NC BL 12/00/200 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin 3140-21, April 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers 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) All workers........................................................... $16.00 2.9 35.3 $14.92 3.3 34.9 $20.59 5.5 36.7 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 24.58 3.7 38.3 23.48 4.2 38.6 26.50 6.8 37.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 25.59 7.7 42.6 25.66 11.0 44.0 25.44 6.5 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 24.17 4.2 36.8 22.48 2.9 36.6 26.86 9.8 37.2 Service............................................................. 10.30 3.9 29.7 9.29 5.4 29.0 14.34 4.8 32.8 Sales and office.................................................... 13.54 2.7 34.6 13.50 3.0 34.3 13.87 3.4 37.0 Sales and related................................................. 13.43 9.4 33.4 13.47 9.6 33.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.59 2.2 35.1 13.51 2.6 34.8 14.00 3.3 36.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.69 4.6 39.8 16.35 4.8 40.0 18.29 10.1 38.8 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.33 4.2 39.1 16.16 4.3 38.7 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.91 6.7 40.5 16.44 7.3 40.6 18.66 12.5 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.42 4.1 37.8 13.29 4.2 37.7 – – – Production........................................................ 14.70 5.2 39.2 14.56 5.4 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.94 7.4 36.2 11.93 7.4 36.3 – – – Full time........................................................... 17.04 2.4 40.0 15.97 2.6 40.1 21.28 5.3 39.6 Part time........................................................... 10.27 6.9 21.4 9.65 5.6 21.2 14.54 18.4 22.4 Union............................................................... 19.10 3.3 38.3 16.76 2.7 39.1 20.11 4.4 38.0 Nonunion............................................................ 15.54 3.3 34.8 14.83 3.5 34.7 21.02 8.9 35.5 Time................................................................ 15.92 2.5 35.0 14.71 2.7 34.6 20.64 5.5 36.6 Incentive........................................................... 16.94 17.1 38.2 17.01 17.3 38.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.06 4.5 34.7 13.86 4.6 34.7 18.30 14.9 36.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.05 6.7 35.7 14.71 8.2 34.8 20.80 10.0 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 19.32 4.0 35.8 18.20 4.2 35.8 20.92 6.8 35.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.00 2.9 $17.04 2.4 $10.27 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 28.98 7.1 28.98 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.74 4.2 25.74 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.71 7.3 26.71 7.3 – – Education administrators.......................................... 26.77 8.7 26.77 8.8 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.93 10.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.97 11.8 22.97 11.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.41 22.7 29.41 22.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.63 4.2 19.63 4.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 7.1 17.89 7.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.65 6.8 26.65 6.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.58 12.4 22.58 12.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 30.98 13.2 30.98 13.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 5.3 17.85 5.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.67 21.5 23.67 21.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.51 8.9 16.79 8.6 – – Legal occupations................................................... 17.58 7.4 17.82 7.7 – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 16.58 5.2 16.58 5.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.45 13.6 30.57 15.2 29.35 8.3 Level 7 .................................................. 20.19 17.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 22.38 9.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.52 2.6 28.52 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.37 16.7 33.35 18.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.04 32.7 38.05 34.7 25.53 2.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 .7 33.56 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.45 5.5 28.45 5.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.40 .8 34.40 .8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.19 1.8 34.19 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.45 3.3 28.20 3.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.44 3.7 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.63 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.64 5.8 24.17 6.5 21.70 8.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 2.9 14.13 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 3.1 15.65 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.01 2.1 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.61 8.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. $25.16 3.0 $25.19 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.97 14.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.70 6.0 22.49 4.4 $23.33 15.9 Level 7 .................................................. 22.80 3.5 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.73 10.1 20.50 11.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.68 3.9 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.86 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.01 6.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.90 10.3 12.11 12.0 11.30 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.87 11.6 – – 12.87 7.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.78 7.9 10.50 9.9 11.30 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.89 9.6 – – 12.02 7.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.72 20.8 13.90 22.2 8.88 8.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.96 7.1 10.03 10.1 6.44 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.14 19.7 7.01 16.0 5.17 20.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.52 3.2 – – 6.44 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 7.04 17.1 7.17 27.1 6.95 17.7 Level 4 .................................................. 9.22 1.0 9.27 1.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.47 5.0 11.30 6.2 8.93 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.90 26.7 5.81 39.9 4.30 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 39.5 – – 5.53 31.3 Level 3 .................................................. 5.51 42.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 40.0 – – 5.52 31.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.83 4.9 – – 6.65 3.8 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.90 9.1 11.20 9.9 9.36 11.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 3.9 8.12 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.20 7.6 9.21 9.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.03 8.0 10.16 8.5 9.39 13.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 3.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.21 9.6 9.21 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $10.89 10.1 $11.22 9.5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.66 13.2 11.20 17.3 $8.50 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 5.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.43 9.4 15.34 4.9 7.75 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 7.75 3.2 – – 7.40 3.