NC BL 06/00/2006 Table: Birmingham, AL, Bulletin 3130-58, February 2006 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $17.00 4.9 37.8 $15.97 6.2 37.5 $21.30 2.8 39.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.09 6.3 37.9 20.27 8.4 37.4 23.54 3.4 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.27 3.6 38.1 23.66 5.4 37.5 25.47 2.3 39.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 9.8 40.9 35.22 11.8 41.0 33.56 15.8 40.5 Sales............................................................. 13.30 12.6 35.7 13.33 12.8 35.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.78 4.5 37.6 12.48 5.2 37.3 13.78 6.4 38.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.59 4.1 39.4 13.32 4.6 39.5 16.58 6.4 38.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.39 4.6 39.7 16.00 4.8 39.7 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.21 6.5 40.0 13.15 6.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.96 5.0 37.8 12.33 6.8 38.0 15.39 1.0 37.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.43 6.6 39.7 10.33 6.9 39.7 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.04 5.5 35.8 9.78 7.3 35.2 16.42 2.7 39.0 Full time........................................................... 17.51 5.1 40.0 16.48 6.5 40.1 21.42 2.9 39.6 Part time........................................................... 11.65 21.5 24.1 11.70 21.9 24.2 9.67 11.5 21.0 Union............................................................... 18.99 6.0 39.8 19.47 6.0 39.7 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 16.89 5.1 37.7 15.76 6.5 37.4 21.48 3.2 39.2 Time................................................................ 17.10 5.3 37.6 16.00 6.8 37.2 21.30 2.8 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 15.72 18.5 40.4 15.72 18.5 40.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.95 5.0 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.29 7.6 36.8 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.88 17.0 34.8 17.89 17.0 34.8 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.05 5.8 38.3 12.56 6.4 38.3 19.80 2.4 38.5 500 workers or more................................................. 20.47 4.5 39.2 19.66 7.5 39.2 21.55 3.4 39.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.00 4.9 $15.97 6.2 $21.30 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.32 4.9 16.26 6.4 21.35 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.09 6.3 20.27 8.4 23.54 3.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.48 5.0 22.01 7.0 23.63 3.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.27 3.6 23.66 5.4 25.47 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.17 3.6 28.75 5.8 27.47 2.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.75 5.8 32.16 6.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.21 1.6 24.95 1.6 26.58 5.4 Registered nurses........................................... 25.00 1.7 24.68 1.7 26.58 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.53 2.6 – – 26.53 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.10 7.4 18.33 8.4 16.93 4.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.23 1.4 16.19 1.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 9.8 35.22 11.8 33.56 15.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.76 9.0 41.42 10.6 38.67 16.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.25 17.5 – – 35.21 3.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.43 20.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.03 5.2 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.62 7.8 25.09 10.5 22.70 7.8 Sales............................................................. 13.30 12.6 13.33 12.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.96 9.7 19.96 9.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.78 4.5 12.48 5.2 13.78 6.4 Secretaries................................................. 14.90 5.5 15.08 8.5 14.63 5.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.58 22.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.63 4.0 – – 13.03 6.0 Blue collar......................................................... 13.59 4.1 13.32 4.6 16.58 6.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.39 4.6 16.00 4.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.5 13.15 6.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.96 5.0 12.33 6.8 15.39 1.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $10.43 6.6 $10.33 6.9 – – Service............................................................. 11.04 5.5 9.78 7.3 $16.42 2.7 Protective service............................................ 12.48 18.4 – – 18.56 .9 Food service.................................................. 11.58 33.3 11.57 39.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 17.39 35.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.87 4.3 9.58 2.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.47 1.9 9.46 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.81 16.0 7.61 13.5 13.61 16.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.09 13.1 7.61 13.5 10.92 4.9 Personal service.............................................. 9.86 3.5 – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.51 5.1 $16.48 6.5 $21.42 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 17.77 5.1 16.70 6.7 21.47 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.70 5.9 20.96 8.2 23.66 3.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.92 5.1 22.54 7.3 23.75 3.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.75 3.5 24.31 5.6 25.46 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.26 3.8 28.97 6.4 27.46 2.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.75 5.8 32.16 6.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.96 1.5 24.58 1.0 26.58 5.4 Registered nurses........................................... 24.70 1.4 24.24 .7 26.58 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.53 2.6 – – 26.53 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.46 8.0 18.84 9.1 16.93 4.