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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................

$6.38
6.45

$7.83
7.90

$10.60
10.87

$16.67
16.84

$24.02
23.40

White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................

7.16
7.54

8.29
8.88

12.30
13.06

19.56
20.18

25.28
25.28

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........

10.60
12.40
–
–
–
16.84
16.00
–
20.42
20.42
–
–
11.82
11.82

12.40
16.00
–
–
–
17.11
17.11
–
22.31
20.97
–
–
11.82
11.82

17.53
20.42
–
–
–
19.56
17.11
–
22.98
22.98
–
–
12.40
12.40

22.98
23.31
–
–
–
22.31
20.18
–
24.02
22.98
–
–
14.23
14.23

25.75
26.28
–
–
–
24.41
22.31
–
26.28
24.02
–
–
14.76
14.76

6.96
8.00
10.25
8.00

7.01
10.60
11.00
9.83

11.43
11.75
11.70
11.48

12.36
14.39
12.18
15.97

18.00
19.46
12.82
18.68

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................

12.25
12.25
12.14
10.22
15.95
14.36

15.42
15.95
12.14
10.22
17.76
14.36

18.03
22.58
17.11
12.60
25.28
16.56

26.61
29.92
18.23
16.35
32.11
22.72

42.64
78.00
20.48
24.04
80.24
32.54

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

6.23
9.44
15.06
5.87
6.46
5.63

6.60
10.36
15.55
6.25
6.46
6.23

9.97
18.40
17.85
10.60
7.37
6.56

15.55
29.08
29.78
10.60
7.85
6.60

29.08
45.65
31.93
11.68
16.88
8.05

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.16
7.67
6.50
8.07
7.85
7.73
7.54
7.78
6.67
5.75
7.46

7.77
7.96
6.83
8.07
8.29
7.77
7.59
8.92
7.09
6.15
7.50

8.74
10.55
8.00
8.07
9.88
7.77
16.54
9.83
8.28
6.15
8.74

10.93
12.36
10.87
8.38
10.00
10.10
16.54
10.93
9.08
7.25
10.89

14.57
12.36
10.87
11.59
12.00
12.50
16.54
11.49
9.08
7.92
17.44

Blue collar ...........................................................................

7.07

8.57

9.59

15.98

24.60

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Supervisors, production ........................................

9.29
13.11
9.62

9.48
13.11
15.26

11.89
15.73
15.85

17.98
18.85
17.50

22.87
22.87
20.00

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................

8.33
8.33
6.15

9.55
9.07
8.10

13.08
9.92
9.56

15.05
12.50
9.56

15.80
13.69
14.91

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................

8.00
7.92

8.68
8.16

13.99
9.52

31.35
10.94

37.71
13.99

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.00
7.00
5.15
5.34
6.29

6.91
7.00
5.30
5.34
8.35

8.01
7.18
7.03
5.56
8.57

8.57
9.67
8.25
7.17
8.57

20.01
12.30
11.05
8.01
21.95

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.25
6.45
6.00
2.19
2.13
2.13
5.58
6.21
5.37
5.75
4.05
5.35
5.35
5.92
5.25
6.00
5.15
5.48

$6.00
10.08
6.00
4.31
2.13
2.13
5.75
6.45
5.46
5.75
5.63
6.40
6.20
6.36
5.50
6.48
5.30
5.50

$7.08
12.02
6.45
5.95
2.51
2.19
6.45
6.83
5.63
5.94
5.71
6.87
6.50
7.45
5.64
7.45
5.42
6.00

$12.02
12.99
6.67
6.83
4.31
3.11
7.30
7.30
5.63
7.60
6.00
7.28
7.05
8.72
6.50
8.72
5.62
7.08

$12.99
18.58
7.29
8.08
6.21
6.21
10.09
8.00
5.75
10.09
6.49
8.81
7.83
9.27
6.50
9.27
7.08
7.25

Occupation3

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999
Private industry
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................

$6.04
6.00

$7.31
7.40

$9.55
9.55

$15.55
15.65

$24.20
23.15

White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................

6.79
7.16

7.90
7.93

11.48
12.11

17.11
17.11

25.28
25.28

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................

9.07
11.41
–
–
15.40
16.00
–
–
–

11.75
14.23
–
–
16.93
16.89
–
–
–

15.18
17.11
–
–
17.11
17.11
–
–
–

18.68
20.18
–
–
19.56
17.70
–
–
–

25.71
26.78
–
–
23.31
20.18
–
–
–

6.96
8.00
11.00

7.01
11.00
11.48

11.43
12.11
11.75

12.36
15.75
12.18

18.00
21.71
12.82

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................

