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

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$6.28
6.36

$8.18
8.30

$12.42
12.50

$18.13
18.40

$25.42
25.42

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

7.90
8.30

9.46
9.85

14.75
16.29

24.10
24.23

28.62
29.22

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

11.51
12.47
28.08
11.91
11.91
–
16.00
17.14
–
23.59
22.56
25.42
–
11.00
11.90
–

14.28
17.14
35.48
22.40
11.91
–
17.14
18.01
–
24.23
24.23
25.42
–
11.90
11.90
–

22.07
24.23
35.48
25.48
30.16
–
18.40
18.40
–
25.42
24.23
25.42
–
12.47
12.47
–

25.83
26.76
39.87
39.06
39.06
–
18.41
18.41
–
27.01
24.39
26.76
–
14.14
14.14
–

29.22
31.45
39.87
39.06
39.06
–
25.83
20.81
–
29.22
27.01
27.11
–
15.31
15.31
–

8.00
8.28
9.93

8.39
9.61
11.56

9.75
13.46
13.00

15.00
19.09
14.28

31.69
23.37
20.38

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................

16.29
16.43
26.55
19.50
12.42

17.50
17.16
33.72
21.75
18.00

21.75
26.55
40.99
36.78
18.98

35.36
40.86
40.99
45.52
23.91

40.99
45.67
40.99
55.27
26.83

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

5.17
6.39
5.64

5.64
7.29
5.64

9.52
8.45
7.50

14.58
18.56
8.99

18.56
18.56
9.54

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.50
8.79
6.26
8.30
6.56
8.86
7.50

8.30
9.28
8.50
8.30
8.18
9.85
8.78

9.30
10.03
9.25
8.37
8.72
9.85
9.62

11.07
13.03
9.89
8.84
13.50
10.29
9.62

14.68
14.68
10.92
10.95
17.80
12.02
11.00

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

7.12

9.48

13.75

17.76

23.24

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c.

11.50
9.65
8.50
13.95
6.89
12.50
18.07

14.00
12.03
9.53
14.03
13.50
14.06
18.61

17.67
16.26
12.50
14.48
17.67
26.78
23.16

22.10
22.98
17.76
15.60
17.67
32.45
23.81

24.36
22.98
23.78
23.24
17.67
32.45
25.17

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

6.34
5.25
7.70

7.70
5.61
10.47

12.50
6.34
12.85

15.76
7.68
23.24

16.35
12.82
24.20

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

7.44
7.32

9.00
9.00

9.50
9.50

12.59
10.45

13.75
10.45

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers ...........................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.00
6.60
5.75

6.75
6.75
6.15

8.99
6.75
7.47

12.27
7.21
11.61

15.40
7.21
11.61

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................

5.21
6.28
2.13
2.13

6.00
7.10
4.25
2.13

7.29
9.74
5.94
2.13

9.07
13.70
8.06
5.50

13.70
21.04
9.38
5.94

See footnotes at end of table.

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

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.50
5.50
5.97
5.50
5.65
7.41
5.65
6.55
6.55
5.15

$5.97
5.75
5.97
5.50
6.21
8.01
6.19
7.29
7.29
5.21

$7.12
6.58
5.97
5.82
7.76
8.01
7.25
7.29
7.29
6.25

$9.07
6.58
9.16
8.06
8.50
15.06
7.76
8.75
7.73
7.97

$10.22
8.33
9.87
8.06
14.49
15.14
14.49
9.07
8.90
9.05

Occupation3

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

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

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

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$5.94
6.00

$7.76
7.76

$11.73
12.00

$17.67
17.76

$23.81
23.81

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

7.50
8.03

8.78
9.28

13.46
15.91

18.40
20.81

28.73
31.69

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................