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.02 1.9 15.94 1.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 9.8 35.22 11.8 33.56 15.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.76 9.0 41.42 10.6 38.67 16.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.25 17.5 – – 35.21 3.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.43 20.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.03 5.2 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.62 7.8 25.09 10.5 22.70 7.8 Sales............................................................. 14.20 10.6 14.25 10.8 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.96 9.7 19.96 9.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.05 4.4 12.76 5.0 13.96 6.0 Secretaries................................................. 14.90 5.5 15.08 8.5 14.63 5.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.58 22.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.03 4.8 – – 13.39 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 13.72 4.5 13.45 5.0 16.58 6.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.46 4.9 16.06 5.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.5 13.15 6.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.48 6.2 12.91 8.5 15.39 1.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $10.47 7.2 $10.38 7.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.65 6.8 10.29 8.3 $16.56 2.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – 18.56 .9 Food service.................................................. 15.30 39.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.87 4.3 9.58 2.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.47 1.9 9.46 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.02 15.3 7.81 13.1 13.75 19.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.22 12.5 7.81 13.1 10.70 2.7 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 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................................................................... $11.65 21.5 $11.70 21.9 $9.67 11.5 All excluding sales............................................... 12.18 22.3 12.25 22.7 9.67 11.5 White collar........................................................ 14.71 22.7 14.85 22.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.48 6.6 7.40 6.4 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 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................................................................... $701 5.1 40.0 $661 6.5 40.1 $848 2.7 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 711 5.1 40.0 670 6.7 40.1 850 2.6 39.6 White collar........................................................ 867 6.2 40.0 841 8.5 40.1 937 3.9 39.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 915 5.2 39.9 904 7.5 40.1 940 3.8 39.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 985 3.5 39.8 972 5.7 40.0 1,006 2.0 39.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,121 3.6 39.7 1,157 6.2 39.9 1,081 1.6 39.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,294 5.1 40.7 1,311 5.5 40.8 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 998 1.5 40.0 983 1.0 40.0 1,063 5.4 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 988 1.4 40.0 970 .7 40.0 1,063 5.4 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,035 1.1 39.0 – – – 1,035 1.1 39.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 738 8.0 40.0 753 9.1 40.0 677 4.2 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 641 1.9 40.0 638 1.8 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,425 11.0 40.9 1,444 13.4 41.0 1,360 16.4 40.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,688 10.5 41.4 1,724 12.5 41.6 1,576 16.9 40.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,240 18.8 41.0 – – – 1,454 5.9 41.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,537 20.0 40.0 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,897 8.3 43.1 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 985 7.8 40.0 1,004 10.5 40.0 908 7.8 40.0 Sales............................................................. 571 11.5 40.2 573 11.7 40.2 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 834 7.4 41.8 834 7.4 41.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 518 4.3 39.7 508 5.0 39.8 550 6.3 39.4 Secretaries................................................. 590 5.5 39.6 598 8.5 39.6 578 5.3 39.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 619 22.1 39.8 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 559 4.5 39.8 – – – 536 6.2 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 548 4.6 40.0 540 5.0 40.1 637 6.6 38.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 658 4.9 40.0 642 5.1 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $529 6.5 40.0 $526 6.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 539 7.3 40.0 528 9.6 40.9 $569 8.4 37.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 418 7.2 40.0 415 7.6 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 469 7.5 40.2 414 9.1 40.2 669 3.8 40.4 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – 790 1.4 42.6 Food service.................................................. 619 46.9 40.4 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 392 4.0 39.7 380 2.0 39.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 376 1.8 39.7 375 1.8 39.7 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 361 15.3 40.0 312 13.1 40.0 550 19.4 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 329 12.5 40.0 312 13.1 40.0 428 2.7 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 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................................................................... $35,500 5.1 2,027 $34,305 6.5 2,082 $39,512 2.7 1,844 All excluding sales............................................... 