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Austin–Round Rock, TX National Compensation Survey May 2007 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner September 2007 Bulletin 3140–09 Preface D Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file containing the published table formats. Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691–5200; Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339. ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private establishments and government agencies that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the survey for publication. For additional information regarding this survey, please contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables: 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics.................................................................................................. 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers ................................................................................................................... 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles................................................................................... 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................... 9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments for major occupational groups...................................................................................................... 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................. 18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers by major occupational group ........................................................................................................ 3 4 8 11 12 16 18 20 21 23 24 27 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 Appendixes: A. Technical Note............................................................................................................................... Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................ Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................ B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................ v A–1 A–5 A–6 B–1 Introduction T About the tables The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households). Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment. Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the work levels by combining them into broader groups within major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers. Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and part-time workers. Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar data for State and local government workers. Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Austin–Round Rock, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Data were collected between March 2007 and July 2007; the average reference month is May 2007. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications. Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having different work schedules. NCS products The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation measures employers’ average hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. Changes to the publications The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on earlier changes. The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that reflects the new area definition. In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments that are out of scope for NCS. 1 high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions within the private sector. Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of responding and nonresponding establishments. mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data for full-time employees in private establishments with fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with 100 workers or more. Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time and incentive workers in all and private establishments by 2 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Civilian workers Worker and establishment characteristics Private industry workers Hourly earnings Mean Relative error2 (percent) $19.93 3.5 Management, professional, and related ........... Management, business, and financial .......... Professional and related ............................... Service .............................................................. Sales and office ................................................ Sales and related .......................................... Office and administrative support ................. Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ................................................... Construction and extraction ......................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ Production, transportation, and material moving ............................................................ Production .................................................... Transportation and material moving ............. 32.42 34.33 31.52 10.27 15.92 18.43 14.62 State and local government workers Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 36.5 $19.05 4.2 3.2 4.6 3.7 9.8 9.4 22.2 2.4 38.5 40.7 37.5 33.6 35.6 33.7 36.6 35.07 35.99 34.63 8.94 15.92 18.43 14.28 17.13 17.00 17.16 3.4 10.0 5.0 40.9 40.4 41.0 11.49 12.75 9.70 4.9 5.3 4.4 Full time ............................................................ Part time ........................................................... 21.34 9.58 Union ................................................................ Nonunion .......................................................... Time .................................................................. Incentive ........................................................... Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 36.2 $23.54 4.6 37.8 4.1 5.9 4.9 7.6 10.9 22.2 2.9 39.5 41.1 38.8 32.6 35.1 33.7 36.0 27.94 31.50 26.26 17.47 15.94 – 15.94 5.1 8.7 4.6 20.6 4.5 – 4.5 36.8 40.0 35.5 39.9 39.1 – 39.1 17.17 17.25 17.15 3.6 10.3 5.2 40.9 40.5 41.1 – – – – – – – – – 35.3 38.8 31.3 11.39 12.60 9.67 5.0 5.4 4.4 35.3 38.7 31.3 – – – – – – – – – 3.7 3.7 40.0 22.4 20.67 9.02 4.6 3.0 40.0 22.9 23.79 17.46 4.8 15.5 39.9 16.7 25.22 19.86 9.8 3.5 40.0 36.5 22.67 19.01 2.1 4.2 40.0 36.2 – 23.36 – 4.6 – 37.7 19.10 34.03 3.3 10.2 36.4 39.6 17.93 34.03 3.7 10.2 36.0 39.6 23.54 – 4.6 – 37.8 – Goods producing .............................................. Service providing .............................................. (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 25.37 17.55 1.7 4.5 40.1 35.4 (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers ..................................................... 100-499 workers ............................................... 500 workers or more ......................................... 15.93 19.98 25.13 7.8 8.7 3.7 36.6 35.2 37.5 15.92 20.30 25.42 8.0 9.3 6.2 36.6 34.8 37.3 16.64 16.52 24.83 15.6 16.0 4.3 35.2 40.0 37.7 All workers .......................................................... Worker characteristics4,5 Establishment characteristics 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. 3 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $19.93 3.5 $21.34 3.7 $9.58 3.7 Management occupations ................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Financial managers .......................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Engineering managers ..................................................... 43.38 29.09 31.11 33.41 62.99 48.42 53.26 92.57 9.3 8.9 10.1 8.5 12.6 17.0 18.8 6.0 43.38 29.09 31.11 33.41 62.99 48.42 53.26 92.57 9.3 8.9 10.1 8.5 12.6 17.0 18.8 6.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Management analysts ...................................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ Financial analysts ......................................................... 25.96 19.71 24.46 25.93 28.87 24.41 3.1 7.1 8.7 6.4 10.3 9.9 25.96 19.71 24.46 25.93 28.87 24.41 3.1 7.1 8.7 6.4 10.3 9.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – 25.28 27.35 25.93 26.62 25.56 25.98 5.7 5.8 8.9 6.3 11.9 10.0 25.28 27.35 25.93 26.62 25.56 25.98 5.7 5.8 8.9 6.3 11.9 10.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Computer software engineers .......................................... Computer software engineers, applications ................. Computer software engineers, systems software ......... Computer support specialists ........................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. Network and computer systems administrators ................ 35.85 29.45 29.62 41.66 43.39 53.26 42.39 45.02 41.48 23.86 37.51 31.79 4.9 6.8 3.0 5.5 .9 1.5 3.2 1.4 3.7 23.1 10.9 13.4 35.56 29.45 29.62 41.66 43.39 52.59 42.39 45.02 41.48 23.86 37.51 31.79 5.4 6.8 3.0 5.5 .9 1.2 3.2 1.4 3.7 23.1 10.9 13.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 12 ............................................................ Engineers ......................................................................... Level 12 ............................................................ Computer hardware engineers ..................................... Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 30.19 38.37 51.14 41.69 51.14 49.32 32.65 23.38 24.15 13.7 20.8 10.9 7.7 10.9 13.2 14.7 11.5 12.9 30.19 38.37 51.14 41.69 51.14 49.32 32.65 23.38 24.15 13.7 20.8 10.9 7.7 10.9 13.2 14.7 11.5 12.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 21.98 9.4 24.84 9.8 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Level 9 ............................................................. Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 17.96 24.84 15.76 8.8 9.7 20.3 17.96 24.84 15.76 8.8 9.7 20.3 – – – – – – Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 43.44 53.62 25.25 5.6 15.5 3.2 43.76 53.62 25.25 5.1 15.5 3.2 – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... 27.10 23.22 29.40 28.57 37.77 19.28 4.3 14.9 2.9 5.7 3.2 17.2 28.89 24.97 29.08 29.45 45.14 – 4.4 12.8 2.2 4.2 5.7 – 15.82 – – – – – 11.7 – – – – – 27.93 4.5 28.49 3.5 – – See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers –Continued Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 8 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $29.37 30.06 29.41 29.28 3.0 .6 2.3 3.2 $29.04 30.06 29.06 28.74 2.2 .6 1.6 2.2 – – – – – – – – 28.93 1.9 28.93 1.9 – – 30.20 30.43 15.76 15.38 3.9 4.1 10.3 16.6 29.28 30.43 – – 1.4 4.1 – – – – – – – – – – 23.71 11.5 23.71 11.