NC BL 03/00/2008 Table: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, Bulletin, June 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.63 4.5 35.6 $20.51 5.0 35.6 $21.75 3.2 35.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.50 4.3 37.5 37.37 5.2 38.4 25.11 5.3 34.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 43.45 7.1 39.6 44.26 7.5 39.6 33.75 26.9 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 26.01 7.4 35.6 27.60 10.4 36.7 23.47 5.2 34.0 Service............................................................. 11.22 5.0 29.6 10.03 4.4 28.8 17.89 10.8 35.6 Sales and office.................................................... 16.91 8.8 35.1 17.04 9.0 35.0 12.27 4.2 39.2 Sales and related................................................. 19.29 18.5 31.7 19.29 18.5 31.7 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.38 3.4 37.8 15.53 3.7 37.7 12.27 4.2 39.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.65 6.6 40.0 17.69 6.8 40.0 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 14.46 1.8 40.0 14.48 1.9 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.45 9.5 40.0 20.53 9.7 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.67 5.4 37.5 15.73 5.5 37.4 – – – Production........................................................ 16.32 4.2 38.8 16.32 4.2 38.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.05 7.6 36.3 15.16 7.9 36.2 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.08 4.5 39.6 22.10 5.1 39.7 21.93 3.8 39.1 Part time........................................................... 9.85 6.5 20.2 9.26 7.0 20.5 19.36 7.7 15.8 Union............................................................... 24.06 14.0 36.0 24.06 14.0 36.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.51 4.6 35.6 20.36 5.2 35.6 21.75 3.2 35.5 Time................................................................ 18.03 4.7 35.3 17.55 5.4 35.3 21.75 3.2 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 43.16 7.2 38.2 43.16 7.2 38.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.28 4.0 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.17 5.9 34.5 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.60 8.5 33.8 16.58 8.7 33.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.63 7.7 36.8 18.54 8.1 36.7 20.64 8.1 38.4 500 workers or more................................................. 28.83 5.2 37.7 31.46 7.7 38.9 22.30 4.0 35.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.63 4.5 $22.08 4.5 $9.85 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 38.41 8.7 38.55 8.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.71 10.3 23.38 10.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.47 12.1 36.47 12.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.65 7.9 45.65 7.9 – – General and operations managers................................... 33.51 18.1 34.27 22.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.25 23.0 47.25 23.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.65 16.5 32.65 16.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 47.63 8.9 47.63 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.90 11.1 26.90 11.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.20 4.7 25.20 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.11 7.7 28.11 7.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.59 4.2 40.59 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 170.42 45.6 170.42 45.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.35 6.5 39.35 6.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 9.8 27.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.67 9.2 28.67 9.2 – – Training and development specialists............................ 28.23 11.1 28.23 11.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 8.2 26.66 8.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 8.1 43.19 8.1 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 9.2 40.18 9.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.19 4.6 38.19 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.52 4.8 32.52 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.73 .8 42.73 .8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 4.8 41.82 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.00 9.0 40.00 9.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 19.9 28.90 19.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.10 5.0 33.10 5.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.34 4.5 37.34 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.94 4.1 29.94 4.1 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 8.8 27.54 8.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.86 8.4 23.94 8.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.91 4.2 18.62 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.12 4.0 17.91 4.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 18.61 5.9 18.36 7.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.51 5.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.67 7.0 24.68 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.9 10.39 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.23 3.9 13.23 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.10 .9 27.10 .9 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.71 14.9 45.91 13.2 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.02 16.7 45.81 16.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.71 14.9 45.91 13.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.32 1.2 27.33 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.07 .9 27.07 .9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.92 .7 26.94 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.84 .7 26.84 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.94 .9 26.96 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.97 .9 26.97 .9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.85 1.3 26.85 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.35 .4 26.35 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.45 3.9 27.45 3.9 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.45 3.9 27.45 3.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 3.1 10.76 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.9 10.39 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.23 3.9 13.23 3.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.47 11.8 – – 8.29 9.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.19 21.8 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.62 5.7 20.94 6.7 24.79 2.8 Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 13.9 13.02 14.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.60 3.8 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.69 5.9 24.03 5.7 27.51 6.0 Level 8 .................................................. 25.47 .7 25.34 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.55 6.3 25.44 7.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.61 4.0 26.05 5.4 24.68 1.6 Level 7 .................................................. 25.33 3.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.40 1.1 25.25 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.67 4.2 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 7.4 19.62 7.4 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.86 13.2 11.86 13.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.18 1.5 19.18 1.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 3.0 11.91 2.5 12.99 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.35 2.5 11.20 3.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.82 3.8 10.83 4.5 10.82 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 3.