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.43 16.5 12.86 14.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.36 12.2 13.99 12.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 8.4 15.82 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.83 16.6 11.46 12.1 7.68 4.2 Level 4 .................................................. 11.37 24.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.82 12.6 – – 7.44 6.9 Cashiers...................................................... 8.85 12.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.34 15.2 – – 7.81 3.7 Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 10.4 18.52 10.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.59 2.2 14.09 2.9 10.84 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.73 5.3 9.37 7.2 10.11 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 2.6 11.10 2.9 11.44 3.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.70 2.8 12.91 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.22 5.5 15.22 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.36 3.9 16.47 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.38 5.1 19.38 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.41 4.7 14.49 6.1 10.73 1.0 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.51 11.6 21.58 12.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.05 4.0 13.41 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 4.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.28 4.1 12.84 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.77 3.9 14.35 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.64 5.7 13.62 3.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.32 5.1 13.33 5.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.74 9.0 12.08 8.5 9.08 15.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 3.5 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 7.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.79 4.2 15.95 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.53 7.3 14.53 7.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.39 8.5 16.39 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.59 4.6 15.10 8.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.38 8.1 16.38 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.14 12.2 16.14 12.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.74 5.6 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.55 6.1 13.55 6.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... $15.03 12.0 $15.03 12.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.59 5.2 12.84 5.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.00 2.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.12 9.6 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.33 4.2 16.36 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.93 2.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.91 6.7 16.92 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.17 11.7 16.24 11.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.64 8.8 20.64 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.57 11.1 17.57 11.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.08 5.0 18.08 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.57 6.0 21.57 6.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.24 6.1 17.24 6.1 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.31 8.4 15.31 8.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.70 5.2 14.87 5.8 $9.57 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.43 6.0 10.45 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.78 8.5 13.78 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.97 3.0 13.97 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.99 8.1 15.99 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.15 5.3 16.15 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.79 8.2 22.79 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.88 5.1 – – – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.94 2.4 13.30 1.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.95 2.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.77 11.5 13.24 12.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.94 7.4 12.77 5.6 7.67 8.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 12.9 – – 7.11 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 6.9 10.51 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.12 3.3 12.12 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.55 2.5 16.55 2.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.10 7.8 11.37 7.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 8.9 11.61 8.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.99 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.89 6.6 10.83 4.6 7.60 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.72 15.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 7.1 10.35 11.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.57 9.5 10.47 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.42 13.7 9.42 13.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.92 3.3 $15.97 2.6 $9.65 5.6 Management occupations.............................................. 31.00 9.6 31.02 9.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.63 4.0 26.63 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.64 9.4 30.64 9.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.32 15.6 22.32 15.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.64 4.7 19.64 4.7 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 7.1 17.89 7.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.40 10.1 28.40 10.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.99 9.7 20.99 9.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 28.21 13.6 28.21 13.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 5.3 17.85 5.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.35 12.5 17.35 12.5 – – Legal occupations................................................... 16.26 4.7 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.64 8.5 26.53 9.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.39 5.2 23.51 5.8 22.93 7.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 .0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.24 2.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.61 8.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.49 2.3 25.53 2.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 23.53 5.7 22.58 4.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.73 10.1 20.50 11.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.68 3.9 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.86 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.37 5.7 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.97 10.9 12.18 12.5 11.30 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.87 11.6 – – 12.87 7.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.78 8.7 – – 11.31 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.87 10.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 12.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... – – – – 8.99 12.8 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.82 7.9 9.78 11.3 6.38 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.12 23.2 7.01 16.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.47 3.4 – – 6.41 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 6.96 17.8 – – 6.95 17.7 Level 4 .................................................. $9.30 0.5 $9.27 1.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.27 9.9 12.27 9.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.27 9.9 12.27 9.