12.31
12.14
12.14
10.22
20.63
14.14

17.11
18.00
12.14
10.22
25.28
15.67

24.00
25.28
17.11
12.60
25.28
18.03

32.11
32.69
18.23
16.35
42.64
26.61

47.50
80.24
20.48
24.04
80.24
34.13

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

6.23
9.44
15.06
5.87
6.46
5.63

6.60
10.36
15.55
6.25
6.46
6.23

9.97
18.40
17.85
10.60
7.37
6.56

15.55
29.08
29.78
10.60
7.85
6.60

29.08
45.65
31.93
11.68
16.88
8.05

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.09
7.07
5.25
7.50
7.73
7.54
6.62
6.67
5.75
7.46

7.46
7.50
6.80
8.21
7.77
7.59
7.78
7.09
6.15
7.46

8.21
7.93
7.50
9.88
7.77
16.54
8.92
8.28
6.15
8.74

10.50
11.00
8.32
10.00
10.10
16.54
10.10
9.08
7.25
8.74

15.32
14.21
8.32
12.00
12.50
16.54
11.49
9.08
7.92
14.42

Blue collar ...........................................................................

7.30

8.57

10.22

16.67

25.96

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Supervisors, production ........................................

9.32
13.11
9.62

9.55
13.11
15.26

12.00
15.73
15.85

18.79
18.85
17.50

23.26
22.87
20.00

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................

8.33
8.33
6.15

9.55
9.07
8.10

13.08
9.92
9.56

15.05
12.50
9.56

15.80
13.69
14.91

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................

8.10
7.92

9.23
8.16

13.99
9.52

31.35
10.94

37.71
13.99

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

5.60
7.00
5.15
5.34
6.29

7.00
7.00
5.30
5.34
8.35

8.35
7.18
7.03
5.56
8.57

8.57
9.67
8.25
7.17
8.57

20.01
12.30
11.05
8.01
21.95

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................

4.05
5.26
6.00
2.19

5.62
6.00
6.00
4.31

6.40
6.45
6.45
5.95

7.29
6.67
6.67
6.72

8.81
7.29
7.29
8.00

See footnotes at end of table.

27

Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$2.13
2.13
5.58
6.21
5.37
5.60
4.05
5.35
5.35
5.90
5.25
6.00
5.15
5.48

$2.13
2.13
5.75
6.45
5.46
5.75
5.63
6.40
6.20
6.36
5.50
6.36
5.20
5.50

$2.51
2.19
6.34
6.83
5.63
5.82
5.71
6.87
6.50
6.64
5.64
8.40
5.50
6.00

$4.31
3.11
7.30
7.30
5.63
6.50
6.00
7.41
7.05
8.72
6.50
8.72
5.62
7.08

$6.21
6.21
9.14
8.00
5.75
7.60
6.49
8.81
7.83
9.27
6.50
9.27
7.08
7.25

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.

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Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999
State and local
government
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................

$7.54
7.54

$9.81
9.81

$12.40
12.40

$20.97
20.97

$24.02
24.02

White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................

8.07
8.07

10.60
10.60

15.25
15.25

22.31
22.31

24.41
24.41

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Technical ......................................................................

11.82
12.40
–
–
–
20.42
20.42
–
–
11.82
11.82
–

15.25
20.13
–
–
–
22.31
20.97
–
–
11.82
11.82
–

22.04
22.31
–
–
–
22.98
22.98
–
–
12.40
12.40
–

23.31
24.02
–
–
–
24.02
22.98
–
–
13.32
13.32
–

26.28
26.28
–
–
–
26.28
24.02
–
–
14.76
14.76
–

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................

12.25
12.25
–

14.36
12.25
–

16.56
17.76
–

17.76
29.92
–

29.92
78.00
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................

7.67
7.86

8.07
8.92

9.13
12.09

10.93
12.36

12.36
12.36

Blue collar ...........................................................................

6.91

7.08

7.41

9.13

9.17

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................

–

–

–

–

–

Transportation and material moving ............................

–

–

–

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–

–

–

–

–

7.45
10.08
–
–
–
–
–

10.08
12.02
–
–
–
–
–

12.02
12.02
–
–
–
–
–

12.99
15.44
–
–
–
–
–

18.58
18.65
–
–
–
–
–

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................

$6.87
6.98

$8.10
8.25

$11.60
11.75

$17.11
17.11

$24.32
24.02

White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................

7.46
7.61

8.81
8.95

12.40
13.10

20.18
20.42

25.28
25.28

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........