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 8 ............................................................. Therapists ......................................................................... Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 31.93 18.28 27.12 27.22 34.69 25.59 27.46 28.58 17.9 2.5 12.6 3.6 14.0 2.3 2.8 5.8 32.90 18.28 27.27 – – 25.28 – – 19.7 2.5 13.0 – – 2.5 – – $24.73 – – – – 26.58 – – 2.2 – – – – 2.2 – – 15.43 17.94 5.7 1.4 – 17.94 – 1.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Level 2 ............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 9.76 7.72 8.51 7.93 7.65 11.09 16.18 11.5 4.0 14.7 4.9 4.2 5.3 6.2 11.32 9.72 – 9.02 9.69 11.09 – 16.5 3.7 – 10.1 3.7 5.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 16.28 10.98 10.98 26.3 1.1 1.1 16.40 – – 26.8 – – – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Level 2 ............................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... 7.58 6.93 6.55 8.66 11.21 9.45 7.79 3.34 4.30 2.96 8.75 6.2 4.4 14.5 20.9 2.1 3.2 1.3 2.9 10.3 9.7 11.1 7.98 7.21 6.46 – – 10.07 – 3.21 – – – 11.8 12.4 24.6 – – 5.2 – 21.4 – – – 6.66 6.29 6.71 – – – – – – – 7.56 8.84 12.3 – – – – 9.48 7.70 8.96 8.59 7.70 8.96 8.9 5.0 7.4 6.1 5.0 7.4 9.74 7.77 8.99 8.70 7.77 8.99 9.7 6.2 7.5 6.0 6.2 7.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.66 9.14 12.57 5.9 4.3 1.8 8.62 – – 6.6 – – – – – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 2 ............................................................. Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... See footnotes at end of table. 5 8.8 13.6 5.0 – – – – – – – 8.4 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Personal care and service occupations ........................... Level 3 ............................................................. $10.32 10.16 5.0 10.4 $11.34 – 5.0 – $8.14 – 8.5 – Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 18.43 8.15 8.86 13.68 16.11 32.83 10.98 7.99 8.92 14.15 8.83 8.40 9.29 8.83 8.40 9.29 12.97 12.43 25.43 22.2 2.5 11.8 7.4 15.1 24.4 6.0 3.7 13.7 7.4 4.4 4.3 14.7 4.4 4.3 14.7 18.8 9.6 40.5 21.36 8.33 – 14.45 – 32.83 12.06 8.33 – 15.19 8.72 – – 8.72 – – – 13.76 – 23.2 2.9 – 5.7 – 24.4 6.5 2.9 – 6.7 4.5 – – 4.5 – – – 8.5 – 8.62 7.97 8.93 – – – 8.28 7.62 – – 9.07 8.29 – 9.07 8.29 – – – – 7.4 4.0 6.3 – – – 6.0 3.7 – – 3.5 4.8 – 3.5 4.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Data entry and information processing workers ............... Data entry keyers ......................................................... Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. 14.62 9.21 10.40 11.26 14.44 15.51 18.78 20.56 14.37 2.4 5.6 4.9 2.9 4.6 2.6 3.5 2.7 8.7 15.17 – 10.64 11.49 14.47 15.55 18.78 20.56 15.24 2.5 – 5.2 2.9 4.6 2.9 3.5 2.7 6.8 10.52 9.17 9.71 9.68 – – – – – 5.9 5.7 4.2 4.6 – – – – – 22.20 14.64 9.89 15.16 18.84 14.51 15.07 18.34 12.65 11.15 11.54 10.46 18.53 17.68 16.15 18.21 21.80 19.48 17.88 22.09 18.02 11.50 11.36 13.13 11.75 12.19 15.64 9.0 5.2 5.4 3.2 5.8 5.1 4.4 7.9 8.0 3.5 4.6 6.2 3.6 2.9 7.1 4.8 1.8 4.7 4.9 3.4 3.1 3.3 4.5 5.5 6.9 5.2 12.5 22.21 15.05 10.32 15.20 18.84 14.45 15.08 18.34 – 11.16 – 11.22 18.53 17.68 16.15 18.21 21.80 19.48 17.88 22.09 18.02 – – 13.26 – 12.20 15.64 9.0 4.8 3.0 3.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 7.9 – 3.6 – 8.1 3.6 2.9 7.1 4.8 1.8 4.7 4.9 3.4 3.1 – – 5.5 – 5.3 12.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Level 2 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. 17.00 10.55 23.82 10.0 10.2 2.0 17.00 10.55 23.82 10.0 10.2 2.0 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 6 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... $17.16 15.82 21.91 15.45 15.23 5.0 3.2 5.0 8.4 9.9 $17.16 15.82 21.91 15.45 15.23 5.0 3.2 5.0 8.4 9.9 – – – – – – – – – – 17.52 6.7 17.52 6.7 – – Production occupations .................................................... Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.75 9.42 12.07 12.47 16.52 5.3 10.6 6.2 5.5 5.8 12.98 9.47 12.66 12.47 16.52 5.3 11.2 4.6 5.5 5.8 – – – – – – – – – – 12.03 12.03 11.57 10.99 7.8 7.8 7.1 6.2 – – 11.57 – – – 7.1 – – – – – – – – – 9.70 8.15 8.53 15.13 9.05 9.72 9.64 8.13 4.4 4.8 13.7 17.8 10.7 11.0 9.4 6.1 10.44 8.98 – – – – 10.15 8.77 6.6 8.7 – – – – 11.7 12.1 $8.22 7.32 – – – – 8.57 7.50 10.8 1.6 – – – – 7.5 .6 11.12 8.56 7.43 15.6 9.5 1.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Level 1 ............................................................. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 7 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $19.05 4.2 $20.67 4.6 $9.02 3.0 Management occupations ................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Financial managers .......................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... 43.62 29.47 74.87 48.14 54.11 10.6 13.0 16.3 20.8 23.3 43.62 29.47 74.87 48.14 54.11 10.6 13.0 16.3 20.8 23.3 – – – – – – – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ Financial analysts ......................................................... 27.80 28.19 27.28 28.87 24.41 4.6 6.2 7.1 10.3 9.9 27.80 28.19 27.28 28.87 24.41 4.6 6.2 7.1 10.3 9.9 – – – – – – – – – – 28.37 25.56 25.98 5.6 11.9 10.0 28.37 25.56 25.98 5.6 11.9 10.0 – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Computer software engineers .......................................... Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 39.95 31.75 41.24 43.39 52.59 42.16 41.48 4.1 4.2 6.8 .9 1.2 3.7 3.7 39.95 31.75 41.24 43.39 52.59 42.16 41.48 4.1 4.2 6.8 .9 1.2 3.7 3.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 12 ............................................................ Engineers ......................................................................... Level 12 ............................................................ Computer hardware engineers ..................................... Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 30.12 38.37 56.21 41.83 56.21 49.32 23.70 24.15 14.8 20.8 7.1 8.8 7.1 13.2 11.8 12.9 30.12 38.37 56.21 41.83 56.21 49.32 23.70 24.15 14.8 20.8 7.1 8.8 7.1 13.2 11.8 12.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Legal occupations .............................................................. Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 45.18 25.26 6.6 3.2 45.58 25.26 5.9 3.2 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 7 ............................................................. 23.57 20.52 20.0 7.0 22.99 20.52 19.0 7.0 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 24.40 12.2 24.40 12.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 8 ............................................................. Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. 35.71 18.28 28.57 27.22 42.08 26.40 27.46 19.5 2.5 11.5 3.6 5.8 1.4 2.8 37.93 18.28 – – – – – 21.2 2.5 – – – – – 24.73 – – – – 26.58 – 2.2 – – – – 2.2 – 16.08 8.2 – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 9.52 7.45 11.13 16.18 10.98 10.98 14.1 3.0 .4 6.2 1.1 1.1 11.44 8.57 – – – – 21.1 12.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... 7.40 6.93 6.51 8.66 9.13 6.0 4.4 14.6 20.9 2.1 7.75 7.21 6.39 – 9.74 11.5 12.4 24.9 – 2.8 6.66 6.29 6.71 – – See footnotes at end of table. 8 8.8 13.6 5.0 – – Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $3.34 4.30 2.96 8.75 2.9 10.3 9.7 11.1 $3.21 – – – 21.4 – – – – – – $7.56 – – – 8.4 8.84 12.3 – – – – 9.12 7.70 8.79 8.40 7.70 8.79 10.4 5.0 9.8 6.8 5.0 9.8 9.36 7.77 8.77 8.49 7.77 8.77 12.0 6.2 11.1 7.1 6.2 11.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.39 6.9 8.30 8.0 – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... 10.04 5.7 – – 8.14 8.5 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 18.43 8.15 8.86 13.68 16.11 32.83 10.98 7.99 8.92 14.15 8.83 8.40 9.29 8.83 8.40 9.29 12.97 12.43 25.43 22.2 2.5 11.8 7.4 15.1 24.4 6.0 3.7 13.7 7.4 4.4 4.3 14.7 4.4 4.3 14.7 18.8 9.6 40.5 21.36 8.33 – 14.45 – 32.83 12.06 8.33 – 15.19 8.72 – – 8.72 – – – 13.76 – 23.2 2.9 – 5.7 – 24.4 6.5 2.9 – 6.7 4.5 – – 4.5 – – – 8.5 – 8.62 7.97 8.93 – – – 8.28 7.62 – – 9.07 8.29 – 9.07 8.29 – – – – 7.4 4.0 6.3 – – – 6.0 3.7 – – 3.5 4.8 – 3.5 4.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Data entry and information processing workers ............... Data entry keyers ......................................................... Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 2 ............................................................. 14.28 9.21 10.36 11.15 14.70 15.43 18.86 20.27 13.42 2.9 5.6 5.1 3.3 5.1 4.2 4.0 3.0 7.5 14.90 – 10.61 11.42 14.66 15.49 18.86 20.27 14.26 3.1 – 5.6 3.5 5.2 4.9 4.0 3.0 5.1 10.49 9.17 9.71 9.68 – – – – – 6.1 5.7 4.2 4.6 – – – – – 22.20 14.34 9.89 15.48 13.88 12.65 11.15 11.54 10.46 18.37 19.59 18.54 11.50 11.36 13.75 11.75 9.0 6.2 5.4 3.0 6.4 8.0 3.5 4.6 6.2 5.2 7.7 3.8 3.3 4.5 7.5 6.9 22.21 14.80 10.32 15.66 13.69 – 11.16 – 11.22 18.37 19.59 18.54 – – 14.01 – 9.0 5.9 3.0 4.5 7.4 – 3.6 – 8.1 5.2 7.7 3.8 – – 7.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Food service, tipped ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... See footnotes at end of table. 9 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Level 7 ............................................................. $17.25 23.79 10.3 2.1 $17.25 23.79 10.3 2.1 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 17.15 16.19 21.48 15.45 15.23 5.2 2.8 4.9 8.4 9.9 17.15 16.19 21.48 15.45 15.23 5.2 2.8 4.9 8.4 9.9 – – – – – – – – – – Production occupations .................................................... Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.60 9.42 12.07 12.47 16.52 5.4 10.6 6.2 5.5 5.8 12.82 9.47 12.66 12.47 16.52 5.5 11.2 4.6 5.5 5.8 – – – – – – – – – – 12.03 12.03 11.57 10.99 7.8 7.8 7.1 6.2 – – 11.57 – – – 7.1 – – – – – – – – – 9.67 8.15 15.13 9.05 9.72 9.64 8.13 4.4 4.8 17.8 10.7 11.0 9.4 6.1 10.41 8.98 – – – 10.15 8.77 6.6 8.7 – – – 11.7 12.1 $8.22 7.32 – – – 8.57 7.50 10.8 1.6 – – – 7.5 .6 11.12 8.56 7.43 15.6 9.5 1.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Level 1 ............................................................. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 10 Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $23.54 4.6 $23.79 4.8 $17.46 15.5 Management occupations ................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... 42.88 42.00 17.8 6.8 42.88 42.00 17.8 6.8 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Level 9 ............................................................. 