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.66 4.2 10.61 4.9 10.82 3.1 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.37 4.9 13.07 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.84 11.2 20.44 10.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.20 6.1 8.56 10.9 6.44 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.98 1.6 7.99 8.0 6.46 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 6.42 9.2 7.71 7.0 6.02 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.31 10.4 – – 8.34 4.5 Cooks............................................................. 9.61 7.4 11.13 .6 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.38 15.5 4.02 20.5 2.89 15.6 Level 2 .................................................. 3.37 34.1 – – 2.59 15.2 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.66 8.0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.90 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.89 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 11.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.57 5.1 12.04 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.01 4.3 9.70 1.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.81 9.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.63 11.2 9.89 7.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 9.97 1.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.12 13.8 10.99 7.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.49 6.6 8.49 6.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.81 18.4 17.51 20.9 9.43 14.9 Level 3 .................................................. 8.73 12.9 – – 9.44 19.4 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.42 13.5 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 10.49 14.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.29 18.5 22.95 17.5 8.72 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.15 2.1 10.29 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.29 6.0 12.52 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.52 16.8 23.40 15.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.27 10.2 35.27 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.96 25.4 18.96 25.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 6.4 23.36 6.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 11.0 22.70 11.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.63 4.4 10.60 3.0 8.47 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.44 2.9 10.29 3.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.65 1.4 10.56 3.0 8.51 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 1.8 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 7.3 35.51 7.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.38 3.4 15.55 3.7 13.18 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 5.7 10.76 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 3.4 12.49 3.8 11.11 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.67 2.0 14.73 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.27 4.4 19.27 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.48 6.6 21.48 6.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.91 2.3 21.91 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.41 9.6 15.11 9.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.43 5.8 14.60 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.36 5.9 14.45 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.32 6.1 14.72 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.35 4.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 7.6 15.62 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.15 3.2 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 9.0 13.50 9.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 .8 11.82 1.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.72 6.3 19.74 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.87 9.6 21.87 9.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 8.6 19.65 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.42 .0 24.42 .0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.92 5.9 13.93 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.60 9.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.74 4.5 13.82 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 1.8 14.46 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.70 9.5 14.70 9.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 .9 20.05 .9 – – Electricians...................................................... 18.19 7.8 18.19 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.91 5.8 18.91 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.45 9.5 20.45 9.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.14 4.6 16.14 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.37 5.9 22.37 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.91 3.2 23.91 3.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.91 11.7 32.91 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.87 25.5 27.87 25.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.49 4.4 19.49 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.42 8.3 17.42 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.55 .7 21.55 .7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.58 1.5 26.58 1.5 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 6.7 17.55 6.7 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 21.30 16.7 21.30 16.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.32 4.2 16.49 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 9.1 9.47 9.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 9.7 10.54 11.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.76 11.9 15.76 11.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.39 1.0 16.39 1.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.25 3.6 20.25 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.38 7.8 20.38 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.44 4.7 24.44 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 9.7 24.03 9.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 6.6 15.40 6.6 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 7.8 14.06 7.8 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 14.0 13.30 14.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 1.8 16.11 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.29 7.2 15.29 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.69 6.6 21.69 6.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 3.8 16.55 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 7.6 15.47 8.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 9.7 8.46 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 6.0 12.36 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.51 5.4 13.37 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.12 4.1 15.12 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.99 6.5 19.99 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.34 16.3 16.34 16.3 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 8.6 16.83 8.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 10.5 17.18 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 4.1 14.40 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.52 7.5 13.52 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.08 5.5 20.08 5.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.35 6.5 11.35 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 9.2 8.64 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.54 7.6 12.54 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.10 4.7 12.56 2.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.77 6.7 11.44 7.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.34 6.7 12.33 7.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.51 5.0 $22.10 5.1 $9.26 7.0 Management occupations.............................................. 