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BOSTON-WORCESTER-LAWRENCE, MA-NH-ME-CT NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY, OCTOBER 2006
Workers in the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence metropolitan area averaged $24.80 per hour during October 2006, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Denis M. McSweeney reported average hourly earnings of $35.77 for management, professional, and related workers and $24.59 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers. Sales and office workers averaged $19.24 an hour; production, transportation, and material moving workers $14.84; and service workers, $12.89. [See table 1. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.]
In the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence metropolitan area, management, professional, and related workers made up the largest occupational group accounting for 38 percent of the workforce. They were followed by sales and office (23 percent) and service (19 percent) workers. Production, transportation, and material moving (11 percent) and natural resources, construction, and maintenance (8 percent) workers represented the smallest groups in the survey.
The NCS provides straight-time earnings data for a variety of occupations in private establishments employing 1 or more employees and 50 employees or more for State and local governments. This NCS survey covered 874 establishments representing 2,555,600 workers in the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence metropolitan area which includes Essex County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Suffolk County, twelve communities in Bristol County, one in Hampden County, and fifty-two in Worcester County, Massachusetts; eighteen communities in Hillsborough County, two in Merrimack County, thirty-four in Rockingham County, and ten in Strafford County, New Hampshire; five communities in York County, Maine; and one community in Windham County, Connecticut. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal government were excluded from the survey.
In the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence metropolitan area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations. Within the management, professional, and related occupations, financial analysts averaged $44.77 and registered nurses, $33.90. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, part of the sales and office occupational group, earned $19.15. In the service occupations, security guards earned $17.37. (See table 2.)
The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics. Establishments in the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence area with 1-99 workers averaged $20.64 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $25.32; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $30.13. Full-time workers averaged $26.77 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $13.03. (See tables 1 and 2.)
The NCS is a comprehensive survey that measures occupational earnings, occupational levels based on duties and responsibilities, compensation cost trends, and benefit incidences. The Employment Cost Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs. Average employer costs for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series. Details on benefits incidences and provisions are available from the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). The occupational wage data may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT National Compensation Survey October 2006 (Bulletin 3135-60). While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are available from the New England Information Office by calling 617-565-2327. In addition, data contained in the bulletin are available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http:www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the New England Information Office at 617-565-2327 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2006
Worker and establishment characteristics
Civilian workers
Private industry workers
State and local government workers
Hourly earnings
Mean weekly hours (3)
Hourly earnings
Mean weekly hours (3)
Hourly earnings
Mean weekly hours (3)
Mean
Relative error (2) (percent)
Mean
Relative error (2) (percent)
Mean
Relative error (2) (percent)
All workers
$24.80
2.7
34.4
$24.41
3.0
34.2
$28.14
1.4
35.6
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related
35.77
2.9
36.8
35.62
3.3
37.2
36.82
2.1
33.9
Management, business, and financial
41.21
3.0
39.7
41.50
3.1
39.9
36.27
8.6
36.1
Professional and related
32.95
3.2
35.5
32.21
3.8
35.8
36.92
1.4
33.6
Service
12.89
2.3
29.4
11.31
2.4
28.1
20.61
2.3
37.9
Sales and office
19.24
4.6
33.1
19.30
4.9
33.0
18.53
2.9
35.0
Sales and related
21.73
9.6
31.0
21.72
9.7
30.9
22.25
3.0
35.5
Office and administrative support
17.73
2.3
34.6
17.66
2.5
34.6
18.31
3.1
34.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
24.59
2.5
39.3
24.61
2.7
39.3
24.29
1.4
39.1
Construction and extraction
25.56
2.8
39.3
25.71
3.0
39.3
24.11
3.1
39.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
22.98
2.8
39.6
22.84
3.1
39.6
24.80
3.8
39.7
Production, transportation, and material moving
14.84
4.1
34.2
14.61
4.3
34.1
21.30
4.6
38.2
Production
15.88
5.0
38.9
15.74
5.1
38.9
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving
13.91
3.3
30.8
13.58
3.5
30.6
22.18
4.7
37.4
Full time
26.77
2.7
39.2
26.50
3.1
39.4
28.76
1.6
37.3
Part time
13.03
2.3
19.8
12.89
2.4
19.9
16.72
6.4
19.2
Union
26.17
2.1
34.2
23.93
4.0
32.3
28.37
1.0
36.4
Nonunion
24.50
3.4
34.4
24.46
3.5
34.5
26.74
6.2
31.4
Time
24.39
2.4
34.2
23.93
2.8
34.0
28.14
1.4
35.6
Incentive
34.15
14.0
38.4
34.15
14.0
38.4
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–
–
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing
-6
-6
-6
27.18
4.5
39.9
-6
-6
-6
Service providing
-6
-6
-6
23.71
3.4
33.0
-6
-6
-6
1-99 workers
20.64
4.2
33.5
20.63
4.2
33.4
21.79
2.2
35.0
100-499 workers
25.32
3.4
34.2
24.60
3.9
34.1
30.16
2.6
34.4
500 workers or more
30.13
5.2
35.9
30.92
6.5
35.8
27.34
0.9
36.3
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.