35,948 5.1 2,023 34,762 6.7 2,081 39,582 2.6 1,843 White collar........................................................ 43,183 6.2 1,990 43,540 8.5 2,077 42,359 3.9 1,790 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,265 5.2 1,975 46,746 7.5 2,074 42,474 3.8 1,788 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 47,541 3.5 1,921 50,127 5.7 2,062 43,944 2.0 1,726 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,067 3.6 1,843 59,287 6.2 2,047 45,577 1.6 1,659 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 67,285 5.1 2,119 68,192 5.5 2,120 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 51,907 1.5 2,080 51,121 1.0 2,080 55,282 5.4 2,080 Registered nurses........................................... 51,372 1.4 2,080 50,421 .7 2,080 55,282 5.4 2,080 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,371 1.1 1,484 – – – 39,371 1.1 1,484 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 38,387 8.0 2,080 39,177 9.1 2,080 35,210 4.2 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 33,323 1.9 2,080 33,160 1.8 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 73,408 11.0 2,106 75,092 13.4 2,132 67,870 16.4 2,022 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 86,478 10.5 2,122 89,664 12.5 2,165 77,187 16.9 1,996 Administrators, education and related fields................ 59,386 18.8 1,963 – – – 67,904 5.9 1,929 Managers, medicine and health............................... 79,931 20.0 2,080 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 98,661 8.3 2,241 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 51,213 7.8 2,080 52,186 10.5 2,080 47,212 7.8 2,080 Sales............................................................. 29,676 11.5 2,090 29,775 11.7 2,090 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 43,348 7.4 2,172 43,348 7.4 2,172 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,291 4.3 2,014 26,304 5.0 2,061 26,255 6.3 1,881 Secretaries................................................. 29,198 5.5 1,960 31,088 8.5 2,061 26,726 5.3 1,827 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,208 22.1 2,067 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,059 4.5 2,072 – – – 27,853 6.2 2,080 Blue collar......................................................... 28,461 4.6 2,075 28,074 5.0 2,087 32,382 6.6 1,953 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 34,233 4.9 2,080 33,403 5.1 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $27,484 6.5 2,080 $27,355 6.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 27,694 7.3 2,055 27,482 9.6 2,129 $28,312 8.4 1,840 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,760 7.2 2,077 21,595 7.6 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 24,048 7.5 2,063 21,471 9.1 2,086 32,886 3.8 1,986 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – 40,699 1.4 2,193 Food service.................................................. 28,656 46.9 1,872 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 20,375 4.0 2,064 19,775 2.0 2,063 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,536 1.8 2,062 19,507 1.8 2,062 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 18,751 15.3 2,078 16,242 13.1 2,080 28,443 19.4 2,069 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 17,081 12.5 2,078 16,242 13.1 2,080 22,069 2.7 2,063 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.00 4.9 $15.97 6.2 $21.30 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.32 4.9 16.26 6.4 21.35 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.09 6.3 20.27 8.4 23.54 3.4 1....................................................... 9.76 7.7 9.78 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.31 4.1 9.17 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.77 4.3 11.77 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.45 4.7 15.19 4.5 13.04 4.7 5....................................................... 18.06 6.7 18.32 7.7 16.82 2.8 6....................................................... 20.83 6.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.47 6.5 24.42 9.7 24.54 7.8 8....................................................... 20.77 2.2 23.21 6.2 19.97 1.5 9....................................................... 26.51 3.9 25.08 6.0 29.64 2.6 10........................................................ 34.90 7.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.90 8.1 36.90 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.46 19.5 28.71 27.2 35.28 16.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.48 5.0 22.01 7.0 23.63 3.3 1....................................................... 9.76 7.7 9.78 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.12 3.8 10.09 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.09 5.7 12.08 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.52 4.6 15.31 4.3 13.04 4.7 5....................................................... 17.53 7.3 17.70 8.7 16.82 2.8 7....................................................... 24.46 6.6 24.39 10.0 24.54 7.8 8....................................................... 20.77 2.2 23.21 6.2 19.97 1.5 9....................................................... 26.51 3.9 25.08 6.0 29.64 2.6 10........................................................ 35.47 6.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.90 8.1 36.90 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.72 15.9 35.96 23.2 35.28 16.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.27 3.6 23.66 5.4 25.47 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.17 3.6 28.75 5.8 27.47 2.5 7....................................................... 27.31 3.2 – – 26.20 6.5 8....................................................... 20.44 2.0 – – 20.06 1.5 9....................................................... 26.92 3.0 25.47 4.6 30.97 2.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.38 9.1 35.58 14.0 46.91 13.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.75 5.8 32.16 6.