37.61 8.9 37.74 9.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.71 10.3 23.38 10.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.98 14.1 36.98 14.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.94 8.3 45.94 8.3 – – General and operations managers................................... 33.51 18.1 34.27 22.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.25 23.0 47.25 23.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.65 16.5 32.65 16.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 49.80 9.6 49.80 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.90 11.1 26.90 11.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.20 4.7 25.20 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.77 8.9 29.77 8.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.59 4.2 40.59 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 170.42 45.6 170.42 45.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.00 6.0 41.00 6.0 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 9.8 27.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.38 10.8 29.38 10.8 – – Training and development specialists............................ 28.97 13.3 28.97 13.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 8.2 26.66 8.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 8.1 43.19 8.1 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 9.2 40.18 9.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.23 5.3 39.23 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.52 4.8 32.52 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.73 .8 42.73 .8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 4.8 41.82 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.82 10.3 40.82 10.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 19.9 28.90 19.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.10 5.0 33.10 5.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.34 4.5 37.34 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.94 4.1 29.94 4.1 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 8.8 27.54 8.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.84 12.5 24.84 12.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.13 26.6 22.23 27.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.37 6.9 36.23 10.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.22 7.0 30.41 7.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.03 3.5 28.39 4.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.47 11.8 – – 8.29 9.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.19 21.8 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 16.07 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.20 8.2 20.65 8.9 26.25 7.0 Level 4 .................................................. 12.77 16.6 12.80 16.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.18 7.0 24.51 7.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.47 .7 25.34 .6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.92 5.3 27.00 5.2 26.55 6.0 Level 8 .................................................. 25.40 1.1 25.25 1.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 7.4 19.62 7.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.10 3.9 11.85 2.9 14.00 8.9 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.34 5.1 10.36 5.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.34 5.1 10.36 5.4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.37 4.9 13.07 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.31 6.7 11.77 6.5 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.19 6.1 8.55 11.0 6.43 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.95 1.6 7.92 8.1 6.46 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 6.41 9.2 7.71 7.0 6.01 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.31 10.4 – – 8.34 4.5 Cooks............................................................. 9.61 7.4 11.13 .6 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.34 15.5 4.02 20.5 2.82 13.8 Level 2 .................................................. 3.31 33.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.66 8.0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.88 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.88 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 12.3 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 11.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.74 5.9 12.32 7.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.85 3.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.46 15.3 9.71 11.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.17 19.5 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.17 5.1 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.46 20.3 18.66 23.0 9.16 15.2 Level 3 .................................................. 8.73 12.9 – – 9.44 19.4 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.99 14.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.29 18.5 22.95 17.5 8.72 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.15 2.1 10.29 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.29 6.0 12.52 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.52 16.8 23.40 15.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.27 10.2 35.27 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.96 25.4 18.96 25.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 6.4 23.36 6.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 11.0 22.70 11.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.63 4.4 10.60 3.0 8.47 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 1.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 2.3 – – 8.27 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.44 2.9 10.29 3.3 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.4 – – 8.09 4.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.65 1.4 10.56 3.0 8.51 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 1.8 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 7.3 35.51 7.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.53 3.7 15.73 4.0 13.18 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 3.2 10.74 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.47 3.4 12.55 3.9 11.11 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 2.0 14.89 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.27 4.4 19.27 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.94 6.3 21.94 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.91 2.3 21.91 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.62 11.4 15.29 11.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.43 5.8 14.60 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.36 5.9 14.45 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.32 6.1 14.72 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.35 4.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 7.6 15.62 4.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.15 3.2 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 9.0 13.50 9.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 .8 11.82 1.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.72 6.3 19.74 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.87 9.6 21.87 9.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 8.6 19.65 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.42 .0 24.42 .0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.08 6.7 14.11 7.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.60 9.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 6.2 14.41 7.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.48 1.9 14.48 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.70 9.5 14.70 9.