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.
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.
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.
Table 2. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2006
Occupation (2)
Hourly earnings (3)
Weekly earnings (4)
Mean weekly hours
Annual earnings (5)
Mean annual hours
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers
$26.77
$22.36
$1,048
$874
39.2
$53,174
$45,001
1,987
Management occupations
47.57
44.83
1,888
1,743
39.7
97,807
90,001
2,056
General and operations managers
54.94
51.62
2,187
2,053
39.8
113,721
106,748
2,070
Marketing and sales managers
55.63
52.62
2,213
2,019
39.8
115,062
105,000
2,068
Marketing managers
56.03
52.62
2,239
2,105
40.0
116,411
109,439
2,078
Sales managers
54.98
52.55
2,170
2,000
39.5
112,834
103,999
2,052
Computer and information systems managers
49.91
45.91
1,957
1,836
39.2
101,753
95,487
2,039
Financial managers
50.87
48.08
2,068
2,155
40.7
107,544
112,059
2,114
Human resources managers
48.39
46.70
1,897
1,635
39.2
98,643
84,999
2,038
Industrial production managers
41.32
41.66
1,711
1,666
41.4
88,996
86,647
2,154
Education administrators
42.41
43.27
1,589
1,731
37.5
80,089
83,598
1,888
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
50.06
51.50
2,080
1,856
41.5
97,543
96,502
1,948
Education administrators, postsecondary
40.37
37.21
1,446
1,399
35.8
73,630
72,754
1,824
Engineering managers
56.21
50.02
2,272
2,001
40.4
118,165
104,035
2,102
Medical and health services managers
44.43
35.95
1,848
1,335
41.6
96,108
69,420
2,163
Business and financial operations occupations
33.79
28.85
1,361
1,123
40.3
69,228
57,500
2,049
Buyers and purchasing agents
30.50
26.86
1,251
1,075
41.0
65,033
55,877
2,132
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
25.71
26.40
986
987
38.3
51,263
51,346
1,994
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
26.50
27.24
1,017
1,034
38.4
52,858
53,793
1,995
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists
23.54
20.21
944
808
40.1
42,577
42,037
1,809
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
27.59
28.08
1,144
1,123
41.5
59,504
58,400
2,157
Training and development specialists
21.64
18.00
864
720
39.9
37,225
37,440
1,720
Management analysts
41.85
36.46
1,733
1,458
41.4
90,093
75,828
2,153
Accountants and auditors
27.36
26.31
1,054
940
38.5
54,824
48,854
2,004
Financial analysts and advisors
43.99
35.93
1,876
1,437
42.6
97,528
74,724
2,217
Financial analysts
44.77
35.93
1,941
1,437
43.4
100,948
74,724
2,255
Computer and mathematical science occupations
38.65
38.14
1,551
1,533
40.1
80,651
79,717
2,087
Computer programmers
29.90
31.32
1,174
1,183
39.3
61,033
61,506
2,041
Computer software engineers
43.43
44.23
1,777
1,768
40.9
92,417
91,946
2,128
Computer software engineers, applications
42.92
46.32
1,803
1,866
42.0
93,746
97,014
2,184
Computer software engineers, systems software
43.94
43.13
1,754
1,717
39.9
91,184
89,294
2,075
Computer support specialists
35.53
34.10
1,407
1,369
39.6
73,155
71,196
2,059
Computer systems analysts
36.75
36.06
1,472
1,402
40.0
76,528
72,900
2,082
Network and computer systems administrators
37.65
42.12
1,522
1,706
40.4
79,148
88,724
2,102
Architecture and engineering occupations
35.13
35.00
1,425
1,376
40.6
74,097
71,532
2,109
Engineers
39.59
39.55
1,607
1,596
40.6
83,543
82,971
2,110
Civil engineers
31.84
29.23
1,274
1,315
40.0
66,253
68,401
2,081
Computer hardware engineers
41.80
43.64
1,803
1,864
43.1
93,731
96,934
2,243
Electrical and electronics engineers
41.46
41.64
1,700
1,736
41.0
88,391
90,296
2,132
Electrical engineers
40.55
41.72
1,622
1,669
40.0
84,344
86,778
2,080
Electronics engineers, except computer
41.92
41.51
1,741
1,766
41.5
90,542
91,847
2,160
Industrial engineers, including health and safety
37.26
37.33
1,508
1,496
40.5
78,404
77,771
2,104
Industrial engineers
37.26
37.33
1,508
1,496
40.5
78,404
77,771
2,104
Mechanical engineers
44.08
43.82
1,846
1,854
41.9
95,987
96,385
2,177
Drafters
29.07
27.52
1,130
1,032
38.9
58,773
53,662
2,022
