Media Contact: Walter Marshall For release: Thursday, October 18, 2007 (617) 565-2324
HIGHLIGHTS OF PROVIDENCE-NEW BEDFORD-FALL RIVER, RI-MA NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY, JANUARY 2007
Workers in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River metropolitan area averaged $20.18 per hour during January 2007, 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 $34.54 for management, professional, and related workers and $21.00 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers. Production, transportation, and material moving workers averaged $14.81 an hour; sales and office workers, $14.50; and service workers, $12.56. [See table 1. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.]
In the Providence area, sales and office workers along with management, professional, and related workers made up the largest occupational groups with each accounting for 28 percent of the workforce. They were followed by service (25 percent) and production, transportation, and material moving workers (13 percent). Natural resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest group in the survey at six percent.
The NCS provides straight-time earnings for occupations in establishments employing with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. This NCS survey covered 264 establishments representing 532,600 workers in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River Metropolitan Statistical Area which is comprised of Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties in Rhode Island and Bristol County in Massachusetts. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal government were excluded from the survey.
In the Providence area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations. Within the management, professional, and related occupations, engineers averaged $39.16 per hour and registered nurses, $28.78. Secretaries and administrative assistants, part of the sales and office occupational group, earned $15.72. In the service occupations, building cleaning workers earned $14.06. (See table 2.)
The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics. Establishments in the Providence area with 1-99 workers averaged $15.63 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $18.62; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $29.40. Full-time workers averaged $21.88 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $11.15. (See table 1.)
The NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. In addition to the locality occupational earnings shown in this release, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs at the national and regional levels. Similarly, average employer costs for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and 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 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA National Compensation Survey January 2007 (Bulletin 3140-14). 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/ocs/compub.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, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007
Worker and establishment characteristics
Civilian workers
Private industry workers
State and local government workers
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative error (2) percent
Mean weekly hours (3)
Mean
Relative error (2) percent
Mean weekly hours (3)
Mean
Relative error (2) percent
Mean weekly hours (3)
All workers
$20.18
4.9
33.8
$18.92
5.9
33.8
$28.44
4.0
33.8
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related
34.54
5.0
35.9
33.86
6.6
37.4
36.71
5.2
32.0
Management, business, and financial
37.26
10.6
38.6
38.14
11.5
39.4
30.90
9.6
33.4
Professional and related
32.95
4.0
34.5
30.64
5.3
36.0
38.05
6.5
31.7
Service
12.56
3.9
30.6
11.27
3.2
30.2
20.78
3.4
34.1
Sales and office
14.50
4.6
32.8
14.06
5.2
32.5
19.01
5.7
36.8
Sales and related
13.15
10.3
29.1
13.15
10.3
29.1
–
–
–
Office and administrative support
15.29
2.9
35.5
14.67
3.0
35.3
19.01
5.7
36.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
21.00
4.7
38.7
21.05
4.8
38.7
–
–
–
Construction and extraction
21.17
4.2
38.0
21.27
4.3
38.0
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair
20.73
7.9
39.7
20.73
7.9
39.7
–
–
–
Production, transportation, and material moving
14.81
5.3
35.4
14.61
5.4
35.2
–
–
–
Production
15.02
8.6
37.5
15.02
8.6
37.5
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving
14.39
7.1
32.1
13.68
8.3
31.0
–
–
–
Full time
21.88
5.1
39.1
20.60
6.2
39.5
29.26
4.4
36.6
Part time
11.15
6.2
19.7
10.89
6.7
20.0
15.85
7.3
15.5
Union
24.50
5.7
34.0
18.45
10.9
31.2
28.94
4.4
36.3
Nonunion
19.10
6.1
33.7
18.97
6.3
34.1
24.97
10.0
22.8
Time
20.00
5.0
33.7
18.66
6.0
33.7
28.44
4.0
33.8
Incentive
27.05
19.5
36.3
27.05
19.5
36.3
–
–
–
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing
-6
-6
-6
-
-
-
-6
-6
-6
Service providing
-6
-6
-6
18.93
7.4
33.0
-6
-6
-6
1-99 workers
15.63
6.0
32.4
15.28
6.3
32.2
–
–
–
100-499 workers
18.62
7.0
34.4
17.47
7.5
34.9
32.23
10.2
29.9
500 workers or more
29.40
7.4
35.5
30.01
10.6
36.3
28.26
4.5
34.0
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.