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 .9 20.05 .9 – – Electricians...................................................... 18.19 7.8 18.19 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.91 5.8 18.91 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.53 9.7 20.53 9.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.14 4.6 16.14 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.37 5.9 22.37 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.58 3.0 24.58 3.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.91 11.7 32.91 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.84 26.8 28.84 26.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.51 4.5 19.51 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.42 8.3 17.42 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.55 .7 21.55 .7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.58 1.5 26.58 1.5 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 6.8 17.55 6.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.32 4.2 16.49 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 9.1 9.47 9.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 9.7 10.54 11.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.76 11.9 15.76 11.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.39 1.0 16.39 1.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.25 3.6 20.25 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.38 7.8 20.38 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.44 4.7 24.44 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 9.7 24.03 9.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 6.6 15.40 6.6 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 7.8 14.06 7.8 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 14.0 13.30 14.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 1.8 16.11 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.29 7.2 15.29 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.69 6.6 21.69 6.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 3.8 16.55 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.16 7.9 15.59 8.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 9.7 8.46 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.42 6.2 12.41 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.52 5.4 13.37 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.12 4.1 15.12 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.99 6.5 19.99 6.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 8.6 16.83 8.6 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 10.5 17.18 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 4.1 14.40 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.52 7.5 13.52 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.08 5.5 20.08 5.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.33 6.8 11.32 6.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 9.2 8.64 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.54 7.6 12.54 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.10 4.7 12.56 2.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.77 7.1 11.41 7.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.34 6.7 12.33 7.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $21.75 3.2 $21.93 3.8 $19.36 7.7 Management occupations.............................................. 48.44 21.9 48.44 21.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.23 4.6 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.74 4.6 18.63 4.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.02 7.0 25.02 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.74 .8 10.74 .8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.69 3.9 12.69 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.11 .9 27.11 .9 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.93 17.7 48.17 17.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.11 .9 27.11 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.11 .9 27.11 .9 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.88 .7 26.88 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.88 .7 26.88 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.98 .9 26.98 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.98 .9 26.98 .9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.49 4.1 27.49 4.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.00 .9 11.00 .9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.74 .8 10.74 .8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.69 3.9 12.69 3.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.45 4.6 21.71 5.4 23.93 2.5 Registered nurses................................................. 24.58 5.3 24.97 9.0 24.08 2.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.27 2.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.95 10.2 23.38 9.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.21 5.7 10.21 5.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.21 5.7 10.21 5.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 5.6 10.00 5.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.27 4.2 12.27 4.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.86 3.3 12.86 3.3 – – 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 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........................................................... $20.63 4.5 $22.08 4.5 $9.85 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 38.41 8.7 38.55 8.8 – – Group III................................................. 37.05 19.6 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 33.51 18.1 34.27 22.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 32.65 16.5 32.65 16.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 47.63 8.9 47.63 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.20 8.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 59.97 14.7 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.34 9.8 27.34 9.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.67 9.2 28.67 9.2 – – Group III................................................. 24.90 12.5 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 28.23 11.1 28.23 11.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.66 8.2 26.66 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.88 7.9 24.88 7.9 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.19 8.1 43.19 8.1 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 40.18 9.2 40.18 9.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.19 4.6 38.19 4.6 – – Group III................................................. 38.30 4.0 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.82 4.8 41.82 4.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.00 9.0 40.00 9.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.88 10.6 37.88 10.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.90 19.9 28.90 19.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.55 7.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.53 4.0 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 37.34 4.5 37.34 4.5 – – Group III................................................. 36.95 6.3 – – – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 45.66 1.3 – – – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 45.66 1.3 45.66 1.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.54 8.8 27.54 8.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.86 8.4 23.94 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.11 14.5 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.91 4.2 18.62 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.28 3.4 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 18.61 5.9 18.36 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.51 5.