23.37 25.19 5.7 9.4 23.37 25.19 5.7 9.4 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 28.14 11.4 26.98 12.6 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 18.93 13.1 – – – – Community and social services occupations .................. 19.25 6.0 19.25 6.0 – – Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ 31.98 31.79 1.3 .9 31.98 31.79 1.3 .9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 8 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ 27.63 25.27 28.66 28.57 39.37 4.3 19.4 1.7 5.7 1.8 29.76 – 28.66 29.45 48.53 4.4 – 1.7 4.2 5.0 14.13 – – – – 9.1 – – – – 28.28 28.66 30.06 28.92 28.36 3.5 1.7 .6 1.5 2.2 29.20 28.66 30.06 28.92 28.36 2.1 1.7 .6 1.5 2.2 – – – – – – – – – – 28.96 1.9 28.96 1.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 22.70 12.7 22.70 12.7 – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.96 15.8 10.96 15.8 – – Protective service occupations ......................................... 25.77 11.0 25.77 11.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 5 ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Office clerks, general ........................................................ 15.94 13.20 15.64 18.51 15.99 15.99 18.74 16.91 19.42 12.14 4.5 6.6 1.4 7.1 9.4 9.4 5.1 3.0 6.2 3.8 16.05 13.48 15.64 18.51 15.99 15.99 18.74 16.91 19.42 12.14 4.2 6.0 1.4 7.1 9.4 9.4 5.1 3.0 6.2 3.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 11 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $19.93 3.5 $21.34 3.7 $9.58 3.7 Management occupations ................................................. Group III ............................................................ Financial managers .......................................................... Engineering managers ..................................................... 43.38 31.39 48.42 92.57 9.3 6.3 17.0 6.0 43.38 – 48.42 92.57 9.3 – 17.0 6.0 – – – – – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Group III ............................................................ Management analysts ...................................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. Group III ............................................................ Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ Financial analysts ......................................................... 25.96 23.36 28.03 3.1 8.1 4.2 25.96 – – 3.1 – – – – – – – – 25.28 27.44 25.93 26.62 26.62 25.56 25.98 5.7 5.5 8.9 6.3 6.3 11.9 10.0 25.28 – 25.93 26.62 26.62 25.56 25.98 5.7 – 8.9 6.3 6.3 11.9 10.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Group IV ........................................................... Computer software engineers .......................................... Group III ............................................................ Computer software engineers, applications ................. Computer software engineers, systems software ......... Group III ............................................................ Computer support specialists ........................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. Group III ............................................................ Network and computer systems administrators ................ 35.85 20.64 36.23 55.98 42.39 41.05 45.02 41.48 40.01 23.86 37.51 34.38 31.79 4.9 10.6 4.3 4.4 3.2 4.4 1.4 3.7 5.5 23.1 10.9 8.0 13.4 35.56 – – – 42.39 – 45.02 41.48 40.01 23.86 37.51 34.38 31.79 5.4 – – – 3.2 – 1.4 3.7 5.5 23.1 10.9 8.0 13.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Engineers ......................................................................... Group III ............................................................ Computer hardware engineers ..................................... Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... Group II ............................................................. Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 30.19 19.78 43.67 41.69 43.33 49.32 32.65 23.38 19.37 24.15 13.7 4.6 9.9 7.7 8.0 13.2 14.7 11.5 4.1 12.9 30.19 – – 41.69 – 49.32 32.65 23.38 – 24.15 13.7 – – 7.7 – 13.2 14.7 11.5 – 12.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... Group III ............................................................ 21.98 24.84 9.4 9.8 24.84 – 9.8 – – – – – Community and social services occupations .................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 17.96 15.48 23.43 15.76 8.8 12.1 9.6 20.3 17.96 – – 15.76 8.8 – – 20.3 – – – – – – – – Legal occupations .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Lawyers ............................................................................ Group III ............................................................ Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ Group II ............................................................. 43.44 22.41 34.73 53.62 35.35 25.25 22.48 5.6 4.8 3.4 15.5 4.4 3.2 5.3 43.76 – – 53.62 35.35 25.25 22.48 5.1 – – 15.5 4.4 3.2 5.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Group III ............................................................ Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 27.10 24.18 35.37 37.77 48.53 19.28 4.3 5.5 5.2 3.2 5.0 17.2 28.89 – – 45.14 – – 4.4 – – 5.7 – – 15.82 – – – – – 11.7 – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 12 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Group II ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Group II ............................................................. Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Group II ............................................................. Secondary school teachers .......................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Group II ............................................................. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $27.93 28.29 30.06 29.41 29.33 4.5 4.8 .6 2.3 3.5 $28.49 – – 29.06 – 3.5 – – 1.6 – – – – – – – – – – – 28.93 28.71 1.9 2.6 28.93 28.71 1.9 2.6 – – – – 30.20 30.20 30.43 15.76 15.76 3.9 5.3 4.1 10.3 10.3 29.28 – 30.43 – – 1.4 – 4.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.71 18.88 33.52 11.5 4.9 13.8 23.71 – – 11.5 – – – – – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Registered nurses ............................................................ Group II ............................................................. Therapists ......................................................................... Group III ............................................................ Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... Group II ............................................................. 31.93 23.91 46.65 25.59 26.15 28.58 30.19 17.9 9.7 28.3 2.3 2.8 5.8 6.7 32.90 – – 25.28 – – – 19.7 – – 2.5 – – – $24.73 – – 26.58 – – – 2.2 – – 2.2 – – – 15.43 17.94 17.94 5.7 1.4 1.4 – 17.94 17.94 – 1.4 1.4 – – – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Group I .............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Group I .............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Group I .............................................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ Group I .............................................................. 9.76 8.58 7.93 7.93 11.09 11.09 16.18 14.81 11.5 5.8 4.9 4.9 5.3 5.3 6.2 8.1 11.32 – 9.02 – 11.09 11.09 – – 16.5 – 10.1 – 5.4 5.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Group I .............................................................. Security guards ............................................................. Group I .............................................................. 16.28 10.78 19.04 10.98 10.68 10.98 10.68 26.3 1.6 20.6 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 16.40 – – – – – 10.78 26.8 – – – – – .8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Group I .............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Group I .............................................................. Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Group I .............................................................. Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Group I .............................................................. 7.58 7.54 9.45 9.45 3.34 3.36 2.96 2.96 8.75 8.75 6.2 6.1 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.9 9.7 9.7 11.1 11.1 7.98 – 10.07 – 3.21 – – – – – 11.8 – 5.2 – 21.4 – – – – – 6.66 – – – – – – – 7.56 – 8.8 – – – – – – – 8.4 – 8.84 8.84 12.3 12.3 – – – – – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. 9.48 8.9 9.74 9.7 – – See footnotes at end of table. 13 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $8.96 8.59 8.41 7.4 6.1 6.2 – $8.70 – – 6.0 – – – – – – – 8.66 8.41 12.57 5.9 5.4 1.8 8.62 8.33 – 6.6 6.0 – – – – – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Group I .............................................................. 10.32 10.11 5.0 5.9 11.34 – 5.0 – $8.14 – 8.5 – Sales and related occupations .......................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Retail sales workers ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Group I .............................................................. Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 18.43 10.91 37.51 10.98 10.47 8.83 8.83 8.83 8.83 12.97 12.43 12.57 25.43 22.2 7.8 33.0 6.0 8.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 18.8 9.6 10.6 40.5 21.36 – – 12.06 – 8.72 – 8.72 8.72 – 13.76 14.24 – 23.2 – – 6.5 – 4.5 – 4.5 4.5 – 8.5 8.5 – 8.62 – – 8.28 – 9.07 – 9.07 9.07 – – – – 7.4 – – 6.0 – 3.5 – 3.5 3.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Group I .............................................................. Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Group I .............................................................. Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Group I .............................................................. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Group II ............................................................. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Data entry and information processing workers ............... Group I .............................................................. Data entry keyers ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. 14.62 12.22 18.02 2.4 3.2 2.8 15.17 – – 2.5 – – 10.52 – – 5.9 – – 22.20 14.64 11.01 16.53 14.51 9.08 16.06 12.65 12.62 11.15 11.15 10.46 10.46 18.53 17.09 18.94 19.48 19.49 18.02 16.92 19.41 11.50 11.50 11.36 11.36 13.13 11.93 16.53 9.0 5.2 13.4 4.1 5.1 11.6 4.9 8.0 8.3 3.5 3.5 6.2 6.2 3.6 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.9 3.1 5.0 2.6 3.3 3.3 4.5 4.5 5.5 3.1 10.7 22.21 15.05 – – 14.45 9.08 16.25 – – 11.16 11.16 11.22 11.22 18.53 – – 19.48 19.49 18.02 16.92 19.41 – – – – 13.26 12.03 16.53 9.0 4.8 – – 5.7 11.6 5.7 – – 3.6 3.6 8.1 8.1 3.6 – – 4.7 4.9 3.1 5.0 2.6 – – – – 5.5 2.8 10.