11.00
12.40
–
–
–
16.84
16.00
–
20.42
20.42
–
–
11.82
11.82

12.40
16.00
–
–
–
17.11
16.89
–
22.31
20.97
–
–
11.82
11.82

17.70
20.71
–
–
–
19.23
17.11
–
22.98
22.98
–
–
12.40
12.40

22.98
23.31
–
–
–
22.31
20.18
–
24.02
22.98
–
–
14.23
14.23

25.71
26.28
–
–
–
24.41
22.31
–
26.28
24.02
–
–
14.76
14.76

7.01
9.38
10.25
8.00

7.01
10.60
11.00
10.60

11.43
11.83
11.70
13.10

12.36
14.75
12.11
15.97

13.70
19.46
12.82
18.68

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................

12.25
12.25
12.14
10.22
15.95
14.36

15.42
15.95
12.14
10.22
17.76
14.36

18.03
22.58
17.11
12.60
25.28
16.56

26.61
29.92
18.23
16.35
32.11
22.72

42.64
78.00
20.48
24.04
80.24
32.54

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

6.46
9.44
15.06
6.46
6.35

7.37
10.36
15.55
6.46
6.56

10.60
18.40
17.85
7.37
6.60

17.85
29.08
29.78
7.85
7.50

30.43
45.65
31.93
16.88
8.39

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.16
7.86
6.80
8.07
7.85
7.73
7.54
8.92
5.75
7.46

7.83
8.92
7.50
8.07
8.29
7.77
7.59
9.05
6.85
7.46

8.80
11.25
8.32
8.07
9.88
7.77
16.54
9.83
7.25
8.74

10.98
12.36
10.87
8.38
10.00
10.10
16.54
10.93
7.92
10.98

15.22
12.36
10.87
11.59
12.00
12.50
16.54
11.49
10.08
17.44

Blue collar ...........................................................................

7.41

8.57

9.74

16.67

25.96

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Supervisors, production ........................................

9.29
13.11
9.62

9.48
13.11
15.26

11.89
15.73
15.85

17.98
18.85
17.50

22.87
22.87
20.00

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............

8.33
8.33

9.55
9.07

13.08
9.92

15.05
12.50

15.80
13.69

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................

8.10
7.92

8.77
8.10

13.99
9.52

31.35
10.94

37.71
13.99

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.66
7.00
6.48
5.44
7.05

7.08
7.00
7.03
5.55
8.35

8.35
7.18
8.25
6.38
8.57

8.57
9.67
11.05
8.01
8.57

20.01
12.30
11.05
8.01
21.95

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................

5.63
6.45

6.45
10.08

7.93
12.02

12.02
12.99

15.44
18.58

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$6.00
3.50
2.51
5.63
6.30
5.63
6.20
5.75
6.02
6.36
5.20

$6.00
5.63
2.51
6.00
6.64
5.69
6.50
6.40
6.48
6.48
5.36

$6.45
6.45
4.31
6.64
7.00
5.95
7.07
6.87
8.16
8.40
5.62

$6.67
7.30
6.21
7.93
7.85
6.11
7.41
7.14
8.72
8.72
5.62

$7.29
10.09
6.21
15.76
8.00
6.49
8.81
7.83
9.27
9.27
7.08

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Amarillo, TX, June 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................

$3.50
2.19

$5.35
5.34

$6.19
6.04

$7.36
7.45

$13.24
13.50

White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................

5.97
6.15

6.25
6.79

7.07
9.23

11.68
17.00

19.56
29.24

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................

6.79
10.58
13.50
–
–
–

9.83
13.50
16.93
–
–
–

17.32
19.56
19.56
–
–
–

19.56
29.24
19.56
–
–
–

35.00
35.00
29.24
–
–
–

5.92
–

5.92
–

9.07
–

16.00
–

18.00
–

Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

5.63
5.97
5.79
5.25

5.97
5.97
6.38
5.63

6.38
6.42
6.38
6.23

7.00
10.51
6.68
6.23

10.51
11.68
6.69
6.38

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................

6.15
6.97
6.67

6.40
7.07
6.67

7.07
8.50
7.00

9.23
9.23
8.28

10.89
9.23
8.63

Blue collar ...........................................................................

5.15

5.34

6.04

7.36

8.04

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................

–

–

–

–

–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........

–

–

–

–

–

Transportation and material moving ............................

–

–

–

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................

5.15
5.15

5.34
5.15

6.04
5.40

7.02
7.36

8.04
7.36

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................

2.13
–
2.13
2.13
2.13
4.05
3.59
–
5.50
5.50
5.15

3.59
–
2.13
2.13
2.13
5.63
4.05
–
5.90
5.90
5.15

5.40
–
5.15
2.13
2.13
5.75
5.35
–
6.64
6.64
5.40

6.00
–
5.82
2.19
2.19
6.05
6.00
–
7.33
6.64
5.50

6.75
–
6.25
2.38
2.38
6.50
6.05
–
7.35
7.35
6.00

1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.

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