Engineering technicians, except drafters
24.37
23.22
975
929
40.0
50,681
48,298
2,080
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
22.11
22.72
884
909
40.0
45,990
47,260
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations
30.81
25.48
1,213
1,019
39.4
62,813
53,000
2,039
Biological scientists
41.32
33.48
1,638
1,288
39.6
85,188
66,997
2,061
Biochemists and biophysicists
41.32
33.48
1,638
1,288
39.6
85,188
66,997
2,061
Market and survey researchers
41.80
33.65
1,686
1,346
40.3
87,664
70,000
2,097
Market research analysts
41.80
33.65
1,686
1,346
40.3
87,664
70,000
2,097
Community and social services occupations
22.46
20.79
836
780
37.2
41,552
40,541
1,850
Counselors
21.80
20.27
796
719
36.5
38,544
37,401
1,768
Educational, vocational, and school counselors
25.29
20.79
909
780
35.9
42,467
40,541
1,679
Social workers
22.90
23.49
857
869
37.4
42,899
45,197
1,873
Legal occupations
52.40
35.71
1,996
1,418
38.1
103,810
73,751
1,981
Lawyers
67.13
68.38
2,623
2,735
39.1
136,374
142,220
2,032
Education, training, and library occupations
36.79
38.61
1,314
1,380
35.7
52,792
52,684
1,435
Postsecondary teachers
49.10
43.02
1,899
1,783
38.7
79,508
71,933
1,619
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary
51.84
47.81
1,920
1,859
37.0
74,668
72,490
1,440
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers
44.01
42.33
1,619
1,506
36.8
63,052
59,707
1,433
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
36.74
39.44
1,301
1,427
35.4
50,489
54,948
1,374
Preschool and kindergarten teachers
16.73
14.36
646
560
38.6
29,452
22,962
1,760
Preschool teachers, except special education
13.20
14.36
519
560
39.3
24,367
22,962
1,845
Elementary and middle school teachers
44.68
47.47
1,523
1,644
34.1
56,290
60,231
1,260
Elementary school teachers, except special education
44.54
47.47
1,519
1,644
34.1
56,128
60,231
1,260
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
45.74
48.70
1,553
1,644
33.9
57,455
60,577
1,256
Secondary school teachers
45.93
47.60
1,575
1,675
34.3
57,746
60,973
1,257
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
45.84
47.60
1,573
1,666
34.3
57,672
60,973
1,258
Special education teachers
35.82
32.48
1,283
1,220
35.8
49,574
49,605
1,384
Librarians
34.89
31.70
1,280
1,351
36.7
57,690
60,545
1,654
Teacher assistants
14.94
14.85
502
503
33.6
20,148
19,416
1,349
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
28.36
26.24
1,111
1,050
39.2
57,700
54,579
2,035
Public relations specialists
26.96
28.00
1,072
1,058
39.8
55,747
54,995
2,068
Writers and editors
39.32
39.90
1,489
1,572
37.9
77,430
81,769
1,969
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
25.96
24.50
994
922
38.3
51,366
47,798
1,979
Physicians and surgeons
33.88
26.61
1,387
1,064
40.9
72,106
55,349
2,128
Registered nurses
33.90
30.51
1,237
1,125
36.5
64,276
58,500
1,896
Therapists
29.18
30.00
1,092
1,152
37.4
52,229
54,600
1,790
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
18.87
16.58
750
647
39.7
38,989
33,657
2,066
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
17.28
16.69
681
664
39.4
35,438
34,549
2,051
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
15.44
14.25
618
570
40.0
32,120
29,640
2,080
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
17.14
15.74
680
629
39.7
34,794
32,733
2,029
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
22.57
22.34
880
884
39.0
45,735
45,947
2,027
Medical records and health information technicians
14.95
15.77
581
600
38.9
30,200
31,200
2,021
Healthcare support occupations
14.10
13.72
552
535
39.2
28,691
27,830
2,035
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
13.10
12.69
513
502
39.2
26,697
26,125
2,038
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
13.24
12.73
512
509
38.6
26,612
26,478
2,010
Psychiatric aides
13.78
13.67
551
547
40.0
28,673
28,442
2,080
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations
16.55
15.61
646
624
39.0
33,473
32,469
2,023
Protective service occupations
20.57
20.96
835
843
40.6
43,305
43,832
2,105
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers
33.77
32.64