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. 17.00 11.41 21.44 10.0 4.4 10.9 17.00 – – 10.0 – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 17.16 5.0 17.16 5.0 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations –Continued Group I .............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Group I .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Group I .............................................................. Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... See footnotes at end of table. 14 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Production occupations .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... Group I .............................................................. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Group I .............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Group I .............................................................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Group I .............................................................. Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Group I .............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Group I .............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Group I .............................................................. Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $14.21 19.62 15.45 15.23 3.8 5.0 8.4 9.9 – – $15.45 15.23 – – 8.4 9.9 – – – – – – – – 17.52 17.52 6.7 6.7 17.52 – 6.7 – – – – – 12.75 11.05 18.16 5.3 6.9 2.9 12.98 – – 5.3 – – – – – – – – 12.03 10.79 12.03 10.79 11.57 10.99 7.8 9.5 7.8 9.5 7.1 6.2 – – – – 11.57 – – – – – 7.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.70 9.46 9.05 8.91 9.72 9.72 9.64 9.74 4.4 5.0 10.7 12.4 11.0 11.0 9.4 10.2 10.44 – – – – – 10.15 – 6.6 – – – – – 11.7 – $8.22 – – – – – 8.57 – 10.8 – – – – – 7.5 – 11.12 11.86 8.56 8.56 15.6 17.3 9.5 9.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 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. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 15 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $7.64 $10.34 $15.08 $24.34 $35.17 Management occupations ................................................. Financial managers .......................................................... Engineering managers ..................................................... 21.35 25.41 30.23 25.26 37.14 35.10 31.66 50.24 65.57 48.52 53.31 79.33 86.00 91.82 359.77 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ Financial analysts ......................................................... 18.59 20.80 25.26 29.62 33.86 19.35 19.50 20.42 17.14 18.67 21.37 21.98 22.85 19.21 21.64 25.31 25.13 26.23 27.89 27.93 28.73 30.29 30.26 29.62 27.93 31.95 32.69 32.69 35.82 32.69 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Computer software engineers .......................................... Computer software engineers, applications ................. Computer software engineers, systems software ......... Computer support specialists ........................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. Network and computer systems administrators ................ 19.71 31.19 31.74 30.30 14.24 24.53 24.04 27.85 34.21 42.77 32.59 15.06 29.35 24.04 35.17 43.95 45.24 39.42 17.55 35.36 30.93 44.00 47.59 47.59 45.00 32.84 46.15 37.98 50.48 56.61 54.12 56.61 40.45 52.96 43.36 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... Computer hardware engineers ..................................... Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 13.95 24.00 31.63 24.00 15.20 15.60 18.03 32.35 34.95 24.00 17.58 17.82 24.00 38.20 41.53 34.28 19.56 19.56 38.27 44.76 50.33 41.70 23.78 24.50 48.77 55.52 112.50 42.20 30.50 30.50 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 13.85 18.64 21.15 24.34 27.28 Community and social services occupations .................. Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ................................................................... 9.95 14.85 17.67 20.38 23.86 7.00 9.04 15.89 21.25 22.49 Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 21.44 29.37 17.88 27.74 30.11 21.44 32.33 47.12 25.82 55.87 95.60 32.33 95.60 95.60 32.33 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 11.97 14.56 14.56 20.07 16.41 14.56 26.66 40.05 15.48 32.35 51.07 17.43 39.67 57.06 31.67 23.51 25.12 25.59 26.00 27.60 28.00 31.90 31.92 35.37 35.33 24.96 25.85 27.74 30.81 34.72 25.43 25.80 8.00 26.00 27.01 11.25 28.40 29.54 14.58 33.08 33.75 19.50 35.82 36.42 22.96 14.97 16.96 20.01 25.37 38.40 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 16.83 22.59 22.40 20.15 22.62 26.46 24.98 24.72 26.46 33.50 28.00 30.55 48.50 30.52 35.50 12.13 16.83 12.63 16.83 14.50 17.51 17.48 18.63 20.54 20.00 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 6.08 6.08 8.90 12.44 6.73 6.25 10.00 15.00 8.00 7.00 10.70 15.50 11.85 9.15 12.30 17.74 15.50 10.83 13.41 21.00 Protective service occupations ......................................... Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 9.79 9.00 9.00 11.00 10.00 10.00 11.94 11.00 11.00 22.61 11.94 11.94 29.96 12.00 12.00 See footnotes at end of table. 16 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $2.24 7.15 2.13 2.13 5.25 $5.75 7.78 2.18 2.18 7.50 $8.42 9.79 2.24 2.24 8.74 $9.79 10.30 3.50 2.33 9.81 $11.42 12.00 7.85 6.50 11.30 5.25 7.60 8.91 9.81 11.53 Occupation2 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 7.38 6.75 7.50 7.50 8.50 8.00 11.18 9.42 13.34 11.08 6.50 11.00 7.69 12.00 8.28 12.43 9.50 13.65 10.60 14.13 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 6.50 9.00 10.55 11.00 13.54 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 7.00 6.75 7.39 7.39 6.50 6.75 9.50 8.00 7.46 7.75 7.75 7.00 7.25 10.43 10.68 8.43 8.25 8.25 9.33 8.43 12.64 20.50 12.00 9.00 9.00 19.43 17.95 62.50 36.75 19.43 12.00 12.00 21.51 20.76 62.50 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Data entry and information processing workers ............... Data entry keyers ......................................................... Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.84 11.25 14.00 17.60 20.67 14.27 9.32 9.50 10.01 9.00 8.59 13.00 15.39 14.96 8.75 8.60 9.84 15.66 12.69 12.85 10.30 10.00 8.75 16.53 17.19 16.83 10.43 10.43 10.66 20.67 15.00 15.00 11.86 10.39 10.00 18.38 19.00 18.38 11.61 10.43 12.68 30.79 17.00 16.83 13.46 12.02 11.50 21.06 22.32 19.49 12.87 13.22 14.42 31.11 19.64 19.12 18.25 14.42 13.87 23.42 24.60 21.50 14.25 14.25 19.54 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.00 11.50 15.00 23.70 25.83 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... 12.00 11.25 11.25 13.20 12.50 12.50 16.50 14.40 13.20 18.16 18.00 14.40 24.51 22.39 22.39 13.31 16.94 16.94 18.09 20.00 Production occupations .................................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.50 10.00 12.38 14.67 19.14 8.75 8.75 9.75 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.25 10.00 10.79 10.79 12.38 10.00 14.00 14.00 12.38 12.00 15.81 15.81 12.38 12.75 6.50 5.15 6.50 7.00 7.50 6.50 8.00 7.50 8.59 9.00 11.00 8.42 11.00 11.25 11.36 10.84 13.00 12.01 12.01 13.00 7.33 7.00 8.25 7.28 9.07 7.54 12.08 10.84 20.78 10.84 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 17 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $7.46 $9.79 $13.98 $21.88 $34.68 Management occupations ................................................. Financial managers .......................................................... 20.77 24.37 25.16 27.08 30.00 41.29 50.52 53.31 85.57 91.82 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ Financial analysts ......................................................... 18.96 22.87 27.89 31.52 35.82 24.18 17.14 18.67 25.26 19.21 21.64 28.73 27.89 27.93 31.95 29.62 27.93 32.61 35.82 32.69 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Computer software engineers .......................................... Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 27.40 30.46 30.30 32.59 32.59 32.59 37.95 43.95 39.42 45.11 47.59 45.00 53.81 56.61 56.61 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... Computer hardware engineers ..................................... Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 13.25 24.00 31.63 15.26 15.60 18.00 31.63 34.95 17.74 17.82 24.00 37.60 41.53 19.56 19.56 37.60 46.82 50.33 23.78 24.50 48.77 57.72 112.50 31.13 30.50 Legal occupations .............................................................. Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 21.44 17.88 26.44 21.44 32.33 25.82 55.87 32.33 95.60 32.33 Education, training, and library occupations .................. 11.15 14.58 20.07 32.01 33.75 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 16.24 17.71 20.01 26.03 38.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. 16.83 22.62 21.24 22.62 28.00 26.74 35.75 29.24 48.50 31.53 12.25 13.26 15.90 19.62 22.29 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 6.08 6.08 10.00 12.44 9.00 9.00 6.63 6.08 10.32 15.00 10.00 10.00 7.11 6.73 10.70 15.50 11.00 11.00 11.76 7.55 11.85 17.74 11.94 11.94 17.00 10.25 12.80 21.00 12.00 12.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... 2.24 7.15 2.13 2.13 5.25 5.15 7.64 2.18 2.18 7.50 8.10 9.00 2.24 2.24 8.74 9.79 9.79 3.50 2.33 9.81 10.99 12.00 7.85 6.50 11.30 5.25 7.60 8.91 9.81 11.53 6.75 6.50 7.50 7.50 8.00 7.69 10.60 8.50 13.24 11.09 6.50 7.69 8.00 8.50 10.32 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 6.50 8.85 10.55 11.00 12.00 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 7.00 6.75 7.39 7.39 6.50 6.75 9.50 8.00 7.46 7.75 7.75 7.00 7.25 10.43 10.68 8.43 8.25 8.25 9.33 8.43 12.64 20.50 12.00 9.00 9.00 19.43 17.95 62.50 36.75 19.43 12.00 12.00 21.51 20.76 62.50 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 9.13 10.43 13.49 17.00 20.40 14.27 9.00 7.50 15.66 11.00 11.00 20.67 15.00 14.47 30.79 16.83 15.25 31.11 19.12 19.08 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... See footnotes at end of table. 18 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Data entry and information processing workers ............... Data entry keyers ......................................................... Office clerks, general ........................................................ $10.01 9.00 8.59 12.34 13.00 16.35 8.75 8.60 9.50 $10.30 10.00 8.75 16.83 18.00 16.83 10.43 10.43 11.00 $11.86 10.39 10.00 18.38 19.00 18.38 11.61 10.43 13.00 $13.46 12.02 11.50 21.00 22.50 20.60 12.87 13.22 16.00 $18.25 14.42 13.87 23.16 24.60 21.65 14.25 14.25 20.41 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.00 11.00 15.55 23.75 25.83 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 12.00 11.25 11.25 13.20 12.50 12.50 16.50 14.40 13.20 18.16 18.00 14.40 23.00 22.39 22.39 Production occupations .................................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.50 10.00 12.25 14.26 19.00 8.75 8.75 9.75 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.25 10.00 10.79 10.79 12.38 10.00 14.00 14.00 12.38 12.00 15.81 15.81 12.38 12.75 6.50 5.15 6.50 7.00 7.50 6.50 8.00 7.50 8.59 9.00 11.00 8.42 11.00 11.25 11.36 10.84 13.00 12.01 12.01 13.00 7.33 7.00 8.25 7.28 9.07 7.54 12.08 10.84 20.78 10.84 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 19 Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $11.36 $14.94 $21.42 $28.21 $36.74 Management occupations ................................................. 24.14 28.26 35.82 45.11 102.89 Business and financial operations occupations ............. 18.08 19.85 22.67 26.07 30.06 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 15.29 19.71 26.51 31.66 43.36 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 13.15 14.36 18.75 23.59 24.77 Community and social services occupations .................. 14.18 15.89 18.24 20.74 23.76 Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ 26.59 27.05 29.56 29.68 31.45 31.68 33.87 33.87 36.96 36.47 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ 11.97 14.56 21.81 15.48 26.80 42.61 32.41 51.47 40.47 59.96 24.57 25.20 25.66 25.85 27.59 27.59 31.21 31.18 35.39 35.15 25.02 25.94 27.59 31.18 35.22 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 15.45 18.20 23.56 26.46 30.55 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 8.00 8.37 9.00 12.18 13.99 Protective service occupations ......................................... 16.46 21.10 25.40 29.96 34.98 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.97 11.71 11.71 15.33 15.39 9.86 12.47 13.24 13.24 16.27 16.48 10.66 15.41 15.58 15.58 18.17 18.97 12.01 18.67 17.77 17.77 21.07 21.82 13.60 22.19 22.24 22.24 23.52 24.35 15.14 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 20 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $8.50 $11.53 $16.83 $25.83 $36.82 Management occupations ................................................. Financial managers .......................................................... Engineering managers ..................................................... 21.35 25.41 30.23 25.26 37.14 35.10 31.66 50.24 65.57 48.52 53.31 79.33 86.00 91.82 359.77 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ Financial analysts ......................................................... 18.59 20.80 25.26 29.62 33.86 19.35 19.50 20.42 17.14 18.67 21.37 21.98 22.85 19.21 21.64 25.31 25.13 26.23 27.89 27.93 28.73 30.29 30.26 29.62 27.93 31.95 32.69 32.69 35.82 32.69 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Computer software engineers .......................................... Computer software engineers, applications ................. Computer software engineers, systems software ......... Computer support specialists ........................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. Network and computer systems administrators ................ 19.71 31.19 31.74 30.30 14.24 24.53 24.04 27.46 34.21 42.77 32.59 15.06 29.35 24.04 35.17 43.95 45.24 39.42 17.55 35.36 30.93 43.75 47.59 47.59 45.00 32.84 46.15 37.98 50.42 56.61 54.12 56.61 40.45 52.96 43.36 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... Computer hardware engineers ..................................... Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 13.95 24.00 31.63 24.00 15.20 15.60 18.03 32.35 34.95 24.00 17.58 17.82 24.00 38.20 41.53 34.28 19.56 19.56 38.27 44.76 50.33 41.70 23.78 24.50 48.77 55.52 112.50 42.20 30.50 30.50 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 20.56 20.56 24.16 26.50 27.28 Community and social services occupations .................. Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ................................................................... 9.95 14.85 17.67 20.38 23.86 7.00 9.04 15.89 21.25 22.49 Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................ 21.44 29.37 17.88 27.88 30.11 21.44 32.33 47.12 25.82 55.87 95.60 32.33 95.60 95.60 32.33 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... 14.87 29.09 24.63 32.60 27.59 46.16 33.08 52.89 40.47 61.73 24.60 25.12 25.80 26.00 27.93 27.93 32.01 31.55 35.22 34.74 24.96 25.85 27.74 30.81 34.72 25.43 25.80 26.00 27.01 28.05 29.54 32.59 33.75 34.82 36.42 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 14.97 16.96 20.01 25.37 38.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 16.83 22.62 16.83 19.93 22.62 16.83 24.86 24.28 17.51 35.00 26.74 18.63 48.50 30.10 20.00 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 7.00 7.00 8.90 7.97 7.14 10.00 9.44 8.75 10.70 14.57 10.00 12.31 17.09 12.15 13.41 Protective service occupations ......................................... 10.00 11.00 11.94 22.76 29.96 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.24 7.75 2.24 6.50 9.00 2.24 8.74 9.79 2.24 10.14 11.50 3.50 11.80 12.43 6.50 See footnotes at end of table. 21 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $6.75 6.50 $7.69 7.50 $8.85 8.28 $12.00 9.42 $13.65 11.40 6.50 7.69 8.28 9.16 10.88 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 10.32 10.55 11.00 12.00 14.54 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.39 7.00 7.39 7.39 .00 8.10 7.64 7.64 7.64 7.46 13.70 8.50 8.10 8.10 11.20 23.46 17.95 8.50 8.50 17.95 45.98 21.51 12.04 12.04 23.46 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.00 12.00 14.50 18.25 20.95 14.27 10.00 9.00 9.00 8.75 13.00 15.39 14.96 9.84 15.66 13.32 11.90 10.00 8.75 16.53 17.19 16.83 10.66 20.67 15.00 14.42 10.39 11.30 18.38 19.00 18.38 12.68 30.79 17.28 17.00 12.02 13.20 21.06 22.32 19.49 14.69 31.11 20.40 19.25 14.42 13.87 23.42 24.60 21.50 19.54 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.00 11.50 15.00 23.70 25.83 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... 12.00 11.25 11.25 13.20 12.50 12.50 16.50 14.40 13.20 18.16 18.00 14.40 24.51 22.39 22.39 13.31 16.94 16.94 18.09 20.00 Production occupations .................................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 7.50 9.75 10.00 10.25 12.39 12.38 15.00 12.38 19.72 12.38 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.50 7.50 8.00 7.54 10.68 9.00 11.68 10.84 13.00 14.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 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 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 22 Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Part-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $6.08 $6.75 $8.43 $10.19 $15.00 Education, training, and library occupations .................. 8.75 9.63 14.56 18.67 21.70 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ 14.38 22.01 21.91 23.81 25.01 27.82 28.14 29.11 30.52 30.52 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 2.13 5.15 5.15 6.00 7.50 7.83 8.50 8.91 9.25 9.40 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.85 6.50 8.30 9.50 10.22 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... 6.50 6.50 6.63 6.63 7.00 6.75 8.00 8.00 8.02 8.00 8.50 8.50 9.80 8.75 9.79 9.79 11.00 10.20 11.20 11.20 Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.46 8.76 10.00 10.71 15.00 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 5.15 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.21 7.50 8.59 8.59 11.50 11.00 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 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 23 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $660 40.0 $43,604 $34,726 2,044 1,793 1,937 3,704 1,363 2,010 2,623 41.3 40.0 40.0 91,941 100,716 192,601 73,002 104,499 136,384 2,119 2,080 2,080 25.26 1,042 1,010 40.2 54,124 52,401 2,085 25.28 25.93 26.62 25.56 25.98 25.31 25.13 26.23 27.89 27.93 1,011 1,037 1,065 1,020 1,039 1,012 1,005 1,049 1,115 1,117 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 52,582 53,938 55,372 53,053 54,047 52,643 52,277 54,558 58,001 58,094 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,076 2,080 35.56 42.39 35.17 43.95 1,429 1,703 1,407 1,750 40.2 40.2 74,296 88,564 73,147 91,000 2,089 2,089 45.02 45.24 1,833 1,807 40.7 95,317 93,976 2,117 41.48 23.86 37.51 39.42 17.55 35.36 1,659 979 1,501 1,577 702 1,415 40.0 41.0 40.0 86,271 50,898 78,027 82,000 36,500 73,555 2,080 2,133 2,080 31.79 30.93 1,271 1,237 40.0 66,113 64,326 2,080 30.19 41.69 49.32 24.00 38.20 41.53 1,223 1,716 2,014 1,038 1,569 1,734 40.5 41.2 40.8 63,617 89,227 104,711 53,997 81,596 90,147 2,107 2,140 2,123 32.65 34.28 1,400 1,371 42.9 72,789 71,294 2,229 23.38 19.56 935 782 40.0 48,638 40,687 2,080 24.15 19.56 966 782 40.0 50,230 40,687 2,080 24.84 24.16 946 955 38.1 49,213 49,651 1,981 17.96 17.67 716 707 39.9 36,228 36,749 2,017 15.76 15.89 628 636 39.8 32,647 33,051 2,071 43.76 53.62 25.25 32.33 47.12 25.82 1,905 2,449 1,010 1,411 2,235 1,033 43.5 45.7 40.0 99,049 127,367 52,514 73,351 116,214 53,706 2,263 2,375 2,080 28.89 45.14 27.59 46.16 1,147 1,796 1,093 1,841 39.7 39.8 45,836 72,655 42,376 72,185 1,586 1,610 28.49 27.93 1,129 1,104 39.6 42,831 41,514 1,503 29.06 27.93 1,155 1,104 39.7 43,243 41,514 1,488 28.93 27.74 1,149 1,103 39.7 43,026 41,455 1,487 29.28 30.43 28.05 29.54 1,164 1,203 1,104 1,155 39.8 39.5 43,615 44,877 41,888 43,269 1,490 1,475 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $21.34 $16.83 $853 Management occupations ................... Financial managers ............................ Engineering managers ....................... 43.38 48.42 92.57 31.66 50.24 65.57 25.96 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Management analysts ........................ Accountants and auditors ................... Financial analysts and advisors .......... Financial analysts ........................... Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... Computer software engineers ............ Computer software engineers, applications ............................... Computer software engineers, systems software ...................... Computer support specialists ............. Computer systems analysts ............... Network and computer systems administrators ............................... Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Engineers ........................................... Computer hardware engineers ....... Electrical and electronics engineers .................................. Engineering technicians, except drafters ......................................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ............ Life, physical, and social science occupations .................................... Community and social services occupations .................................... Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ......................... Legal occupations ................................ Lawyers .............................................. Paralegals and legal assistants .......... Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Postsecondary teachers ..................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ...... Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Secondary school teachers ............ Annual earnings5 See footnotes at end of table. 24 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................. Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .......................... Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $800 40.3 $49,695 $41,617 2,096 1,269 976 989 958 38.6 38.6 64,996 50,744 50,047 49,801 1,975 2,008 17.51 718 700 40.0 37,325 36,421 2,080 11.32 9.44 439 398 38.8 22,656 20,800 2,002 Mean Median Mean Median $23.71 $20.01 $956 32.90 25.28 24.86 24.28 17.94 Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ................................. 9.02 8.75 361 350 40.0 18,763 18,200 2,080 11.09 10.70 443 428 40.0 23,057 22,256 2,080 Protective service occupations ........... 16.40 11.94 656 477 40.0 34,109 24,827 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Cooks ................................................. Food service, tipped ........................... 7.98 10.07 3.21 8.74 9.79 2.24 288 391 107 312 392 73 36.1 38.8 33.4 14,927 20,108 5,577 16,120 20,367 3,777 1,871 1,998 1,737 9.74 8.70 8.85 8.28 392 348 348 331 40.2 40.0 20,364 18,085 18,117 17,224 2,091 2,078 8.62 8.28 344 331 39.9 17,912 17,224 2,077 Personal care and service occupations .................................... 11.34 11.00 439 440 38.7 22,215 22,516 1,958 Sales and related occupations ............ Retail sales workers ........................... Cashiers, all workers ...................... Cashiers ..................................... Retail salespersons ........................ 21.36 12.06 8.72 8.72 13.76 13.70 8.50 8.10 8.10 11.20 862 492 343 343 578 548 332 324 324 392 40.4 40.8 39.3 39.3 42.0 44,824 25,600 17,820 17,820 30,047 28,496 17,264 16,848 16,848 20,399 2,098 2,123 2,043 2,043 2,184 15.17 14.50 602 566 39.7 31,180 29,349 2,056 22.21 15.05 20.67 15.00 875 591 827 577 39.4 39.3 45,519 30,747 42,985 29,994 2,050 2,043 14.45 11.16 11.22 14.42 10.39 11.30 573 446 449 579 415 452 39.7 40.0 40.0 29,812 23,215 23,337 30,098 21,601 23,504 2,063 2,080 2,080 18.53 18.38 741 735 40.0 37,866 38,222 2,043 19.48 19.00 779 760 40.0 40,037 38,488 2,055 18.02 13.26 18.38 12.68 721 529 735 507 40.0 39.9 36,361 27,323 38,222 26,370 2,017 2,061 17.00 15.00 688 582 40.4 35,764 30,285 2,103 17.16 16.50 704 660 41.0 36,610 34,320 2,133 15.45 14.40 655 648 42.4 34,050 33,696 2,204 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Office and administrative support occupations .................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ......................................... Financial clerks ................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Receptionists and information clerks .. Stock clerks and order fillers .............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .......... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... Construction and extraction occupations .................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... Automotive technicians and repairers ....................................... See footnotes at end of table. 25 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Automotive service technicians and mechanics ................................ Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ......................................... Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $563 42.6 $33,729 $29,250 2,215 694 677 39.6 36,062 35,229 2,058 Mean Median Mean Median $15.23 $13.20 $649 17.52 16.94 Production occupations ...................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ..................................... 12.98 12.39 515 495 39.7 26,790 25,746 2,064 11.57 12.38 463 495 40.0 24,056 25,746 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Laborers and material movers, hand .. 10.44 10.15 10.68 9.00 415 406 420 360 39.7 40.0 20,785 20,223 21,112 18,512 1,990 1,992 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. See appendix B for more information. 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 26 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $600 40.0 $42,856 $31,200 2,074 1,831 1,926 1,230 1,652 42.0 40.0 95,225 100,136 63,948 85,881 2,183 2,080 27.89 1,119 1,115 40.3 58,209 58,001 2,094 28.37 25.56 25.98 28.73 27.89 27.93 1,135 1,020 1,039 1,149 1,115 1,117 40.0 39.9 40.0 59,015 53,053 54,047 59,767 58,001 58,094 2,080 2,076 2,080 39.95 42.16 37.95 43.95 1,609 1,695 1,540 1,738 40.3 40.2 83,665 88,146 80,059 90,388 2,094 2,091 41.48 39.42 1,659 1,577 40.0 86,271 82,000 2,080 30.12 41.83 49.32 24.00 37.60 41.53 1,222 1,728 2,014 1,038 1,528 1,734 40.6 41.3 40.8 63,548 89,871 104,711 53,997 79,456 90,147 2,110 2,149 2,123 23.70 19.56 948 782 40.0 49,286 40,687 2,080 24.15 19.56 966 782 40.0 50,230 40,687 2,080 Legal occupations ................................ Paralegals and legal assistants .......... 45.58 25.26 32.33 25.82 2,011 1,010 1,656 1,033 44.1 40.0 104,590 52,531 86,100 53,706 2,294 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations .................................... 22.99 20.07 920 803 40.0 40,993 42,455 1,783 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................. 24.40 20.01 984 800 40.3 51,185 41,617 2,098 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... 37.93 28.94 1,440 1,151 38.0 74,899 59,867 1,975 11.44 10.00 440 412 38.4 22,873 21,424 1,999 8.57 7.64 343 306 40.0 17,836 15,891 2,080 7.75 9.74 3.21 8.55 9.79 2.24 278 378 107 306 392 73 35.9 38.8 33.4 14,479 19,662 5,577 15,912 20,367 3,777 1,869 2,018 1,737 9.36 8.49 8.28 7.69 377 339 331 308 40.3 39.9 19,612 17,633 17,224 15,995 2,094 2,077 8.30 7.69 331 308 39.9 17,222 15,995 2,076 Sales and related occupations ............ Retail sales workers ........................... Cashiers, all workers ...................... Cashiers ..................................... Retail salespersons ........................ 21.36 12.06 8.72 8.72 13.76 13.70 8.50 8.10 8.10 11.20 862 492 343 343 578 548 332 324 324 392 40.4 40.8 39.3 39.3 42.0 44,824 25,600 17,820 17,820 30,047 28,496 17,264 16,848 16,848 20,399 2,098 2,123 2,043 2,043 2,184 Office and administrative support occupations .................................... 14.90 14.17 590 559 39.6 30,648 29,083 2,056 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $20.67 $15.20 $826 Management occupations ................... Financial managers ............................ 43.62 48.14 30.00 41.29 27.80 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Financial analysts and advisors .......... Financial analysts ........................... Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... Computer software engineers ............ Computer software engineers, systems software ...................... Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Engineers ........................................... Computer hardware engineers ....... Engineering technicians, except drafters ......................................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ............ Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Cooks ................................................. Food service, tipped ........................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... See footnotes at end of table. 27 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ......................................... Financial clerks ................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Receptionists and information clerks .. Stock clerks and order fillers .............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .......... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... Construction and extraction occupations .................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... Automotive technicians and repairers ....................................... Automotive service technicians and mechanics ................................ Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $827 563 39.4 39.1 $45,519 30,106 $42,985 29,250 2,050 2,034 541 446 449 559 415 452 39.5 40.0 40.0 28,140 23,215 23,337 29,078 21,601 23,504 2,055 2,080 2,080 18.38 735 735 40.0 37,755 38,222 2,056 19.59 19.00 784 760 40.0 39,435 37,452 2,013 18.54 14.01 18.38 13.00 742 558 735 512 40.0 39.8 38,569 29,019 38,222 26,628 2,080 2,071 17.25 15.55 698 622 40.5 36,317 32,344 2,105 17.15 16.50 705 660 41.1 36,635 34,320 2,136 15.45 14.40 655 648 42.4 34,050 33,696 2,204 15.23 13.20 649 563 42.6 33,729 29,250 2,215 Mean Median Mean Median $22.21 14.80 $20.67 15.00 $875 579 13.69 11.16 11.22 13.98 10.39 11.30 18.37 Production occupations ...................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ..................................... 12.82 12.38 509 495 39.7 26,465 25,746 2,064 11.57 12.38 463 495 40.0 24,056 25,746 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Laborers and material movers, hand .. 10.41 10.15 10.50 9.00 416 406 420 360 39.9 40.0 21,014 20,223 21,798 18,512 2,018 1,992 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. See appendix B for more information. 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 28 Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $875 39.9 $46,172 $41,517 1,941 1,715 1,433 40.0 85,587 75,504 1,996 22.67 935 907 40.0 48,419 47,143 2,072 26.98 25.96 1,079 1,038 40.0 56,126 54,001 2,080 Community and social services occupations .................................... 19.25 18.24 768 730 39.9 39,170 38,029 2,035 Legal occupations ................................ Lawyers .............................................. 