9.00
11.25
28.73
–
–
16.00
17.14
–
–

13.46
16.00
35.48
–
–
17.14
18.01
–
–

18.01
18.40
35.48
–
–
18.06
18.40
–
–

23.37
28.73
39.87
–
–
18.40
18.40
–
–

35.48
39.06
39.87
–
–
25.83
20.81
–
–

8.00
8.94

8.39
11.73

9.75
16.00

15.00
22.10

31.69
23.37

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

17.16
17.16
20.94
18.33

18.33
17.50
36.78
18.33

23.09
30.49
36.78
21.56

36.78
40.86
55.27
23.91

45.67
55.27
55.27
28.00

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

5.17
6.39
5.64

5.64
7.29
5.64

9.52
8.45
7.50

14.58
18.56
8.99

18.56
18.56
9.54

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.28
8.30
6.00
7.50

8.25
8.30
6.56
8.78

9.28
8.30
11.60
8.78

11.60
8.37
17.80
9.62

15.63
11.07
17.80
12.00

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

7.00

9.50

14.28

17.76

23.24

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c.

11.50
9.65
8.50
13.95
6.89
9.66
18.07

14.48
12.03
9.53
14.03
13.50
12.50
18.61

17.67
16.26
12.50
14.48
17.67
23.92
23.16

22.10
22.98
17.76
15.60
17.67
32.45
23.81

24.36
22.98
23.78
23.24
17.67
32.45
25.17

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

6.34
5.25
7.70

7.70
5.61
10.47

12.50
6.34
12.85

15.76
7.68
23.24

16.35
8.15
24.20

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

7.44
7.32

9.50
9.00

10.45
9.50

12.75
10.45

13.75
10.45

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

5.90
5.75

6.75
6.15

8.75
7.47

11.61
11.61

15.40
11.61

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

2.13
–
2.13
2.13
5.50
5.97
5.65
5.65

5.65
–
2.13
2.13
5.82
5.97
6.19
6.19

6.28
–
5.82
2.13
6.58
5.97
6.59
6.59

7.76
–
6.58
5.50
8.45
9.16
7.76
7.76

9.16
–
9.38
5.94
9.87
9.87
7.76
7.76

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.73
5.15

$6.55
5.21

$8.75
5.21

$9.38
7.12

$10.95
7.12

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

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

25

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

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.54
7.54

$9.07
9.07

$13.07
13.07

$24.23
24.23

$27.01
27.01

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

8.72
8.72

11.00
11.00

17.42
17.42

25.42
25.42

28.56
28.56

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Technical ......................................................................

11.56
12.47
–
–
–
–
–
23.59
22.56
25.42
–
–
7.29

15.31
21.08
–
–
–
–
–
24.23
24.23
25.42
–
–
9.23

24.23
25.42
–
–
–
–
–
25.42
24.23
25.42
–
–
11.10

26.67
26.76
–
–
–
–
–
27.01
24.39
26.76
–
–
13.07

28.56
28.62
–
–
–
–
–
29.22
27.01
27.11
–
–
18.13

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Management related .................................................

12.42
16.29
26.55
–

16.29
16.43
33.72
–

17.50
26.55
40.99
–

33.72
40.99
40.99
–

40.99
40.99
40.99
–

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................