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.21 1.6 24.95 1.6 26.58 5.4 9....................................................... 24.48 1.4 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.00 1.7 24.68 1.7 26.58 5.4 9....................................................... 24.48 1.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.53 2.6 – – 26.53 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $18.10 7.4 $18.33 8.4 $16.93 4.2 5....................................................... 15.78 3.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.85 8.5 19.45 13.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.23 1.4 16.19 1.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 9.8 35.22 11.8 33.56 15.8 9....................................................... 26.25 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.58 16.6 49.73 19.9 44.60 21.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.76 9.0 41.42 10.6 38.67 16.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.66 12.4 – – 48.30 22.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.25 17.5 – – 35.21 3.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.43 20.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.03 5.2 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.62 7.8 25.09 10.5 22.70 7.8 Sales............................................................. 13.30 12.6 13.33 12.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.93 10.9 13.93 10.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.96 9.7 19.96 9.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.78 4.5 12.48 5.2 13.78 6.4 1....................................................... 9.76 7.7 9.78 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.13 4.4 10.09 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.47 5.9 12.49 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.28 3.4 13.69 4.8 13.00 4.7 5....................................................... 18.52 9.1 18.96 9.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.15 10.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.32 10.0 11.27 8.4 15.35 6.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.90 5.5 15.08 8.5 14.63 5.2 4....................................................... 14.17 6.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.58 22.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.63 4.0 – – 13.03 6.0 Blue collar......................................................... 13.59 4.1 13.32 4.6 16.58 6.4 1....................................................... 9.21 2.5 9.06 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.74 6.3 10.46 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.71 4.8 12.61 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.54 5.3 14.58 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.55 8.3 15.55 8.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.72 8.8 19.06 11.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.31 6.5 17.86 5.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.39 4.6 16.00 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.37 7.2 14.37 7.2 – – 5....................................................... $15.24 15.2 $15.18 15.8 – – 6....................................................... 21.81 8.7 21.13 11.8 – – 7....................................................... 18.19 6.4 17.71 5.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.5 13.15 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.18 13.8 12.18 13.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.04 5.5 16.26 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.39 2.1 15.39 2.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.96 5.0 12.33 6.8 $15.39 1.0 2....................................................... 11.33 6.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.43 6.6 10.33 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 9.21 2.5 9.06 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.42 6.1 11.42 6.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.04 5.5 9.78 7.3 16.42 2.7 1....................................................... 7.00 7.4 6.94 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.36 1.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.96 12.9 8.15 10.1 15.58 2.6 4....................................................... 11.52 8.3 – – 15.94 5.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.82 28.9 – – 14.53 15.7 Protective service............................................ 12.48 18.4 – – 18.56 .9 3....................................................... 11.15 28.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 11.58 33.3 11.57 39.9 – – Other food service........................................... 17.39 35.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.87 4.3 9.58 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.55 2.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.47 1.9 9.46 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.81 16.0 7.61 13.5 13.61 16.0 1....................................................... 6.64 12.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.09 13.1 7.61 13.5 10.92 4.9 1....................................................... 6.64 12.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.86 3.5 – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.51 5.1 $16.48 6.5 $21.42 2.9 All excluding sales............................................... 17.77 5.1 16.70 6.7 21.47 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.70 5.9 20.96 8.2 23.66 3.3 2....................................................... 9.99 2.5 9.93 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.78 4.6 11.75 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.70 4.0 14.27 5.1 13.04 4.7 5....................................................... 18.06 6.7 18.32 7.7 16.82 2.8 6....................................................... 20.83 6.