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Brownsville–Harlingen–San Benito, TX National Compensation Survey August 2006 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner December 2006 Bulletin 3135–20 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 7 10 12 15 17 19 20 22 23 25 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 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 ag- he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Brownsville–Harlingen–San Benito, TX, metropolitan area. Data were collected between June 2006 and October 2006; the average reference month is August 2006. 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 have undergone a number of significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ: 1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker 3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations 4. Benchmarking of estimated employment 5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels 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. gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Civilian workers Worker and establishment characteristics Private industry workers Hourly earnings Mean Relative error2 (percent) $12.31 4.7 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 ............. 23.95 25.83 23.50 7.23 10.15 10.14 10.16 State and local government workers Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 35.2 $10.57 5.6 4.2 7.8 4.5 3.0 3.5 8.4 4.3 38.0 41.9 37.1 30.7 36.7 33.8 38.7 23.00 25.98 22.04 6.48 10.00 10.14 9.89 11.62 9.98 13.58 6.5 3.9 11.8 40.2 39.7 41.1 10.95 10.53 11.21 10.2 5.3 16.0 Full time ............................................................ Part time ........................................................... 13.39 6.62 Union ................................................................ Nonunion .......................................................... Time .................................................................. Incentive ........................................................... Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 34.3 $18.56 3.5 39.0 8.2 13.1 8.7 2.0 4.1 8.4 5.5 37.6 43.8 36.0 29.2 36.4 33.8 38.7 24.67 25.65 24.49 10.86 11.37 – 11.37 3.7 8.0 3.8 3.8 5.1 – 5.1 38.3 40.0 37.9 40.6 39.1 – 39.1 11.13 9.80 12.95 7.2 4.8 14.5 40.2 39.7 41.3 14.92 11.96 16.46 5.3 8.7 6.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 37.8 38.7 37.3 10.90 10.35 11.26 10.9 5.3 17.1 37.8 38.6 37.3 11.69 14.88 10.56 10.3 20.7 2.0 37.7 40.0 37.0 5.5 2.0 39.5 22.5 11.57 6.55 6.7 2.1 39.5 22.5 18.70 10.00 3.4 4.8 39.5 21.7 23.25 12.22 3.0 4.7 37.3 35.2 21.47 10.50 9.7 5.6 40.6 34.3 – 18.47 – 3.6 – 39.1 11.88 19.09 4.7 12.4 34.9 41.3 9.87 19.09 5.4 12.4 33.9 41.3 18.56 – 3.5 – 39.0 – Goods producing .............................................. Service providing .............................................. (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 11.05 10.48 6.8 6.5 39.9 33.4 (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers ..................................................... 100-499 workers ............................................... 500 workers or more ......................................... 10.09 11.41 16.30 8.4 5.9 3.8 36.5 31.8 36.4 10.03 10.81 12.24 8.5 6.0 8.1 36.5 31.2 32.7 13.66 18.11 18.78 10.9 7.5 4.3 38.2 38.8 39.0 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $12.31 4.7 $13.39 5.5 $6.62 2.0 Management occupations ................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. 27.90 19.68 9.0 5.6 27.90 19.68 9.0 5.6 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. 20.87 13.2 20.87 13.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 15.11 25.0 15.11 25.0 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Miscellaneous community and social service specialists Social and human service assistants ........................... 16.50 13.80 13.40 9.3 5.7 5.7 16.50 13.80 13.40 9.3 5.7 5.7 – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 8 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Secondary school teachers .......................................... Level 8 ............................................................. Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... Level 2 ............................................................. 24.43 7.85 30.26 25.02 2.9 8.0 1.5 12.1 24.93 8.16 30.26 25.02 2.9 8.9 1.5 12.1 – – – – – – – – 29.36 30.44 29.17 29.93 27.11 .9 1.4 5.6 .9 1.6 29.40 – – 29.93 27.11 1.1 – – .9 1.6 – – – – – – – – – – 29.82 31.03 31.57 .3 2.5 4.0 29.82 31.03 31.57 .3 2.5 4.0 – – – – – – 30.91 9.99 7.85 2.4 3.9 8.0 30.91 10.10 8.16 2.4 3.9 8.9 – – – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 9 ............................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 25.16 14.39 16.41 33.94 29.48 29.85 14.09 10.2 9.0 6.1 8.2 3.0 4.4 12.8 25.19 13.72 16.41 34.05 29.53 29.94 – 11.3 8.5 6.1 8.5 3.1 4.4 – 24.58 – – – – – – 35.5 – – – – – – 14.21 16.77 12.3 3.1 – 16.74 – 3.2 – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Home health aides ........................................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 6.95 6.87 6.85 6.73 6.63 7.20 6.20 6.14 8.21 7.24 6.9 3.3 8.9 2.8 .4 12.5 2.3 1.5 5.3 18.8 7.81 7.42 7.03 7.18 – – – – 8.33 – 11.7 8.4 11.0 6.5 – – – – 5.0 – 5.85 6.01 – 6.09 6.01 – 6.04 6.01 – – 3.4 .2 – .4 .2 – .0 .2 – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Level 4 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 10.38 12.52 12.38 19.51 19.51 9.4 6.7 6.1 8.7 8.7 10.90 12.52 12.37 19.51 19.51 5.4 6.7 6.2 8.7 8.7 – – – – – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... 6.67 5.84 8.15 7.86 6.79 3.67 3.7 4.5 3.2 2.3 .4 7.5 6.81 5.92 – 7.87 – 3.63 4.6 4.7 – 2.4 – 7.2 6.07 5.74 – – – – 8.2 6.2 – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $4.12 2.78 6.32 6.08 7.7 16.0 3.8 4.2 – $2.83 – – – 15.2 – – – – – – – – – – 6.35 6.13 4.1 4.5 – – – – – – – – 8.43 7.25 7.64 9.62 8.41 7.49 7.64 9.87 4.8 7.9 6.9 2.1 4.0 7.5 6.9 2.5 8.55 7.20 7.64 9.60 8.56 7.61 7.64 – 5.1 10.7 6.9 2.2 4.1 11.7 6.9 – $7.47 7.35 – – 7.47 7.35 – – 7.4 7.8 – – 7.4 7.8 – – 8.66 7.80 7.82 9.87 7.24 3.4 8.3 7.4 2.5 10.1 8.81 8.17 7.82 – 7.24 3.1 11.1 7.4 – 10.1 7.49 7.33 – – – 10.3 10.7 – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Personal and home care aides ......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. 6.52 5.95 5.98 8.25 5.93 5.95 5.4 2.6 .3 4.7 1.8 2.7 8.89 – – – – – 4.9 – – – – – 5.94 5.95 – – 5.93 5.95 1.7 2.6 – – 1.8 2.7 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers Retail sales workers ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Retail salespersons ...................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. 10.14 8.13 7.17 7.67 12.57 12.55 11.51 12.34 9.10 8.13 6.62 7.64 13.05 7.61 8.16 7.61 8.16 10.37 7.03 13.96 8.4 13.3 4.3 11.1 13.8 6.5 14.4 21.3 8.2 13.3 .0 11.4 11.1 9.0 13.4 9.0 13.4 27.6 9.0 14.4 11.04 – – – – – 11.51 12.34 10.05 – – – – 8.13 – 8.13 – 11.09 7.02 14.44 8.7 – – – – – 14.4 21.3 10.2 – – – – 16.3 – 16.3 – 26.9 9.2 15.9 7.38 – – – – – – – 7.39 – – – – 7.21 7.66 7.21 7.66 7.80 – – .3 – – – – – – – .2 – – – – 4.6 6.8 4.6 6.8 14.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Customer service representatives .................................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 10.16 7.49 8.11 8.99 11.82 12.92 9.59 8.44 11.73 11.41 8.71 11.56 8.07 4.3 11.6 4.5 2.5 4.7 13.0 8.4 8.2 4.4 7.1 4.0 11.9 22.5 10.33 – – – – – 9.64 – – – – 11.56 8.47 4.3 – – – – – 8.7 – – – – 11.9 21.7 6.82 – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – Food service, tipped –Continued Level 1 ............................................................. Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... See footnotes at end of table. 5 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Medical secretaries ....................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 3 ............................................................. $11.21 9.02 11.20 8.90 8.45 11.09 11.10 9.35 10.13 10.2 4.9 1.1 2.7 6.1 4.6 1.6 8.2 9.8 $11.40 9.22 11.20 9.08 8.63 11.09 11.10 9.43 10.13 10.0 4.2 1.1 1.9 5.8 4.6 1.6 8.3 9.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Level 2 ............................................................. Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 9.98 8.31 8.69 3.9 9.7 8.1 10.00 8.31 8.69 3.9 9.7 8.1 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. 13.58 14.63 11.8 11.9 13.58 – 11.8 – – – – – 17.80 8.1 17.80 8.1 – – 10.53 6.46 8.18 9.45 11.67 14.68 14.90 5.3 1.8 6.5 3.2 15.7 9.6 2.6 10.70 – – – – – – 5.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17.54 13.27 13.27 8.3 9.2 9.2 17.54 13.27 13.27 8.3 9.2 9.2 – – – – – – 10.61 11.30 8.63 6.40 5.4 14.2 13.2 2.1 10.61 11.30 8.89 – 5.4 14.2 15.1 – – – – – – – – – 11.21 5.98 7.86 7.86 6.47 5.84 7.17 16.0 6.6 6.0 6.6 4.4 7.3 2.1 11.62 – – 7.86 6.51 5.62 – 16.4 – – 6.6 5.6 8.3 – $6.51 – – – 6.30 6.39 – 4.1 – – – 5.8 6.3 – 6.59 6.03 7.03 6.26 4.0 9.5 3.4 12.3 6.68 – – – 6.1 – – – 6.37 6.48 – – 6.2 6.8 – – Production occupations .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .................................................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 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. 6 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $10.57 5.6 $11.57 6.7 $6.55 2.1 Management occupations ................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. 26.53 20.76 16.3 3.2 26.53 20.76 16.3 3.2 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. 24.45 15.8 24.45 15.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 15.39 26.8 15.39 26.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 9 ............................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 25.10 14.51 16.41 35.75 29.39 29.89 14.09 10.9 9.7 6.1 9.8 2.9 4.9 12.8 25.13 – 16.41 35.95 29.45 – – 12.2 – 6.1 10.2 3.1 – – 24.58 – – – – – – 35.5 – – – – – – 14.21 16.95 12.3 3.5 – – – – – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Level 2 ............................................................. Home health aides ........................................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 6.71 6.72 6.41 6.41 6.44 6.20 6.14 7.36 7.24 7.4 3.5 4.0 1.4 .4 2.3 1.5 2.1 18.8 7.50 7.22 – 6.68 – – – – – 13.5 8.9 – 3.4 – – – – – 5.85 6.01 – 6.09 6.01 6.04 6.01 – – 3.4 .2 – .4 .2 .0 .2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. 6.24 5.59 6.38 3.14 2.78 6.15 6.08 6.7 6.3 5.7 6.8 16.0 1.8 4.2 6.28 5.43 – 3.01 2.83 – – 6.1 8.7 – 7.5 15.2 – – 6.07 5.74 – – – – – 8.2 6.2 – – – – – 6.17 6.13 1.7 4.5 – – – – 7.72 6.50 7.07 7.49 6.84 7.07 9.1 8.2 10.0 5.6 7.8 10.0 7.80 – 7.07 7.51 – 7.07 11.2 – 10.0 7.2 – 10.0 7.46 7.34 – 7.46 7.34 – 7.4 8.0 – 7.4 8.0 – 7.81 6.97 6.5 9.6 7.93 – 7.9 – 7.48 – 10.5 – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Personal and home care aides ......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. 6.44 5.95 5.98 5.93 5.95 5.6 2.6 .3 1.8 2.7 8.93 – – – – 5.9 – – – – 5.94 5.95 – 5.93 5.95 1.7 2.6 – 1.8 2.7 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 10.14 8.13 7.17 7.67 12.57 12.55 11.51 12.34 8.4 13.3 4.3 11.1 13.8 6.5 14.4 21.3 11.04 9.20 – 7.85 12.74 12.55 11.51 12.34 8.7 21.0 – 12.6 15.1 6.5 14.4 21.3 7.38 7.67 6.76 6.67 – – – – .3 6.9 2.0 1.4 – – – – 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 1 ............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 7 – – – – Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Retail sales workers ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Retail salespersons ...................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. $9.10 8.13 6.62 7.64 13.05 7.61 8.16 7.61 8.16 10.37 7.03 13.96 8.2 13.3 .0 11.4 11.1 9.0 13.4 9.0 13.4 27.6 9.0 14.4 $10.05 9.20 – 7.82 13.36 8.13 – 8.13 – 11.09 7.02 14.44 10.2 21.0 – 12.9 12.2 16.3 – 16.3 – 26.9 9.2 15.9 $7.39 7.67 6.59 6.64 – 7.21 7.66 7.21 7.66 7.80 – – 0.2 6.9 .5 1.3 – 4.6 6.8 4.6 6.8 14.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 3 ............................................................. Medical secretaries ....................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.89 7.53 7.81 8.83 12.16 13.07 8.91 8.44 8.71 11.56 8.07 11.10 8.62 8.90 8.44 9.12 5.5 12.2 4.8 2.8 6.6 13.2 7.0 8.2 4.0 11.9 22.5 14.0 4.2 2.7 6.2 12.1 10.07 – 8.00 8.89 12.16 13.07 8.95 8.48 – 11.56 8.47 11.36 8.80 9.08 – 9.12 5.5 – 2.8 3.1 6.6 13.2 7.5 8.7 – 11.9 21.7 13.8 3.8 1.9 – 12.1 6.80 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Level 2 ............................................................. Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 9.80 8.17 8.69 4.8 11.3 8.1 9.82 8.17 8.69 4.8 11.3 8.1 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. 12.95 14.63 14.5 11.9 12.95 14.63 14.5 11.9 – – – – Production occupations .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 10.35 6.41 8.18 9.45 11.71 14.68 15.28 5.3 1.5 6.5 3.5 16.9 9.6 2.0 10.51 6.55 8.18 9.45 11.71 14.68 15.28 5.6 2.2 6.9 3.5 16.9 9.6 2.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.70 13.27 13.27 11.30 8.63 9.9 9.2 9.2 14.2 13.2 16.70 13.27 13.27 11.30 8.89 9.9 9.2 9.2 14.2 15.1 – – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 8 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Miscellaneous production workers –Continued Level 1 ............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $6.40 2.1 – – – – 11.26 5.98 7.52 7.86 6.46 5.84 7.17 17.1 6.6 5.5 6.6 4.5 7.3 2.1 $11.71 5.85 7.75 7.86 6.50 5.62 – 17.4 8.0 5.7 6.6 5.6 8.3 – $6.13 6.39 – – 6.30 6.39 – 6.3 6.3 – – 5.8 6.3 – 6.58 6.03 7.03 6.26 4.0 9.5 3.4 12.3 6.67 – – – 6.0 – – – 6.37 6.48 – – 6.2 6.8 – – 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. 9 Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $18.56 3.5 $18.70 3.4 $10.00 4.8 Management occupations ................................................. 29.65 8.2 29.65 8.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. 17.53 6.5 17.53 6.5 – – Community and social services occupations .................. 17.22 9.3 17.22 9.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 8 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Secondary school teachers .......................................... Level 8 ............................................................. Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 25.40 30.26 25.02 2.7 1.5 12.1 25.86 30.26 25.02 2.7 1.5 12.1 – – – – – – 30.33 30.44 29.17 29.93 27.11 .8 1.4 5.6 .9 1.6 30.37 30.44 29.17 29.93 27.11 .9 1.4 5.6 .9 1.6 – – – – – – – – – – 29.82 31.08 31.57 .3 2.5 4.0 29.82 31.08 31.57 .3 2.5 4.0 – – – – – – 30.96 10.50 2.4 2.9 30.96 10.50 2.4 2.9 – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 15.10 19.51 19.51 5.8 8.7 8.7 15.12 19.51 19.51 5.7 8.7 8.7 – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.81 2.8 9.81 2.8 – – 9.09 8.69 9.56 9.21 8.86 1.1 4.7 2.3 1.6 6.6 9.09 8.70 9.56 9.21 – 1.1 4.7 2.3 1.6 – – – – – – – – – – – 9.21 8.86 1.6 6.6 9.21 – 1.6 – – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 1 ............