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.49 5.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.42 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.90 26.8 5.81 39.9 $4.29 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 40.0 – – 5.52 31.8 Level 3 .................................................. 5.51 42.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.99 40.0 – – 5.52 31.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.83 4.9 – – 6.65 3.8 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.84 12.6 11.36 13.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 3.9 8.12 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 9.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.51 11.4 9.80 13.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 3.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.65 18.6 11.64 18.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.70 1.7 8.81 2.4 8.22 4.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.47 9.6 15.38 5.0 7.72 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 7.75 3.2 – – 7.40 3.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.40 17.7 12.86 15.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.36 12.2 13.99 12.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 8.4 15.82 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.76 17.5 11.38 13.1 7.65 4.1 Level 4 .................................................. 11.22 27.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.84 13.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.87 13.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.14 15.5 – – 7.81 3.7 Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 10.4 18.52 10.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.51 2.6 14.04 3.4 10.85 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.71 5.5 9.33 7.4 10.11 8.2 Level 3 .................................................. 11.11 2.7 11.09 2.9 11.29 3.1 Level 4 .................................................. 12.78 2.9 13.02 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.28 5.6 15.29 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.15 2.6 17.39 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. $19.20 5.5 $19.20 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.73 6.2 15.16 8.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.51 11.6 21.58 12.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.05 4.2 13.43 6.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 4.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.25 4.1 12.80 3.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.78 4.0 14.39 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.60 5.8 13.57 3.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.32 5.1 13.33 5.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.72 9.2 12.08 8.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 7.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.18 4.0 17.67 4.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.76 8.2 18.76 8.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.03 12.0 15.03 12.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.41 5.7 12.67 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.02 3.0 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.16 4.3 16.19 4.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.93 2.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.44 7.3 16.45 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 12.9 16.42 12.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.53 7.7 19.53 7.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.16 7.7 18.16 7.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.56 5.4 14.73 6.0 $9.57 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.43 6.0 10.45 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.78 8.5 13.78 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.97 3.0 13.97 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.99 8.1 15.99 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.15 5.3 16.15 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.11 9.0 22.11 9.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.94 2.4 13.30 1.2 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.95 2.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.49 2.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.93 7.4 12.77 5.6 7.56 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 12.9 – – 7.11 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 7.1 10.51 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.12 3.3 12.12 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.55 2.5 16.55 2.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.10 7.8 11.37 7.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 8.9 11.61 8.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... $9.99 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.89 6.6 $10.83 4.6 $7.60 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.72 15.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 7.1 10.35 11.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.57 9.5 10.47 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.42 13.7 9.42 13.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.59 5.5 $21.28 5.3 $14.54 18.4 Management occupations.............................................. 25.95 10.3 25.95 10.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.83 3.5 24.83 3.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.34 5.7 24.34 5.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.62 14.2 30.76 16.0 29.32 8.4 Level 9 .................................................. 28.52 2.6 28.52 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.37 16.7 33.35 18.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.23 34.0 38.29 36.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.04 .7 34.01 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.45 5.5 28.45 5.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.62 1.0 34.62 1.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.50 1.8 34.50 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.19 1.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.63 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.19 26.1 28.95 28.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.70 10.4 18.95 10.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.91 15.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.06 4.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.18 4.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.18 4.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.00 12.5 – – 9.16 2.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.00 3.3 14.30 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.18 5.3 15.18 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.85 5.9 13.46 1.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.56 4.2 14.56 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.09 5.6 15.09 5.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.37 9.6 14.37 9.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.24 11.4 14.24 11.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.66 12.5 18.66 12.5 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.00 2.9 $17.04 2.4 $10.27 6.9 Management occupations.............................................. 28.98 7.1 28.98 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 30.50 11.7 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 26.77 8.7 26.77 8.8 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.93 10.