7.98
8.79
8.18
8.86

8.68
9.15
8.18
9.85

9.46
10.56
8.68
9.85

10.67
14.68
9.58
10.29

14.68
14.68
14.25
12.02

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

8.41

8.99

11.88

12.45

26.78

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

11.53

11.88

11.88

26.78

26.78

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

6.89

8.41

8.50

9.20

9.48

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

7.82

8.32

12.27

12.27

12.27

6.60
10.29
7.12
7.12
8.01
6.60
6.60
6.11

7.41
10.81
7.12
7.12
8.01
7.29
7.29
6.11

8.87
13.70
8.06
8.06
14.49
7.29
7.29
7.97

13.70
21.04
9.07
9.07
14.49
7.69
7.69
8.67

16.14
21.04
10.22
10.22
15.06
8.90
8.90
10.01

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

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

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

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.00
6.97

$8.75
8.68

$12.85
12.92

$18.40
18.40

$25.42
25.42

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

8.37
8.37

9.81
10.00

15.80
16.43

24.23
24.39

29.22
30.05

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

11.51
12.47
28.08
11.91
11.91
–
16.00
17.14
–
23.74
22.56
25.42
–
11.00
11.90
–

14.79
17.14
35.48
22.40
11.91
–
17.14
18.01
–
24.23
24.23
25.42
–
11.90
11.90
–

22.07
24.23
35.48
25.48
30.16
–
18.40
18.40
–
25.42
24.23
25.42
–
12.47
12.47
–

25.83
26.76
39.87
39.06
39.06
–
18.41
18.41
–
27.01
24.39
26.76
–
14.14
14.14
–

29.22
31.45
39.87
39.06
39.06
–
25.83
20.81
–
29.22
27.01
27.11
–
15.31
15.31
–

–
8.28
9.93

–
9.61
11.56

–
13.46
13.00

–
19.09
14.28

–
23.37
20.38

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................

16.29
16.43
26.55
19.50
12.42

17.50
17.16
33.72
21.75
18.00

21.75
26.55
40.99
36.78
18.98

35.36
40.86
40.99
45.52
23.91

40.99
45.67
40.99
55.27
26.83

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

8.25

9.52

11.83

16.25

18.75

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.54
8.79
6.26
6.56
8.86
7.50

8.37
9.28
8.50
8.18
9.85
8.78

9.46
10.03
9.25
8.72
9.85
9.62

11.16
13.03
9.89
13.50
10.29
9.62

14.68
14.68
10.92
17.80
12.02
11.00

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

7.32

9.50

14.00

17.76

23.78

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c.

11.50
9.65
8.50
13.95
6.89
12.50
18.07

14.00
12.03
9.53
14.03
13.50
14.06
18.61

17.67
16.26
12.50
14.48
17.67
26.78
23.16

22.10
22.98
17.76
15.60
17.67
32.45
23.81

24.36
22.98
23.78
23.24
17.67
32.45
25.17

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

6.34
5.25
7.70

7.70
5.61
10.47

12.50
6.34
12.85

15.76
7.68
23.24

16.35
12.82
24.20

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

7.59
7.32

9.00
9.00

9.50
9.50

12.59
10.45

13.75
10.45

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Construction laborers ...........................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.15
6.60
5.75

7.00
6.75
6.15

9.25
6.75
7.47

12.27
7.21
11.61

15.40
7.21
11.61

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................

5.65
6.28
2.13
–
5.50
5.65
7.41

6.28
7.10
5.50
–
5.97
6.21
8.01

7.41
9.74
5.97
–
8.17
7.76
8.01

9.67
13.70
8.45
–
9.22
8.01
15.06

14.49
21.04
9.87
–
10.75
14.49
15.14

See footnotes at end of table.

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

25

Median
50

75

90

$5.65
6.55
6.55
6.11

$6.19
7.29
7.29
6.11

$7.26
7.29
7.29
7.78

$7.76
8.75
7.73
7.97

$14.49
9.07
8.90
10.01

Occupation3

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

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

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

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$2.13
2.13

$5.17
5.21

$5.64
5.75

$7.19
7.12

$8.15
8.38

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

5.17
6.00

5.29
6.00

5.64
7.06

7.50
8.00

8.38
8.38

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–

–

–

–

–

Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................

–
5.64

–
5.64

–
5.64

–
7.50

–
7.79

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

6.00

6.00

7.38

8.00

8.38

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

5.50

5.68

6.25

8.50

9.20

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

–

–

–

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–

–

–

–

–

2.13
2.13
–
5.50
–
5.15

2.13
2.13
–
5.75
–
5.15

5.21
5.50
–
6.00
–
5.21

6.25
7.12
–
7.47
–
5.21

7.51
7.51
–
8.06
–
5.37

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