1,338
1,305
39.6
69,586
67,885
2,061
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
33.77
32.64
1,338
1,305
39.6
69,586
67,885
2,061
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First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
27.66
25.78
1,160
1,083
41.9
60,296
56,304
2,180
Fire fighters
22.75
21.83
991
950
43.5
51,512
49,400
2,264
Police officers
24.38
24.01
971
955
39.8
50,493
49,681
2,071
Police and sheriff's patrol officers
24.38
24.01
971
955
39.8
50,493
49,681
2,071
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
17.37
14.51
690
580
39.7
35,892
30,181
2,066
Security guards
17.37
14.51
690
580
39.7
35,892
30,181
2,066
Food preparation and serving related occupations
10.91
11.00
418
428
38.3
20,969
20,800
1,921
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers
17.98
17.50
766
719
42.6
38,581
36,400
2,146
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
17.96
17.50
766
719
42.6
38,567
36,400
2,147
Cooks
12.36
12.00
482
480
39.0
24,566
24,960
1,988
Cooks, institution and cafeteria
12.48
11.51
486
460
38.9
23,781
22,464
1,906
Cooks, restaurant
12.51
13.00
481
473
38.5
25,016
24,570
2,000
Food preparation workers
13.12
12.69
518
508
39.5
26,942
26,397
2,054
Food service, tipped
6.05
5.54
215
203
35.5
10,243
8,320
1,692
Fast food and counter workers
9.86
9.30
374
342
38.0
18,936
17,503
1,920
Dishwashers
8.44
8.00
328
320
38.8
17,053
16,640
2,020
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
13.80
12.84
547
509
39.6
27,862
25,896
2,018
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers
18.90
18.00
752
720
39.8
39,094
37,440
2,068
Building cleaning workers
13.64
12.76
540
498
39.6
28,104
25,896
2,060
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
14.57
13.50
575
534
39.4
29,883
27,789
2,051
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
9.16
7.61
358
305
39.1
18,635
15,835
2,035
Grounds maintenance workers
12.94
12.48
514
499
39.7
21,573
15,600
1,667
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
12.51
12.00
496
480
39.7
20,496
15,600
1,639
Personal care and service occupations
15.42
11.63
517
485
33.5
26,238
22,924
1,701
Sales and related occupations
26.74
22.50
1,062
867
39.7
54,986
45,001
2,056
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers
24.06
24.04
973
962
40.5
49,752
49,999
2,067
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
17.42
16.11
716
725
41.1
37,242
37,700
2,138
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
28.99
31.88
1,159
1,275
40.0
58,511
66,300
2,018
Retail sales workers
13.73
11.78
536
440
39.0
27,708
22,895
2,018
Cashiers, all workers
13.36
11.47
523
428
39.1
26,203
20,883
1,961
Cashiers
13.36
11.47
523
428
39.1
26,203
20,883
1,961
Retail salespersons
15.16
12.24
586
478
38.6
30,447
24,856
2,008
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
83.95
68.92
3,205
2,810
38.2
166,668
146,139
1,985
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
30.15
26.92
1,205
1,077
40.0
62,678
55,983
2,079
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
34.66
37.57
1,397
1,503
40.3
72,648
78,146
2,096
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
26.36
22.22
1,047
889
39.7
54,431
46,226
2,065
Office and administrative support occupations
18.31
17.50
708
666
38.7
36,764
34,632
2,008
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
26.10
25.84
1,011
1,034
38.7
52,581
53,747
2,014
Financial clerks
17.38
15.70
674
628
38.8
35,030
32,656
2,016
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
14.77
15.70
585
628
39.6
30,436
32,656
2,060
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
19.15
15.90
729
641
38.0
37,897
33,346
1,979
Brokerage clerks
18.09
17.64
695
676
38.4
36,161
35,163
1,999
Customer service representatives
19.34
16.67
741
633
38.3
38,518
32,924
1,991
Order clerks
16.58
17.79
652
712
39.3
33,921
36,999
2,045
Receptionists and information clerks
13.39
13.48
518
530
38.7
26,942
27,564
2,012
Dispatchers
17.83
16.96
713
678
40.0
37,088
35,277
2,080
Production, planning, and expediting clerks
19.85
19.40
765
776
38.6