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.97 11.8 22.97 11.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.97 19.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.34 12.8 – – – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 17.89 7.1 17.89 7.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.65 6.8 26.65 6.8 – – Group III................................................. 30.82 4.9 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.58 12.4 22.58 12.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.43 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.46 5.5 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 30.98 13.2 30.98 13.2 – – Group III................................................. 37.46 5.5 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 5.3 17.85 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.32 2.9 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.67 21.5 23.67 21.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.51 8.9 16.79 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 15.30 5.9 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 17.58 7.4 17.82 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.00 4.1 – – – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 16.58 5.2 16.58 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.58 5.2 16.58 5.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.45 13.6 30.57 15.2 29.35 8.3 Group II.................................................. 17.66 18.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.69 10.0 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 37.04 32.7 38.05 34.7 25.53 2.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 .7 33.56 .5 – – Group II.................................................. 28.02 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.45 5.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.40 .8 34.40 .8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.19 1.8 34.19 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.45 3.3 28.20 3.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.44 3.7 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.63 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... $23.64 5.8 $24.17 6.5 $21.70 8.3 Group I................................................... 13.88 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.59 7.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.20 3.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.70 6.0 22.49 4.4 23.33 15.9 Group II.................................................. 22.14 3.9 21.09 6.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.73 10.1 20.50 11.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.68 3.9 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.86 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.01 6.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.90 10.3 12.11 12.0 11.30 4.3 Group I................................................... 11.75 11.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.78 7.9 10.50 9.9 11.30 5.0 Group I................................................... 10.76 8.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.89 9.6 – – 12.02 7.7 Group I................................................... 10.88 10.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.72 20.8 13.90 22.2 8.88 8.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.96 7.1 10.03 10.1 6.44 2.9 Group I................................................... 6.92 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.30 6.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.51 7.3 12.51 7.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.47 5.0 11.30 6.2 8.93 2.4 Group I................................................... 9.93 2.6 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.96 2.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.90 26.7 5.81 39.9 4.30 11.5 Group I................................................... 4.90 26.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Group I................................................... 3.86 17.4 – – 4.15 13.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.83 4.9 – – 6.65 3.8 Group I................................................... 6.83 4.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.83 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.90 9.1 11.20 9.9 9.36 11.6 Group I................................................... 9.21 4.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.03 8.0 10.16 8.5 9.39 13.5 Group I................................................... 8.85 5.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $10.89 10.1 $11.22 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.47 9.4 9.51 6.8 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.16 5.5 7.94 3.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.66 13.2 11.20 17.3 $8.50 2.8 Group I................................................... 8.61 1.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.54 17.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.43 9.4 15.34 4.9 7.75 4.3 Group I................................................... 10.23 18.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.26 11.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.82 8.4 15.82 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.83 16.6 11.46 12.1 7.68 4.2 Group I................................................... 9.35 23.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.82 12.6 – – 7.44 6.9 Group I................................................... 8.53 15.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.85 12.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.57 15.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 9.34 15.2 – – 7.81 3.7 Group I................................................... 8.26 7.3 – – – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.52 10.4 18.52 10.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.59 2.2 14.09 2.9 10.84 2.2 Group I................................................... 11.75 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.69 3.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.51 11.6 21.58 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.55 8.1 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.05 4.0 13.41 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.84 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.16 2.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.77 3.9 14.35 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.40 3.8 12.83 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 16.16 2.2 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.32 5.1 13.33 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.23 5.3 13.24 5.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.74 9.0 12.08 8.5 9.08 15.7 Group I................................................... 10.92 4.2 11.19 3.8 9.08 15.7 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.51 7.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.79 4.2 15.95 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.69 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.73 5.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.38 8.1 16.38 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 16.64 11.0 16.64 11.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.74 5.6 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... $13.55 6.1 $13.55 6.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.63 3.7 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.03 12.0 15.03 12.