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, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007
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
$21.88
$17.30
$855
$692
39.1
$43,157
$35,880
1,972
Management occupations
40.15
31.95
1,610
1,222
40.1
83,743
63,554
2,086
Marketing and sales managers
65.99
51.66
2,633
2,066
39.9
136,914
107,453
2,075
Financial managers
47.67
33.65
1,884
1,346
39.5
97,969
70,000
2,055
Education administrators
32.40
30.56
1,226
1,222
37.8
63,741
63,554
1,967
Business and financial operations occupations
29.24
27.94
1,110
1,055
38.0
57,739
54,858
1,975
Computer and mathematical science occupations
35.49
33.36
1,370
1,334
38.6
71,264
69,378
2,008
Architecture and engineering occupations
28.10
25.02
1,112
1,001
39.6
57,803
52,050
2,057
Engineers
39.16
42.38
1,566
1,695
40.0
81,444
88,150
2,080
Engineering technicians, except drafters
23.14
23.59
911
916
39.4
47,348
47,628
2,046
Life, physical, and social science occupations
30.14
33.64
1,166
1,128
38.7
60,653
58,640
2,013
Community and social services occupations
24.06
23.31
921
874
38.3
47,360
45,456
1,968
Social workers
22.30
21.55
849
833
38.1
44,144
43,310
1,979
Education, training, and library occupations
46.67
49.09
1,566
1,632
33.6
57,193
60,165
1,226
Postsecondary teachers
68.53
80.92
2,551
2,990
37.2
91,219
95,680
1,331
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
47.33
50.10
1,569
1,662
33.1
57,258
61,041
1,210
Elementary and middle school teachers
45.37
47.21
1,510
1,629
33.3
55,120
60,138
1,215
Elementary school teachers, except special education
46.94
49.31
1,554
1,662
33.1
56,871
61,159
1,212
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
43.45
44.28
1,455
1,493
33.5
52,967
54,481
1,219
Secondary school teachers
49.97
50.66
1,638
1,672
32.8
59,644
61,192
1,194
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
51.71
53.24
1,691
1,810
32.7
61,502
66,243
1,189
Teacher assistants
16.01
16.97
500
509
31.2
18,092
18,324
1,130
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.
30.83
27.35
1,198
1,047
38.9
61,480
54,469
1,994
Registered nurses
28.78
28.56
1,111
1,093
38.6
57,112
55,965
1,985
Therapists
39.21
33.82
1,440
1,379
36.7
66,254
66,234
1,690
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
23.86
23.37
950
935
39.8
49,395
48,610
2,070
Healthcare support occupations
15.21
15.88
591
634
38.9
30,733
32,947
2,021
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
13.18
12.71
507
508
38.5
26,388
26,437
2,003
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
13.47
13.48
524
524
38.9
27,256
27,225
2,023
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations
17.33
17.70
680
694
39.2
35,351
36,075
2,039
Protective service occupations
19.72
21.40
775
809
39.3
40,282
42,051
2,042
Food preparation and serving related occupations
11.96
11.22
478
449
39.9
24,839
23,338
2,076
Cooks
14.54
13.75
579
550
39.8
30,128
28,600
2,072
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
14.08
12.67
561
507
39.8
29,173
26,349
2,072
Building cleaning workers
14.06
13.03
561
521
39.9
29,152
27,102
2,073
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
14.94
14.91
594
593
39.7
30,862
30,811
2,066
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
13.18
12.26
527
491
40.0
27,417
25,509
2,080
Personal care and service occupations
12.31
11.45
486
458
39.5
25,125
23,816
2,041
Sales and related occupations
15.51
12.75
615
500
39.7
31,648
25,480
2,040
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers
14.95
15.50
618
597
41.3
32,139
31,054
2,149
Retail sales workers
10.95
10.50
429
411
39.2
21,877
21,370
1,998
Cashiers, all workers
10.07
9.78
396
391
39.3
20,587
20,342
2,045
Cashiers
10.07
9.78
396
391
39.3
20,587
20,342
2,045
Retail salespersons
11.68
11.50
456
440
39.0
23,701
22,859
2,029
Office and administrative support occupations
15.65
14.63
611
577
39.0
31,747
30,001
2,028
Financial clerks
14.89
14.25
582
569
39.1
30,268
29,576
2,033
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
17.67
12.98
660
600
37.3
34,306
31,195
1,942
Customer service representatives
18.10
17.50
717
700
39.6
37,275
36,400
2,060
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
12.25
11.40
490
456
40.0
25,479
23,712
2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants
15.72
13.80
619
552
39.4
32,211
28,700
2,049
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
18.38
20.61
714
802
38.9
37,132
41,678
2,020
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
13.80
12.98
548
519
39.7
28,507
26,998
2,066
Office clerks, general
14.36
14.36
568
548
39.6
29,552
28,499
2,059
Construction and extraction occupations
21.38
18.50
861
740
40.3
44,795
38,480
2,095
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
29.36
29.50
1,174
1,180
40.0
61,065
61,360
2,080
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
29.36
29.50
1,174
1,180
40.0
61,065
61,360
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
20.73
17.84
824
714
39.7
41,700
36,400
2,011
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers
16.92
17.25
667
690
39.4
32,601
34,216
1,927
Line installers and repairers
28.66
31.31
1,146
1,252
40.0
59,605
65,119
2,080
Production occupations
15.20
13.41
602
536
39.6
31,303
27,889
2,059
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
23.18
23.80
892
952
38.5
46,392
49,500
2,001
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers
11.99
11.85
480
474
40.0
24,943
24,648
2,080
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
15.70
17.44
628
698
40.0
32,650
36,275
2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
11.57
11.12
463
445
40.0
24,070
23,123
2,080
Miscellaneous production workers
12.74
11.00
509
440
40.0
26,494
22,880
2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations
15.25
14.34
610
574
40.0
28,730
29,245
1,884
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
15.97
15.00
639
600
40.0
26,591
24,960
1,666
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
19.28
22.19
771
888
40.0
40,101
46,155
2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand
11.06
9.83
442
393
40.0
20,929
19,240
1,892
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
11.52
10.50
461
420
40.0
23,959
21,840
2,080
Packers and packagers, hand
9.75
9.53
390
381
40.0
14,632
17,264
1,501
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 another firm, 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 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.
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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