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.67 7.0 24.68 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.76 3.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.83 4.4 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.02 16.7 45.81 16.0 – – Group III................................................. 43.48 14.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.32 1.2 27.33 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 27.07 .9 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.92 .7 26.94 .7 – – Group III................................................. 26.84 .7 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.94 .9 26.96 .9 – – Group III................................................. 26.97 .9 26.97 .9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.85 1.3 26.85 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 26.35 .4 26.35 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Group III................................................. 27.45 3.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.29 4.1 28.29 4.1 – – Group III................................................. 27.45 3.9 27.45 3.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 3.1 10.76 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.76 3.1 10.76 3.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.47 11.8 – – 8.29 9.5 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.07 22.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 16.07 22.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.62 5.7 20.94 6.7 24.79 2.8 Group I................................................... 12.98 13.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.27 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.45 6.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 25.61 4.0 26.05 5.4 24.68 1.6 Group II.................................................. 25.10 1.0 24.67 1.5 26.39 4.8 Group III................................................. 27.95 7.3 28.18 8.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 7.4 19.62 7.4 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.86 13.2 11.86 13.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.18 1.5 19.18 1.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 3.0 11.91 2.5 12.99 5.5 Group I................................................... 11.96 3.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.82 3.8 10.83 4.5 10.82 3.1 Group I................................................... 10.79 4.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.66 4.2 10.61 4.9 10.82 3.1 Group I................................................... 10.58 4.7 10.61 4.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.37 4.9 13.07 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.30 5.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.84 11.2 20.44 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.52 8.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.95 7.1 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.41 7.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.20 6.1 8.56 10.9 6.44 10.4 Group I................................................... 6.95 4.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.61 7.4 11.13 .6 – – Group I................................................... 9.42 8.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.38 15.5 4.02 20.5 2.89 15.6 Group I................................................... 3.38 15.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Group I................................................... 2.60 3.5 – – 2.51 9.2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.90 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Group I................................................... 7.90 2.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.89 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Group I................................................... 7.89 2.7 – – 7.57 .9 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.26 11.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.57 5.1 12.04 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.12 3.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.63 11.2 9.89 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.68 11.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.12 13.8 10.99 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.25 14.8 11.49 5.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.49 6.6 8.49 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.49 6.6 8.49 6.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.81 18.4 17.51 20.9 9.43 14.9 Group I................................................... 9.19 10.6 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.42 13.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.16 16.0 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 10.49 14.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.29 18.5 22.95 17.5 8.72 3.2 Group I................................................... 9.81 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 30.33 12.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.36 6.4 23.36 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 11.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.70 11.0 22.70 11.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.63 4.4 10.60 3.0 8.47 3.0 Group I................................................... 9.58 5.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Group I................................................... 8.79 4.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.89 3.5 9.48 5.4 8.43 5.6 Group I................................................... 8.79 4.8 9.33 5.4 8.43 5.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.65 1.4 10.56 3.0 8.51 .4 Group I................................................... 9.62 2.0 10.57 3.2 8.51 .4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.51 7.3 35.51 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 37.58 9.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.38 3.4 15.55 3.7 13.18 5.0 Group I................................................... 13.24 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.14 2.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.45 2.3 21.45 2.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.43 5.8 14.60 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.69 7.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.12 1.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.32 6.1 14.72 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 5.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 7.6 15.62 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.73 7.0 14.87 1.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.15 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.15 3.2 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.50 9.0 13.50 9.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.08 9.2 14.08 9.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.67 .8 11.82 1.0 – – Group I................................................... – – 11.63 1.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.72 6.3 19.74 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.16 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.42 9.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.65 8.6 19.65 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.09 10.5 20.09 10.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.92 5.9 13.93 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.98 4.7 12.88 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.30 2.8 18.30 2.