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.59 5.2 12.84 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.41 6.6 12.67 6.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.33 4.2 16.36 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.90 8.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.33 2.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.91 6.7 16.92 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.29 6.6 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.08 5.0 18.08 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.16 7.1 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.24 6.1 17.24 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 16.85 8.8 16.85 8.8 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.31 8.4 15.31 8.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.70 5.2 14.87 5.8 $9.57 6.7 Group I................................................... 12.42 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.03 5.8 – – – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.94 2.4 13.30 1.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.95 2.5 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.95 2.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.95 2.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.47 5.6 13.47 5.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.77 11.5 13.24 12.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.01 4.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.94 7.4 12.77 5.6 7.67 8.0 Group I................................................... 10.81 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.31 3.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.10 7.8 11.37 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.67 6.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.61 8.9 11.61 8.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.99 11.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.99 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.89 6.6 10.83 4.6 7.60 10.0 Group I................................................... 9.69 8.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.57 9.5 10.47 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.18 12.6 10.16 8.3 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 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. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $14.18 $19.13 $26.22 Management occupations.............................................. 21.51 24.00 24.94 32.26 46.39 Education administrators.......................................... 22.86 24.94 24.94 24.94 30.55 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.94 24.94 24.94 24.94 30.55 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.81 18.51 18.86 24.18 33.59 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 13.88 15.85 18.70 19.47 20.07 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.00 21.91 24.86 32.83 36.35 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.40 17.54 20.39 24.86 35.44 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 32.21 37.29 42.36 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 12.48 14.97 18.09 20.39 23.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.16 16.18 20.69 32.42 33.65 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.17 14.44 15.63 18.27 22.65 Legal occupations................................................... 13.50 15.75 17.55 17.89 22.91 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 12.74 15.75 17.14 17.83 17.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.86 19.00 29.57 38.22 48.41 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.23 27.66 30.28 51.70 62.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.07 29.00 32.53 39.40 44.46 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.84 29.04 33.32 40.38 44.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 29.00 32.53 39.40 44.56 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.29 27.43 30.57 37.93 47.35 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.29 27.43 30.57 39.06 47.35 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.86 12.86 12.86 12.98 12.98 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.37 17.64 22.00 26.65 31.50 Registered nurses................................................. 16.82 18.84 22.67 26.22 29.59 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.06 12.98 23.88 24.48 26.11 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 20.50 20.61 26.76 30.43 31.09 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.34 20.61 30.43 30.43 30.43 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.55 15.25 15.25 20.98 21.13 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.82 10.99 14.44 15.31 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.80 9.82 10.00 11.14 15.31 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.80 9.82 9.82 11.95 15.31 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.84 8.26 8.74 16.14 22.07 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.41 7.10 9.67 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.75 10.50 11.50 14.98 Cooks, restaurant............................................... $8.00 $8.75 $10.25 $10.75 $11.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.65 6.69 11.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.65 3.75 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.05 6.41 6.41 7.45 8.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.05 6.45 7.69 8.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.00 9.34 11.85 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.75 9.25 11.29 16.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 8.50 9.93 11.50 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.19 7.75 7.85 8.48 9.27 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.89 8.50 8.50 9.70 19.61 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.00 11.09 17.19 25.48 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.73 12.98 13.75 16.56 26.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.98 7.50 8.00 11.00 17.19 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.98 6.98 8.14 11.09 11.09 Cashiers...................................................... 6.98 6.98 8.20 11.09 11.09 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.85 19.32 Insurance sales agents............................................ 14.42 15.29 16.65 19.70 21.56 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.88 10.93 12.84 15.33 18.11 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.75 14.84 19.95 20.34 23.32 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.50 12.75 14.76 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 12.03 13.46 15.75 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.93 10.93 12.84 14.42 16.83 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 9.75 11.42 13.00 16.66 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.80 9.40 11.96 12.68 13.10 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.06 12.86 14.98 19.14 20.49 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.06 13.14 15.19 19.75 22.36 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.61 11.41 13.99 17.96 19.50 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.19 12.42 13.26 14.31 17.50 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.67 10.81 11.50 12.95 12.95 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.45 10.97 13.03 18.86 23.28 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.58 10.58 12.11 13.35 16.