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ $11.37 10.04 11.35 11.53 11.43 9.73 5.1 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.6 7.9 $11.46 10.04 11.35 11.53 11.43 9.98 4.9 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.6 6.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 11.96 8.7 11.96 8.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 16.46 6.7 16.46 6.7 – – Production occupations .................................................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .................................................................... 14.88 20.7 14.88 20.7 – – 10.61 5.4 10.61 5.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 10.56 2.0 10.49 1.8 – – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $12.31 4.7 $13.39 5.5 $6.62 2.0 Management occupations ................................................. Group III ............................................................ 27.90 31.87 9.0 8.8 27.90 – 9.0 – – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Group II ............................................................. 20.87 16.28 13.2 9.0 20.87 – 13.2 – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 15.11 25.0 15.11 25.0 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Group II ............................................................. Miscellaneous community and social service specialists Group II ............................................................. Social and human service assistants ........................... 16.50 14.94 13.80 14.37 13.40 9.3 3.7 5.7 8.2 5.7 16.50 – 13.80 – 13.40 9.3 – 5.7 – 5.7 – – – – – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Group II ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Group II ............................................................. Secondary school teachers .......................................... Group II ............................................................. Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Group II ............................................................. Teacher assistants ........................................................... Group I .............................................................. 24.43 9.99 28.02 2.9 3.9 2.0 24.93 – – 2.9 – – – – – – – – 29.36 29.32 29.93 29.92 .9 1.0 .9 .9 29.40 – 29.93 – 1.1 – .9 – – – – – – – – – 29.82 29.80 31.03 31.01 .3 .3 2.5 2.6 29.82 29.80 31.03 – .3 .3 2.5 – – – – – – – – – 30.91 30.89 9.99 9.99 2.4 2.5 3.9 3.9 30.91 30.89 10.10 10.10 2.4 2.5 3.9 3.9 – – – – – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Registered nurses ............................................................ Group III ............................................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 25.16 13.89 17.78 33.83 29.48 29.80 14.09 10.2 4.4 16.8 7.9 3.0 4.4 12.8 25.19 – – – 29.53 29.88 – 11.3 – – – 3.1 4.4 – 24.58 – – – – – – 35.5 – – – – – – 14.21 16.77 12.3 3.1 – 16.74 – 3.2 – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Group I .............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Group I .............................................................. Home health aides ........................................................ Group I .............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Group I .............................................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ Group I .............................................................. 6.95 6.95 6.73 6.73 6.20 6.20 8.21 8.21 7.24 7.24 6.9 6.9 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.3 5.3 5.3 18.8 18.8 7.81 – 7.18 – – – 8.33 8.33 – – 11.7 – 6.5 – – – 5.0 5.0 – – 5.85 – 6.09 – 6.04 6.04 – – – – 3.4 – .4 – .0 .0 – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Group II ............................................................. Police officers ................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Group II ............................................................. 10.38 15.62 19.51 20.08 19.51 20.08 9.4 8.1 8.7 10.1 8.7 10.1 10.90 – 19.51 – 19.51 20.08 5.4 – 8.7 – 8.7 10.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Group I .............................................................. 6.67 6.50 3.7 3.3 6.81 – 4.6 – 6.07 – 8.2 – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Cooks ............................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Food preparation workers ................................................. 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 .............................................................. Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $7.86 7.86 6.79 6.79 3.67 3.67 2.78 2.78 6.32 6.32 2.3 2.3 .4 .4 7.5 7.5 16.0 16.0 3.8 3.8 $7.87 – – – 3.63 – 2.83 2.83 – – 2.4 – – – 7.2 – 15.2 15.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.35 6.35 4.1 4.1 – – – – – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Group I .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Group I .............................................................. Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Group I .............................................................. 8.43 8.24 8.41 8.41 4.8 4.6 4.0 4.2 8.55 – 8.56 – 5.1 – 4.1 – $7.47 – 7.47 – 7.4 – 7.4 – 8.66 8.68 7.24 7.24 3.4 3.6 10.1 10.1 8.81 8.84 7.24 – 3.1 3.4 10.1 – 7.49 7.49 – – 10.3 10.3 – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Group I .............................................................. Personal and home care aides ......................................... Group I .............................................................. 6.52 6.24 5.93 5.93 5.4 3.2 1.8 1.8 8.89 – – – 4.9 – – – 5.94 – 5.93 5.93 1.7 – 1.8 1.8 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers Group II ............................................................. Retail sales workers ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Retail salespersons ...................................................... Group I .............................................................. 10.14 9.38 12.91 11.51 12.50 12.34 15.27 9.10 9.25 7.61 7.54 7.61 7.54 10.37 10.86 8.4 7.4 6.9 14.4 12.5 21.3 3.4 8.2 8.0 9.0 11.3 9.0 11.3 27.6 28.7 11.04 – – 11.51 – 12.34 15.27 10.05 – 8.13 – 8.13 7.91 11.09 11.51 8.7 – – 14.4 – 21.3 3.4 10.2 – 16.3 – 16.3 18.8 26.9 28.0 7.38 – – – – – – 7.39 – 7.21 – 7.21 7.25 7.80 8.05 .3 – – – – – – .2 – 4.6 – 4.6 6.4 14.1 16.9 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Financial clerks ................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Group I .............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Group I .............................................................. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Group I .............................................................. Medical secretaries ....................................................... Group I .............................................................. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Group I .............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Group I .............................................................. 10.16 9.51 13.72 9.59 9.72 11.41 11.41 8.71 11.56 8.07 8.15 11.21 9.75 8.90 8.90 11.09 11.09 9.35 9.15 4.3 3.1 9.5 8.4 9.3 7.1 7.1 4.0 11.9 22.5 22.7 10.2 2.9 2.7 2.7 4.6 4.6 8.2 9.1 10.33 – – 9.64 – – – – 11.56 8.47 8.47 11.40 – 9.08 9.08 11.09 11.09 9.43 9.23 4.3 – – 8.7 – – – – 11.9 21.7 21.7 10.0 – 1.9 1.9 4.6 4.6 8.3 9.2 6.82 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — 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 ....................