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.15 7.7 23.75 12.9 24.54 7.8 8....................................................... 20.77 2.2 23.21 6.2 19.97 1.5 9....................................................... 26.51 3.9 25.07 6.0 29.64 2.6 10........................................................ 34.90 7.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.90 8.1 36.90 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.63 19.5 28.93 27.1 35.28 16.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.92 5.1 22.54 7.3 23.75 3.3 2....................................................... 10.13 3.8 10.09 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.12 6.2 12.05 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.77 3.9 14.44 4.9 13.04 4.7 5....................................................... 17.53 7.3 17.70 8.7 16.82 2.8 7....................................................... 24.13 7.8 23.69 13.3 24.54 7.8 8....................................................... 20.77 2.2 23.21 6.2 19.97 1.5 9....................................................... 26.51 3.9 25.07 6.0 29.64 2.6 10........................................................ 35.47 6.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.90 8.1 36.90 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.01 15.5 36.41 22.7 35.28 16.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.75 3.5 24.31 5.6 25.46 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.26 3.8 28.97 6.4 27.46 2.5 7....................................................... 27.47 4.2 – – 26.20 6.5 8....................................................... 20.44 2.0 – – 20.06 1.5 9....................................................... 26.92 3.0 25.46 4.7 30.97 2.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.38 9.2 35.58 14.0 46.91 13.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.75 5.8 32.16 6.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.96 1.5 24.58 1.0 26.58 5.4 9....................................................... 24.47 1.5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.70 1.4 24.24 .7 26.58 5.4 9....................................................... 24.47 1.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.53 2.6 – – 26.53 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $18.46 8.0 $18.84 9.1 $16.93 4.2 5....................................................... 15.78 3.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.22 7.9 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.02 1.9 15.94 1.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 9.8 35.22 11.8 33.56 15.8 9....................................................... 26.25 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.58 16.6 49.73 19.9 44.60 21.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.76 9.0 41.42 10.6 38.67 16.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.66 12.4 – – 48.30 22.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.25 17.5 – – 35.21 3.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.43 20.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.03 5.2 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.62 7.8 25.09 10.5 22.70 7.8 Sales............................................................. 14.20 10.6 14.25 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.93 10.9 13.93 10.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.96 9.7 19.96 9.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.05 4.4 12.76 5.0 13.96 6.0 2....................................................... 10.14 4.4 10.09 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.54 6.3 12.47 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.29 3.4 13.69 4.8 13.00 4.7 5....................................................... 18.52 9.1 18.96 9.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.15 10.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.46 10.2 11.39 9.1 15.35 6.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.90 5.5 15.08 8.5 14.63 5.2 4....................................................... 14.17 6.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.58 22.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.03 4.8 – – 13.39 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 13.72 4.5 13.45 5.0 16.58 6.4 1....................................................... 9.22 3.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.12 8.3 10.81 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.58 5.0 12.47 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.65 5.4 14.70 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.55 8.3 15.55 8.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.72 8.8 19.06 11.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.31 6.5 17.86 5.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.46 4.9 16.06 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.37 7.2 14.37 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.24 15.2 15.18 15.8 – – 6....................................................... 21.81 8.7 21.13 11.8 – – 7....................................................... $18.19 6.4 $17.71 5.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.5 13.15 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.18 13.8 12.18 13.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.04 5.5 16.26 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.39 2.1 15.39 2.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.48 6.2 12.91 8.5 $15.39 1.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.47 7.2 10.38 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.22 3.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.42 6.1 11.42 6.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.65 6.8 10.29 8.3 16.56 2.5 1....................................................... 7.13 8.6 7.05 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.29 1.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.69 9.2 9.41 2.5 15.58 2.6 4....................................................... – – – – 15.96 5.