31.98 31.79 31.45 31.68 1,279 1,271 1,258 1,267 40.0 40.0 66,519 66,113 65,408 65,892 2,080 2,080 29.76 48.53 27.63 49.52 1,181 1,929 1,098 1,981 39.7 39.7 46,460 75,372 42,340 74,392 1,561 1,553 29.20 27.81 1,156 1,103 39.6 43,328 41,340 1,484 28.92 27.59 1,148 1,095 39.7 43,101 41,261 1,490 28.96 27.59 1,149 1,097 39.7 43,080 41,261 1,488 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... 22.70 23.56 904 942 39.8 44,891 48,140 1,977 Healthcare support occupations ......... 10.96 9.00 436 360 39.8 22,055 18,720 2,013 Protective service occupations ........... 25.77 25.40 1,031 1,016 40.0 53,609 52,832 2,080 16.05 15.99 15.46 15.58 642 640 618 623 40.0 40.0 32,951 33,269 32,001 32,400 2,053 2,080 15.99 15.58 640 623 40.0 33,269 32,400 2,080 18.74 18.17 749 727 40.0 38,000 36,779 2,028 19.42 12.14 18.97 12.01 777 485 759 480 40.0 40.0 40,393 24,834 39,466 22,175 2,080 2,046 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $23.79 $21.86 $949 Management occupations ................... 42.88 35.82 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... 23.37 Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Postsecondary teachers ..................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ...... Office and administrative support occupations .................................... Financial clerks ................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .......... Office clerks, general .......................... 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. See appendix B for more information. 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 29 Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Occupational group2 Total 1-99 workers 100-499 workers 500 workers or more All workers .................................................................... $19.05 $15.92 $20.30 $25.42 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 35.07 35.99 34.63 8.94 15.92 18.43 14.28 17.17 17.25 17.15 11.39 12.60 9.67 30.64 28.32 31.58 9.12 14.65 15.37 13.95 16.59 18.47 16.27 10.97 12.84 8.54 43.03 47.14 41.36 9.12 16.04 22.04 13.10 16.17 – – 11.58 12.11 10.84 33.85 35.50 32.89 7.91 19.63 32.45 16.35 26.62 – – – – – Relative error3 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 4.2 8.0 9.3 6.2 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 4.1 5.9 4.9 7.6 10.9 22.2 2.9 3.6 10.3 5.2 5.0 5.4 4.4 11.4 8.7 14.6 11.1 9.9 17.6 4.8 3.7 5.7 4.0 11.6 16.5 5.5 8.1 18.5 7.2 7.8 21.5 43.5 4.8 12.0 – – 3.7 5.3 9.4 4.4 7.5 6.3 4.1 15.4 41.5 6.4 10.7 – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 30 Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $563 40.1 $35,543 $29,250 2,081 1,221 1,132 43.5 63,498 58,872 2,262 17.79 1,098 712 41.1 57,105 36,999 2,136 7.18 8.42 256 306 35.7 13,317 15,891 1,855 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ........................................................ 9.21 7.50 368 300 40.0 19,151 15,600 2,080 Sales and related occupations ................................ Retail sales workers ............................................... Retail salespersons ............................................ 16.91 12.19 14.02 11.20 8.50 11.20 691 505 598 462 332 462 40.8 41.4 42.7 35,907 26,281 31,094 24,018 17,264 24,018 2,124 2,155 2,218 Office and administrative support occupations .... Financial clerks ....................................................... Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. Office clerks, general .............................................. 14.43 14.57 16.03 12.69 14.20 15.00 16.83 12.68 567 558 641 508 562 563 673 507 39.3 38.3 40.0 40.0 29,486 29,033 33,345 26,396 29,203 29,250 35,000 26,370 2,044 1,993 2,080 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations ............. 18.47 20.16 739 806 40.0 38,417 41,933 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $17.08 $14.40 $685 Management occupations ....................................... 28.07 27.33 Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 26.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........................................................ Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................................ Automotive technicians and repairers .................... Automotive service technicians and mechanics .................................................... 16.27 15.45 15.82 14.40 671 655 648 648 41.2 42.4 34,907 34,050 33,696 33,696 2,145 2,204 15.23 13.20 649 563 42.6 33,729 29,250 2,215 Production occupations .......................................... 12.84 13.03 517 521 40.3 26,868 27,104 2,093 Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 9.37 8.61 8.90 7.54 375 344 356 302 40.0 40.0 18,492 16,485 17,680 15,681 1,974 1,915 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. See appendix B for more information. 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 31 Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $683 39.8 $51,266 $35,619 2,065 2,217 1,926 1,745 1,652 41.0 40.0 115,291 100,136 90,730 85,881 2,133 2,080 26.75 1,112 1,077 40.3 57,806 55,994 2,096 28.74 22.64 25.98 28.73 20.75 27.93 1,150 903 1,039 1,149 830 1,117 40.0 39.9 40.0 59,782 46,944 54,047 59,767 43,150 58,094 2,080 2,074 2,080 41.33 41.26 42.06 43.95 1,668 1,661 1,731 1,738 40.4 40.2 86,734 86,357 90,002 90,388 2,098 2,093 40.16 39.42 1,606 1,577 40.0 83,531 82,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations ........... Engineers ............................................................... Engineering technicians, except drafters ................ Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .................................................... 31.76 40.32 20.55 31.63 38.32 19.56 1,281 1,638 822 1,265 1,569 782 40.3 40.6 40.0 66,624 85,158 42,751 65,797 81,596 40,687 2,098 2,112 2,080 20.68 19.56 827 782 40.0 43,024 40,687 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations ........ 22.81 20.07 912 803 40.0 41,119 44,186 1,803 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ........................................................ 25.42 25.25 1,027 942 40.4 53,413 48,982 2,101 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........................................................ 24.92 22.62 960 905 38.5 49,897 47,050 2,003 Healthcare support occupations ............................. 8.52 7.43 341 297 40.0 17,730 15,454 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........................................................ 8.62 9.60 314 309 36.4 16,321 16,078 1,893 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ........................................................ Building cleaning workers ....................................... 9.50 9.19 8.28 8.28 385 367 331 331 40.5 39.9 20,006 19,065 17,224 17,224 2,106 2,075 Sales and related occupations ................................ 34.60 14.83 1,348 588 39.0 70,099 30,576 2,026 Office and administrative support occupations .... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ......................... Financial clerks ....................................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... Receptionists and information clerks ...................... Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................................... Office clerks, general .............................................. 15.32 13.98 611 555 39.9 31,684 28,899 2,068 23.52 15.03 13.91 11.47 21.33 23.95 14.47 13.98 12.00 21.41 937 600 555 459 853 958 579 559 480 856 39.8 39.9 39.9 40.0 40.0 48,709 31,226 28,856 23,849 43,213 49,816 30,098 29,078 24,960 43,638 2,071 2,077 2,075 2,080 2,026 21.44 16.23 22.32 19.54 857 642 893 782 40.0 39.6 42,293 33,396 38,397 40,649 1,973 2,057 Construction and extraction occupations ............. 15.76 12.90 648 490 41.1 33,679 25,480 2,137 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................................ 27.56 26.55 1,078 1,062 39.1 56,032 55,203 2,033 Production occupations .......................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. 12.81 11.57 12.38 12.38 501 463 486 495 39.1 40.0 26,057 24,056 25,251 25,746 2,035 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $24.83 $17.55 $989 Management occupations ....................................... Financial managers ................................................ 54.04 48.14 39.71 41.29 Business and financial operations occupations ... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ......................................................... Financial analysts and advisors .............................. Financial analysts ............................................... 27.58 Computer and mathematical science occupations ........................................................ Computer software engineers ................................ Computer software engineers, systems software ........................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 32 Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... Mean Median Mean Median $11.58 11.76 $11.00 10.00 $461 470 $440 400 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. See appendix B for more information. 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours 39.8 40.0 $23,972 24,459 $22,880 20,800 2,070 2,080 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 33 Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Union Nonunion Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers All workers .................................................................... $25.22 $22.67 – $19.86 $19.01 $23.36 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... – – – – – – – 23.05 22.27 – – – – – – – – – – – 23.05 22.27 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 32.44 34.33 31.54 9.77 15.91 18.43 14.59 16.60 14.47 17.02 11.49 12.75 9.70 35.11 35.99 34.69 8.94 15.90 18.43 14.24 16.62 14.54 17.00 11.39 12.60 9.67 27.94 31.50 26.26 15.04 15.94 – 15.94 – – – – – – Occupational group3 Relative error4 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 9.8 2.1 – 3.5 4.2 4.6 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... – – – – – – – 5.3 .0 – – – – – – – – – – – 5.3 .0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.3 4.6 3.7 7.0 9.5 22.2 2.3 3.6 7.1 5.0 4.9 5.3 4.4 4.1 5.9 5.0 7.6 11.0 22.2 2.8 3.8 7.7 5.2 5.0 5.4 4.4 5.1 8.7 4.6 14.1 4.5 – 4.5 – – – – – – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 34 Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Time Occupational group3 Incentive Civilian workers Private industry workers Civilian workers Private industry workers All workers .................................................................... $19.10 $17.93 $34.03 $34.03 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 31.10 32.69 30.38 10.22 14.39 13.52 14.69 16.80 – 16.73 11.47 12.74 9.70 33.07 33.46 32.90 8.87 14.09 13.52 14.35 16.82 17.25 16.69 11.37 12.60 9.67 71.13 – – – 26.29 27.76 – – – – – – – 71.13 – – – 26.29 27.76 – – – – – – – Relative error4 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 3.3 3.7 10.2 10.2 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 3.2 5.3 3.5 9.8 6.2 20.8 2.4 3.7 – 4.9 5.0 5.4 4.4 4.2 7.0 4.9 7.4 7.4 20.8 2.9 3.8 10.3 5.1 5.0 5.6 4.4 33.6 – – – 21.3 20.2 – – – – – – – 33.6 – – – 21.3 20.2 – – – – – – – 1 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. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 35 Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Goods producing Occupational group3 All workers ................................................ Management, professional, and related ............................................... Management, business, and financial ........................................ Professional and related ..................... Service .................................................... Sales and office ...................................... Sales and related ................................ Office and administrative support ....... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ..................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair .. Production, transportation, and material moving .............................................. Production .......................................... Transportation and material moving ... Service providing Construction Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services $22.51 $26.96 $18.22 $19.98 $19.40 $23.11 $16.29 $8.29 $14.06 – 46.09 – 26.86 26.97 35.65 29.25 – – – – – – – 14.98 65.26 40.53 – 17.34 – 17.33 – – 10.85 15.54 16.20 14.19 – 26.66 – 16.43 20.78 14.49 26.94 – – 15.74 – 16.09 34.10 36.04 10.89 14.77 23.59 12.90 – 29.21 9.71 14.76 – 14.73 – – 7.24 8.93 7.84 9.89 17.21 – 17.36 – 18.23 18.23 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.36 12.85 – 11.82 13.97 10.75 – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.98 – – – – – – 20.55 – – – – Relative error4 (percent) All workers ................................................ Management, professional, and related ............................................... Management, business, and financial ........................................ Professional and related ..................... Service .................................................... Sales and office ...................................... Sales and related ................................ Office and administrative support ....... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ..................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair .. Production, transportation, and material moving .............................................. Production .......................................... Transportation and material moving ... 12.6 2.0 9.1 13.2 3.9 8.3 14.8 1.4 9.0 – 3.1 – 16.7 3.7 9.5 20.7 – – – – – – – 18.1 4.4 1.0 – 8.8 – 8.9 – – 4.4 13.9 19.4 8.3 – 23.9 – 17.7 38.6 13.6 4.0 – – 4.2 – 3.6 8.1 11.7 11.3 4.2 22.5 4.7 – 18.3 10.9 4.3 – 4.5 – – 3.4 11.8 3.3 17.2 – 7.9 – – – – 2.2 – 14.0 – 3.6 3.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.1 7.2 – 6.7 2.3 6.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.5 – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 36 Appendix A: Technical Note T Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the data. Although this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all of the steps required to produce the data. Planning for the survey The overall design of the National Compensation Survey (NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection. Survey scope This survey covered establishments employing one worker or more in private goods-producing industries (mining, construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information, financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government agency within the sampled area. The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of December 2003. The Austin–Round Rock, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties, TX. Data collection The collection of data from survey respondents required detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data, working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were used to clarify and update data. Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multistep process: 1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive 4. Determination of the level of work of each job Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year. For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria A-1 identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level could not be determined, wages were still collected. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs for which data were collected in each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this schedule: Number of employees Number of selected jobs 1–49 50–249 250 or more Up to 4 6 8 The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800 occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist. When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of terms” section on the following page for more detail. Occupational leveling In the last step before wage data were collected, the work level of each selected job was determined using a “point factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled to determine the overall work level for the job. A-2 The NCS program is in the process of converting from a nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system. The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample replenishment groups and will require several years for full implementation. The four occupational leveling factors are: • • • • Knowledge Job controls and complexity Contacts (nature and purpose) Physical environment Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for all occupational categories and contain a definition of each point level within each factor. The description within each factor best matching the job is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels. Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is used for professional and administrative supervisors when they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based on the work level of the highest position reporting to them. For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf. Combined work levels This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad groups. The groups were determined by combinations of knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be comparable across different occupations. The broad groups and the combined work levels are: Group designation Levels combined Group I Group II Group III Group IV Levels 1–4 Levels 5–8 Levels 9–12 Levels 13–15 Collection period Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample units. Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are solely tied to an hourly rate or salary. Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: • • • • • Incentive pay, including commissions, production bonuses, and piece rates Cost-of-living allowances Hazard pay Payments of income deferred due to participation in a salary reduction plan Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight or passengers The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: • • • • • • • Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for working a schedule that varies from the norm, such as night or weekend work Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances Free or subsidized room and board Payments made by third parties (for example, tips) On-call pay To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of hours actually worked was collected. Definition of terms Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time. Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time. A-3 Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage. • • • A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position. Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection. Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group. If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a sample member during the update interview, then missing average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model that takes into account available establishment characteris- tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly earnings. Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights changed to zero. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors. The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse. The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor, post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this publication. Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. Estimates of the number of workers represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. Percentiles The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within A-4 each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04 ($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the extensive training of the field economists who gathered the survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data review. Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 Civilian workers Occupational group2 Private industry workers State and local government workers All workers .................................................................... 698,800 554,900 143,900 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 223,600 64,000 159,600 138,200 205,400 72,800 132,600 65,100 14,700 50,400 66,500 35,100 31,500 128,600 39,700 88,900 119,700 179,900 72,800 107,100 61,400 13,600 47,800 65,300 34,300 31,000 95,100 24,400 70,700 18,500 25,500 – 25,500 – – – – – – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. A-5 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 State and local government Establishments Total Private industry Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 25,473 24,933 540 Total in sample ............................................................... Responding ............................................................ Refused or unable to provide data ......................... Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 276 185 47 44 242 152 46 44 34 33 1 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. A-6