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Helpers, construction trades ............................................. Group I .............................................................. $9.98 8.49 15.29 8.69 8.69 3.9 7.1 5.5 8.1 8.1 $10.00 – – 8.69 – 3.9 – – 8.1 – – – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. 13.58 9.23 16.62 11.8 8.4 9.3 13.58 – – 11.8 – – – – – – – – 17.80 8.1 17.80 8.1 – – 10.53 8.40 15.02 5.3 5.9 6.0 10.70 – – 5.6 – – – – – – – – 17.54 13.27 13.27 8.3 9.2 9.2 17.54 13.27 13.27 8.3 9.2 9.2 – – – – – – 10.61 9.90 11.30 8.63 7.58 5.4 5.0 14.2 13.2 10.4 10.61 9.90 11.30 8.89 – 5.4 5.0 14.2 15.1 – – – – – – – – – – – 11.21 9.05 7.86 7.86 6.47 6.47 16.0 12.8 6.6 6.6 4.4 4.4 11.62 – 7.86 7.86 6.51 – 16.4 – 6.6 6.6 5.6 – $6.51 – – – 6.30 – 4.1 – – – 5.8 – 6.59 6.59 6.26 6.26 4.0 4.0 12.3 12.3 6.68 6.68 – – 6.1 6.1 – – 6.37 6.37 – – 6.2 6.2 – – Production occupations .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Group I .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Group I .............................................................. Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 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 .............................................................. 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. 14 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $5.75 $6.50 $9.03 $14.18 $24.81 Management occupations ................................................. 15.13 16.46 25.96 36.05 40.34 Business and financial operations occupations ............. 14.83 17.55 19.02 30.68 30.68 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 8.00 8.00 9.99 23.68 30.45 Community and social services occupations .................. Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ................................................................... Social and human service assistants ........................... 10.26 11.66 15.85 17.91 27.38 8.76 8.76 10.71 10.26 14.21 14.08 16.47 16.26 18.08 17.51 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 9.30 12.40 26.03 32.57 35.87 23.53 24.81 25.40 25.95 29.46 30.92 33.72 32.57 37.15 35.11 24.81 23.53 25.73 26.03 30.43 30.43 32.57 35.21 35.30 38.87 23.53 6.69 25.95 8.86 30.18 9.79 34.95 11.68 38.92 12.12 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 9.35 24.01 9.00 13.50 27.84 11.42 17.56 29.87 11.47 28.54 31.77 19.00 36.80 33.65 22.11 11.00 15.00 11.00 15.84 13.50 16.00 13.50 17.56 19.70 18.75 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Home health aides ........................................................ Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 5.15 5.65 5.50 6.50 5.15 6.00 6.00 6.00 7.17 5.15 6.35 6.35 6.20 7.77 6.19 7.50 7.35 6.35 9.12 8.50 9.50 8.53 7.35 10.28 12.50 Protective service occupations ......................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 5.25 14.13 14.13 5.25 14.21 14.21 10.13 16.44 16.44 14.09 25.84 25.84 20.32 25.84 25.84 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... 5.15 7.25 5.15 2.15 2.15 5.50 5.85 7.25 5.50 2.15 2.15 6.00 6.00 8.00 5.90 3.25 2.16 6.00 8.00 8.30 8.40 5.15 3.25 6.50 8.87 8.73 10.22 6.25 4.25 7.25 5.50 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.25 5.81 5.84 6.78 7.00 8.40 8.60 9.78 9.84 10.44 10.44 5.84 5.50 7.22 5.50 8.88 8.00 9.92 8.40 10.44 8.40 Personal care and service occupations ........................... Personal and home care aides ......................................... 5.15 5.15 5.77 5.15 6.05 6.05 6.85 6.05 8.05 6.85 Sales and related occupations .......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................................................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 5.90 7.83 7.10 10.11 8.80 10.11 11.54 13.80 14.53 15.20 7.83 5.65 5.55 5.55 5.75 8.45 6.25 6.20 6.20 6.90 13.26 7.53 7.20 7.20 7.81 14.70 9.60 8.36 8.36 10.68 18.63 11.93 10.90 10.90 15.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Customer service representatives .................................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Medical secretaries ....................................................... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ $6.50 6.50 9.50 7.14 7.50 5.50 7.50 7.25 9.13 6.50 $7.87 7.06 10.21 7.50 9.89 5.75 8.50 7.50 9.96 7.50 $9.60 9.50 11.46 8.53 12.24 6.50 10.35 8.50 10.67 9.35 $11.78 11.74 12.40 9.21 14.12 8.30 13.75 9.72 12.47 11.39 $14.17 12.52 13.95 10.40 14.12 11.04 16.39 10.80 13.84 11.86 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 6.50 6.25 7.50 7.75 8.75 8.00 11.75 10.00 15.00 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. 7.75 8.62 12.57 16.00 22.80 13.86 13.86 14.92 22.71 24.33 6.39 6.70 9.75 12.87 17.00 10.50 9.50 9.50 13.52 11.31 11.31 18.89 11.74 11.74 19.47 17.00 17.00 24.04 18.00 18.00 8.05 6.00 5.51 9.28 7.65 6.39 10.75 8.87 7.69 12.00 16.96 10.25 12.28 20.16 12.17 5.40 6.48 5.15 6.90 7.00 5.30 8.75 8.50 6.00 15.00 8.75 7.19 21.88 8.75 8.44 5.15 5.15 5.26 5.40 6.45 5.40 7.22 6.50 8.44 7.70 Occupation2 Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .................................................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 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. 16 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $5.50 $6.05 $8.00 $11.79 $17.12 Management occupations ................................................. 15.13 15.60 21.49 35.00 41.30 Business and financial operations occupations ............. 17.32 19.02 30.68 30.68 30.68 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 8.00 8.00 11.00 23.68 30.45 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians .................................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 9.35 24.70 9.00 13.17 27.84 11.42 17.12 29.61 11.47 27.84 31.77 19.00 45.00 31.77 22.11 11.00 15.00 11.00 16.00 13.50 16.75 13.50 18.00 19.70 18.75 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Home health aides ........................................................ Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 5.15 5.65 5.50 6.44 5.15 5.85 6.00 6.00 6.50 5.15 6.19 6.35 6.20 7.33 6.19 7.17 6.50 6.35 7.96 8.50 8.50 7.49 7.35 8.53 12.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... 5.15 5.15 2.15 2.15 5.50 5.75 5.50 2.15 2.15 5.90 6.00 5.83 2.38 2.16 6.00 7.00 7.25 4.25 3.25 6.50 8.00 8.40 5.15 4.25 6.55 5.50 6.00 6.00 6.50 6.55 5.50 5.78 5.84 5.84 6.85 7.00 9.15 8.92 10.46 10.31 5.78 5.84 7.21 9.79 10.40 Personal care and service occupations ........................... Personal and home care aides ......................................... 5.15 5.15 5.65 5.15 6.05 6.05 6.50 6.05 7.25 6.85 Sales and related occupations .......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................................................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 5.90 7.83 7.10 10.11 8.80 10.11 11.54 13.80 14.53 15.20 7.83 5.65 5.55 5.55 5.75 8.45 6.25 6.20 6.20 6.90 13.26 7.53 7.20 7.20 7.81 14.70 9.60 8.36 8.36 10.68 18.63 11.93 10.90 10.90 15.70 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Financial clerks ................................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Medical secretaries ....................................................... Office clerks, general ........................................................ 