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.53 27.6 – – 15.08 15.6 Protective service............................................ – – – – 18.56 .9 Food service.................................................. 15.30 39.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.87 4.3 9.58 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.55 2.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.47 1.9 9.46 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.02 15.3 7.81 13.1 13.75 19.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.22 12.5 7.81 13.1 10.70 2.7 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 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................................................................... $11.65 21.5 $11.70 21.9 $9.67 11.5 All excluding sales............................................... 12.18 22.3 12.25 22.7 9.67 11.5 White collar........................................................ 14.71 22.7 14.85 22.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.48 6.6 7.40 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.06 13.8 7.06 13.8 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.51 $11.65 $18.99 $16.89 $17.10 $15.72 All excluding sales............................................. 17.77 12.18 18.70 17.24 17.30 17.60 White collar........................................................ 21.70 14.71 – 21.05 21.34 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.92 – – 22.47 22.25 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.75 – – 24.25 24.27 – Professional specialty.......................................... 28.26 – – 28.17 28.17 – Technical....................................................... 18.46 – – 17.95 18.10 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 – – 34.85 33.53 – Sales............................................................. 14.20 – – 12.89 13.65 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.05 – 21.35 12.54 12.81 – Blue collar......................................................... 13.72 – 18.12 12.74 13.40 14.59 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.46 – 20.81 15.44 16.61 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 – 17.79 11.89 13.21 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.48 – 16.43 12.47 12.42 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.47 – 13.38 10.11 10.43 – Service............................................................. 11.65 7.48 – 10.98 11.04 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.1 21.5 6.0 5.1 5.3 18.5 All excluding sales............................................. 5.1 22.3 5.6 5.2 5.2 24.3 White collar........................................................ 5.9 22.7 – 6.4 5.8 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.1 – – 5.0 4.8 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.5 – – 3.7 3.6 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 – – 3.6 3.6 – Technical....................................................... 8.0 – – 7.8 7.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.8 – – 9.8 9.9 – Sales............................................................. 10.6 – – 11.6 19.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.4 – 5.1 4.2 4.5 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.5 – 5.8 4.2 4.8 5.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 – 6.7 3.4 5.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.5 – 2.9 5.4 7.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.2 – 13.0 5.3 6.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.2 – 7.3 7.0 6.6 – Service............................................................. 6.8 6.6 – 5.6 5.5 – 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2006 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.97 $14.95 - $11.41 $15.97 $16.29 - - - $15.30 All excluding sales............................................. 16.26 14.76 - 11.41 15.73 16.79 - - - 15.28 White collar........................................................ 20.27 17.63 - – 17.93 20.71 - - - 20.80 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.01 17.08 - – 17.38 23.01 - - - 20.79 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.66 – - – – 23.41 - - - 21.83 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.75 – - – – 29.04 - - - 26.52 Technical....................................................... 18.33 – - – – 18.33 - - - 18.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.22 – - – – 38.07 - - - 28.96 Sales............................................................. 13.33 – - – – 12.78 - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.48 – - – – 12.31 - - - 10.89 Blue collar......................................................... 13.32 13.81 - 11.41 14.78 12.72 - - - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.00 15.83 - – 18.01 16.34 - - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 13.55 - – 13.55 – - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.33 – - – – 12.44 - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.33 10.20 - – 12.27 10.43 - - - – Service............................................................. 9.78 – - – – 9.69 - - - 9.91 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.2 5.0 - 5.6 7.5 7.6 - - - 10.1 All excluding sales............................................. 6.4 5.2 - 5.6 7.3 8.1 - - - 10.1 White collar........................................................ 8.4 16.8 - – 18.2 9.1 - - - 7.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.0 17.5 - – 19.0 6.5 - - - 7.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.4 – - – – 5.6 - - - 4.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.8 – - – – 6.5 - - - 4.9 Technical....................................................... 8.4 – - – – 8.4 - - - 9.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................