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.75 16.30 21.00 23.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 13.00 16.26 20.45 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.55 14.57 18.20 19.18 23.47 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.55 14.18 16.94 18.99 23.47 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.40 12.40 16.12 16.12 20.25 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.40 14.90 18.27 19.19 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.10 9.70 10.69 18.61 18.61 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.10 9.70 10.54 18.61 18.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.90 14.84 14.84 14.84 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 9.50 14.84 14.94 15.74 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $7.50 $10.00 $11.25 $13.75 $15.80 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.00 10.00 12.00 13.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.80 10.17 11.69 12.60 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.00 7.50 10.00 11.19 12.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.75 $9.77 $13.35 $18.28 $24.43 Management occupations.............................................. 22.60 24.00 28.00 36.54 48.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.61 18.51 18.51 23.79 33.59 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 13.88 15.85 18.70 19.47 20.07 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.00 18.66 28.09 32.83 54.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.20 17.06 20.03 22.14 33.43 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 25.34 34.29 39.28 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 12.48 14.97 18.09 20.39 23.25 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.17 14.89 16.94 22.65 22.65 Legal occupations................................................... 12.74 15.75 16.49 17.83 17.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.31 19.53 32.07 33.69 35.60 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.74 18.63 23.58 27.39 31.50 Registered nurses................................................. 18.63 19.81 23.58 26.65 30.28 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.06 12.98 23.88 24.48 26.11 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 20.50 20.61 26.76 30.43 31.09 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.34 20.61 30.43 30.43 30.43 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.55 15.25 15.25 17.25 21.13 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.82 10.99 14.44 15.31 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.80 9.82 10.00 11.00 15.31 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.80 9.82 9.82 13.23 15.31 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.41 7.10 9.54 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 10.60 14.20 14.20 14.20 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.75 10.50 11.50 14.98 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.00 8.75 10.25 10.75 11.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.65 6.69 11.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.65 3.75 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.05 6.41 6.41 7.45 8.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.05 6.45 7.69 8.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.75 8.50 12.12 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.75 8.48 9.30 17.65 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 7.75 8.50 12.09 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.19 7.75 7.85 8.48 9.27 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.82 8.50 8.50 9.40 9.53 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.00 11.09 17.19 25.48 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... $10.73 $12.98 $13.75 $16.56 $26.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.98 7.35 8.00 11.00 17.19 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.98 6.98 8.20 11.09 11.09 Cashiers...................................................... 6.98 6.98 8.20 11.09 11.09 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.00 12.86 Insurance sales agents............................................ 14.42 15.29 16.65 19.70 21.56 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.75 10.90 12.75 15.25 18.00 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.75 14.84 19.95 20.34 23.32 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.50 12.75 14.76 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 12.11 13.46 15.39 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.93 10.93 12.84 14.42 16.83 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 9.75 11.42 12.63 16.66 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.80 9.40 11.96 12.68 13.10 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.76 13.99 17.96 19.50 22.36 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.36 14.34 19.14 22.36 22.36 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.67 10.81 11.50 12.95 12.95 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.45 10.97 13.03 18.86 23.28 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.58 10.58 12.11 13.35 16.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.75 14.75 20.50 23.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 12.50 16.50 20.45 23.90 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.55 14.46 18.09 22.25 23.46 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.00 14.84 18.27 19.19 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.10 9.70 10.69 18.61 18.61 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.10 9.70 10.54 18.61 18.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.90 14.84 14.84 14.84 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 9.28 9.50 11.50 13.96 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 10.00 11.25 13.41 15.80 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.60 13.75 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.00 10.00 12.00 13.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.80 10.17 11.69 12.60 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.00 7.50 10.00 11.19 12.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.50 $12.86 $17.14 $24.94 $33.71 Management occupations.............................................. 20.94 22.33 24.94 24.94 32.26 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.81 18.00 21.41 29.25 40.23 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.34 21.93 21.93 27.79 32.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.86 19.00 29.57 38.22 48.96 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.23 27.66 30.28 52.11 62.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.86 29.00 32.53 39.40 44.46 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.86 29.24 33.32 40.38 44.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.86 29.10 32.53 39.40 44.56 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.42 28.99 30.57 39.40 47.35 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.86 12.86 12.86 12.98 12.98 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.27 14.74 17.64 21.80 86.54 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.24 12.85 17.50 20.28 27.81 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.92 6.44 8.55 12.67 15.06 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.25 9.72 10.78 11.36 14.21 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.61 9.81 10.95 11.47 14.64 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.61 9.81 10.95 11.47 14.64 Personal care and service occupations......................