6.50 6.50 7.14 7.50 5.50 7.25 7.25 6.40 7.50 6.92 7.50 9.89 5.75 8.47 7.50 7.42 9.21 8.75 8.53 12.24 6.50 9.98 8.50 8.46 11.39 10.21 9.21 14.12 8.30 14.21 9.72 11.39 14.12 11.96 10.40 14.12 11.04 16.39 10.80 11.39 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 6.25 6.25 7.25 7.75 8.50 8.00 11.55 10.00 14.50 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 7.75 8.01 11.00 15.00 23.38 Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 6.39 6.60 9.70 12.86 16.63 10.50 9.50 9.50 6.00 5.51 13.52 11.31 11.31 7.65 6.39 18.46 11.74 11.74 8.87 7.69 19.00 17.00 17.00 16.96 10.25 21.11 18.00 18.00 20.16 12.17 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $5.40 6.48 5.15 $6.50 7.00 5.30 $8.50 8.50 6.00 $15.00 8.75 7.19 $21.88 8.75 8.44 5.15 5.15 5.26 5.40 6.45 5.40 7.22 6.50 8.44 7.70 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 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. 18 Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $8.85 $10.06 $14.28 $26.38 $34.14 Management occupations ................................................. 15.07 19.28 33.30 37.48 39.44 Business and financial operations occupations ............. 14.34 15.53 18.16 20.84 20.84 Community and social services occupations .................. 10.26 12.70 15.99 18.35 28.82 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.06 19.23 26.86 32.63 36.02 24.00 24.81 25.72 25.95 30.12 30.92 33.85 32.57 37.28 35.11 24.81 23.53 25.73 26.03 30.43 30.61 32.57 35.28 35.30 38.89 23.53 8.86 26.03 9.26 30.39 10.06 35.01 11.71 38.93 12.62 Protective service occupations ......................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 10.13 14.13 14.13 10.97 14.21 14.21 14.09 16.44 16.44 16.44 25.84 25.84 25.84 25.84 25.84 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 8.24 8.87 9.50 10.22 12.63 7.55 7.38 8.30 8.51 9.00 9.64 9.86 9.92 10.44 10.44 7.38 8.51 9.64 9.92 10.44 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 8.36 9.52 9.52 7.73 9.52 9.96 9.96 8.28 10.88 11.44 11.06 9.58 12.47 12.52 12.47 10.83 14.55 14.43 14.07 12.21 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.31 10.08 10.08 15.58 15.58 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 8.64 14.49 16.86 17.87 22.71 Production occupations .................................................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .................................................................... 8.63 9.90 12.00 18.89 31.31 8.05 9.28 10.75 12.00 12.28 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.65 9.26 9.80 11.95 13.51 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 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 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $6.00 $7.50 $10.00 $15.07 $26.38 Management occupations ................................................. 15.13 16.46 25.96 36.05 40.34 Business and financial operations occupations ............. 14.83 17.55 19.02 30.68 30.68 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 8.00 8.00 9.99 23.68 30.45 Community and social services occupations .................. Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ................................................................... Social and human service assistants ........................... 10.26 11.66 15.85 17.99 27.38 8.76 8.76 10.71 10.26 14.21 14.08 16.47 16.26 18.08 17.51 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 9.32 17.80 26.51 32.57 35.99 23.53 24.81 25.40 25.95 29.50 30.92 33.72 32.57 37.17 35.11 24.81 23.53 25.73 26.03 30.43 30.43 32.57 35.21 35.30 38.87 23.53 7.70 25.95 9.11 30.18 9.89 34.95 11.71 38.92 12.30 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 9.35 24.09 15.00 13.50 27.84 15.84 17.50 29.87 16.00 28.35 31.77 17.50 34.14 33.67 18.75 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 6.00 6.00 6.50 6.35 6.35 7.32 7.35 6.44 7.81 8.53 7.73 9.24 11.87 9.24 10.51 Protective service occupations ......................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 5.25 14.13 14.13 5.25 14.21 14.21 10.13 16.44 16.44 14.13 25.84 25.84 20.68 25.84 25.84 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 5.15 7.25 2.15 2.15 6.00 7.25 2.15 2.15 6.00 8.00 3.25 2.16 8.00 8.30 4.38 3.25 9.22 8.73 6.59 4.25 5.84 5.84 7.00 7.06 8.53 8.84 9.82 9.84 10.44 10.44 5.84 5.50 7.55 5.50 9.18 8.00 9.92 8.40 10.44 8.40 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.35 6.25 8.05 11.00 14.77 Sales and related occupations .......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................................................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.25 7.83 7.65 10.11 10.11 10.11 13.01 13.80 14.97 15.20 7.83 5.75 6.25 6.25 5.75 8.45 6.75 6.25 6.25 7.30 13.26 7.81 7.65 7.65 8.25 14.70 10.94 9.45 9.45 10.94 18.63 14.97 11.53 11.53 20.40 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Financial clerks ................................................................. Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Medical secretaries ....................................................... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 6.81 6.50 7.50 5.50 7.63 7.00 9.13 6.40 8.28 7.27 9.89 6.00 8.79 8.25 9.96 7.50 9.77 9.50 12.24 6.50 10.57 8.50 10.67 9.56 11.93 11.90 14.12 9.35 13.75 10.00 12.47 11.39 14.21 12.52 14.12 11.04 16.39 10.85 13.84 11.90 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... See footnotes at end of table. 20 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Helpers, construction trades ............................................. $6.25 6.25 $7.50 7.75 $8.75 8.00 $11.75 10.00 $15.00 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. 7.75 8.62 12.57 16.00 22.80 13.86 13.86 14.92 22.71 24.33 6.39 6.81 10.00 12.91 17.00 10.50 9.50 9.50 13.52 11.31 11.31 18.89 11.74 11.74 19.47 17.00 17.00 24.04 18.00 18.00 8.05 6.00 6.39 9.28 7.65 6.39 10.75 8.87 8.50 12.00 16.96 10.25 12.28 20.16 12.73 5.40 6.48 5.15 7.00 7.00 5.15 8.75 8.50 5.90 15.00 8.75 7.22 21.88 8.75 8.44 5.15 5.15 6.45 8.00 8.44 Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .................................................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ 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. 21 Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Part-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $5.15 $5.50 $6.05 $6.85 $8.24 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 9.00 11.88 19.00 45.00 45.00 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Home health aides ........................................................ 5.15 5.50 5.50 5.15 5.85 5.75 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.19 6.30 6.25 6.50 6.50 6.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 5.15 5.49 5.65 6.50 8.40 5.30 5.30 6.50 6.50 7.40 7.40 8.00 8.00 10.31 10.31 5.30 5.81 7.00 10.31 10.31 Personal care and service occupations ........................... Personal and home care aides ......................................... 5.15 5.15 5.30 5.15 6.05 6.05 6.05 6.05 6.85 6.85 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 5.60 5.60 5.50 5.50 5.85 6.00 6.00 5.80 5.80 6.25 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.30 8.30 8.25 8.25 9.25 9.57 10.00 9.45 9.45 10.98 Office and administrative support occupations .............. 6.00 6.15 6.98 7.50 8.24 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ 5.37 5.37 5.40 5.60 6.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.80 7.30 5.48 5.60 6.20 7.00 7.30 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 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $398 39.5 $26,202 $20,384 1,957 1,195 1,188 42.8 58,113 54,001 2,083 19.02 835 761 40.0 43,410 39,562 2,080 15.11 9.99 605 400 40.0 31,434 20,779 2,080 16.50 15.85 660 634 40.0 32,971 32,970 1,998 13.80 14.21 552 568 40.0 28,648 29,548 2,075 13.40 14.08 536 563 40.0 27,798 29,293 2,075 24.93 26.51 954 1,021 38.3 36,561 39,243 1,467 29.40 29.50 1,115 1,123 37.9 42,183 42,243 1,435 29.93 30.92 1,129 1,140 37.7 42,280 42,639 1,412 29.82 31.03 30.43 30.43 1,127 1,179 1,140 1,154 37.8 38.0 42,222 44,657 42,639 43,300 1,416 1,439 30.91 10.10 30.18 9.89 1,173 391 1,148 373 38.0 38.7 44,341 14,789 42,990 13,990 1,434 1,464 25.19 29.53 17.50 29.87 1,004 1,176 700 1,195 39.8 39.8 51,436 57,820 36,557 57,897 2,042 1,958 16.74 16.00 662 640 39.6 34,450 33,280 2,059 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $13.39 $10.00 $529 Management occupations ................... 27.90 25.96 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... 20.87 Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Community and social services occupations .................................... Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ......................... Social and human service assistants .................................. Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ...... Secondary school teachers ............ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Teacher assistants ............................. Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .......................... Annual earnings5 Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ................................. 7.81 7.35 270 240 34.5 14,018 12,480 1,795 7.18 6.44 233 220 32.5 12,134 11,440 1,689 8.33 7.81 333 312 40.0 17,325 16,245 2,080 Protective service occupations ........... Police officers ..................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 10.90 19.51 19.51 10.13 16.44 16.44 457 792 792 408 657 657 42.0 40.6 40.6 23,779 41,164 41,164 21,191 34,187 34,187 2,182 2,110 2,110 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Cooks ................................................. Food service, tipped ........................... Waiters and waitresses .................. 6.81 7.87 3.63 2.83 6.00 8.00 3.25 2.16 261 307 119 89 240 319 81 73 38.4 39.0 32.6 31.3 12,959 15,411 5,835 4,604 12,480 16,401 4,214 3,801 1,904 1,959 1,606 1,628 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Grounds maintenance workers ........... 8.55 8.56 8.53 8.84 333 331 336 344 39.0 38.7 17,186 17,040 17,468 17,820 2,010 1,990 8.81 7.24 9.18 8.00 349 290 355 320 39.6 40.0 17,958 15,058 18,387 16,640 2,038 2,080 Personal care and service occupations .................................... 8.89 8.05 356 322 40.0 18,490 16,736 2,080 Sales and related occupations ............ 11.04 10.11 438 384 39.7 22,785 19,968 2,063 See footnotes at end of table. 23 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ......................................... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................... Retail sales workers ........................... Cashiers, all workers ...................... Cashiers ..................................... Retail salespersons ........................ Office and administrative support occupations .................................... Financial clerks ................................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................................ Stock clerks and order fillers .............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Medical secretaries ......................... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... Construction and extraction occupations .................................... Helpers, construction trades ............... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers ....................................... Production occupations ...................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ......................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......................................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .......... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ................................ Miscellaneous production workers ..... Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Industrial truck and tractor operators .. Laborers and material movers, hand .. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand .............. Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $455 41.5 $24,825 $23,660 2,157 493 390 322 322 425 500 304 296 296 308 39.9 38.8 39.6 39.6 38.3 25,622 20,295 16,747 16,747 22,113 26,000 15,808 15,392 15,392 16,016 2,077 2,020 2,060 2,060 1,993 9.77 9.50 410 385 391 380 39.7 40.0 20,911 19,419 19,781 19,760 2,024 2,015 11.56 8.47 12.24 6.50 463 339 490 260 40.0 40.0 24,053 17,608 25,459 13,520 2,080 2,080 11.40 9.08 10.57 8.50 446 363 423 340 39.1 40.0 22,467 18,879 20,862 17,680 1,970 2,080 11.09 9.43 10.67 9.56 440 376 417 382 39.7 39.9 20,718 19,566 20,138 19,874 1,868 2,075 10.00 8.69 8.75 8.00 400 347 350 320 40.0 40.0 20,794 18,065 18,200 16,640 2,080 2,080 13.58 12.57 558 480 41.1 28,993 24,960 2,135 17.80 14.92 778 686 43.7 40,461 35,670 2,273 10.70 10.00 429 400 40.1 22,322 20,800 2,087 17.54 18.89 737 760 42.0 38,328 39,520 2,185 13.27 11.74 531 470 40.0 27,610 24,419 2,080 13.27 11.74 531 470 40.0 27,610 24,419 2,080 10.61 10.75 425 430 40.0 22,075 22,354 2,080 11.30 8.89 8.87 8.50 452 355 355 340 40.0 39.9 23,501 18,445 18,450 17,680 2,080 2,076 11.62 7.86 6.51 8.75 8.50 5.90 467 315 251 350 340 230 40.1 40.0 38.5 23,890 16,357 13,046 17,555 17,680 11,960 2,055 2,080 2,003 6.68 6.45 261 258 39.1 13,584 13,408 2,033 Mean Median Mean Median $11.51 $10.11 $477 12.34 10.05 8.13 8.13 11.09 13.26 7.81 7.65 7.65 8.25 10.33 9.64 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 24 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $344 39.5 $23,704 $17,826 2,049 1,202 1,032 45.3 62,512 53,639 2,356 30.68 978 1,227 40.0 50,863 63,808 2,080 15.39 11.00 616 440 40.0 32,010 22,880 2,080 25.13 29.45 17.00 29.64 1,002 1,172 680 1,185 39.9 39.8 52,086 60,931 35,360 61,630 2,073 2,069 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $11.57 $8.79 $457 Management occupations ................... 26.53 21.49 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... 24.45 Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. 7.50 6.48 253 240 33.8 13,169 12,480 1,756 6.68 6.35 209 184 31.2 10,860 9,555 1,625 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Food service, tipped ........................... Waiters and waitresses .................. 6.28 3.01 2.83 6.00 2.38 2.16 241 95 89 240 78 73 38.3 31.7 31.3 12,498 4,964 4,604 12,480 4,056 3,801 1,989 1,649 1,628 7.80 7.51 6.50 6.75 293 275 240 258 37.6 36.7 15,208 14,274 12,480 12,896 1,951 1,902 7.93 7.25 308 296 38.9 15,974 15,371 2,013 8.93 8.00 357 320 40.0 18,565 16,640 2,080 11.04 10.11 438 384 39.7 22,785 19,968 2,063 11.51 10.11 477 455 41.5 24,825 23,660 2,157 12.34 10.05 8.13 8.13 11.09 13.26 7.81 7.65 7.65 8.25 493 390 322 322 425 500 304 296 296 308 39.9 38.8 39.6 39.6 38.3 25,622 20,295 16,747 16,747 22,113 26,000 15,808 15,392 15,392 16,016 2,077 2,020 2,060 2,060 1,993 10.07 8.95 9.50 8.75 399 358 373 350 39.6 40.0 20,709 18,479 19,427 18,200 2,056 2,065 11.56 8.47 12.24 6.50 463 339 490 260 40.0 40.0 24,053 17,608 25,459 13,520 2,080 2,080 11.36 9.08 9.12 10.33 8.50 8.46 441 363 364 423 340 338 38.8 40.0 39.9 22,917 18,879 18,908 21,986 17,680 17,588 2,017 2,080 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations .................................... Helpers, construction trades ............... 9.82 8.69 8.50 8.00 393 347 340 320 40.0 40.0 20,422 18,065 17,680 16,640 2,080 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 12.95 11.00 535 440 41.3 27,804 22,880 2,148 10.51 9.85 422 394 40.1 21,943 20,488 2,087 16.70 18.46 704 680 42.1 36,602 35,360 2,192 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Personal care and service occupations .................................... Sales and related occupations ............ First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ......................................... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................... Retail sales workers ........................... Cashiers, all workers ...................... Cashiers ..................................... Retail salespersons ........................ Office and administrative support occupations .................................... Financial clerks ................................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................................ Stock clerks and order fillers .............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Medical secretaries ......................... Office clerks, general .......................... Production occupations ...................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ......................................... See footnotes at end of table. 25 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......................................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ................................ Miscellaneous production workers ..... Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Industrial truck and tractor operators .. Laborers and material movers, hand .. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand .............. Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $470 40.0 $27,610 $24,419 2,080 531 470 40.0 27,610 24,419 2,080 8.87 8.50 452 355 355 340 40.0 39.9 23,501 18,445 18,450 17,680 2,080 2,076 11.71 7.86 6.50 8.75 8.50 5.90 470 315 250 340 340 230 40.2 40.0 38.5 24,452 16,357 13,021 17,680 17,680 11,960 2,088 2,080 2,003 6.67 6.45 261 258 39.1 13,547 13,408 2,032 Mean Median Mean Median $13.27 $11.74 $531 13.27 11.74 11.30 8.89 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 26 Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $603 39.5 $32,389 $32,292 1,732 1,186 1,332 40.0 53,804 57,167 1,815 18.16 701 726 40.0 36,470 37,777 2,080 17.22 15.99 689 639 40.0 34,234 34,253 1,988 25.86 27.04 987 1,041 38.2 37,663 39,931 1,456 30.37 30.12 1,150 1,140 37.8 43,276 42,639 1,425 29.93 30.92 1,129 1,140 37.7 42,280 42,639 1,412 29.82 31.08 30.43 30.61 1,127 1,182 1,140 1,159 37.8 38.0 42,222 44,738 42,639 43,360 1,416 1,440 30.96 10.50 30.39 10.06 1,176 405 1,152 386 38.0 38.6 44,421 15,165 43,290 14,453 1,435 1,444 Protective service occupations ........... Police officers ..................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 15.12 19.51 19.51 14.09 16.44 16.44 665 792 792 621 657 657 44.0 40.6 40.6 34,577 41,164 41,164 32,289 34,187 34,187 2,288 2,110 2,110 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... 9.81 9.50 381 359 38.8 14,989 14,050 1,528 9.09 9.21 9.00 9.64 364 369 360 386 40.0 40.0 18,677 18,883 18,468 19,668 2,055 2,050 9.21 9.64 369 386 40.0 18,883 19,668 2,050 11.46 10.92 458 437 40.0 21,722 20,811 1,895 11.53 11.44 461 458 40.0 21,297 19,471 1,847 11.43 9.98 11.06 9.93 457 399 442 397 40.0 40.0 21,022 20,754 19,471 20,652 1,839 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations .................................... 11.96 10.08 478 403 40.0 24,873 20,956 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 16.46 16.86 658 674 40.0 34,230 35,069 2,080 14.88 12.00 595 480 40.0 30,945 24,960 2,080 10.61 10.75 425 430 40.0 22,075 22,354 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $18.70 $14.51 $739 Management occupations ................... 29.65 33.30 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... 17.53 Community and social services occupations .................................... Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ...... Secondary school teachers ............ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Teacher assistants ............................. Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Office and administrative support occupations .................................... Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... Production occupations ...................... Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators .......... See footnotes at end of table. 27 Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Mean Median Mean Median $10.49 $9.80 $419 $392 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 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours 40.0 $17,934 $15,523 1,710 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 28 Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Occupational group2 Total 1-99 workers 100-499 workers 500 workers or more All workers .................................................................... $10.57 $10.03 $10.81 $12.24 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 ....................... 23.00 25.98 22.04 6.48 10.00 10.14 9.89 11.13 9.80 12.95 10.90 10.35 11.26 18.47 23.79 15.41 6.48 10.44 10.63 10.29 11.11 6.95 13.04 11.28 8.98 12.30 38.20 – 38.91 6.40 9.29 9.30 9.27 10.94 – – 9.43 9.67 9.24 21.72 – 19.44 6.57 8.98 – 8.98 – – – 13.72 – – Relative error3 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 5.6 8.5 6.0 8.1 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 ....................... 8.2 13.1 8.7 2.0 4.1 8.4 5.5 7.2 4.8 14.5 10.9 5.3 17.1 12.9 15.7 13.2 3.4 5.1 8.9 7.8 12.9 7.1 16.0 15.8 10.9 17.3 11.4 – 11.7 5.6 2.6 4.4 4.9 6.6 – – 20.6 5.5 38.5 12.2 – 5.6 2.1 3.9 – 3.9 – – – 5.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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. 29 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $334 39.9 $21,817 $17,389 2,077 1,002 756 42.9 52,119 39,335 2,232 30.68 978 1,227 40.0 50,863 63,808 2,080 15.38 11.00 615 440 40.0 31,992 22,880 2,080 Sales and related occupations ................................ First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ..... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ......................................................... Retail sales workers ............................................... Retail salespersons ............................................ 11.27 11.12 10.11 10.11 459 464 455 455 40.7 41.7 23,850 24,119 23,660 23,660 2,117 2,170 11.80 10.05 12.69 8.80 7.00 7.50 471 408 521 313 270 300 39.9 40.6 41.1 24,487 21,225 27,115 16,286 14,040 15,600 2,076 2,111 2,136 Office and administrative support occupations .... Financial clerks ....................................................... Office clerks, general .............................................. 10.54 8.86 8.94 10.00 8.75 8.46 416 355 356 400 350 338 39.4 40.0 39.9 21,618 18,439 18,523 20,800 18,200 17,588 2,050 2,080 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations ............. 6.92 7.00 277 280 40.0 14,398 14,560 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................................ 13.04 11.00 540 440 41.4 28,067 22,880 2,153 Production occupations .......................................... 8.98 7.65 359 306 40.0 18,678 15,912 2,080 12.56 6.72 12.00 6.30 503 269 480 252 40.1 40.0 26,159 13,967 24,960 13,104 2,083 2,080 6.74 6.00 270 240 40.0 14,020 12,480 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $10.50 $8.50 $420 Management occupations ....................................... 23.35 15.60 Business and financial operations occupations ... 24.45 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........................................................ Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ................................................ 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 30 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $374 38.7 $26,910 $19,240 2,000 1,194 1,146 788 1,154 39.8 39.7 62,103 59,586 40,976 60,008 2,070 2,062 5.89 208 170 31.8 10,753 8,840 1,641 8.82 7.98 8.18 7.23 319 283 299 288 36.2 35.4 16,528 14,641 15,522 14,997 1,875 1,834 8.98 9.06 343 316 38.1 17,699 16,432 1,970 Sales and related occupations ................................ Retail sales workers ............................................... Cashiers, all workers .......................................... Cashiers ......................................................... Retail salespersons ............................................ 10.47 10.04 10.21 10.21 9.54 10.03 9.64 10.76 10.76 9.10 390 371 399 399 343 363 346 429 429 322 37.3 37.0 39.1 39.1 36.0 20,295 19,293 20,748 20,748 17,853 18,886 17,992 22,318 22,318 16,723 1,937 1,922 2,032 2,032 1,872 Office and administrative support occupations .... Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 9.27 9.54 8.88 9.50 370 378 352 380 39.9 39.6 19,146 19,667 18,408 19,760 2,066 2,061 Production occupations .......................................... 11.88 11.00 478 440 40.3 24,873 22,880 2,094 9.72 6.37 7.00 5.40 393 240 280 193 40.4 37.6 20,416 12,469 14,560 10,043 2,100 1,957 6.64 6.45 258 258 38.8 13,398 13,408 2,017 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $13.46 $9.70 $521 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........................................................ Registered nurses .................................................. 30.01 28.90 19.70 28.85 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........................................................ 6.55 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ........................................................ Building cleaning workers ....................................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ................................................ 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 31 Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Union 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 .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... Nonunion Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers $23.25 $21.47 – $12.22 $10.50 $18.47 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.88 25.83 23.41 7.22 10.12 10.14 10.11 11.20 – 12.79 10.94 10.53 11.20 22.99 25.98 22.04 6.47 9.96 10.14 9.83 10.63 9.80 11.91 10.89 10.34 11.25 24.57 25.65 24.36 10.86 11.37 – 11.37 14.92 11.96 16.46 11.72 14.88 10.49 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 .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 3.0 9.7 – 4.7 5.6 3.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.2 7.8 4.5 3.0 3.6 8.4 4.3 6.2 – 11.7 10.3 5.4 16.2 8.2 13.3 8.7 2.1 4.1 8.4 5.5 7.0 4.8 14.3 11.0 5.3 17.2 3.8 8.0 4.0 3.8 5.1 – 5.1 5.3 8.7 6.7 11.4 20.7 1.8 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. 32 Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Time Occupational group3 Incentive Civilian workers Private industry workers Civilian workers Private industry workers All workers .................................................................... $11.88 $9.87 $19.09 $19.09 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 ....................... 22.90 26.79 22.03 7.19 9.69 8.38 10.37 11.13 – 12.72 10.36 10.53 10.24 20.35 27.99 18.27 6.42 9.44 8.38 10.13 10.54 9.80 11.76 10.27 10.35 10.22 – – – – 12.77 15.52 7.91 – – – – – – – – – – 12.77 15.52 7.91 – – – – – – Relative error4 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 4.7 5.4 12.4 12.4 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 ....................... 4.6 7.6 4.8 2.9 3.8 2.7 4.6 5.2 – 10.9 10.3 5.3 18.4 9.6 12.1 8.1 1.9 4.4 2.7 6.0 5.3 4.8 12.6 11.2 5.3 20.2 – – – – 15.1 11.8 2.9 – – – – – – – – – – 15.1 11.8 2.9 – – – – – – 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. 33 Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 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 $9.73 $11.95 $11.72 – – $9.05 $11.90 $6.26 – – 21.34 22.94 – – – 25.41 – – – – – – – – – – – 12.23 – 11.31 26.45 – 7.27 9.91 9.85 10.05 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.00 10.47 – 10.47 – 24.40 6.55 9.52 – 9.60 – – 6.20 – – – – – – – – – – – 16.51 17.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.21 11.57 – 12.32 10.81 12.45 – – – – – – 6.62 – – – – – – – – – – – 9.71 – – – – 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 ... 5.0 12.9 8.6 – – 17.9 4.6 6.4 – – 2.4 16.4 – – – 13.6 – – – – – – – – – – – 9.8 – 10.3 25.7 – 24.9 5.4 9.5 11.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.5 13.8 – 13.8 – 13.1 .3 4.6 – 5.5 – – 7.3 – – – – – – – – – 5.3 – – – 6.5 10.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17.5 2.2 – 13.8 18.1 15.6 – – – – – – 8.1 – – – – – – – – – – – 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. 34 Appendix A: Technical Note T ployment 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 employing 50 or more workers. 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 Brownsville–Harlingen–San Benito, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of Cameron County. 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 or part-time, union or nonunion, and time or 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 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. Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to em- A-1 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. 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: A-2 • • • • 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 collec- tion. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample units. 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. 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: Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage. • • • • • 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. Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are solely tied to an hourly rate or salary. A-3 Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: • • • 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, postratification, 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 $16.46 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Civilian workers Occupational group2 Private industry workers State and local government workers All workers .................................................................... 112,100 87,000 25,200 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 ....................... 23,600 3,800 19,900 38,700 26,000 10,800 15,200 9,700 4,900 4,200 14,100 5,300 8,800 9,000 1,800 7,100 33,300 23,100 10,800 12,200 8,500 4,500 3,400 13,100 5,100 8,000 14,600 1,900 12,700 5,400 2,900 – 2,900 1,200 400 800 1,000 200 800 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, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Establishments Total Private industry State and local government Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 4,184 4,158 26 Total in sample ............................................................... Responding ............................................................ Refused or unable to provide data ......................... Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 240 168 30 42 217 147 28 42 23 21 2 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
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