5 40.34 4.9 9....................................................... 28.43 8.6 27.00 6.4 29.79 15.2 10........................................................ 32.60 4.7 33.51 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.98 4.9 38.86 4.8 35.56 8.2 12........................................................ 45.82 4.4 – – – – 13........................................................ 66.45 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.10 15.8 20.76 16.7 26.22 25.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.14 2.9 20.42 3.7 29.17 3.9 3....................................................... 12.91 7.4 12.72 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.73 3.2 15.07 4.9 17.27 2.5 5....................................................... 15.26 3.7 14.73 4.7 16.58 5.8 6....................................................... 19.43 5.9 – – 19.21 7.0 7....................................................... 23.55 5.5 21.15 5.8 28.77 6.5 8....................................................... 32.90 5.1 24.95 3.5 40.34 4.9 9....................................................... 28.43 8.6 27.00 6.4 29.79 15.2 10........................................................ 32.35 4.8 33.24 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.55 5.1 38.24 5.2 35.56 8.2 12........................................................ 45.82 4.4 – – – – 13........................................................ 66.45 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.65 15.4 22.36 16.4 26.22 25.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 3.7 26.36 4.5 37.04 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.50 4.6 28.47 6.3 38.31 5.0 5....................................................... 15.34 12.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 25.74 9.2 21.26 2.9 – – 8....................................................... 36.21 5.5 25.61 4.6 41.32 4.5 9....................................................... 29.05 10.9 27.33 7.1 30.29 17.3 10........................................................ 33.70 3.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.19 6.9 37.21 4.9 37.18 9.7 12........................................................ 46.88 3.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 66.45 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.37 6.7 30.12 8.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.07 3.2 36.89 3.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.41 5.2 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 28.41 4.5 28.41 4.5 – – Health related................................................ $26.71 6.5 $24.48 9.0 $30.11 9.0 8....................................................... 29.58 2.9 26.03 .7 – – 9....................................................... 23.43 6.9 – – 23.72 8.6 Registered nurses........................................... 24.61 3.0 26.03 4.1 22.25 4.1 8....................................................... 25.80 1.7 26.24 .1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 62.07 8.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.32 5.4 20.47 15.7 39.18 6.5 8....................................................... 42.64 1.6 – – 42.64 1.6 9....................................................... 31.78 24.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.19 9.5 – – 39.75 9.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 38.10 9.7 – – 38.10 9.7 8....................................................... 40.89 1.0 – – 40.89 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.04 8.5 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.60 9.6 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.89 6.6 21.16 7.1 19.43 15.0 8....................................................... 23.44 4.6 24.17 4.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.63 2.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.63 8.1 31.44 9.6 27.69 10.2 7....................................................... 20.49 5.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.61 9.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.31 16.8 33.82 18.1 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.73 10.8 41.03 12.6 31.97 15.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.08 17.2 41.43 18.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.69 8.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.93 9.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.05 3.5 24.29 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.49 5.7 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.54 12.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.91 15.0 14.99 15.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.36 4.8 13.51 5.4 17.17 6.3 3....................................................... 12.91 7.4 12.72 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.77 3.6 15.05 5.9 17.27 2.5 5....................................................... 15.20 3.8 15.03 5.4 15.58 1.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.87 7.5 12.65 7.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.95 1.9 15.45 5.5 18.21 2.6 4....................................................... 18.14 1.7 – – 18.71 1.5 Typists..................................................... 14.37 8.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.62 5.4 13.13 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... $14.15 4.3 $14.26 6.5 $13.92 1.6 4....................................................... 14.26 3.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.59 11.3 11.40 11.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.49 3.1 18.65 3.6 17.38 2.9 1....................................................... 11.07 10.4 11.07 10.4 – – 2....................................................... 13.50 3.6 13.15 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 19.24 3.3 19.49 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 20.49 8.7 20.68 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.04 2.9 16.96 4.2 17.19 .6 6....................................................... 19.21 6.6 19.45 7.9 – – 7....................................................... 26.32 3.2 27.28 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 23.26 10.6 23.26 10.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.42 4.9 22.06 5.7 18.38 2.3 5....................................................... 17.80 6.1 17.86 7.0 – – 6....................................................... 20.58 9.1 22.44 10.6 – – 7....................................................... 26.30 3.2 27.26 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 23.20 11.6 23.20 11.6 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.15 1.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.51 22.2 22.51 22.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.50 2.1 18.48 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 14.08 8.3 14.08 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 19.17 4.1 19.17 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 22.40 8.7 22.43 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.71 8.7 16.71 8.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.83 7.4 16.83 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.86 8.3 17.63 8.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.46 21.0 20.46 21.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.85 9.3 20.85 9.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.31 9.2 18.31 9.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.72 3.0 19.35 4.5 17.01 .7 3....................................................... 21.75 6.3 22.17 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.68 2.7 – – 17.22 1.0 Truck drivers............................................... 19.19 2.4 20.11 4.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.75 8.3 12.29 9.8 15.62 13.5 1....................................................... 11.07 12.8 11.07 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 14.42 6.2 14.55 7.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.05 24.3 13.05 24.3 – – Service............................................................. 15.38 9.2 10.64 6.8 21.18 2.8 2....................................................... 12.02 8.5 9.92 8.6 17.09 5.7 3....................................................... 11.06 9.7 9.89 8.9 – – 4....................................................... $12.90 5.5 $12.29 5.2 – – Protective service............................................ 25.34 1.8 – – $25.34 1.8 Food service.................................................. 9.99 18.7 9.99 18.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.58 9.0 11.58 9.0 – – Health service................................................ 12.04 7.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.04 7.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.30 5.5 – – 13.84 2.9 2....................................................... 11.85 4.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.98 4.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.34 5.8 – – 13.84 2.9 2....................................................... 11.85 4.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.66 13.2 – – – – 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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $11.17 7.1 $10.89 7.9 $13.66 5.0 All excluding sales............................................... 12.00 8.8 11.76 10.0 13.66 5.0 White collar........................................................ 12.57 11.0 12.37 12.0 14.62 4.2 2....................................................... 7.43 6.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.07 15.7 9.07 15.7 – – 5....................................................... 12.85 9.2 14.12 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.15 6.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.62 .8 25.62 .8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.99 32.0 12.62 34.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.31 18.1 15.42 21.6 14.62 4.2 5....................................................... 13.10 9.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.15 6.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.62 .8 25.62 .8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.89 28.0 19.26 32.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.87 10.2 24.80 9.8 15.45 1.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.02 8.4 25.89 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.98 7.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.62 .8 25.62 .8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.87 7.2 26.87 7.2 – – 8....................................................... 25.64 .8 25.64 .8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.63 5.9 26.63 5.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.64 .8 25.64 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.68 1.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.86 3.8 7.86 3.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.55 4.8 7.55 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.91 4.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.30 11.8 9.73 13.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.25 7.2 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – –