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Chicago–Gary–Kenosha, IL–IN–WI
National Compensation Survey
September 2004
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
June 2005
Bulletin 3125–71

Preface

D

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Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from
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Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site.
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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 firms
and government jurisdictions 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:
Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning,

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Contents

Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................

1

Tables:
1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
2–1. Mean hourly earnings, all workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
2–2. Mean hourly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
2–3. Mean hourly earnings, part-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
3–1. Mean weekly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
3–2. Mean annual earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................
5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations,
all industries..................................................................................................................................
6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations,
State and local government...........................................................................................................
6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
all industries..................................................................................................................................
6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers: Selected occupations,
all industries..................................................................................................................................

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3
6
9
11
15
19
26
33
36
37
38
39
42
45
47
50

Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group ............
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Occupational Leveling Criteria ........................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................

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A–1
A–5
B–1
C–1
D–1

Introduction

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Table 1–1 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 major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the
same type of information for full-time workers only. Table
2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime.
Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual
hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational group.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions by occupational group; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational group in the private sector.
Tables 6–1 through 6–5 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. These iterations correspond to those
presented in tables 2–1, 2–2, and 2–3.

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Chicago–Gary–Kenosha, IL–IN–WI, metropolitan
area. Data were collected between March 2004 and April
2005; the average reference month is September 2004.
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 several
appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the occupational leveling methodology.
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 firefighters, 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. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs for total compensation, that
is, wages and benefits. Still another NCS product measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
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 480 detailed occupations 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.

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Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total

Private industry

Hourly earnings

State and local government

Hourly earnings

Worker and establishment characteristics

Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

$21.28

2.4

35.9

$20.19

2.9

36.0

$26.74

1.0

35.4

White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................

26.83
32.32
35.64
25.86
16.26
17.07
22.79

2.6
5.0
3.6
16.6
3.6
5.0
8.3

36.6
35.5
39.6
33.7
37.0
37.9
39.9

26.20
31.14
36.54
25.90
16.22
16.59
22.28

3.4
6.9
4.4
16.6
4.0
5.4
9.1

37.1
36.6
39.9
33.8
37.3
37.9
40.0

29.41
35.42
32.45
–
16.45
23.90
27.79

2.2
.8
2.1
–
7.8
1.8
3.7

34.7
32.9
38.6
–
35.3
37.7
38.7

13.15
19.93

7.5
4.7

39.7
37.2

13.14
19.48

7.5
5.5

39.7
37.3

–
22.49

–
3.2

–
36.5

14.15
12.90

10.4
3.5

33.8
31.1

13.65
9.76

11.4
1.9

33.5
29.8

20.22
22.13

8.3
4.2

38.1
35.9

Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................

22.33
11.90

2.5
6.1

39.3
20.2

21.26
11.57

3.1
6.5

39.6
20.6

27.42
15.19

1.1
6.1

37.8
16.8

Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................

22.35
20.84

2.8
3.4

37.1
35.4

19.02
20.51

4.4
3.7

37.1
35.6

27.86
24.62

1.3
3.2

37.1
32.5

Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................

20.86
30.58

2.2
12.0

35.8
38.0

19.63
30.58

2.8
12.0

35.9
38.0

26.74
–

1.0
–

35.4
–

Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

–
–

–
–

–
–

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

50-99 workers7 .......................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................

17.15
18.87
25.33

4.2
7.3
3.0

34.0
36.1
36.5

16.95
18.36
24.52

4.3
8.0
4.4

34.0
36.4
36.7

24.23
25.43
27.11

7.7
4.0
1.7

33.7
32.5
36.1

Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4

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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

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

$21.28
21.03

2.4
2.1

$20.19
19.83

2.9
2.6

$26.74
26.75

1.0
1.0

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

26.83
26.94

2.6
2.3

26.20
26.24

3.4
3.1

29.41
29.44

2.2
2.2

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................

32.32
33.92
32.71
34.43
35.16
34.02
–
30.05
27.27
45.29
43.73
36.57
36.54
39.65
33.90
29.32
35.38
36.64
27.23
27.49
16.11
16.12
60.85
60.89

5.0
5.5
7.1
3.3
3.0
3.5
–
6.1
1.9
18.2
16.0
.9
1.3
7.2
15.8
11.1
17.1
17.4
6.8
7.2
9.7
9.7
13.7
13.7

31.14
33.02
32.37
34.93
35.29
34.16
–
29.16
26.10
48.15
46.12
26.25
–
–
26.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
73.55
73.55

6.9
8.4
7.1
3.3
3.0
3.4
–
7.1
.7
21.5
16.8
13.9
–
–
43.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
8.1

35.42
35.77
–
–
–
–
–
34.88
34.42
37.35
32.48
37.64
37.24
–
36.26
29.58
22.94
20.94
–
–
20.93
21.03
26.58
26.26

.8
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
2.0
3.0
3.2
.7
.7
–
17.9
20.5
6.3
.6
–
–
11.5
11.5
9.8
10.6

25.94
23.46
25.14
19.58
27.61
17.02
16.22
27.23
27.31
32.33

15.0
23.3
3.4
13.5
4.2
3.4
23.8
3.7
6.6
10.3

26.27
23.65
25.22
19.59
27.75
16.97
16.15
27.17
26.81
33.66

15.7
24.0
3.5
13.7
4.3
3.4
25.5
4.1
6.9
9.1

–
–
23.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................

35.64
41.54
37.11
36.74
54.32

3.6
4.1
6.3
10.3
20.1

36.54
42.77
–
36.74
–

4.4
4.8
–
10.4
–

32.45
37.24
37.11
–
–

2.1
5.5
6.3
–
–

43.91
35.17
29.32
30.71
47.29
28.48
25.05
37.67

8.3
7.7
5.9
11.1
6.8
2.3
3.0
7.5

43.91
20.07
28.03
28.41
48.10
29.04
24.29
37.67

8.3
23.5
4.3
8.5
7.0
2.8
2.7
7.5

–
37.66
–
–
–
26.44
27.35
–

–
9.5
–
–
–
3.2
10.9
–

30.68
30.20
25.48

7.2
17.4
4.6

30.56
–
25.98

8.2
–
4.9

–
–
21.03

–
–
8.9

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................

25.86
19.50
86.48
34.82
12.01

16.6
11.2
37.3
10.1
21.8

25.90
19.50
86.48
34.82
12.01

16.6
11.2
37.3
10.1
21.8

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Sales –Continued
Cashiers ...............................................................

$9.94

3.2

$9.85

3.1

–

–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

16.26
19.23
15.19
12.42
17.54
16.71
13.09
16.66
16.27
18.77
14.71
13.05
17.21
15.52
14.24
15.79
13.94
13.96
10.43
14.91
17.94

3.6
5.4
11.6
7.8
16.2
13.2
7.7
12.2
4.7
11.1
6.7
7.6
9.7
8.2
7.3
4.6
22.2
5.9
7.2
10.3
8.4

16.22
20.09
15.19
12.49
–
16.72
–
14.88
16.21
18.77
14.71
–
–
15.52
13.97
15.79
13.76
13.27
10.41
14.95
18.61

4.0
3.1
11.6
7.9
–
13.2
–
4.8
4.9
11.1
6.7
–
–
8.2
7.9
4.6
23.2
6.4
7.4
10.6
9.5

$16.45
16.70
–
–
–
–
13.52
–
–
–
–
–
19.38
–
–
–
–
15.90
–
–
16.10

7.8
17.2
–
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
15.2

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

17.07

5.0

16.59

5.4

23.90

1.8

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
Machinists .............................................................

22.79
22.11

8.3
9.2

22.28
21.79

9.1
9.0

27.79
–

3.7
–

25.48
18.44
29.55
26.67
22.70
26.42
27.21
26.15

9.7
10.5
9.4
12.6
9.8
13.7
5.9
14.3

25.48
18.35
–
21.92
–
26.42
27.21
–

9.7
10.8
–
15.6
–
13.7
5.9
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

13.15
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
17.47
10.07
11.54

7.5
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
3.2
20.3
9.4

13.14
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
17.47
10.07
11.54

7.5
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
3.2
20.3
9.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

19.93
23.04
18.10
20.51
14.25

4.7
5.1
6.7
2.5
8.7

19.48
22.74
–
20.51
14.25

5.5
5.7
–
2.5
8.7

22.49
–
–
–
–

3.2
–
–
–
–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

14.15
11.41
11.61
16.78
9.97
11.72
13.06

10.4
6.0
7.7
4.2
17.7
10.0
19.7

13.65
10.57
11.49
16.67
9.97
11.72
10.20

11.4
6.8
7.7
4.5
17.7
10.0
15.9

20.22
13.96
–
–
–
–
21.86

8.3
3.5
–
–
–
–
7.8

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

4

Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Protective service, n.e.c. ......................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$12.90
21.54
24.78
27.30
10.02
15.11
8.41
4.95
4.41
6.25
9.88
13.98
10.51
7.43
8.92
8.80
11.75
13.78
11.17
11.30
9.89
11.46
10.85
7.78
9.72
8.44
9.45

3.5
7.6
5.2
1.8
6.8
22.0
3.8
2.3
4.1
20.7
2.4
14.5
8.3
5.4
6.6
3.7
4.3
10.0
4.7
4.9
3.4
6.5
5.0
2.2
7.8
5.9
5.5

$9.76
10.03
–
–
9.96
–
8.33
4.96
4.42
6.25
9.83
14.57
10.45
7.46
8.92
8.75
11.10
13.35
10.55
10.38
9.89
10.35
10.76
7.43
9.42
7.61
9.44

1.9
5.8
–
–
5.5
–
4.0
2.3
4.2
20.7
2.5
15.8
8.7
5.7
6.6
3.8
5.4
15.0
1.4
4.9
3.4
6.2
5.4
2.8
8.2
7.9
5.6

$22.13
25.91
25.98
27.30
10.31
–
10.53
–
–
–
10.76
–
–
–
–
–
15.45
–
15.69
14.95
–
14.95
11.79
9.30
–
–
10.05

4.2
4.6
3.6
1.8
29.0
–
7.9
–
–
–
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
6.1
2.1
–
2.1
6.2
6.2
–
–
7.7

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

5

Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

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

$22.33
21.95

2.5
2.2

$21.26
20.74

3.1
2.7

$27.42
27.42

1.1
1.1

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

27.64
27.38

2.6
2.3

27.08
26.67

3.3
3.0

29.85
29.85

2.5
2.5

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................

32.74
34.42
32.71
34.43
35.16
34.02
–
30.37
27.01
47.20
44.09
37.15
36.54
39.65
36.55
29.32
36.24
37.72
27.33
27.49
16.12
16.12
60.85
60.89

5.6
6.1
7.1
3.3
3.0
3.5
–
8.2
2.8
17.1
16.6
1.1
1.3
7.2
15.4
11.1
17.2
17.3
6.8
7.2
9.7
9.7
13.7
13.7

31.55
33.58
32.37
34.93
35.29
34.16
–
29.33
25.43
49.75
46.12
27.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
73.55
73.55

7.9
9.3
7.1
3.3
3.0
3.4
–
10.0
1.2
19.0
16.8
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
8.1

35.70
36.05
–
–
–
–
–
34.85
34.34
37.98
–
38.00
37.24
–
–
29.58
23.42
21.20
–
–
21.03
21.03
26.58
26.26

1.1
1.3
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
2.3
4.1
–
1.4
.7
–
–
20.5
7.2
1.3
–
–
11.5
11.5
9.8
10.6

25.35
23.48
25.26
19.21
27.88
17.06
16.46
27.23
27.31
30.61

16.2
23.4
4.2
14.8
6.2
4.7
26.5
3.7
6.6
7.3

25.70
23.65
25.34
19.21
27.88
–
16.39
27.17
26.81
–

17.2
24.0
4.4
15.0
6.2
–
28.7
4.1
6.9
–

–
–
23.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................

35.61
41.50
37.12
36.74
54.32

3.6
4.2
6.2
10.3
20.1

36.50
42.72
–
36.74
–

4.5
4.9
–
10.4
–

32.45
37.24
37.12
–
–

2.1
5.5
6.2
–
–

43.91
35.17
29.32
30.71
47.23
28.48
25.05
37.67

8.3
7.7
5.9
11.1
6.9
2.3
3.0
7.5

43.91
20.07
28.03
28.41
48.05
29.04
24.29
37.67

8.3
23.5
4.3
8.5
7.1
2.8
2.7
7.5

–
37.66
–
–
–
26.44
27.35
–

–
9.5
–
–
–
3.2
10.9
–

30.68
30.20
25.48

7.2
17.4
4.6

30.56
–
25.98

8.2
–
4.9

–
–
21.03

–
–
8.9

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................

30.50
19.50
87.36
34.82
14.76

17.2
11.2
38.4
10.1
29.2

30.50
19.50
87.36
34.82
14.76

17.2
11.2
38.4
10.1
29.2

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

6

Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Sales –Continued
Cashiers ...............................................................

$9.87

2.3

$9.87

2.3

–

–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

16.61
19.54
13.36
16.72
–
17.00
16.27
19.84
14.71
17.44
15.52
14.62
16.01
15.88
14.03
10.85
14.95
18.08

3.6
5.9
8.7
13.2
–
12.8
4.7
11.6
6.7
9.2
8.2
9.4
5.9
11.6
6.6
2.5
10.4
8.3

16.59
20.45
13.36
16.72
–
15.01
16.21
19.84
14.71
–
15.52
14.31
16.01
–
13.33
10.84
14.98
18.79

4.0
3.2
8.7
13.2
–
5.6
4.9
11.6
6.7
–
8.2
10.5
5.9
–
7.4
2.6
10.7
9.3

$16.76
16.95
–
–
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.89
–
–
16.14

8.5
18.6
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
15.3

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

17.47

4.8

16.96

5.1

24.74

1.4

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
Machinists .............................................................

22.85
22.11

8.4
9.2

22.31
21.79

9.1
9.0

28.43
–

6.3
–

25.48
18.67
29.55
26.67
22.70
26.42
27.21
26.15

9.7
11.0
9.4
12.6
9.8
13.7
5.9
14.3

25.48
18.58
–
21.92
–
26.42
27.21
–

9.7
11.3
–
15.6
–
13.7
5.9
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

13.14
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
17.47
10.07
11.54

7.5
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
3.2
20.3
9.4

13.13
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
17.47
10.07
11.54

7.5
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
3.2
20.3
9.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

20.79
23.58
20.51
14.25

4.0
4.3
2.5
8.7

20.39
23.34
20.51
14.25

4.5
4.8
2.5
8.7

23.25
–
–
–

1.2
–
–
–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

14.93
11.62
12.03
18.28
11.77
17.86

8.8
6.9
10.0
7.2
10.4
11.6

14.31
10.57
11.85
18.21
11.77
14.65

9.7
6.8
10.1
7.7
10.4
7.3

21.12
–
–
–
–
22.10

6.8
–
–
–
–
7.3

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............

14.48
22.39
25.30
27.35
9.45

4.2
8.3
4.8
1.7
6.7

10.66
9.64
–
–
9.41

3.0
2.3
–
–
3.1

23.08
26.29
26.60
27.35
–

3.9
4.2
1.8
1.7
–

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

7

Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

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

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$9.86
5.64
5.05
10.77
14.59
10.83
9.29
9.41
11.94
15.01
11.20
11.78
9.89
12.07
12.22
9.28

7.3
19.5
23.3
4.4
12.1
7.3
10.7
8.1
4.9
7.3
5.0
3.7
3.4
5.6
6.6
6.8

$9.79
5.64
5.05
10.74
15.39
10.78
9.29
9.42
11.22
–
10.53
10.75
9.89
10.81
12.15
9.28

7.6
19.5
23.3
4.6
12.0
7.7
10.7
8.2
6.3
–
1.4
4.4
3.4
6.2
7.0
6.8

$11.23
–
–
11.23
–
–
–
–
15.45
–
15.69
15.67
–
15.67
–
–

15.1
–
–
15.1
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
6.1
3.7
–
3.7
–
–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

8

Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation3

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

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

$11.90
12.22

6.1
7.3

$11.57
11.89

6.5
7.9

$15.19
15.19

6.1
6.1

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

16.65
19.75

4.8
4.1

16.34
19.81

5.4
4.7

19.19
19.36

7.3
7.9

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

27.04
27.76
28.82
27.98
29.18
18.87
14.48
19.99
19.99
–
–

2.3
2.6
4.4
2.4
15.7
17.1
26.1
1.3
1.3
–
–

26.94
27.71
28.61
27.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2.3
2.6
4.5
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

27.68
28.02
–
–
35.63
21.87
–
19.99
19.99
–
–

9.6
10.3
–
–
20.2
4.0
–
1.3
1.3
–
–

–
23.65
26.77

–
19.7
5.5

–
23.73
27.31

–
20.6
4.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

9.26
8.28
10.00

5.0
1.4
5.4

9.17
8.28
9.83

5.0
1.4
5.3

–
–
–

–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................

11.78
14.76
9.29
12.77
13.20

4.5
14.1
8.3
15.6
6.2

11.56
15.47
9.26
–
12.73

5.4
16.3
9.3
–
7.0

12.82
–
–
13.33
–

5.0
–
–
15.7
–

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

11.67

16.1

11.38

17.7

14.92

16.4

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

12.00

18.4

10.26

11.6

–

–

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

11.54
10.67
12.98
6.97

21.5
8.4
8.0
6.6

11.60
10.67
12.98
–

22.0
8.4
8.0
–

8.94
–
–
–

5.1
–
–
–

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............

7.80
11.70
12.35
6.14
4.55
4.19
7.64
7.07
10.39
10.75

5.6
9.0
8.8
4.1
12.7
16.1
2.5
.9
2.8
5.6

7.56
11.44
12.09
6.06
4.56
4.19
7.54
–
10.39
10.75

5.7
12.7
10.8
3.9
12.7
16.2
1.7
–
2.8
5.6

10.54
12.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

4.2
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

9

Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

–
–
$8.61
8.15
7.95
9.65

–
–
7.1
8.3
3.0
11.3

–
–
$8.40
–
7.95
9.64

–
–
7.5
–
3.0
11.9

$9.99
9.99
10.39
9.30
–
10.05

6.2
6.2
9.0
6.2
–
7.7

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

10

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation3

Weekly earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

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

$877
862

2.5
2.2

39.3
39.3

$842
821

3.2
2.8

39.6
39.6

$1,038
1,038

1.9
1.9

37.8
37.8

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

1,078
1,066

2.7
2.3

39.0
38.9

1,074
1,058

3.3
2.9

39.7
39.6

1,093
1,093

3.3
3.3

36.6
36.6

1,260
1,322

5.3
5.8

38.5
38.4

1,259
1,354

7.6
9.0

39.9
40.3

1,261
1,269

2.3
2.5

35.3
35.2

1,352
1,371

5.4
3.4

41.3
39.8

1,344
1,397

5.5
3.3

41.5
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

1,431

2.9

40.7

1,436

2.9

40.7

–

–

–

1,389
–
1,209
1,063
1,843

4.1
–
8.0
2.3
19.3

40.8
–
39.8
39.3
39.0

1,394
–
1,164
1,007
1,980

4.1
–
9.8
1.4
21.1

40.8
–
39.7
39.6
39.8

–
–
1,404
1,311
1,385

–
–
8.9
1.9
1.2

–
–
40.3
38.2
36.5

1,615

18.6

36.6

1,736

18.3

37.6

–

–

–

1,263
1,215
1,379
1,286

3.2
2.8
2.6
6.6

34.0
33.2
34.8
35.2

1,065
–
–
–

7.4
–
–
–

38.1
–
–
–

1,279
1,230
–
–

3.6
3.3
–
–

33.7
33.0
–
–

1,102

9.3

37.6

–

–

–

1,077

18.0

36.4

1,350
1,390

14.3
14.6

37.2
36.8

–
–

–
–

–
–

907
804

9.0
2.3

38.7
37.9

1,081
1,086

5.7
6.0

39.5
39.5

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

634
634
2,569
2,571

8.4
8.4
16.4
16.5

39.3
39.3
42.2
42.2

–
–
3,192
3,192

–
–
10.7
10.7

–
–
43.4
43.4

814
814
1,045
1,032

10.2
10.2
8.8
9.6

38.7
38.7
39.3
39.3

1,020
939
979

15.3
23.4
3.8

40.3
40.0
38.8

1,035
946
981

16.2
24.0
4.0

40.3
40.0
38.7

–
–
932

–
–
10.0

–
–
39.5

768
1,115
682

14.8
6.2
4.7

40.0
40.0
40.0

768
1,115
–

15.0
6.2
–

40.0
40.0
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

695
1,085
1,086
1,123

24.3
3.7
6.1
5.5

42.2
39.9
39.8
36.7

695
1,087
1,066
–

26.4
4.1
6.3
–

42.4
40.0
39.7
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1,413

4.0

39.7

1,459

5.0

40.0

1,253

1.8

38.6

1,665

4.5

40.1

1,734

5.3

40.6

1,437

4.9

38.6

1,383
1,499

7.2
9.9

37.2
40.8

–
1,499

–
9.9

–
40.8

1,383
–

7.2
–

37.2
–

Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Editors and reporters ..............
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Computer programmers .........
Legal assistants ......................
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
See footnotes at end of table.

11

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

State and local
government

Private industry

Weekly earnings

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$2,149

24.3

39.6

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,892

9.8

43.1

$1,892

9.8

43.1

–

–

–

1,381

6.8

39.3

817

25.4

40.7

$1,470

7.8

39.0

1,175

5.9

40.1

1,124

4.5

40.1

–

–

–

1,211

14.5

39.4

1,118

13.2

39.3

–

–

–

1,914
1,114
978
1,472

7.3
2.5
3.6
7.9

40.5
39.1
39.1
39.1

1,945
1,140
958
1,472

7.6
3.0
3.5
7.9

40.5
39.2
39.4
39.1

–
1,022
1,039
–

–
2.8
11.2
–

–
38.7
38.0
–

1,207

7.3

39.4

1,218

8.2

39.9

–

–

–

1,208
980

17.4
4.7

40.0
38.5

–
998

–
5.0

–
38.4

–
817

–
5.7

–
38.9

1,212
800

17.3
10.2

39.7
41.0

1,212
800

17.3
10.2

39.7
41.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

3,494
1,393

38.4
10.1

40.0
40.0

3,494
1,393

38.4
10.1

40.0
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

557
378

30.6
4.0

37.7
38.3

557
378

30.6
4.0

37.7
38.3

–
–

–
–

–
–

647
752
518
669
–
639

3.7
5.9
8.2
13.2
–
11.6

38.9
38.5
38.8
40.0
–
37.6

651
785
518
669
–
576

4.0
3.2
8.2
13.2
–
4.8

39.2
38.4
38.8
40.0
–
38.4

628
655
–
–
526
–

9.5
18.7
–
–
8.4
–

37.5
38.7
–
–
36.9
–

636
784
588
735

4.2
12.5
6.7
9.6

39.1
39.5
40.0
42.1

635
784
588
–

4.3
12.5
6.7
–

39.2
39.5
40.0
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

621
574

8.2
8.8

40.0
39.2

621
562

8.2
9.8

40.0
39.3

–
–

–
–

–
–

632
633
549
432
597
689

6.2
11.6
6.2
2.3
10.4
9.1

39.5
39.9
39.1
39.8
39.9
38.1

632
–
525
432
599
724

6.2
–
7.1
2.4
10.7
9.4

39.5
–
39.4
39.8
40.0
38.5

–
–
612
–
–
596

–
–
5.2
–
–
20.1

–
–
38.5
–
–
36.9

698

4.8

39.9

678

5.2

40.0

985

1.5

39.8

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers –Continued
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Sales, other business services
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Secretaries .............................
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Dispatchers .............................
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.

12

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Weekly earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Industrial machinery repairers
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Machinists ...............................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................

$914
885

8.4
9.2

40.0
40.0

$892
871

9.2
9.0

40.0
40.0

$1,134
–

6.5
–

39.9
–

1,003

11.0

39.4

1,003

11.0

39.4

–

–

–

747
1,172
1,067

11.0
9.4
12.6

40.0
39.7
40.0

743
–
877

11.3
–
15.6

40.0
–
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

896
1,092
1,121
1,046

8.9
18.1
8.4
14.3

39.5
41.3
41.2
40.0

–
1,092
1,121
–

–
18.1
8.4
–

–
41.3
41.2
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

522

7.4

39.7

522

7.4

39.7

–

–

–

616

7.3

40.0

616

7.3

40.0

–

–

–

374

15.9

39.9

374

15.9

39.9

–

–

–

384

10.7

39.2

384

10.7

39.2

–

–

–

500

3.7

39.8

500

3.7

39.8

–

–

–

547
699
403

12.1
3.2
20.3

39.3
40.0
40.0

547
699
403

12.1
3.2
20.3

39.3
40.0
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

459

9.1

39.8

459

9.1

39.8

–

–

–

845
987

4.2
3.3

40.6
41.9

832
982

4.8
3.8

40.8
42.1

920
–

1.7
–

39.6
–

810

2.0

39.5

810

2.0

39.5

–

–

–

564

8.5

39.6

564

8.5

39.6

–

–

–

594

9.0

39.8

569

9.9

39.8

845

6.8

40.0

465
478

6.9
10.1

40.0
39.7

423
471

6.8
10.3

40.0
39.7

–
–

–
–

–
–

729
465

7.3
10.6

39.9
39.5

726
465

7.9
10.6

39.9
39.5

–
–

–
–

–
–

715

11.6

40.0

586

7.3

40.0

884

7.3

40.0

562
907
1,207

4.5
9.1
4.2

38.8
40.5
47.7

408
376
–

3.5
4.5
–

38.3
39.0
–

922
1,079
1,256

3.7
4.5
2.5

40.0
41.0
47.2

1,093

1.5

40.0

–

–

–

1,093

1.5

40.0

359
379

7.9
9.1

38.0
38.4

360
378

2.4
9.6

38.3
38.6

–
395

–
15.6

–
35.2

See footnotes at end of table.

13

Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Weekly earnings

Mean

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

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5

$202
182
421

23.0
24.5
5.6

35.8
36.1
39.1

$202
182
422

23.0
24.5
5.9

35.8
36.1
39.3

570
414

13.4
6.0

39.1
38.2

616
415

12.0
6.3

40.0
38.5

372
369
464
572

10.7
9.2
5.0
10.1

40.0
39.2
38.9
38.1

372
370
442
–

10.7
9.3
6.5
–

438
466
391
478
427
368

4.6
3.5
3.5
5.3
2.8
7.1

39.1
39.6
39.5
39.6
35.0
39.6

413
428
391
431
423
368

1.6
4.5
3.5
6.2
2.7
7.1

1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

Mean

–
–
$395

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours5

–
–
15.6

–
–
35.2

–
–

–
–

–
–

40.0
39.2
39.4
–

–
–
568
–

–
–
5.3
–

–
–
36.8
–

39.2
39.8
39.5
39.9
34.8
39.6

597
608
–
608
–
–

4.9
1.3
–
1.3
–
–

38.0
38.8
–
38.8
–
–

cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

14

Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

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

$44,570
43,754

2.5
2.2

1,996
1,993

$43,570
42,488

3.2
2.8

2,050
2,049

$48,682
48,682

1.9
1.9

1,775
1,775

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

54,030
53,255

2.7
2.3

1,955
1,945

55,585
54,715

3.3
2.9

2,053
2,051

49,159
49,159

3.3
3.3

1,647
1,647

60,031
61,854

5.3
5.8

1,833
1,797

64,565
69,075

7.6
9.0

2,046
2,057

52,022
52,094

2.3
2.5

1,457
1,445

70,312
71,305

5.4
3.4

2,149
2,071

69,897
72,660

5.5
3.3

2,159
2,080

–
–

–
–

–
–

74,417

2.9

2,116

74,692

2.9

2,117

–

–

–

72,206
–
61,309
54,259
81,738

4.1
–
8.0
2.3
19.3

2,122
–
2,019
2,008
1,732

72,509
–
60,533
52,357
87,469

4.1
–
9.8
1.4
21.1

2,123
–
2,064
2,059
1,758

–
–
64,302
61,987
62,340

–
–
8.9
1.9
1.2

–
–
1,845
1,805
1,641

71,271

18.6

1,617

76,945

18.3

1,669

–

–

–

49,839
47,347
52,221
60,546

3.2
2.8
2.6
6.6

1,342
1,296
1,317
1,656

46,518
–
–
–

7.4
–
–
–

1,662
–
–
–

50,084
47,856
–
–

3.6
3.3
–
–

1,318
1,285
–
–

52,210

9.3

1,781

–

–

–

48,507

18.0

1,640

68,670
70,497

14.3
14.6

1,895
1,869

–
–

–
–

–
–

47,179
41,826

9.0
2.3

2,014
1,973

48,573
48,396

5.7
6.0

1,777
1,760

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

32,980
32,980
133,586
133,704

8.4
8.4
16.4
16.5

2,046
2,046
2,195
2,196

–
–
165,982
165,982

–
–
10.7
10.7

–
–
2,257
2,257

42,331
42,331
54,350
53,688

10.2
10.2
8.8
9.6

2,013
2,013
2,045
2,044

51,649
48,838
50,905

15.3
23.4
3.8

2,037
2,080
2,015

52,354
49,201
51,016

16.2
24.0
4.0

2,037
2,080
2,014

–
–
48,442

–
–
10.0

–
–
2,056

39,949
57,982
35,475

14.8
6.2
4.7

2,080
2,080
2,080

39,948
57,982
–

15.0
6.2
–

2,080
2,080
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

36,161
56,435
56,477
58,372

24.3
3.7
6.1
5.5

2,197
2,073
2,068
1,907

36,154
56,505
55,414
–

26.4
4.1
6.3
–

2,205
2,080
2,067
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

73,208

4.0

2,056

75,837

5.0

2,078

64,254

1.8

1,980

86,199

4.5

2,077

90,148

5.3

2,110

73,306

4.9

1,968

71,894
77,939

7.2
9.9

1,937
2,122

–
77,955

–
9.9

–
2,122

71,894
–

7.2
–

1,937
–

Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Editors and reporters ..............
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiological technicians .........
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Computer programmers .........
Legal assistants ......................
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
See footnotes at end of table.

15

Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

–

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7.8

1,947

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers –Continued
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Sales, other business services
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Secretaries .............................
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Dispatchers .............................
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................

$111,741

24.3

2,057

98,385

9.8

2,240

$98,385

9.8

2,240

69,167

6.8

1,967

42,089

25.4

2,097

61,123

5.9

2,085

58,470

4.5

2,086

–

–

–

62,920

14.5

2,049

58,058

13.2

2,044

–

–

–

99,536
57,835
50,880
76,561

7.3
2.5
3.6
7.9

2,107
2,030
2,031
2,032

101,148
59,256
49,792
76,561

7.6
3.0
3.5
7.9

2,105
2,040
2,050
2,032

–
52,742
54,035
–

–
2.8
11.2
–

–
1,995
1,975
–

61,841

7.3

2,016

63,362

8.2

2,073

–

–

–

62,811
50,961

17.4
4.7

2,080
2,000

–
51,903

–
5.0

–
1,998

–
42,482

–
5.7

–
2,020

63,011
41,598

17.3
10.2

2,066
2,133

63,011
41,598

17.3
10.2

2,066
2,133

–
–

–
–

–
–

181,703
72,434

38.4
10.1

2,080
2,080

181,703
72,434

38.4
10.1

2,080
2,080

–
–

–
–

–
–

28,940
19,656

30.6
4.0

1,960
1,991

28,940
19,656

30.6
4.0

1,960
1,991

–
–

–
–

–
–

33,225
38,456
26,924
34,779
–
33,206

3.7
5.9
8.2
13.2
–
11.6

2,000
1,968
2,016
2,080
–
1,954

33,833
40,808
26,924
34,779
–
29,938

4.0
3.2
8.2
13.2
–
4.8

2,040
1,996
2,016
2,080
–
1,995

30,366
32,049
–
–
27,352
–

9.5
18.7
–
–
8.4
–

1,812
1,891
–
–
1,919
–

33,089
40,774
30,593
38,211

4.2
12.5
6.7
9.6

2,034
2,055
2,080
2,192

33,022
40,774
30,593
–

4.3
12.5
6.7
–

2,037
2,055
2,080
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

32,284
29,830

8.2
8.8

2,080
2,040

32,284
29,248

8.2
9.8

2,080
2,043

–
–

–
–

–
–

32,868
32,915
28,258
22,461
31,033
35,807

6.2
11.6
6.2
2.3
10.4
9.1

2,053
2,073
2,014
2,071
2,076
1,981

32,868
–
27,283
22,447
31,168
37,660

6.2
–
7.1
2.4
10.7
9.4

2,053
–
2,046
2,071
2,080
2,004

–
–
30,717
–
–
30,984

–
–
5.2
–
–
20.1

–
–
1,933
–
–
1,920

36,128

4.8

2,068

35,100

5.2

2,069

50,907

1.5

2,057

See footnotes at end of table.

16

$73,314

Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

$58,987
–

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Industrial machinery repairers
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Machinists ...............................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................

$47,436
45,995

8.4
9.2

2,076
2,080

$46,304
45,317

9.2
9.0

2,076
2,080

6.5
–

2,075
–

52,161

11.0

2,047

52,161

11.0

2,047

–

–

–

38,809
60,947
55,475

11.0
9.4
12.6

2,079
2,063
2,080

38,639
–
45,601

11.3
–
15.6

2,079
–
2,080

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

46,612
56,767
58,302
54,396

8.9
18.1
8.4
14.3

2,053
2,149
2,143
2,080

–
56,767
58,302
–

–
18.1
8.4
–

–
2,149
2,143
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

27,132

7.4

2,065

27,121

7.4

2,065

–

–

–

32,029

7.3

2,080

32,029

7.3

2,080

–

–

–

19,445

15.9

2,075

19,445

15.9

2,075

–

–

–

19,964

10.7

2,037

19,964

10.7

2,037

–

–

–

26,026

3.7

2,071

26,026

3.7

2,071

–

–

–

28,438
36,348
20,955

12.1
3.2
20.3

2,044
2,080
2,080

28,438
36,348
20,955

12.1
3.2
20.3

2,044
2,080
2,080

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

23,867

9.1

2,069

23,867

9.1

2,069

–

–

–

43,402
50,606

4.2
3.3

2,087
2,146

42,790
50,280

4.8
3.8

2,099
2,154

46,985
–

1.7
–

2,021
–

42,127

2.0

2,054

42,127

2.0

2,054

–

–

–

29,338

8.5

2,059

29,338

8.5

2,059

–

–

–

30,571

9.0

2,047

29,254

9.9

2,044

43,928

6.8

2,080

21,596
24,840

6.9
10.1

1,858
2,065

19,172
24,479

6.8
10.3

1,815
2,065

–
–

–
–

–
–

37,892
24,204

7.3
10.6

2,073
2,057

37,738
24,204

7.9
10.6

2,073
2,057

–
–

–
–

–
–

36,504

11.6

2,043

29,547

7.3

2,017

45,973

7.3

2,080

28,832
46,463
62,740

4.5
9.1
4.2

1,991
2,076
2,480

21,145
19,542
–

3.5
4.5
–

1,984
2,027
–

46,361
54,977
65,336

3.7
4.5
2.5

2,009
2,091
2,457

56,822

1.5

2,078

–

–

–

56,822

1.5

2,078

18,180
19,238

7.9
9.1

1,923
1,952

18,697
19,422

2.4
9.6

1,987
1,983

–
16,363

–
15.6

–
1,457

See footnotes at end of table.

17

Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3

Annual earnings

Mean

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

Relative
error4
(percent)

State and local
government

Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5

Mean

–
–
$16,363

$10,431
9,347
21,276

23.0
24.5
5.6

1,850
1,851
1,975

$10,431
9,347
21,670

23.0
24.5
5.9

1,850
1,851
2,017

27,093
21,094

13.4
6.0

1,857
1,947

30,660
21,435

12.0
6.3

1,992
1,989

19,324
18,955
23,901
28,289

10.7
9.2
5.0
10.1

2,080
2,014
2,002
1,884

19,324
18,974
22,963
–

10.7
9.3
6.5
–

22,770
24,236
20,311
24,865
21,952
19,115

4.6
3.5
3.5
5.3
2.8
7.1

2,032
2,058
2,053
2,059
1,796
2,059

21,481
22,240
20,311
22,430
21,973
19,115

1.6
4.5
3.5
6.2
2.7
7.1

1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
annual
hours5

–
–
15.6

–
–
1,457

–
–

–
–

–
–

2,080
2,014
2,047
–

–
–
27,947
–

–
–
5.3
–

–
–
1,809
–

2,041
2,069
2,053
2,074
1,808
2,059

31,032
31,630
–
31,630
–
–

4.9
1.3
–
1.3
–
–

1,978
2,018
–
2,018
–
–

cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$21.28
21.03

2.4
2.1

$20.19
19.83

2.9
2.6

$26.74
26.75

1.0
1.0

White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

26.83
8.82
10.87
12.95
15.56
17.17
20.54
24.57
27.32
32.57
34.60
47.31
49.77
57.98
88.70
34.74
26.94
10.45
11.36
13.05
15.80
16.67
20.35
24.96
27.38
32.77
34.51
41.51
49.77
57.98
88.70
32.81

2.6
6.3
3.5
2.1
2.5
4.6
6.2
3.5
4.6
1.6
4.6
13.3
4.1
9.7
18.5
5.3
2.3
12.3
4.1
2.2
2.3
3.9
6.9
3.5
4.7
1.5
5.1
8.5
4.1
9.7
18.5
5.1

26.20
8.82
10.73
12.78
15.05
16.98
19.55
23.49
25.25
29.60
35.41
49.57
51.41
56.70
–
34.78
26.24
10.55
11.25
12.90
15.30
16.36
19.17
23.82
25.17
29.73
35.44
42.97
51.41
56.70
–
32.74

3.4
6.5
3.6
2.4
2.8
5.2
4.8
2.6
3.5
2.8
5.3
14.5
4.4
10.7
–
5.5
3.1
12.8
4.5
2.7
2.3
4.2
5.0
2.3
3.4
2.9
5.9
9.3
4.4
10.7
–
5.4

29.41
8.77
12.07
13.73
17.28
18.43
24.65
29.48
33.24
37.30
29.17
33.66
44.30
–
–
34.12
29.44
8.71
12.07
13.67
17.28
18.43
24.65
29.48
33.24
37.30
29.17
33.66
44.30
–
–
34.12

2.2
3.8
4.5
1.5
7.3
11.0
17.9
12.0
9.6
2.6
8.4
5.2
7.4
–
–
12.7
2.2
3.7
4.5
1.4
7.3
11.0
17.9
12.0
9.6
2.6
8.4
5.2
7.4
–
–
12.7

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................

32.32
33.92
14.55
25.92
26.36
29.26
33.92
31.04
38.90
56.46
49.96
44.36
32.71
36.43
30.20
34.43
35.16
28.30
31.08
41.17
37.06
34.02
30.16
41.17
37.66
–
30.05
23.41
25.17

5.0
5.5
12.8
12.3
7.9
7.2
1.9
8.1
15.3
9.0
12.2
15.6
7.1
7.6
9.1
3.3
3.0
6.4
3.0
4.3
5.4
3.5
1.9
4.3
6.0
–
6.1
8.1
3.4

31.14
33.02
–
22.46
23.56
26.06
28.68
32.38
40.42
56.53
44.48
45.26
32.37
37.18
–
34.93
35.29
–
31.08
41.17
37.06
34.16
30.16
41.17
37.66
–
29.16
23.37
24.40

6.9
8.4
–
8.1
6.2
4.4
3.1
9.4
17.9
9.1
8.5
16.0
7.1
7.1
–
3.3
3.0
–
3.0
4.3
5.4
3.4
1.9
4.3
6.0
–
7.1
9.2
4.8

35.42
35.77
14.22
29.97
31.63
35.73
38.85
22.70
33.01
–
–
20.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.88
–
–

.8
1.1
4.8
16.3
14.4
11.0
2.3
7.2
5.7
–
–
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Health related –Continued
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
9 ......................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
8 ......................................................................
Librarians ..............................................................
8 ......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
8 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
8 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
9 ......................................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
9 ......................................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................

$30.05
28.78
27.27
23.74
25.75
29.14
27.64
45.29
22.08
44.00
33.62
43.73
30.36
36.57
16.17
32.42
40.23
37.88
36.54
38.36
39.65
37.85
33.90
37.04
29.32
35.38
25.22
36.64
25.22
27.23
27.49
16.11
18.32
16.12
18.32
60.85
60.89

3.5
4.3
1.9
8.1
3.4
5.2
2.8
18.2
7.9
5.1
4.5
16.0
2.8
.9
9.2
16.4
8.6
1.8
1.3
4.1
7.2
6.1
15.8
15.4
11.1
17.1
9.9
17.4
9.9
6.8
7.2
9.7
15.5
9.7
15.5
13.7
13.7

$28.64
27.14
26.10
23.52
24.95
26.48
26.88
48.15
–
–
31.77
46.12
–
26.25
–
–
–
29.48
–
–
–
–
26.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
73.55
73.55

3.8
2.0
.7
8.8
4.8
1.3
2.4
21.5
–
–
9.8
16.8
–
13.9
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
43.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
8.1

–
$38.37
34.42
–
–
–
–
37.35
22.08
–
35.96
32.48
–
37.64
16.58
–
42.01
38.81
37.24
–
–
–
36.26
–
29.58
22.94
20.99
20.94
20.99
–
–
20.93
–
21.03
–
26.58
26.26

–
4.4
2.0
–
–
–
–
3.0
7.9
–
2.9
3.2
–
.7
9.2
–
2.3
2.3
.7
–
–
–
17.9
–
20.5
6.3
3.4
.6
3.4
–
–
11.5
–
11.5
–
9.8
10.6

25.94
21.74
23.46
25.14
13.15
17.92
18.41
24.81
25.19
29.46
104.47
19.58
25.86
27.61
17.02
16.22
27.23
27.31
32.33

15.0
10.1
23.3
3.4
11.7
5.1
10.8
4.1
5.0
5.9
13.2
13.5
3.5
4.2
3.4
23.8
3.7
6.6
10.3

26.27
21.75
23.65
25.22
12.36
17.14
18.44
24.74
24.92
29.46
104.47
19.59
25.86
27.75
16.97
16.15
27.17
26.81
33.66

15.7
10.2
24.0
3.5
12.4
4.1
10.9
4.2
5.4
5.9
13.2
13.7
3.5
4.3
3.4
25.5
4.1
6.9
9.1

–
–
–
23.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................

35.64

3.6

36.54

4.4

32.45

2.1

See footnotes at end of table.

20

Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$18.00
22.04
22.02
25.29
31.09
37.75
37.96
45.22
61.89
38.56
41.54
21.28
24.74
31.69
40.06
36.28
44.77
61.84
49.35
37.11
36.74
26.84
36.14
54.32

5.8
3.3
2.4
5.0
3.6
5.0
3.7
3.9
12.5
9.6
4.1
7.3
5.3
4.7
5.6
4.1
3.9
12.7
14.2
6.3
10.3
7.9
6.6
20.1

$17.91
–
22.07
23.97
30.98
38.46
38.13
45.69
62.17
38.81
42.77
–
23.67
31.64
40.24
36.29
45.02
62.12
53.77
–
36.74
26.84
36.16
–

8.0
–
2.4
3.8
4.6
5.8
3.8
4.3
13.0
10.7
4.8
–
5.4
6.6
5.7
4.6
4.6
13.3
17.2
–
10.4
7.9
6.7
–

–
$22.82
–
28.29
31.42
–
36.22
44.36
–
–
37.24
–
30.89
31.79
–
36.22
44.36
–
–
37.11
–
–
–
–

–
3.4
–
8.9
3.1
–
4.7
7.4
–
–
5.5
–
10.5
4.0
–
4.7
7.4
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–

43.91
35.17
29.67
29.90
29.32
30.71
47.29
24.80
33.61
46.30
49.54
62.25
65.93
28.48
18.00
22.59
22.11
25.78
30.31
33.73
41.18
29.77
25.05
28.06
22.82
37.67
30.74

8.3
7.7
7.4
20.6
5.9
11.1
6.8
6.4
8.2
8.8
4.5
15.0
25.1
2.3
5.8
3.1
2.5
5.8
4.2
2.5
8.8
13.0
3.0
2.2
8.6
7.5
6.4

43.91
20.07
–
–
28.03
28.41
48.10
–
33.78
46.30
50.58
62.25
65.93
29.04
17.91
–
22.24
24.38
30.26
33.24
41.18
29.77
24.29
–
22.82
37.67
30.74

8.3
23.5
–
–
4.3
8.5
7.0
–
8.5
8.8
4.0
15.0
25.1
2.8
8.0
–
2.5
4.3
5.1
3.3
8.8
13.0
2.7
–
8.6
7.5
6.4

–
37.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.44
–
22.82
–
27.51
–
–
–
–
27.35
–
–
–
–

–
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
3.4
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
10.9
–
–
–
–

30.68
30.20
25.48
20.91
23.20

7.2
17.4
4.6
3.0
3.8

30.56
–
25.98
21.31
–

8.2
–
4.9
2.8
–

–
–
21.03
–
–

–
–
8.9
–
–

25.86
7.92

16.6
1.3

25.90
7.91

16.6
1.3

–
–

–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

21

Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Sales –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................

$12.06
13.47
22.15
27.67
19.50
86.48
34.82
12.01
9.94
8.26
12.15

6.1
14.8
11.4
15.4
11.2
37.3
10.1
21.8
3.2
5.4
9.2

$11.90
13.47
22.15
27.67
19.50
86.48
34.82
12.01
9.85
–
–

6.1
14.8
11.4
15.4
11.2
37.3
10.1
21.8
3.1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................

16.26
10.45
11.36
13.05
16.10
16.63
18.49
24.63
23.56
19.27
19.23
13.49
17.11
17.13
25.26
23.69
15.19
12.42
8.10
11.83
17.54
16.71
16.33
13.09
8.11
10.13
10.42
16.66
22.72
16.27
16.30
18.77
14.71
13.05
17.21
15.52
14.24
15.79
15.07
13.94
13.96
12.85
15.28
10.43
14.91
17.94
14.04
15.05

3.6
12.3
4.1
2.3
2.3
5.5
4.5
2.6
15.7
9.2
5.4
10.4
8.4
5.7
4.5
10.8
11.6
7.8
1.8
2.2
16.2
13.2
9.7
7.7
.9
10.2
9.2
12.2
13.8
4.7
4.1
11.1
6.7
7.6
9.7
8.2
7.3
4.6
2.5
22.2
5.9
3.7
4.7
7.2
10.3
8.4
12.0
5.1

16.22
10.55
11.25
12.89
15.68
16.37
18.64
24.63
–
19.27
20.09
13.68
18.09
17.09
24.45
23.69
15.19
12.49
–
11.86
–
16.72
16.36
–
–
–
–
14.88
–
16.21
16.28
18.77
14.71
–
–
15.52
13.97
15.79
15.07
13.76
13.27
12.52
14.08
10.41
14.95
18.61
–
15.75

4.0
12.8
4.5
2.8
2.1
5.8
4.7
2.7
–
9.2
3.1
14.8
11.7
6.3
3.5
10.8
11.6
7.9
–
2.3
–
13.2
9.8
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
4.9
4.2
11.1
6.7
–
–
8.2
7.9
4.6
2.5
23.2
6.4
4.9
5.8
7.4
10.6
9.5
–
3.9

$16.45
8.71
12.07
13.67
17.26
18.23
16.81
24.68
–
–
16.70
13.10
15.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.52
8.11
10.38
10.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.38
–
–
–
–
–
15.90
13.41
16.67
–
–
16.10
–
–

7.8
3.7
4.5
1.4
7.7
17.4
18.3
10.3
–
–
17.2
8.1
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.6
.9
14.9
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
3.4
2.8
–
–
15.2
–
–

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

22

Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

$17.07
9.45
12.70
15.69
19.15
18.94
21.27
26.36
29.88
33.29
22.22

5.0
7.7
4.9
8.8
4.0
5.0
11.3
3.9
4.0
5.1
14.7

$16.59
9.09
11.98
15.32
19.04
18.62
21.09
25.87
29.50
33.29
22.22

5.4
7.1
5.9
9.1
4.3
5.6
11.7
4.5
3.9
5.1
14.7

$23.90
20.61
20.11
–
20.53
21.21
–
30.18
–
–
–

1.8
10.3
2.4
–
9.7
5.3
–
2.4
–
–
–

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
7 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................

22.79
15.22
19.29
18.45
26.82
31.60
35.06

8.3
3.3
3.8
12.8
4.0
1.9
.6

22.28
15.23
18.89
17.47
26.23
31.27
35.06

9.1
3.8
4.6
12.6
4.7
1.4
.6

27.79
–
–
–
31.37
–
–

3.7
–
–
–
2.8
–
–

22.28
22.11
22.36

5.4
9.2
7.5

22.28
21.79
22.36

5.4
9.0
7.5

–
–
–

–
–
–

25.48
18.44
22.09
29.55
30.23
26.67
28.60
22.70
26.42
27.21
27.21
26.15

9.7
10.5
9.6
9.4
9.7
12.6
9.7
9.8
13.7
5.9
5.9
14.3

25.48
18.35
22.12
–
–
21.92
24.53
–
26.42
27.21
27.21
–

9.7
10.8
10.2
–
–
15.6
14.3
–
13.7
5.9
5.9
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
1 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
3 ......................................................................

13.15
8.45
11.91
13.39
17.33
17.41
15.99
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
8.34
18.43
17.47
10.07
11.54
9.69

7.5
10.0
9.9
10.1
5.3
5.8
10.8
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
21.3
4.6
3.2
20.3
9.4
4.6

13.14
8.45
11.91
13.39
17.33
17.40
15.99
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
8.34
18.43
17.47
10.07
11.54
9.69

7.5
10.0
9.9
10.1
5.3
5.9
10.8
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
21.3
4.6
3.2
20.3
9.4
4.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................

19.93
14.04
16.92
21.59
21.00
23.77
23.04
23.94

4.7
11.8
14.1
6.1
4.2
12.3
5.1
5.7

19.48
11.53
14.49
21.56
20.26
–
22.74
23.91

5.5
12.2
11.0
6.7
2.8
–
5.7
5.8

22.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

23

Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Transportation and material moving –Continued
Truck drivers –Continued
5 ......................................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................

$20.91
18.10
20.51
14.25
13.74
16.65

4.8
6.7
2.5
8.7
15.0
7.9

$20.03
–
20.51
14.25
13.74
16.65

2.8
–
2.5
8.7
15.0
7.9

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................

14.15
10.92
13.01
16.26
18.57
20.70
11.41
10.18
12.62
11.61
10.40
14.70
16.78
14.62
19.21
9.97
11.72
11.24
13.06
11.34

10.4
9.1
8.3
7.8
8.0
23.5
6.0
11.9
9.8
7.7
8.5
17.4
4.2
7.6
3.3
17.7
10.0
11.1
19.7
24.7

13.65
10.15
12.24
16.26
18.04
–
10.57
–
–
11.49
10.40
14.70
16.67
13.97
19.21
9.97
11.72
11.24
10.20
8.59

11.4
7.9
7.4
7.8
10.7
–
6.8
–
–
7.7
8.5
17.4
4.5
8.7
3.3
17.7
10.0
11.1
15.9
17.1

$20.22
20.61
–
–
–
–
13.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.86
23.28

8.3
10.3
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
6.1

Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Protective service, n.e.c. ......................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................

12.90
8.08
9.40
10.64
12.62
20.37
18.89
25.46
27.75
29.60
11.76
21.54
12.51
9.32
18.98
22.10
27.07
29.24
24.78
27.30
10.02
15.11
8.41
6.52
8.19
8.61
10.82
4.95
4.45
6.13
4.41

3.5
3.8
4.0
2.0
7.1
7.8
6.5
3.6
.7
6.4
6.1
7.6
14.7
16.4
7.7
1.9
2.4
6.8
5.2
1.8
6.8
22.0
3.8
4.1
8.2
6.0
5.3
2.3
6.2
17.7
4.1

9.76
7.82
8.96
9.41
13.15
20.16
15.50
–
–
–
11.76
10.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.96
–
8.33
6.51
8.14
8.52
–
4.96
4.45
6.17
4.42

1.9
4.1
3.7
1.5
8.5
16.5
12.4
–
–
–
6.1
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
4.0
4.2
8.6
6.4
–
2.3
6.2
18.1
4.2

22.13
12.39
13.11
16.33
10.69
20.56
22.10
27.37
27.75
29.24
–
25.91
–
8.74
–
22.10
27.49
29.24
25.98
27.30
10.31
–
10.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

4.2
8.4
11.1
5.5
12.0
4.2
1.9
2.3
.7
6.8
–
4.6
–
15.9
–
1.9
2.1
6.8
3.6
1.8
29.0
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

24

Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued
Waiters and waitresses –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
3 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
3 ......................................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$3.71
5.61
6.25
5.46
9.88
7.69
9.74
9.91
11.30
13.98
10.51
9.67
7.43
8.92
8.80
7.63
11.75
9.90
11.20
13.03
13.78
12.62
11.17
10.12
10.51
11.66
11.30
10.02
12.28
13.71
9.89
9.77
11.46
10.09
12.54
13.81
10.85
7.24
9.39
9.29
14.41
27.66
7.78
9.72
8.44
9.45
9.75

4.6
18.7
20.7
21.8
2.4
3.8
10.2
9.3
7.1
14.5
8.3
12.7
5.4
6.6
3.7
5.9
4.3
2.7
6.0
8.9
10.0
9.0
4.7
2.7
3.8
7.7
4.9
4.2
8.2
8.4
3.4
4.6
6.5
5.5
8.0
8.6
5.0
6.0
8.2
2.3
24.2
14.0
2.2
7.8
5.9
5.5
1.2

$3.71
5.64
6.25
5.46
9.83
7.70
9.71
9.84
–
14.57
10.45
9.54
7.46
8.92
8.75
7.62
11.10
9.67
10.35
12.76
13.35
–
10.55
9.87
10.44
11.05
10.38
9.63
10.55
–
9.89
9.77
10.35
9.59
10.59
–
10.76
7.05
9.39
9.07
14.57
–
7.43
9.42
7.61
9.44
–

4.6
19.2
20.7
21.8
2.5
3.8
11.0
9.8
–
15.8
8.7
13.5
5.7
6.6
3.8
6.0
5.4
2.6
2.7
10.3
15.0
–
1.4
2.7
3.6
6.1
4.9
2.9
3.4
–
3.4
4.6
6.2
3.0
4.2
–
5.4
6.5
8.7
2.1
26.6
–
2.8
8.2
7.9
5.6
–

–
–
–
–
$10.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.45
–
–
–
–
–
15.69
–
–
–
14.95
13.66
14.72
16.42
–
–
14.95
13.66
14.72
16.42
11.79
8.61
–
–
–
–
9.30
–
–
10.05
–

–
–
–
–
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
2.1
3.9
5.1
6.0
–
–
2.1
3.9
5.1
6.0
6.2
5.7
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
7.7
–

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$22.33
21.95

2.5
2.2

$21.26
20.74

3.1
2.7

$27.42
27.42

1.1
1.1

White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

27.64
10.48
11.18
13.06
15.67
17.37
20.45
24.55
27.49
32.82
34.39
47.58
49.77
57.74
88.70
35.00
27.38
11.51
13.16
15.90
16.82
20.25
24.94
27.56
33.04
34.26
41.69
49.77
57.74
88.70
32.84

2.6
11.2
4.1
2.4
2.7
4.2
6.4
3.6
4.9
1.5
4.4
13.6
4.1
10.1
18.5
5.2
2.3
4.8
2.4
2.5
3.2
7.1
3.6
5.1
1.4
4.9
8.8
4.1
10.1
18.5
5.2

27.08
10.48
11.07
12.90
15.16
17.18
19.41
23.42
25.26
29.78
35.20
49.93
51.41
56.39
–
35.05
26.67
11.42
13.01
15.40
16.52
18.99
23.76
25.17
29.94
35.20
43.22
51.41
56.39
–
32.77

3.3
11.2
4.4
2.8
3.0
4.7
4.8
2.6
3.9
2.9
5.0
14.7
4.4
11.2
–
5.4
3.0
5.3
2.9
2.5
3.3
4.9
2.3
3.8
3.0
5.6
9.7
4.4
11.2
–
5.5

29.85
–
12.18
13.77
17.26
18.61
24.66
29.87
33.49
37.26
28.73
33.66
44.30
–
–
34.14
29.85
12.18
13.77
17.26
18.61
24.66
29.87
33.49
37.26
28.73
33.66
44.30
–
–
34.14

2.5
–
4.3
1.0
7.4
12.4
18.0
11.3
9.6
2.6
9.4
5.2
7.4
–
–
12.6
2.5
4.3
1.0
7.4
12.4
18.0
11.3
9.6
2.6
9.4
5.2
7.4
–
–
12.6

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................

32.74
34.42
26.32
26.53
29.57
34.48
30.93
39.28
56.46
48.29
44.68
32.71
36.43
30.20
34.43
35.16
28.30
31.08
41.17
37.06
34.02
30.16
41.17
37.66
–
30.37
23.73
25.18
30.83
28.49

5.6
6.1
13.0
8.0
7.9
1.5
8.2
15.4
9.0
13.4
16.2
7.1
7.6
9.1
3.3
3.0
6.4
3.0
4.3
5.4
3.5
1.9
4.3
6.0
–
8.2
7.5
3.7
3.7
6.2

31.55
33.58
22.49
23.56
25.88
28.83
32.38
40.95
56.53
41.84
45.64
32.37
37.18
–
34.93
35.29
–
31.08
41.17
37.06
34.16
30.16
41.17
37.66
–
29.33
–
24.35
29.16
25.93

7.9
9.3
7.7
6.5
4.9
3.3
9.4
18.1
9.1
7.1
16.6
7.1
7.1
–
3.3
3.0
–
3.0
4.3
5.4
3.4
1.9
4.3
6.0
–
10.0
–
5.3
4.1
2.7

35.70
36.05
29.99
32.37
36.19
38.83
21.04
33.01
–
–
20.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.85
–
–
–
–

1.1
1.3
16.4
12.8
10.7
2.4
.9
5.7
–
–
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$27.01
25.80
29.88
26.42
47.20
34.63
44.09
30.36
37.15
33.33
40.25
37.88
36.54
38.36
39.65
37.85
36.55
29.32
36.24
37.72
27.33
27.49
16.12
18.32
16.12
18.32
60.85
60.89

2.8
3.7
6.8
3.3
17.1
2.2
16.6
2.8
1.1
14.1
8.5
1.8
1.3
4.1
7.2
6.1
15.4
11.1
17.2
17.3
6.8
7.2
9.7
15.5
9.7
15.5
13.7
13.7

$25.43
24.94
25.85
25.32
49.75
–
46.12
–
27.99
–
–
29.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
73.55
73.55

1.2
5.4
.3
2.3
19.0
–
16.8
–
8.9
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
8.1

$34.34
–
–
–
37.98
35.96
–
–
38.00
–
–
38.81
37.24
–
–
–
–
29.58
23.42
21.20
–
–
21.03
–
21.03
–
26.58
26.26

2.3
–
–
–
4.1
2.9
–
–
1.4
–
–
2.3
.7
–
–
–
–
20.5
7.2
1.3
–
–
11.5
–
11.5
–
9.8
10.6

25.35
23.05
23.48
25.26
12.73
17.61
17.87
24.35
26.05
29.83
19.21
27.88
17.06
16.46
27.23
27.31
30.61

16.2
9.2
23.4
4.2
12.4
5.1
10.2
4.6
7.1
6.2
14.8
6.2
4.7
26.5
3.7
6.6
7.3

25.70
23.05
23.65
25.34
–
16.71
17.89
24.27
25.81
29.83
19.21
27.88
–
16.39
27.17
26.81
–

17.2
9.2
24.0
4.4
–
3.9
10.3
4.6
7.6
6.2
15.0
6.2
–
28.7
4.1
6.9
–

–
–
–
23.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

35.61
18.00
22.04
22.02
25.29
31.09
37.39
37.96
45.22
61.89
38.56
41.50

3.6
5.8
3.3
2.4
5.0
3.6
5.3
3.7
3.9
12.5
9.6
4.2

36.50
17.91
–
22.07
23.97
30.98
38.05
38.13
45.69
62.17
38.81
42.72

4.5
8.0
–
2.4
3.8
4.6
6.2
3.8
4.3
13.0
10.7
4.9

32.45
–
22.82
–
28.29
31.42
–
36.22
44.36
–
–
37.24

2.1
–
3.4
–
8.9
3.1
–
4.7
7.4
–
–
5.5

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Health related –Continued
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
11 ......................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
8 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
8 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
9 ......................................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
See footnotes at end of table.

27

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$21.28
24.74
31.69
39.57
36.28
44.77
61.84
49.36
37.12
36.74
26.84
36.14
54.32

7.3
5.3
4.7
6.3
4.1
3.9
12.7
14.2
6.2
10.3
7.9
6.6
20.1

–
$23.67
31.64
39.74
36.29
45.02
62.12
53.77
–
36.74
26.84
36.16
–

–
5.4
6.6
6.3
4.6
4.6
13.3
17.2
–
10.4
7.9
6.7
–

–
$30.89
31.79
–
36.22
44.36
–
–
37.12
–
–
–
–

–
10.5
4.0
–
4.7
7.4
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–

43.91
35.17
29.67
29.90
29.32
30.71
47.23
24.80
33.61
49.54
62.25
65.93
28.48
18.00
22.59
22.11
25.78
30.31
33.73
41.18
29.77
25.05
28.06
22.82
37.67
30.74

8.3
7.7
7.4
20.6
5.9
11.1
6.9
6.4
8.2
4.5
15.0
25.1
2.3
5.8
3.1
2.5
5.8
4.2
2.5
8.8
13.0
3.0
2.2
8.6
7.5
6.4

43.91
20.07
–
–
28.03
28.41
48.05
–
33.78
50.58
62.25
65.93
29.04
17.91
–
22.24
24.38
30.26
33.24
41.18
29.77
24.29
–
22.82
37.67
30.74

8.3
23.5
–
–
4.3
8.5
7.1
–
8.5
4.0
15.0
25.1
2.8
8.0
–
2.5
4.3
5.1
3.3
8.8
13.0
2.7
–
8.6
7.5
6.4

–
37.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.44
–
22.82
–
27.51
–
–
–
–
27.35
–
–
–
–

–
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
3.4
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
10.9
–
–
–
–

30.68
30.20
25.48
20.91
23.20

7.2
17.4
4.6
3.0
3.8

30.56
–
25.98
21.31
–

8.2
–
4.9
2.8
–

–
–
21.03
–
–

–
–
8.9
–
–

Sales ................................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

30.50
13.58
22.63
27.67
19.50
87.36
34.82
14.76
9.87

17.2
16.7
9.4
15.4
11.2
38.4
10.1
29.2
2.3

30.50
13.58
22.63
27.67
19.50
87.36
34.82
14.76
9.87

17.2
16.7
9.4
15.4
11.2
38.4
10.1
29.2
2.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
2 ......................................................................

16.61
11.51

3.6
4.8

16.59
11.42

4.0
5.3

16.76
12.18

8.5
4.3

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................

See footnotes at end of table.

28

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
5 ......................................................................

$13.16
16.19
16.92
18.49
24.63
23.56
19.41
19.54
13.76
17.27
16.93
25.26
23.69
13.36
16.72
16.36
–
17.00
23.75
16.27
16.30
19.84
14.71
17.44
15.52
14.62
16.01
15.88
14.03
12.97
15.34
10.85
14.95
18.08
15.04

2.4
2.4
4.6
4.5
2.6
15.7
9.3
5.9
4.6
8.8
5.9
4.5
10.8
8.7
13.2
9.8
–
12.8
12.1
4.7
4.1
11.6
6.7
9.2
8.2
9.4
5.9
11.6
6.6
3.1
4.8
2.5
10.4
8.3
5.1

$13.00
15.77
16.69
18.64
24.63
–
19.41
20.45
–
18.45
16.74
24.45
23.69
13.36
16.72
16.36
–
15.01
–
16.21
16.28
19.84
14.71
–
15.52
14.31
16.01
–
13.33
12.82
14.01
10.84
14.98
18.79
15.75

3.0
2.2
4.5
4.7
2.7
–
9.3
3.2
–
12.3
6.6
3.5
10.8
8.7
13.2
9.8
–
5.6
–
4.9
4.2
11.6
6.7
–
8.2
10.5
5.9
–
7.4
4.5
6.4
2.6
10.7
9.3
3.9

$13.77
17.27
18.43
16.78
24.68
–
–
16.95
–
15.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.89
13.19
16.67
–
–
16.14
–

1.0
7.8
19.6
18.5
10.3
–
–
18.6
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
3.5
2.8
–
–
15.3
–

Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

17.47
9.67
12.93
15.85
19.24
18.37
21.27
26.36
29.88
33.29
22.63

4.8
8.2
5.1
9.3
4.1
4.3
11.3
3.9
4.0
5.1
14.3

16.96
9.26
12.17
15.45
19.05
17.93
21.09
25.87
29.50
33.29
22.63

5.1
7.5
6.1
9.7
4.3
4.6
11.7
4.5
3.9
5.1
14.3

24.74
22.32
–
–
24.15
21.21
–
30.18
–
–
–

1.4
7.1
–
–
7.8
5.3
–
2.4
–
–
–

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................

22.85
15.48
19.43
18.45
26.82
31.60
35.06

8.4
4.4
3.8
12.8
4.0
1.9
.6

22.31
15.23
19.06
17.47
26.23
31.27
35.06

9.1
3.8
4.6
12.6
4.7
1.4
.6

28.43
–
–
–
31.37
–
–

6.3
–
–
–
2.8
–
–

22.28
22.11
22.36

5.4
9.2
7.5

22.28
21.79
22.36

5.4
9.0
7.5

–
–
–

–
–
–

25.48

9.7

25.48

9.7

–

–

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
7 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................

$18.67
22.09
29.55
30.23
26.67
28.60
22.70
26.42
27.21
27.21
26.15

11.0
9.6
9.4
9.7
12.6
9.7
9.8
13.7
5.9
5.9
14.3

$18.58
22.12
–
–
21.92
24.53
–
26.42
27.21
27.21
–

11.3
10.2
–
–
15.6
14.3
–
13.7
5.9
5.9
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
1 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
3 ......................................................................

13.14
8.45
11.92
13.39
17.33
17.41
15.86
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
8.34
18.43
17.47
10.07
11.54
9.69

7.5
10.0
9.9
10.1
5.3
5.8
10.9
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
21.3
4.6
3.2
20.3
9.4
4.6

13.13
8.45
11.92
13.39
17.33
17.40
15.86
15.40
9.37
9.80
12.57
13.91
8.34
18.43
17.47
10.07
11.54
9.69

7.5
10.0
9.9
10.1
5.3
5.9
10.9
7.3
16.5
9.2
3.7
11.3
21.3
4.6
3.2
20.3
9.4
4.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................

20.79
15.60
17.85
21.81
21.00
23.77
23.58
23.97
20.91
20.51
14.25
13.74
16.65

4.0
14.3
15.4
6.4
4.2
12.3
4.3
5.7
4.8
2.5
8.7
15.0
7.9

20.39
–
14.66
21.58
20.26
–
23.34
23.95
20.03
20.51
14.25
13.74
16.65

4.5
–
12.2
6.7
2.8
–
4.8
5.9
2.8
2.5
8.7
15.0
7.9

$23.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................

14.93
12.23
13.05
16.71
18.61
11.62
12.03
14.97
18.28
11.77
11.24
17.86
17.66

8.8
10.8
9.0
8.3
8.1
6.9
10.0
16.5
7.2
10.4
11.1
11.6
17.0

14.31
11.17
12.20
16.71
18.08
10.57
11.85
14.97
18.21
11.77
11.24
14.65
12.81

9.7
9.8
7.9
8.3
10.8
6.8
10.1
16.5
7.7
10.4
11.1
7.3
11.7

21.12
22.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.10
–

6.8
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–

Service .................................................................................

14.48

4.2

10.66

3.0

23.08

3.9

Blue collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$8.98
10.38
11.19
13.03
21.28
19.16
25.87
29.60
11.99
22.39
12.63
22.85
27.63
29.24
25.30
27.35
9.45
9.86
7.18
10.00
9.57
10.83
5.64
4.33
5.05
10.77
8.02
11.18
10.36
11.30
14.59
10.83
10.04
9.29
8.17
9.41
7.88
11.94
9.88
11.44
13.18
15.01
11.20
10.09
10.46
11.70
11.78
10.41
12.50
14.65
9.89
9.77
12.07
10.64
12.83
14.65

7.3
4.5
3.0
7.3
9.5
7.0
3.4
6.4
8.1
8.3
15.7
1.4
1.9
6.8
4.8
1.7
6.7
7.3
8.9
11.9
9.8
5.4
19.5
12.2
23.3
4.4
6.2
11.1
7.4
7.1
12.1
7.3
11.5
10.7
8.0
8.1
6.8
4.9
2.7
7.6
10.4
7.3
5.0
2.8
3.9
8.2
3.7
3.7
10.0
8.1
3.4
4.6
5.6
5.3
10.1
8.1

$8.62
9.84
9.72
13.74
21.50
15.50
–
–
11.99
9.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.41
9.79
7.17
10.00
9.48
–
5.64
4.33
5.05
10.74
8.02
11.18
10.29
–
15.39
10.78
9.90
9.29
8.17
9.42
7.87
11.22
9.64
10.38
12.90
–
10.53
9.84
10.38
11.01
10.75
9.94
10.55
–
9.89
9.77
10.81
10.02
10.59
–

7.2
3.7
2.7
8.5
23.9
12.4
–
–
8.1
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
7.6
9.0
11.9
10.7
–
19.5
12.2
23.3
4.6
6.2
11.1
8.1
–
12.0
7.7
12.9
10.7
8.0
8.2
6.9
6.3
2.6
3.6
12.1
–
1.4
2.8
3.6
6.0
4.4
3.0
3.4
–
3.4
4.6
6.2
3.5
4.2
–

$13.81
15.26
16.40
10.54
–
22.85
27.50
29.24
–
26.29
–
22.85
27.63
29.24
26.60
27.35
–
11.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.45
–
–
–
–
15.69
–
–
–
15.67
–
–
16.42
–
–
15.67
–
–
16.42

2.0
11.8
5.6
14.1
–
1.4
2.0
6.8
–
4.2
–
1.4
1.9
6.8
1.8
1.7
–
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
6.0
–
–
3.7
–
–
6.0

See footnotes at end of table.

31

Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$12.22
9.17
16.54
9.28

6.6
2.6
23.5
6.8

$12.15
8.90
16.63
9.28

7.0
1.1
24.9
6.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

32

Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

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

$11.90
12.22

6.1
7.3

$11.57
11.89

6.5
7.9

$15.19
15.19

6.1
6.1

White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................

16.65
8.10
9.70
12.34
14.24
14.04
23.25
25.42
24.77
29.04
22.85
19.75
9.41
10.39
12.14
14.55
14.27
23.25
25.42
24.77
29.04

4.8
5.9
4.5
3.5
3.6
20.0
7.0
5.4
8.4
5.0
37.7
4.1
15.6
7.1
6.9
4.0
21.4
7.0
5.4
8.4
5.0

16.34
8.08
9.40
12.08
14.07
13.35
23.29
26.74
25.14
27.93
–
19.81
9.48
9.92
11.84
14.35
13.59
23.29
26.74
25.14
27.93

5.4
6.0
4.7
4.2
3.6
25.1
7.0
5.6
8.7
4.2
–
4.7
17.2
8.6
9.6
4.1
27.4
7.0
5.6
8.7
4.2

19.19
8.77
11.74
13.49
–
16.59
–
–
20.52
39.77
–
19.36
8.71
11.74
13.04
–
16.59
–
–
20.52
39.77

7.3
3.8
11.0
5.3
–
5.0
–
–
5.1
1.5
–
7.9
3.7
11.0
4.5
–
5.0
–
–
5.1
1.5

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Health related ...........................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................

27.04
27.76
16.45
22.34
23.51
26.55
29.24
28.82
27.17
29.26
27.98
27.37
29.28
29.18
20.94
18.87
16.36
14.48
19.99
19.99
–
–

2.3
2.6
8.8
11.7
2.6
3.7
5.8
4.4
2.8
5.5
2.4
1.7
5.8
15.7
3.2
17.1
9.3
26.1
1.3
1.3
–
–

26.94
27.71
–
–
23.54
27.17
28.08
28.61
27.17
28.89
27.72
27.37
28.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2.3
2.6
–
–
4.5
2.8
5.0
4.5
2.8
5.2
2.4
1.7
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

27.68
28.02
16.87
–
–
20.52
39.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.63
20.94
21.87
–
–
19.99
19.99
–
–

9.6
10.3
8.7
–
–
5.1
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.2
3.2
4.0
–
–
1.3
1.3
–
–

–
23.65
26.77

–
19.7
5.5

–
23.73
27.31

–
20.6
4.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

9.26
7.52
8.28
10.00

5.0
3.4
1.4
5.4

9.17
7.51
8.28
9.83

5.0
3.4
1.4
5.3

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................

11.78
9.41
10.39
12.14
14.65

4.5
15.6
7.1
6.9
2.9

11.56
9.48
9.92
11.84
14.68

5.4
17.2
8.6
9.6
2.8

12.82
8.71
11.74
13.04
–

5.0
3.7
11.0
4.5
–

See footnotes at end of table.

33

Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
5 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
General office clerks .............................................

$12.36
14.76
12.97
9.29
8.10
12.77
8.11
9.81
10.42
13.20

26.2
14.1
24.1
8.3
1.8
15.6
.9
8.7
9.2
6.2

–
$15.47
–
9.26
–
–
–
–
–
12.73

–
16.3
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
7.0

–
–
–
–
–
$13.33
8.11
9.87
10.42
–

–
–
–
–
–
15.7
.9
14.4
9.2
–

Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................

11.67
8.12
9.37
13.88

16.1
7.5
15.4
9.2

11.38
8.09
9.39
13.88

17.7
7.7
15.8
9.2

14.92
–
–
–

16.4
–
–
–

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

12.00

18.4

10.26

11.6

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................

11.54
8.18
13.66
10.67
10.63
12.98
6.97
6.97

21.5
8.0
10.9
8.4
8.6
8.0
6.6
6.6

11.60
8.16
13.66
10.67
10.63
12.98
–
–

22.0
8.2
10.9
8.4
8.6
8.0
–
–

8.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................

7.80
6.57
7.63
8.48
10.23
15.04
11.70
12.35
6.14
5.85
6.44
4.55
4.51
5.17
4.19
7.64
7.19
7.81
7.07
10.39
10.75
–
–
8.61
7.00
8.62
9.63
8.15
7.95

5.6
7.4
14.2
9.0
8.8
3.7
9.0
8.8
4.1
4.6
21.1
12.7
5.2
43.3
16.1
2.5
4.7
8.3
.9
2.8
5.6
–
–
7.1
6.2
14.2
2.3
8.3
3.0

7.56
6.52
7.34
8.45
9.88
–
11.44
12.09
6.06
5.84
6.18
4.56
4.51
–
4.19
7.54
7.20
–
–
10.39
10.75
–
–
8.40
6.66
8.58
9.55
–
7.95

5.7
7.8
16.4
9.2
10.2
–
12.7
10.8
3.9
4.7
22.8
12.7
5.2
–
16.2
1.7
4.9
–
–
2.8
5.6
–
–
7.5
7.1
15.2
2.6
–
3.0

10.54
7.93
9.83
–
11.73
13.41
12.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.99
9.99
10.39
8.61
–
–
9.30
–

4.2
5.6
5.7
–
3.8
4.1
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
6.2
9.0
5.7
–
–
6.2
–

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

34

Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
— Continued
Total
Occupation and level

Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

Private industry

State and local
government

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$9.65

11.3

$9.64

11.9

$10.05

7.7

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

35

Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group

Full-time
workers3

Part-time
workers3

Union4

Nonunion4

Time5

Incentive5

Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

$22.33
21.95

$11.90
12.22

$22.35
22.46

$20.84
20.43

$20.86
21.04

$30.58
20.92

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

27.64
27.38

16.65
19.75

29.29
30.14

26.42
26.37

26.20
26.93

38.70
27.64

Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................

32.74
34.42
25.26
35.61
30.50
16.61

27.04
27.76
23.65
–
9.26
11.78

38.27
36.53
82.93
30.56
–
15.90

30.52
32.94
22.26
35.85
26.83
16.31

32.28
33.86
25.15
35.41
15.75
16.35

–
–
–
44.81
42.43
11.23

Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......

17.47
22.85
13.14
20.79
14.93

11.67
–
–
12.00
11.54

20.24
24.10
16.72
21.99
17.01

13.87
20.91
11.55
16.11
9.85

16.98
22.95
13.08
19.79
14.15

18.89
20.85
14.65
21.48
–

Service .................................................................................

14.48

7.80

19.29

9.98

12.92

–

Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

2.5
2.2

6.1
7.3

2.8
2.6

3.4
3.0

2.2
2.3

12.0
10.6

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

2.6
2.3

4.8
4.1

3.1
2.7

3.2
2.8

2.3
2.3

17.9
25.6

Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................

5.6
6.1
4.2
3.6
17.2
3.6

2.3
2.6
19.7
–
5.0
4.5

2.1
1.6
22.2
3.0
–
6.6

6.7
7.8
5.5
3.7
17.5
4.0

5.0
5.6
3.4
3.7
10.4
3.4

–
–
–
20.2
22.9
8.4

Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......

4.8
8.4
7.5
4.0
8.8

16.1
–
–
18.4
21.5

4.3
11.5
2.0
4.6
11.2

7.2
6.2
9.1
8.3
5.4

5.4
8.7
7.7
5.3
10.4

8.3
4.9
23.4
6.2
–

Service .................................................................................

4.2

5.6

6.0

4.4

3.5

–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an 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.
6 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.

36

Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group

All private
industries

Total

Mining

Construction

Manufacturing

Service-producing industries4

Total

TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate

Services

Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................

$20.19
19.83

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

$25.60
25.41

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

26.20
26.24

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

27.83
27.59

–
–

–
–

–
–

Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................

31.14
33.02
25.22
36.54
25.90
16.22

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

37.35
34.57
–
38.10
–
18.15

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................

16.59
22.28
13.14
19.48

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

23.30
28.38
–
22.30

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

13.65

–

–

–

–

–

17.64

–

–

–

Service .......................................................................

9.76

–

–

–

–

–

28.22

–

–

–

Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................

2.9
2.6

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

3.0
2.9

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

3.4
3.1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

9.4
9.5

–
–

–
–

–
–

Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................

6.9
8.4
3.5
4.4
16.6
4.0

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

23.4
4.4
–
5.2
–
8.2

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................

5.4
9.1
7.5
5.5

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

6.2
3.0
–
5.5

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

11.4

–

–

–

–

–

2.5

–

–

–

Service .......................................................................

1.9

–

–

–

–

–

11.9

–

–

–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.

4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
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.

37

Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group

All private
industry
workers

50 - 99
workers3

Total

100 - 499
workers

500
workers or
more

Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

$20.19
19.83

$16.95
16.77

$21.08
20.64

$18.36
17.63

$24.52
24.35

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

26.20
26.24

20.56
21.01

27.37
27.19

24.55
23.78

30.04
30.18

Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................

31.14
33.02
25.22
36.54
25.90
16.22

24.35
26.40
19.22
33.45
18.94
14.75

31.97
33.78
26.12
37.02
28.87
16.59

27.37
28.20
23.66
33.39
29.23
16.28

34.51
37.20
27.05
40.69
28.19
16.98

Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......

16.59
22.28
13.14
19.48
13.65

17.58
27.04
11.50
18.37
12.94

16.24
20.12
13.69
19.84
13.87

14.39
17.69
11.76
18.81
13.37

20.46
23.97
19.49
21.55
15.28

Service .................................................................................

9.76

7.77

10.40

10.14

10.68

Relative error4 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................

2.9
2.6

4.3
5.2

4.0
3.6

8.0
4.9

4.4
4.0

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

3.4
3.1

6.3
8.5

3.3
2.7

10.2
4.8

5.0
4.3

Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................

6.9
8.4
3.5
4.4
16.6
4.0

12.4
14.0
2.6
8.8
12.3
7.8

6.1
7.7
4.3
5.2
18.9
3.1

10.1
12.3
4.2
7.5
40.9
5.7

5.8
6.8
5.8
7.7
30.8
2.2

Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......

5.4
9.1
7.5
5.5
11.4

10.1
5.4
9.2
18.8
25.4

6.6
11.1
10.7
6.4
9.6

7.1
17.7
12.7
10.7
12.0

4.6
4.2
5.8
5.2
9.0

Service .................................................................................

1.9

6.1

2.2

7.8

5.1

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain

establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between
survey sampling and collection.
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.

38

Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$8.00
8.00

$11.00
11.05

$17.55
17.76

$27.65
27.73

$35.63
35.50

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

11.14
12.00

15.00
15.58

22.67
23.14

32.38
33.00

43.86
44.32

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................

15.44
18.27
20.91
24.52
23.80
23.86
–
19.91
20.00
25.00
24.71
23.68
24.13
27.70
12.55
14.82
19.51
19.51
13.97
13.10
12.34
12.34
23.46
23.46

21.85
24.00
25.06
27.19
28.87
28.51
–
23.14
23.50
30.20
28.31
29.33
28.84
31.49
30.25
18.62
26.77
24.81
15.50
15.50
12.85
12.85
32.45
32.21

29.51
30.93
33.33
36.15
33.69
32.79
–
27.62
27.46
37.40
36.79
35.08
35.25
36.28
31.28
31.09
31.30
44.63
24.10
23.27
15.00
14.82
64.03
64.03

37.49
39.64
39.59
39.85
41.01
39.81
–
32.77
30.79
46.82
52.16
43.57
42.76
47.18
36.56
39.47
48.08
48.08
33.47
42.62
16.40
16.40
78.57
78.57

48.66
50.57
43.39
42.55
49.01
46.01
–
39.87
35.44
86.54
72.95
51.64
50.57
53.77
50.57
41.92
48.08
48.08
46.60
46.60
24.68
24.68
96.15
96.15

14.50
15.38
12.50
13.69
22.28
13.97
9.00
20.63
22.56
22.37

18.16
15.38
15.65
14.46
24.00
15.58
9.50
24.93
23.00
26.53

21.37
22.99
21.02
17.24
28.82
16.88
12.86
27.89
23.75
30.29

29.00
26.76
28.07
23.91
30.00
18.13
16.25
30.57
32.09
38.29

40.06
31.64
33.16
26.75
31.50
19.50
19.77
32.84
34.80
43.06

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................

20.19
21.64
29.00
22.73
32.05

24.04
29.49
32.57
27.26
46.22

31.20
35.97
36.00
31.20
50.50

40.05
46.76
40.36
37.91
50.50

54.55
61.95
44.90
55.77
86.54

26.92
15.64
19.18
19.36
21.64
17.69
17.00
20.06

40.87
25.51
24.56
29.50
29.49
22.15
22.21
25.23

46.20
38.09
31.49
30.32
36.54
26.91
24.81
33.66

46.22
45.59
36.56
30.72
55.63
33.57
28.40
45.06

57.97
47.41
37.01
37.39
81.47
37.98
31.73
65.93

13.30
20.81
17.55

27.59
21.20
20.71

32.26
23.52
23.56

34.65
29.81
32.28

34.65
53.00
37.03

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

7.50
12.24
17.33
25.19
7.20
6.95

9.25
13.77
24.51
28.70
7.80
8.00

14.86
16.50
35.94
35.62
8.50
9.25

25.96
25.05
73.19
38.46
12.20
11.60

37.52
29.79
266.83
50.48
26.88
13.80

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

10.00
12.34

12.10
14.83

15.28
18.16

19.13
23.37

24.44
28.60

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

$9.18
8.00
10.79
9.85
8.84
10.50
11.67
11.70
8.50
10.07
12.00
10.20
9.25
11.50
8.00
10.00
8.00
11.09
12.26

$9.75
10.00
12.00
12.85
11.00
13.71
13.86
11.75
13.25
13.54
15.27
11.05
11.00
13.78
8.50
11.00
9.00
12.48
13.77

$13.79
12.05
16.98
15.89
12.10
15.59
16.26
19.62
14.42
13.71
17.40
14.65
14.86
15.01
14.50
12.88
10.00
13.90
16.41

$20.87
14.26
22.12
19.23
16.24
16.99
17.95
21.23
16.80
13.71
18.25
18.90
16.56
18.46
18.00
15.73
11.50
14.72
21.09

$21.62
18.10
25.00
25.20
19.84
25.79
21.43
33.74
20.28
14.18
22.99
20.75
16.93
18.74
19.07
18.33
13.77
21.39
24.71

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

7.47

9.80

15.50

22.77

29.35

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
Machinists .............................................................

9.35
14.86

15.99
16.40

22.80
20.40

29.70
24.76

33.92
32.00

16.85
13.90
18.80
12.00
19.83
16.01
20.60
20.08

25.45
13.90
22.19
19.83
19.83
21.85
25.50
20.40

25.45
16.35
33.32
32.65
20.11
22.18
27.00
23.67

30.03
22.05
33.92
32.65
28.60
35.06
29.54
34.42

30.03
27.41
33.92
34.65
28.60
37.38
32.52
34.54

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

7.00
11.25
7.00
7.75
8.50
6.25
10.40
6.50
8.50

8.50
12.54
7.60
8.25
9.05
7.84
11.55
7.00
9.95

11.37
14.79
8.64
9.60
12.00
13.25
17.88
8.00
10.62

16.95
17.25
10.23
10.70
13.70
18.05
22.88
10.15
13.23

22.54
19.22
13.71
12.25
19.67
25.58
23.81
17.19
14.95

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

10.20
17.03
10.25
16.18
10.00

14.70
19.58
15.77
16.80
10.20

19.62
23.23
18.54
20.29
13.28

24.07
25.90
23.01
23.30
17.53

30.89
30.89
23.01
27.29
19.62

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

7.00
7.73
7.35
9.95
5.50
7.80
6.03

8.75
9.27
8.50
13.83
5.90
7.95
6.75

12.57
10.50
10.65
18.72
9.50
11.25
10.53

18.24
12.58
13.80
20.42
12.66
12.57
19.23

24.62
17.15
15.80
20.80
17.35
17.39
24.62

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Protective service, n.e.c. ......................................
Food service .............................................................

6.03
8.32
12.61
20.62
6.00
7.25
3.30

8.00
11.31
22.05
25.55
7.13
8.46
6.00

10.21
23.77
26.56
28.16
9.60
18.06
7.50

15.00
29.14
30.04
30.17
11.44
19.07
10.35

26.82
31.71
31.09
31.71
15.00
20.97
14.11

Occupation3

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$3.09
3.09
2.96
6.40
7.48
7.70
6.53
6.25
6.00
8.15
9.20
8.05
7.80
8.11
7.75
6.18
5.46
6.18
6.00
7.30

$3.30
3.30
4.75
7.05
9.25
8.25
6.93
7.00
6.50
9.50
10.00
9.50
8.50
8.91
8.50
8.00
7.00
9.00
6.65
8.00

$3.70
3.50
5.90
9.00
14.35
9.66
7.14
8.10
7.89
10.90
14.75
10.71
10.65
10.43
10.70
9.85
7.65
10.15
8.31
9.50

$5.90
3.90
7.25
11.90
18.53
12.03
7.30
9.85
10.50
13.69
16.83
12.50
13.85
10.70
14.19
10.65
8.59
10.15
9.29
10.65

$7.98
7.98
10.00
15.00
19.38
13.73
8.42
15.00
13.38
17.02
18.36
14.50
16.01
11.05
16.27
13.46
9.67
10.80
11.56
11.46

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Private industry
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.75
7.75

$10.20
10.25

$16.00
16.11

$25.45
25.39

$34.13
34.06

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

10.69
11.67

14.42
15.16

21.40
21.85

30.70
31.19

42.79
43.37

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................

14.75
15.68
20.91
24.52
23.86
23.86
–
19.91
19.91
25.99
25.99
12.11
10.76
–
–
–
35.10
35.10

20.50
22.60
24.52
30.34
28.87
28.76
–
22.84
22.72
30.67
29.35
19.06
11.67
–
–
–
60.00
60.00

27.50
29.26
33.29
36.15
33.71
32.86
–
26.75
26.50
36.39
39.47
25.47
36.56
–
–
–
69.23
69.23

35.10
37.15
39.36
39.85
41.15
39.81
–
30.93
29.82
52.37
55.64
36.56
36.56
–
–
–
96.15
96.15

47.07
49.01
42.55
42.55
49.01
46.01
–
37.86
31.42
116.35
79.33
37.79
36.56
–
–
–
100.96
100.96

14.50
15.38
12.28
13.69
22.28
13.97
9.00
20.45
22.56
24.82

18.86
15.38
15.61
14.46
24.16
15.58
9.41
24.50
23.00
27.31

21.70
22.99
20.90
17.24
29.66
16.88
12.50
27.89
23.56
31.71

29.01
26.76
28.07
23.92
30.00
18.03
15.77
30.57
31.87
38.62

40.53
31.78
33.17
26.97
32.94
19.50
19.77
33.11
35.74
43.65

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................

19.83
21.52
22.73

24.01
28.09
27.26

31.20
35.26
31.20

40.87
48.85
37.91

57.29
68.93
55.77

26.92
12.46
19.18
19.36
21.64
17.69
14.88
20.06

40.87
15.64
19.18
22.68
29.49
22.16
22.21
25.23

46.20
15.64
24.56
30.32
38.89
26.91
24.01
33.66

46.22
25.51
34.61
30.72
56.18
34.42
27.89
45.06

57.97
44.00
37.30
30.72
81.47
39.72
30.22
65.93

13.30
17.58

27.76
20.94

33.65
23.56

34.65
32.39

34.65
37.03

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

7.50
12.24
17.33
25.19
7.20
6.95

9.25
13.77
24.51
28.70
7.80
7.95

14.86
16.50
35.94
35.62
8.50
9.24

25.96
25.05
73.19
38.46
12.20
11.24

37.52
29.79
266.83
50.48
26.88
13.80

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................

10.00
13.21
9.18
8.00
9.85
10.50
11.67
11.70
8.50

12.00
15.00
9.75
10.00
12.85
13.71
13.86
11.75
13.25

15.19
19.38
13.79
12.05
15.89
15.59
16.26
19.62
14.42

19.13
24.77
20.87
15.17
19.23
16.29
17.95
21.23
16.80

24.30
28.60
21.62
18.10
25.20
16.99
21.43
33.74
20.28

See footnotes at end of table.

42

Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

$10.20
9.25
11.50
8.00
10.00
8.00
10.63
13.00

$11.05
11.00
13.78
8.00
10.50
9.00
12.48
15.16

$14.65
13.25
15.01
14.22
12.01
10.00
13.90
16.48

$18.90
16.56
18.46
18.00
15.00
11.50
14.72
21.64

$20.75
16.75
18.74
19.07
17.88
13.78
21.39
29.04

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

7.25

9.60

14.91

21.61

29.00

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................

9.00
14.86

15.03
15.25

22.02
20.40

29.00
24.76

33.92
32.00

16.85
13.90
12.00
16.01
20.60

25.45
13.90
17.58
21.85
25.50

25.45
16.00
20.13
22.18
27.00

30.03
22.49
30.10
35.06
29.54

30.03
28.83
34.65
37.38
32.52

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

7.00
11.25
7.00
7.75
8.50
6.25
10.40
6.50
8.50

8.50
12.54
7.60
8.25
9.05
7.84
11.55
7.00
9.95

11.37
14.79
8.64
9.60
12.00
13.25
17.88
8.00
10.62

16.95
17.25
10.23
10.70
13.70
18.05
22.88
10.15
13.23

22.54
19.22
13.71
12.25
19.67
25.58
23.81
17.19
14.95

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

9.82
16.55
16.18
10.00

13.72
19.58
16.80
10.20

19.58
21.98
20.29
13.28

23.23
25.39
23.30
17.53

30.89
30.89
27.29
19.62

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.95
7.67
7.35
9.95
5.50
7.80
6.01

8.50
9.27
8.50
13.35
5.90
7.95
6.75

11.49
10.50
10.65
18.54
9.50
11.25
7.65

17.29
11.60
13.80
20.48
12.66
12.57
15.10

20.94
13.93
15.80
20.80
17.35
17.39
17.11

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................

5.50
6.00
6.00
3.30
3.09
3.09
2.96
6.40
9.25
7.70
6.56
6.25
6.00
8.00
8.76
8.00
7.61
8.11
7.50
6.13

7.25
8.25
8.25
5.90
3.30
3.30
4.75
7.00
9.75
8.25
6.95
7.00
6.50
9.37
9.70
9.02
8.25
8.91
8.25
8.00

9.27
9.75
9.70
7.50
3.75
3.50
5.90
8.84
15.60
9.50
7.14
8.10
7.70
10.50
14.28
10.50
9.95
10.43
9.25
9.75

11.00
11.16
11.00
10.05
5.90
3.90
7.25
11.90
18.53
11.62
7.30
9.85
10.50
12.47
17.15
11.75
11.15
10.70
11.87
10.45

14.28
15.00
15.00
14.11
7.98
7.98
10.00
15.00
19.38
13.73
8.63
15.00
13.38
15.38
18.11
13.23
14.30
11.05
15.41
12.16

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

43

Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.25
6.18
6.00
7.30

$7.00
9.00
6.18
8.00

$7.30
10.15
8.00
9.50

$8.50
10.15
8.50
10.65

$9.02
10.80
8.75
11.46

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

44

Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
State and local
government
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$13.21
13.21

$17.47
17.49

$25.90
25.90

$32.96
32.96

$42.48
42.48

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

13.87
13.87

18.34
18.39

29.35
29.35

37.28
37.28

46.75
46.75

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................