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 1.8 14.46 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.68 7.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.67 1.2 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 18.19 7.8 18.19 7.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.91 5.8 18.91 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.45 9.5 20.45 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.09 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.46 8.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 27.87 25.5 27.87 25.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.49 4.4 19.49 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.51 4.7 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.66 11.6 23.66 11.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.55 6.7 17.55 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.38 6.8 18.38 6.8 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 21.30 16.7 21.30 16.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.32 4.2 16.49 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.56 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.36 2.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.03 9.7 24.03 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.09 6.5 25.09 6.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.40 6.6 15.40 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.12 8.0 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.06 7.8 14.06 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.96 9.5 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.30 14.0 13.30 14.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.11 1.8 16.11 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.14 10.8 13.14 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.46 12.2 20.46 12.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 3.8 16.55 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.06 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.71 4.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 7.6 15.47 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.69 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.35 5.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.83 8.6 16.83 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.37 7.8 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.18 10.5 17.18 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.40 4.1 14.40 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.40 4.3 14.40 4.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.35 6.5 11.35 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.35 6.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.77 6.7 11.44 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.82 7.1 11.46 7.7 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.11 11.2 12.35 8.0 – – 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC, June 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.45 $15.74 $23.34 $36.63 Management occupations.............................................. 19.45 22.34 35.97 50.51 66.71 General and operations managers................................... 22.50 22.50 22.50 29.05 80.34 Financial managers................................................ 19.04 19.45 21.58 48.22 58.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.13 23.27 29.57 38.62 53.04 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 16.73 22.06 24.00 37.18 37.71 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.41 22.74 31.73 32.69 33.69 Training and development specialists............................ 18.41 22.74 28.90 32.69 32.69 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.88 24.04 25.20 30.29 36.06 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.52 28.15 30.05 64.33 64.33 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.56 28.15 29.81 64.33 64.33 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.09 30.94 37.78 43.58 55.29 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.06 37.78 38.46 45.37 50.78 Computer systems analysts......................................... 21.00 28.76 39.21 48.97 60.36 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.35 20.49 28.61 37.02 44.90 Engineers......................................................... 28.61 28.61 35.68 44.80 47.40 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.81 44.60 45.60 48.10 49.00 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.50 20.88 29.88 33.80 36.10 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.21 17.84 23.35 26.69 32.89 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.56 16.07 18.17 21.49 25.97 Counselors........................................................ 14.89 16.15 18.36 20.34 22.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.67 14.73 24.19 31.60 37.22 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.04 32.26 39.44 55.46 77.84 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.98 21.96 26.15 32.05 36.14 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.98 21.68 25.67 31.41 35.34 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.98 21.68 25.91 31.42 35.09 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 20.21 21.68 25.23 31.29 36.14 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.98 23.16 27.06 32.76 38.11 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.98 23.16 27.06 32.76 38.11 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.07 9.67 10.16 11.31 14.31 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 7.03 18.27 18.27 18.27 18.38 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 7.42 10.35 15.42 19.58 27.70 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 7.42 10.35 15.42 19.58 27.70 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.23 17.30 21.88 26.40 29.52 Registered nurses................................................. 20.59 22.95 24.69 27.50 30.20 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.04 11.96 18.54 26.87 30.29 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.38 9.38 9.38 14.50 15.44 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.30 22.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.27 10.20 11.50 13.50 16.01 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.50 10.75 11.50 12.74 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.50 10.50 11.10 12.60 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 11.50 13.28 16.01 16.20 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.74 11.70 19.51 25.72 27.97 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 10.56 11.00 11.62 14.23 Security guards................................................. 9.00 10.56 11.00 11.62 14.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.31 6.00 7.00 9.00 11.11 Cooks............................................................. 7.84 7.84 9.50 11.11 11.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.31 2.31 2.43 3.33 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.31 2.31 2.31 2.43 3.23 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.25 6.50 7.40 8.76 10.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.25 6.50 7.40 8.76 10.25 Dishwashers....................................................... 5.85 7.00 9.00 9.21 9.55 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 9.49 11.00 13.99 14.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.75 7.50 10.06 11.00 12.69 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 8.97 10.74 11.00 13.55 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.86 11.57 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.93 8.00 9.00 16.42 37.97 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 5.71 8.60 8.94 11.00 16.32