39,792
40,352
2,005
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
18.46
18.41
733
736
39.7
38,103
38,293
2,064
Stock clerks and order fillers
16.05
13.63
635
545
39.5
33,001
28,355
2,056
Secretaries and administrative assistants
20.43
19.44
786
750
38.5
40,890
39,000
2,002
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
23.69
23.68
914
914
38.6
47,544
47,526
2,007
Medical secretaries
17.00
18.00
665
720
39.1
34,578
37,440
2,034
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
19.99
19.86
751
746
37.5
39,028
38,790
1,952
Data entry and information processing workers
15.35
14.00
582
560
37.9
30,011
29,120
1,955
Word processors and typists
17.09
18.15
619
681
36.2
31,461
35,391
1,841
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
16.39
16.44
636
638
38.8
33,089
33,197
2,019
Office clerks, general
18.77
19.00
720
738
38.4
37,438
38,357
1,994
Construction and extraction occupations
25.62
24.70
1,024
988
40.0
52,465
51,376
2,048
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
33.22
36.43
1,329
1,457
40.0
69,096
75,774
2,080
Carpenters
25.96
20.35
1,038
814
40.0
54,001
42,328
2,080
Construction laborers
27.77
25.10
1,111
1,004
40.0
55,510
52,208
1,999
Construction equipment operators
29.86
26.32
1,194
1,053
40.0
60,962
54,748
2,042
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
30.91
28.50
1,237
1,140
40.0
63,023
59,280
2,039
Electricians
24.32
23.00
973
920
40.0
50,585
47,840
2,080
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
27.17
28.42
1,084
1,137
39.9
56,389
59,114
2,076
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
27.17
28.42
1,084
1,137
39.9
56,389
59,114
2,076
Helpers, construction trades
17.67
15.16
707
606
40.0
32,470
31,533
1,837
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
23.06
22.10
924
884
40.1
47,806
45,968
2,073
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
28.96
27.00
1,158
1,080
40.0
60,240
56,160
2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers
19.50
19.53
779
781
40.0
40,515
40,622
2,078
Industrial machinery mechanics
21.31
20.60
853
824
40.0
44,334
42,848
2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general
18.71
17.98
747
719
39.9
38,858
37,398
2,077
Line installers and repairers
25.55
25.85
1,022
1,034
40.0
53,146
53,768
2,080
Electrical power-line installers and repairers
30.56
30.18
1,223
1,207
40.0
63,571
62,774
2,080
Production occupations
16.09
14.93
638
581
39.7
33,188
30,202
2,063
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
26.76
27.26
1,045
1,125
39.0
54,322
58,510
2,030
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers
15.38
14.45
615
578
40.0
31,984
30,056
2,080
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
16.35
16.50
654
660
40.0
34,007
34,328
2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators
15.05
15.91
579
616
38.5
30,094
32,032
2,000
Machinists
22.88
22.60
915
904
40.0
47,593
47,008
2,080
Printers
21.39
22.50
849
900
39.7
44,142
46,800
2,064
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
15.16
13.50
606
540
40.0
31,507
28,080
2,079
Miscellaneous production workers
13.34
12.25
533
490
40.0
27,727
25,480
2,079
Transportation and material moving occupations
15.36
14.88
598
570
38.9
30,974
29,120
2,017
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
17.92
19.58
724
768
40.4
37,655
39,936
2,101
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
19.48
19.81
797
792
40.9
41,406
41,205
2,125
Industrial truck and tractor operators
17.18
18.22
672
729
39.1
34,924
37,898
2,033
Laborers and material movers, hand
12.01
12.00
477
480
39.7
24,814
24,960
2,067
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
12.19
12.50
486
500
39.9
25,290
26,000
2,074
Packers and packagers, hand
10.37
11.55
410
462
39.5
21,320
24,016
2,055
1 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 anotherfirm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazardpay. 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.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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