20.78
21.77
–
–
–
15.49
27.22
20.64
21.18
24.81
24.81
28.21
14.82
17.57
17.13
–
15.00
15.22
20.78
20.78

28.03
28.32
–
–
–
28.10
33.09
26.69
23.07
30.06
29.79
31.28
17.31
19.51
18.50
–
16.65
16.98
20.78
20.78

33.85
34.48
–
–
–
34.48
34.48
37.72
29.69
35.55
36.07
31.28
31.09
22.34
19.83
–
18.70
18.97
27.18
27.18

42.62
43.06
–
–
–
37.97
36.17
46.75
43.00
44.44
43.57
48.44
41.92
26.77
22.33
–
28.03
28.03
30.25
30.25

50.57
50.57
–
–
–
43.97
39.87
54.43
46.75
51.66
51.18
51.64
41.92
26.77
26.36
–
28.03
28.03
31.24
31.24

–
14.86

–
18.16

–
21.85

–
27.18

–
32.09

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................

20.74
26.83
29.00
21.55
17.65
20.20
14.51

25.23
31.32
32.57
32.28
22.08
22.75
18.01

32.09
37.28
36.00
38.09
25.91
28.85
21.40

37.97
41.37
40.36
45.77
30.22
30.07
25.23

45.77
47.41
44.90
49.65
34.53
35.42
25.23

Sales ................................................................................

–

–

–

–

–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

10.65
11.13
7.35
14.00
11.23
11.58

12.82
13.57
9.76
15.27
13.00
12.88

15.31
15.38
13.54
18.85
14.82
14.89

18.71
18.90
16.57
22.99
17.31
20.53

24.74
30.41
19.84
26.10
23.32
22.52

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

16.11

19.38

23.78

28.05

32.65

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

20.34

21.68

29.71

32.65

33.32

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

16.11

18.54

23.01

25.90

26.90

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

13.11
8.00
14.72

17.00
10.00
19.38

20.14
15.00
24.07

24.62
17.15
24.62

24.62
18.00
24.62

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................

10.50
16.35
16.35
20.62
7.13
7.20
–

14.91
22.30
23.69
25.55
7.13
8.98
–

22.99
27.08
26.82
28.16
7.13
9.78
–

28.73
30.17
31.09
30.17
13.85
11.01
–

31.56
32.64
31.09
31.71
13.85
13.81
–

See footnotes at end of table.

45

Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 —
Continued
State and local
government
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$7.48
12.33
12.64
10.50
10.50
8.00
7.50
6.75

$8.98
13.24
13.24
13.95
13.95
9.51
8.25
8.00

$10.07
16.68
17.02
14.77
14.77
11.11
9.65
10.00

$11.01
18.12
18.12
16.27
16.27
14.80
9.85
11.00

$15.03
18.43
18.43
19.55
19.55
16.41
10.75
15.00

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

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$8.80
8.80

$12.07
12.06

$18.87
18.82

$28.25
28.21

$36.54
36.31

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

12.00
12.34

15.58
15.90

23.32
23.56

33.33
33.57

44.68
45.06

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................

15.49
18.47
20.91
24.52
23.80
23.86
–
19.00
19.91
26.65
24.95
24.47
24.13
27.70
28.31
14.82
19.83
19.83
13.97
13.10
12.34
12.34
23.46
23.46

21.92
24.10
25.06
27.19
28.87
28.51
–
22.22
22.66
30.90
28.12
29.93
28.84
31.49
31.28
18.62
26.77
27.53
15.50
15.50
12.85
12.85
32.45
32.21

30.00
31.32
33.33
36.15
33.69
32.79
–
27.12
26.82
37.72
36.39
35.46
35.25
36.28
32.03
31.09
33.82
48.08
24.10
23.27
14.82
14.82
64.03
64.03

37.95
40.33
39.59
39.85
41.01
39.81
–
33.80
30.94
49.65
52.89
43.80
42.76
47.18
47.04
39.47
48.08
48.08
33.47
42.62
16.40
16.40
78.57
78.57

49.01
50.57
43.39
42.55
49.01
46.01
–
42.93
35.55
96.15
73.96
51.64
50.57
53.77
51.64
41.92
48.08
48.08
46.60
46.60
24.68
24.68
96.15
96.15

15.38
15.38
12.60
13.26
23.50
13.97
8.95
20.63
22.56
20.29

19.78
15.38
15.61
14.46
24.16
15.58
9.36
24.93
23.00
26.44

21.37
22.99
20.90
16.80
29.66
17.50
13.05
27.89
23.75
29.33

28.69
26.76
28.07
23.77
30.00
18.54
16.39
30.57
32.09
36.47

37.39
31.73
33.17
25.94
30.44
19.50
19.77
32.84
34.80
40.35

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................

20.19
21.64
29.03
22.73
32.05

24.03
29.44
32.59
27.26
46.22

31.20
35.97
36.00
31.20
50.50

39.97
46.59
40.36
37.91
50.50

54.13
62.54
44.92
55.77
86.54

26.92
15.64
19.18
19.36
21.64
17.69
17.00
20.06

40.87
25.51
24.56
29.50
29.49
22.15
22.21
25.23

46.20
38.09
31.49
30.32
36.54
26.91
24.81
33.66

46.22
45.59
36.56
30.72
55.76
33.57
28.40
45.06

57.97
47.41
37.01
37.39
81.47
37.98
31.73
65.93

13.30
20.81
17.55

27.59
21.20
20.71

32.26
23.52
23.56

34.65
29.81
32.28

34.65
53.00
37.03

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

8.66
12.24
17.50
25.19
8.00
8.50

12.24
13.77
25.85
28.70
8.00
8.91

19.91
16.50
36.00
35.62
10.08
9.90

28.70
25.05
74.84
38.46
25.00
10.00

38.54
29.79
266.83
50.48
27.50
12.25

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

10.26
12.90

12.48
14.88

15.50
18.34

19.27
23.55

24.77
28.77

See footnotes at end of table.

47

Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

$10.00
9.85
11.41
11.67
11.70
8.50
12.00
10.20
10.03
11.50
11.00
10.00
9.00
11.76
12.47

$10.50
12.85
14.62
13.86
14.70
13.25
15.80
11.05
11.20
13.71
12.56
11.00
9.00
12.48
14.19

$12.10
15.89
15.72
16.26
20.33
14.42
17.55
14.65
13.83
15.01
16.49
12.88
10.03
13.90
16.41

$17.09
19.23
16.99
17.95
21.78
16.80
18.85
18.90
16.56
18.74
19.00
15.83
11.77
14.96
21.09

$18.10
25.20
27.08
21.43
33.74
20.28
23.41
20.75
19.69
18.74
20.80
19.09
13.87
21.39
24.71

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

7.75

10.17

16.10

23.01

29.54

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
Machinists .............................................................

9.35
14.86

16.01
16.40

22.80
20.40

29.71
24.76

33.92
32.00

16.85
13.90
18.80
12.00
19.83
16.01
20.60
20.08

25.45
13.90
22.19
19.83
19.83
21.85
25.50
20.40

25.45
16.35
33.32
32.65
20.11
22.18
27.00
23.67

30.03
22.49
33.92
32.65
28.60
35.06
29.54
34.42

30.03
28.83
33.92
34.65
28.60
37.38
32.52
34.54

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..

7.00
11.25
7.00
7.75
8.50
6.25
10.40
6.50
8.50

8.50
12.54
7.60
8.25
9.05
7.84
11.55
7.00
9.95

11.35
14.79
8.64
9.60
12.00
13.25
17.88
8.00
10.62

16.95
17.25
10.23
10.70
13.70
18.05
22.88
10.15
13.23

22.54
19.22
13.71
12.25
19.67
25.58
23.81
17.19
14.95

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

10.20
17.36
16.18
10.00

15.50
19.88
16.80
10.20

20.29
23.23
20.29
13.28

25.38
25.90
23.30
17.53

30.89
30.89
27.29
19.62

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

7.95
7.73
7.75
13.33
7.80
10.00

10.17
10.17
8.90
17.29
7.95
15.10

12.57
10.50
10.65
20.00
11.25
17.11

19.46
13.73
13.80
20.80
12.57
23.81

24.62
17.15
20.83
20.80
17.39
24.62

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................

7.13
9.00
13.50
20.88
6.00
5.50
3.04
3.04
6.95
9.25
7.75
6.25
6.50

8.91
12.98
23.54
25.55
7.13
7.00
3.30
3.09
7.50
9.75
8.75
7.50
7.00

11.00
24.77
26.82
28.16
9.50
9.25
5.25
3.30
9.75
14.97
10.00
9.00
8.61

17.76
29.14
30.04
30.17
10.50
12.10
6.57
6.15
12.89
18.53
12.34
11.90
11.98

28.16
32.22
31.09
31.71
13.33
15.22
10.04
10.04
17.83
19.38
14.75
15.00
13.38

Occupation3

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$8.05
9.25
8.00
8.03
8.11
8.00
7.57
7.50

$9.50
14.28
9.25
8.90
8.91
8.90
8.50
8.00

$11.15
15.93
10.75
10.78
10.43
11.35
10.15
9.32

$14.18
17.34
12.60
14.19
10.70
15.06
10.50
10.21

$17.18
18.36
14.86
16.27
11.05
16.27
17.88
11.52

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

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

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$5.50
5.50

$7.00
6.80

$8.96
9.20

$13.80
14.22

$25.00
26.66

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

7.30
8.00

8.20
10.76

12.97
16.75

23.01
27.47

30.07
30.93

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

14.50
15.82
22.48
22.67
12.31
10.76
10.50
14.57
14.57
–
–

20.81
22.34
25.11
25.11
20.63
11.67
10.76
18.42
18.42
–
–

27.00
27.61
28.37
28.22
25.00
20.00
11.24
19.64
19.64
–
–

30.27
30.49
30.49
30.49
46.75
20.00
12.38
22.52
22.52
–
–

37.00
37.00
33.56
32.25
46.75
34.85
30.00
24.81
24.81
–
–

–
12.00
20.00

–
16.88
23.00

–
21.22
27.05

–
28.00
30.60

–
32.94
32.94

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

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

6.75
7.00
6.75

7.25
7.30
7.25

8.00
7.80
8.45

10.90
8.57
13.80

13.80
10.21
13.80

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................

7.80
8.50
7.45
7.34
10.00

8.03
10.00
8.00
9.46
11.00

11.00
13.21
9.01
11.52
13.00

14.06
20.21
10.35
16.14
15.50

16.75
21.90
12.33
19.84
16.28

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

6.01

6.75

9.05

13.80

20.00

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

6.75

7.40

11.00

17.22

18.79

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

5.60
6.75
7.50
5.75

6.75
7.80
10.00
6.03

8.35
9.35
12.98
6.75

13.80
13.80
15.20
7.50

29.00
13.80
19.77
8.15

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............

3.50
6.00
5.50
3.30
3.09
3.09
6.00
6.44
9.49
9.53

6.00
7.82
8.25
3.50
3.30
3.30
6.40
6.75
9.53
9.53

7.50
11.25
15.00
6.18
3.50
3.50
7.00
7.00
10.00
10.32

9.70
15.00
15.00
7.50
4.09
3.90
8.10
7.30
10.60
11.07

11.01
16.56
16.57
9.41
7.25
4.75
10.00
7.80
12.30
14.22

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

–
$6.03
7.00
6.03
7.30

–
$6.28
7.00
6.18
8.00

–
$8.00
7.65
6.28
10.65

–
$10.65
9.00
10.80
10.65

–
$11.00
9.85
10.80
11.00

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

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

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Appendix A: Technical Note

T

Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.

his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.

Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, 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 entity.
The Chicago–Gary–Kenosha, IL–IN–WI, Metropolitan
Statistical Area includes Cook, De Kalb, Du Page, Grundy,
Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties, IL; Lake and Porter Counties, IN; and Kenosha
County, WI.

Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up 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
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. 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. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated. Approximately one-fifth
of the sample is reselected each year.

For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
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with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. Prior to 2002, the number of jobs selected
ranged from 8 to 20. Beginning in 2002, the number of
jobs selected followed this schedule:
Number
of employees

Number
of selected jobs

50–249
250 and over

6
8

The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator.
For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two or more
census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage
level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support, including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations

Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG 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.

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Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using an “occupational leveling” process. Occupational leveling ranks
and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S.
Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor
Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties

Each factor contains a number of levels, and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
the written description that best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the occupational leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 occupational
leveling factors (and levels within those factors). The
analysis showed that several of the occupational leveling
factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received,
had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the
levels within a given factor increased, the wages also increased.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small met-

ropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
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:
•
•
•
•
•

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 room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips,
bonuses given by manufacturers to department
store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
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, 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 that the employer considers to be full time.
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.

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Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note on occupational leveling through point factor analysis
for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.)
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
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

Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s 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, 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.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.

Survey response

Total in sampling frame
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data

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.

Establishments
13,725
813
442
102
269

In this survey, the nonresponse rates for all industries
and private industry exceeded regular survey standards.
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.
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 6–1 through 6–5 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
each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the

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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 $12.79, with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $12.03 to $13.55
($12.79 minus and plus $0.76, where $0.76 is the product
of 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). 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 by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.

Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, September 2004
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total

Private industry

State and local
government

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

1,994,500
1,889,500

1,628,000
1,523,900

366,400
365,600

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

1,000,700
895,700

767,700
663,600

232,900
232,100

Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................

381,000
317,600
63,400
182,900
105,000
331,800

249,400
188,500
60,800
141,400
104,100
272,800

131,700
129,100
2,600
41,400
–
59,000

Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......

581,800
148,600
193,400
98,300
141,500

541,700
134,600
193,200
82,500
131,400

40,100
14,000
–
15,800
10,100

Service .................................................................................

412,000

318,600

93,400

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. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.

2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.

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